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Rentlar

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  • GrapheneOS can help you retake your privacy, right now. - Veronica Explains

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  • Loops is a new short form platform created by Pixelfed creator Daniel Supernault.

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  • I'd say it's to help replace unhealthy addictions with a platform that's smaller and less easy to fall into infinite scroll rabbit holes. Like nic-patches to stop smoking.

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    Trump says he’ll sign an executive order to enact a 10% global tariff

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  • All Trump was waiting for was the stock markets in New York to close for the week.

  • US Supreme Court rules against Trump’s tariffs in 6-3 opinion, dealing blow to trade agenda

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  • There are and still will be tariffs (like section 232 steel and softwood lumber)... but I think that it's understood that he can no longer declare his hurt feelings as an emergency, and levy blanket tariffs on a country in response to anything he doesn't like. The incompetent scraps left in his administration have to put together an explanation on what specifically is tariffed and why Congress had authorized it. It's his choice to keep screaming "tariff" but those threats are emptier than ever.

    Edit: See? His first "escalation threat" is a global tariff not really directed at anyone (aside from the USA)

  • In major blow to Trump, US Supreme Court strikes down his global tariffs

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  • While there are other ways Trump can still put in tariffs (Section 232 tariffs on steel and lumber stuff are still in place for example)...

    This will put an end to Trump throwing around tariffs willy-nilly to get his way. Well, of course he still can threaten tariffs but those threats will be emptier than they've ever been.

    Edit: See? His first escalation threat is a 10% tax on Americans for any import whatsoever. Not really directed at any country but their own.

  • Live updates: Supreme Court strikes down Trump’s sweeping tariffs in 6-3 decision

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  • 'It's happening': Journalist warns Trump's UFO order a smoke screen for something bigger

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  • Talents leave AI companies: "They are putting profits over sanity and safety"

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  • Steve Burke (of GN) described the absurdity pretty well, within the context of the currently uncertain Nvidia and OpenAI deal:

    Nvidia offered OpenAI $100B in investment, money that it didn't have, as long as OpenAI gave that money back to Nvidia to lease GPUs that haven't been made, to then put in data centres that haven't been constructed, which will be powered by electricity that hasn't come online, to then rent to users who haven't subscribed, to provide them features that haven't come to fruition.

  • Microsoft AI chief gives it 18 months—for all white-collar work to be automated by AI | Fortune

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  • Microsoft, how much do you want to wager my job will be replaced by AI? Just assume I also have billions of other people's money to spend like you do, and give me the sum you bet if this doesn't pan out.

  • A Perplexing Ohio Bill Would Ban Wind, Solar … and Coal?

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  • Using capacity factor is so damn stupid, but in the long run it may end up working in solar power's favour thanks to the help of grid storage batteries. So thank you, Republicans and Republican think tanks, for your stupidity.

    Using CF as a regulatory metric makes no attempt to even understand how power delivery works, and doesn't talk about the demand side of that equation at all.

    Why is Ohio prioritizing the ability to deliver power at 3am at full capacity?

  • Canadians kind of hate America now. Our new poll shows just how much.

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  • It warms me up a little to see at least a plurality of Canadian Conservatives recognize the harms Trump is doing to Canada, the USA and the world. It confirms that most don't have their heads stuck in the sand or are a stooge like Jivani.

  • Surveillance protects people from terrorism, and sacrificing some privacy makes us safer.

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  • I fixed the community link, I originally had an extra g and forgot the numeral zero in dbzer0. !yepowertrippinbastards@lemmy.dbzer0.com

    A top level comment I mean by a reply to your own post like you did here. That's where the previous and additional long-form context belongs. Don't force people to scroll past it all in the body text, if it's not the main point of the discussion you wish to have. The body text should be for information relevant to the post title, or treat it like a long subheading. Think of your first reply to your own as having roughly equal weight to every other comment, it sorts itself among the others depending on how useful people feel it is.

    ...sacrificing some privacy makes us safer. Do you agree?

    This portion of the question you posed, perhaps you didn't mean it this way, but it implies that this is your opinion and you are asking if people agree with it. The way a question is asked often tells a respondent how the asker feels. A skeptic towards the effectiveness of surveillance asking the same question would phrase it more like: "Do you buy the idea that surveillance prevents terrorism and is good for safety?"

    If you get the point, allow me to suggest a better presentation that has the questioner start at a neutral position: "To what level, in your opinion, is national surveillance in the name of safety and terrorism prevention acceptable? Does this change between authoritarian governments vs. democracies?" I can explain why this is more conducive to discussion than the other two if you need.

    ...people who are incapable of rational thinking

    Yeah nah, that part is an insult by you, at some in the previous thread, but throwing insults begets insults. The surrounding observations explaining how you came to that subjective opinion doesn't change that. Hence my suggestion to leave them out if you want better discussion in a new thread, this is also part of the change in approach I recommend. While best omitted entirely, an example of a way to say effectively what you had wrote but without insults, would be "The quality of some of the replies I received were not as I had hoped".

