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<blockquote style="position: relative; padding-left: 55px;"><section><a href="https://saturation.social/users/clive/statuses/116884956517772080">Clive Thompson (clive@saturation.social)'s status on Thursday, 09-Jul-2026 00:26:20 JST</a><a href="https://saturation.social/@clive" title="clive@saturation.social"><img src="https://gnusocial.jp/avatar/21777-48-20260608051220.webp" width="48" height="48" alt="Clive Thompson" style="position: absolute; left: 0; top: 0;">Clive Thompson</a></section><article><p>the penguins in a japanese zoo have *very* complex romantic lives</p><p>poly groupings, broken hearts, lots of side-eye and drams</p><p>so the zoo made a chart of it</p><p>item #5 in my latest "Linkfest" newsletter, free here: <a href="https://buttondown.com/clivethompson/archive/linkfest-46-curse-tablets-a-robot-cellist-and-why/" rel="nofollow">https://buttondown.com/clivethompson/archive/linkfest-46-curse-tablets-a-robot-cellist-and-why/</a></p></article><footer><a rel="bookmark" href="https://gnusocial.jp/conversation/6534807#notice-12859975">In conversation</a><time datetime="2026-07-09T00:26:20+09:00" title="Thursday, 09-Jul-2026 00:26:20 JST">about 17 days ago</time> <span>from <span><a href="https://saturation.social/@clive/116884956517772080" rel="external" title="Sent from saturation.social via ActivityPub">saturation.social</a></span></span><a href="https://saturation.social/@clive/116884956517772080">permalink</a><h4>Attachments</h4><ol><li><label><a rel="external" href="https://gnusocial.jp/attachment/6239570">
A large colorful chart entitled "Sumida penguins relationship Chart 2026". It shows tiny images of cartoons of perhaps 2 or three dozen Penguins together with a welter of colored lines illustrating relationships</a></label><br><a href="https://files.saturation.social/media_attachments/files/116/884/953/763/888/184/original/4cb9f3db1bc0ca74.png" rel="external">https://files.saturation.social/media_attachments/files/116/884/953/763/888/184/original/4cb9f3db1bc0ca74.png</a></li><li><label><a rel="external" href="https://gnusocial.jp/attachment/6239571">A closeup of the chart showing Small round images of 7 Penguins with lines connecting them and describing their relationships. For example, there is a Penguin called "Ume" Who's described as “the type that Likes to take food back to her nest closed quotes and there is a multi directional arrow connecting her the arrow is labeled “married” with a heart, and it points to another Penguin named "Take", Who is described as "beefy and sweet." there is a blue arrow connecting Tako to another Penguin called "Kurama", and the arrow has a broken blue heart and the text reading "their romance seems to have run its course”.</a></label><br><a href="https://files.saturation.social/media_attachments/files/116/884/954/020/415/463/original/830e71f004f2cb22.png" rel="external">https://files.saturation.social/media_attachments/files/116/884/954/020/415/463/original/830e71f004f2cb22.png</a></li><li><article><header><div>Domain not in remote thumbnail source whitelist: attachments.buttondown.com</div><h5><a href="https://buttondown.com/clivethompson/archive/linkfest-46-curse-tablets-a-robot-cellist-and-why/">Linkfest #46: "Curse Tablets", a Robot Cellist, and Why Geologists Always Die In Movies</a></h5><div> from <span>Clive Thompson</span></div></header><div>Hello there! Time for "the opposite of doomscrolling” — my latest “Linkfest”, for which I sift through the endless vinyl-crates of the Internet, hunting for...</div><footer></footer></article></li></ol></footer></blockquote>

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Clive Thompson (clive@saturation.social)'s status on Thursday, 09-Jul-2026 00:26:20 JST Clive Thompson
the penguins in a japanese zoo have *very* complex romantic lives
poly groupings, broken hearts, lots of side-eye and drams
so the zoo made a chart of it
item #5 in my latest "Linkfest" newsletter, free here: https://buttondown.com/clivethompson/archive/linkfest-46-curse-tablets-a-robot-cellist-and-why/
In conversationabout 17 days ago from saturation.socialpermalink
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1. A large colorful chart entitled "Sumida penguins relationship Chart 2026". It shows tiny images of cartoons of perhaps 2 or three dozen Penguins together with a welter of colored lines illustrating relationships
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2. A closeup of the chart showing Small round images of 7 Penguins with lines connecting them and describing their relationships. For example, there is a Penguin called "Ume" Who's described as “the type that Likes to take food back to her nest closed quotes and there is a multi directional arrow connecting her the arrow is labeled “married” with a heart, and it points to another Penguin named "Take", Who is described as "beefy and sweet." there is a blue arrow connecting Tako to another Penguin called "Kurama", and the arrow has a broken blue heart and the text reading "their romance seems to have run its course”.
  https://files.saturation.social/media_attachments/files/116/884/954/020/415/463/original/830e71f004f2cb22.png
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  Linkfest #46: "Curse Tablets", a Robot Cellist, and Why Geologists Always Die In Movies
  from Clive Thompson
  Hello there! Time for "the opposite of doomscrolling” — my latest “Linkfest”, for which I sift through the endless vinyl-crates of the Internet, hunting for...

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