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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 13 points 2 days 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 5 points 1 day ago (1 children)

The Vatican, now using shipping containers as diplomatic pouches.

[–] Soyweiser@awful.systems 2 points 1 day 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 3 points 1 day 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 3 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day 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 1 day ago

Furiously drafting the Tibermax specification.