Fem personer i Södertäljeområdet har åtalats för att bland annat ha köpt falska inkomstuppgifter som använts för att tvätta svarta pengar till en legal inkomst. Sedan tidigare är ett tjugotal personer åtalade för delaktighet i ett storskaligt penningtvättsupplägg där brottspengar tvättats genom skenanställningar och falska inkomstuppgifter.
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Penningtvättshärva i Södertälje - Svenssons Nyheter
Penningtvättshärva i Södertälje. Fem personer i Södertäljeområdet har åtalats för att bland annat ha köpt falska inkomstuppgifter som använtsAnders_S (Svenssons Nyheter)
Investors shift away from US bond market on fears over Donald Trump’s policies
Investors shift away from US bond market on fears over Donald Trump’s policies
Worries about trade wars and a rising debt load have shaken faith in the Treasury marketHarriet Clarfelt (Financial Times)
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Ibis 0.3.0 - Fediverse Integration, OAuth and More
Ibis is a federated encyclopedia with numerous features. If you want to start a wiki for a TV series, a videogame, or an open source project then Ibis is for you! You can register on an existing instance or install it on your own server. Then you can start editing on the topic of your choice, and connect to other Ibis instances for different topics. Federation ensures that articles get mirrored across many servers, and can be read even if the original instance goes down. Ibis is written in Rust and Webassembly, fully open source to make future enshittification impossible.
With this version Ibis can finally federate with other Fediverse platforms such as Lemmy (example) and others. If you notice any federation problems please open an issue. Note that Mastodon currently ignores activities sent by Ibis for unknown reasons. See the article for more details how federation works.
There are many improvements to signup and account management. Admins can configure OAuth so that users can login with existing accounts from other platforms. Email is also supported now, with a config option email_required to enable email verification for new users. Notifications can also be sent by email if desired. And there is an account settings page to change password and email.
When creating a new article, users can choose which instance it should reside on. Admins can remove articles, making the config option article_approval obsolete. Various other parts of the api were also changed. Additionally the code was split into different crates for faster development. There have also been many bug fixes and minor improvements.
If you are interested what a federated wiki can do, join and give it a try. You can register on ibis.wiki, open.ibis.wiki or other instances. You can also install Ibis on your own server. It is very lightweight and can easily run on an existing server alongside other software. This release includes an additional installation method using Docker. To discuss the project, report problems or get support use the following links:
Here is a (somewhat messy) list of all the changes in this version.
Ibis 0.3.0 - Fediverse Integration OAuth and More
Ibis is a federated encyclopedia with
numerous
features.
If you want to start a wiki for a TV series, a videogame, or
an open source project then Ibis is for you!
You can register on an existing instance like ibis.wiki or
[[Setup_Instructions@ibis.wiki|install it on your own server]].
Then you can start editing on the topic of your choice, and connect to
other Ibis instances for different topics.
Federation ensures that articles get mirrored across many servers, and
can be read even if the original instance goes down.
Ibis is written in Rust and Webassembly, fully open source to
make future enshittification impossible.With this version Ibis can finally federate with
other Fediverse platforms such as
Lemmy (example) and others.
If you notice any federation problems please
open an issue.
Note that Mastodon currently ignores activities sent by Ibis for
unknown reasons.
See the [[Ibis_Federation@ibis.wiki|federation article]] for more details.There are many improvements to signup and account management.
Admins can configure OAuth so that users can login with existing accounts from
other platforms.
Email is also supported now, with a config optionemail_requiredto
enable email verification for new users.
Notifications can also be sent by email if desired.
And there is an account settings page to change password and email.When creating a new article, users can choose which
instance it should reside on.
Admins can remove articles, making the config optionarticle_approval
obsolete. Various other parts of the api were also changed.
Additionally the code was split into different crates for faster development.
There have also been many bug fixes and minor improvements.If you are interested what a federated wiki can do, join and give it a try.
You can register on ibis.wiki, open.ibis.wiki or
other instances. You can also install Ibis on your own server.
It is very lightweight and can easily run on
an existing server alongside other software.
This release includes an additional installation method using
[[Setup_Instructions@ibis.wiki|Docker]].
To discuss the project, report problems or get support use the following links:Here is a
(somewhat messy) list of all the changes in this version.GitHub - Nutomic/ibis: A federated online encyclopedia
A federated online encyclopedia. Contribute to Nutomic/ibis development by creating an account on GitHub.GitHub
as:Article object? Could it be generalized for any type of Linked Data? This would make it possible to not only have a federated wikipedia but the whole wikidata project.
An oversimplification: wikidata is a graph database where people edit semantic triples (subject, predicate, object) instead of text articles.
One could argue that the Fediverse is itself a graph database that anyone could edit, though current implementations are mostly focused on taking this abstract data and putting a usable shell that resembles specific applications.
America is in danger of experiencing an academic brain drain
America is in danger of experiencing an academic brain drain
Other countries may benefit. Science will sufferThe Economist
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I'm in a similar boat, except I'm waiting to find out if my multinational will be willing to move me. I'm the lead developer, admin, product owner, and architect for a very publicly-facing web presence for my company, so I'm hoping they'll be willing to in order to keep me happy.
And if they won't, I'm going to be applying for similar jobs abroad the moment I know.
It's not just for me. My son is trans and my daughter is gay. I have to get them both out of here before the ovens start firing up.
If you get the impression that at this point I believe the U.S. is a lost cause, you're correct. If we make it to the 2026 elections intact, the elections are valid, and Democrats sweep, I'll be extremely surprised.
Getting a work/student visa takes a lot of time so start it early. It's generally easiest to get PR through work or study.
But it's only one piece of the puzzle. My partner and I spent 2 months before we moved going through everything we own and deciding what to get rid of. We got rid of about half of our stuff, anything you don't get rid of will have to go through customs, not to mention figuring out how to physically move your stuff.
Once you get to a new place, setting up is also its own logistical nightmare. You won't have any credit established so getting an apartment or credit card might be difficult to start. You also need a bank account, which might have its own requirements.
And then there's the social part of it. I'm lucky that my community is international and I was very quickly able to find my people, but if you don't know anyone you're going to be very lonely until you do. Try to make some friends before you move.
