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Education matters. Choose smart.

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Why do international tourists matter? With december arrivals estimate, the difference totals 18,2%. International tourists come to spend, they do not travel because they have to. They can afford to spend - so they do. This increased visitor spending estimate of 16% will also not materialise.

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Do you understand that right now Trump is already not acting with good intent, is ignoring word of law and wreacking every institution supporting democracy permanently? He is not preparing for a Cold War - he'd be building up capabilities not destroying them. He is doing something else entirely.

submitted 14 hours ago • 1 comment

Wow, I'm sure Russia is absolutely terrified by this strong statement 🤦‍♀️

submitted 1 day ago • 127 comments

Quite wonderful find by this FT team. A Chinese small business that makes MAGA merch on.ft.com/4cAH6tE

submitted 22 hours ago • 16 comments

These factories are also NOT relocating to US. Imagine re revenue loss for those companies.

submitted 15 hours ago • 0 comments

Shackled for this? When your legal system can't tell apart a serial killer and someone who unwittingly misjudged visa requirements. Money for extended incarceration "they worked for GEO, the private company contracted to run the facility". Not cost effective to hold people for weeks and moths.

submitted 15 hours ago • 0 comments

❗️🇺🇦Himars destroyed a 🇷🇺Russian Buk air defense system on one of the front lines

submitted 17 hours ago • 6 comments

At night, Russia launched 88 Shahed drones of which 56 were shot down, another 24 were lost in location without negative consequences. Presumably downed by electronic warfare.

submitted 20 hours ago • 1 comment

I would say more broadly that as policy you really shouldn’t allow government officials to accuse people of *terrorism* anonymously.

submitted 1 day ago • 395 comments

Called my congressman who voted for the SAVE act. Me: What documents will I need to vote if this passes? Staffer: a DL and birth certificate. Me: The documents don’t match Staffer: Then a marriage certificate. Me: Will my husband need the marriage certificate too? Staffer: No Me: See the problem?

submitted 1 day ago • 1596 comments

How is this even legal? How can the government forbid scientists from going to conferences on their own time and using their own money? Paywalled but screenshots in next post. www.reuters.com/business/hea...

submitted 2 days ago • 6 comments

Ambassador Spock modeling the proper “fuck you, make me” response to intimidation tactics. Our current-day institutions could learn a lot from him.

submitted 2 days ago • 367 comments

After Putin spent 3+ years killing innocent civilians in Ukraine, Trump’s envoy Witkoff has met with Putin to discuss lifting sanctions against Russia. WH - still silent.

submitted 1 day ago • 21 comments

Ouch www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

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Sounds exactly like one of those "gang affiliations" they make up from imaginary evidence of unrelated tattoos except worse.

submitted 1 day ago • 0 comments

Well, idea of being kidnapped and held incommunicado for weeks or months, maybe dying, maybe sent to no-idea-what-country's-hellhole has its downsides. Since it is quite an obvious outcome, who and how managed to make US hospitality industry stay still for this?

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Deal proposed to Tatjana Sokolova, on trial for bringing ~50 000 euros to Estonia for Kremlin fund that financed Andrei Andronov legal defence in treason charge. Fund is under EU sanctions since 2023 and has financed legal expenses of FSB assassin Vadim Krasikov and russian arms dealer Viktor Bout

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It has been 18 days since we learned that those involved in Signalgate recklessly endangered the lives of American pilots. The fact that there has been no Congressional investigation is an abomination. This should outrage every single Member of Congress.

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"This decision sends a clear message — we will not allow Finland to be undermined," Defence Minister Antti Häkkänen said.

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Incredible: ICE just deleted this post on Twitter, but not until after it got a ton of people drawing attention to how bad it was. My person theory remains that someone at Public Affairs used a stock image and didn't read carefully before posting, but that's because I believe in Hanlon's Razor.

submitted 2 days ago • 105 comments