>The “coup” bit is kinda colorful language to refer to a sudden shift in diplomatic relations

Actually, the coup in this context refers to a victory for Taiwan on the diplomatic front. It's the second definition for this particular noun and is used quite often:

>an instance of successfully achieving something difficult

I still repeat this mantra whenever I'm feeling like I'm packing on the pounds: "This is not my fat. This is fat from another lifetime."

>The one thing that ruined from S2 that made me become completely disappointed and ruin my love for it, was Catherine's sudden love for Peter.

She fell for his magic tongue, it happens all the time. Especially in Imperial Russia where there's fuck all to do.

Oh wow, what a gorgeous man. The juxtaposition of his photo next to Elgort's who just looks like a thumb is... something else.

>Still isn't exactly what you expect when going into a lawyer show with a female lead, and a predominantly female cast.

TNG had a couple of such episodes as well and it's also not what I would have expected from an enlightened Trek show. The writers gave it their best shot at the time (with some exec interference, I'm sure), it's really no use getting upset over it now, it's just a reflection of its time.

>Mosquitos are like the base of a food chain pyramid.

No, they patently are not, they are not the main food source for any one species. Also, many of these mosquito species are invasive and don't belong in these countries in the first place, they were imported centuries ago.

>Perhaps it could only be used in high populated areas

I mean, obviously? These boxes are expensive, no one is going to be wasting money on eradicating mosquitoes in the middle of a rainforest. Plus, if you stop deploying them even for one season, the mosquitoes will return immediately. This is temporary containment more than eradication.

How fortunate that it mainly affects brown and black people, then. What a disgusting and deplorable way to view humanity, please educate yourself.

The food chain is not going to collapse because one invasive species of mosquito (i.e. species that doesn't even belong there in the first place) is going to be eradicated from a couple of cities (not even the whole country). Not a single species is dependent on eating mosquitoes alone.

No one is eliminating anything, this is only done in city areas to protect the human population, Brazil is friggin' huge. Also, if you stop deploying these boxes even just for one season, they come back immediately. Plus, not a single species -- except for the viruses, bacteria, and the parasites that cause horrible diseases -- is dependent on mosquitoes alone.

>Messing with nature doesn't end well.

Thanks, I'll be sure to tell that to my doctor at my next chemo appointment. 🙄

>The announcement from Mr. Bloomberg, a billionaire philanthropist who has given more than $500 million to help end coal use in the United States, did not include a new financial pledge.

Imagine what that $1 billion could have achieved.

Followed by Rings of Power. Not that you'd know, mind you, another post about Amazon being secretive with the numbers has thousands of upvotes by now.