You don't need to be in the USA to fight.
The fight was won by Russian troll farms operating in Iran.
nytimes.com/2015/06/07/magazin…
And you're implying the people proudly turning their backs on the U.S. are going to do something to help the citizens of the U.S.?
Seems like twisted logic, to me.
Idk, that's certainly an optimistic view of a very bad thing happening.
It isn't going to be just MAGA suffering, and if everyone with a brain leaves — there's no telling what kind of system will fill the void. I think it's unrealistic to assume these people will course correct on their own simply because bad things have happened to them.
They are currently in an information bubble created largely by Russia, China, and Iran.
I'd love to see a liberal democratic media machine to counter Putin's Agency
Yes. I understand the desire for more bodies, but the world isn't black and white, and not everyone is able to fight.
To elaborate on my own situation, my demographics make me and my community VERY vulnerable to this administration. While the desire to help each other is there, resources are slim and everyone is struggling to sort out their own survival. A lot of the community is also disabled and reliant on others.
Now that I'm out of that, I actually have the capacity to offer support. I'm still very connected to everyone I know and love back home, but now I have the backing of a new community that is very understanding of the situation and able to offer resources. I personally can offer travel advice, a place to crash temporarily, and a safe landing to anyone who decides to follow suit. We also have established safe houses along the way. Since we made the decision to leave, my partner and I have received nothing but love and support from both communities.
Not everyone is a Fighter or a Paladin. Some are better at offering support from a distance.
What I mean is that, with any individual — you start with what you can control. Whatever that sphere of influence might be, your immediate surroundings make up a large part of what you're actually capable of influencing.
You can't fight a fire from 3000 miles away. I get that we're not all capable of running into a burning building, but you're severely overestimating (and underestimating, oddly enough — but in different directions) an individual's ability to affect real change.
It is, and I'm well aware of just how hard it is to be in my kind of position. I'm leaving very soon for a job overseas.
It took 12 years of college. It took massive debts that I spent a decade earning to pay off. It took a further 15 years of competing in academia to become a desirable candidate for the job. I'm taking a serious pay cut and spending the saving from a decade of work to make the move.
Its a privilege, but having come from a family that valued education, but had little money to help me, I kinda feel like I've earned it. Decades of effort on my part went into this.
You can be pissed all you want, but I've paid my dues and I'm spending them on a better and safer future for my children away from the US Banana Republic of Dumbfuckistan.
Anyone with the brains is doing everything in their power to get out ASAP unless they're nearing retirement, have elderly parents or close relatives, etc.
You cannot do legitimate science under fascist or fundamentalist governance. Too much of reality is considered wrongthink.
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I don’t really know why anybody would want to come here anymore for university
I mean if my advisor can secure the funding, the two reasons I plan on doing my PhD in America are (1) I like my advisor and (2) I went to school here and I don't like my chances of being accepted somewhere else. Like I would rather do a PhD in literally any other country.
and the job markets in the us are pretty unstable as it is, especially lot of biotech is preferentially hiring H1B visa holders anyways over citizens, if you dont have a Doctorates.
the problems at the BS/MS level is the low amount of lab experience that is given to students, and universities make it very hard to get them in general.
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Unironically I would be literally thrilled to contribute to this brain drain. I'd drop everything and get on a plane right this very second for a chance to do a PhD in literally any other country.
If anyone is looking to fill a electrical engineering PhD position literally anywhere but America then I'm ya boy.
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Research opportunities in Europe
Europe offers considerable opportunities for existing and young researchers from around the world to study a PhD, a post-doctorate degree and to work as a researcher.European Education Area
Yeah, we gonna need loads of that for 7th gen fighters, resilient next-gen green smart grids, etc. Bon voyage!
PS: we're not better than the US, but at least our political systems can delay full fascist takeover for about 5-20 years...which may be enough time to reverse it politically or to at least create defenses against it.
These are places I would consider if I were able to go back to school:
- eng.mcmaster.ca/ece/degree-opt…
- grad.uwo.ca/admissions/program…
- uwaterloo.ca/electrical-comput…
- mcgill.ca/gradapplicants/progr…
- sgs.utoronto.ca/programs/elect…
Electrical and Computer Engineering - PhD – Faculty of Engineering
The PhD degree is a thesis-based program where students are required to complete courses in addition to writing and defending a thesis.Faculty of Engineering
So I am in no position to help you but I do have a very strange and hypothetical (ish) question:
How feasible would it be to hack a monitors firmware and use it to send and receive data, assuming that the data being sent is encoded on, say, the green color channel of said monitor and you had an sdr or some specially configured device set up somewhere to help make this very specific and bizarre idea work?
In EEng most positions in Germany are without mandatory teaching. Unless you want to, as you would need teaching experience to be eligible for a professorship.
Germany is actually really good if you have a full-time position, as the salary is somewhat comparable to a normal job, at least in CS/CE.
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“I have a foreboding of an America in my children's or grandchildren's time -- when the United States is a service and information economy; when nearly all the manufacturing industries have slipped away to other countries; when awesome technological powers are in the hands of a very few, and no one representing the public interest can even grasp the issues; when the people have lost the ability to set their own agendas or knowledgeably question those in authority; when, clutching our crystals and nervously consulting our horoscopes, our critical faculties in decline, unable to distinguish between what feels good and what's true, we slide, almost without noticing, back into superstition and darkness...The dumbing down of American is most evident in the slow decay of substantive content in the enormously influential media, the 30 second sound bites (now down to 10 seconds or less), lowest common denominator programming, credulous presentations on pseudoscience and superstition, but especially a kind of celebration of ignorance”
― Carl Sagan, The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark(1995)
Wow. Completely nailed it, unfortunately.
Do you also start to get weary of how they're always dead-on when it comes to pessimistic predictions? :(
very little such avenue exists for MS/BS holders in the stems though.
america has been declining for quite some time, and many universities actively look for foreigners to come to thier universities, because they pay a ton more in tuition, our school while its not a prestigious state school at all, not even on the "map" we got rich foreigners/out of state people coming here in droves.
as of late the school suffered so much enrollment issues in the last few years, they are early accepting HS students that hadn't graduated yet, and is willing to waive some courses. (many former and current students, including me were very displeased by the way the school is going in terms of thier students career progression, and the lack of certain things like STEM wet lab experience, which is the most important thing in those majors, they barely offer any.
