• mercano@lemmy.world
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    6 days ago

    Vermont imports a quarter of its electricity from HydroQuebec. We’ve made it very clear this past weekend what we think of the administration. All the same, I completely understand.

  • wise_pancake@lemmy.ca
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    6 days ago

    I would love to see short brief interruptions.

    Not enough that period due, but enough that it’s a huge pain when computer systems go down and network switches have to reboot.

    • The Pantser@lemmy.world
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      6 days ago

      They are all on battery or gas backups. They would need to be weeks long outages to kill any data centers.

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        6 days ago

        Data centers sure, but the cash at grocery stores, and office computers, etc. aren’t on UPS.

  • Em Adespoton@lemmy.ca
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    6 days ago

    “Vast amounts of fentanyl enter the US through Mexico from China. This is why we must slap a 25% tariff on Canadian aluminum and steel.”

  • Reality_Suit@lemmy.world
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    6 days ago

    I live in the US and I will suffer, but I really want the rest of the world to give us hell. Fuck Trumpler and president Muskrat.

    • douglasg14b@lemmy.world
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      As long as they don’t cut off gas to the PNW. Almost all the natural gas we use comes from Canada, and the majority of the voters there didn’t vote for this.

      That would be fucking brutal, no heat or cooking gas.

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        Maralago, then Disneyland, from there, probably Texas, Alabama, the bad Carolina and then Montana. The animaniacs should jump into a cool song for this.

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          once canadians/Europeans/ S.americans stopped vacationing there, florida will probably be dead before that happens. since retirees dont benefit the state in anyways, and is more likely to soak up all the tax money anyways indirectly

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          5 days ago

          What the fuck did Disneyland have to do with Trump?

          They were targeted by MAGA, Facists and Desantis for being too woke and allowing gay pride days etc.

  • Voroxpete@sh.itjust.works
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    6 days ago

    Trump said Monday that “vast amounts of fentanyl got poured into our country” largely through Mexico and from China, and he encouraged car manufacturers to build plants in the U.S. to avoid the upcoming tariffs.

    If the media actually did their jobs, they would add the context that the US seized all of 20kg of fentanyl at the Canadian border last year. This claim is, according to the US government’s own numbers, absolute bullshit.

    They would also note that in order to enact these tariffs without involving Congress he has to invoke a “national emergency”, which is the only reason why he’s suddenly all about stopping fentanyl.

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      If the media did their jobs, they would be discussing how the amount of drugs available is not the reason for the drug epidemic, that addiction and mental health are linked more deeply to socio-economic problems, including structural economic problems, issues of social mobility, the destruction of the social fabric etc.

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      6 days ago

      The media is doing their job. It’s just that their job is to normalize fascist rhetoric.

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      They would also note that in order to enact these tariffs without involving Congress he has to invoke a “national emergency”, which is the only reason why he’s suddenly all about stopping fentanyl.

      This was actually new news to me, and I watch the news every night. Thanks for sharing this!

      I was imagining scenarios where people were free-basing maple syrup or something.

      This comment is licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

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    As a Minnesotan, that would be very bad news for anyone here enjoying having relatively okay power bills. Unfortunately I have to agree with Ford; we totally deserve it.

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    I live in the US. I hope the world destabilizes our very flawed government and “democracy”

    A two-party system is barely a democracy.