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  • Florida needs 60% yes to pass, higher than any previous measure got.

    And they got some absolutely fucked description on the ballot (and past a lawsuit)

    The proposed amendment would result in significantly more abortions and fewer live births per year in Florida. The increase in abortions could be even greater if the amendment invalidates laws requiring parental consent before minors undergo abortions and those ensuring only licensed physicians perform abortions. There is also uncertainty about whether the amendment will require the state to subsidize abortions with public funds. Litigation to resolve those and other uncertainties will result in additional costs to the state government and state courts that will negatively impact the state budget. An increase in abortions may negatively affect the growth of state and local revenues over time. Because the fiscal impact of increased abortions on state and local revenues and costs cannot be estimated with precision, the total impact of the proposed amendment is indeterminate. THE FINANCIAL IMPACT OF THIS AMENDMENT CANNOT BE DETERMINED DUE TO AMBIGUITIES AND UNCERTAINTIES SURROUNDING THE AMENDMENT’S IMPACT.












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    12 days ago

    Let’s say the summer average is 30⁰C or 303.15 Kelvin

    The absolute coldest possible temperature is -273.15⁰C, or 0K.

    Halfway between absolute zero and 30⁰C/303.15K is somewhere around -121⁰C/152K

    So if it were half as hot in the summer, it would be colder than ever recorded on earth.








  • The US has an embargo, but Mexico and Canada don’t.

    Technically, but the US has sanctioned companies in other countries who do business in Cuba scaring off a ton of possible choices. The companies have to choose between the richest company on earth and Cuba. Not much of a choice.

    Plus IIRC boats that go to Cuba can’t go to the US after for some period of time. Which considering location makes it hugely inconvenient for shipping companies.

    Plus since the US and US based companies control a huge portion of the world’s financial systems Cuba is locked out of all of them