niekstarr

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[niekstarr @niekstarr]

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[Louis KC @LouisCKfanpage]

This is what the country’s actual tariffs are on the US vs what the White House claimed. In case anyone was wondering.

[Julian Klymochko @JulianKlymochko]

Note that the "Tariffs charged to the U.S.A." are not tariffs at all

They are the U.S. trade deficit divided by U.S. imports from that country

For example:

Trade deficit with China ($295.4 billion) / US imports from China ($438.9 billion) = 67%

Europe: $235.6 / $605.8 = 39%

[Geiger Capital @Geiger_Capital]

This guy cracked the tariff formula:
@orthonormalist

It’s simply the nation’s trade deficit with us divided by the nation’s exports to us.

Yes. Really.

Vietnam: Exports 136.6, Imports 13.1
Deficit = 123.5

123.5/136.6 = 90%

[James Surowiecki @JamesSurowiecki]

Just figured out where these fake tariff rates come from. They didn't actually calculate tariff rates + non-tariff barriers, as they say they did. Instead, for every country, they just took our trade deficit with that country and divided it by the country's exports to us.

So we have a $17.9 billion trade deficit with Indonesia. Its exports to us are $28 billion. $17.9/$28 = 64%, which Trump claims is the tariff rate Indonesia charges us. What extraordinary nonsense this is.

[Brian Krassenstein @krassenstein]

URGENT: Trump’s tariff figures have absolutely nothing to do with reciprocal tariffs.

His numbers are almost all just the approximate % difference in trade balance.

For example:

- U.S. Exports $27.6B to Malaysia and Imports $52.5B from Malaysia = $24.9B imbalance. 24.9/52.5 =0.47%

- U.S. Exports $17.7B to Thailand and Imports $63.3B from Thailand = $45.6B imbalance. 45.6/63.3=0.72%

THIS IS THE STUPIDEST THING IVE EVER SEEN!

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[Plant Based News @PlantBasedNews]

Elon Musk and Joe Rogan discussed animal agriculture in the latest episode of podcast The Joe Rogan Experience, with both of them making a number of inaccurate claims about meat’s impact on the planet. 

Raising animals, particularly cows, for meat has the biggest impact on the climate and the environment of all foods. 

Animal agriculture contributes at least 16.5 percent of total global emissions. 

The reason that ruminant animals like cows are so bad for the climate is that they produce methane, a potent greenhouse gas with up to 80 times the warming potential of carbon dioxide in its first 20 years in the atmosphere. 

In addition, the vast amount of land used to graze animals or grow food to feed them — 80 percent of all agricultural land — could otherwise be absorbing carbon if it were returned to nature.

Read more on the PBN website.

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Hallo @TUIflyBelgium waarom kunnen wij niet online inchecken?

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Hi @duolingo , I seem to get stuck. Every time I finish a lesson, it doesn't register and I can't advance. Spanish course, user NiekJacobs1. Please help!

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Gentse @IKEA verkocht al 13.500 #vegan #hotdogs: “Tegen 2025 is de helft van ons menu #plantaardig”

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@jordanbpeterson That's called veganism

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VN: “Vleesvervangers maken significant verschil in uitstoot” https://t.co/G6k2sjXr5J

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[Vegan Future @veganfuture]

Go vegan for the animals

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[Dr. Faraz Harsini @DrFarazHarsini]

Animal businesses = Lies 💰 🤥
Veganism= Truth 🌱🌍

The pictures on meat, egg, and dairy products are deceptive. No animal is happy when they are in a slaughterhouse.

Don't let them lie to you. Don't support animal exploitation with your money, and go vegan TODAY!