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  • And how do you propose the solution?

  • Thank you… uh… please leave those sharks alone…

  • Never forget, the rest of the world is on the internet too. As I am. Not American. ❤️

  • I included foreigners such as the US and UK too.

  • Showerthoughts @lemmy.world

    My world is so much better because of immigrants

  • I used to know three homeless people whom I used to talk to on my way home from work. I gave them cash, bought them food. I have no idea if they are still alive today. I know of at least seven more whom I occasionally keep in touch with. And some more who have been homeless previously, but who have survived that through various feats and means and landed on their feet again. Sleeping rough in Sweden, above Skåne, is fucking rough.

    Out of my limited and anecdotal experience, I don’t blame a single one of them for getting hooked on drugs. Alcohol got too expensive, tobacco is waaaay too expensive for effect, so the high and low that other drugs could give kept them warm throughout the roughest nights and/or John experiences.

  • Maybe I should clarify: Oh you spring child who knows nothing of the year, how it turns and how winter turns planted hopes into frozen fears.

    Pre-edit: You’re right. Which is why Putin’s death won’t bring much boon. Staying silent, quiet or passive won’t bring much in opposition to the face of tyranny either. But eliminating the current tyranny will be more difficult than what the people tried to accomplish over a hundred years ago, as the dissemination of power is different nowadays. Before, one used to think that cutting the head of a hydra might be difficult, but possible in the long run. Today, well…

  • I guess you didn’t really read. Just pointing out that you need to do more than kill the puppetmaster to replace all those who he either trained or who learned how to thrive in his absence.

  • Please. There are hundreds ready to take Putins place. Some politically, but hundreds behind the scenes who also have finger puppets ready for ”power” who can step in for both Medvedev and Putin. The rest of the dog kennel (like Lavrov) will keep barking for their masters sake.

  • It's not quite that easy.

    Many migrants have drowned en route to the UK, so if the boats are caught before they leave the shore it's not as if the police are condemning the migrants to death. Some police forces have denied migrant boats or even ruined them on the Mediterranean, causing more direct deaths. Or died in migrant camps just outside the borders of the EU.

    What is at fault here is the geopolitical perspective. People are fleeing extreme poverty, injustice, war, genocide etc etc. The border agreements of the EU mean that they get sent back to whatever country they were first "discovered" in, which in its turn sends them back further. Many have lost everything coming here, even loved ones, children perished en route. Many were maybe aiming for Germany, France, Denmark or Sweden. But as they've been detected in other countries in the EU first, they will be sent back to those first. So as a last ditch attempt, they aim for the UK. And if they didn't drown in the Mediterranean, there is a huge risk that they might drown in the colder waters of the Channel instead.

    This being said, slashing their last (perceived) hope or reaching safety is cruel. But there are few things that are NOT cruel towards most migrants, sadly.

  • As my cousins in Ukraine said, they’d gladly drink the water so that they could spit in the faces of both Russian and Israeli forces.

  • And killed the rest with medical bills or by withholding medical care?

  • And its former leaders, as the current leaders cannot express support or opinions that might lead to our countries being mired in a political morass.

  • How come they don’t raid country clubs, golf resorts or large hotels? Especially down in Florida.

  • pics @lemmy.world

    Blooming fungi

  • Tried to find who made it. But it’s a 20 year old meme picture. Will check other image searches if I remember tomorrow.

  • Humor @lemmy.world

    Anarky for ever

    Showerthoughts @lemmy.world

    The sound of seagulls

  • Plastic bottles are usually made from preforms delivered from the plastic bottle manufacturer. The rinsing would ideally be when the bottle is formed from a preform at the soda plant, before the bottle is filled. Some do this (sometimes with harsh chemicals), but most don’t as they consider the preform as sufficiently clean enough to fill.

  • pics @lemmy.world

    March 11, 2011 - train passengers walk across elevated tracks after an earthquake in Japan

    Mildly Interesting @lemmy.world

    I'm not sure why you would need sleep aid patches for your car or office...

    pics @lemmy.world

    Some spoons

    pics @lemmy.world

    Sunrise between clouds

    cats @lemmy.world

    Goofy void

    pics @lemmy.world

    River/stream ends in nothing

    pics @lemmy.world

    Misty morning, Mälaren (Lake Malar in Sweden)

    pics @lemmy.world

    Lost and found

    science @lemmy.world

    Risks of synchronized low yields are underestimated in climate and crop model projections

    Mildly Interesting @lemmy.world

    Stockholm in the late 1980's, H&M just rebranded from "Hennes och Mauritz", people were wearing dark leather jackets as a fashion statement

    Mildly Interesting @lemmy.world

    Heart-stopping photos of Kai Tak International Airport (Hong Kong, closed 1998)

    Mildly Infuriating @lemmy.world

    Automatic parking disc gave me a parking ticket

    Malicious Compliance @lemmy.world

    You can’t be behind the counter while the register is running on the computer

    New Communities @lemmy.world

    Thrifty - a place to discuss thrifting, clever reuse/frugal projects, trash to treasure

    Mildly Interesting @lemmy.world

    My in-laws cream and sugar containers are up to something

    Technology @lemmy.world

    A volunteer-made project that fights bots on Reddit is shutting down (BotDefense)