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Thank you. To be fair, Reuters changed the title.
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Scandinavian countries calls for strong EU measures against e-commerce ‘wild west’
(www.euractiv.com)
I'm super grateful to President Francois Hollande for introducing that law banning politicians found guilty of corruption from ever running again 🙏.
Francois Hollande gets a lot of shit, but he did good things.
Microsoft is currently robbing Canadians.
Every year, they are overcharging the Federal Government, Provinces, Cities, Universities, Hospitals and Small Business owners for the right to use Microsoft Office. They make 40% margins. It's absolutely disgusting.
Microsoft has basically managed to tax every single Canadian.
If you go to a Canadian University, whether you like it or not, you are paying the Microsoft tax. Because your tuition is paying Microsoft. If you pay provincial taxes, you pay the Microsoft Tax. Whether you like it or not, the provinces are paying Microsoft. If you go buy food at the supermarket, whether you like it or not, you are paying the Microsoft tax. Because Canadian supermarket companies are paying Microsoft. You want to buy a bus ticket ? You are paying Microsoft. The Bus company is paying Microsoft.
It's parasitism. Microsoft is a parasite that feeds on the Canadian economy.
I now use Libre Office.
👉 https://www.libreoffice.org/
It's a wonderful alternative to Microsoft Office. It's free, secure, and developed by a non-profit organization that I financially support. I urge people to switch to Libre Office instead of Word/Excel/PowerPoint.
After a few days, you quickly get used to it. Then you just wonder "Why we are all paying Microsoft so much money in the first place?".
We need Canadian institutions, small and big, to do the same. Stop paying the Microsoft tax. Fight the Parasite.
Le Monde des livres
Pour les livres qui parlent de sujets sérieux, les ouvrages qui ont remporté le prix Albert Londres sont excellents
https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prix_Albert-Londres#Laur%C3%A9ats_du_prix_Albert-Londres_du_livre
Who would trust a deal with Donald Trump?
Mexico and Canada signed a huge trade deal with him in 2018, during his first term.
Trump signs new trade pact with Canada, Mexico leaders
“It’s been long and hard. We’ve taken a lot of barbs and a little abuse, but we got there” Trump said
👉 https://www.pbs.org/newshour/economy/trump-signs-new-trade-pact-with-canada-mexico-leaders
👉 https://www.bbc.com/news/business-46402977
Trump is reelected and suddenly he throws away everything he signed.
Who would trust this man? The Iranian leaders are less crazy than him.
The american elite managed to convince ordinary americans that evil foreigners are to blame for all their problems. This is something you notice if you follow US media.
They are just whining about how China, Europe, Mexico, Canada, the World Health Organization has been super unfair to them. Even Africa is blamed !
It's complete non-sense.
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Lack of healthcare : Barack Obama tried a small improvement with his Affordable Healthcare Act. He faced unprecedented hatred. People accused him of being "radical communist". He had to beg Congress members to pass the bill.
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Drugs : One criminal family, the Sacklers, bribed doctors and dentists to overprescribe oxicotyn. The FDA didn't act until it was too late. The result was an unprecedented opioid crisis that quickly turned into a heroin crisis. Prosecutors refuse to prosecute the Sackler family.
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Bad infrastructure : George W. Bush spent $1 trillion dollar on the Irak war. Okay. What exactly did he get in return...? Are americans better off? Are Irakis better off? Contractors just swallowed the cash. China used their money to build a world class high speed train network.
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Gun violence : Well, they sell guns like candies. Any 18 year old psycho can easily purchase a gun and shoot up the local school or movie theater.
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Lack of affordable housing : American zoning rules prevent high density housing from being built. Look at San Francisco or LA. Individual houses but people are struggling to get a roof over their head.
Their problems are all caused by americans.
But unfortunately, many of them now think the rest of the world is to blame.
Forget about his politics. Elon Musk is a filthy criminal.
Journalists from Reuters found he deliberately sold dangerous cars to customers.
👉 https://www.reuters.com/investigates/special-report/tesla-musk-steering-suspension/
Engineers told him the self-driving system was dangerous. He told them to shut up. And innocent people died:
👉 https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/17/magazine/tesla-autopilot-self-driving-elon-musk.html
Guess Elon Musk's reaction after these stories were published. He blocked links from Reuters and the NYT from Twitter. Making sure they don't appear to users.
He tells people "The truth is on X. You are the true media now". Which is complete non-sense.
This man's goal is having uninformed consumers. He hates real journalism that hold him accountable.
Daily reminder that Reddit automatically gathers your data.
If you still have a Reddit account, change your privacy settings right now :
3 simple things that everyone can do.
1. Use Mozilla Firefox as your default browser
Avoid Google Chrome, Apple Safari or Microsoft Edge.
Mozilla Firefox is an amazing open source, privacy-focused and secure browser.
2. Don't give your data to facebook
Why are you telling Meta your gender, your date of birth, or the city where you live ?
Facebook doesn't need to know any that. The more information they have about you, the more money they make. If you still use facebook, go to your profile right now. Delete these informations. It takes 30 seconds.
Remember to also visit Facebook privacy settings. So many don't do that.
https://accountscenter.facebook.com/ads
Do not allow "personalized advertising"
3- Install the uBlock extension
uBlock is an incredibly powerful Firefox extension
It is designed to block invisible advertising trackers that gather data about you. But it also eliminates a significant number of ads. That makes browsing the internet significantly faster.
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This is super basic stuff. It takes 2 minutes.
I have actually gone a lot further. But I wish more people did the basic stuff.
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Journalism is financially struggling. Thank god there are still journalists doing a good job.