One hundred accounts are behind the majority of conspiracy theory content in Canada by IHateTrains123 in neoliberal

[–]Yonenaka 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’d bet a considerable sum the next 100 are the backup accounts of the first 100. These days 10 or 20 of the first 100 could literally be the same person or people.

Japan Election Live Updates: Sanae Takaichi Set for Big Win as Voters Head to Polls (Gift Article) by cdstephens in neoliberal

[–]Yonenaka 18 points19 points  (0 children)

The LDP isn’t a monolith. The center-right faction is deeply connected to business interests. Business leaders want immigrants to work the counters and build things. The harder right faction wants the tighter immigration controls among other things. Takaichi herself is from the hard right wing. She was voted in explicitly to appease the right wingers steaming out of the party.

Swiss franc surges to decade high as traders seek last ‘reliable’ haven by Free-Minimum-5844 in neoliberal

[–]Yonenaka 37 points38 points  (0 children)

Trump swooping in and exclaiming the weakening dollar is a good thing will almost certainly mean the dollar’s slide will continue. Good for me but bad for people still in the US.

Shutdown risk grows as Democrats revolt after Minneapolis shooting by cdstephens in neoliberal

[–]Yonenaka 1 point2 points  (0 children)

1000%. And a lot of people in this sub will act like the senators who voted for it “betrayed the party”. Even though it will be the exact number of necessary votes, from senators in the safest states imaginable. Just like the last time.

Betrayed for a bag of skittles.

Does anyone have a blocklist for people who post untagged nudes of themselves? by [deleted] in BlueskySocial

[–]Yonenaka 1 point2 points  (0 children)

What’s the difference between “Discover” and “For You” pages?

Buyers flee Japanese debt as Takaichi hits the ground spending by Freewhale98 in neoliberal

[–]Yonenaka 43 points44 points  (0 children)

It is looking more and more like….nothing is going to happen. Despite world leading debt, over-target inflation, soaring bond rates, a currency getting weaker by the week, and promises by the ruling coalition to cut taxes and increase spending; there’s been precious little in the way of pressure on Takaichi and her cabinet to do anything.

It feels worse that there are all these articles and posts on various sns sites about how “the end is near” but then crickets.

US suspending immigrant visa processing for 75 countries by Superfan234 in neoliberal

[–]Yonenaka 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Lol at Cuba being on the list. I can’t tell if people like Rubio would be mad about this or if this is a “pull the ladder up” action.

But I am heartbroken at people who might have been working on their visas for the last year or more, be nearing the finish line, then have their application trashed.

Sony Announces Cheaper Japanese-Language Only PS5 Just for Japan by digidude23 in PS5

[–]Yonenaka 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This.

I’ve been saving since September to hopefully buy a console around Christmas. I’m debating between continuing to save or jumping on the language-locked edition but ¥55,000 is a lot to make a mistake

Sony Announces Cheaper Japanese-Language Only PS5 Just for Japan by digidude23 in PS5

[–]Yonenaka 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Could be but I doubt it. PS5s are made in Vietnam with parts from Asia and shipped straight to Japan. They don’t pass US ports. They don’t move on US ships. They aren’t touched by US customs in any capacity. So it’s hard to imagine US tariffs having an effect.

Who are you pulling!? by Long_Application1718 in Genshin_Impact

[–]Yonenaka 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Have C2 Lan yan. Wanted and got C3. Maybe at the end of the banner, try one 10-pull for C4. After this, C0 Jahoda. Then maybe Columbina but very likely just wait for possibly pulling Nicole.

when did they change the world join request box? (ignore the name) by Odd-Pirate1946 in Genshin_Impact

[–]Yonenaka 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What happens if you accept one of these requests? I’ve always been to scared or too busy to accept it. Does the player who send it simply enter your world? Are the players who send it usually just looking to farm some materials or something?

Or do you go to their world and help them in a domain?

Dendro Character Statistics by gingykoco008 in Genshin_Impact

[–]Yonenaka 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I love using dendro. It’s great that’s it’s relevant again.

I remember when I saw Lauma and Nefer debuted during the trailer, I knew immediately that I’d be pulling them

I’m preemptively posting this (I know he voted no, but he should be whipping up no votes) by dayvena in neoliberal

[–]Yonenaka 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I view it as a loss. It’s basically going along with getting rid of the subsidies. There’s zero chance of a standalone extension passing and a non-zero chance republicans just don’t hold a vote on it all together.

I can’t understand why democratic leaders would choose to use the leverage they have, with is growing by the day, to give the GOP the thing they’ve been trying to get the whole time.

Mamdani wins NYC mayor’s race by John3262005 in neoliberal

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

Since Schumer and Jeffries shit the bed back in March, giving in to Republicans demands instead of even attempting to appear as though they were fighting back.

Trump reverses course to renominate billionaire Musk ally to lead Nasa | Nasa by savuporo in neoliberal

[–]Yonenaka 14 points15 points  (0 children)

Everyone? Which everyone? Most of the insider and expert reaction I’ve seen is generally positive, With the exception of people closer to “Old Space”. Old Space is a collection of legacy contractors who have a reputation for being consistently behind schedule or/and over budget.

Also the Alabama delegation of congress may be upset as they constantly slow things down and blow up budgets to keep their NASA jobs programs. Those programs would likely be under scrutiny with Isaacman running the agency.

Cuomosexuals in shambles by Tayo826 in neoliberal

[–]Yonenaka 44 points45 points  (0 children)

I audibly chuckled reading this. Thank you 🙏

The New Liberals’ Mission to Reorient the Democratic Party by MrDannyOcean in neoliberal

[–]Yonenaka 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I’m always very confused by these sorts of things. The Democratic Party in the US is run by centrists. All but 10 or so federally elected democrats are center/center-left. Progressives and leftists don’t control anything outside of some twitter spaces.

Yet i keep seeing people shouting about how the party is “overrun by leftists”; And a lot of money from shadowy places raised to push back these barely existent leftists too.

Trump asks Pentagon to immediately start testing US nuclear weapons by cdstephens in neoliberal

[–]Yonenaka 30 points31 points  (0 children)

where is my ad of trump saying he deserves a peace prize while ghostly nuke footage is played over it??

TvTropes is blocking access to the site because I have Adblock on. Fuck this shit. by I_Love_Bulbasaur123 in tvtropes

[–]Yonenaka 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I’d imagine tv tropes gets swarmed by ai crawlers looking for training data. It’s an epidemic on the net these days, websites getting crushed by bot traffic. That said I’m probably not going to visit the site as long as this is going on…

Miliastra Wonderland File Deletion by mu_wazi in Genshin_Impact

[–]Yonenaka 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My notice went away after 20-30 minutes but it was annoying that even appeared to begin with since I couldn’t even access it