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  • That hasn't made economical sense for most products in quite a while. They still go, because taxes on gas and cigarettes are still lower, and I guess you can still get cheap haircuts.

  • Are memes allowed in here?
  • I'd second trolske's thought. !yurop@lemm.ee seems like a better fit for memes, as it's a more light-hearted community.

    If someone wanted to create an equivalent of c/eur_irl, that would be interesting too though.

  • [from !esp@lemm.ee] Spain - Adults who want to enter porn websites must have a 'digital card' with 30 accesses valid for 30 days
  • Hmmmmm, if only there was a way to educate minors about sexuality before they ultimately turn to internet because adults just ignore the problem.

    Lots of children have access to the internet at a very young age. I guess what you're suggesting is sex education for 7-year-olds who might accidentally watch a video on the school yard, etc.? In fact, even 3-year-olds often use their parents' tablet to watch P*w P*trol and may wander off with it.

  • Europe's Ariane 6 rocket finally ready for liftoff
  • From the article:

    Ariane 6’s first launch will use two boosters, with a more powerful four-booster version scheduled for liftoff in the middle of next year.

    However, the boosters and other parts of the rocket are not reusable — unlike SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket.

    Reusability of the rocket is a big thing because it reduces cost.

  • Now The EU Council Should Finally Understand: No One Wants “Chat Control”
  • EFF is an American association of internet activists, not a news source. This is essentially a press release. Them getting the logo wrong is probably on brand for an American organization. (I wouldn't know the right logo off the top of my head either, but I know there are multiple councils and double-check.)

  • 'A great sadness': Venezuela is first Andean country to lose all of its glaciers
    www.nbcnews.com 'A great sadness': Venezuela is first Andean country to lose all of its glaciers

    Scientists explain the loss of the Humboldt Glacier, the last in the Sierra Nevada, which they believe makes the South American country the first in modern history to lose all its glaciers.

    'A great sadness': Venezuela is first Andean country to lose all of its glaciers
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    Brexit Backlash: Brits Now Regret Their Populist Revolt
  • That's a terrible framing of the situation. The opinion (rightly or wrongly) is that cheap labour from poorer countries sets the expectations for employment costs.

    Point taken, partly: It's not just the wages (and the accommodation) that are shite. The work itself is monotonous and physical.

    If labor costs increase that may lead to automation to taking the place of migrants. That would mean a low number high-paying jobs for the well-educated rather than a large number of high-paying jobs for the poorly-educated.

    Migrants who stay for longer to some degree bring their own jobs and economy with them anyway — all those Polish delis the article alludes to have Polish shop-owners. Without the migrants, there'd be no need for Polish shops.

    Brexit was a sledgehammer approach for people to say "no jobs should pay so low that you have to live a subsistence existence."

    Just as much as Brexit was a viable approach to addressing NHS financing, I guess. The EU never stopped the UK from enacting sensible social or sensible healthcare policy. But I understand some people may have been duped.

    (Happy Cake Day!)

  • Brexit Backlash: Brits Now Regret Their Populist Revolt
  • Many in Europe openly worried that Britain might actually succeed and provide a blueprint for other countries to quit the EU.

    What?! Nobody thought that.

    In the last two years, 2.4 million people have been allowed to come and settle in Britain, dwarfing any such influx before. The government is now tightening rules, but for many who voted for better control of the borders, it has come too late.

    Disappointment is palpable here in Boston, where Polish supermarkets and delicatessens inhabit old Victorian buildings and teams of migrant workers in high-visibility vests work the nearby fields.

    Because those people would be better off if no one was working the fields?

    If any Britons wanted to work for the wages that immigrants take home, those low-paying jobs would be theirs immediately.

  • Man arrested with explosives near Paris airport was part of vast Russian sabotage campaign
  • Russia emits misinformation, Russia attacks through Interwebs, Russia employs espionage, Russia sabotages. But Russia has not performed a full-scale military attack on any NATO country. And unless they do, in the eye of any onlooker, NATO would be the one to start the altercation.

  • EU approves new military aid to Ukraine without Hungary's consent
  • I think so.

    On 4 September 2020, Veronika Munk published a video message announcing the creation of Telex.hu of which she would be the editor in chief. The portal would be neither left nor right leaning, and would strive to present the facts in an objective manner. Munk also asked the public to donate to the enterprise.

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  • Man arrested with explosives near Paris airport was part of vast Russian sabotage campaign
  • What would be the benefit of open war against Russia, especially if NATO were to start it? I see absolutely nothing.

    There's a lot of room for additional sanctions against Russia too. The EU is still importing fossil gas and nuclear fuel, for example. Countries like Cyprus and the UK can probably still freeze additional Russian funds. [...]

  • Pressure mounts on Meloni to break her silence over far-right youth group scandal
    www.euractiv.com Pressure mounts on Meloni to break her silence over far-right youth group scandal

    After weeks of silence from Fratelli d'Italia (FdI) over an investigation that revealed members of the party's youth group praising Mussolini and far-right terrorists during their meetings, Senate President Ignazio La Russa condemned their actions while Giorgia Meloni has yet to comment.

    Pressure mounts on Meloni to break her silence over far-right youth group scandal
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