Ben Royce 🇺🇦
Because life can be full of bullshit, here's some pleasant counterprogramming:
Meet #InspectorClouseau
(Old people like me will get the #PinkPanther reference)
First spotted off #Australia in 2015
The only pink #mantaRay we've discovered in the world, now or ever
Researchers have studied him (yes, a he) as to cause
Diet: no. Stress: no. Toxins: no. Infection: no
They now think it is just a rare genetic mutation
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On behalf of the entire world:
*PHEW*
Nobody needed this
"#Pakistan and #India have agreed 'full and immediate #ceasefire'"
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Ben Royce 🇺🇦
#DavidSouter, former #SupremeCourt justice has died
He foresaw our fall in 2012:
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@EndicottAuthor @mls14 @xenotar
the first time the new #pope says anything vaguely against #trump (if he ever does, we'll see) trump will spend the entire night spouting deranged hate in ALL CAPS on truth social from his phone on his gold toilet
the loyal mindwiped zombies will parrot the crap, as the moron cult will do
everyone else, it will move the needle
hopefully
#maga has warped the meaning of #christianity to fake selfish bullshit
i can't see the #catholic church happy about that
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a recent ad seen in times square nyc
😉 😉 😉
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here's the dig you mentioned
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zero argument
the catholic church is a shitshow on basic human rights like that
all we can hope for is relative levels of progress for the church, which in absolute terms is shit, of course
but as we saw with pope francis, it still matters
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a lot of people saying "oh great, the new #pope is #american"
1. he's spent most of his time in #peru, and is a dual national in peru
his heart is in peru
3. if his words serve a counterweight to #trump on issues like #immigration (remains to be seen, yes, but there are promising signs: he is progressive to centrist on issues (relative to the church, not absolutely, of course))
then the symbolism that bothers you (an american) becomes a potent symbolism that works for you
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New #Pope
Dual National of #USA and #Peru
A centrist
Progressive on a few social issues (relatively speaking, for the #Catholic Church)
https://apnews.com/live/conclave-pope-catholic-church-updates-5-8-2025
So a sort of "meh"
Hopefully he continues to lean progressive and embrace marginalized groups like #PopeFrancis did
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"#Putin Blames #Romania and #Bulgaria for War in #Ukraine...
'They have forces on our state borders... So-called light forward American bases... we have every right to ask openly: against whom is this expansion directed?'"
https://fakti.bg/en/world/969244-putin-blames-bulgaria-for-war-in-ukraine
Against you, you slimy fuck
Your government is #imperialism, #colonialism, #ethnofascism, #mafia
What kind of moron buys this "oh the victim is defending themselves from me, the bully, this is aggressive, I feel attacked"?
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2.5 million people at #LadyGaga's concert in #RioDeJaneiro #Rio #Copacabana Beach May 3
👀 👀 👀
Largest concert by a woman artist in history, beating #Madonna's record
That's a lot of Little Monsters!
💃 👩🎤 🎙️ 🎸 🎶
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i live in #WesternNY, between #Rochester #NewYork and the #FingerLakes
near me is a town called #VictorNY
👏 👏 👏 to the highway department of Victor #NY
#maythe4thbewithyou #starwarsday #Maythe4th #maythefourth #starwars
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after a standoff where they stare and i initiate the blinking, they relent and blink back
they also creep into the room, i hear a noise and turn, and they trot off when they lock eyes with me
we got our cat from the humane society as a rescue adoption, an older kitten. they were feral on the street
that might be why there is always an edge of aloofness
but they are loved and loved being petted
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I don't know what's going on but from speculation I saw the thinking is that it has a sensor to maintain balance, and that went haywire. And the flailing you see is the robot trying to reassert balance, based on faulty input
So sort of a robot vertigo?
Or
The #robot uprising has begun?
🤷
🤖 🤖 🤖
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our cat just looks at me disdainfully before walking away in majesty
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Last week:
Conservative opposition leader #Poilievre loses his own seat in #Canada
This week:
Conservative opposition leader (of the Liberal Party, but that's the conservatives in Australia) #Dutton loses his own seat in #Australia
🤣🤣🤣
👏👏👏
Congratulations Australia and #LaborParty's #Disability advocate #AliFrance!
She lost her leg in a car accident in 2011, sparking an interest in protecting the public #healthcare system
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"#RobertDeNiro supports daughter Airyn as she comes out as #trans
I loved and supported Aaron as my son, and now I love and support Airyn as my daughter. I don’t know what the big deal is … I love all my children"
What is that sound?
A father who respects his child
Airyn, born to Robert and model/ actress #ToukieSmith in 1995: "There’s a difference between being visible and being seen. I’ve been visible. I don’t think I’ve been seen yet"
https://www.theguardian.com/film/2025/may/01/robert-de-niro-daughter-airyn-trans
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Many know that before #MexicoCity there was Tenochtitlan with its canals and artificial Islands. Living there were #axolotl salamanders whom the #Aztec believed to be the god Xolotl in disguise
The canals dried up and were polluted
The axolotl almost went extinct
But in the neighborhood #Xochimilco the islands and canals are being cleaned up and revived and the wetlands extended
18 captive-bred axolotls were released and all survived, even gaining weight
the tygers of wrath are wiser than the horses of instructionI live near #RochesterNY #FingerLakes #WesternNY #Ganondagan#NoAI#NoCrypto
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