OP if you haven’t had it, you’ve got to try Indomie. It’s like ramen noodles but so tasty and savoury.

I live in a wildly overpriced studio apartment. I would jump at the chance to move into a concrete block apartment with no AC and limited hot water if it took $500 off my monthly rent.

That’s good to know! So it’s there, but very spotty and inadequate in areas. Still better than nothing like in the US.

I live in Canada where we have the “best” universal healthcare system in the world by some estimates (single payer, free universal healthcare as a right for all citizens), but we only got dental and pharmacy care added to our program last year. Since the 1960s until 2024 our universal healthcare system was the same “basics only” coverage for hospital and physician visits, and everything else was tied to private insurance. Vision care still isn’t covered.

I mean I agree that Vancouver is maybe one of the most beautiful cities in the world, but it’s also one of the most expensive!

I’ll take anything that’s a move in the right direction at this point. Gaza is the modern-day Holocaust and anything that moves the needle to make the killing stop is a good thing.

Very interesting, what period of time was this? Because universal healthcare has rapidly developed in just the last 5-10 years. According to the WHO 95% of China now has basic health coverage, free of charge.

(And yes there are going to be gaps in the system, there will be gaps in any rapidly-developing universal program)

What’s up with the obsession with “.ml”? I’ve literally never heard of or used this site except from annoying people who are get triggered and accuse people for saying facts they don’t like.

Here’s the WHO (not exactly a communist organization) on Chinese universal healthcare:

https://www.who.int/china/health-topics/universal-health-coverage

Universal health coverage (UHC) is a vision where all people and communities have access to quality health services where and when they need them, without suffering financial hardship. It includes the full spectrum of services needed throughout life—from health promotion to prevention, treatment, rehabilitation, and palliative care—and is best based on a strong primary health care system.

The concept of UHC is much in line with the goal of China’s Health Reform since 2009, which aims to provide establish a universal basic health care system providing safe, effective, convenient and affordable health services to all by 2020.

You don’t have to like China, but underestimate your enemy at your own peril.

We need this in North America if we ever want to solve the housing crisis tbh. I’m talking Soviet-style, grey concrete commieblocks. Yes the buildings are ugly, probably lack amenities, cheaply constructed and not well maintained, but we desperately need cheap, dense housing if we’re going to bring down the costs. Building more luxury Manhattan condos and suburban single family abominations does nothing to bring down housing prices.

TBH if you’re an artist you’ll probably make more money by NOT being on streaming platforms and having people buy your music directly - spotify in particular pays fuck all, you might as well have your music on The Pirate Bay. Hell, putting your own music on pirating platforms is probably better for discovery, and people who like your music will buy the albums.

China has universal healthcare and universal public housing, lol. China spends less per capita on social welfare, but that’s because things are cheaper and more efficient in China (a shot of insulin doesn’t cost $1000 for example).

The EU is America’s servile little lapdog, its no surprise they would take notes from Trump on this. Especially when it comes to persecuting migrants to feed the cultural war, so that they don’t have to talk about how they’re about to do more austerity and health service cuts. The war machine demands more human sacrifices to keep running!

The point of the law isn’t for it to be enforced fairly, it will be selectively enforced to purge dissenting voices on issues like Israel’s genocide in Gaza (which Carney still supports, despite the performative recognition in the UN), much like how the UK has made supporting Palestine a terrorism offense.

Don’t forget the apartheid! America’s greatest ally indeed :-)

Absolutely BASED. Thank you Italy!!!

US Holocaust museum removes anti-genocide post amid Gaza atrocities

US Holocaust Memorial Museum Board Member Calls Gazans “Fundamentally Evil”

US Holocaust Museum accuses Mamdani of ‘exploiting’ Warsaw Ghetto Uprising

Here’s a post from their own blog, saying that it’s antisemetic to not be a Zionist (“All sectors of society must condemn antisemitism, including anti-Zionism.”)

So yeah, fuck 'em.

Ironically the US Holocaust Museum is basically a part of Israel’s PR wing and has done extensive work in whitewashing Israel’s modern-day Holocaust in Palestine, even saying that “Never again” only means “never again for Jews” and genocides of other people is OK. It should be shut down for that reason, not Trump’s.

Smuggling moon rocks back to Earth to be sold on the black market is also pretty lucrative iirc.

I’m sorry but where’s the actual evidence that China is this “threat to democracy”? The articles you posted say that the government says that but the government has yet to supply hard evidence of Chinese interference in elections outside of some bot activity on social media. If troll comments on Facebook comment sections is the bar for “threat to democracy” then the bar is so low it’s practically worthless.

Oof, thats insane that he did that and is still allowed to publish. As long as it says “China bad” its fit to print, I guess.

That’s extremely weird, I’ve never heard of Firefox not letting you browse until you update. When snap auto-updates Firefox there’s usually a notification bubble asking to close your browser to update but you can dismiss it and keep browsing in my experience.