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From @trevortombe.bsky.social "...ever escalating levels of #retaliation may be a consequence of #electoral politics. But a costly one that could hurt #Canada’s #economy further. Instead, the lesson from the past may be that we should focus on #domestic #policy improvements to strengthen our economy whatever comes from abroad."
#canpoli #abpoli
thehub.ca/2025/04/03/trevor-to

The Hub · Trevor Tombe: There’s a lot we can learn from Canada’s last trade-war electionBy Trevor Tombe

Monday's papers: School shopping, rising pensions and ditching phones

Helsingin Sanomat's covers "school shopping," where parents use strategies like entrance exams to get kids into preferred schools.

yle.fi/a/74-20152764

News · Monday's papers: School shopping, rising pensions and ditching phonesHelsingin Sanomat's covers "school shopping," where parents use strategies like entrance exams to get kids into preferred schools.

Kela chief surprised by €170m cuts to social and health services

Kela's Director General, Outi Antila, says the cut represents around 10 percent of the agency's annual 650 million euro operating budget.

yle.fi/a/74-20152562

News · Kela chief surprised by €170m cuts to social and health servicesKela's Director General, Outi Antila, says the cut represents around 10 percent of the agency's annual 650 million euro operating budget.

Youths, children increasingly seek help for mental health issues

Much more attention needs to be paid to treating young people with substance abuse issues and behavioural disorders, according to Outi Linnaranta, chief physician at the Institute for Health and Welfare (THL).

yle.fi/a/74-20151950

News · Youths, children increasingly seek help for mental health issuesMuch more attention needs to be paid to treating young people with substance abuse issues and behavioural disorders, according to Outi Linnaranta, chief physician at the Institute for Health and Welfare (THL).

Monday's papers: Wealth concentration, brain stimulus and airline safety

Finland is feeling the effects of an early 90s tax reform that created separate categories for earned and capital income.

yle.fi/a/74-20151371

News · Monday's papers: Wealth concentration, brain stimulus and airline safetyFinland is feeling the effects of an early 90s tax reform that created separate categories for earned and capital income.
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Indeed USA and Brazil were built by destroying pre-Encounter @ecology

"Successful colonization of New England depended heavily on domestic animals. […]

"At least at first, friction between these unlikely neighbors grew less from the very different ideas that informed Indian and English concepts of property than from the behavior of livestock. Let loose to forage in the woods, the animals wandered away from English towns into Indian cornfields, ate their fill, and moved on."

Historian Virginia Anderson in her book "King Philip's Herds: Indians, colonists, and the problem of livestock in early New England" feralatlas.supdigital.org/?cd=

feralatlas.supdigital.orgFeral Atlas

#Europe #Canada etc:

You look on the #USA with disdain

And you should

But as an #American drowning in this shit we are a warning for you

It's not all #Kremlin #disinfo bots, it is the #bigotry in our countries

I am not shifting blame

But:

#Domestic and #geopolitical #troll farm can establish a power dynamic that amplifies #hate, and it matters

Fight it

Better than we did

🙏

"#Putin’s #disinformation networks flood #socialmedia in bid to skew #German #election"

politico.eu/article/germany-el

POLITICO · Putin’s bot army tries to swing German electionBy Chris Lunday

#China’s #tourism #sector witnessed remarkable #growth in 2024, with #domestic and #international #travel experiencing significant upticks. The Ministry of Culture and Tourism reported 5.615 billion domestic #trips, marking a 14.8% increase from the previous year. Domestic #travelers spent over 5.75 trillion yuan (approximately $790 billion USD), reflecting a 17.1% rise in revenue year-on-year. cnbusinessforum.com/chinas-dom

China Business Forum · China's Tourism Soars in 2024: Domestic and International GrowthChina saw 5.615 billion domestic trips and 64.88M cross-border visits in 2024, driven by niche travel trends, visa-free policies, and improved infrastructure.