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giantshortfacedbear @lemmy.ca
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Republicans Are at War With College Towns. And They’re Losing.
  • The US also needs to rethink the way the electoral college works. Cos those GOP states still have ability to set federal law that apply to all.

    I've been rather hoping that Cali starts to discuss secede from the union (I wouldn't be at all surprised to find one the the far right states tried to do it first).

  • Taxpayers group calls on Olivia Chow to cancel Toronto's World Cup hosting duties
  • Doesn't pass a sniff test to me. They plan for 10 games in Canada - split between Toronto and Vancouver. BMO field has 26,000 capacity so assuming 5 games each, that's only 130,000 tickets. Sure some people will travel with non ticket holders; to counter that some will go to multiple games, and plenty of locals will want tickets. Even allowing for a long tail and seeing this as pure advertising to tourists, I cannot see how this makes a really a significant dent in revenues. That said if the cost is only 30mil then it's not particularly significant there either (the cities' budget is 16bn).

  • Are you replacing Reddit with Lenny?
  • Yes. Trying at least; (imo) Lemmy hasn't quite got the critical mass yet. The official Reddit app is so crappy that each time I find myself being drawn back in, I leave really quickly. I didn't expect me to find it that bad.

  • For the fourth day in a row, Earth has broken or equalled its hottest average temperature record
  • I'm not going to argue against anything you've said, I'm not going to try to fact check it, & I believe to be largely correct.

    I also think its irrelevant.

    In the next few years (couple of decades) we are going to see increased wildfire burning of the boreal forests in the global north which is going to release (what I believe is technically called) "a catastrophe fuck-ton" of gasses into the atmosphere. We've tipped over the tipping point.

  • Bank of Canada to raise rates 25 basis points on July 12, possibly the last: Reuters poll | Reuters
  • Yeah. And it's having no noticeable effect on inflation ... it's almost like they are turning the wrong dial. The people hurting most with these interest rate rises are those who can least afford it and consequently have least effect on inflation.

  • YSK: Your Lemmy activities (e.g. downvotes) are far from private
  • Is the poster's IP address, system, or other system identifier/location, tracked?

    If I have users giantshortfacedbear and throwaway123. Then it could be inferred or impled that they are same person if there are from the same IP or phone.