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Forrest Roche

@forrestroche.bsky.social

Lost in the wilderness Entre Salas y Cangas Puxa Asturies

created July 30, 2023

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Profile picture Forrest Roche (@forrestroche.bsky.social) reply parent

If?

15/8/2025, 6:49:56 PM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Forrest Roche (@forrestroche.bsky.social) reply parent

Leadership won't spend money on some most people don't care about, if they even believe in it.

15/8/2025, 6:47:23 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Forrest Roche (@forrestroche.bsky.social) reply parent

Assuming you disapprove of climate, please do not share AI content.

15/8/2025, 6:43:43 PM | 19 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Forrest Roche (@forrestroche.bsky.social) reply parent

Casi 43 en Mieres, Asturias hoy. 37 en el concejo de Tineo, que cuando vine yo hace 18 años casi nunca superaba los 30. Disfruta cada día porque el futuro va a ser muy muy feo.

15/8/2025, 6:40:50 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Forrest Roche (@forrestroche.bsky.social) reply parent

Thanks to that mf we now have to work and pay rent.

15/8/2025, 6:32:37 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Forrest Roche (@forrestroche.bsky.social) reply parent

By that logic Israel should cease to exist.

15/8/2025, 5:14:45 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Forrest Roche (@forrestroche.bsky.social) reply parent

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

13/8/2025, 7:07:20 PM | 5 3 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Forrest Roche (@forrestroche.bsky.social) reply parent

Per the alt text it is an artist's rendition, but I agree, very cool 👍🏻

13/8/2025, 7:01:02 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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13/8/2025, 6:14:20 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Forrest Roche (@forrestroche.bsky.social) reply parent

AI 👎🏻

13/8/2025, 4:24:07 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Forrest Roche (@forrestroche.bsky.social) reply parent

He's much more careful when they are blackberries, just like Tansy 😅

13/8/2025, 3:14:14 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Forrest Roche (@forrestroche.bsky.social) reply parent

"like a gun" I was just going to say, your argument is right out of the NRA playbook.

13/8/2025, 3:13:05 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Forrest Roche (@forrestroche.bsky.social) reply parent

Please use alt text

13/8/2025, 3:10:30 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Forrest Roche (@forrestroche.bsky.social) reply parent

People are dying. And the people who are dying are the most vulnerable. Add to that, France has a very very low carbon energy mix. The French left fighting against AC is a mind boggling cruel and idiotic move.

13/8/2025, 3:04:31 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Forrest Roche (@forrestroche.bsky.social) reply parent

Kepler loves blackberries and in this video vblueberries, but also raspberries, hazelnuts, wild strawberries, chestnuts, cherries, plums, etc. I don't know where he puts it all. 😅🤗

13/8/2025, 2:51:39 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Forrest Roche (@forrestroche.bsky.social) reply parent

Meanwhile, in Cetrales, both a mouse and a lizard climbed up on the sill outside the kitchen window while I was washing dishes 🥰

Lizard looking in window Mouse outside kitchen window
13/8/2025, 2:25:21 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Forrest Roche (@forrestroche.bsky.social) reply parent

Yikes, that's horrific! Much nicer here in Asturias, if a bit humid:

Temp 22.8 Humidity 74%
13/8/2025, 1:59:47 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Forrest Roche (@forrestroche.bsky.social) reply parent

They won't take no but OTOH they will take your biological and technological distinctiveness and add it to their own. True DEI. 👍🏻

13/8/2025, 10:57:45 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Forrest Roche (@forrestroche.bsky.social) reply parent

There's precious little "nature left". I live in a remote rural area and there is almost nothing that is natural around here.

13/8/2025, 10:27:17 AM | 4 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Forrest Roche (@forrestroche.bsky.social) reply parent

Installing chargers in the easy part. Except for a couple if notable exceptions, countries' grid infrastructure is grossly insufficient to meet the demands of an all electric fleet. *Very little* is being done to prepare for increased demand.

13/8/2025, 8:21:18 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Forrest Roche (@forrestroche.bsky.social) reply parent

Bye bye

13/8/2025, 6:33:34 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Forrest Roche (@forrestroche.bsky.social) reply parent

"I would not assume most consumers heard them" The whole freak show around this ad has made the television news here in Europe so that's not a realistic assumption.

