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U.S. government attorneys say they have cleared all the hurdles needed to send Kilmar Abrego Garcia to Liberia and are asking a federal judge to dissolve an order blocking his deportation. Abrego Garcia’s mistaken deportation to his home country of El Salvador earlier this year has helped galvanize opposition to President Donald Trump’s immigration policies. His attorneys claim the administration is now manipulating the immigration system in order to punish him for successfully challenging that deportation. A motion from the government filed in U.S. District Court in Maryland late on Friday says officials have received assurances from Liberia that Abrego Garcia would not face persecution or torture there. Further, it says an immigration officer heard Abrego Garcia’s claims that he feared deportation to the West African nation, but ruled against him.

British Muslim journalist Sami Hamdi, who has been held by US federal immigration for over two weeks, is set to be released and allowed to return to the UK. The London-based journalist and commentator, who was visiting the United States on a speaking tour, was detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) last month as he went through San Francisco International Airport.

What makes a 'good person' is hard to quantify, but sometimes, you just know it when you see it. But that's the problem, you can't always see it. Have you ever met somebody new and wondered if they were a good person with a mischievous streak or a bad person who can turn on the charm and behave occasionally? Determining someone’s true moral character is important, especially if you start dating them or have a business relationship. It is crucial to get to the core of who they are and know whether they can be trusted.Popular TikTok philosopher and Substack writer Juan de Medeiros recently shared a great way to determine whether someone is good or bad. His rubric for judging someone’s moral character comes from a quote commonly attributed to Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, a German poet, playwright, novelist, and intellectual known for works like Faust and The Sorrows of Young Werther.How can you tell if someone is a good or a bad person?“Here's a pretty good indicator that somebody is a bad person and vice versa, how you can spot a good one. And this goes back to a simple rule, a moral aphorism by Goethe in which he writes, ‘Never trust someone who is unkind to those who can do nothing for him,’” de Medeiros shared in a TikTok video with over 45,000 views.“Never trust someone who is unkind to those who can do nothing for him.” —Johann Wolfgang von Goethe @julianphilosophy Good vs. bad #good #bad #wisdom De Medeiros then provided real-world ways to determine whether the person you have questions about is good or bad. “A bad person is unfriendly to strangers, to the elderly, to children, to service staff, to anybody they're not trying to impress,” he said. At the same time, the good person treats people equally, no matter what they can do for him. They’re good for goodness sake, not to get anything out of it.“A good person carries grace within them and shares it freely with abundance. A good person treats other people as they would like to be treated as well. And it doesn't matter who you are, it doesn't matter what your status is, they will treat you and see you as their equal,” de Medeiros said. — (@) What is 'The Waiter Rule'?Goethe’s quote echoes the common red/green flag test that many people have on dates. Sure, it's important if your date is courteous and treats you well on the date, but you really want to watch how they interact with the server. The rule is often called “The Waiter Rule,” outlined by William Swanson. Swanson, the former chairman and CEO of Raytheon Company, wrote in his book, 33 Unwritten Rules of Management, "A person who is nice to you but rude to the waiter—or to others—is not a nice person." Boxer Muhammad Ali is also known for saying something similar: "I don't trust anyone who's nice to me but rude to the waiter. Because they would treat me the same way if I were in that position." — (@) Rudeness toward the waitstaff also indicates that the person isn’t very smart. It’s not wise to be rude to someone who is in charge of your meal for the night.Conversely, a good person is kind to others without looking for anything in return because they want to spread joy and believe that others deserve respect. You are what you do, not what you think or believe, and when someone treats others with goodness, it's a clear indicator of the type of person they are.In the end, we are all a mixed bag of behaviors and attitudes, and even the most perfect of us has a devil on their shoulder telling them that it’s okay to occasionally get into a bit of mischief. However, when it comes down to determining someone's core character, how they treat those who can do nothing for them says everything.This article originally appeared in April. It has been updated.

