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What’s the German word for Schadenfreude? Toronto Tesla owners grapple with politics of Musk and Trump amid thorny trade war

When Deborah Wilson first bought her Tesla Model Y in 2022, she loved it.

A resident of Toronto’s Beaches neighbourhood and a busy mother of two, she found it nimble and fun to drive. Plus, it was an environmentally sound purchase and saved her money on gas at a time when every trip to the pump was pricey.

But since then, she’s become increasingly self-conscious driving it around town amid U.S. President Donald Trump‘s threat of annexation and close relationship with Tesla CEO Elon Musk, who has stirred up significant controversy of his own.

People are at risk of mockery on the school run!

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inCanada, USA, WTF?

Gen Z consumers say Buy Canadian movement is unaffordable

Gen Z Shopping in the Buy Canadian era

Like many postsecondary students, Charlotte Fowler is careful about how she spends her money.

Her books and clothes are bought locally, often from thrift stores. She takes a pass on the $6 baskets of blueberries. And as much as she’d like to get behind the Buy Local movement and avoid anything from the United States, she said spending extra isn’t something she can afford.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inCanada, USA, WTF?

Primary school scraps Easter service to ‘respect’ other religions

A primary school has scrapped its annual Easter celebration and service in order to “respect diverse religious beliefs”.

The announcement has been criticised in online comments, with one suggesting that Christmas celebrations will be cancelled next.

Norwood Primary School in Eastleigh, Hants, sent a letter to parents and carers informing them that neither their Easter Bonnet Parade nor their Easter Service would be held this year.

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Inside the Antarctic research base: ‘entitled men, endless beer’

Ice Station Resident
Ice Station Resident

Claims of a violently jealous love triangle, an attack with a carving knife, free-flowing beer and sexual harassment. At the remote research stations of the Antarctic, the human condition is challenged by the most basic urges.

The recent plea for rescue over safety fears about an allegedly unstable colleague at an ice-locked base is the latest instance of dramas and abuse that are as old as Antarctic research.

An uneasy calm has been restored to South Africa’s Sanae IV station, but winter is coming. Months of darkness and brutal weather will increase pressure on the nine-strong crew who are isolated until the end of the year.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inWTF?

Cambridge causes bitter row by linking scientists such as Stephen Hawking to slavery

Cambridge University has become embroiled in a row over claims that scientists including the late Professor Stephen Hawking benefited from slavery.

The university’s Fitzwilliam Museum is holding an exhibition titled Rise Up, which covers abolition movements, rebellions and modern-day “racist injustices”.

It claims that figures including George Darwin, Charles Darwin’s son, were supported by investments in the slave trade.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"Anti-White Racism", WTF?

Ten French police injured in Paris car chase

Thirteen people including 10 French police officers were injured in a car pile-up following a high-speed chase through the streets of Paris.

The driver refused to stop at the request of police in Paris early on Saturday morning, authorities said.

The pursuit, spanning several kilometres, ended with the driver losing control and smashing into a traffic light pole before two police cars tight on his tail crashed into the back of the vehicle, prosecutors said.

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Why Maui Still Hasn’t Recovered

A year and a half since fires devastated the historic town of Lahaina on the island of Maui, Hawaii, only six houses have been rebuilt—six out of more than 2,000.

Why is the recovery effort taking so long? Initially, the biggest hurdles were the pace of debris removal and damage litigation. Both were overcome only last month. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers cleared the final lots on February 19, while the Hawaiian Supreme Court ruled that a $4 billion settlement for victims can begin to move forward.

The main challenge now is dealing with a crushing permitting regime that slows or outright bans construction. But local political dysfunction has discouraged state and local leaders from taking emergency action to cut through this red tape.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inUSA, WTF?