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Bowl of Petunias @sunriseflight.bsky.social · Jan 21

Dr. Strangelove at least tried to hold his arm down.

a group of men are standing in front of a large map of the world .

Alt: a group of men are standing in front of a large map of the world . Dr. Strangelove gives a Nazi salute and tried to hold his arm down.

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Bowl of Petunias @sunriseflight.bsky.social · 2h

Exactly. We're beginning to see Americans fleeing their country due to right-wing policies, and people want to reenact that in their own countries?
Make it make sense!
Building stability helps everyone, sowing discord helps no-one.

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ceej @ceej.online · 10h

damn. hoping it at least signifies something

William Shakespeare @shakespeare.lol · 11h

It is a tale
Told by an idiot

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Texas Paul @realtexaspaul.com · 9h

I hereby nominate the Portland Frog for the Nobel Peace Prize.

Municipal Fox @amunicipalfox.bsky.social · 1d

This frog is your FRIEND
He fights for FREEDOM

Person in a frog costume faces down ICE agents

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Bowl of Petunias @sunriseflight.bsky.social · 2h

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Lynn Schrader @lynnrschrader.bsky.social · 1d

Here you go:

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/08/o...

Opinion | Where Trump Is Vulnerable and How to Act on It

www.nytimes.com

Bowl of Petunias @sunriseflight.bsky.social · 2h

Will post gift article in replies

Molly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 1d

This is the way

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/08/o...

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A Woman of a Certain Age☘️☮️💟 @leslieesc.bsky.social · 8h

Get em where it hurts, their bags o' cash.

Molly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 1d

This is the way

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/08/o...

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Bowl of Petunias @sunriseflight.bsky.social · 2h

I agree with you (deleted earlier post because it was confusing). But anyone making that statement will be too thick to understand.
They'd fry their brains with Arabic 😂

Bowl of Petunias @sunriseflight.bsky.social · 8h

Death on the Water, brought to you by a Nobel peace prize nominee.

Fifty Shades of Whey @fiftyshadesofwhey.bsky.social · 9h

The Department of War Crimes is outta control

Bowl of Petunias @sunriseflight.bsky.social · 9h

Looks like passengers need to start forming associations and lobbying groups.

Euractiv @euractiv.com · 9h

Handbag fight intensifies as Brussels sides with airlines over luggage fees

The case against Madrid lands just as the EU is looking to reform its passenger rights legislation

dlvr.it

Bowl of Petunias @sunriseflight.bsky.social · 9h

That's... wrong but very hard to argue.

a pixelated image of a man making a face

Alt: A man is about to speak, stops, then puts his hand partially over his mouth

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Bowl of Petunias @sunriseflight.bsky.social · 1d

Danny Torrance (from The Shining) is writing on the door in lipstick. Instead of REDRUM, he is writing live, laugh, love

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Bowl of Petunias @sunriseflight.bsky.social · 1d

Religious persécution is when you are prevented from exercising your beliefs, NOT when you are prevented from imposing your beliefs.

Bowl of Petunias @sunriseflight.bsky.social · 1d

Finding old stuff stored in my phone and sharing some of the good ones.

The Mandalorioan:
Silly putty implies the existence of serious putty.
Grogu:
I believe that's C4

Bowl of Petunias @sunriseflight.bsky.social · 1d

Looking through old photos, came across this....

Express headlines

News UK

Idea that farming will collapse after Brexit is absurd

Farming disaster: Brexiteer admits many farmers will go out of business due to EU exit

GETTY

The BBC's Countryfile focused on the importance of seasonal labour to farming

EXPRESS

20°

NEWS

SHOWBIZ

FOOTBALL

News UK

The farmer admitted he voted for Brexit during the 2016

COMMENT

EXPRESS

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NEWS

SHOWBIZ

FOOTBALL

COMMENT

MORE REASON TO LEAVE: Brexit Britain to take back control of its fishing waters

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News Politics

We didn't vote for this! Fishing collapse as UK firms go bust and exporters flee to EU