12/8/2025, 12:41:20 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Forrest Roche (@forrestroche.bsky.social) reply parent

So glad I live in a country where every little fucking thing isn't politicized. With all the shit raining down people still aren't satisfied; they need *more* controversy.

12/8/2025, 12:38:56 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Forrest Roche (@forrestroche.bsky.social) reply parent

That's a good comparison 😅

12/8/2025, 8:22:46 AM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Forrest Roche (@forrestroche.bsky.social) reply parent

If you are visually impaired then you know accessibility is important; please use alt text 🙏🏻

12/8/2025, 8:18:59 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Forrest Roche (@forrestroche.bsky.social) reply parent

Your choices are walk down the Mall or quit.

12/8/2025, 7:14:08 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Forrest Roche (@forrestroche.bsky.social) reply parent

Yes. Which is tragic. The people who *don't* want to be there are the one that should stay. Otherwise they will all be replaced by people who *do*.

12/8/2025, 7:12:30 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Forrest Roche (@forrestroche.bsky.social) reply parent

Please use alt text, accessibility is important. 🙏 And can we can talk about this vile POS without using AI slop from the environment-destroying plagiarism machines to illustrate the point?

12/8/2025, 7:09:10 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Forrest Roche (@forrestroche.bsky.social) reply parent

Not exactly. www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

12/8/2025, 6:43:18 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Forrest Roche (@forrestroche.bsky.social) reply parent

Doxxing + 1 violent attack will guarantee every cop in America will be wearing a mask within a week, but have at it 👍🏻

11/8/2025, 5:05:03 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Forrest Roche (@forrestroche.bsky.social) reply parent

Why would you stand on a bridge that is being topped by water? To film a video for social media? 🤦🏼

11/8/2025, 4:49:55 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Forrest Roche (@forrestroche.bsky.social) reply parent

"Dox them" That's what the administration is counting on. Even better, one or more gets shot along with someone in their family. Then they'll mask every cop in America and that will be that.

11/8/2025, 4:44:12 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Forrest Roche (@forrestroche.bsky.social) reply parent

That's exactly what the administration is hoping for.

11/8/2025, 4:40:41 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Forrest Roche (@forrestroche.bsky.social) reply parent

For most people it is far far more complicated than that. Trees and bushes and a few wild animals ≠ "nature". To find an area not exploited by human beings is more difficult all the time. I live in a pretty remote rural area but there is very little that is natural here.

11/8/2025, 12:43:50 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Forrest Roche (@forrestroche.bsky.social) reply parent

If you are waiting for the problem to be solved bottom up you better get comfortable. If we had waited for individuals to stop using chlorofluorocarbons we would have no ozone layer in the atmosphere today.

11/8/2025, 12:37:15 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Forrest Roche (@forrestroche.bsky.social) reply parent

"Is enough being done at the Global Plastics conference to stem the tide of plastic pollution?" No

11/8/2025, 12:31:40 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Forrest Roche (@forrestroche.bsky.social) reply parent

That said, somebody has to be the cog 🤗

10/8/2025, 10:53:05 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Forrest Roche (@forrestroche.bsky.social) reply parent

💯

10/8/2025, 10:51:41 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Forrest Roche (@forrestroche.bsky.social) reply parent

I mean I am not going to promise I'll go and vet every single thing I buy now because that would be a lie, but when someone leads you by the nose to an ugly truth, and you confirm it yourself, and there are alternatives.... 🤷🏼

10/8/2025, 6:12:21 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Forrest Roche (@forrestroche.bsky.social) reply parent

I just spent 5 minutes and was able to locate a couple of ethical producers of chocolate here in the EU. There are almost certainly many more. It's a pain in the ass but knowing now these companies buy beans from producers using child slaves, how can I keep buying from them?

10/8/2025, 6:04:34 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Forrest Roche (@forrestroche.bsky.social) reply parent

I've found an EU-based company called Tony's Chocolonely that sells here in Spain through a large retailer. We're kind of remote so I'll stock up next time we go to the city. en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tony's_...

