On Tuesday, voters in Crook County passed measure 7-86, which asked voters if they support negotiations to move the Oregon/Idaho border to include Crook County in Idaho. The measure is passing with 53% of the vote, and makes Crook County the 13th county in eastern Oregon to pass a Greater Idaho measure.
My guess is that its to cover up patterns of this to protect specific rich guys from lawsuits. As a bonus it means its easier to add and subtract likes from posts without leaving clear evidence.
So Elon himself can add 10,000 likes to an antisemitic post or subtract the likes from say somebody making fun of a cybertruck.
there’s a special 100% exemption for sale of a primary residence you lived in for 3 of the last 5 years in the US so it has little to do with fhe rationale for the low capital gains of everything else.
Buying out competition and throwing out the workers confident that investors won’t back a small dog against a big one
In an investor run economy, competition means you might lose a bet. For an investor its better to reduce competition than lose bets. This is originally why anti trust legislation was created: The market needs to be forced to compete or it will amalgamate into a giant blob of noncompeting assets.
High taxes exist to reduce accumulation of assets and slow down the snowballing effect of huge investors. This is what the trump tax cuts look like.
I think community service in lieu of debt payment is a phenomenal idea as long as its fairly generous in waiving debt such that part time community service should be able to waive medical school debt.
Trump Pressures Republicans to Pass a Law to Keep Him Out of Jail Forever (www.rollingstone.com)
Kabosu, the Dog Behind the ‘Doge’ Meme, Has Died (www.ign.com)
Not sure if this counts as “world news”, but RIP Doge :(...
Greater Idaho movement: 13 counties in eastern Oregon have voted to secede and join Idaho (ktvz.com)
On Tuesday, voters in Crook County passed measure 7-86, which asked voters if they support negotiations to move the Oregon/Idaho border to include Crook County in Idaho. The measure is passing with 53% of the vote, and makes Crook County the 13th county in eastern Oregon to pass a Greater Idaho measure.
Congress Just Made It Basically Impossible to Track Taylor Swift’s Private Jet (gizmodo.com)
Legislation just signed into law has made it exceedingly to difficult to track private jet activity.
The Supreme Court's new voting rights decision is a love letter to gerrymandering (www.vox.com)
Spotify is going to break every Car Thing gadget it ever sold (www.theverge.com)
The US is thinking about letting Ukraine use its weapons to strike Russia, even if it enrages Putin: report (www.businessinsider.com)
US officials are considering letting Ukraine strike Russia with US weapons, The New York Times reports....
After almost 28 years, Super Mario 64 has been beaten without using the A button (www.eurogamer.net)
X Confirms Plan to Make 'Likes' Private, Remove Likes Tab From Profiles (www.macrumors.com)
Reddit’s Goon Cave Community Has Been Banned (www.404media.co)
Israel Threatens 'Severe Consequences' for Nations Who Recognize Palestine (www.commondreams.org)
Are There Insurrectionist Sympathizers on the Supreme Court? (www.rollingstone.com)
Second flag carried by Jan. 6 rioters displayed outside house owned by Justice Alito, report says (apnews.com)
The richest Dutch pay 28% tax while the rest pay 40% or more (www.dutchnews.nl)
I thought we should bring some attention to this.
IGN immediately lays off every non-UK person at their newly bought sites, including some key members like deputy editor Alice Bell (aftermath.site)
Welp, this didn’t take long....
Biden administration canceling student loans for another 160,000 borrowers (apnews.com)
The Biden administration is canceling student loans for another 160,000 borrowers through a combination of existing programs....
Linux not in meme (sh.itjust.works)
Windows malware
California is about to tax guns more like alcohol and tobacco − and that could put a dent in gun violence (theconversation.com)