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I’ve heard (not confirmed) that as a firefighter I can turn up to a blood donation centre, tell them I’m a firefighter and want to dump PFAS and they’ll draw, and dispose, of my blood.

I should confirm it…

I’m not sure you need to melt it for the PFAS to leech out. There was a study recently about smart watch bands and they found that the PFAS exposure from wearing them was way above safe limits and they weren’t being heated to 327C.

Admittedly frypan coatings and watch bands are not the same materials, but still…

In Perun’s latest vid, he mentions that SK have a publicly stated plan to take out NK ‘top leadership’ in the event of war.

Ooh, look! The FSB is on Lemmy.

Just ask for a cardboard box. Supermarkets have masses of boxes which just go to waste or recycling. My local puts them near the checkouts for customers to grab.

Russian asset

I actually like it. Thanks.

By the sounds of it, they had a lot of miles under their belt.

You have to wonder how they ended up dead? What happened to the EPIRB? Did they not have a PLB? GPS and Portable Radio?

I don’t know for sure, but I suspect there aren’t many pirates in the middle of the Atlantic.

I gather that many larger ships often either have malfunctioning AIS or don’t have it turned on.

AIS is a system that pings identity and location to other ships, and can set off alarms to warn of impending collisions at sea.

Petty much the view that Russia’s neighbours see when looking across the border. And the Russians wonder why nobody wants be friends…

Are you sure you are on the right server? I think Lemmy.ml is probably more your bubble.

The Eastern Bloc suffered an enormous drop in living quality following the dissolution of the USSR. Far from reaping a bounty via free market liberty, the people in these countries found themselves the subject of a historic privatization and looting of national treasuries and resources.

This is a black and white perspective. You have to keep in mind that citizens of these countries were significantly worse off as (involuntarily) being part of the USSR than the countries that were not in the Eastern Bloc, and most of them are now significantly better off as part of the EU. Most citizens remember the repression, shortages, and russification all too well.

Thanks tankie operative.

Tankies are out in force today…

Factual: “Pilots Endanger Other Aircraft with Unprofessional Flares Display”

You need to see a doctor to get your humanity checked. It seems not to be working.

Russia has repeatedly shown itself to have imperialist ambitions. Just ask Georgia and Ukraine.