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  • Trump cuts funding to FOSS projects.

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  • Although they could do more, I wouldn't say they don't care. For instance, Germany established the Sovereign Tech Agency.

  • European stocks tank 6% at open as global tariff rout deepens

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  • This is due to a few people in power, not because of tsunamis etc. So this can switch over in just a day.

    In my view, the damage is very real and businesses will keep suffering even if Trump winds down his tariff ambitions, because the uncertainty and unpredictability hinder investment decisions. For example, if you managed an aluminium business like Alcoa, would you put up the cash to set up new smelters in the US despite melting stock prices, high borrowing costs and the possibility that the tariffs shielding those US smelters from foreign producers are reduced or even scrapped altogether without warning? Many businesses are “damned if they do, damned if they don't”.

    I'm sure there are smart plays in this market, but I'm also convinced that we've entered a bear phase.

  • ‘We just haven’t seen anything like this’: Farmers brace for Trump’s trade war

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  • Trump could blame Powell, the chair of the Federal Reserve. In fact, Trump is already pressuring him, writing or at least posting the following:

    This would be a PERFECT time for Fed Chairman Jerome Powell to cut Interest Rates. He is always “late,” but he could now change his image, and quickly. Energy prices are down, Interest Rates are down, Inflation is down, even Eggs are down 69%, and Jobs are UP, all within two months - A BIG WIN for America. CUT INTEREST RATES, JEROME, AND STOP PLAYING POLITICS!

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  • Polar bear-inhabited islands affected by Trump tariffs

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  • Donald Trump did indeed write at least the first three sentences back in 2018. I couldn't find a source for the rest of the quote, but (a) I wouldn't put it past that man to utter such nonsense and (b) it's only fair we indulge in some stretching of the truth, given the extent to which he and his lackeys disregard it.

  • Germany Turns to U.S. Playbook: Deportations Target Gaza War Protesters

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  • Russia has depleted its tank stocks: the industry is not covering combat losses

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  • Interesting to note that since 2022, he lost under 1% of his population to the war... Meat attacks could go on for years on end and it would barely move him.

    If that "1% of his population" refers to the general population, I would note that the total includes many people who could never fight, such as:

    • all those involved, whether directly or indirectly, in the development and production of military hardware,
    • all those involved, whether directly or indirectly, in the extraction and trade of natural resources, without which the Russian economy would collapse, and
    • all those physically unable to fight, such as children, the elderly and disabled people, and all those who care for them in one way or another.

    As much as Putin's tyranny may yet squeeze out of the general population, 1% in three years is already devastating, in my view.

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  • For anyone who doesn't know: this is a clever reference to the myth of Midas' Touch that I'm totally stealing.

  • Hey, do americans just want to take a break from normal politics for a bit and focus all our efforts solely on the wild boar problem?

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  • Hogwash! Capitalist pigs will end us. I for one advocate for roo committees.

  • Belgium joins the movement!

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  • Marjorie Taylor Greene Promotes “Measles Parties” for Kids Amid Deadly Outbreaks

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  • Thank you for sharing that — especially with it being personal information. Like your husband, I moved to Germany and cannot check my vaccination history — at least not easily, being estranged from my relatives. Coming from Spain and having been born in the late 90s, I very likely received all the usual vaccines. Still, I've been wondering what I could do about this for years. I will ask my Hausärztin sometime.

  • White House directs officials to draft proposal to lift US sanctions on Russia

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  • As good as that would be and as much as I desire it, my impression is that too many of them are trapped in a disinformation bubble to realize what and who is actually causing their problems. Some might, like the former Republican who shot at Trump and the veteran who blew up a Cybertruck, if I understood their motivation correctly, but I doubt such incidents will ever reach such a scale that Republicans reverse their entrenched stance on gun ownership.

  • Justin Trudeau Calls Out Trump for Starting ‘Very Dumb’ Trade War With Canada While ‘Appeasing’ ‘Lying, Murderous’ Putin

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  • Trudeau did adopt some of Trump's lingo when addressing him –by his forename, as you point out–, using "big" several times and referring to some treaty they negotiated as a "deal". He also slowed down, as if talking to someone with impaired understanding. Finally, Trudeau delivered this gem:

    Now, it's not in my habit to agree with the Wall Street Journal, but Donald, they point out that, even though you're a very smart guy, this is a very dumb thing to do.

    — starting at 10:34 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eT_ePmJyIcw

    It was brilliant; out in plain sight for anyone with mild linguistic skills yet too subtle for the Trump base to grasp any of it.

  • White House directs officials to draft proposal to lift US sanctions on Russia

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  • I think Trumpism does not need to take away guns thanks to the correlation between Trumpism and gun ownership. Why would they disarm those who support them and carry out their wishes with a degree of plausible deniability, as in January 6th?

  • US cuts off intelligence-sharing with Ukraine

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  • To my knowledge, intelligence gathering is one of the capabilities for which Ukraine and, indeed, all non-US members of NATO depend on the United States the most, and one which they can less readily ramp up than the production of military hardware and materiel. This latest move is, perhaps, an even bigger blow to a fair and durable peace than the recent suspension of US military aid.

  • US supreme court weakens rules on discharge of raw sewage into water supplies

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  • I dislike this as much as everyone else, but… Would you give us a "/s" or some other indication of sarcasm? Some people assert what you wrote –or similar things– unironically.

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  • Fair enough. I couldn't tell from your original comment.

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  • We have also never been imperial powers

    Italy did maintain colonies in parts of what today are Libya, Eritrea, Ethiopia and Somalia, among other places, albeit the Italian imperial project was comparatively short in both time and space.

  • Diamonds lose their sparkle as prices come crashing down

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