Claims Based Identity Puns

Should i use something else for my MERN app or is JWT secure enough ?

I put a post a few weeks ago about how I received a letter from DWP stating I owe debts of £1200 to Universal Credit. This was a mistake since I cancelled my claim in March 2020 after receiving no payments from them at all, and the money I owe was apparently given to me October 2021.

Turns out, someone has supposedly stolen my identity to make this claim. I’ve been on the phone several times to Universal credit to sort it out but they are completely useless.

They’ve stated that since it was approved with my account they can’t suspend the debt (implying that they believe it was me that received the money) and just suggested to start paying the debt to get the debt agency off my back. This seems like an admission of guilt to me, and I’ll never get that money back if I do start to pay, but they’ve said if I don’t make payments they will start taking money out of my pay from my employer.

I’m appalled by how little they seem to care about the situation and how dismissive everyone I have spoken to at universal credit has been. They just do not care

This is a really interesting situation.

They’re creating a system to identify the claims of people who say that they are of indigenous ancestry.

I can’t know for sure but I would be interested to know if they apply self identification to the issue of trans identification, and why this doesn’t conflict with them.

https://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/article-queens-university-launches-process-to-verify-claims-to-indigenous/

Thoughts?

I’ll try to explain what I mean. Early in the gay rights era, people would claim that gay people were born gay. Since they were born gay, and couldn’t choose otherwise, they shouldn’t be discriminated against.

In orthodox transgender rights, people will claim that trans people have a medically observable gender dysmorphia. Transitioning is seen as a healthy way to alleviate this dysmorphia.

For the moment I will leave it bracketed that people who claim transracial dysmorphia aren’t backed up by medical science—I have no idea, and it’s not directly relevant. But let’s just say it isn’t.

But what happens if we change our motivation for granting rights or equality. What if we say, it doesn’t matter if someone is born gay—even if they’re not born gay, they should still be free to do what they want. And if we move to the transgender issue, what if we say, it doesn’t matter if someone has dysmorphia or not—they should be free to do what they want. After all, we wouldn’t demand to see a transgender person’s medical certificate before we allowed that they were actually transgender.

My question is, once we grant that there is a volitional basis for supporting gay people and trans people—that people can engage in same-sex activity or gender transitioning regardless of whether they can prove it is is innate, and that a sudden scientific discovery that found it was not innate wouldn’t mean we would have to eliminate equality rights for these groups,

Why then is it unavailable for a transracial person to say, I want to transition racial identity simply because I want to? It seems like some distinction is made between these groups because it’s taken by some that gayness or transness has some innate quality—but it seems like there are other arguments that say, no, pure volition itself is enough. Why doesn’t volition apply to a transracial person?

The e-book "A Guide to Claims-Based Identity and Access Control, Second Edition" references excercise code samples which are no longer available on the CodePlex Archive site. Does anyone have a backup copy or know where I could obtain? Thanks!

If Europe wants to be on par with America, it needs to become more of a United States of Europe — a federalized Europe. It’s doable, but only if it first fosters a values-based pan-European identity, which is not anchored to notions of ethnic or racial nativity but can be adopted by anyone, just like in America. Such an identity will not only serve to bring together Europeans of different backgrounds, but it would also open the European identity to immigrants from outside, irrespective of phenotypic differences, thus expanding the pool of people who can call it home in every sense of the word.

Currently, only the UK and France have a values-based identity that is fully accessible to all. Other Western European countries are partially there, some more than others such as Germany and Sweden, but Eastern European countries are frozen in time on this matter. This will need to change.

America has had a head start on this because of how it was founded, but there is no reason why a values-based identity cannot become normative for a part of the world with equal civilizational advancement. Nativity is not a static phenomenon; if you zoom out and look at a large enough sample of time, it becomes evident that nativity has continued to evolve all throughout history. The concept of nation-states around ethno-racial lines is not some default position of society. It was a way of organizing society into relatively larger segments of people groups than what preceded it. In fact, there was an aversion to nation-states when they were first being conceived. Since then, a lot has changed, and the next logical step is to bring more people groups together under a single federal umbrella.