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"Golden Dome"
Given that gold is a relatively soft material, I assume that this one isn't for defense like Israel's Iron Dome, but rather for large scale golden shower parties for Trump and friends.
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Let's always be careful to differentiate ourselves based on meaningless characteristics, like when we were born. That's nothing like differentiating based on race or gender.
The oligarchs want our attention focused on each other, not on them. Our only hope is to work across those lines.
Now please start a revolution you proles , or you’ll be eating cake for the rest of your miserable existence.
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Australia's new haul of Chinese online goods helps tame inflation
The expected flood of cheap goods from China, on top of a recent slowdown in inflation, is among several reasons the central bank felt confident enough to cut interest rates this week.
'Hidden' provision in Trump's big bill could disarm US Supreme Court
'Hidden' Provision in Trump's Big Bill Could Disarm US Supreme Court
The provision would bar courts from enforcing contempt citations for violations of injunctions or temporary restraining orders unless a bond has been paid.Khaleda Rahman (Newsweek)
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Idk Thomas has been saying some shit recently that makes it seem like he might be getting tired of Trump's shit.
Would be hilarious if Trump and Co try to defang the Supreme Court and they just decide to strike down Executive Orders as broadly unconstitutional for anything beyond directing basic executive branch actions, because they are not laws.
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Oh my bad, meant to say Roberts. Get the fuckers confused nowadays. Defending the fact that the Judiciary is an equal branch of government and the concept of basic checks and balances.
It’s safe to assume that Thomas and Alito will just go along with any unconstitutional, fascist BS that Trump’s incels will dream up
Thomas and Robert’s names are easy to confuse. Just remember to ask your self “Which one is the Tom?” and you’ll get it.
Nope, that's Scott "Far right lunatic asshole" Adams.
Adam Scott is the guy from Severance, The Good Place and Parks & Rec
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The issue is more: will it matter at all?
Genuinely serious. Jackson is Trump's favorite President for a reason: he exposed that under a determined enough man with enough popular support behind him, neither Congress nor the SCOTUS can actually do anything about a President acting in contravention of a court order. If the SCOTUS says "this bill is unconstitutional", will it stop anyone from actually acting like it's in force?
he exposed that under a determined enough man with enough popular support behind him
Well good news, he's not actually that popular. I'm baffled that he's still got an aggregate 47% approval rating, but even faux news' poll has him down to 44% and he was only above 50% in poling for less than a 2 weeks after he came into office.
And that's all before the most recent news about the medicare/medicaid slashing. And ahead of the coming wave of layoffs due to the economy slowing down. The policies he's trying to enact are going to (slowly) erode what support he still has as his base realizes just how fucked they are.
Can SCOTUS strike down a bill that says their rulings don't have to be followed?
This is what passes as an interesting Paradox to MAGA Nazis.
'Call This What It Is—Theft': Republicans Approve Largest Medicaid, SNAP Cuts in US History
'Call This What It Is—Theft': Republicans Approve Largest Medicaid, SNAP Cuts in US History
"The people stealing from Americans are not folks with tattoos and hoodies—it's people wearing suits and ties and congressional pins, sitting in this Capitol right now," said Rep. Maxwell Frost.jake-johnson (Common Dreams)
Because Joe “nothing would fundamentally change” Biden was so progressive.
Are you stupid? His legislation was VERY progressive. Guy was even the first president IN HISTORY to forgive student loans and to stand on a picket line with striking workers.
do you in any way shape or form hold the Democratic party responsible for their performance at the polls?
Yes, but not even close to as responsible as I hold American voters for failing their civic duty.
Are you trying to tell me that pushing to re-elect a guy who was falling apart at the seams and currently has advanced cancer, who previously won by virtue of the other guy’s approval rating being in the toilet
All of these things are better than a felon rapist traitor who is flagrantly disregarding the Constitution. Keep in mind that when you vote for a candidate, you aren't just voting for them, you are voting for their party to have power as well.
then replacing him with someone who would have been completely blown out in a primary at the last minute
It's literally what their constituents asked for. They kept complaining that Biden was too old and it would cost him the election. So they gave their constituents a younger candidate. There was not time for a primary.
But none of this matters. It was non-fascists vs fascists and it was pretty fucking obvious and Americans failed that open book test.
So by not wanting to be complicit in one genocide you allowed fascism to rise and now are unwilling complicit in more crimes against humanity.
Harm reduction is a simple concept
Neo-liberals become conservatives when their wealth is threatened.
It's a two-pronged strategy that you're supporting right now.
If more of you people directed your grievances towards the greedy scumbags that keep nominating establishment candidates, then we wouldn't have this issue.
I don't expect you to do that, though.
And where did that 30% live?
Doesn't matter. 30% of Americans refused to do their civic duty.
How exactly does blaming your neighbors create meaningful change?
How, exactly, does ignoring a majority of Americans allowing fascism to take hold create meaningful change?
Many people can only learn through personal pain.
So that's what's going to happen.
Face it, you need a different system. Not going to happen without violence though…
Unfortunately this is probably where we're at.
Lol the country has gone through two wars based around revolting
We didn't have cable TV and pizza delivery back then.
"Fascism is better than Biden/Harris".
Yeah...Americans are stupid.
I'm not even american. And every time I can vote, I do against fascism. Because if I have to choose between a literal nazi and someone who's imperfect but it's not a nazi, I kinda prefer to be governed by the one that's not a nazi.
And since we are talking about genocide: remember that the turd YOU helped putting in the white house is allowing the zionazi to run wild and even think of annexing Gaza (after "cleansing" it).
Biden got several cease fires out of Israel. Until Kamala lost the election they were willing to stop the violence and at least fake a willingness to negotiate. That all stopped cold after election day though. Now they have nothing holding them back.
You've killed everyone in Gaza thanks to your hubris.
