To weaken/further humiliate the US? To market their green technology? For humanitarian purposes?

Take your pick, it’s some combination of the three.

Lady G would probably prefer it the other way around, if DC rumours are to be believed.

day cost of living*

That legitimately looks as bare-bones as possible in this day and age - and I’m all for it.

In terms of the cost difference - I would assume the source nation has a local subsidy that doesn’t apply to exports, in addition to the logistics, warehousing costs of shipping a vehicle overseas.

Personally, we’ve got our eyes on the BYD ATTO 2 as a local run-around for outer suburbia here in Australia. Even our shortest trips are 10-15 minutes each one way (and no public transport options), and most commutes are ~45 minutes.

In the same way that the solution to the Tolerance Paradox is to not tolerate intolerance, such threats to strip citizenship away from naturalised individuals should result in the would-be perpetrator’s citizenships being denaturalised instead. There should be no room for such hatred in modern society.

Oh, l don’t doubt those figures whatsoever - I was more just sharing what exactly caused the veil fell from my eyes and I began to see Israel as the monster it (always?) was.

Especially when you realise that in that 72% figure that the IDF claimed included children as young as 13 as “combat age”.

I still remember the exact article that radicalised me against Israel, breaking over 30 years of indoctrination:

https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/defense-news/article-848592

They outright (indirectly) confirm that more than 1-in-4 people killed in Gaza by the IDF were women, children, or elderly.

Most moral military, my ass! In a just world, they would all be tried at The Hague for war crimes.

I mean, China has positioned itself as the world’s factory - so regardless of outcomes they were all but guaranteed to succeed.

It’s just funny (in a black comedy sense) just how badly American corporations have hamstring their future chances of success chasing short-term profits.

Tesla was the industry leader for modern EVs for so damned long, and they’ve seemingly pissed that all away. They’re no longer the fastest, cheapest, luxurious, or technologically advanced cars in the market - and this was all before Must went full derp-MAGA and alienated the vast majority of their customer base.

These figures are just for March, too! Just how much higher April’s figures will be?

There was also a bit of a run on solar home batteries here in Australia (somewhat related, but also due to a reduction in rebates from May 1st) - I can’t help but also wonder how big of a jump in export those figures would be if/when published.

IKR! It’s ridiculous how much of a fireworks display even the smaller cities put on, it literally puts our (Australia’s NYE) fireworks shows to shame.

Funnily enough, the only time I’ve experienced significant air pollution on our recent trips to China were due the sheer amount of fireworks they set off for the Lunar New Year celebrations.

It was hilarious (in an absurdist sense) to watch the air quality index drop so quickly in real time!

Without an injunction, it’s highly unlikely that the GOP will be able to stop the revised congressional maps from going into effect for the 2026 midterms.

Trying to get as many war crimes committed as possible ahead of the midterms?

It is, indeed.

FFS, even saying a “dozen dozens“ would be underselling the actual death toll of that particular war crime.

The world honestly would be a (slightly) better place if that stroke was just a smidge more fatal…

Came to reply this exact same thing; this looks some alternative dimension shit where Jimmy chose abusing children instead of tax evasion as his crime of choice…

Dr. Tran

…will fuck you up!

I won’t feel relieved until we get confirmation what the substance was.

There have been too many mentions of a potentially deadly mercury compound, to be used against political enemies floating around in social media comments for my killing.

I still like claiming the free games even if I don’t have any immediate intention of playing them, simply because I like the idea of developers getting paid, and Tim Sweeney losing money!

It honestly feels like original and creative works are exclusively the domain of indie developers nowadays.

Given how bloated AAA budgets have become, publishers seemingly don’t want to risk taking a chance on some more whacky ideas - at least until an indie dev proves it out first.