There are a lot of easy tests you can do from the comfort of your own home to measure different aspects of your health. Of particular note are longevity tests like the SRT (sitting-rising test), which purports to give you valuable data on how long you might live, or the Dead Hang test, which offers similar insights.A new viral breath test is making waves on social media, and claims to do something even more immediately useful: expose your hidden stress and anxiety levels. Holding your breath with empty lungs can tell you a lot. Photo by Darius Bashar on Unsplash You've probably heard of breath-hold tests, or even tried seeing how long you could hold your breath just for fun (though experts warn not to try going longer than a minute without professional or medical supervision). The twist is that this new technique is a breath-hold test done after a complete exhale. Normally, to test your lung capacity, you'd inhale a deep breath and hold for as long as possible. In this test, you're trying to see if you can make it just 30 seconds on an empty set of lungs.Breathwork expert Mitch Fox explains a variation of the Buteyko Method Test in a recent TikTok video: "All we're going to do is take a normal breath in, a normal breath out, and then hold our breath as long as we can until we feel air hunger. Not until you're about to die. And you have to go back to normal breathing afterwards." In other words, no gasping.When you exhale and empty your lungs without breathing in again, carbon dioxide begins building up inside your body. People have different tolerance for this depending on their fitness, how well-practiced they are in breathwork, and potentially other factors."Your body starts to experience an air hunger feeling" after a few seconds, Fox explains. "It doesn't mean you're actually out of oxygen, it just means that CO2 is rising and it creates a stress response in the body. Most people start to panic immediately and start to gasp for air."The idea is that if you're not able to pass the test, it could indicate high underlying levels of stress, anxiety, or a heightened state. Fox says practicing in this oxygen-depleted state can help your body respond better to this and other stressors.How long does it take for your body to feel extremely uncomfortable during this test? I made it about 20 seconds before my brain started screaming at me to breathe! @noomatics Intermittent hypoxia training is extremely important. C02 tolerance is the number 1 predictor for health and longevity. Practicing breathwork can improve your health and bust stress. #breathwork #intermittenthypoxia #healing #stressrelief Millions of people viewed the video and decided to try the test at home...with varied results."Most people are stuck in a low-level fight or flight the entire day, and they have no idea," Fox says in another video. This state is called hyperarousal and it's definitely on the rise, as indicated by much higher rates of anxiety disorders seen in young people. Symptoms of stress and anxiety are made worse by screens, social media, and our hectic pace of life.Maybe that explains why so many viewers struggled to make it through his challenge. "This test actually reveals whether you are in fight or flight," Fox says."16 seconds but started freaking out at 11," one commenter wrote."I started panicking at 22 but made it to 25," said another."17 seconds then panic feeling," another added.Many people in the comments also reported passing the test with flying colors. One interesting thing Fox mentions is that while regular training and practice can help increase your CO2 tolerance, you don't have to wait to see a better result. Calming your body and mind with some slow breathing and trying the test again often yields a stronger result, which tells us a lot about what the test is really measuring.Andrew Huberman’s YouTube channel also featured a similar test. - YouTube www.youtube.com The science mostly agrees that this is not just a woo-woo TikTok phenomenon. How we handle rising CO2 in our bodies is definitely related to how we manage stress.For example, a study in the International Journal of Exercise Science found that "Increasing tolerance to CO2 and improving breathing mechanics may reduce state anxiety. This can be particularly valuable for high stress/risk environments or sports that require significant amounts of concentration."Much of the research around CO2 tolerance has been related to athletic performance, where it's definitely a big deal."CO₂ tolerance is a real concept," writes Dr. Daniel Atkinson at Treated. "When carbon dioxide levels rise, many people experience symptoms such as breathlessness, dizziness, or anxiety. In some people, a sharp increase in carbon dioxide can even trigger panic attacks. A CO₂ breath-hold test can indicate how well your body recovers from stress or after exercising. Improving your CO₂ tolerance can support better fitness and improve athletic performance. ... By improving your CO₂ tolerance, you can [also] stay calmer and increase your overall endurance."But how you respond to the buildup of CO2 in your body says a lot more than just how fit you are or how much yoga you do.Dr. Geny Ann Augustine, a family medicine physician at Solace Health, says, "Those with higher anxiety or who are chronically stressed may have a more sensitive 'CO2 alarm system,' triggering the urge to breathe earlier, when oxygen levels are still safe. This reaction is due to the body’s fight-or-flight reflex, and NOT due to a lack of fitness.""If you have been failing at breath-hold workouts, instead concentrate on slow nasal breathing and extending your exhale," Augustine adds. "That slight shift trains your nervous system to stay quieter when you’re moderately stressed. Over time, increasing CO2 tolerance like this can help alleviate symptoms of anxiety, increase endurance and support overall respiratory health."It should be noted that the Buteyko Clinic also advocates for methods like sleeping with mouth tape and claims that its specific style of breathwork can cure asthma. Science disagrees and says those ideas are dangerous. Additionally, experts agree that you should not attempt prolonged breath-holding if you have heart or breathing issues like asthma.A home breath-hold test is not a medical diagnostic tool, but performing this simple exercise is an interesting data point, if nothing else. The benefits of regular breathwork (like yoga, meditation, deep breathing, etc.) are scientifically proven. So whether you believe in CO2 tolerance tests or not, taking the time every day to practice a few slow breaths can only mean good things for your mental and physical health.

Most of us accept that our devices are listening to us, and that we likely have our own personal very disappointed FBI agent tracking our movements on the Internet, right? Maybe that's just a specific group of people. It's certainly not me …ahem. If it's true, though, there are certainly several amused and confused FBI agents in a three-year-old thread on Reddit where someone asked, "What is something illegal that you do frequently?" The answers are probably not what you would expect, but they're pretty funny nonetheless.When most people think of illegal things done frequently, it's probably something like eating grapes from the store while shopping or forgetting to pay for the thing at the bottom of the cart. But this question got people's creativity going and, honestly, some folks may be going to jail because of these confessions. There are people out here living on the edge every day, and I just don't know how they manage to do so. Someone claimed to have downloaded a car! After all of the anti-piracy commercials in the early 2000s warning us of the dangers of downloading things and this guy actually did it. Police officer watching white SUV drivePhoto credit: CanvaObviously, this guy didn't download a car, but another commenter said they charmed a sea witch for her pearls of the deep, and I'm inclined to believe them. There are also quite a few rule-breakers who turn right on red when there's a sign that clearly says not to. But the one comment that shines like an illegal beacon is the person who admits to pirating movies. According to the thread, they've seen all of the Pirates of the Caribbean movies and even Hook, yet somehow they escape the law.Speaking of actual pirates, this person is like a reverse pirate. You may want to sit down for this because it's intense. The commenter admits to paying random people's expired parking meters downtown where they live. The shame this poor soul must feel on a daily basis. And if police officers are looking to Reddit for real criminals, then they need to look no further, since further down the thread, someone admitted to "acquiring toilet paper from work." Don't fret, though; they've designated it their "weekly bonus," so it's totally cool. Police figurine with plastic cruiserPhoto credit: CanvaSure, these don't seem so bad, but others have warned these guys to be on the lookout for arrest warrants, especially for the person who records and rewatches NFL games without the express consent of the NFL. It's a terrifying thing to admit to in a public forum. I hope they're okay.Looks like the jig is up for this person: "I like to go down into my skeleton hole and … oh ho ho, you rascally FBI agents! Almost had me that time," a commenter who shall not be named wrote. There are so many very serious and totally not made-up crimes within that thread that it would take days for agents to comb through to arrest all of the culprits. It'll be especially tough trying to locate the person who dares to whistle for their lost canary in Berkeley before 6 a.m. Surprised doctor at lineup, humorous scene!Photo credit: CanvaThese criminals must be stopped at all costs. I wouldn't be surprised if there's a special task force dedicated to the mass apprehension these admissions of guilt will cause. Let's learn from their crimes and keep them in our thoughts.