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Oof 💀

Grok: these are onions, great for foraging.

Some guy: other sources saying you're wrong fam.

Grok: you're right - these aren't onions they're Death Camus, highly toxic

CW (link goes to Twitter) x.com/grok/status/...
Grok reply to an unseen post, reads: Those appear to be wild onions (Allium vineale), also called field garlic. They're common in yards, with edible bulbs and leaves that smell like onions when crushed. Invasive in some areas, but great for foraging if confirmed safe. Another user replies to Grok: other sources say you're wrong fam. Grok further replies: Fair point-looks like I misidentified them. Those bulbs and flat leaves match Death Camas (Toxicoscordion venenosum), not wild onions. They're highly toxic if ingested, often confused with edibles. Don't eat them; crush a leaf to check-no onion smell confirms it. Thanks for the heads-up!
November 10, 2025 at 9:48 PM
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Hmm
Text image in the Mamdanis style, reads: Labour for things can't get better
November 8, 2025 at 8:43 PM
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Living in the UK these days half my browsing is by VPNs.

This makes for some interesting adverts.

I know the format of this advert, I know what Ninjago is but I don't know what these actual words mean
The trade offer meme. On the left it reads: I receive worte On the right it reads: you receive lego Ninjago At the bottom it says: sinterklass
November 7, 2025 at 11:02 PM
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Cursed but I love it
Reddit post showing a box of fish and chips with a slice of lemon. It's hard to describe without spoiling the reply in the next image Reply to that first post, reads: Box eyes, lemon nose, fish smile, chip beard. Copy and paste ended: the layout does look remarkably like the holes in the box are eyes, the lemon slice is a nose, the fish is a wonky smile. The chip beard part is very much I'm the eye of the beholder.
November 7, 2025 at 8:36 PM
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I'll be honest, I didn't realise Daft Punks Around The World was so deep
Why is around the world so catchy? The repetition of the phrase “Around the world” 144 times is the refrain that creates an impression of globalization or general humanity; its resonating pulse acts like a mantra that makes the listener subconsciously accept the reality of human life.
November 7, 2025 at 10:44 AM
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The worst vibes
X post of Katharine Birbalsingh welcoming Rob Rinder Reads: We had @ Robbie Rinder Judge Rinder in today! Fun photo with my favourite Thomas Sowell quote at the top! He loved Michaela!
November 5, 2025 at 9:19 PM
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After hours of work...
OPs Rudy Giuliani on Facebook posting a photo of the twin towers burning on 911 superimposed with his own face and the message "New York, you forgot" But now Giuliani's image is that from the borat film where he thinks he's about to have sex with a very young woman, or maybe rape a child.
November 5, 2025 at 7:23 PM
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Normal Irish people wouldn't call it a Parliament, they'd call it the Dãil.

Mind you most Irish people wouldn't do blackface
Derek Blighe tweet reads: What member of the Irish Parliament am I? Happy Halloween everyone. Also features an image of the OP, a white guy, with caked on black face.
November 1, 2025 at 9:09 PM
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Posting one-handed
Gad Saad posts: There will be a civil war Musk quote tweets: civil war in Britain is inevitable. Just a question of when
October 29, 2025 at 9:27 AM
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Musk narrating a shit Lord of the Rings
Post from John James reads: you can smell the anger across the UK tonight. Decent people have had enough. Musk quote tweets: the flames of justice calling to the people have been lit and will burk brighter every day
October 29, 2025 at 9:11 AM
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Mocking SpongeBob meme, reads: you need to explain that
October 29, 2025 at 7:25 AM
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Irresponsibly posting my location to social media
The Far Cry primal location of "your village"
October 28, 2025 at 10:31 PM
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This was the post:
Me quote posting a post saying this is what a St Petersburg troll looks like. The post from t2t, @tradesmanrtrader.bsky.social read: What the Spanish conquistadors did to the Mayan and Aztecs could go on and on. It's human history not just American history. The question is- which ones never moved out of the past? Russia. l'd argue China - brutal. North Korea. America didn't stay in the past. It saw the greatest progress
October 28, 2025 at 9:51 PM
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ID cards don't solve any of this.

