orangebloomers.bsky.social
Target for middle-management anger at the European Commission. Lawyer-by-day, gamer-by-night & eternal optimist. expat living in Brussels who enjoys a good book, film, show, song, pint, hike or joke & is interested in science for fun
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Indeedy. Revolutions are great but often, in the aftermath, the power vacuum is filled by factions, anyone, who is in any way organised in the area (crime, cults, et cetera)
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Iran too, ousted the Shah only to fall into the religious fanatics' jaws; most Arab countries, many African, Myanmar, Indonesia, the Philippines, Brazil and Argentina is always on the brink of fascism or autocracy...
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'Fraid not Bernie. If the aim is to beat the GOP fascists, it is hopeless to try and create a third party. At least 50% the country voted for Trump & they will not be defecting to a 'grassroots movement of women and men of color' any time soon, so, you'll just be stealing votes from the Dems...
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it's great, but it's not a commercial. Proof? No idea what it's selling - and I've looked!
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Yes this is how democracy dies 😡
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oh i see, thanks :)
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My sister almost died when she was a baby because my mom gave her 'fresh milk straight from the cow'. Well, the cow was sick & its milk almost killed my sis; she was sickly for years and years after that.
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Von Braun's turning in his grave
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Wait what? it can be deactivated by seawater? Then, wouldn't fish & every other live animal IN the sea be immune to jellyfish sting? seeing as they are IN seawater?
Also, the theory about pee vs jelly stings is not about salt, it's about pee containing ammonia.
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Wasn't Info Wars bought by The Onion?