re: #136 Dr Lizardo

I don’t know if the Russians have anything culturally similar to China’s “Mandate of Heaven”, but if they do…..Putin’s mandate is starting to look pretty shaky:

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This was, as the tweet says, a coal-fired plant so to be perfectly honest, a coal dust fire or explosion is the most likely culprit. Given Russia’s tendency to play fast and loose with safety rules, such a disaster is almost inevitable.

This is supposedly a very new plant, finished in 2019. There’s just no explanation for this that makes Russia look good.