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Mark Carney wins race to replace Trudeau as Canada's prime minister in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago

What’s the feeling in Canada? This guy good enough to win the election?

ASX records lowest close of the year on Trump tariff concerns in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago

I’m sure there’s a spot for a good ol’ “lowest… so far” Simpsons meme

Coalition vows to match Labor's $8.5 billion Medicare [campaign] pledge 'dollar for dollar' in c/[email protected]
Trump to shut down all 8,000 EV charging ports at federal govt buildings in c/[email protected]
GP visits to become free for most under $8.5b Labor [campaign] Medicare promise in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 14 points 2 months ago (4 children)

Super good news and policy. It feels like a splash (rather than a drop) in the bucket for the cost of living though.

Surely a decent housing policy has to be next.

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HRT, contraceptive pills to cost less in $573m major women’s health pledge (archive.md)
 

For menopausal women, the hormone replacement therapies Prometrium, Estrogel and Estrogel Pro – or estradiol and progesterone – will go on the PBS for the first time in 20 years. About 150,000 women using those treatments currently pay up to $670 a year, but this will come down to $380, a saving of $290.

Contraceptive pills Yaz and Yasmin, which are used by 50,000 women and typically cost $380 a year, will be the first new oral contraceptives added to the PBS in more than 30 years. Government subsidies will bring them down to $126 a year, or $31 for concession cardholders, saving $254. Both changes will come into effect on March 1.

Great that this isn’t an election pledge. It’s coming in on March 1!

Meta Shatters Lobbying Record as House Passes TikTok Ban: Instagram owner Meta spent more than ever on lobbing Congress and the White House as legislation to potentially ban its competitor TikTok in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 months ago

Trumps just gonna keep him hanging hoping he’s in the inner circle and bleeding him dry in the process.

A baby boomer tried to show me a positive side to the cost of living crisis. It didn't help in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 77 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Her take on the cost of living crisis was that it was good that I wouldn’t have the issue of hoarding things like her, as I would never be able to afford them in the first place.

Lmao. You’ll be so poor you wont be able to buy things. Great flex, boomer.

What SF books did you enjoy the most in 2024? in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago

Both are brilliant!

What SF books did you enjoy the most in 2024? in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I didn’t like Prophet Song either. The mother character’s inability to do anything kinda bogged the whole story down for me.

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Man who killed two women in 24 hours in Melbourne sentenced to nine years’ jail (www.theguardian.com)
 

Out in 7 years after murdering 2 women.

What was the worst book you’ve ever read? in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 5 points 6 months ago

Same for me

*Permanently Deleted* in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 0 points 8 months ago

I mean games, tv, movies all have some sort of rating system so you don’t really have to spend a lot of time reviewing the content for your kids. Seems like a gap that this doesn’t exist for books.

Phoenix breaks heat record as city hits 110F for the 54th consecutive day in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

110F = 43.33C if anyone else was wondering.

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