The problem is that wotc really didn’t want to raise prices past $3.99. Pack prices hit $3.99 in 2006, and stayed there for nearly 20 years. They raised distributor prices in 2015 without changing MSRP, and then got rid of MSRP (and raised prices again) in 2019.

A pack of Alpha, a pack of Urza’s Saga, and a pack of Khans of Tarkir all have roughly the same inflation adjusted retail price: ~$5.50 in 2025 dollars, which is conveniently the current MSRP for Magic IP sets.

For whatever reason, they’ve found all sorts of excuses for the price increases (all of which they actually control) but never blamed inflation, even though that’s actually a reasonable explanation.

Everyone who didn’t vote supports this.

As long as your vote wasn’t going to the conservatives, it mostly doesn’t matter what those numbers look like as long as OPC is less than 50%.

Upsetting, but not surprising.

This may not be you specifically, but more than two-thirds of Americans directly or indirectly chose this clown as your president.

The fight you want to join? It’s already started. The people best positioned to stop this are being fired. The checks and balances are being removed or taken over.

You don’t need a voting card to vote. If you don’t have a voting card, you need a piece of ID with your name and address. If you have your voting card, you just need something with your name.

List of acceptable IDs can be found here: https://www.elections.on.ca/en/voting-in-ontario/id-to-vote-in-provincial-elections.html#accordionIDtovote

It’s a thing in many provinces. It requires a constitutional amendment to remove. Some provinces have done so already. Currently Ontario, Saskatchewan, Alberta, and Northwest Territories have publicly funded Catholic schools. Previously, this list also included Newfoundland, Quebec, and Yukon. Manitoba appears to fund Catholic schools at 50% of the public school rate.

Other than the honourary title of “fentanyl czar” we were already doing everything that he demanded. The only thing that actually happened was that he got to take credit for deals that Biden made.

He’s like a parent trying to discipline his children.

“I’m going to count to three. One, two, three… Okay you still aren’t listening… Four… Five…”

The homes that are not being built are the upwards ones. It’s literally impossible for us to sprawl our way out of this. Density is key when it comes to man-hours per unit.

Is that a concession? I don’t think he actually wants to be president anymore.

Don’t get me wrong, it’s the correct “deal” to make - it’s the most overt declaration he can make to those who claim he wants to be dictator for life - I just think it’s probably a win/win for him.

Also, while it seems such an order is legal - should it be?

If these were legally obtained photos, why should someone be compelled to delete them? Compelled deletion is a slippery slope. Shared a legally purchased mp3 with a friend? Delete it. Shared a picture of Beyonce at the Superbowl? Delete it.

Is it possible to just use our lemmy accounts to log in? My understanding of activity pub and the fedeverse is that it should be possible, but maybe I’m misunderstanding something.

It’s simply not possible to drop housing prices significantly until we get a reasonable supply. Right now (and until the end of the decade) demand is predicted to exceed supply of new housing by about 4:1 (i.e. we need to build about 4x as many new units as we currently are).

There are some mechanisms to reduce some demand like vacant housing tax, increased taxes on second+ properties, and banning non resident purchases, but it still comes back to supply and demand.

In theory, once supply exceeds demand, house prices should start to fall. There really isn’t any other sustainable mechanism to significantly reduce housing prices until that point. Government owned and subsidized housing is one way that we have attempted in the past, and I think it’s a good idea, but it won’t actually reduce prices except for those lucky enough to get one of these units.

Each of the parties has a plan to increase housing supply, targeting different aspects of the supply chain. It’s a good first step, and realistically all that they can do in a single term.

You’re going to have to find a different line of reasoning. There’s enough people out there that don’t care enough about other humans that might be slightly different than themselves. You’re never going to convince them that a bunch of chickens deserve empathy when they don’t even have empathy for their fellow (hu)man.

• New Orlean’s Pizza
• East Side Mario’s
• St. Louis Bar & Grill

Not American-named, but Swiss Chalet is also Canadian.

I suspect most “foreign” named restaurants will never actually be from that place.

I think you fundamentally misunderstand what Amazon is removing. From your linked article:

Once this feature goes away, you’ll still be able to manually copy ebook files and other documents to Kindles over USB using Amazon’s apps or third-party solutions like Calibre. You just won’t be able to download copies of your purchased books to a computer.

The only thing Amazon is removing is the ability to save books that you purchased from them. No more personal backups of legally purchased material, but piracy is still fair game.

My uncle Gord Poutine is already on his way to DC with a box of matches.

It’s much easier for someone on the inside to do it. Less political and the successor won’t feel obligated to start/continue a war. It’s why America sends the CIA to Venezuela (et al) instead of missiles.

Their factories in Nevada, Texas, and China all have a lot of extra space and/or land for expansion. They’ve also been considering building more factories in Mexico, another one in Europe, and possibly SE Asia, though it’s unclear whether any of those are going to materialize - especially with the current downturn in sales.