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Penguinflight

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Birds that don't fly. When anyone's looking...

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lowqualityfacts , to random
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Wow, I never knew that.
https://patreon.com/lowqualityfacts

Penguinflight ,
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@lowqualityfacts I know some actors who should be covered in clay. About six feet would do.

futurebird , to random
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Some one asked in DM how to identify ants. So here is my method:

The best resource online is

https://www.inaturalist.org/

This is an effectively peer-reviewed database of correctly identified photos of insects.

To identify an ant search for "ants" then set your region to the location where you saw the ant. Look through the photos until you see a match.

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Penguinflight ,
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@futurebird Mites, turning dead skin to dust since you were a baby.

RadicalGraffiti , to random
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"DROP POLITICIANS NOT BOMBS"
Sticker seen in London

Penguinflight ,
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@RadicalGraffiti From tall buildings.

alice , to random
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So, a guy walks up to me and says "Your tranny is acting up".

Now, one of two things is about to happen...

  1. I'm about to put some dude down for talking about my girlfriend like that.

  2. I'm going to ask him how much it'll cost to fix my car.

Context is everything.

Penguinflight ,
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@alice 'Tranny' used to mean transistor radio, as opposed to valve radio.

ElleGray , to random
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Using this one for the existential crisis years

Penguinflight ,
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@ElleGray That would be all of them.

DemocracyMattersALot , to random
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Let the criming continue!

"He ripped off the tax system": IRS audit could cost Trump more than $100 million
https://www.salon.com/2024/06/10/he-ripped-off-the-system-irs-audit-could-cost-more-than-100-million_partner/

Penguinflight ,
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@DemocracyMattersALot It is depressing watching all of this from outside the US. Anyone else, especially a black person, would have LONG since been in gaol for ANY of these crimes and they'd never see daylight again. But this wretch just gets handed pass after pass and all the time in the world to avoid paying a damn thing to anyone; least of all society.

Take every single thing he's got, lock him up and wall up the cell.

alice , to random
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McDonalds SMEGs* get smaller and more expensive, while mine get bigger, tastier, and more packed full of #FuckCapitalism each time I make 'em.

*Sausage, Muffin, EGg (and cheese)

Raw sausage patties.
A pan full of a sheet of egg.

Penguinflight ,
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@alice Er, you do realise that 'Smeg' is the word for dickcheese?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NTMINrFtPlU

Penguinflight ,
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@alice 😎

Penguinflight ,
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@alice Now that's a good thing to know! 👍 🐧

NyakoKitty , to random
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Windows and sails of the US Embassy, London UK

#FensterFreitag #Photography #MastoArt #Building #Photo #London #USEmbassy #Structure #PhotoArt #WindowFriday

Penguinflight ,
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@NyakoKitty Apparently they're part of their paranoid anti-surveillance suite. They don't like it when it happens to THEM.

ElleGray , to random
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this morning I was out-poetried by a sidewalk that had thoughts on pain, impermanence, resilience and beauty

Penguinflight ,
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@ElleGray 👍 🐧

Penguinflight , to random
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That you aren't doing the "right" thing, that you aren't "trying hard enough," that you aren't "good" enough are capitalist lies.

Designed to keep you feeling inadequate, feeling small.

You are not.

ElleGray , to random
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    Penguinflight ,
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    @ElleGray Clever ad. "Good" ads actually get us to buy their shite. I'm a fan of clever ads. They're usually the result of a creative who convinced clueless capitalists to use their idea, fully knowing it wouldn't sell fucking anything but would LOOK great.

    Penguinflight ,
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    @ElleGray Apropos of bugger all, I have a good radio interview with Wes Craven from when A Nightmare On Elm Street was released. I've digitised it from cassette but must edit it and get it up somewhere.

    ElleGray , to random
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    Penguinflight ,
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    @ElleGray Same.

    RickiTarr , to random
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    The most ridiculous thing about cop procedural shows is when they ask where a person was, and what they were doing at a specific time the person always has perfect and immediate recall. I'd be desperately trying to remember what day of the week that was, and trying to open my phone calendar. If I was the cop, I'd immediately be suspicious of the person who remembered exactly where they were and what they were doing.

    Penguinflight ,
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    @RickiTarr The most ridiculous thing about police procedural shows is the cops catch criminals, instead of work for them.

    Nonilex , to random
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    #TrumpTrial 🧵 Tues 21 May 2024

    Testimony may conclude today in Trump’s #criminal NY #ElectionInterference trial, after 5 weeks & 22 witnesses.

    Yesterday the jury was introduced to #RobertCostello, a #Giuliani associate & #lawyer who acted as a “back-channel” for #MichaelCohen to #Trump in the summer of 2018.

    Yesterday, Costello behaved so atrociously on the witness stand that Juan Merchan cleared the courtroom to admonish him & the defense attorneys. Costello is due back on the stand

    #law

    Penguinflight ,
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    @Nonilex A bunch of comedians. And Joe Piscopo.

