World politics

Trump’s staff currently explaining to him what symbolic means, and that it isn’t the same as shambolic which he’s used to hearing.

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It’s a weird part of the job:

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The governments of 20 European Union countries on Tuesday said they are “alarmed” over Hungary’s worsening anti-LGBTQ crackdown.

Hungarian lawmakers in March passed a bill that bans Pride events and allow authorities to use facial recognition technology to identify those who participate in them. MPs last month amended the Hungarian constitution to ban public LGBTQ events.

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Sticker protesting Nvidia’s sales to China spotted at Computex 2025

Do they need GPUs for that?

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Now they’re back together but could still be fighting all the way:

Really, the LP are in a bad spot- they either tack to the right to appease the nationals, one nation and whatever Clive and Gina are paying them to say, and continue to lose the suburbs to Labor and the Teals, or try to go to the centre to win back voters and risk more splits and spills from the extremists. Plus, they’ve got their own internal factions vying for power after the disaster of a result.

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Ley was on the breakfast TV this morning where she was asked why there are fewer women in the coalition front bench now.

Her answer was that she’s a woman, and she’s in charge, so that should suffice.

I’m not really surprised. I’m not really even disappointed. I would have had to expected better to have been disappointed. Pessimists can only ever be pleasantly surprised.

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Yes, the privilege of undermining freedom of expression is reserved for domestic officials.

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What’s next, a wall? :woman_facepalming:t5:

(Désolée, Charles Trenet)
Comme « La Mer »
:notes:
Le mur,
Traversera le long de frontière dure
Avec reflets clownesques, le mur
D’une stupidité infinie
:notes:

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Couldn’t leave that high effort post with just a mere like! Brava!

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