Damn inflation, in my time that would have been three fitty. No more, not less.

In China workers rights are pretty non-existent and there’s no OSHA equivalent, at least not to the degree we have in the US

How much maternity leave d’you get in the US? Cause in China it’s a minimum of 90 days up to 180. And an extra 15~30 days of pat leave. Mandatory paid holiday? US: 0 China: 11. Sick leave? US: 0 China: months (at reduced rate). Vacation? US: 0, China: 1 to 3 weeks.

An employer that fails to allow an employee to take annual leave must pay that employee 300% of the employee’s daily wages for each unused vacation day

The work sfatey certainly remains an issue, like any developing country, but things are rapidly improving.

Efforts at work safety shall be oriented around people and reflect the principle of people first and life first, with top priority given to people’s life safety. The philosophy of safe development shall be adhered to and the principles of safety first, prevention as the main target as well as comprehensive administration shall be followed to forestall and resolve major safety risks at the source.

http://en.npc.gov.cn.cdurl.cn/2021-06/10/c_786248.htm

Things aren’t all roses in China, but y’all have to get off of your high horse when you know fuck all other than bland ass propaganda.

You could beat your wife, she couldn’t really divorce you, and couldn’t open a bank account. That’s usually why they love the 50s.

like worker protections or unions

That’s just patently false. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/All-China_Federation_of_Trade_Unions

It is the largest trade union in the world with 302 million members in 1,713,000 primary trade union organizations.

In September 2009, Ford entered into an agreement with the Department of Energy and borrowed $5.9 billion

https://www.freep.com/story/money/cars/ford/2020/07/29/ford-government-loan-department-energy-debt/5526413002/

They still hadn’t paid it back in full in 2022.

Alternatively we could start subsiding local car makers

We have been. Bailout after bailout. For the longest fucking time, and have had insane trade rules and tarrigs in place for decades and decades. I’d argue this is what it looks like to have another country finally being able to play on a level playing field.

Ah nice, thanks for the update. I’m glad they changed the name, that’s a lot more attractive than something with Test in the name.

Consider Minetest instead? A libre/open source clone.

My finger was hovering over buying about 250$ worth of bitcoins at around 0.20USD a pop. Back then I was pretty broke. I had been unemployed for a bit was burning through savings and struggling to pay rent, so it was hard to justify.

Where ever Vijay publishes. He’s often on RealNews and Democracy Now.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vijay_Prashad

Mostly financially. Related to hiusing. I don’t really wanna get into more details, but I’m essential stuck with my current living situation for the rest of my life, unless I’m willing to lose tens of thousands of dollars (or even more if I try to improve the place I’m currently at instead of cutting my losses and moving at an already big loss). Pressure to secure stable housing for an eventual old age made me make tough decisions that in hindsight were pretty fucking ill-advised.

Fucked

The brand collapse is even better

FIFY

Maybe a little coup and a small civil war in a warm country could help them out too!

Edit: I’m mistaking Del Monte for Dole, but still.

Fuck Del Monte, good riddance and a long time coming.

This seems accounted for since the comparative samples are from “similarly urban areas”

• The tiny particles likely come from particle resuspension around Direct Current Fast Charging power cabinets. Cooling fans designed to prevent the electronics from overheating can also stir up dust and particles from internal surfaces.

a) that doesn’t really sound like the fault of EVs or the charging stations themselves. Any sort of very moderate air current would cause the same problem.

b) that sounds pretty easy to fix with some filters simple pleated filters, and that would leave the surrounding environment cleaner than they used to be.

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Dthats not fair

Why should a content creator not be allow to curate the experience his/her audience sees when they watch the content they produce? They don’t owe you shit.

Just trying to spread the truth

What truth exactly? That sounds very subjective.

West Virginia is what,the third poorest state in GDP per capita? The average there is poor, so yeah.