[–] 13 points 4 hours ago

I wrote a comment about this, it's definetly not just a single store.

It's true that the shortages started because of an unrelated well-placed workers' strike, but the government now has to promise to get the fuel situation back to normal in this world environment. Even if it manages to do so right now, how long can it last?

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  • [–] 17 points 4 hours ago

    Yup, things have been going on since last week when striking workers of the "ex-ILVA" steel plant in Taranto (the ILVA situation is a whole complex mess I won't get into) cut off a local refinery causing severe fuel shortages in the Southern Italian regions of Puglia, Basilicata and Calabria. Shelves have been progressively emptying there for days, many gas stations had to stay closed, alongside several other interruptions of services like public transport.

    Because of high fuel prices the strikes are now multiplying, especially involving transport workers and farmers (an EU classic). Last week things were already bad in the south but the news underreported it, perhaps they were waiting for the strikes to end and everything to go back to normal, but the fuel shortage hit immediately and hard, and now even threatens to spread nationwide.

    This is not even related to the unrest you are seeing from places like Milan

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  • [–] 5 points 1 week ago

    I'm playing Pokerogue a lot lately. Trying to complete a Monotype challenge without retries even though i have never even beat the regular game without them. Also, i don't have a lot of progress in the account so i don't have access to good passives and egg moves that make the game easier, so it's just been loss after loss but it's very fun snom

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  • [–] 18 points 2 months ago (1 child)

    What is funny is that the term "tankie" is effectively a barrier that stops liberals from potentially moving left and this comment pierces holes through this barrier by distorting the commonly accepted meaning of the word (aren't "tankies" supposed to be pro-Russia??)

    Combined with the other blatantly horrible and nonsensical comments from the same user it makes me convinced that at least a handful of onlookers on the original post are now more open towards leftism

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