    MagentaRocks , to bookstodon group
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    There is a bot account!!!!

    @bookstodon

    https://botsin.space/@murderbotbot/112467101610829455

    Penguinflight ,
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    @MagentaRocks @bookstodon I know, cool isn't it. I had to unfollow it because I haven't read/heard them all yet (spoilers).

    CatsOfYore , to random
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    The Cat. https://collections.lacma.org/node/249507

    Penguinflight ,
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    @CatsOfYore Rops: Friend Not Servant.

    alice , (edited ) to random
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    Penguinflight ,
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    @alice 🤗

    ChrisMayLA6 , to random
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    Tomorrow morning the Home Office starts to round up the migrants they expect to try to send to Rwanda... I saw round up, but actually they're expecting to pick up (some of) their victims when they attend regular/scheduled meetings with officials.

    These currently 'free' migrants will then be detained ahead of flights to Rwanda.

    (again) if the money spent on this viscous & inhumane policy was spent on integrating migrants into British society, it would be much more cost effective!

    Penguinflight ,
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    @stuffjolikes @ChrisMayLA6 Most photo ID is in favour of older, right wing demographics. Includes the almost ubiquitous driving license which they invariably carry at all times.

    MikeDunnAuthor , to random
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    🎨 Law enforcement crack down on peaceful pro-Palestine protests in universities across the US.
    By Bahraini cartoonist Sara Qaed

    Penguinflight ,
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    @MikeDunnAuthor US flag at half-mast...

    MikeDunnAuthor , to random
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    Today in Labor History April 26, 1960: Students and workers forced South Korean President Syngman Rhee to resign after 12 years of dictatorial rule. The protests began on April 11 after the police killed a high school student. The student’s skull had been split by a tear gas canister. On April 19, the police shot into a demonstration of 100,000 people in Seoul, killing 180 people. They killed 186 people, overall, during the two weeks of demonstrations. Rhee fled to the U.S.

    #workingclass #LaborHistory #students #protest #demonstration #korea #dictator #massacre #police #PoliceAbuse #policemurder

    Penguinflight ,
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    @MikeDunnAuthor Funny how fascist dictators always flee to the US where they're given a warm welcome.

    No surprise the country is probably going to elect an open fascist dictator rather than the current closeted one.

    MikeDunnAuthor , to random
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    Today in Labor History April 26, 1937: The Nazis bombed Guernica, a town in the Basque region of Spain. Later that year, Picasso painted his famous painting, Guernica, in protest of the atrocity. This was during the Spanish Civil War. The Republicans, a coalition of anarchist, socialist and communist partisans, were fighting the Nationalists, led by the fascist, Francisco Franco. The Nazis bombed Guernica for two hours. They killed between 1,000 and 3,000 civilians, or 20-60% of the population.

    The grey, black, and white painting, on a canvas 3.49 meters (11 ft 5 in) tall and 7.76 meters (25 ft 6 in) across, portrays the suffering wrought by violence and chaos. Prominent in the composition are a gored horse, a bull, screaming women, a dead baby, a dismembered soldier, and flames. By Pablo Picasso - PICASSO, la exposición del Reina-Prado. Guernica is in the collection of Museo Reina Sofia, Madrid.Source page: http://www.picassotradicionyvanguardia.com/08R.php (archive.org), Fair use, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?curid=1683114
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    • Penguinflight ,
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    @MikeDunnAuthor When the USA bombed the fuck out of Iraq they held a press conference in front of the replica in the UN building.

    But first they covered the painting with a curtain.

    Krisss , to random Dutch
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    Guardian of the Pink
    By Mindy Sommers ©

    #art #cats #CatsOfMastodon

    Penguinflight ,
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    @Krisss Why proprietary watermarks suck.

    faab64 , to random

    Mysterious phenomenon was seen in the sky of #Iran and #Iraq.

    I will post an update when I know more about it.

    You can see the videos from Baghdad in Iraq and Qum in Iran on this telegram post: t.me/newsvideofa/1843

    #Mystery

    Penguinflight ,
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    @faab64 Oh, those'll be the US spysats...

    ElleGray , to random
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    this is mars’s moon phobos eclipsing the sun. this is what passes for a total solar eclipse there. second-rate planet. just sad

    Penguinflight ,
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    @passenger @gangrif @ElleGray @dntlookbehindu
    https://mastodon.scot/@Penguinflight/112241950830697916

    lowqualityfacts , to random
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    This is one of history's greatest hoaxes.
    https://patreon.com/lowqualityfacts

    Penguinflight ,
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    @lowqualityfacts Arrh!

    Penguinflight ,
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    @lowqualityfacts Though in Little Factoid Of The Day, the skull and crossed-bones was the Battle-flag of the Fleet of the Knights Templar.

