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Swedish right wing is center left in international politics. Even the fucking Sweden Democrats have policies that align with the old guard Social Democrats (left wing) on social issues. The main difference is that the Sweden Democrats are racist fuckers.

Paywall? https://removepaywalls.com/https://www.wired.com/story/all-the-ways-europe-is-ditching-american-technology/

No matter what you think about AI, the fact that the US is willing to cut Europe off from access should be a case for concern.

The downvote button is not a disagree button.

That's Alysa Liu and iirc she did that piercing herself.

It's applicable because while the law might impact the occasional nun, I suspect that what they're really out to do is target Muslim women.

To me this is pretty cool, it's a high performance machine, among the best in the world, built by a tiny nation on the outskirts of Europe, maneuvering in a way that is out of reach for most of us.

But if it's not for you, then it's not for you. I understand.

Anatole France: 'The law, in its majestic equality, forbids the rich as well as the poor to sleep under bridges, to beg in the streets, and to steal bread.'

While i don't agree with the hijab or other religious coverings because I see it as a way to oppress women, it's equally dumb to forbid women to wear it. A school should be non religious, but that doesn't mean that you have to eradicate all signs of religion from school grounds, just that the teaching can't be based on it.

This seems more xenophobic than well thought through.

Not only impopular, let's not forget that people are still suffering from the economic crash that the mini-budget that Truss/Kwarteng presented.

I'm going to assume that the people who did the study aren't utter morons and that they took such things into account.

It's hard to tell from the article though.