10/8/2025, 5:54:17 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Forrest Roche (@forrestroche.bsky.social) reply parent

Thank you! It's pretty but tastes even better. Mixing whole spelt makes getting a good rise more challenging but improves flavor dramatically, I'll never go back to all strong white, it tastes meh now. 🤗

10/8/2025, 5:37:49 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Forrest Roche (@forrestroche.bsky.social) reply parent

I see Mars is mixed up in this as well.

10/8/2025, 5:34:34 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Forrest Roche (@forrestroche.bsky.social) reply parent

Fawk. 🤦🏼 I don't eat Reese's anymore as I live overseas but I always binge when stateside. I could have dealt with Blackrock being a minority investor but not this. Thank you.

10/8/2025, 5:30:52 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Forrest Roche (@forrestroche.bsky.social) reply parent

And Hershey's?

10/8/2025, 5:15:15 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Forrest Roche (@forrestroche.bsky.social) reply parent

Doing work in garden but 30C so I quit for the day and took a shower. 👍🏻

10/8/2025, 4:55:28 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Forrest Roche (@forrestroche.bsky.social) reply parent

Emergencies. For which it would be possible to have an override, which then generates a presumptive infraction, which driver must rebut with concrete evidence (a medical emergency, a driving emergency requiring evasive action) or receive a fine.

10/8/2025, 3:37:30 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Forrest Roche (@forrestroche.bsky.social) reply parent

"traffic control measures that actually make sense" You cannot say speed limiters don't make sense. The only study you could find on the subject doesn't say that so how can you?

10/8/2025, 3:34:25 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Forrest Roche (@forrestroche.bsky.social) reply parent

😂😂😂

9/8/2025, 11:50:10 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Forrest Roche (@forrestroche.bsky.social) reply parent

Text alerts are all that keep the void at bay.

9/8/2025, 11:45:53 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Forrest Roche (@forrestroche.bsky.social) reply parent

Wow, awesome 🙏🏻👍🏻

9/8/2025, 11:41:51 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Forrest Roche (@forrestroche.bsky.social) reply parent

Anyone who loves their dog loves this guy

9/8/2025, 11:39:23 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Forrest Roche (@forrestroche.bsky.social) reply parent

😅🙏🏻 we're in Asturias in the north west of Spain, cool temperate mountain climate with plenty of precipitation. It's moderately remote/declining population so considerable fauna including boar, roe deer, eagles, fox, bear, and wolves. Out bedroom window one morning: bsky.app/profile/forr...

9/8/2025, 11:18:50 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Forrest Roche (@forrestroche.bsky.social) reply parent

Exactly my experience. Big account + polite = ignore/block. So one time I said "I would ask you to use alt text but after 7,500 posts if you're not doing it already it's because you don't give a fuck." Welp, they replied, apologized, said they do care, so I shared your article. 😅👍🏻🤗

9/8/2025, 4:16:06 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Forrest Roche (@forrestroche.bsky.social) reply parent

It's way past time. If sales continue to surge this is going to cause very serious capacity issues but most governments are moving at a snail's pace 🤷🏼

9/8/2025, 4:04:14 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Forrest Roche (@forrestroche.bsky.social) reply parent

I think the mole is on the old computer, but here is another home invasion perpetrator, caught in attic, released in the evening:

A bat in my hand
9/8/2025, 4:00:59 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Forrest Roche (@forrestroche.bsky.social) reply parent

In the meantime here's a hedgehog that also entered the house, had an eye infection, kept him for a week and gave him eye drops prescribed for our cat, then released.

Hedgehog on countertop
9/8/2025, 3:54:45 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Forrest Roche (@forrestroche.bsky.social) reply parent

I caught i mole that walked into my home renovation, I thought it was a mouse but it moved much more slowly. Beautiful and silky soft, with incredibly powerful forelimbs. Released a few hundred meters up the road. I have a photo somewhere, if I can find I'll share

9/8/2025, 3:50:27 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Forrest Roche (@forrestroche.bsky.social) reply parent

A bit of advice: don't explain to a trans person how trans people should feel about trans issues.

9/8/2025, 12:43:03 PM | 4 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Forrest Roche (@forrestroche.bsky.social) reply parent

Charging stations is the easy part. Transition will require very substantial and very expensive grid upgrades that will be required if we are to move to an actual electric fleet, rather than a few cars here and there. Apart from China almost no one has grid capacity to meet future demand.

