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Zach Silk, Washington Alliance for Gun Responsibility
We won in court last week — and the judge gave us some very clear, very honest, language for our petition gathering, which will start in the next few days.
And, as a fellow supporter, I wanted to say thank you — and share with you the language that was approved for this campaign, so you can be sure as to exactly what we’re trying to do with I-594.
It’s game time — and we need to get enough signatures to make sure that Washington can vote to protect our families by requiring a background check on all gun purchases.
You’ve already taken the first step.
With your help, we beat the gun lobby in court — but that just got us in the door, and we have a long way to go before we’re done.
Thanks for everything — we’d not have gotten anywhere near this far without your help.
Talk to you soon,
Zach Silk
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BREAKING: we’re climbing a skyscraper to save the Arctic
Hi
If you’re reading this email it means I’m clinging to the side of London’s Shard – attempting something that’s never been done before: scaling Europe’s tallest skyscraper.
If we make it to the top, we plan to install a giant piece of art in direct view of Shell‘s three London headquarters down around me. We can see them, so I know they can see us.
WATCH LIVE and share this page to show the whole world that we don’t want Arctic drilling.
I’ve been climbing for years, but this is the biggest challenge I’ve ever taken on.
Am I scared? Hell yeah. But I know that fear is only what you make of it. For me this is a personal act of bravery, and I hope that beyond all else it can encourage anyone hesitating over taking action – no matter what scale – to take that step today.
There are only six of us up here, but there are millions of us in every corner of the world who want the Arctic protected.
The most effective action we can do now is to make everyone else care for the Arctic as we do, and to do that we need to make it news. This is not a niche subject. This affects every single person on our shared planet.
Everyone should know that we’ve lost 80% of the Arctic sea ice in the last 30 years, and that should make people want to protect it. Not to drill for more oil, one of the fossil fuels causing the melting in the first place.
Follow our progress on LIVE TV and please share this page with everyone you know on Facebook, Twitter and over email. Let’s make this as big as we can.
Shell doesn’t want us talking about their dangerous Arctic oil drilling plans. Together we can shout about them from the rooftops 😉
Wish us luck,
Victo (and Sandra, Sabine, Liesbeth, Wiola and Ali)
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a message from Gov.Jay Inslee
I’m happy to report that Sunday I was able to sign a new operating budget for the state of Washington and avert a partial government shutdown.
It is unfortunate it took this long to reach a budget agreement, but I am pleased that we delivered on many of the key principles you and I fought for during my campaign.
We made our budget priorities clear: funding education, protecting vital services, and closing tax loopholes. We didn’t get everything we wanted — that’s the nature of negotiation. But, with your help, we stayed strong, and I am pleased that we were able to pass a budget that delivers $1 billion in education funding and protects vital programs for Washington’s kids and seniors.
Will you help spread the word about this accomplishment by clicking here to share this graphic on Facebook?
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The budget I signed Sunday is a down payment on our commitment to fulfilling our legal and moral duty to fund education for our children — but it is clearly only the beginning.
What this budget is not is a vehicle for irresponsible, bad policy — like devastating cuts to essential services for our most vulnerable neighbors, or dramatic anti-labor, anti-environment, and anti-consumer policy initiatives.
I’m proud of that — and you should be, too — because if you and I hadn’t held the line, that’s exactly what it would have been.
Along with these key wins on the budget, I’m pleased that the Medicare expansion made possible by Obamacare is going to increase access for Washingtonians and create jobs.
Help spread the word by clicking here to share our graphic with your friends on Facebook now.
Unfortunately, it’s also clear we have a lot of work to do.
I am disappointed we were not able to reach an agreement with senate Republicans to close a number of unnecessary tax loopholes. This year’s improved revenue forecast helped us meet our short-term goals, and made clear that we did need to find new revenue, but I remain committed to securing a long-term education funding strategy by fixing these loopholes in upcoming sessions.
I’m also disappointed that senate Republicans refused to bring to a vote to pass a much-needed transportation package.
Our transportation infrastructure is the lifeblood of our economy, and continuing to ignore it is not an option.
But today I want to thank you again for standing by us, making your voice heard, and keeping up the fight for the working Washington we’re building together.
We’re going to need you again in the weeks and months to come, and I’m proud to have you by my side.
Let’s go get ’em.
Very truly yours,
Jay Inslee Governor
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Protect our kids! Make default settings private and disable geotagging for 13-17 year olds.
Instagram (Facebook): Make default settings PRIVATE and geolocation DISABLED for 13-17 year olds.
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Protect our kids! Make default settings private and disable geotagging for 13-17 year olds.
Unbelievable. That was my first thought when I clicked on the Instagram site belonging to one of my daughter’s friends and found more than a dozen pictures, some of which included my daughter, that were “public” – meaning that anyone in the world could view them at any time. Not only that, but the images were “geotagged” – associating each photograph with the exact location where it was taken. As a stranger to this site, I found my daughter’s picture, her full name, school name, grade level, and then, with one click on the map icon, I was able to view the exact location of her school, our home, and her primary after school location. All without our knowledge or permission. This absolutely should not be happening – especially not for minors.
Currently, Instagram accounts default to “public,” meaning that all photos are able to be viewed by anyone in the world at any time – and that they will show up in various internet searches (e.g., Google images). Geotagging, or identifying the exact location where a photograph was taken, appears to be optional, but it’s often “clicked” by mistake by young users – or activated unknowingly by young users who upload photos to their Instagram site that already carry geolocation data.
The result is that the public can view the exact location where a child’s photos were taken, usually clustering at the child’s home, school, and primary after school location (e.g., specific soccer field), which means that the child’s daily path or routine is easily identified and mapped. If the child’s account is private and geo tagged, photos are easily captured in a screen shot, then the geo tag follows the picture and is now associated with the image wherever it is pasted/posted (e.g., public accounts). This not only places the user at tremendous risk, but it places the children who are in the images OR even linked to the user at risk also – and they have absolutely no control over this.
Because Instagram’s default setting is public and geo-tagged, most young users end up with public accounts – even when their parents are involved in the creation of the account – but especially when parents are not involved. Most parents I have spoken to were not aware that there was a public/private distinction on Instagram.
Even worse – when a child upgrades his/her operating software (which happens when the child is prompted to upgrade by her smart device), any settings previously set at private or geo-location disabled revert to public and geo-location enabled. In other words, children and parents who are trying to ensure some degree of privacy for their account are not even aware that their settings have changed to public by default with the software upgrade. No notice is sent. The child’s account silently becomes public.
As parents, we are trying to walk alongside our children and their friends as they learn to navigate social media. This takes courage and intention. While we do this, we absolutely expect that those companies shaping the social media landscape would take basic precautions to protect the identity and location of minors.
We respectfully and urgently request that Facebook/Instagram ensure that the default settings are private and NOT geotag/geolocation enabled for users who are 13-17 years old.
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