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Comment #33010175
RIP Canada. Over 50% of mortgages since 2021 are variable rate! https://www.reuters.com/article/canada-banks-mortgage-rates-...
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Comment #30652259
> The Biden administration’s decisions not to declare a no-fly zone or help transfer Polish MiGs were both good ones; they've kept their heads during a very emotional time. Thankfu…
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Comment #30647846
You are pushing the moral panic in question, and it will age even more poorly than the previous panic since it's targeting and smearing a woman instead of a story.
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Comment #30646399
What is it about Harry Potter and moral panics? Then "We need to talk about Harry Potter. The story is evil and will corrupt your kids!" Today "We need to talk about Harry Potter. …
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Comment #30645852
"master branch" and "grandfathered code" and "sanity check" are just a few of the terms suddenly deemed unacceptable. Joe Rogan says dangerous things and must be silenced. Who is a…
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Comment #30645755
Same, center left here too. It feels like a cult trying to purify itself. We're impure and must be cast out. I believe, however, that it's a very loud minority that is scaring the …
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Comment #30645496
Free speech. Strangely that has somehow inverted in recent years. It wasn't long ago that censorship was the domain of the right who were in a panic about what's acceptable speech …
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Comment #30645233
Yikes. Imagine thinking Breaking Points is right-wing.
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Comment #30635127
Thanks for doing this! What would be your advice to new platforms that want to take a free speech approach, while attracting users across the entire political spectrum? (to avoid t…
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Comment #30634959
If it involves money and it's something you don't like, you call it a pyramid scheme. Twitter discourse 101!
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Comment #30633279
"I used to be fairly optimistic that we could get through a period of consistently higher tensions with China without provoking a huge racist freakout against Asian Americans but t…
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Comment #30633261
That's when the rubber meets the road. It's easy for Apple to virtue signal in this case, but I have a feeling they'll think different with China.
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Comment #30632961
I replaced mainstream media with Breaking Points ( https://www.youtube.com/c/breakingpoints ). I've found them to be far more reliable.
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Comment #30632353
And to top it off, now you have a toothache and have to visit the dentist in the year 536.
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Comment #30632193
Brilliantly stated. This is literally their one job.
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Comment #30632076
> I will now trust my own media and sources even less, if they rely on silencing the competition and insist on controlling As you should! It's actually exactly what authoritarian g…
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Comment #30631844
Serious question: Do you think pyramid schemes, get rich quick schemes, no value added services and predatory investments are new?
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Comment #30631706
In the current system when an artist creates something and sells it, they typically get paid once, often lowballed. The buyer may turn around and sell it for 100x. The buyer made f…
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Comment #30629610
It's unfortunate, but what would be a good alternative?
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Comment #30629354
I find the sheer volume of anger and hatred surrounding this and other related announcements completely unhinged. Why are so many people threatened by services that give their user…