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🇨🇰 VIDEO: Cook Islands divers wage war on hungry starfish
Divers clutch wooden spears as they plunge beneath the waves, their best weapon in the war against crown-of-thorns starfish, a species eating through coral reefs already weakened by climate change.
VIDEO: 🇨🇰 Cook Islands divers wage war on hungry starfish
Divers clutch wooden spears as they plunge beneath the waves, their best weapon in the war against crown-of-thorns starfish, a species eating through coral reefs already weakened by climate change
The image is a black-and-white political cartoon depicting a man in a suit standing behind a counter labeled "Republican Platform." He is holding a bottle labeled "Untaxed Whiskey, 20¢ Gal." in one hand and a piece of cloth labeled "War-Taxed Common Cloth, Tariff 84%" in the other. Above the counter, a sign reads, "If you don’t see what you want, ask for it." The cartoon, signed by W.A. Rogers, appears to satirize the Republican Party's economic policies, highlighting the disparity in taxation between luxury items like whiskey and essential goods like cloth.
In 1890, the Tariff Act came into place in the United States. It placed tariffs on imports of up to 50%.
While touted as a way to build American industry, there was also the hope it would force an annexation of Canada. It backfired.
Let's learn more.
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A gorgeous portrait of the White House entirely aflame, the smoke billowing and the flames lighting up the night sky. It sparks deep patriotic ferver. This is what democracy looks like. Also there's a white button with blue text below the portrait. The text reads "Learn more" and if clicked it takes you to the menu of a local brewhouse.
If you're wondering about the vibe in Canada right now, I just got served this ad for a brewhouse that is just a portrait of the White House being burned down. No text, just a bigass picture of the White House burning and a link directly to their menu lolol
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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-...
19.02.2025 16:12 — 👍 3107 🔁 642 💬 109 📌 27Musk et al are either trying or have already succeeded at seizing control of the financial plumbing that holds together the administrative state of the US. The "state" in this sense is the network of continuous, bedrock financial transactions that bind together various levels of governance.
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