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'Worst cuts to the public service in modern history' could be on the horizon, says report

if Carney follows through with these promises, cuts could amount to around 24 per cent across the federal public service.

The prisonification of schools has been going on for decades.

this reminded me of this video, which describes how the prisonification/panoptification (which goes as far as the physical layout of schools) also encourages further violence

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=usSfgHGEGxQ

Death Stranding 2

I bought a used PS4 to exclusively to play Death Stranding and really enjoyed it, if reviews look good I think I'll do the same with a PS5/DS2.

just finished Bionic Bay and Alan Wake 2 this week, both great! the platforming in Bionic Bay felt very unique, I wish it could have gone on a bit longer. Blue Prince with my partner has been real fun, but the progress is very slow. not sure what I'm going to move onto next, maybe Returnal?

@GuyWTriangle@hexbear.net have you been playing Nightreign single or multiplayer?

The Volt sometimes does operate in generator mode, but the ICE can also mechanically assist like a Prius when the charge is low. Weird drivetrain.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GM_Voltec_powertrain

Bezos funded vaporware.

this is exactly what the US did with mRNA COVID vaccines, except they just cut it off immediately

No problem. In the future copy and open the link in a browser (I use Firefox on Android), then copy that link and delete everything after the question mark. You doxxed your tiktok account to anyone who opened the original tracking link fyi

Non tracking link:

https://www.tiktok.com/@hasandpiker/video/7503700225798819103

I remember there were stories of hospitalized young adults with pneumonia who hadn't use weed carts, only were using legit tobacco vapes. Could be they just didn't admit to using illegal carts of course.

Edit: here's a research article, there was a small CDC study early in 2019 where all the patients had vitamin E in their lungs, but a larger study later in 2019 only had 86% of patients reporting cannabis use, and another in 2020 where they only found vitamin e in 49% of patient samples.

Reminds me of this

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northeast_blackout_of_2003

I only have experience at land borders and more with US->Canada trucking, but nothing really should change other than changing tariff rates in the computer systems. Even when loads were carrying duty/tariff exempt items (ie NAFTA stuff) they would go through the same process of submitting info on the load, and paying applicable fees (in my case only tax). In the rare case there were extra tariffs to apply the computer would just add those to the total and the payment process was identical. Upon further reading this was a short term glitch because the tariff codes for some exempted items weren't working. I'd guess it likely just delayed payments, even if stuff was maybe released from the ports during those 10 hours, major shippers aren't going to want to get testy with CBP because their entire business model relies on them.

I don't think the customs is gonna bat too much of an eye at an industrial grade 10" roller bearing Type H3B and other such bullshit if you only bring in handfuls of each.

You are severely underestimating how shitty CBP is lol. I've had a few especially shitty border cops over the years question shit like basic tools I had in the trunk of my car. I had friend who ran conferences, on a trip down for personal stuff he brought a pretty standard DSLR and a tripod to shoot an interview with someone who was gonna be at one of these conferences while he was there anyway. He didn't admit that and just said it was for taking pics of the trip, but they didn't believe him and said that he was smuggling in equipment to do work in the country, and detained him for like 4-5 hours, during which they scoured social media and found a youtube page for the conference stuff. They didn't have any proof but that didn't matter because they have a right to refuse entry, turned him around and banned him from the country for something like 3-5 years?

If you have a car full of brand new luxury goods going into the US, customs and border patrol are absolutely going to pull you in for further inspection and questioning, and they will make you pay the tariffs. They were incredibly shitty to me every time I crossed as part of my job a decade ago, I can only imagine now.

Also if/when they catch you, you're now on American soil and dealing with their legal system, they're not going to just turn you around and let you go back into Canada.

See this article:

https://unherd.com/2025/02/why-trumps-tariffs-are-a-masterplan/

Trump has been lamenting the decline of US manufacturing for decades: “if you don’t have steel, you don’t have a country.” But why blame this on the dollar’s global role? Because, Trump answers, foreign central banks do not let the dollar adjust downwards to the “right” level — at which US exports recover and imports are restrained. It is not that foreign central bankers are conspiring against America. It is just that the dollar is the only safe international reserve they can get their hands on. It is only natural for European and Asian central banks to hoard the dollars that flow to Europe and Asia when Americans import things. By not swapping their stash of dollars for their own currencies, the European Central Bank, the Bank of Japan, the People’s Bank of China and the Bank of England suppress the demand for (and thus the value of) their currencies. This helps their own exporters boost their sales to America and earn even more dollars. In a never-ending circle, these fresh dollars accumulate in the coffers of the foreign central bankers who, to gain interest safely, use them to buy US government debt.

I have a 3070ti and could only manage 1080p 60fps if I used upscaling lol

are 27 and only diagnosed with ADHD and Autism

To be clear we don't know this is the case, this is the only health issues her father knew about and thus what was entered into court, but it's possible she was diagnosed with something terminal or had other health issues and refused to tell her parents.

On the other hand I've had disabled friends who've had MAID brought up by doctors, mainly because their benefits situation is so dire they can't afford to live in an apartment that covers their needs. It's absolutely a eugenicist system, I just don't like using the story you linked as an example as it could easily be a legitimate use of MAID, because we don't know the details.

I dunno but the news reports said it was a non commercial flock so I highly doubt it was that big