If you're gonna say anything other than "but but they're literally not the same, so therefore they can't be compared", get back to me. Go talk to some actual humans and learn how we speak, learn the nuance in language required to understand that "liberals are fascist" is not saying "the definition of liberalism is identical to that of fascists".
Liberals support and prop up fascists, both materially by carrying their policies through without challenge, and also ideologically by giving a false vision of "The Left", while edging further and further right, limiting the horizon of what politics can be. If the "good guy" is barely different from the "bad guy", surely the bad guy can't really be that bad... right?
They are both bourgeois parties serving the same corporate and imperial interests. Liberals are just smarter and like to throw in some welfare and pander to progressive causes so their outright villainy is less obvious.
Brian Klass is a political scientist who recently put out his own philosophy of chaos theory. I think it's a pretty useful tool to look at contemporary movements and really refutes the "it couldn't possibly happen here" message.
Pre-2011 there was a paper published on why middle eastern dictatorships were so stable. The next year almost all of them fell. Klass argues that the author wasn't wrong, they just were working with the rules and tools we knew at the time, but didn't know the rules had changed with the invention of social media.
In his perspective, the idea of a "fluke" is not a fluke at all, it's a data point showing that things are changing and changing fast. Things just feel like flukes when our assumptions of the way things work become outdated.
Talking about what? Owning a gun is a right! I certainly would never use it for anything other than paper target shooting on a gun range.
That's all paper ballots are good for - target practice.
But it's not bad opsec to tell people to buy guns. That's just sensible. The people without guns are the ones that are targeted first .
As a party, the Dems suck. Absolutely. And in the long-term, as an opposition party, they are not great.
That being said, are the non-voters and protest non-voters children? The nonsense I'm reading about non-voters not being "inspired" or not being "captured" by Democrats to convince them to vote against fascism sounds like a description of a salesman trying to sell products, not the either-or choice being given to every adult American, which is, as a citizen, their own goddamn responsibility to be party to.
A non-vote is still a vote. You don't absolve yourself of the outcome by choosing not to participate, because if you can vote, you're already participating.
There were three real options this past election: MAGA, Dems, and I-don't-care-they're-equally-bad. So yes, not voting when fascists win means you supported fascism.
Obviously that does not mean non-voters are solely to blame. Republicans accepted fascists, those that voted R chose fascists, Dems suck as a party, and non-voters sat back and allowed fascists to take power. On the list, non-voters are the least bad, certainly, but they still bear responsibility.
Peasants were entirely self sufficient and had nothing to lose. It simply isn't the case for anyone who lives in a city.
Military coup is possible though
You still don't understand.
Arguing with me isn't going to change anything. You should be arguing with the people that nominate establishment candidates.
Go ahead, blame me all you want; I genuinely don't care. If you want me to get out and vote, then your neo-liberal, lesser-evil buddies need to be the ones who 'fall in line.'
Every effort you spend in trying to get me to support establishment candidates is futile.
"Oh so a person helps fix a problem they were part of, and for you that’s not enough."
Um, no? Is that supposed to be satire?
--Hypothetically, If your dog vomits on the floor and eats a small part of that vomit before looking at you for approval, do you praise them for partially cleaning up the mess they made?
Lol this is not the flex that you think it is. This just shows the Dems that the left voter will never vote. So there is no reason to cater to them. And history plays this out, every time the Dems rely on the left voter, they don't show up. At this point you'd be an absolute fool to cater to or rely on the left. The real futility here is ever thinking the left will ever show up, so what's the point.
So pat yourself on the back on helping to move the overton window to the right. Yes you. Every single time you protest no vote.
Ok I really have to bow out of talking to you. Like you said it's futile. PS look up what neoliberal means.
Okay, here's the data-- Family of 4. Male, age 30. Female, age 30. Male, age 10. Female, age 10. Saline County, Kansas. Annual household income $32,500 (just over the poverty level). The cost of health insurance is zero and the maximum out of pocket for the entire family for the full year is $4k. Click here for a screenshot.
Second scenario, same information, except the household income is $40,000 (just below 125% of poverty). Click here for a screenshot. You may notice the rates are the same!
Third scenario, same information, except the household income is $48,000 (just below 150% of poverty). Click here for a screenshot. Still very affordable!
I am sorry for your dad who died of cancer. If he had bad advice, I wish he got better advice when looking for his health insurance. The truth is, without Medicaid, most families can still get very affordable healthcare.
Sometimes motherfuckers need to be told that they fucked up. I don't care if they're 40 years old or 4. I'm not gonna sit and harp on it but I'm not seeing very many people realizing they fucked up.
On the contrary I heard an NPR piece a few days ago where there were Muslim community organizers in Dearborn MI expressing their regret. I wish more people had some kind of admit you were wrong system.
I wonder how many typical maga idiots, if they even are aware of what is happening, are wondering why donvict is not hurting the people he "needs to be hurting". The others are probably blaming Biden.
And then I have to wonder what the bothsiderists/centrists and so-called "leftists" that were claiming Harris/Biden were no different are going to say as they wake up to stuff like this? They were and are spending so much time on trying to gaslight everyone and telling people that an economy that had so many positive indicators and was trending in the right direction was just terrible, etc., ignoring the fact that a dummy like donnie could easily destroy what others have built...
If i have to hear one more of them try to not explain what Donald is doing with “Biden“
Just no. That doesn’t explain anything. Explain Donald. Make that make sense. Explaining Biden just to describe how much they like Donald is just them chanting their brainwashing tape at this point.
You've killed everyone in Gaza thanks to your hubris.
You don't know how I voted and have made yourself look stupid because of it, oof
Sitting out means you have no right to complain
Always authoritarian bullshit from you people, pathetic
Bring the facts or fuck off
You being ignorant isn't my problem, fuckface. You wanna play the blanket statement game, I point out how stupid you are, you wanna pretend google is hard to find that's your problem
"Liberals are just fascists with better PR."
You're delusional. You literally are saying yourself they are exactly the same. Go to lemmy.ml- they love dumbass tankie takes.
It's amazing how garbage your reading comprehension can be and you still think you have an argument.
