I learned German as an adult (while living in Germany). Duolingo is nice and you should use all the help you can get, but the key to learning the language is first gaining the basic foundations through courses (even the free VHS courses for foreigners are useful) and then talking to people as much as you can. No app can replace that.

It is a difficult language and the learning curve is quite steep, but with focus and dedication anybody can learn it within a reasonable timeframe.

But still a very effective one

Can confirm. Plenty of vegetables here in Germany.

Not at all, but he will likely be less powerful and receive a country with a collapsed economy, a decimated military, no diplomatic leverage, a huge pile of sanctions, and probably very difficult internal conflicts.

It still sucks that they have nukes (probably even more so, since selling them to rogue states gets quick cash to deal with these problems), but Russia will otherwise pose no threat to anyone but the Russians who didn't make it out if there, at least for a decade.

That's probably the idea. Clickity click.

If it serves as consolation, we are not that far down the list of beings that are gonna be wiped away... Climate change is coming for us too

I read that story as a teenager and has sticked with me for over two decades... I periodically remember it and it gets me theorizing about stuff (but I will not spoil it for those who didn't read it). That one really hit a nerve, and the one about a guy changing a letter in his name to improve his life.

However, it was probably Ray Bradbury who turned me into the nerd I am today.

So why people vote for a clearly bad idea if they knew that the arguments were lies?

But wasn't one of the arguments for Brexit to fork more money to the NHS? They did print it on buses, right?