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   Weekend Editor (weekend_editor@mathstodon.xyz)'s status on Friday, 04-Apr-2025 00:13:51 JST Weekend Editor

   • Charlie Stross
   • JdeBP

   @JdeBP @cstross

   This is more literally true than you may perhaps think:

   One of the tariffs is on the British Indian Overseas Territory (BIOT).

   The main island there is Diego Garcia.

   The *only* thing on Diego Garcia is a military base jointly operated by the US and UK.

   So... we just applied a tariff to our own military base.

   I mean... that's *talent*, right there.

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     • Charlie Stross
     • JdeBP

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     • Charlie Stross
     • JdeBP

     @JdeBP @cstross

     The other great one is a tariff on the Heard & McDonald Islands.

     These are technically part of Australia, but got a tariff of 29% instead of Australia's 10%.

     The Heard & McDonald Islands are *uninhabited*.

     Those damn penguins.

     Peter Krefting repeated this.