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tblue37
(68,448 posts)irisblue
(37,915 posts)dalton99a
(95,240 posts)Crazy evil idiot
Gothmog
(181,976 posts)El Mimbreno
(822 posts)Another great collection.
Wounded Bear
(64,625 posts)markbark
(1,633 posts)4th from the bottom.
Putin on the good ship "Aurora" with Facebook logo stacks, releasing a Twitter logo bird.
Huh?
steventh
(2,192 posts)The 1900 Russian battleship Aurora has a long history. It's currently repaired and functions as a museum in St. Petersburg.The toon depicts the Aurora taking to the sea again, Putin at the helm, into one more battle. Facebook is his on board arsenal (weaponized bot posts) and it's following in the direction of twitter (more weaponized bot posts).
What do you think?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_cruiser_Aurora
markbark
(1,633 posts)I was unaware of the history of the Aurora and its special meaning to the Russians.
Thanks for making this old fart a little bit smarter today!
steventh
(2,192 posts)The toon was a mystery to me until I saw your note that identified the name of the ship as Aurora. Once I had that missing piece of the puzzle I could look up the rest of the story. So thanks, you made me a bit smarter too.
The ability to read Cyrillic seems to be an increasingly useful skill these days
Cheers!
Hekate
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