Well, as an Australian I’d hope they’d not come here either, happy to have refugees and help then out as much as possible but not Americans.
As to brain drain, you come from a country that’s destroying the planet, acts like a spoiled child when it doesn’t get it’s way, (look at the reaction to the ICC arrest warrants for Israel) you’ve created a monster that has little to admire, the “brains” that created all that will hopefully stay there.
This is a country that has threatened to invade the Hague if any US person or allly is indicted by the ICC for example. Churlish doesn’t even begin to describe it, stay there.
This is just insane. Not only are cars themself mostly unnecessary, if the right infrastructure is provided, but SUVs also use more resources to run and be produced then small cars, without any advantage over them. So an obvious waste, which could easily be cut to reduce emissions....
Alon Levy, co-lead of the transportation and land use program at New York University’s Marron Institute, has spent years studying why some countries are able to build transport infrastructure cheaply and others aren’t....
Americans, what's the plan if Trump wins the election in November? (serious)
What could have been... (lemmy.world)
Do you avoid discussing some topics online even if you have something you'd like to say about them?
I’ve been doing this for some time now. Even if it’s something that I consider important....
Why Is the World Ignoring a Looming Genocide in Sudan? (foreignpolicy.com)
Aid workers fear a new disaster as militia forces close in on a major Darfur city....
How do you recover from seeing something awful on the Internet?
Qualcomm goes where Apple won't, readies official Linux support for Snapdragon X Elite | Tom's Hardware (www.tomshardware.com)
Most of the functionality is present but many important bits are still being developed.
The Pyramid of... Benben? (lemmy.world)
Just so you know, absolutely none of that is true....
SUVs made up 20% of global emissions growth and 55% of car sales globally in 2023 (slrpnk.net)
This is just insane. Not only are cars themself mostly unnecessary, if the right infrastructure is provided, but SUVs also use more resources to run and be produced then small cars, without any advantage over them. So an obvious waste, which could easily be cut to reduce emissions....
Arizona Senate Republicans Pass Bill to Prevent Climate Action (climate.law.columbia.edu)
Parliament blocks Greens attempt to recognise Palestinian statehood (www.sbs.com.au)
‘The cheap option’?: why the Gold Coast may be on track to build the most expensive light rail in the world (www.theguardian.com)
Alon Levy, co-lead of the transportation and land use program at New York University’s Marron Institute, has spent years studying why some countries are able to build transport infrastructure cheaply and others aren’t....
Corbyn confirms he will stand against Labour (www.bbc.co.uk)
As NZ unemployment rises, Kiwis are making their way across the Tasman (www.abc.net.au)
Bad in NZ or hyperbole ?
Why billionaire Tom Steyer argues capitalism is the best tool to fight climate change | Calling for more regulation to stop global heating, Steyer says we must stop letting people "pollute for free" (www.salon.com)
Brutal heatwaves and submerged cities: what a 3C world would look like (www.theguardian.com)
cross-posted from: slrpnk.net/post/9429920...
New Zealand man filmed trying to ‘body slam’ an orca in actions described as ‘idiotic’ (www.theguardian.com)
Wot ?
Melbourne man 'dumbfounded' after finding out he lost Australian citizenship 33 years ago (www.abc.net.au)
Wtf ?
Locals concerned over SunCable proposal to manufacture subsea cable in northern Tasmania (www.abc.net.au)
Morgan Spurlock, documentary filmmaker behind 'Super Size Me,' dies at 53 (www.nbcnews.com)
Labor backs ICC’s role in international law as other MPs condemn Israeli ‘war’ on court | Australian foreign policy | The Guardian (www.theguardian.com)
Pocock and The Greens come out in supoort of the ICC against after the Israeli shenanigans in trying to undermine it for the last decade.
Popular car uses 31% more fuel than advertised while other makes fare poorly in Australian efficiency test (www.theguardian.com)
No surprises there I guess :(
UN expert attacks ‘exploitative’ world economy in fight to save planet (www.theguardian.com)
Outgoing special rapporteur David Boyd says ‘there’s something wrong with our brains that we can’t understand how grave this is’
Supercharged thunderstorms: have we underestimated how climate change drives extreme rain and floods? (theconversation.com)
cross-posted from: slrpnk.net/post/9363398...
RBA should now 'in theory' hike interest rates in June, but will it? - ABC News (www.abc.net.au)