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Have strong opinions, but I welcome any civil fact-based discussion.

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Finland to present plan to push back migrants on Russian border ( www.reuters.com )

Finland will propose a law next week allowing border agents to block asylum seekers trying to enter from Russia, the prime minister said on Sunday, a decision that could cause Helsinki to temporarily breach its international commitments....

France mobilises police to regain control of New Caledonia airport road ( www.reuters.com )

French police trying to restore order in the island territory of New Caledonia after days of deadly unrest have cleared dozens of barricades that had been blocking the main road linking the airport to the capital, Noumea, a French official said on Sunday....

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That's partially correct. The first 2 referendums were lost by a few %, and the last was boycotted since it was held during the pandemic and when Kanaks asked to delay it since it would disproportionately affect them, France refused. France will do anything not to lose the territory, since it's strategically important to them.

The whole point of the new voting law they are protesting is that any subsequent vote would be stacked in France's favor, since local population is already diluted to around 50%.

WikiLeaks' Julian Assange faces U.S. extradition judgment day ( www.reuters.com )

A British court could give a final decision on Monday on whether WikiLeaks' founder Julian Assange should be extradited to the United States over the mass leak of secret U.S. documents, the culmination of 13 years of legal battles and detentions....

Is Privacy Worth It? ( blog.thenewoil.org )

When I announced I would be closing my communities earlier this year, a curious thing happened: a surprising number of regulars replied with some variation of “I think this is my exit.” While some were specifically talking about Matrix, claiming that mine was the only room they were really active in and therefore they saw no...

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Shadow of the Tomb Raider

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It was an interesting read. Thanks.

And while there are many points I agree with, the core principle that China wants to use trade to export autocracy just doesn't mesh. Trade is the best way to prevent military conflicts since trade creates dependencies which would be cut off during any military action. I would say the opposite is happening now with the current wave of protectionism in both the US and China.

China will take opportunities to insert themselves in other countries when it suits them, but it's no different from what democratic countries do. Just look at Africa and how to this day France refuses to abandon its economic influence they hold via CFA franc currency. Or US trying to insert democratic rule in countries that have strategic value to them by any means necessary (the publication mentions US abandoned strategy), but we know it's not true. There are public details about US coup attempts in Venezuela just recently.

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I mostly agree in general, but in Slack case there is a lot of proprietary information involved, so they might have some more serious legal issues.

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