  • Billionaires’ Low Taxes Are Becoming a Problem for the Economy | Tax avoidance by the superwealthy is an economic issue as well as a political one

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  • Billionaires and multinational companies are the real welfare queens, not your average joe or the bum on the street.

  • In Final Heroic Attempt To Stop War With Iran, Schumer and Jeffries Point At Camera And Tell Trump "Bad Boy Stop That"

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  • Watch out! Schumers glasses have lowered to DEMCON level 3!!!

  • Shit, I'd pay $9

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  • Makes me want a phone tree...

    Thank you for calling. Are you trying to sell me something? Press 1 for yes, 2 for no.

    Am I in trouble? Press 1 for yes, 2 for no.

    Could you just have sent me a message instead? Press 1 for yes, 2 for no.

  • Leaked Email Suggests Ring Plans to Expand ‘Search Party’ Surveillance Beyond Dogs

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  • Oh, thank god, I was worried if there might not be a worldwide surveillance dragnet for in case I lost a pet iguana.

  • PM Carney says Conservative MP Jeneroux crossing the floor to the Liberals

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  • https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/conservative-matt-jeneroux-resigns-9.6970100

    As the article points out, this is the same Matt Jeneroux that said he was going to resign last fall. Is he takeback-ing it before committing to an official end date, cancelling the by-election? From the November article:

    Jeneroux later clarified that his "exact date of departure will be determined at a later day," but suggested it would be "this spring."

  • Report: Staff at Dilley raiding cells to confiscate kids’ letters and drawings detailing conditions inside

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  • If you worked for GEO or CoreCivic, it should be a mark worse than a criminal record getting another job.

  • Kristi Noem pulls plane off search for overboard Coast Guardsman to deport migrants

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  • Two circles overlapping to become one.

  • Fuck Cars @lemmy.world
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    Depending on a car could be impacting your life satisfaction | ASU News

    news.asu.edu /20250124-environment-and-sustainability-depending-car-could-be-impacting-your-life-satisfaction
  • Political Memes @lemmy.ca
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    Canada's 2025 Budget Confidence Vote

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    Mark Carney’s first budget projects $78B deficit, program and civil service cuts

    www.sootoday.com /local-news/mark-carneys-first-budget-projects-78b-deficit-program-and-civil-service-cuts-11443413
  • Linux @programming.dev
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    Have you or someone close to you converted to Linux recently (with Windows 10's end of support)?

  • Videos @lemmy.world
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    GamersNexus: You'll Own Nothing and It's Awful | Taking Control of Your Media, ft. Wendell

  • NonCredibleDefense @sh.itjust.works
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    Battle of Portland, Oregon, USA, 2025, colorized

  • Uplifting News @lemmy.world
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    Toronto ER costs, visits by frequent patients reduced with new housing model - CBC

    www.cbc.ca /news/canada/toronto/dunn-house-toronto-hospital-1.7650086
  • birding @lemmy.world
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    Cormorant and Seagull on Girl in a Wetsuit

  • Canada @lemmy.ca
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    Roshel And Swebor To Manufacture Ballistic-grade Steel In Canada - Canadian Manufacturing

    www.canadianmanufacturing.com /manufacturing/roshel-and-swebor-sign-partnership-agreement-to-manufacture-ballistic-grade-steel-in-canada-311760/
  • Stop Killing Games @lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    1 in 100 Finns have signed the European Citizens' Initiative!

  • Stop Killing Games @lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    Number of Signatures on the ECI has passed 1.2M! (now 1.4M)

  • Stop Killing Games @lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    Number of signatures for the ECI has passed 1.1M!

    www.stopkillinggames.com
  • Reddit @lemmy.world
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    Reddit is being spammed by AI bots, and it's all Reddit's fault - 9to5Mac

    9to5mac.com /2025/06/26/reddit-is-being-spammed-by-ai-bots-and-its-all-reddits-fault/
  • Canada @lemmy.ca
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    Ottawa and Washington exchange document outlining possible terms of deal: sources

    www.cbc.ca /news/politics/canada-us-trade-negotiations-document-1.7558088
  • No Stupid Questions @lemmy.ca
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    What do you think of CBC Power & Politics host David Cochrane with more hair?

  • Canada @lemmy.ca
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    Is Trump’s tariff negotiation strategy backfiring? | About That with Andrew Chang (CBC via YouTube)

  • Lemmy.ca's Main Community @lemmy.ca
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    Noticing some lag spikes (13 May 2025)

  • Canada @lemmy.ca
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    Statistics Canada says Canadian-resident return trips from U.S. down again in April

    www.thecanadianpressnews.ca /national/statistics-canada-says-canadian-resident-return-trips-from-u-s-down-again-in-april/article_9ba2137f-d0b2-563d-aab8-f33168038fa6.html
  • Lemmy Shitpost @lemmy.world
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    Delicious lentil inside

  • Satisfactory @lemmy.world
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    Tips for Mulitplayer Satisfactory server?