9/8/2025, 10:42:31 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Forrest Roche (@forrestroche.bsky.social) reply parent

🥰😅👍🏻

9/8/2025, 8:58:54 AM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Forrest Roche (@forrestroche.bsky.social) reply parent

🤗

8/8/2025, 10:55:36 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Forrest Roche (@forrestroche.bsky.social) reply parent

Si tampoco pagan ni mezquitas ni sinagogas ni federaciones deportivas sin ánimo de lucro, ONGs, etc., etc. a mi personalmente no me importa.

8/8/2025, 9:39:10 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Forrest Roche (@forrestroche.bsky.social) reply parent

So say we all.

8/8/2025, 8:39:30 PM | 5 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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8/8/2025, 8:37:59 PM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Forrest Roche (@forrestroche.bsky.social) reply parent

Mi tierra natal es EEUU. Llevo 25 años en España, 18 de ellos en Asturias. Me refiero a los estadounidenses que nunca maduraron y a quien les siguen fascinando los armas igual que cuando tenían diez años. Innegablemente tecnología que causa mucho daño, pero utilizan el mismo argumento que usted.

8/8/2025, 5:07:27 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Forrest Roche (@forrestroche.bsky.social) reply parent

Un millón de gracias 👍🏻🙏🏻

8/8/2025, 3:53:03 PM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Forrest Roche (@forrestroche.bsky.social) reply parent

Eso, vivo en Asturias pero mi mujer tiene los hermanos en Málaga y bajamos cada Navidad, y para un buen hotpot pararía sin pensármelo 🙏🏻💯🤤

8/8/2025, 3:50:06 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Forrest Roche (@forrestroche.bsky.social) reply parent

"No es la tecnología. Es cómo se usa. Hay gente mala e idiota" Esa es exactamente la lógica que se utiliza en mi tierra natal para luchar en contra de cualquier normativa, por de sentido común que sea, que regule la posesión e uso de armas de fuego.

8/8/2025, 3:37:03 PM | 9 3 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Forrest Roche (@forrestroche.bsky.social) reply parent

"new"

8/8/2025, 3:17:31 PM | 5 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Forrest Roche (@forrestroche.bsky.social) reply parent

¿De qué nos ha servido aprender a "pensar"? Mira el estado del medioambiente, el clima, los mares, los ríos, y todas la fauna que los habita. La mula media es mucho más noble que el mejor ser humano. Que sean ellas las herederas de la bondad de la tierra, que nosotros no nos la merecemos. 👎🏻

8/8/2025, 3:10:21 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Forrest Roche (@forrestroche.bsky.social) reply parent

Tengo la misma pregunta, ¿DÓNDE???!! 🙏🏻😅

8/8/2025, 2:32:01 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Forrest Roche (@forrestroche.bsky.social) reply parent

Fuera de los colegios desde luego que sí. Pero por mí, que soy ateo, me da igual que haya celebraciones en la calle, siempre que esté ese espacio igualmente disponible para todos. La religión, me guste o no, es una forma de expresión personal y sus practicantes no tienen porque esconderse en casa.

8/8/2025, 2:28:55 PM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Forrest Roche (@forrestroche.bsky.social) reply parent

They're not alone. I see accounts on here every single day posting lies, because apparently the administration isn't committing enough outrages already; we need more things to be angry about.

8/8/2025, 1:42:08 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Forrest Roche (@forrestroche.bsky.social) reply parent

I reported the account, recommend you do the same May. Misogyny is not acceptable on Bluesky, let the mods deal with this asshole. I am muting him as well.

8/8/2025, 12:36:09 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Forrest Roche (@forrestroche.bsky.social) reply parent

I want to believe this information is useful to someone, but as you suggest, it is probably never seen by the people who need it the most.

8/8/2025, 12:26:05 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Forrest Roche (@forrestroche.bsky.social) reply parent

🥱

8/8/2025, 12:23:16 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Forrest Roche (@forrestroche.bsky.social) reply parent

Show us *one* original work an algorithm has created without using stolen "training data"? That should be impossible enough. 🤡

8/8/2025, 12:18:28 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Forrest Roche (@forrestroche.bsky.social) reply parent

Plagiarism is not a brush.