I know Republicans are worse. I'm saying Biden did a weak as fuck job pushing for peace which exasperated the already present voter apathy. Continuing to repeat yourself while missing the entire point of what I'm saying does not make you look any less fucking stupid for missing it.
Ah yes, we're going to downplay systemic genocide as "being mean" now? To make this seem like a simple, laughable little faux pas. What a piece of shit you are.
The proper steps to stopping that shit is not go : " no, please....stop...." And continue shoveling those weapons to them, actively enabling the behavior we want to stop.
Israel was trying to drag us into a war with Iran as well, attacking them hoping they could hide behind the US. For two years. No change in weapon shipments. Clearly he did a bad fucking job. Whining about it being complicated doesn't unfuck up the job he did.
Maybe not actively assisting in a genocide = wanting a personal pony
Now, apparently. Like, that bar is literally on the floor, and you're making excuses why they couldn't meet that challenge
This just shows the Dems that the left voter will never vote.
Sorry, I stopped reading after this. You're clueless.
Gonna ignore you now. Have fun wasting your efforts doing the same thing expecting different results.
Maybe Democrats have a responsibility not be actively helping this fascist takeover happen? Surely someone seeking votes shouldn't be irresponsible enough to completely ignore what their potential constituents want and only listen to their corporate donors, right?
But let's blame the victims instead of the ruling class, that's easier.
So did Biden. But saying you want something and actively avoiding doing anything to facilitate that is not an inspiring thing to really behind.
Nowhere did I say they were the same. Holy shit, none of you can fucking read. I'm saying the appearance of really bad and still bad contributes to voter apathy.
They made up half the shit about that terrorist attack. To justify their ongoing genocide.
No one fucking said Biden did it. He was enabling. It's studying how badly your reading comprehension has served you across two very different topics this week.
And I'm the end you giving agreed with me while still trying to act like I'm wrong about anything.
Not that Israel has shied away from murdering any foreign nationals in the area, either. Way more miles journalists than the entire Russian invasion, in half the time. It's clear they're actively targeting them and aid workers at this point.
That's the trick! Poor people that have had their healthcare and food taken away can enlist in the army for a wage and free healthcare. The very people the government is killing with its social murder agenda are the ones that will fight the wars.
Unless they're disabled or old or trans or something, then they can just die. Win/Win as far as the fascist party is concerned.
No one fucking said Biden did it. He was enabling. It’s studying how badly your reading comprehension has served you across two very different topics this week.
And I’m the end you giving agreed with me while still trying to act like I’m wrong about anything.
Yes. I don't have to knee-jerk disagree with people, and I can agree with some parts of an argument, but not others. It's called nuance.
They made up half the shit about that terrorist attack. To justify their ongoing genocide.
Can you source that? From what I recall, they (Hamas) had armed militants attack civilians venues, killing non-combatants and taking civilians as prisoners.
If this were a trolley problem, you've elected to kill five people instead of one
Correct. The problem is that you're not hearing the setup, or you don't care, which solidifies my decision.
The trolley was coming to kill a million of our children. There were two other tracks, one was empty, and one just took an extra loop to hit you first.
And you monsters simply pulled the brakes off and ripped the third completely empty track off so the trolley had no chance of missing anyone. So I made sure it takes you too.
There's no moral high ground, I said we collectively deserve it, I accept my punishment for living in and supporting the genocidal empire. You deserve it for your apathy.
Either way, at least when the US empire collapses when Trump is done with it, it'll stop genociding nations and getting stupid responses like yours.
more insulting and immature fit-throwing
The absolute worst kind of lemmy user. You can't just start an argument without something concrete to back it up. We aren't going to just assume you're right by default. Who the fuck do you think you are?
and you're wrong
prri.org/spotlight/breaking-do…
"Voters are also more likely than non-voters to live in suburban (46% vs. 41%) and rural areas (20% vs. 16%). However, non-voters are notably more likely than voters to live in urban areas (43% vs. 34%)."
The cut is hardly clear. That 30% is further cut by 43%, while it is a slight lead, it isn't the whole stack, and considering Trump still won due to rural, Republican voters despite every city being blue, with way higher concentrations of people? nah
That's all you had to do, man. Why did you make this hard?
Breaking Down the Differences Between Voters and Non-Voters in the 2024 Election | PRRI
Not all Americans were equally represented among 2024 voters. PRRI compares the demographic profiles of non-voters and voters in the 2024 presidential election.PRRI
A lack of vote is a valid choice in the system, if it wasn't then it wouldn't be allowed.
You chose to sit out, so why would anyone want to listen to you?
So that they can get your vote next time, should they actually want to win? What kind of moronic question is that, are you guys actually as stupid as it seems the Dems are at understanding basic shit?
You can't just start an argument without something concrete to back it up
I didn't, google is right there and your willingness to be ignorant is your own fault, not mine
Rest of your comment shall remain unread since you're too stupid to look shit up and want to be angy instead
We all do the problem is everyone is doing their own things. There is no online community server to unite everyone to do together and collaborate yet
If one was made on Revolt, & another on Matrix then getting people in to do, inform, discuss, work together, & more then we can all make HUGE progress in a day. And then from every day onward
Many people are up for this, and efforts are being done to get it started but we need more people focused on doing it together
It also restricts all forms of gender affirming care, including medication, from being funded by Medicare. 150,000 trans folk will soon be forcibly detransitioned, and for many, it is literally lifelong required medication because of past surgeries.
It's controlling, cruel and needless. But thats what conservatives want so here we are.
Liberals and fascists share core beliefs and assumptions about scoeity, particularly the role of the state.
The state exists only as a tool to oppress the working class, and must be demolished, along with its corporate overlords. Find a tankie that would say that, but after first getting fucked.
U.S. reports cases of new COVID variant NB.1.8.1 behind surge in China
U.S. reports cases of new COVID variant NB.1.8.1 behind surge in China
Authorities in Hong Kong say COVID-19 levels are the worst in at least a year.Alexander Tin (CBS News)
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And people not being allowed to shake hands and breath in my neck.
Not sure I've ever breathed on someone's neck when shaking their hand. I can't believe I've been failing proper etiquette this whole time, how embarrassing... I'll have to start doing this at work from now on before meetings.