I hate these briefcase cunts.
Christopher Hope tweet, reads: **ID cards latest** Darren Jones - Chief Secretary to the PM - has told today's Cabinet meeting that he will shut down "the legacy state" and build a new one using digital ID. He told Sir Keir Starmer and his top team that "many people felt government no longer worked, despite much tinkering with the system over many years". • He added: "We have to build a new state and shut down the legacy state, with digital ID making people's experience of that new state fundamentally much better." More at @GBNEWS
October 28, 2025 at 7:44 PM
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If you try to fiddle Your Party they'll send the bailiffs after you.
Part of the Your Party membership form. Under "membership fee" I've selected the "I already paid a yearly fee" option. Beneath this the form states: The 'I already paid' option is for members who signed up on the portal promoted by Zarah on the 18th September only, and who have not received a refund. We reserve the right to demand back pay from anyone selecting this option who did not sign up under that portal, or who did and has since received a refund. Unsure if this applies to you? Check out our FAQs.
October 27, 2025 at 11:29 AM
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Started playing Far Cry Primal. It's charming in some ways.

It's set in central Europe in 10,000 BC.

They got word scientists to invent a language & a number of dialects for it somewhat based on Proto-Indo-European, which is what folks think was spoken in 4,000BC

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wenja_l...
Far cry primal cover - Player character holding a burning club, flanked by a tiger facing off against a wooly mammoth
October 26, 2025 at 9:19 PM
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This is a Ball X Pit fan account now.

I'm always "maybe just one more run", but I'm still playing 3 weeks later and I've been sacked from my job, but I still can't leave the couch to apply for the dole.
Cover art for Ball X Pit, features cartoonish fantasy characters, lasers, lightning, explosions. Very chaotic vibes
October 26, 2025 at 10:35 AM
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Thank you for the accessibility BBC..
BBC news coverage of the Irish presidential election. Subtitles say: She speaks Irish.
October 25, 2025 at 9:41 PM
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Yourparty Scotland bluesky profile showing my account is blocked.
October 25, 2025 at 8:32 AM
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Hello @yourparty.scot why are you fellas locking down replies and quotes?

I because you realize you're screwing it all up?
Screen grab of a your party Scotland post of the one piece skull and crossbones showing you can nether reply nor quote tweet
October 24, 2025 at 7:09 PM
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I don't know, I just feel like folks don't need to bring this faux ignorance here.

That it was let run rampant was one of the many nails in twitters coffin
Screengrab of a post from John Richardson featuring an image of a totenkopf. Post reads: This one? It's hardly obvious that it's a Nazi thing. More associated with pirate flags
October 22, 2025 at 4:57 PM
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So we're calling them protests are we?
A Garda van fully on fire
October 21, 2025 at 8:36 PM
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Homer Simpson pointing and laughing at you alongside Marge and Lisa
October 20, 2025 at 8:18 PM
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Does the Starmer-bot run on AWS? Seems to be malfunctioning this morning.
Tweet from Starmer, laid out a bit like a poem, reads: National renewal isn't just moving money around. It's about completely rewiring the state and the economy. It's about unlocking the potential of everyone. It's about rebuilding our public service. That's the purpose of my government. Tweet from Starmer laid out like a poem, reads: There are views, there are ties. There are needs, there are standards. There are shouldn't and shoulds. That's national renewal
October 20, 2025 at 11:29 AM
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A ceasefire can't just be turned on and off at your leisure, that's not how they work.

I look forward to Europe and the US doing absolutely nothing about this.

The war is still all too real for Palestinians
The Israeli military said it had begun resuming enforcement of the Gaza ceasefire after it says it was “violated” by Hamas, signaling an end to strikes on the enclave that it said were carried out in response to earlier attacks on its forces on Sunday, Reuters reported.
October 19, 2025 at 6:50 PM