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Mark my words: Trump will use Venezuela as a dumping ground for "illegal immigrants".
It will start with the 600,000 Venezuelans under Temporary Protected Status (revoked Jan 2025).
Then anyone that speaks Spanish.
Then everyone.
(Not necessary to complete each one before going to the next, but this will be the order it hits the news.)
🇻🇪 Maduro’s Arrest Isn’t About Oil — It’s About China 🇨🇳
Don't agree with everything but many good points.
Will Venezuelans in the US Under TPS Be Deported? What to Know.
The Supreme Court ruled on October 3, 2025, allowing the administration to strip legal protections from more than 300,000 Venezuelan migrants, putting on hold a lower-court ruling that had blocked the TPS termination. The Trump administration has moved to end TPS for 600,000 Venezuelans and 500,000 Haitians who received protection under former President Joe Biden.
U.S. District Judge Edward Chen in San Francisco had ruled last year that the DHS "acted with unprecedented haste" to terminate Venezuelan migrants' TPS status, finding that DHS made "decisions first and searched for a valid basis for those decisions second."
Appears that Noem ended TPS for Venezuelans last year Jan 2025.
https://www.newsweek.com/will-venezuelans-in-the-us-under-tps-be-deported-what-to-know-11305464Open linkView original on lemmy.worldHow to get touchpad acceleration working on Mint XFCE
Linux Mint XFCE.
Going into Mouse and Touchpad > Touchpad > Pointer Speed > Acceleration:
BUT changing the acceleration doesn't actually change acceleration, it adjusts speed.
Cinnamon and MATE have different sliders for speed and acceleration and actually worked.
*To clarify, there is only one slider. Yes I am selecting touchpad from the drop down box. The header says "Pointer Speed", the slider says "Acceleration" but adjusts speed. IIRC cinnamon has 2, one for speed and one for accleration, which is what you expect.
I wonder what would have happened if McCain voted to overturn Obamacare.
Then we lose Obamacare, leading to backlash against Trump who is then never reelected?
Stop Acting Like This is Normal | The Ezra Klein Show
Exceptional take on the upcoming budget shutdown.
Do kids these days even have textbooks, or is it all on Chromebooks?
I hated lugging textbooks home, taking a chromebook home would've been much easier.
A thermostat should be called a thermostay.
Of course this got me wondering about the etymology:
-stat
noun combining form
1: stabilizing agent or device thermostat
2: instrument for reflecting (something specified) constantly in one direction heliostat
3: agent causing inhibition of growth without destruction bacteriostat
TIL of the Narcissist Smirk.
Paraphrased:
The narcissist’s smirk is a subtle but telling expression that occurs when a narcissist experiences pleasure from manipulating or deceiving someone.
For narcissists, the smirk usually reflects contempt, which is a deep-seated disdain or lack of respect towards others. For narcissists contempt is tied to their belief in their own superiority. They view others who do not serve their needs as worthless or beneath them, showing a complete disregard for how their actions impact those around them.
https://wasitme.blog/2019/04/11/the-narcissist-smirk/Open linkView original on lemmy.worldPrediction: They will soon talk about revoking citizenship obtained "illegally", working its way to children born in the US to illegal immigrants.
It will start with "lying" on forms, "incorrect" asylum claims, "concern is over" asylum claims, and soon enough people born to illegal immigrants. Slow boiled frog and all that.
Those working from say 1970 to 2000, did you notice a change in office tempers as lead poisoning wound down?
Much is said about lead and crime rates, I'm wondering about the more mundane things.
Is there audio AI that cleans up audio?
Like there's video AI to enhance video, but podcasts have so many bad connections with guests it's horrible to listen to. They need to run out through an audio AI.
(Don't even get me started on asking the President questions when the fucking helicopter is in the background. Who tf can hear anything?)
Honda CEO Insists Nissan CEO Must Resign For Merger To Go Ahead
According to a report in the Financial Times, unnamed sources close to Honda said that the automaker would be willing to resume talks only if Nissan CEO Makoto Uchida stepped down and retired. Last Tuesday, the Financial Times reported Honda CEO Toshihiro Mibe’s relationship with Uchida had deteriorated after Honda’s boss finally understood the depth and breadth of the company’s financial mismanagement. Then, another twist.
My personal thought: Nissan's Board of Directors will boot him if they think this merger is crucial.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/peterlyon/2025/02/22/honda-ceo-insists-nissan-ceo-must-resign-for-merger-to-go-ahead/Open linkView original on lemmy.worldThis Lemmy thing where people put one sentence per paragraph is stupid and annoying.
It doesn't make you more profound.
It just makes things hard to read.
Stop it.