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PugJesus @ PugJesus @kbin.social
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Over 2 percent of the US’s electricity generation now goes to bitcoin

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  • Such a stupid fucking idea. The idea of cryptocurrencies aside, Bitcoin's system of mining is peak waste.

    • I am 150 years old and I'm about to try Taco Bell for the first time. What should I try first?

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  • Something else.

    • Ukraine informs US about forthcoming dismissal of Commander-in-Chief Zaluzhnyi – Washington Post

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  • This has been brewing since late last year. It seems like Zelensky feels like Zaluzhnyi has been interfering in the political side of the war, and Zaluszhnyi feels like he's just been representing the situation as the military sees it.

    • US approves plan to strike Iranian targets in Syria and Iraq, officials say

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  • If anything it might make it worse.

    • CNN Poll: Trump narrowly leads Biden in general election rematch

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  • CNN viewers, not CNN management.

    • Macron calls for farming reform as food producers hurl eggs at European parliament

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  • I don't know if I would call them a voting bloc per se, but otherwise, yeah, that would count.

    • Macron calls for farming reform as food producers hurl eggs at European parliament

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  • Name another voting bloc with fewer principles and more outsized influence.

    • Macron calls for farming reform as food producers hurl eggs at European parliament

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  • Yes.

    • Macron calls for farming reform as food producers hurl eggs at European parliament

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  • Thanks, now I hate farmers even more.

    • The damning truth about the UK’s 2% inflation target: it’s completely made up | Louis-Philippe Rochon

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  • It's not just a question of growth. It's also a question of wealth inequality and the accumulation of liquid capital, of the velocity of money, avoiding liquidity traps, etc etc etc etc.

    • US moves to reimpose sanctions on Venezuela after opposition candidate barred from presidential election

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  • I don’t know the specifics of what’s happening in Venezuela

    Maduro is deeply unpopular and the authoritarian regime in Venezuela has been trying to avoid having actual elections.

    • The damning truth about the UK’s 2% inflation target: it’s completely made up | Louis-Philippe Rochon

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  • Yes, absolutely. The number of reasons why inflation is good for the general economy is... rather vast.

    • The damning truth about the UK’s 2% inflation target: it’s completely made up | Louis-Philippe Rochon

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  • That's an argument to peg social security to inflation, not to get rid of inflation.

    • The damning truth about the UK’s 2% inflation target: it’s completely made up | Louis-Philippe Rochon

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  • Theft from... creditors?

    • Maryland bill would force gun owners to get $300K liability insurance to wear or carry

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  • "Beg for permission"

    I know plenty of people in this state who've purchased handguns, and unless attending a safety course is a form of begging, you're talking out of your ass.

    • Maryland bill would force gun owners to get $300K liability insurance to wear or carry

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  • Marylander here - the fuck are you talking about

    • US moves to reimpose sanctions on Venezuela after opposition candidate barred from presidential election

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  • "Democracy is Bad, Actually" - Terminally Online 'Leftists'

    • Biden Opens Up Lead Over Trump In Head-To-Head

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  • This sounds expensive. I'm poor.

    • GOP senator Cotton asks TikTok's CEO over and over if he's ever been part of the Chinese Communist Party. He's Singaporean.

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    • U.S. winning world economic war

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  • I mean, I believe that capitalism has outlived it's usefulness and has few answers to the problems we face. I simply also believe that the system itself isn't optimized for a zero-sum mentality.