Europe will be fine. Asia will be fine. Africa will be fine. Australia will probably be fine.
But America?
"America will be more than...."fine."
"We will be Great. Yes we will be more than fine because we...are the greatest country the world has ever known, and our god-fearing liberty loving citizens won't be stopped by a communist virus to stop our way of life. The wheels of America will march on and we will not cower to the godless other side of the world who hides with "lockdowns" and "vaccines." Oh yes we are too great of a people to be hindered by such a preposterous, radicals and anti-american ideal....so much that it will never happen he--
CDC: uh sir you may want to check out what we hav--
-- NEVER HAPPEN HERE."
by the way, can you tell I just played Helldivers 2?
OpenAI plans massive UAE data center project
OpenAI plans massive UAE data center project
The project is set to become one of the most powerful AI computing clusters, reaching a capacity of 1 gigawatt.J.D. Capelouto (www.semafor.com)
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Greenland Signs Lucrative Minerals Deal with Europe in Blow to Trump
Greenland Signs Lucrative Minerals Deal with Europe in Blow to Trump
The Arctic territory has issued a 30-year mining permit to a Danish-French consortium.Brendan Cole (Newsweek)
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- Trump's next Nazi-owned social media post
He talked about it publically, and there was a business delegation sent there, but no formal dialogue was initiated. So no actual offers made.
You have to remember that they are incompetent. They didn't know they had to reach out and start making offers, drawing up paperwork, etc. Although they will probably try to save face by proudly claiming they were never really interested in the first place. And the sheep will cheer on his genius business strategy of not getting anything.
I'm calling TrumPutin vs the World if they're not stopped by strokes or death.
First thing to do is to wipe out McDonald's supply-chain to starve the asshole out.
Don't forget netanyahoo, who just called Canada, France, UK leaders, and protesters of the genocide in Gaza, Nazis.
He literally called us Nazis.
The guy who is shredding men, women and children apart every day, shooting our diplomats, and committing genocide, is calling us Nazis.
No mention of the folk with Nazi tats running the US military, though. They're good and decent definitely not Nazi folk.
Fuck bibi.
South Africans exasperated by Trump false claims during Ramaphosa meeting
cross-posted from: lemmy.ml/post/30523479
from #Reuters
By Tim Cocks, Siyanda Mthethwa and Nellie Peyton
May 22, 2025 6:58 PM EDTSummary
* Trump falsely accused South Africa of genocide against white minority
* South Africans praise Ramaphosa's cool but question trip
* Foreign ministry defends need to engage with US
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Medic survived Gaza shootings by pleading in Hebrew, Palestinian Red Crescent says
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By Emma Farge
May 22, 20252:11 PM EDT"GENEVA, May 22 (Reuters) - The head of the Palestinian Red Crescent said on Thursday that a paramedic who survived an attack that killed 15 aid workers was spared because he asked Israeli soldiers for mercy in Hebrew, adding that he hoped the man's testimony would help win justice. "
"Younis Al-Khatib, president of the Palestine Red Crescent Society, told reporters in Geneva that Al-Nassasrah was spared after he pleaded in Hebrew and said his mother was a Palestinian citizen of Israel.
"What does Assad say in Hebrew? 'Don't shoot. I am Israeli.' And the soldier got a bit confused," he told reporters. "That confusion ... made him survive.""
Medic survived Gaza shootings by pleading in Hebrew, Palestinian Red Crescent says
By Emma Farge
May 22, 20252:11 PM EDT"GENEVA, May 22 (Reuters) - The head of the Palestinian Red Crescent said on Thursday that a paramedic who survived an attack that killed 15 aid workers was spared because he asked Israeli soldiers for mercy in Hebrew, adding that he hoped the man's testimony would help win justice. "
"Younis Al-Khatib, president of the Palestine Red Crescent Society, told reporters in Geneva that Al-Nassasrah was spared after he pleaded in Hebrew and said his mother was a Palestinian citizen of Israel.
"What does Assad say in Hebrew? 'Don't shoot. I am Israeli.' And the soldier got a bit confused," he told reporters. "That confusion ... made him survive.""
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On the consistency and stability of vegetation biophysical variables retrievals from Landsat-8/9 and Sentinel-2
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S092427162500142X
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Denmark to raise retirement age to highest in Europe
Denmark is set to have the highest retirement age in Europe after its parliament adopted a law raising it to 70 by 2040.The retirement age at 70 will apply to all people born after 31 December 1970.
Denmark to raise retirement age to highest in Europe
From 2040, Danish people born after 31 December 1970 will be eligible to retire at 70 years old.Laura Gozzi (BBC News)
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Since 2006, Denmark has tied the official retirement age to life expectancy and has revised it every five years.
What a depressing law. Progress should mean less mandatory work, not more.
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They also invented capitalism. So, you know...
Edit: I was wrong, thinking of the Dutch, not the Danes.
Capitalism's been around in various forms for a while, but the rise of specific types of capitalism are attributed to specific countries and their influence. The Dutch East India trading company was the first to establish what we know as "Finance Capitalism", which was out of Commercial Capitalism. This is largely what the Dutch are still using today. A form of Capitalism that can also contribute towards socialism, but not in the way a Marxist government would.
It is one of the earliest forms of Capitalism that's still alive today.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capitali… and en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Finance_…
At the moment progress is desperately trying to keep up with rapidly increasing life expectancy among the world's poorest, that's not a bad thing but that's also why we're seeing so much progress but we're not seeing the benefits much, in the developed world our life expectancy increased long ago and the result of all that progress has mostly normalized in our society and expectations, but we make up a very small percentage of the world's actual population. Now that it's their turn, there's a lot of people who aren't dying like they used to and as a result they don't just want food, they want lights and electricity and running water and roads and cars and phones and houses and opportunities, and on the whole we want to give them access to those things and bring them out of poverty but it's just a lot to do in only a few generations. Demographics get really wild when you start to understand their relationships to larger scale things like economics and world population, and these kind of demographic changes have serious consequences when applied across literally billions of people. It gets less depressing if you make a point of appreciating the very real progress that has been made to billions of peoples lives around the world. Yeah there's a lot of bad stuff going on, but we seem to prefer to talk about that and the actual, measurable good stuff doesn't get much acknowledgement.
