The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) has announced that starting in May 2025, following the publication of the final rule regarding the use of REAL ID enforcement across airports in the United States, travelers will have to have identification that meets security requirements.
Thanks. Changed.
I do wish various folks creating protocols would just use URIs and at least try for some consistency across the wider internet. Matrix uses @user:server for people, #room:server for rooms (probably patterned after IRC, which uses #room but, not being federated, has no server part); Lemmy uses !community@server for rooms unless you’re following from Mastodon in which case you drop the “!”; and apparently no prefix for user accounts (like email addresses). Just, like, pick a lane. I’m sure it’s no issue for people who spend all of their time in one place, but for filthy casuals it can be a challenge to remember what format is used where.
Things aren’t confusing enough; let’s just pick a random format for every new protocol, rather than adopting an addressing format from a highly adjacent protocol.