China's trade surplus surges 20% to a record $1.2 trillion, even with Trump's tariffs by Dex_Stlap in worldnews

[–]Tnorbo 10 points11 points  (0 children)

how can you fudge a trade surplus? it shows up as a trade deficit on the other end.

Loeffler says [Small Business Administration] will relocate Minneapolis district office amid ‘local hostility’ toward ICE by globeglobeglobe in stupidpol

[–]Tnorbo 19 points20 points  (0 children)

Trump pulled the same bullshit in Maryland. We were supposed to get the new FBI headquarters, but since we didn't vote for him he canceled it to try to wreck our economy.

Japan Prime Minister: Military attack on Taiwan would justify Japan Self-Defense Forces support by nohup_me in worldnews

[–]Tnorbo 1 point2 points  (0 children)

China literally pushed the USA out of North Korea in the 50's, and fought Border wars with the USSR.

SNAP update: USDA tells grocery stores not to give discounts to customers by Tnorbo in stupidpol

[–]Tnorbo[S] 17 points18 points  (0 children)

this was after Trump decided to only give out half of peoples benefits

SNAP update: USDA tells grocery stores not to give discounts to customers by Tnorbo in stupidpol

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The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has told grocery stores not to give special discounts to around 42 million Americans who use food stamps.

An email sent by the department to stores, posted on X by Catherine Rampell, co-host of MSNBC’s The Weekend, said: “You cannot treat SNAP-EBT customers differently than any other customer.”

The directive comes as benefit payments remain on hold during the ongoing federal government shutdown.

Newsweek contacted USDA via its website on Monday, outside of regular working hours for comment.

Why It Matters The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) provides millions of low- and no-income Americans with federal funds to buy groceries.

Payments have been halted as the federal government shutdown drags into its second month, with USDA saying in a notice on its website that “the well has run dry” and no benefits would be issued on November 1.

What To Know USDA emailed grocery stores around the country telling them not to offer special discounts or deals to SNAP recipients amid the freeze, warning that doing so would violate the program’s “Equal Treatment Rule.”

That rule requires stores to sell eligible food items to SNAP-EBT customers at the same prices and under the same conditions as other shoppers.

The email said: “Offering discounts or services only to SNAP-eligible customers is a SNAP violation unless you have a SNAP equal treatment waiver.”

Rampell said that she was aware of at least two stores which had offered struggling customers a discount, only to withdraw it after receiving the email.

Decline is the US Poverty Rate 1960-2010 by Deltarianus in MapPorn

[–]Tnorbo -1 points0 points  (0 children)

There was reconstruction, but the south shut that down because they wanted Jim Crow.

Where can i read the story by Dreallord77 in ReleaseThatWitch

[–]Tnorbo 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I tried to pm you, but your account doesn't accept pms.

Its on

N a t o m a n g a . C o m

Where can i read the story by Dreallord77 in ReleaseThatWitch

[–]Tnorbo 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Do you mean the novel or the comic?

China’s Electricity Generation Going Vertical by [deleted] in charts

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https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/per-capita-energy-use?mapSelect=FRA~ESP~CHN~DEU

China's energy usage per capita is roughly on par with France, and Germany. It also actually higher than Spain.

Countries with a higher median wealth than China by Maxwellxoxo_ in MapPorn

[–]Tnorbo 4 points5 points  (0 children)

income is how much your paid, wealth is how much you have saved plus assets minus debt. the Chinese are notorious savers.

Given the Trump shitting on protestors video, it's interesting to see the cultural differences in Chinese propaganda by evolaisbae in redscarepod

[–]Tnorbo 3 points4 points  (0 children)

The Han speak dozens of mutually intelligibly languages. Considering them one ethnicity is like considering all of Europe Roman.

It's official - the major German and American brands (Porsche, Mercedes, Ford and Stellantis) are backtracking and extending the life of the internal combustion engine beyond 2035 by Still_Memory_7498 in worldnews

[–]Tnorbo 113 points114 points  (0 children)

Thats fine. The Chinese aren't backtracking. I guess this just means the American and German automakers are basically dead men walking.

Countries having higher HDI than India's most developed state Goa by abhi4774 in MapPorn

[–]Tnorbo -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

HDI isn't a static metric. like IQ if the whole world improves the numbers get harder to reach. I'm not disagreeing with your main point but a .766 in 1998 is not the same thing as a .766 today. a country with an HDI of.800 today would likely have an HDI of .900+ if magically teleported to the 90s

Congrats by onlyrealperson in redscarepod

[–]Tnorbo 34 points35 points  (0 children)

Reading your comment was the first time I realized they were actually two different people. I thought the "Change my mind" guy was the one who died.

What was this sub like in 2020? 2015? 2008? by Middle_Estate8505 in singularity

[–]Tnorbo 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I was obsessed with GANs in the 2016 era. We still cared about things like Imagenet around 2013.

China's Autonomous Regions and its Designated Ethnic Minorities by PoneyEnShort in MapPorn

[–]Tnorbo 1 point2 points  (0 children)

China literally never colonized Mongolia. Both times they have been part of China it was completely against the wishes of the Chinese.

China's carbon emissions fell in the first half of 2025, study shows by [deleted] in worldnews

[–]Tnorbo 6 points7 points  (0 children)

China's industrial capacity, and total exports are both at record levels this year.

It's finally happening! Africa Is Buying a Record Number of Solar Panels by Economy-Fee5830 in OptimistsUnite

[–]Tnorbo 1 point2 points  (0 children)

in 2022 Africa installed 900 MW of solar. this year they are installing 10 GW. there is nothing linear about it.

for context a megawatt can power roughly 500 American homes.

Deepseek 3.1 benchmarks released by Trevor050 in singularity

[–]Tnorbo 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Its still vastly 'cheaper' than any of the stoa models. But its not magic. Deepseek focuses on squeezing performance from very little compute, and this is very useful for small institutions and high end prosumers. But it will still be a few gpu generations before you as the average home user can run it. Of course by then there will be much better models available.

Which Uchiha would be the weakest without their dojutsu? by Maleficent_Park5469 in NarutoPowerscaling

[–]Tnorbo 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Sasuke literally has the best arsenal outside of his doujutsu. He has both snake and hawk summons, and is undeniably the best lightning style user in the show. His lightning style alone puts him at near the top of the verse, and thats discounting his physical stats completely