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submitted 3 weeks ago by bitofhope@awful.systems to c/techtakes@awful.systems

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Now that AI got involved it's on topic for TechTakes I guess. Making a containment thread because there might be a lot to sneer about this.

Train wreck at Montparnasse Station, at Place de Rennes side (now Place du 18 Juin 1940), Paris, France, 1895.

Boring version of of the main story: https://text.npr.org/nx-s1-5345802

Skynet declares trade war on penguins: https://archive.is/Nn5MC

Reactionary news outlet celebrates 77% drop in stock price by taking everyone else down with them: https://bsky.app/profile/brianmfloyd.bsky.social/post/3lluybov3i22o

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[–] Soyweiser@awful.systems 14 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

People found a trick for the EU to get round the tariffs.

The Vatican was excluded from the tariff list and Italy is at the 20% EU rate. I hope some scheming cardinal sees the opportunity here.

italians are about to invent a form of corruption so lucrative it will destroy the global economy

[–] jonhendry@awful.systems 6 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

The Vatican, now using shipping containers as diplomatic pouches.

[–] Soyweiser@awful.systems 3 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Come on dream bigger. This container ship is my diplomatic pouch. Ever Given declared act of god and sainted.

[–] bitofhope@awful.systems 6 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

If a container ship ever arrives or departs the landlocked Vatican City, that is some credible evidence of an act of God.

inb4 the Papal State peacefully annexes parts of Fiumicino and Civitavecchia

[–] froztbyte@awful.systems 4 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 children)

"now you might've thought rome had bad traffic before, but I guess you haven't been here since the vatican bought the Ever Green..."

[–] bitofhope@awful.systems 5 points 3 weeks ago

Furiously drafting the Tibermax specification.