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David Lynch, the filmmaker celebrated for his uniquely dark vision in such movies as “Blue Velvet” and “Mulholland Drive” and the TV series “Twin Peaks,” has died just days before his 79th birthday.

His family announced the death in a Facebook post on Thursday. The cause of death and location was not immediately available, but Lynch had been public about his emphysema.

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NANCY BRIER: My name's Nancy Brier (ph). I have four properties. The biggest property that we have is six units. So, you know, really small-time landlords. We sort of know all of our tenants. You know, so I've been doing this for 30 years now and have really seen every kind of housing situation that you can think of.

LUIS EDWIN SANCHEZ: Luis Edwin Sanchez (ph), born and raised in San Francisco. I'm 62 years old, journeyman union carpenter, retired. I had to take early disability retirement a couple years ago and had a pretty decent life until I got hurt (laughter), and things changed dramatically. But, yeah, so I know what the people who are sleeping on the city streets in tents right now are going through because I've been there - three times. And I'm not happy to say that it's a very good possibility it may happen again. I'm currently on the Section 8 waitlist for a voucher. It'll probably take me another 10 years, if I live that long. I mention that because of how huge the need is.

BRIER: Can I say one quick thing? My last Section 8 tenant just moved, and that family was in this unit for nine years. And I'm very happy that we were able to provide them with nice housing for all that time. But I swear, when that family moved out, I could hear the angels singing. I have another tenant I've had for over 20 years. The piece of paper that we have with our rental agreement is one side of one page. And for the Section 8 family that we housed, I have boxes and boxes and boxes of papers. It was insane. So, you know, maybe the reason that you can't find a Section 8 house, which I wish you could, is because the system makes it too hard for somebody like me to give it to you.

Nancy, there is literally nothing stopping you from giving this injured homeless worker a place besides your own self interest.

Of course, American society will eat you alive if you don't relentlessly pursue your self interest almost all of the time and all of us are just one illness and a few years of bad luck from being where Luis is at, but let's just be honest about what the situation is here.

BRIER: If I could wave the magic wand, I would want the government to make renting housing less risky for small-time landlords. How can we provide housing that isn't crazy expensive?

And If I could wave a magic wand the government would take all of Nancy's non-residential properties from her and just start running them as free public housing with onsite social workers and maintenance technicians.

Also, they'd provide taxpayer funded nutrition support and education for anyone who wants it, including Nancy.

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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/24744907

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There's still a bunch of games to be made, so feel free to contribute :)

All contributions are welcome!

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China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) is now over a decade old. Since BRI’s inception in 2013, Beijing has pumped in $1 trillion in pledged investments. That includes $634 billion in construction contracts and $419 billion in non-financial investments, according to a 2023 report by the Green Finance & Development Center. The money, peppered across projects in as many as 140 countries, is ostensibly intended to build infrastructure that can boost a country’s trade with China.

The Dragon has worked hard to portray the initiative as one of modern history’s most ambitious connectivity projects. But portrayal and on-ground reality are different.

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On the surface, BRI is a beacon of development for developing countries. Under this umbrella, Chinese loans finance large-scale infrastructure projects like ports, railways, highways, and energy facilities.

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Under the surface, these loans are built on opaque agreements, high interest rates, and a lack of rigorous project feasibility assessments. The underlying strategy, critics argue, is clear: Extend credit to debt-distressed nations, knowing that repayment difficulties will compel concessions that favour Beijing’s strategic interests.

From control over critical infrastructure to enhanced geopolitical leverage, China’s gains often come at the expense of the borrower’s sovereignty.

This is the debt-trap diplomacy. And the pattern is everywhere—from Asia to Africa.

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The debt-trap diplomacy thesis arose directly from Sri Lanka’s experience with the Hambantota Port. Sri Lanka’s former President, Mahinda Rajapaksa, had dreamed of transforming a small fishing town into a major shipping hub. Rajapaksa secured loans worth over $1 billion from China’s Exim Bank between 2007 and 2012 to fulfil the dream. Then came trouble.

In 2017, unable to repay Chinese loans, Colombo was forced to lease the port to a Chinese company for 99 years.