GETTY

A report has said Brexit will give Britain a chance to regain control of its fishing waters

Boris Johnson on board a Scottish fishing trawler in 2019 (Image: GETTY)

EXPRESS

Brexit lies EXPOSED: Mobile roaming charges WON'T come back for Brits travelling to EU

Vodafone brings back shock EU roaming charges and the price won't please customers

Mobile Data

Vodafone is bringing back EU roaming charges (Image: GETTY VODAFONE)

Mobile phone roaming charges fears have been allayed

News UK

COMMENT

Cheaper food AFTER EU exit: Consumer boost as experts now say that prices will come DOWN

Food shop alert as YOUR supermarket bill set to soar due to EU red tape

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BREAKING free of the EU offers an "unrivalled opportunity to halt "staggering" food price rises, a detailed paper revealed today.

BRITONS have been warned to expect a rise in food prices later this year, as new "red-tape" on trade with the EU comes into effect.

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Bowl of Petunias @sunriseflight.bsky.social · 1d

For all that is holy, leave the bird alone!

(FYI, Reddit reference. r/beatmetoit goes to r/beatmymeattoitwhich rapidly escalates to r/buttfuckedabirdtoit)
No, I'm not 12, it's just arrested development 🤣

Bowl of Petunias @sunriseflight.bsky.social · 1d

Given von der Leyen's tone, I wouldn't be too surprised if that's the price they had to pay to get the US on board. Which I think is a massive mistake. It's appeasement of the worst kind, akin to paying ransom to a criminal.
And one who has repeatedly proven he cannot be trusted.

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Eliot Higgins @eliothiggins.bsky.social · 1d

Big presence on the beaches of Normandy in 1944 too.

Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 1d

From Donald Trump's Roundtable on Antifa just now —
"Antifa has been around in various iterations for almost 100 years in some instances, going back to the Weimar Republic in Germany."
— special guest Jack Posobiec

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Bowl of Petunias @sunriseflight.bsky.social · 1d

I started watching it on silent, I have no idea who this guy is, or what network (I'm not US based), and it seemed to me like he was agreeing with her, until I turned the volume up and heard her say the beginning.

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Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 1d

I can’t believe I have to say this, but historically, masked men who kidnap families in the middle of the night are usually not the good guys.

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Aafke van Zwieten @aafkevanzwieten.bsky.social · 1d

I wish I could organise in the USA, I'd be touring all townhalls dems would want me to give a tedx talk; in Ukraine people die for right to vote; in the US you took that for granted and here we are #NieWiederIsNow @govpritzker.illinois.gov @governorwalz.mn.gov www.youtube.com/watch?v=SSlN...

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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 2d

This Reuters headline. Oof.

Fascism isn't 'coming.' It's HERE.
www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...

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Bowl of Petunias @sunriseflight.bsky.social · 1d

I just messaged you, thanks!

Bowl of Petunias @sunriseflight.bsky.social · 1d

Marine Le Pen openly admits their aim is chaos.
And France is falling for it. I'm seriously afraid for one of my countries.

left-coast-1000.bsky.social @left-coast-1000.bsky.social · 1d

If France wants to preview what happens when a far-right government takes power look no farther than my country, America. Whatever your issues with the current French government & society the answer isn’t far-left or far-right. To me, Le Pen is an echo of Trump.

Bowl of Petunias @sunriseflight.bsky.social · 1d

We said it would happen.
Women are prey.

awkword @awkword.bsky.social · 2d

Cops used 83,000 cameras to track a single abortion patient — on her abuser’s tip.

Cops Used 83K Cameras to Track an Abortion Patient—on Her Abuser’s Tip

Turns out the cop was also an abuser

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Keith W. Dickinson @keithwdickinson.bsky.social · 2d

Today is a day when arts degrees are worthless, but the product of those degrees is so valuable it would kill an entire industry if they were made to pay for it.

The Verge @theverge.com · May 26

Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry

Paul McCartne, Elton John and others signed an open letter.

buff.ly

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