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@ Barbarian @sh.itjust.works

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Linux server admin, MySQL/TSQL database admin, Python programmer, Linux gaming enthusiast and a forever GM.

  • The tax justice network estimates that there are about 21 to 32 trillion in tax havens globally

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  • It's a high score for some of them. It's not that they want any tangible benefit, they just want the most so they can say they're the richest person.

    They must be sociopathic in order to do this. They just don't understand other people suffering in the same way the majority of us do (more of an abstract concept).

    The hyperrich who don't fall into these categories don't stay wealthy for long. If someone lucks into this situation somehow, they'll either get swindled, start using their wealth for causes they care about, or stop growing their wealth because they have enough. There are quite a few examples of benevolent millionaires: once you get to the billions, there's none. Attrition removes all benevolence on the climb.

  • Trump says he will ‘probably put a big tariff on the UK’ if it doesn’t drop digital services tax

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  • You're 100% correct. I should have written "Taxation is only done by the individual member states", quite right.

  • Trump says he will ‘probably put a big tariff on the UK’ if it doesn’t drop digital services tax

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  • Taxation is done by the individual member states... for now.

    Due to the creation of EU debt first for COVID, then for Ukraine the EU is going to need some way of paying it back sooner or later. Expect to see some Europeans lose their shit over the next decade at the inevitable federalization this will cause. Excellent news for federalists though.

  • EU formally approves €90bn Ukraine loan and 20th sanctions package against Russia

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  • Thank God they got this done before Bulgaria's new PM assumed power.

  • Redcaps were the kids calling "Time Out!" right before you tagged them

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  • It's also a great way of pressuring Republican politicians into actually banning it.

    "You don't like us playing by the rules you wanted? Help us change the rules then!"

    They'll only accept losing the power to gerrymander if it hurts Democrats more than Republicans.

  • Why the EU is Ditching WhatsApp

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  • Governmental messaging platforms. This video is about government workers.

  • Mr. Bryant finds this unacceptable.

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  • Newton is for throwing with intelligence

  • The original contractors in the TENET universe must have felt odd, installing shattered glass into a new frame and being unable to spackle-out bullet holes in the walls they were building...

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  • The whole thing is an exploration of one concept: temporal pincer maneuvers. The entire movie is one, and you have 3 more during the movie (car chase, Freeport, Stalsk).

  • Israel says Thunberg more influential ‘antisemite’ than Fuentes

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  • Every time they do this, it gives cover to real antisemites to launder their hate. Attacks on Jews worldwide are going up in large part due to exactly this kind of insane hyperbolic rhetoric making the word antisemite lose all meaning, and therefore more difficult to combat.

  • It's On

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  • My response was more subtly tongue in cheek. He's absolutely an institutional reformer, and he has his work cut out for him so much that it would be shocking if he had the political space to do anything but that during his term.

    I was poking fun at how even letting the judiciary do their jobs in the US seems to be accompanied with screeching about "RADICAL LEFTIST JUDGES", media capture in the US with the FTC, and Trump's repeated floating about removing term limits to stay in power (which also, incidentally, are the things that Tisza is focusing on fixing in Hungary).

    The thing is, the stuff the other commenter was pointing at is the status quo atm. It's not so much that he's for those things, he just doesn't want to rock the boat while he has so much to do already.

  • It's On

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  • Things like term limits, independent media, independent judiciary.

  • RFK Jr ‘cut off a dead raccoon’s penis’

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  • Probably more useful to study the damage that can be caused by a dead worm to brain tissue.

  • New to Linux BTW

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  • I use the mnemonic "extract ze file" for tar -xzf

  • Mexico’s Socialist President to Roll Out Universal Healthcare

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  • Not yet. As far as I understand, the target is 2028 with a phased rollout: first emergency services, then tests like radiology, CAT scans, etc, then dental & optometry last. At every stage the elderly will be prioritized, then children, then everyone else. The phased rollout is to build capacity so the system doesn't get overrun and collapse.

  • egg🪦irl

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  • Doesn't even need to be a particularly shitty name. All that's necessary is the individual feels strongly enough about not being called their deadname.

  • The circle

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  • aaand it's closed again

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  • That's the most jew argument I've heard.

    If you want to point to Israeli tactics, call them Israeli. Conflating Judaism and Israel, making them one and the same, that's doing Israel's work for them.

  • Lesbians Like Me Joined Forces with Conservatives. Now They’re Turning on Us.

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  • That Funny Feeling hit me like a pallet of bricks to the face when I first heard it. Couldn't stop sobbing for an hour. Still makes me tear up after so many relistens.

  • War Hawk becomes Peace Hawk

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  • It's relative. It's not exactly a reasonable, balanced position, but it's more reasonable than the alternative which is clear and unambiguous war crimes, and possibly meets the criteria for genocide.

    We knew what Trump's policy was on the campaign trail:

    On Iran, Project 2025 advocates a markedly more confrontational stance, denigrating diplomacy and the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) in favor of barely veiled advocacy for regime change.

  • TankieJerk @piefed.social
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    The Truth About Tankies

  • Music @lemmy.world
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    Aesop Bach II - Aesop Rock & Bach remix album

  • Fuck Cars @lemmy.ml
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    Parking Laws Are Strangling America | Climate Town

  • Lemmy Instances @lemmy.world
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    Useful Resources for Finding Instances

  • The Agora @sh.itjust.works
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    Protecting ourselves from bot instances

    fedidb.org /software/Lemmy
  • sh.itjust.works Main Community @sh.itjust.works
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    PSA: Federation with Kbin currently broken

    github.com /LemmyNet/lemmy/issues/3354
  • Europe @feddit.de
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    The Worst Things About the Balkans

  • Debate An Atheist @lemmy.ca
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    This is Why I Don't Believe in God

  • Ukraine @sh.itjust.works
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    Perun - Ukraine's Counter Offensive (So far) - Attrition, Adaptation & What Next?

  • Linux Gaming @lemmy.world
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    Steam Client Now Lets You Enable Hardware Acceleration on Linux

    9to5linux.com /steam-client-now-lets-you-enable-hardware-acceleration-on-linux
  • sh.itjust.works Main Community @sh.itjust.works
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    (Beehaw.org) ANNOUNCEMENT: defederating effective immediately from lemmy.world and sh.itjust.works

  • Python @lemmy.ml
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    This is valid Python syntax

    www.bitecode.dev /p/this-is-valid-python-syntax
  • Python @sh.itjust.works
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    This is valid Python syntax

    www.bitecode.dev /p/this-is-valid-python-syntax
  • Reddit @lemmy.ml
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    Shredded Account

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  • sh.itjust.works Main Community @sh.itjust.works
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    Advice on Creating a Community

  • Gaming @beehaw.org
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    15 and 4 Half Germanies - Shadowrun Lore