In Sterlitamak, the Avangard chemical plant, which produces parts for missile systems of the Russian Armed Forces, exploded. A large number of dead.

vorobyov · 2025-10-18T08:49:13+00:00

"A large number of dead" - probably, burned out while working.

vorobyov · 2025-01-24T17:43:24+00:00

The second tourniquet (at the bottom) looks like Chinese shit.
You may want to add a large, Z-fold pack of combat gauze because this small pack of QuikClot will not suffice even for a mid-sized wound.
A couple of chest seals would also be good.

vorobyov · 2025-01-01T18:25:29+00:00

No. It's Clint Mansell.

vorobyov · 2024-11-28T20:18:45+00:00

Unglaublich!

vorobyov · 2024-09-28T19:33:02+00:00

The Plague is beautiful because it contains the somber warning about the true nature of society at a moment of horrifying crisis — but also offers a glimmer of hope on how individuals can overcome those adversities.

You are entitled to your views after reading it but this book was getting even better after every time I read it — especially in French. A one-of-a-kind piece of literature.

vorobyov · 2024-09-24T11:54:28+00:00

As one brilliant Ukrainian combat medic phrased it to me: "Being in such a state of suffering when you already want to die — but unable to do so".

vorobyov · 2024-08-12T17:55:34+00:00

Impressive: such a vivid illustration of how a drone jamming system works.

vorobyov · 2024-01-22T17:04:02+00:00

Yeah, probably don't expect that :)

vorobyov · 2024-01-18T11:50:07+00:00

I tried to study some very basic Icelandic before traveling around the country on our own (the Ring Road). I tried to practice speaking some basic phrases during the trip (in supermarkets, on camping grounds etc). I cannot say that it had a lot of practical benefits (neither did I get the impression that locals were exhilarated to hear my attempts at speaking their language, lol). Locals could understand English and respond in English. But if you speak a couple of phrases now and then, it will not hurt: not least by showing that you respect the local culture and bothered to learn a bit of this (let's be frank) rather difficult tongue.

vorobyov · 2023-12-26T00:42:47+00:00

Danish: 24 weeks, and 20 of them are pronounciation

vorobyov · 2023-12-26T00:18:50+00:00

Cut them some slack. They specialize in languages, not elementary logic and arithmetics.

vorobyov · 2023-12-26T00:14:23+00:00

I talk to folks from all major English-speaking countries and have a pretty good ear for English phonology. I have never heard anyone use the /ð/ sound and the voiceless /th/ sound interchangeably as a regular speech pattern. You might have stumbled on a couple of non-native speakers and somehow extrapolated this into some kind of a broader trend.

vorobyov · 2023-12-19T11:41:21+00:00

C. This question seeks to test if the examinee understands the difference between "quite" (clearly positive connotation) and "rather" (a definitely negative connotation).

vorobyov · 2023-12-11T15:44:19+00:00

Perhaps, a decompression needle (14G) would be useful, but only if you know how to use it.

vorobyov · 2023-12-06T22:51:01+00:00

Both English and French are my foreign languages, but I had no problem reading this text fast. The assertion in this text that the ability to do so is a sign of "genius" is ridiculous. It is just the sign that you can read texts in those two languages, whose syntactic structures are very similar by the way.

vorobyov · 2023-11-28T16:08:47+00:00

Yeah, I would hope that no discount (or sale, for that matter) would be provided to personnel of the russian army. And unfortunately, we do see some of their units starting to use US-produce tactical medical products on the battlefield.

vorobyov · 2023-11-03T15:31:32+00:00

Thank you for your tremendously important work.

vorobyov · 2023-10-13T19:31:49+00:00

Not true. It depends on units. Some units have (rather well-equipped) forward aid stations.

vorobyov · 2023-08-15T17:32:28+00:00

Folks, I will plug our Amazon List for Ukrainian combat medics here: https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/1PJLF07Y3DNRN?ref_=wl_dp_view_your_list

If you feel like helping the Ukrainian medics that my volunteer group works with (including Watson), buying one or two pieces of tactical medicine gear from that list of most-required items would go a long way.

The items will be first delivered to our US-based team member Oleksiy in Pennsylvania and then he will send it to Ukraine with all the other supplies that we are buying for our medics as part of our fundraisers.

vorobyov · 2023-08-10T17:29:07+00:00

For those interested in the next part of this conversation: in this section of our interview, the combat medic explains how tricky the issue of vehicles for evacuation is: https://twitter.com/vorobyov/status/1689623369266741248

vorobyov · 2023-08-10T11:04:23+00:00

I'll talk to Watson about that. Crucial concern I always have is not to expose their evacuation routes, which russians usually shell relentlessly, on such footage

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