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Oh boy I didn't know upgrading my M2 SSD was gonna be such a stressful time:

1. One screw had a hard time to come off and the more I tried, the wider the screw hole got, making it even harder to get a good grip. This screw can kiss my ass goodbye now
2. Once I tried powering the laptop on, keyboard blinked at regular time intervals then shut down. Every page I could find was telling me it's a battery issue but I call cap on it. After dislodging the shell again, I removed some LED paste and tada

@basedbagel

1. As for most of the Western world, welfare is a sacred cow: as long as you tap on taking pensions away or lower them, you'll rally both political sides against you.

2. We used to have retirement at 60 but was pushed to 62 in the early 2010s. It wasn't the first time.

3. Most people don't but for those who do understand the necessity of this reform, they also see the amount of money Macron sends to Ukraine, and most likely are behind the Anti-NATO protests.

@37712
3 progressive associations started the lawsuit, including Oxfam.
They're being labeled the Most Polluting Bank of France.

This country is going to hell in a hand basket..

The bank I'm currently in is getting sued for investing in Energy projects from Total, Chevron, ExxonMobil, Shell and others that are mostly extraction of LNG and oil.

They are not "green" enough lmao what a joke.

@Mr_Mister It's not strictly French policy but now the EU is also allowing the food industry to put bugs in your everyday grocery foods and not even mention it on the label...

We seem to be rather fine with it for a nation famous for its gastronomy. Perhaps the gasteropods helped the conditioning idk.

@RoninGrey I had to use a VPN and connect to a South African node to watch this lol

"inCiTmnENt oF HAtreD"

Know the Difference

@37712 It could be "threatening" for Borne since the Macron Administration doesn't have the majority in the Assemblée National (Parliament) so this motion of no-confidence can get her expelled from her functions along with other politicians but Macron is there to stay and he'll just replace his henchmen by people as radical and communist as they were.

My focus is on the riots: I've mostly seen middle class working white people in there so I don't expect overthrow but escalation is plausible.

@37712 For additional context about those "special powers", the Senate voted against the reform but Prime Minister Élisabeth Borne used Article 49 subsection 3 to circumvent the vote.

This particular article allows the government to force their bill into application without a parliament vote. It's part of the 5th Republic so it's legal for the Administration to use (in the case of Borne that's her 11th 49:3) but there is one caveat: if a motion of no-confidence is voted, she gets vetoed.

@37712 For the most part people are pissed but I haven't seen anything remotely threatening taking place.

I've heard stories of molotov cocktails and projectiles being thrown at Law Enforcement but I haven't found any videos of it.

All in all, we're just starting the weekend so I expect protests to get bigger. As for their "peaceful" nature I did see garbage on fire bu who gives a shit. The meat and potatoes is to see how far the people are willing to escalate violence.

@basedbagel Unless you want a safety net or allocate more functions to the government beyond its regalian functions, I second your point.

@N5PRE "Brutus, quit playing with that knife, you'll end up hurting somebody!"

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@meso https://inv.riverside.rocks/watch?v=PT0ay9u1gg4