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N-gated Hacker News

Federico #González #Waite bravely tried to explain the "unexplainable" 🤔: why governments are allergic to saving money with open-source software. Meanwhile, the audience was more interested in asking why their tax #dollars are spent on #PowerPoint #licenses instead of actual governance 💸😂.
lwn.net/Articles/1013776/ #open_source #software_government #spending #taxpayer #Federico #HackerNews #ngated

lwn.netLessons from open source in the Mexican government [LWN.net]
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Alo Japan

alojapan.com/1226621/japan-jet Japan jet fuel shortage costs Hokkaido foreign tourist dollars #costs #dollars #Foreign #FUEL #Hokkaido #HokkaidoTopics #Japan #jet #shortage #tourist #北海道 SAPPORO, Japan — The northern Japanese island of Hokkaido is losing out on international tourism spending due to fuel and staff shortages, with some in the industry calling on local and national officials for support. Overnight stays — the number of guests multiplied by how many nights the…

Japan jet fuel shortage costs Hokkaido foreign tourist dollars
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GryphonSK

Think about a billion. Just ONE #billion.
Media has normalized the words “million” & “billion,” but think of how massive those numbers actually are.
The dinosaurs were killed off 65 #MILLION years ago. Think of how many millenia, how many centuries that is.
How many in just ONE million?
Do you think you or your family could ever spend ONE BILLION #dollars? Ever?!
#ElonMusk has 400 times that, and he craves more and more like the drug #addict he is, draining our economy, draining the safety nets our #elderly and #disabled need and deserve to have.
#Billionaires ARE the parasite class.
Time for them to go.

#NoMoreBillionaires
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Milo Dide

SIGN: NO tax #dollars for #Trump's #deportations
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click.actionnetwork.orgTell Congress: Tax dollars allocated to the U.S. military must not power Trump’s deportation machine Trump is working overtime to weaponize the Department of Defense (DoD) to detain and deport undocumented immigrants. It’s a misuse of billions of taxpayer dollars, an egregious abuse of national security resources, and it’s sure to have devastating consequences — for immigrants and servicemembers alike. If you find it abhorrent, you’re far from alone. A recent Axios-Ipsos poll revealed that 62 percent of people across ALL parties oppose using money allocated to the U.S. military to pay for deportation efforts. That opposition ticks even higher — to 72 percent — when people are asked about active duty servicemembers being tasked with finding undocumented immigrants. That’s not all: Using military resources to detain and deport immigrants isn’t just morally wrong, it’s also financially reckless, cravenly politicizes servicemembers, and may be illegal. Despite this, the Trump administration has already begun to use aircraft, intelligence systems, and to deploy troops to strengthen a deportation machine capable of devastating millions of lives. We know that polling won’t be enough. It’ll take the strength of an entire movement, tirelessly speaking out, to avoid further abuse and harm. Together, we will remind Congress that Trump’s schemes aren’t just bad policy, they’re bad politics — exactly the kind of message that can push lawmakers to block taxpayer funds allocated for military operations from being used to target undocumented immigrants.
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