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  • Trump Mocks U.S. Women's Hockey Team After Gold Medal

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  • “We’ll do the White House,” Trump told players. “We’ll just have some fun, we have medals for you guys. And we have to — I must tell you — we’re going to have to bring the women’s team, you do know that,” the president said, chuckling. The players laughed. “I do believe I probably would be impeached [if I didn’t],” Trump continued.

  • Killing of Mexican drug cartel boss ‘El Mencho’ triggers wave of violence

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  • Oh, in that case I agree completely - the root cause is demand in the US.

  • Killing of Mexican drug cartel boss ‘El Mencho’ triggers wave of violence

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  • Do you think the Mexican government isn't already trying to do that? They clearly don't have the resources to pull it off.

  • Nicki Minaj’s social media propped up by thousands of bots, analysis finds

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  • This is like finding a turd in an outhouse. The report's conclusion could be said of any prominent account on Twitter - the whole site is a cesspool of bots.

  • Hetzner (European hosting provider) to increase prices by up to 40%

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  • This is really not Hetzner's fault, it's AI companies gobbling up all the hardware and driving up prices for everybody else.

  • Two-thirds of Canadians give Trump an ‘F’ for his first year in office; half as many CPC voters agree

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  • Progressive conservatives are not, and that's the source of the tension within the CPC. PCs are basically "marry who you want, just don't raise my taxes"

  • Two-thirds of Canadians give Trump an ‘F’ for his first year in office; half as many CPC voters agree

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  • Of course, but income tax is progressive (rates get higher with income) whereas tariffs result in a flat increase which disproportionately affects the poor because it represents a higher percentage of their income.

    Let's take cars, for example. If steel tariffs mean that a car costs $500 more than it did before tariffs, that $500 has a far bigger impact on someone who makes $40k a year versus someone who makes $200k. That $500 is borne in full by residents of the country that imposed tariffs, which is why tariffs really only penalize your own people in addition to whatever industry of your trade partners you're targeting.

  • Two-thirds of Canadians give Trump an ‘F’ for his first year in office; half as many CPC voters agree

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  • Tariffs are a tax on residents of the tariffing country, essentially the same as a flat income tax increase on the whole population (i.e. a regressive tax curve, which is deeply un-leftist)

  • switched back to KDE and don't regret

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  • Facebook is absolutely cooked

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  • JFC this is what we're destroying the environment for?

  • switched back to KDE and don't regret

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  • Ah, a fellow DualUp evangelist. it's a pity they didn't catch on that much.

  • Canada's Mens' Hockey team defeats Finland in final minute to gain entry to Olympic Gold Medal game !!!

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  • Look, you can't have a superior climate AND a convenient time zone. Leave some for the rest of us.

  • Two-thirds of Canadians give Trump an ‘F’ for his first year in office; half as many CPC voters agree

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  • Exactly. CPC leadership seems unwilling to understand that there's a difference between a big tent and a Nazi bar. Since the Reform merger the party used to be the former, but now it's the latter. It's no wonder we're seeing so many floor crossings, and it's bound to get worse and probably accelerate. This will also badly hurt their candidate recruitment efforts - who would want to put their name on the ballot for this party other than people who buy into this ideology?

  • Canada @lemmy.ca
    cygnus @lemmy.ca

    Two-thirds of Canadians give Trump an ‘F’ for his first year in office; half as many CPC voters agree

    angusreid.org /fear-factor-canada-us-relationship-trump-carney/

  • DOJ Scrubs Record of Interviews With Trump Accuser From Epstein Files

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  • So it's "transparency through incompetence", the corrolary to "security through obscurity"

  • Final Pieces Moving Into Place For Potential Attack On Iran

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  • Sacrificing their only remaining ME ally is definitely not worth a transient distraction in the news. Losing Syria was a huge blow for them.

  • Final Pieces Moving Into Place For Potential Attack On Iran

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  • Agreed, this US attack on Iran is not going to happen. The best guarantee of this is that Russia won't want it to.

  • Carney constructs a mega anti-Trump trade alliance

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  • It sounds like someone blowing a raspberry. The terrible name notwithstanding, I hope Carney can pull this off. I found him a bit disappointing in his first quasi-year in office but this would really deliver on his promise of Canada being a leader of the middle powers.

  • Portugal Hits 80% Renewables, Power Bills Drop €703M

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  • That's why oligarch-owned media are so important.

  • Man pardoned by Trump for attacking US Capitol found guilty of child abuse

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  • Oh, so that means he isn't a billionaire, I guess.

  • James Van Der Beek, the 'Dawson's Creek' star who later mocked his own hunky persona, has died at 48

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  • My doctor said 40 but YMMV

  • Canada @lemmy.ca
    cygnus @lemmy.ca

    Poilievre pitches expanding U.S. trade to fund Canada's military

    financialpost.com /federal_election/poilievre-pitches-expanding-us-trade-fund-canadas-military
  • Canada @lemmy.ca
    cygnus @lemmy.ca

    Trump again demands the annexation of Canada

  • Proton @lemmy.world
    cygnus @lemmy.ca

    Proton CEO goes full MAGA

  • World News @lemmy.world
    cygnus @lemmy.ca

    ‘China is not Cuba’s sugar daddy’: ties between communist nations weaken

    www.ft.com /content/9ca0a495-d5d9-4cc5-acf5-43f42a9128b4
  • Linux @lemmy.ml
    cygnus @lemmy.ca

    Why does VirtualBox keep launching on boot?

  • Unixporn @lemmy.ml
    cygnus @lemmy.ca
    Plasma

    It's hip to be square(ish)

  • Linux @lemmy.ml
    cygnus @lemmy.ca

    USB webcam lagging only in Zoom?

  • Arch Linux @lemmy.ml
    cygnus @lemmy.ca

    Why does Pandoc get updated nearly every day?

  • Linux @lemmy.ml
    cygnus @lemmy.ca

    Trying Fedora. Never rebooted so often in my life

  • Linux @lemmy.ml
    cygnus @lemmy.ca

    File permissions on mounted drive - can read/write but can't drag into apps?

  • Linux @lemmy.ml
    cygnus @lemmy.ca

    Using Linux for work - need a good email/contacts/calendar system