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How can open source hardware be a movement if the raw materials still have to be mined and factory produced?

You are missing the point. Open source hardware is about the design and drivers for the hardware being open. This means that when you buy a component you get full specs and the source code to make it run. That way you are not ruining windows 3.1 in 2024 because the company that created your train software does not update it and you can't legally replace it (this is true right now).

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Trudeau hits back at Trump by announcing massive tariffs on the United States: ‘Canada will not let this unjustified decision go unanswered’

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If the tariffs are taylored correctly they can cause more pain in the US while minimizing cost to Canada. For example, us grain is not cheap and you can make it so that Canada buys from other countries at a similar cost. This will hurt farmers in the US (a key group for Trump) while not really hiring Canada.

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Mark Zuckerberg Lied to Congress. We Can’t Trust His Testimony.

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Section 240 protects you from users posts, but not necessarily from promoting them above others algorithmically. You could find them liable for their prioritization choices on the timeline over one that just displays things chronologically. It’s been down time and time again that the display is not a chronological one to increase engagement. That is an editorial decision that should be liable for.

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SARS-CoV-2 Leaves a Lasting Mark on the Immune System

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I’m not sure how you are defining mortality, but in the US alone there was from March 1, 2020, through the end of 2020, there were 522,368 excess deaths in the United States, or 22.9% more deaths than would have been expected in that time period. That went drown significantly after the vaccine…

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Statistics_of_the_COVID-19_pandemic_in_the_United_States (have not checked grokopedia for alternative facts)