Couple of issues here - first, for the Euro to be used as a reserve currency, the EU would have to be a net importer of goods (and exporter of Euros). But EU policy is based on avoiding deficits. Second, for the Euro to be taken seriously by other countries, there should be something manufactured by the EU, that can, at least in theory, be bought with it. But the EU’s manufacturing sector, particularly in Germany, is collapsing.
India Russia and China hate each other to the bone.
India and Russia have had goid relations for over half a century. Polls in India usually show Russia as the most liked foreign nation. China and Russia also have had good relations for at least the last decade or so.
India-China relations are complicated. There is a border conflict, but China is our biggest trading partner, and we need China’s UnionPay if we ever want to decouple from Swift.
In bee and ant societies, all decisions are made by adult workers through chemical voting. (Queens, larvae and drones don’t get a vote, though.)
It is not just honour. In the long term, acknowledging and correcting failures is the right path. The politicians are just trying to save their skin after trying to exploit the situation for petty reasons. Why should any public servant with self-respect help them do this?
I don’t think they put those in smart phones anymore lol
They still have them. GSMarena lists 261 models released in the last 17 months with IR blasters. 86 in 2025.
The nerds are missing the forest for the trees. This isn’t meant to stop missiles. It’s meant to line pockets. And it will do that.
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No, India.
Afghanistan, Tajikistan and most of Kyrgyzstan are mountainous. The route is going just north of this range.
Just saw this on the news community. The linked article goes into some detail. I don’t know if these policies will achieve ‘full communism’ (or even if that would be a good thing), but education and health are good things for governments to focus on whichever way you look at it.
They violently suppressed protests (and quietly suppressed political opponents). I’m not saying they’re good people. I’m saying they’re the least bad option.
Face, meet leopard.
Good. Conscription is worse than murder; it is forcing people to give up their humanity.
Eh, it’s complicated. The Awami League protected women, workers and minorities (to some extent). Now it’ll be a three way fight between the Western-backed interim government, the army and the BNP (religious fundamentalists). Whoever wins, the people will suffer.
breathe contaminated air in the general vicinity of animals, drink water they’ve pissed or shit in, etc.
Don’t go near animals. Boil water before drinking. Simple as.
That is in fact how a vaccine/our immune system works, yes.
Vaccines work using either diluted toxins, or increasingly, proteins / RNA that just look somewhat like the real thing. The immune system works by enough of the population dying off until only those with the necessary mutations are left.
cows don’t stop existing just because we don’t eat beef.
Humans need to go close to the infected animal to get infected.
being around/eating animals all the time also builds up your immune system’s defenses against diseases that originate in those animals
Oh, so being exposed to new viruses reduces the risk of dying to a virus you got … because you were exposed to it?
Easier: PaIestine
People getting killed is obviously bad. But just to put this into perspective, how many people were killed in Gaza today? How many children? And yesterday, and the day before? Oh wait, we don’t even have a full count because the monsters also murder journalists.
Well, that depends on what you want. Lemmy.world leans right and harbours transphobes and racists, hence the nazi.world jokes. Personally I think such users should just be allowed to make fools of themselves, but if you find that disturbing you can join another instance. lemmy.ml leans left, lemm.ee is fairly centrist, and sh.itjust.works is mildly right. But all are great instances.
Funny you should mention that. I was reading some discussion that several countries’ central banks are buying up gold. There was also one guy speculating that they might make some sort of gold-backed currency for international trade.
Time is a circle, etc.