The false promise of development led to a strategic asset in the country being leased to the regional bully for a century. This arrangement raised concerns about the erosion of economic sovereignty and the geopolitical implications of such dependency in the Indian Ocean region.

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Pakistan, too, saw a similar result after choosing to rely on the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC), a flagship BRI initiative.

With investments exceeding $60 billion, CPEC aimed to revolutionise Pakistan’s infrastructure and energy landscape. The power plants built using this funding generate enough electricity for Pakistan to use, and then some [...] However, under CPEC, Pakistan agreed to repay Chinese state companies not only the costs of building power plants but also guaranteed dollar-based returns of up to 34%, regardless of whether the electricity was consumed [...] The problem is not just of the energy infrastructure. The strategic Gwadar Port—once touted as a cornerstone of Pakistan’s economic revival—remains underutilised. It only serves as a symbol of Chinese influence, not a beacon of national development.

The trap works.

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Across Africa too, the BRI has worked well (for China).

In Kenya, the Standard Gauge Railway (SGR) project—funded by Chinese loans—was envisioned as a catalyst for regional integration. Instead, it has become a cautionary tale. With limited freight demand and operational inefficiencies, the SGR has failed to justify its $4.7 billion price tag, leaving Nairobi grappling with a mounting debt burden.

Countries like Zambia and Djibouti now face debt levels that limit their fiscal flexibility and undermine domestic priorities.

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The BRI is much more than a bundle of economic harm, though. It’s about access and power for China. From ports in Sri Lanka to railways in Kenya, Beijing’s control over critical infrastructure extends beyond economic transactions.

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These assets can serve dual purposes, vastly advantageous for China’s aggressive military and strategic positioning, the likes of which have already been seen in the South China Sea (SCS) and the Indian Ocean. The cost of BRI participation is measured not only in dollars, but also in compromised autonomy.

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Good evening, Lemmy,

I recently got into Insane Clown Posse and, as a result, into Juggalo culture. Since acceptance, respect, and support are such important ideals among Juggalos, I was wondering:

Are Juggalos, therefore, allies of the LGBTQ+ community?

Since I live in Germany and have yet to meet someone who even likes ICP in my country, I have basically zero contact with Juggalos. So, everything I know comes from what I've read online, and I was wondering how this translates into real life.

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China is reportedly considering selling TikTok's U.S. operations to Elon Musk if the company cannot avoid a potential U.S. ban, Bloomberg reports.

Officials prefer TikTok to remain under parent ByteDance but acknowledge the possibility of a forced sale or government-arranged deal.

One proposal involves Musk's platform X co-managing TikTok U.S. Beijing's "golden share" in ByteDance has raised national security concerns in the U.S., with a Supreme Court ruling on a TikTok ban or sale expected by January 19.

Neither TikTok nor Musk confirmed any negotiations.

At least 11 Israelis were injured early Tuesday while rushing to shelters after a missile launched from Yemen targeted central Israel, according to Israeli public broadcaster KAN.

The Israeli army said its air defenses intercepted the missile before it entered Israeli airspace. Air-raid sirens were sounded across central Israel, prompting hundreds of thousands to seek shelter.

Medical teams treated 11 people for injuries sustained while running to shelters, with four others receiving treatment for panic, the broadcaster reported.

The Houthi group later confirmed that it had carried out the strike, saying that it targeted the Israeli Defense Ministry with a hypersonic ballistic missile.

They're cheap and at most craft stores. Small enough to store with my dice.

Also, the card was a cool Christmas gift, it's a custom card of my dog.

Gives me a christmas card idea where there's a custom magic card for each of us and lines to cut them out so you can play with them.

Someone should do that as an etsy shop or something.

“Hamas has reneged on parts of the agreement reached with the mediators and Israel in an effort to extort last-minute concessions,” the statement said, adding that the situation had created a “last-minute crisis”.

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According to an Israeli television report, Smotrich presented Netanyahu with a list of conditions for his support, including a pledge that Israel would return to fighting should Hamas manage to retain control of Gaza, and to strictly limit the quantity of humanitarian aid allowed into the territory.

Israeli media widely reported this week that the government was prepared to resume hostilities after the end of the first six-week phase of the truce, during which hostages are supposed to be released.

Almost as if genocide was the goal.