Hmm, that actually sounds pretty plausible. I think it’s also being propped up and bought (read: corruption) by Thiel’s fascist company.

Huh, link to their explanation?

Hmm… I wonder… does GrapheneOS work on the Fairphone?

I’m of the opinion that even if it is final, at some points laws are so ridiculous they must cease to be effective for all.

Funny thing is that ours doesn’t even have PVC in it. We don’t have chlorine in our water either.

We mostly have trace sand, chalk, and minerals, but that’s it.

But that’s the thing, grifters might earn a lot of money with the few gullible people, and then use their wealth for nefarious ends.

I agree with you that some people are just too dumb, but in this age I’d prefer to not let grifters get any chance.

I oppose it, mainly because it takes advantage from gullible people, and opens the door for companies making water expensive.

Tap water here costs £1 per 1,000 L.

£19 a bottle (1 L) would amount to £19,000 per 1,000 L.

So, nope.

While vaccins are usually spread out over the first ten years of life, babies can and do get vaccinated. I don’t know what you’re talking about.

I’d say that it’d be fair to give vaccinated people priority of care above unvaccinated people.

Don’t want to get vaccinated? Deal with the consequences.

RFK JR supports a pedophile. Reveal the unaltered Epstein files and step down

Yes.

Not mandating them will also harm the people affected by the antivax types. Think for example antivax parents who would rather let their kids die than vaccinate.

I’d also add that there be a yearly checkup of whether the kids at school/daycares/home education are vaccinated or not. The one to do the checkup is prohibited from being a member of an antivaxx movement, and must be medically qualified.

And the following consequences for not vaccinating:

1. 500 hours community time for not vaccinating.

2. 500 hours community service on top of that if spreading antivax ideology or supporting antivax groups, whether fiscally or nonfiscally. They also will be required to follow a course on how vaccination actually works, and take an exam for that.

1,000 hours community time would amount to 25 workweeks (8 hr, 5 days a week).

3. On top of that, a hefty fine of 5% of yearly net disposable income (stocks and non-material wealth included). Kid will be vaccinated also.

4. If the parents/caretakers lied about the kid being vaccinated, kept the person absent for the checkup, or didn’t register the kid (so services knows there’s a kid that needs to be vaccinated), they will be called to court for abuse. If they still register and vaccinate the kid after that note, the consequences are 1/3rd less. This all also applies for if the people themselves are not vaccinated; they’ll be called to court for endangering other peoples’ safety.

They are killing people. I say that that deserves a vaccine mandate with enforced consequences.

A livability index would be nice, to make it clearer.

You could chop it up into various bits. In no particular order:

Costs
a) Food, water, electricity prices as % of median net hourly wage.
b) Median home prices, include quality of housing

Comfort
c) Safety and good governance (Corruption perceptions index,
d) % of roads that have dedicated, interconnected pedestrian and bicycle paths
e) % of city interconnectively covered by public transit (density, frequency, punctuality, comfort)
f) % of cityspace dedicated to green space (trees, parks, etc.)

and so on, and so on.

Pro-tip: block using keywords. Some instances also are defederated from others, meaning you don’t see their comments or posts.

Don’t. If the sport teams want to reach you, they gotta do it another way.

It’s both.

There’s no russophobia when that country would want you killed for opposing authoritarianism. Or when that country routinely invades Europe. Or when it shoots down a plane and doesn’t apologise nor extradite the criminals who did it (Girkin and Putler).

Or when it opposes your very existence as a person. Or when it infects your people with the disease of far-right hatred. And I could go on. Fuck Putler’s Russia.

Maybe the surveillance cameras need to be destroyed. Safety can only be achieved when the Epstein creeps can’t spy!

If CNN bent the knee to Trump, I wouldn’t trust it.

Better to look at news from elsewhere.

Life is too short Make of it What you can

If you think someone can opt out of responsibility for partaking in repression, then I got bad news for you, yes.