There are different cultures in Europe, and this is often cited as a point of contention towards unification, but it doesn’t have to be. All these cultures have a similar overarching orientation of values, and that only needs to be accentuated and made central to the identity. Language may seem like an issue, but there is enough English proficiency to bypass national barriers. If this sounds too much, India can be seen as a working example. It has more languages and cultural variations than the entirety of Europe, but there is yet a common language and set of cultural values that bring groups of people together, allowing for a central government.

Europe has a lot going for it compared to America; it has quite similar freedoms and quality of life. Western Europe has an even better qualit

California.

I run a small (tiny) non-profit that has no employees. I volunteer as does my wife, there are no paid employees (other than a one-time website contractor).

I received a Form DE 2503 that stated I (myname) was filing a SDI Disability claim, and if I could confirm that I was an employee at that time. I have never filed an SDI claim ever, certainly not now, so it seems to be someone fraudulently claiming to be me to get claims. My name and SSN on the form are correct. Worse, because the SSN is correct, it also seems like identity theft.

However, I cannot successfully get the EDD department on the phone. Even when I navigate the extensive gauntlet of phone button menus to finally reach actual assistance, I am told "Our phone lines are full, please try later".

I tried logging into the website as myself to see about the claim, but I cannot make an account as it requires a Driver's License number, and my driver's license number is already in use on another account (adding to the concern about identity theft). They give a phone number, which once again cannot be used successfully to reach a human. Were I ever to actually need to file a disability claim (which I certainly don't anticipate) I would be screwed trying to set up an account.

There was a separate webform on the EDD site to report fraud, and I filled that out, but received no response. I also contacted my actual place of employment and they stated they had received no similar request for a disability claim. There are no other current suspicious identity theft activities on other accounts, but I'm hardly comfortable that someone is using my accurate SSN and DL number.

And so I have no idea how to proceed, so here I am asking random internet folks for any ideas. TIA

Hey there,

I was wondering how you are keeping up with your New Year's resolutions?
When it comes to pursuing long-lasting change, there's one thing I realized that I wanted to share:
The goals you set shouldn't be "outcome-focused" (e.g., "I want to lose xx pounds by the end of xyz" or "I want to run a marathon in May"). Yes, being able to tick off a goal that has a certain deadline attached provides us with structure and feedback. But oftentimes, the price we pay for that is that our motivation depends on this time-bound goal. As soon as we’ve reached it, we tend to become more careless with our hard-earned habits and routines that we built along the way.
In order to have more long-lasting effects, we need to set goals that are "identity-based": If our goals become more fundamental to who we are, we won’t identify so much with our results anymore (that are fleeting point-in-time successes and failures anyway) but more with the long-term direction we’re following: We’re not giving a concert anymore, we’re musicians; we’re not writing a blog article, we’re writers; and we’re not running a marathon, we’re runners.

Hope this helps someone out there, keep it up!

I’m doing research into the relationship between mixed-race identity and popular culture for my PhD, so if there’s anyone in this subreddit interested in participating that’d be great! (£10 Amazon or ASDA voucher available for participants!)

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Hello. Someone used my SSN and DL number to open a bunch of accounts (loan applications, credit cards, wireless numbers, etc.) under my name earlier this year. I followed the standard protocol for ID theft; police report, credit freeze, contact companies about the fraudulent accounts. All companies deemed those accounts as fraudulent except one (a phone company).

The company states they did a thorough investigation multiple times and concluded no fraudulent activity each time. Though they have closed the accounts, now I am getting bills to pay $5k+ otherwise, my account will go into collections. I am not going to pay this bill as I did not create those phone accounts. What should I do next? Any recommendations? Any advice will be appreciated. Thank you.

There was a new Discovery panel yesterday on Paramount Plus where Alex Kurtzman, SMG and Michelle Paradise discussed Season 4 and answered fan questions. A fifth Season was again not confirmed, but Paradise and Kurtzman made some interesting statements how they view their creative “product” now and especially Michael Burnham five years in.