8/8/2025, 12:09:47 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Forrest Roche (@forrestroche.bsky.social) reply parent

Totalmente de acuerdo.

8/8/2025, 11:52:22 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Forrest Roche (@forrestroche.bsky.social) reply parent

All you proved is you are an insecure self centered doorknob. So many opportunities to listen and learn and you chose to waste them all, so just gtfoh.

8/8/2025, 11:24:51 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Forrest Roche (@forrestroche.bsky.social) reply parent

Your first instinct was correct.

8/8/2025, 10:58:44 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Forrest Roche (@forrestroche.bsky.social) reply parent

There's a reason there's no citation or link: it's a lie. bsky.app/profile/sola...

8/8/2025, 10:54:09 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Forrest Roche (@forrestroche.bsky.social) reply parent

Nearly 30,000 likes for the lie, and a mere 56 likes for your *correct* information. Bluesky isn't as different from Facebook or X as many people pretend. Incredible.

8/8/2025, 10:53:07 AM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Forrest Roche (@forrestroche.bsky.social) reply parent

I'm going to go out on a limb and guess that what they object to is people lying about important environmental issues.

8/8/2025, 10:51:04 AM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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8/8/2025, 10:39:17 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Forrest Roche (@forrestroche.bsky.social) reply parent

I wish he would spend 100% of his time on the golf course. It would be worth it, whatever the cost.

8/8/2025, 10:38:06 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Forrest Roche (@forrestroche.bsky.social) reply parent

Well I don't think we really know how they are applied, let's hope you are right. That said, glue stains on a marble fireplace would probably be the least offensive thing he's ever done.

8/8/2025, 10:35:30 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Forrest Roche (@forrestroche.bsky.social) reply parent

Greatness can refer to importance/impact. It doesn't necessarily carry a positive connotation. But by any rational metric such as life expectancy, literacy, maternal and infant mortality, income inequality, etc., the US is *last* among the western developed nations.

8/8/2025, 10:26:57 AM | 4 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Forrest Roche (@forrestroche.bsky.social) reply parent

Just glad it was good news 👍🏻

7/8/2025, 9:36:12 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Forrest Roche (@forrestroche.bsky.social) reply parent

bsky.app/profile/tiny...

7/8/2025, 7:31:37 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Forrest Roche (@forrestroche.bsky.social) reply parent

Love the unintended irony

6/8/2025, 10:33:06 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Forrest Roche (@forrestroche.bsky.social) reply parent

This happens to all of us. Our grubby toe nails? They are mere copies of the ones we had a year ago.

6/8/2025, 8:48:38 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Forrest Roche (@forrestroche.bsky.social) reply parent

When exactly did America "lead the way" in the development of mRNA vaccine technology?

6/8/2025, 8:36:00 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Forrest Roche (@forrestroche.bsky.social) reply parent

mRNA vaccine technology was developed by an EU biochemist working in the EU. She also developed the first COVID mRNA vaccine. It became known as the Pfizer vaccine even though all Pfizer did was license the technology from BioNTech.

6/8/2025, 8:35:00 PM | 3 2 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Forrest Roche (@forrestroche.bsky.social) reply parent

Not really. The Pfizer mRNA COVID vaccine was developed by Hungarian biochemist Katalin Karikó, working in the EU for German pharmaceutical BioNTech. Pfizer licensed and manufactured the vaccine. That's it. Karikó not only developed the vaccine. She *invented* mRNA vaccines.

6/8/2025, 8:29:04 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Forrest Roche (@forrestroche.bsky.social) reply parent

Most of the important COVID vaccine research was done outside of the United States so yes Canada and EU and the rest of the world will be just fine.

6/8/2025, 6:21:02 PM | 8 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Forrest Roche (@forrestroche.bsky.social) reply parent

I can't help it if Americans are tone deaf.

6/8/2025, 5:59:14 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Forrest Roche (@forrestroche.bsky.social) reply parent

YES

6/8/2025, 1:15:32 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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All the credit for this great resource to the author: bsky.app/profile/mann...

6/8/2025, 11:55:45 AM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view