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Peter Griffin

@zigzackly.bsky.social

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Developing writer. Aspiring artist. https://zigzackly.blogspot.com Caretaker: @caferati.bsky.social, @poetryinparks.bsky.social, @thegoaproject.bsky.social He/him/they/them

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Peter Griffin @zigzackly.bsky.social · Nov 21

If you’ve just got here, you might find this thread useful.

Oh, and if we’re mutuals from elsewhere, you might find others you know via this Starter Pack: go.bsky.app/6RLqFKd (the thread explains what an SP is, if you haven’t come across the term yet).

Peter Griffin @zigzackly.bsky.social · Nov 19

Useful things for recent Xwitter refugees to know.

Mostly, this looks and acts very similar to X.
• You can post, reply to posts, like, repost, quote-repost, DM.
• Following and unfollowing works the same.
• Your profile page looks the same (but no separate field for website, location)

1/x

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Lynn Becker @cmgiulini.bsky.social · 1d

After spending 43 years in prison for a crime he didn't commit, evidence hidden by the prosecution reversed his conviction. Rather than finally enjoying freedom, ICE abducted him for deportation

Depraved.

www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...

He was wrongfully imprisoned for 43 years. Moments after being released, ICE took him

Subramanyam “Subu” Vedam now faces deportation.

www.miamiherald.com

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Peter Griffin @zigzackly.bsky.social · 1d

Holy fuck!

The Coventry experiment: why were Indian women in Britain given radioactive food without their consent?

When details about a scientific study in the 1960s became public, there was shock, outrage and anxiety. But exactly what happened?

www.theguardian.com

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Peter Griffin @zigzackly.bsky.social · 1d

Abscess. Ripe with pus.

Peter Griffin @zigzackly.bsky.social · 1d

Taken earlier in the afternoon on another daym

Peter Griffin @zigzackly.bsky.social · 1d

Northern minaret of the Times of India building seen through one of the stained glass windows of VT.

Cc: @ruderigues.bsky.social

Picture is a photograph taken through the various colours of a stained glass window. The dome shows more clearly in one facet, with the other facets letting in a distorted view because of the texture of the glass.

A tighter view showing only what is visible through a red pane. The building is more clearly visible, though still hazy, as is a tree beside it and some traffic below.

A slightly different angle through yellow-green glass.

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Peter Griffin @zigzackly.bsky.social · 2d

María Corina Machado dedicates Nobel Peace Prize win to people of Venezuela — and Donald Trump

Donald Trump was himself in the running for the coveted prize and had led a public campaign to win the award.

indianexpress.com

Peter Griffin @zigzackly.bsky.social · 2d

The winner of the Nobel Peace Prize is a Drumpf fan? 🫩

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Rakesh Khanna @blaftrakesh.bsky.social · 3d

Since I had to hear about Modiji praising Netanyahu's "strong leadership" today 🤮🤮🤮, I thought I would repost this other incredibly vomitous thing: a 2009 promo for an Israeli arms manufacturer selling weapons in India.

www.youtube.com/watch?reload...

StratPost.com: Israeli Rafael's Indian promo

YouTube video by StratPost

www.youtube.com

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zenrainman @zenrainman.bsky.social · 3d

Step well in Delhi Ugrasen ki Baoli. The shallow aquifer responds to rains and the step well has water .

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Peter Griffin @zigzackly.bsky.social · 3d

Peter Griffin @zigzackly.bsky.social · 4d

Remembering this from Sc*tt Ad*ms’s blog back in 2016. 🙄

If the LGBTQ community wants to be a bit more inclusive, I don’t see why “polyamorous alpha male serial kisser” can’t be on the list. If you want to label Trump’s sexual behavior “abnormal” you’re on shaky ground.

Peter Griffin @zigzackly.bsky.social · 5d

Theatre cat.
At the NCPA.

Same cat as in previous picture, but this time looking more towards the lens, but studiously avoiding looking directly. We see that the ears and top of the cat’s head are black, as is a small patch near one eye.

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Peter Griffin @zigzackly.bsky.social · 5d

#TIL
• USAian academic Dr C Christine Fair called Drumpf a chutiya on a podcast interview.
• The professor’s vehicle licence plate uses the same word.

#DesiSoftPower

Peter Griffin @zigzackly.bsky.social · 5d

Have you seen Snatch?
youtu.be/CuLlNh-WO1o

SNATCH Clip - "Six Pieces, Sixteen Pigs" (2000)

YouTube video by JoBlo Movie Clips

youtu.be

Peter Griffin @zigzackly.bsky.social · 5d

Full moon over Thane.

A golden moon rising above a night cityscape, the lit windows of tall buildings visible in the middle distance, through a gap between two sets of them, distant, more widely separated lights from across the mangroves.

Rather clumsy picture trying to get the moon in focus from a phone camera.

Peter Griffin @zigzackly.bsky.social · 5d

🫣

Peter Griffin @zigzackly.bsky.social · 5d

From the archives.

Screenshot of a Facebook post from 7 October 2016. Text says:

Dear America.
I have a cold.
i.e. MY NOSE IS RUNNING AND IT WOULD MAKE A BETTER PRESIDENT THAN TRUMP FFS!

Peter Griffin @zigzackly.bsky.social · 5d

For fuck’s sake?
For fucks’ sake?

Peter Griffin @zigzackly.bsky.social · 5d

I was angry and sad ’cause I was left on unread
Now I don’t feel bad ’cause I heard you’re dead
#RejectedHallmarkCards

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Peter Griffin @zigzackly.bsky.social · 5d

Warning: dark.

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Peter Griffin @zigzackly.bsky.social · 5d

Since you first got a cellphone, what is the longest that you have been without your phone within arm’s reach or with your phone off?
When was this?

Peter Griffin @zigzackly.bsky.social · 5d

When was the last time you made a call from a landline?
If you have a landline, when did someone last call you on it?

(Not including telemarketers or robocalls.)

Peter Griffin @zigzackly.bsky.social · 5d

In, say, the last fifteen years, what is the longest you have been without cellphone, landline, or internet?

Peter Griffin @zigzackly.bsky.social · 5d

Since you first began using the Internet as part of your daily life, what is the longest you have been offline? (Not counting flights.)
And when was this?