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Data Bear 🏳️‍🌈 @dataandpolitics.net · 21/04/2025
Trump's 145% tariffs sparked a surge in imports. But exports didn't follow. Now, West Coast ports are sending ships back empty. This isn't economic reviva. It's a retreat. www.dataandpolitics.net/empty-ships-...
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Empty Ships, Empty Promises: Trump's Tariffs Are About to Decimate American Shipping
Trump's 145% tariffs triggered a flood of imports—but not a rise in American exports. West Coast ports are now sending ships back empty. This imbalance isn't just economic—it's personal. Jobs, wages, ...
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WIRED @wired.com · 04/03/2025
SCOOP: Business leaders are paying as much as $5,000,000 to meet one-on-one with President Donald Trump at his Florida compound, sources tell WIRED, while others are paying $1,000,000 apiece to dine with him in a group setting.
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People Are Paying Millions to Dine With Donald Trump at Mar-a-Lago
Business leaders are paying as much as $5,000,000 to meet one-on-one with the president at his Florida compound, sources tell WIRED, while others are paying $1,000,000 apiece to dine with him in a…
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tastraeus.bsky.social @tastraeus.bsky.social · 04/03/2025
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Jjinandtonic @jjinandtonic.bsky.social · 02/03/2025
This one is fun as hell
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The social ideology of the motorcar - Uneven Earth
by André Gorz The worst thing about cars is that they are like castles or villas by the sea: luxury goods invented for the exclusive pleasure of a very rich minority, and which in conception and natur...
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David Zipper @davidzipper.bsky.social · 27/02/2025
Next year, the EU will require cars to have buttons & dials -- not just touchscreens -- to get a top safety rating. This is a great move. Drivers can fiddle with knobs & buttons without taking their eyes off the road, but they can't do that with touchscreens. (Even better: Tesla will hate this)
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Cars will need fewer screens and more buttons to earn five-star safety rating in Europe
Euro NCAP will release new testing guidelines in 2026.
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Casey Johnston @caseyjohnston.bsky.social · 19/02/2025
this is the kind of tech blogging no one does anymore and there should be way more of @willsmith.fun next.content.town/p/unfucking-...
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Unfucking Windows - How to Make Your OS Work for You Again
You might think Windows is a lost cause, but there are a handful of things you can do to make it better for you than it is for Microsoft. Here’s where to start.
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Jordan Chariton @jordanchariton.bsky.social · 22/01/2025
🚨UPDATE on CA Lithium Battery Plant fire near "Salad Bowl of America" (produces 70% of our greens) -Residents have nosebleeds, lung burning, headache, rash, metallic mouth taste -Health official says not testing soil bc "we don't necessarily know what we're looking for" 🧵...
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More Perfect Union @moreperfectunion.bsky.social · 17/12/2024
BREAKING: The FTC has announced a new rule banning junk fees for tickets and hotels. This final junk fees rule bans bait-and-switch pricing and all tactics that corporations use to hide the total price of live event tickets, hotels, and vacation rentals.
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Federal Trade Commission Announces Bipartisan Rule Banning Junk Ticket and Hotel Fees
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tastraeus.bsky.social @tastraeus.bsky.social · 04/12/2024
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tastraeus.bsky.social @tastraeus.bsky.social · 04/12/2024
First post, thanks for all the followers so here’s an orange sky :)
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