n2burns @ n2burns @lemmy.ca

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The system gives rebates before the tax is charged. No one is waiting for the next rebate, they already have it.

Can you please explain why you think currency sovereignty is such a big hangup? I see lots of potential issues with joining the EU, but having to use the Euro doesn't even register for me as a problem.

Sure, but Norway also has decent active/public transit. So, if residents can't afford an EV, there's a good chance they just don't own a car at all, and can still get around okay.

Nope, I don't usually even see the word Mastodon written 3-4 times in a week. My best guessing this is because Meta-exodus has created a buzz around the fediverse, so I'm seeing more references to Mastodon, and those users are more likely to be new to the service.

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What's with people recently spelling it "mastadon"? This must be the third or fourth post in the last week I've seen with that typo.

He also studied at Queen's University for 2 years.

The United States says it was one of three countries to vote against a U.N. resolution condemning the glorification of Nazism over freedom of speech issues and concerns that Russia was using it to carry out political attacks against its neighbors.

Ukraine and Palau were the other no votes.

I mean, maybe the Russia concern is honest, but I do wonder about Ukraine. They seem to have some neo-Nazi's in their midst (see the Azov Brigade) and being unable to support this, or even abstain is disappointing.

Correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't FEMA funded out of the Federal budget? Meaning if they cut FEMA, that money will just go elsewhere, not "just stay with the states".

EDIT added clarification.

Thanks for confirming that. Yeah, I'm also interested to see how this is used. Other comments don't seem to get that politicians in charge give messages to pass to employees and the top bureaucrats just make it happen, so this seems completely unnecessary. Maybe they're being paranoid that their controversial messages would be censored?

While this is subjective, IMHO there's no way 2024 was the first influencer election. It was definitely 2020 and that was turbocharged by COVID.

I don't understand why they even needed this.

I assume the US Federal Government works like other jurisdiction where the message is passed to all the departments/agencies who then send it to their employees from someone on high (Deputy Minister/Secretary) or a dedicated internal email address.

While this may seem like duplicating work dozens or hundreds of times, it's not that much work and it's not used that often. Plus, it has the advantage of not coming from an external email address.

Well that's new. Thanks!

Sup hasn't been released yet, so that's probably why you haven't heard of it. Dan says beta testing launches early 2025.

What keeps you away from PeerTube?

The app not being on F-Droid. Once it's there, I'll at least try it out. Bonus if there's an Android TV app too. I'll watch stuff on PeerTube if I'm given a direct link, and I tried playing around with NewPipe but the experience feels bolted on to the rest of the app.

I think "will never hire a non-white person for a position" is a little far but I do think "are unlikely to ever hire a non-white person for a position" (maybe even "highly unlikely") is fair.

I'm not sure why you're specifically focusing on mutual funds. Holding of public shares is supposed to be a passive income whether it's individual investors (who are hopefully diversifying their investments), mutual funds, ETFs, etc. The board works for the shareholders by collecting data, assessing that data, and then making recommendations so that investors don't have to do that research. Sure, it's possible that the shareholders vote against the advice of the board, but it's pretty rare. If the board is out of step with the shareholders, they should probably be replaced. This is a virtuous cycle (or vicious cycle for other stocks) where Costco is seen as a fairly ethical company, so investors who are looking for stocks that meet their values choose companies like Costco (whether they are individual investors or investment vehicles marketed as fitting certain values). These investors choose a board who represents their values, so I don't think, "we're just lucky that Costco’s board of directors isn’t terrible," I think it's a part of this virtuous cycle.

Why wasn't an address provided? I'm not familiar with Kingston's pilot, but the social service department of most cities have solved this pretty simple problem by either renting a PO Box or using their own address. Sure, people in the know recognize the address but at least people can receive their mail.

As someone who was happy my instance was initially federating with Threads, I am also happy they stopped federating after Meta's moderation changes. Some people see this as an "I told you so moment" but I see it as the situation changed and we adapted. (I'm also not saying that instances who blocked threads from the start were wrong. Even if we agree on the facts of the case, we can come to different conclusions based on our values and priorities.)

I am familiar with who the LPC has as House Leader. Your comment didn't clarify which three out of ~half dozen declared candidates. The article's about Freeland, your comment referenced Carney. but there wasn't a third candidate in the discussion.