Based on projections from demographics, most of the countries in the world should be in really good shape in about 50 years, population growth should level off, and we should be able to share the benefits of progress worldwide. At least if civilization hasn't collapsed into a new dark age, and we haven't turned the planet into an oven, nuked each other out of existence, written the Earth off and fucked off to Mars, or found some other creative way to destroy ourselves by then. So at least there's like a 0.1% things will work out alright.
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Like I said, it's complicated, but to get a good sense of how the global economy has shifted, you only have to look at the explosive growth of the middle class in Asian economies, their steadily increasing life expectancies, and their growing importance to the west as trade partners (It's not just China and Taiwan despite the political rhetoric surrounding both).
That middle class growth is coming from money we in developed countries are spending every day, and have been spending for decades. We depend on Asian countries like Malaysia, Indonesia, Philippines, Vietnam especially significantly for technology and certain foods, but also for more mundane and often forgotten things like clothes and housewares and medicine. Thailand is one of the world's largest net exporters of pet food. We don't think of the things we use every day that come from other countries, but the fact is most of them do, and many of them we would not be pleased to have to accept any substitute or disruption for.
That's a very interesting question, the first thing to understand is that only a relatively small number of countries worldwide even have a retirement age at all, many poor countries with shorter life expectancies are lacking even the basic social supports necessary and rely on family and community groups to support and care for people who become too elderly or infirm to work (at least we hope they do to some degree, life for the poor can be brutal) and this is often baked into the fabric of their society and culture in a way which is more determined by actual ability than an arbitrarily proscribed age.
However you're right, setting retirement ages is a tricky variable that often lags significantly behind the demographic realities, and this is particularly evident recently in Asian economies where they are now struggling with retirement ages far too low for most people's realistic working lifespan and are left with inadequate workforces and unsustainable pensions as a result. This is part of why their economies sometimes don't seem like they "doing so hot" to investors and stock markets despite the massive growth that has happened, and it is a sign that investors don't really see it continuing, and it's pretty plausible they're right. They still have a lot of work to do to properly transition into developed economies. They are the "new money", they are economically powerful and very resourceful in many ways, but in other ways this is all very new to them and they have their own challenges and struggles to figure out that are not going to be easy.
Retirement age in China for example was until recently only 50 for women in certain jobs. A comprehensive regional synopsis is difficult since the actual definition of retirement ages often varies according to a complex set of rules intended to gradually phase retirement ages in over time, or by year of birth, or by gender, or by specific industry, or many or all of the above, and another important data point that skews the picture of these numbers is that the concept of retirement itself paints a different picture depending on where you are, and we need to consider whether the actual government support or pension available to a retired person is in fact realistic and sufficient, or do they need to continue working in some form in order to have a basic standard of living, which is often the case, and is subject to many of the same complicating factors in how that amount is defined for different groups.
Despite all that said about the nuanced understanding needed to consider exact numbers, I think it's fair to say that the average retirement age in newer Asian economies still tends to be much lower than in the west, mostly averaging somewhere around 60, although it can be lower in some cases, with many western countries now pushing towards 70, but both are still trying to catch up to actual demographics and gradually increase those ages for the reasons I mentioned.
It is also stupid because life expectancy is not equivalent to life quality.
Just because people live to 90 now instead of 80 doesn't mean they can actually do anything significant for those 10 years, they could be bed ridden or house bound and kept alive only because they are taking 30 pills a day. It isn't living, it's staying alive. Retirement shouldn't be tied to that.
What's your name, Keynes ?
truthout.org/articles/what-hap…
Economist John Maynard Keynes in 1930 predicted that the workweek would be reduced to 15 hours within a couple of generations due to advancements in technology.
What Happened to the Keynesian Dream of a 15-Hour Workweek? | Truthout
Why are we still 40-hour work week drones?Samantha Borek (Truthout)
"I've paid my taxes all my life. There should also be time to be with children and grandchildren," Mr Jensen told outlet DK.
I can't speak to the history of government supplied pension in the EU, but in the USA, our version (Social Security) was never meant to provide "a time to be with children and grandchildren". The expectation was that most people would die before being unable to work, and Social Security provided a means for the elderly that lived to be housed and fed until they died. Social Security was designed to prevent living elderly from being in absolute poverty never to provide a time of respite before eventually dying.
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There absolutely can be with savings outside of government pension to make that "the children/grandchildren" time, but current government based systems aren't generally designed and built for that today.
If he, and the rest of that society want that, it will likely mean substantial tax increases. If that populous is fine with that, then it should be pretty simple for lawmakers to make those changes into law. Given that "the children/grandchildren" time not only isn't in law currently, and that lawmakers are increasing the retirement age to 70, it doesn't sound like there is support from the voters for that change.
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That’s sort of the goal of retirement, you aren’t supposed to live that long afterwards
It’s not a vacation, it’s a “we will take care of you once you can no longer put money into the machine as long as you spent your life taking care of other people who could no longer put money into the machine”
The main economically meaningful aspects of "retirement age" in Denmark AFAIK is that:
* You get entitled to receiving the public, state-paid pension.
* Private pension schemes that vest at this point or later are tax deductible. (you still pay taxes when it's paid out, but due to the progressive tax code you end up paying less)
By far the most relevant of the two is the latter, as practically everyone is covered by pension schemes included in employment contracts.
As such you can still retire any time you want, but it will be more burdensome for you to it earlier than at the age sanctioned by law.
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No, it means only people with good pensions can retire early. Incidentally, this is by design those with high wages since these are the basis of earning pension. However, the ones that may actually need to retire early due to the stress of hard menial labor are not in this group of high earners.
In effect we will see people at offices doing easy work close their pcs and have an office retirement party at an age of 65 that poor Olga of 70 years (or more) will have to clean up.
The bigger problem here is that people above 50 are having very low, nearly impossible chances of finding a job if they lose one, especially with rise of AI. These people can't have a job, and now can't have a pension.
Well done, governments around the world.
EDIT: If I'm getting this right, people of Denmark can start taking out pension prior to retirement, so might not be too catastrophical.