Michelle Paradise on character development in Season 4:

>"You put those two actors in a room together and they make magic. It’s those kinds of things where we’re looking for characters who haven’t spent time on screen with one another. How can we create those opportunities? How can we deepen those relationships? We never want any of our characters to feel static. At the beginning of every season, we talk a lot about where are these characters by the end of the previous season and where do we want them to go by the end of this season? And then, how do we get them there? And a lot of the ways in which we get them there is in their relationships with the other characters. The plot, of course, does that, but it’s really how are they interacting with one another? And how are they growing with one another? We’re always looking for ways to do that."

Kurtzman Quotes:

>“I can tell you that there are certain things in different captains of past shows that Burnham maybe reflects or mirrors in some way. But I don’t think you can say they are in the model of some other captain. She’s got some of Kirk’s cowboy. She’s got some of Picard’s strategic thoughtfulness, and you can say the same about Janeway. And yet, I think that part of what the show has been about very textually, and we go there a lot in season four, is: ‘What does it mean for me to be captain based on my own identity?’
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>One of the questions that Michelle and I asked early on in the breaking of [season four] was… We will come up with a plot. Great, but the real question was: How does this plot move Burnham forward as a captain? What new challenge does it present to her, that opens up a new door for her understanding of what it means to be a captain? Hopefully, by the end of the season, she has a stronger sense of who she is as a captain. But I will tell you that I think she probably wouldn’t be able to answer that question [of what kind of captain will she be] fully until the series was over. […]
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>The goal has been that each show needs to have its own identity. And its identity doesn’t just

For starters, I'm a cishet male. I've never really questioned my gender, although I don't really think about it all too much--I think of myself more as a "human" than as a "man." On the other hand, I suppose that may be exactly what it means to be "comfortable" with my gender!

Personally, I've never really understood the big deal about pronouns. I'll admit I'm sort of dumb about gender psychology, but that's why I'm here, right? I do have a passing interest in linguistics, so I see pronouns as more of a tool of communication than an expression of self-identity. However, self-identity is partially contingent on how the outside world identifies that person, so obviously it's important to respect that by using a person's preferred pronouns, or at least one that's inoffensive like they/them.

With the ever-growing popularization of the practice of stating pronouns on online profiles and whatnot, I've seen a lot of interesting things that I have lots of questions about. However, I think neo-pronouns are a can of worms for another time.

Anyway, to the meat of the question. Oftentimes people will list multiple pronouns, being usually their presenting gender and "they." I've seen this with both cis-presenting and trans people. What I was wondering was if this is a direct reflection of someone's identity, such as someone who identifies as both a man AND non-binary, or if was simply a list of pronouns that are "acceptable," such as if someone was cis but simply didn't care about being called they.

I used to think it was the former, but the idea of a "double identity" always confused me. However, I've recently started to suspect that it's the latter, which makes a lot more sense to me. If that's the case, then should I start putting down he/they?

I suppose that with my earlier explanation of my own gender identity I could possibly be categorized as agender, but since I prefer the linguistic norm, I use he/him for now. However, if someone were to call me "they," I would be completely unphased. After all, as far as I'm concerned, it just means "a person," and I don't see why anyone would be offended by that. So that begs the question, should I start including that in my profiles if I simply don't care what I'm called?

Does he/they give the impression that I'm more or less sensitive about gender identity? Because I'd prefer to pick the option that shows I'm the least sensitive. I've always felt sort of uncomfortable stating my pronouns, since I'd rather ju

I originally posted this in the DWP subreddit but someone suggested I ask for help here.

I received a letter from DWP a few weeks ago stating I owe debts of £1200 to Universal Credit. This was a mistake since I cancelled my claim in March 2020 after receiving no payments from them at all, and the money I owe was apparently given to me October 2021.

Turns out, someone has supposedly stolen my identity to make this claim. I’ve been on the phone several times to Universal credit to sort it out but they are completely useless.

They’ve stated that since it was approved with my account they can’t suspend the debt (implying that they believe it was me that received the money) and just suggested to start paying the debt to get the debt agency off my back. This seems like an admission of guilt to me, and I’ll never get that money back if I do start to pay, but they’ve said if I don’t make payments they will start taking money out of my pay from my employer.

I’m appalled by how little they seem to care about the situation and how dismissive everyone I have spoken to at universal credit has been. They just do not care.

Any advice?