Australian here from Victoria. Going to the GP will cost me around $80 up front and I get around $50 back from Medicare later. This is for about a 30 minute consultation with a doctor. The wait time is rarely longer than 15 minutes but it really depends on the practice. I’ve waited 2+hours for a GP that was fully covered by Medicare.

Damn. Human trafficking on a grand scale out in the open. Good luck to all Americans. Fight the good fight.

El Salvador will only take in men though, right? If that’s the case, what’ll happen to the women and children?

And where, pray tell, would he deport US citizens to?

Fear & Hunger 1 & 2 for me among others. Stellar Blade not on sale though… I get it but… It’s so expensive…

What about Dead Poets Society? I haven’t seen it in decades but it made me cry a lot.

My understanding is that for the US to go to war, it needs to be passed in Congress. Trump bombing Iran last week was not passed through Congress and is an act that can get him impeached, is also my understanding.

As for the previous events, my assumption was that it was passed by Congress. But if not, then… That’s a failure of your own system and I can’t really say anything other than that.

Huh?! But it’s clear grounds for impeachment! I hope everyone starts flooding their inboxes and phone lines…

This almost reads like teenage high school drama. Queen Bee giving silent treatment after subpar birthday bash.

That’s why you need public funding to support and nourish the industry. We’ve got that in our state where we can get grants to start up studios. This allowed for studios such as Massive Monster to be created.

VC funding isn’t great because they can pull out if the project or investment doesn’t suit them. See League of Geeks.

Because voting is not compulsory in your country so there’s no incentive to provide accessibility for people to vote.

Face it, you need a different system. Not going to happen without violence though… It’s a very sad state of affairs.

I think respecting another country’s sovereignty is better.

Are you proposing more election interference…?

I use Waterfox but I’ll try that too. Would suck because I like Waterfox.

Noted. Will try that! Thanks

I thought the EU was reducing funding to FOSS projects and investing more into AI. I could’ve sworn I read that somewhere last year.

Edit: https://www.theregister.com/2024/07/17/foss_funding_vanishes_from_eus/

I think it was this event that I read.

What you do not do is drag people into the streets banging pots. It’s not the 1960s

Are you sure? I’m pretty confident that’s what happened on the weekend.

Also, relying on technology owned and controlled by the billionaire class is a bit rich…

Anyway, I don’t want to antagonise you. Just don’t discount the traditional methods of communication thinking it’s ineffective. In a world where privacy is almost non-existent and you’re constantly being monitored, going analogue is one of the best tactics there is.

The point of making the ‘left’, or any opponent, look unhinged is to pressure them into submission. The reason why this works very well is because your media is complicit in amplifying any wrongdoings by any opponents and twisting the perception.

i mean, check out protests in Europe and how they’re framed by their media. Even your Vietnam war protests back in the day; your media started banging on about them being drug users and layabouts to make dismissing their cause much easier.

I just think Americans have lost a lot of people power if you have to protest while walking on eggshells. Best thing to combat it is to have a conversation with everyone. Get people chatting face to face rather than having the TV spout nonsense at them.

Churches enjoy tax exemptions. Wheelchair users do not. I firmly believe that religion should be completely separate from government.

I think it’s ok if someone who is religious is in government, provided they do their job. Stopping for prayer isn’t doing their job.

Well, not everyone is a Tesla shareholder that he can abuse constantly.

Far out, I despise this idiot so, so much.