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   George Takei :verified: 🏳️‍🌈🖖🏽 (georgetakei@universeodon.com)'s status on Wednesday, 08-Feb-2023 08:18:05 JST George Takei :verified: 🏳️‍🌈🖖🏽

   Oh dear. MTG tried to use the 80s hit '99 Red Balloons' to reference the Chinese spy balloon Joe Biden shot down. And Twitter was happy to school her on the actual meaning of the song's lyrics.

   You can read MTG's Twitter fail–and the subsequent takedown–here: https://www.comicsands.com/greene-song-99-chinese-balloon-2659383479.html?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=toot&utm_campaign=sand

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     George Takei :verified: 🏳️‍🌈🖖🏽 (georgetakei@universeodon.com)'s status on Thursday, 09-Feb-2023 06:07:37 JST George Takei :verified: 🏳️‍🌈🖖🏽

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     • Penelope

     @Penelope Oh myyy! ?

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     Penelope (penelope@ieji.de)'s status on Thursday, 09-Feb-2023 06:07:38 JST Penelope

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     @georgetakei

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     George Takei :verified: 🏳️‍🌈🖖🏽 (georgetakei@universeodon.com)'s status on Thursday, 09-Feb-2023 06:08:01 JST George Takei :verified: 🏳️‍🌈🖖🏽

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     • Larry Anderson

     @larand Fair! ?

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     Larry Anderson (larand@appdot.net)'s status on Thursday, 09-Feb-2023 06:08:02 JST Larry Anderson

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     @georgetakei Also, the original 99 Luftballons in German was better. :-)