The essential problem is that the people working now are paying for the people that are retired. It would make more sense for the gov't to have taxed the people prior to their retirement, and have invested those taxes, so that in their retirement they would be getting out what they had previously paid in. And switching over to a system like that would require double taxation on the population now, which will make such a proposal very unopopular.
But if your retired population is growing, and you have fewer people working, then you either need to increase the retirement age--so that more people are paying into the system--or increase the taxation overall. If I recall correctly, Denmark has been seeing a negative population growth; that's a real problem for retirement schemes that rely on current taxes paying for retirees.
Is this fair to people that have been working in trades and have beaten up their body for 40 years? No. Likewise, it's not really fair to people that have working in white-collar jobs that may still be more than capable of excelling at their job, and still want to work. (My dad had mandatory retirement at 72 due to company policy; he immediately got re-hired as an on-site consultant, and has been doing that for over a decade.)
EDIT - this is a huge problem in the US. The social security taxes now on working people are immediately paid out to retirees. SS benefits go up to account for inflation, but the amount coming in is decreasing because population growth has slowed. Without major reforms, social security in the US won't be solvent by the time I retire, IF I ever retire.
Denmark has been seeing a negative population growth; that's a real problem for retirement schemes that rely on current taxes paying for retirees
And they're particularly xenophobic, so no immigration to beef up the numbers
Thank god in the Netherlands we are not and we did not elect a far right party as the biggest party, oh wait...
I hostely fear for the next 5 years, with far right (and anti science, anti woke, anti freedom, anti any progressive idea people had after 1950s) gaining more traction.
The government should have been taxing the Corporations that made enormous profits from the surplus value their employees generate and then requiring said Corporations to invest annually in pensions matched to Cost-of-Living indexes.
In the US, instead we got 401ks so the poors are required to cheer the stock market and pretend they're temporarily embarrassed Capitalists, rather than the scornful reality of being wage-slaves.
U.K. MP Jeremy Corbyn & EU MP Lynn Boylan on Europe Pressuring Israel to Halt Atrocities in Gaza
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May 22, 2025
U.K. MP Jeremy Corbyn & EU MP Lynn Boylan on Europe Pressuring Israel to Halt Atrocities in Gaza
May 22, 2025U.K. MP Jeremy Corbyn & EU MP Lynn Boylan on Europe Pressuring Israel to Halt Atrocities in Gaza
International criticism of Israel continues to grow as the country’s military expands its assault on Gaza, killing scores of Palestinians on a daily basis while blocking food, fuel, medicine and other supplies from reaching the starving population.Democracy Now!
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Violent Israeli settlers under UK sanctions join illegal West Bank outpost
Two violent Israeli settlers on whom sanctions were imposed by the UK government this week have joined a campaign to drive Palestinians from their homes in the West Bank village of Mughayyir al-Deir.
Neria Ben Pazi’s organisation, Neria’s Farm, had sanctions imposed by London on Tuesday, as the UK suspended negotiations on a new free-trade deal with Israel over its refusal to allow aid into Gaza and cabinet ministers’ calls to “purify Gaza” by expelling Palestinians.
The British foreign secretary, David Lammy, attacked the “impunity” of violent settlers as he announced sanctions designed to hold them and Israeli authorities to account. “The Israeli government has a responsibility to intervene and halt these aggressive actions,” he said.
Violent Israeli settlers under UK sanctions join illegal West Bank outpost
Exclusive: Neria Ben Pazi and Zohar Sabah witnessed visiting base set up to drive Palestinians from homesEmma Graham-Harrison (The Guardian)
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I am wondering how come so many countries "suddenly" strengthened the tone and then I realised that they did that just because the US administration had shown publicly that they are running out of patience with them. So don't fool yourself, all the European countries are too afraid of the US policies and would only protest when the US president is showing frustration.
That's sad and morally bankrupt. Why protest an aid and humanitarian blockade after 11 weeks. 11 weeks there was very little condemnation and then boom!
Medic survived Gaza shootings by pleading in Hebrew, Palestinian Red Crescent says
The head of the Palestinian Red Crescent said on Thursday that a paramedic who survived an attack that killed 15 aid workers was spared because he asked Israeli soldiers for mercy in Hebrew, adding that he hoped the man's testimony would help win justice.
Assad Al-Nassasrah, a Red Crescent paramedic, survived shootings that killed 15 emergency and aid workers on March 23 in southern Gaza in an incident that drew international condemnation. Their bodies were found buried in a shallow grave a week later by Red Crescent and U.N. officials who accused Israeli forces of killing them.
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Oof.
I remember when reading this story this was something that had confused me. The articles reported the IDF killing an entire squad of medics, and then the article had this one guy saying, 'We had our lights on! They knew who we were!' And I was wondering why and how there was an entire group of medics slaughtered, and just one survivor somehow speaking to the press. It was never really mentioned in the articles I read why or how this guy wasn't decomposing in a shallow grave with the rest of his group.
I guess this is why. He pleaded convincingly, and they weren't certain if he might be an Israeli citizen, so they arrested him instead of executing him. That is fucked all to hell, but at least now I have the answer. Shit.
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Federal Reserve protected from Trump removals, Supreme Court says
https://www.axios.com/2025/05/22/federal-reserve-supreme-court-trump
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Not enough to go around is what makes it valuable, lol.
I suspect when id dollar falls significantly, Bitcoin will collapse. There has been a rise as people look to hedge the dollar but there has not been enough turbulence to really make people feel a pinch, yet. All the pinch has been market internal than international. Tariffs and people offloading dollars may change that but it's a slow car crash.
Saying that, I thought people would exit us dollar and expected Aus dollar to rise, given it is a surrogate for China, economy wise, but a western country.
So CBS is likely going to settle a lawsuit filed by Trump because they need approval for a merger and that approval comes from an agency overseen by Trump.
By any reasonable standard, that's extortion, and a crime.
We live in such a foul and loathsome timeline.
More broadly, it's how civilizations die.
Essentially, all of the scumbags are coming out of the woodwork to loot the civilization - getting theirs while the getting is good.
It's all downhill from here.
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