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Cake day: July 10th, 2023

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  • You’ve made a couple of assumptions about me. That I’m not dealing with it, that I’m not housing migrant families. I’m not one of the people running this shelter, sure. But for all you know I could be running a similar shelter elsewhere.

    Of course money doesn’t appear out of thin air: it comes from the people, from the taxes we pay as subscription to a functioning society. I happily pay my taxes and would pay more: I vote for higher taxes and exensions to social policy so we can look after people like this. I advocate for social conscience that wasn’t exhibited in the described action.





  • AlgeriaWorblebot@lemmy.nztoMemes@lemmy.mlEVs
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    9 months ago

    I understand the electric bit is cheaper and more efficient in city traffic while the fossil bit is more supported over long distance travel.

    It seems intended for the teething stage where the charging point infrastructure isn’t rolled out extensively enough for pure EV usage, and public transport doesn’t do the thing.

    I see a risk in complacency where the final steps aren’t taken of rolling out charging points and buffing transit because hybrids are “good enough”. Probably not a massive risk though as fossil’s stigma grows and fuel prices rise.



  • AlgeriaWorblebot@lemmy.nztoMemes@lemmy.mlBased on a true story
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    9 months ago

    I wonder what gun ownership would look like in 20 or 30 years if right now were enacted (and not thereafter repealed) a countrywide prohibition on advertising of guns & ammo, and on showing any firearms before the watershed and at any time in G- and PG-rated media.

    Putting aside the reality that this could never happen because of frozen peaches and strawmen on slippery slopes, I strongly suspect it would do a lot to curb the fetishisation of firearms.