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davetortoise

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  • US investigators believe strike on Iranian girls’ school probably carried out by US forces

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  • is this even possible

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  • No meaningful difference

  • U.S. Troops Were Told Iran War Is for “Armageddon,” Return of Jesus

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  • Fucking nutcases. At this rate troops might actually just mutiny

  • Sam Altman would like remind you that humans use a lot of energy, too | TechCrunch

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  • No :( they need a brain to work

  • Sam Altman would like remind you that humans use a lot of energy, too | TechCrunch

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  • These people fundamentally do not think about human life in a normal way.

  • And on this birthday too, fahhha!

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  • Crouching over an unconscious woman/girl in a pedophile's mansion? Seems like if that doesn't meet the bar, it really should.

  • And on this birthday too, fahhha!

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  • More than enough grounds for suspicion based on the context

  • ‘Privacy Nightmare on Wheels’: Every Car Brand Reviewed By Mozilla — Including Ford, Volkswagen and Toyota — Flunks Privacy Test

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  • Very likely to void your insurance

  • Mamdani Threatens 9.5% Property Tax Increase if Wealth Tax Is Not Passed

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  • It seems like you have more to learn about taxation, so it's not worth me discussing this with you.

  • Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor arrested and in custody on suspicion of misconduct in public office

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  • Well actually it was the taxpayer that had 12 million quid, then gave it to a sweaty nonce for some ungodly reason

  • Mamdani Threatens 9.5% Property Tax Increase if Wealth Tax Is Not Passed

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  • It's inherently progressive because it counteracts the inherently regressive distribution of property in a capitalist economy.

    Taxes are not either flat or progressive. They are flat, proportional, or progressive. This is a proportional tax which targets unequal distribution to achieve progressive results.

    If you mess with the rate, the system will be more easily exploited by the ultra-rich.

  • Mamdani Threatens 9.5% Property Tax Increase if Wealth Tax Is Not Passed

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  • Not with a regular property/land tax. There's essentially no way to game that.

    My point is that adding frills to a tax (like making it progressive) usually just enables the people with the means to do so to take advantage of provisions protecting the poor. A property tax is effective because it is inherently progressive and doesn't need to be tweaked much.

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    Tucker Carlson 'detained' in Israel as passport taken from him after interview

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  • People celebrating this are engaging in the same dumbass tribalist mentality as the MAGA lot.

  • Mamdani Threatens 9.5% Property Tax Increase if Wealth Tax Is Not Passed

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  • There'd likely be a lot of ways around it. Large plots would be broken up into smaller legal boundaries, parts would be owned by shell companies, parts would be loaned out and rented back at low rates, etc. etc. They'd find a way to take advantage of it to pay less than anyone else.

    A straight-up land tax with no frills does the job. If it ain't broke, don't fix it.

  • What's yours?

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  • Senior loan manager at JLB credit :(

  • Pedophiles Don't Deserve Plea Deals

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  • Ex-KGB official says 2 countries have copies of compromising Trump video

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  • Duh

  • China bans hidden car door handles, which can trap people after crashes

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  • I never liked those stupid handles, I like that there's actually a good reason to hate on them

  • Oddly specific

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  • Sounds good except that literally 90% of people consider themselves to be in this category

  • Fedora Linux @lemmy.ml
    davetortoise @reddthat.com

    Fedora 43 is officially cleared to ship next week (Oct 28, 2025)

    meetbot.fedoraproject.org /meeting_matrix_fedoraproject-org/2025-10-23/f43-final-go-no-go-meeting.2025-10-23-17.01.html
  • Lemmy Shitpost @lemmy.world
    davetortoise @reddthat.com

    Remember what they took from you