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  • XZ backdoor in a nutshell

  • Boris Johnson tasked security force to plan a raid on a vaccine plant in the Netherlands

  • How is this NOT the Onion?

  • Eisenhower CSG has entered the chat

  • "Iranians don't take a dump without a plan"

  • The Duolingo owl is done messing around

  • Nobody expects the Spanish Inquisition!

  • The Housing Crisis Isn’t Going Anywhere Until We Tackle Property Wealth Inequality

  • The Housing Crisis Isn’t Going Anywhere Until We Tackle Property Wealth Inequality

  • Land value tax would fix this.

  • Programmer Humor @lemmy.ml
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    Russian C++ tutorial

    www.tiktok.com /@python_is_trash/video/7271175062139473157

  • ‘Ghost flights’: Qatar Airways flying near-empty planes in Australia to exploit legal loophole

  • Qatar’s ghost flights – an open secret within the aviation sector – are “taking the piss” out of Australia’s strict aviation laws, industry sources say, and are occurring despite the Albanese government rejecting the airline’s formal request to increase flights out of concern the extra capacity would go against Australia’s “national interest”.

    Honestly, I don't blame Qatar Airways. Good on them for getting around this protectionist nonsense policy.

    Air travel is already quite expense and carbon heavy. Actively blocking routes makes the system less efficient, expensive, and will emit more carbon. Isn't that also against Australia's "national interest"?

  • Videos @lemmy.world
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    Hank Green - The Biggest Science Story of the Week

  • Justin Trudeau and Sophie Grégoire Trudeau announce separation

  • Why are comments even open on this article? They're just terrible tabloid trash.

  • Seven rookies promoted, most ministers reassigned in major Trudeau cabinet shuffle

  • I'm very glad Hussein is out but I don't know if Sean Fraser will do a good job. His previous role as immigration minister let the country consistently exceed its immigration targets, which only made the housing crisis worse. He'll be looking into the consequences of his own actions on housing.

    He already refrained from building more houses directly and "subsidizing", not investing, "below-market" housing instead, so that's not a good sign already.

    From a structural standpoint, merging housing and infrastructure into a single ministry makes sense. These two issues go hand in hand.

  • Sam Altman’s Worldcoin token to launch Monday

  • When the guy who made the AI hype wants us back in the crypto hype...

  • Canada pushing ahead with tax on Big Tech opposed by U.S., Freeland says

  • Where's that attitude with Big Grocery stores or Big Oil?

  • Canada pushing ahead with tax on Big Tech opposed by U.S., Freeland says

  • Wtf is that caption image lol

  • Bike lane on Richmond-San Rafael Bridge seen as major cause of pollution

  • Did this senator not hear of INDUCED DEMAND?

  • Sorry HR, I didn’t mean that

  • its ok >.<

  • Not a bad way to go.

  • Brand new movie

  • Real human bean

  • British Columbia’s New Housing Legislation Could Help Ease the Housing Crisis | Jacobin.com

  • You are right, land should not be a good investment. A land value tax supports this as it decreases the value of the land, it won't be seen as an investment. Wealthy people and investors hoarding land will only increase their tax burden and thus will not be profitable for them.

  • British Columbia’s New Housing Legislation Could Help Ease the Housing Crisis | Jacobin.com

    1. Maintain a central registry of who owns what housing and who lives there (necessary for the policies below). This can be used to audit abuses

    1. Raise property taxes on vacant housing

    1. Introduce a new yearly anti-speculation tax that depends on the owner of the unit:

    • Canadian citizens: 0%.
    • Permanent residents and people with work permits: 0%.
    • Companies established in Canada:
    • Single-family dwelling: 5%.
    • Dwelling between two and 6 units: 2%
    • Housing with more units: 0%
    • All other assumptions: 10% <-- this includes foreign investors

    Why all this bureaucracy? We can simply just shift property taxes to land value taxes. Much more equitable and it would disincentivize speculation and incentivize density. You only need to know who owns which parcel of land so its much less bureaucratic.

  • petition: Defederate any instances that federates with threads proactivly , add threads.net on blocklists everywhere.

  • Absolutely not! Do that and you'll skip right to the "Extinguish" part in EEE.

    The biggest advantage of the Fediverse is the decentralized moderation. People will disagree on what to do with threads ATM. This comment section is proof on the lack of consensus of this.

    Besides, this isn't a black and white issue. Some mods may blacklist some accounts on threads and allow others. Or choose to do a whitelist system and only allow certain accounts. There's many compromises that can be made in this area. But forcing one solution for this is harmful and runs counter to the spirit of the fediverse.

  • World News @beehaw.org
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    Putin will address the nation soon, Kremlin says

    twitter.com /BNONews/status/1672481370206093313
  • newfoundland @lemmy.ca
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    U.S. coast guard says search for missing submersible will continue through the night

    www.cbc.ca /news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/titanic-submarine-missing-search-1.6881095
  • newfoundland @lemmy.ca
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    Vehicle crashes through Whitbourne Tim Hortons

    ntv.ca /vehicle-crashes-through-whitbourne-tim-hortons/