@saevus@ChrisMartzWX If you're inhaling unhealthy smoke particles, the disaster is literally affecting you too
Something like 60-80k premature deaths are estimated to be caused by inhaling dust from the Canadian wildfires, some of those deaths are as far away as Europe.
Not localized
@matrix07012@sleepy_devo@Outspoken_Sam There were an average of 1.3M - 1.6M illegal crossing each year in the 1990s, quite a bit more per year than in the 2000s or 2010s. There have only been 3 years with higher rates.
thinking about how Brigham Young invented an alphabet with a letter called "Gay" that looks like an amongus. truly a man ahead of his time. a prophet if you will.
@lenka87reads One time I was walking down the street in Melbourne, Australia. Some guy asked me a question and I answered. Then he said, "omg, you're a yank! Let me buy you a drink."
And we spent hours drinking together that night... so not sure it's always meant to be insulting.
@aidenwpkenny@Observations87 I know a guy who entered all the time and smuggled goods into USSR. He was part of the Orthodox church. He said bribing the guards was easy. You just drop a pack of cigarettes or something and say, "oops, well I guess you can have those."