    Much in use after the Inquisition by those few (comparatively) who escaped Phillip and Torquemada's Friday the 13th betrayal.

    alice , to random
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    Look at this adorable baby seal I found!

    #CatsOfMastodon #HeadPats

    White and black cat smiling while getting headpats.

    Penguinflight ,
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    @alice 😻

    alice , to random
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    Penguinflight ,
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    @alice TBH in a dreadful place.

    Lower than whale shit.

    Stopped avoiding conclusions.

    Penguinflight ,
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    @alice Thank you.

    I do appreciate it.

    world_beauty Bot , to random
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    A Great White Spot on Rhea
    Credits: Cassini Imaging Team, SSI, #JPL, ESA, #NASA
    #nature #space #astrophotography

    Penguinflight ,
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    @world_beauty The asteroid found the Tipp-Ex mine!

    alice , (edited ) to random
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    It seems like a lot of people I see here need a 🫂 or few lately.

    If you're feeling like you might hurt yourself, please consider a helpline or even DMing me as an alternative (see profile for contact options). I may not be able to respond immediately, but I will read it and I will respond. :neocat_heart:

    Yes, I'm just some queerdo on the internet, but sometimes that's enough to get through a hard patch. How do I know? Because if it wasn't for the kindness of some of the people on this site, I wouldn't be here today. (thank you 💕)

    You can call a peer-run warm-line for your state here: https://warmline.org/warmdir.html

    If it's critical, you can go to https://988lifeline.org/ or call tel:988, but beware of the risk of possible emergency services involvement.

    If you're not in the US, here's a list of crisis lines by country: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_suicide_crisis_lines

    #SuicidePrevention #ItGetsBetter #YouAreNotAlone #BoostWelcome #Boost

    Penguinflight ,
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    @alice @catsalad Mm-hmm...

    ente , to random
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    🥲

    Penguinflight ,
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    @ente @alice Fabulous.

    With me it's my fingernail and toenail collection.

    I don't understand the reaction; I mean how else am I supposed to build Naglfar for Ragnarok?

    Penguinflight ,
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    @alice Yes, just like that. It's uncanny!

    TheVulgarTongue Bot , to histodons group
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    TO PATTER. To talk. To patter flash; to speak flash, or the language used by thieves. How the blowen lushes jackey, and patters flash; how the wench drinks gin, and talks flash.

    A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

    --
    #books #literature #dictionaries #history #society #crime #language #slang @histodons

    Penguinflight ,
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    @TheVulgarTongue @histodons From the French 'Patois.'

    alice , (edited ) to random
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    Penguinflight ,
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    @alice @catsalad I doubt it was a stroke. Not THAT kind anyway...

    Penguinflight ,
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    @alice assumes innocent gaze/doesn't fool anyone

    loren , to random
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    ’Twas brillig, and the slithy toads
    Did gyre and gimble in the wabe:
    All mimsy were the borofroge,
    And the mome raths outgrabe.

    Penguinflight ,
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    @loren When presented Jabberwocky on Moviedrome, instead of the usual essay intro he simply read out the nonsense verse👍 🐧 .

    alice , (edited ) to random
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    Penguinflight ,
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    @alice 🤗 💪 👍 👍

    Krisss , to random Dutch
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    Seamless Pattern of Standing and Walking Tigers
    By Ekatarina Glaskova ©

    https://www.saatchiart.com/eglazkova

    #art #tigers

    Penguinflight ,
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    @Krisss "I tawt I taw a puddy tat."

    HamonWry , to random
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    Here’s a fun idea: Let’s suspend Trump’s security detail for 6 weeks so he can feel like those he targets with his violent rhetoric.

    Penguinflight ,
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    @HamonWry You had me at 'Let's suspend Trump.' Meat hook or rope?

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    Penguinflight ,
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    @alice See, everyone thinks you're cool. Next you'll be developing an ego 😎 🐧

    Penguinflight ,
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    @alice 😜

    rbreich , to random
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    4 years ago, Trump began hawking hydroxychloroquine to treat covid, though multiple studies found it didn't help, & at least one found it increased the risk of death.

    A sudden run led to shortages that hurt patients with lupus, the disease the drug is actually made to treat.

    Penguinflight ,
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    @rbreich To 'conservatives,' that would be a bonus.

    lowqualityfacts , to random
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    Wow, you learn something new about Mount Everest every day.

    Penguinflight ,
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    @lowqualityfacts True.

    rbreich , to random
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    Researchers estimate that if the top 1% of Americans paid the full amount of taxes they owed, it would raise $175 billion a year.

    That’s just UNPAID taxes. Not new or higher taxes.

    How about we make them pay their fair share and use the money to invest in the American people?

    Penguinflight ,
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    @rbreich To even scrape what they've owed retroactively you'd need a 101% tax rate...

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