What is OpenStreetMap?
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Working on a very important video this week on mapping - and of course we will be covering OpenStreetMaps.

If you aren't using it yet for personal navigation, you should try it - you would be surprised at the Points-Of-Interests it can pickup, thanks to the million+ contributors.

https://www.openstreetmap.org/

OpenStreetMap is a free, editable map of the whole world made by people like you. It was started in 2004 in the UK, out of frustration with the lack of availability of good map data that was free to use.

OpenStreetMap includes data about roads, buildings, addresses, shops and businesses, points of interest, railways, trails, transit, land use and natural features, and much more.

The map is created and maintained by nearly 5 million registered users and more than 1 million map contributors in every country in the world, using free tools and software. The data is used by local people, volunteer groups, companies, governments, software developers and more.

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⚡️ Google Co-Founder Larry Page Hiding From Jeffrey Epstein Investigation Somewhere On His Private Islands
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^^ A perfect example of how tech executives have their privacy protected while their companies happily hand over everyone elses data in subpoena's and warrants.

This excerpt is particularly interesting:

'The Government made good-faith attempts to obtain an address for Larry Page, including hiring an investigative firm to search public records databases for possible addresses,' read the filing.

'Our process server attempted service at the addresses identified by our investigative firm, but discovered the addresses were not valid for Mr. Page.'

'In these circumstances, the Court should in the interest of securing just and expeditious resolution authorize the Government to provide alternative service by serving Mr. Page by service upon Alphabet Inc.'s registered agent.'

Department of Defense Wants To Develop "New Breakthrough Technologies" without Congressional Pre-Approval or Reporting Requirements
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Originally reported by The Debrief:

Military officials recently testified in support of a Pentagon proposal that would allow it to spend up to $300M on new programs without congressional pre-approval.

To initiate a new program, the Secretary of Defense would have to certify there was “a compelling national security need,” which required the leveraging of an “emergent technological advancement” or to “provide a rapid response to an emerging threat.”

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DoD officials seem to be very shaken by China's technological advancement. A bizzare comment by Dr. Kirkpatrick - director of the All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO) indicates that the DoD thinks that China and Russia could be behind "Unidentified Aerial Phenomena", or UFOs.

While the US people face tremendous challenges, these out-of-touch officials plainly show they're not interested in anything except the pursuit of war and shielding themselves from public awareness / accountability.

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☄️Telegram Masterclass Replays LIVE
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Happy Wednesday peeps,

Thanks everyone for your patience! We've had tons of people asking about replays and now they are posted for everyone.

https://learn.abovephone.com/course/telegram-masterclass/

Lessons to watch:
- Lessons 7 - 10 for basic privacy / security / data settings that helps protect your account and keep things running smoothly
- Lessons 10 - 13 for understanding how Telegram works and how to search for knowledge
- Lessons 14 - 18 for productivity features
- Lessons 18 - 21 for starting your own channels & groups

These webinars will always be posted for free! I trust they empower you to share your gifts through social media.

How to access:
1. Click the sign in link at the top of the page. Enter your email address.
2. Click on the magic link in your email to login.
3. You're in - enjoy the webinar!

Discuss with others:
https://news.1rj.ru/str/takebackourtech

Enjoy the masterclass,
Ramiro Romani - Founder of @abovephone

⚡️ Kids Who Get Smartphones Earlier Become Adults with Worse Mental Health
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A new report from Sapien Labs analyzed the results of a mental-health survey with ~28,000 18-24 year olds. They looked at the relationship between what age they first got smart phones and a Mental Health Quotient (MHQ) calculated through a mental health assessment (Global Mind Project).

The relationship between mental wellbeing at age 18-24 and age of first smartphone acquisition remained significant, even in those with no traumatic or adverse childhood experience.

This included the areas of 'social self' (how we compare to otheres), mental function, mood & outlook, adaptability, suicidal thoughts, aggressions, and detachment.

Read the full report.

The data also shows that females were impacted far more severely than their male counterparts, with MHQ scores 20-25 points lower on average.

We all intuitively are aware of the negative health effects of tech on young people. Seeing it quantified is shocking.

Its also important to take a closer look at what exactly on the smart phone is contributing to these mental health issues. In my opinion, its not just phone calls & texts - its social media that's the major source of the problem. I know I've felt my mental health improve dramatically ever since I left those platforms.

Even as someone who promotes alternative privacy phones - I am in total support of waiting until high school to give children smart phones. And more importantly, we need to take a closer look at the content, apps and algorithms that are damaging younger people and educate on ways to have healthier relationships with tech & social media.

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⚡️How Law Enforcement Spy On Protests
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A new report released by The Intercept shows how law enforcements get a real-time feed to activism & protests.

In this specific case the U.S Marshals service received updates on abortion protests.

Internal emails show that the U.S. Marshals Service received regular alerts from Dataminr, a company that persistently monitors social media for corporate and government clients, about the precise time and location of both ongoing and planned abortion rights demonstrations.

The emails show that Dataminr flagged the social media posts of protest organizers, participants, and bystanders, and leveraged Dataminr’s privileged access to the so-called firehose of unrestricted Twitter data to monitor constitutionally protected speech.

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It would be interesting to see the raw results of the FOIA request and to see how many health freedom protests were included in reports.

From this report, we see that law enforcement has tools to monitor platforms like Twitter & Telegram, that they monitors the names of prominent officials, and is aware of when and where events are occurring.

Its another reminder to keep your serious change-making in the private.

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