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   Deniz Opal (selzero@syzito.xyz)'s status on Saturday, 05-Apr-2025 03:28:23 JST Deniz Opal

   When the Gezi protests kicked off a decade ago, Turkish state TV showed a documentary about penguins while people were getting tear gassed and beaten by the police.

   The gas masked penguin became the symbol of the protests, and I still have this guitar pick from back then.

   It's ironic that as protests against an egomaniac autocrat kick off again in Turkey in 2025, the penguin has become symbolic of another egomaniac autocrat in the USA at exactly the same time.

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     Deniz Opal (selzero@syzito.xyz)'s status on Saturday, 05-Apr-2025 17:01:12 JST Deniz Opal

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     • Ed Wilk 🇺🇦🌵

     @edwilk ♥️

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     Ed Wilk 🇺🇦🌵 (edwilk@mstdn.social)'s status on Saturday, 05-Apr-2025 17:01:13 JST Ed Wilk 🇺🇦🌵

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     https://www.researchgate.net/figure/Stencil-of-a-penguin-wearing-a-gas-mask-Street-graffiti-in-Istanbul-or-digital_fig1_342719125

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     Jason Bowen 🇺🇦 (jbowen@mast.hpc.social)'s status on Monday, 07-Apr-2025 04:19:29 JST Jason Bowen 🇺🇦

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     • Peter Riley
     • E Rosalie

     @peterjriley2024 @selzero @erosalie
     I don't know the original source of this one, but I've seen it quite a few times over the years

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     Deniz Opal (selzero@syzito.xyz)'s status on Monday, 07-Apr-2025 04:19:29 JST Deniz Opal

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     • E Rosalie

     @jbowen @peterjriley2024 @erosalie that's just Tuesday night pub chucking out time in Grimsby town center.

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     Peter Riley (peterjriley2024@mastodon.social)'s status on Monday, 07-Apr-2025 04:19:30 JST Peter Riley

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     @selzero

     Source:
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     @erosalie

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     Deniz Opal (selzero@syzito.xyz)'s status on Monday, 07-Apr-2025 04:35:53 JST Deniz Opal

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     • Jason Bowen 🇺🇦
     • Peter Riley
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     @jbowen @peterjriley2024 @erosalie after 6 pints everyone walks like a penguin

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     Jason Bowen 🇺🇦 (jbowen@mast.hpc.social)'s status on Monday, 07-Apr-2025 04:35:54 JST Jason Bowen 🇺🇦

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     @selzero @peterjriley2024 @erosalie lol, lots of penguins in Grimsby?