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Dolphinchaz

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Pro photographer based in #Inverness sometimes taking pretty pictures but more than likely out somewhere photographing Bottlenose dolphins in #Scotland ... I work for marine charity Whale and Dolphin Conservation https://whales.org All views (+ swearing) are entirely my own. #dolphins #conservation #wildlife #research #photography #nature

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A wee Puffin saying hello for

An Atlantic Puffin standing on a white, guano stained rock hunkered down, looking at the camera.
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Hannah Spencer, the newest MP in Parliament who, overnight, has made look like yesterday's man

A pict of Hannah Spencer with her mission statement in front of her where she says she is just an ordinary woman
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@Pamela1960 @Geri What a wonderful role model Hannah is 👏👏👏👏

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@georgetakei The way that people can be triggered these days, Danny boy might come to a sticky end soon.

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Roumor:

In response to Trump sending a hospital ship to Greenland, Denmark is now sending a psychiatric hospital ship to Washington D.C.

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@randahl 👏 👏 👏 👏

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"But I have to confess, I was very, very drunk at the time..."
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cd9zv78dqzgo

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How do I say this in English:

In Danish we use the term "en nærliggende tanke" (a nearby thought) to describe that an idea would easily come to mind in a given a situation.

For instance, if a tribe was using drag sleds to move heavy items, and they saw a round shape rolling down a hill, it could be "a nearby thought" to combine round wheels and a drag sled to create a cart.

Is there a similar term in English?

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@randahl A stroke of genius?

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@georgetakei Utterly disgusting behaviour by an utterly disgusting "man".

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Nice skies tonight over Loch Eishort and the Cuillin

Sunset over the Cuillin mountains with wispy red colouration sitting on top of the usual grey cloud with the jagged silhouette of the mountain range underneath.

Sunset over the Cuillin mountains with wispy red colouration sitting on top of the usual grey cloud with the jagged silhouette of the mountain range underneath.
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The working class VS Trump: 10000-0.

✊🏾 ✊🏻✊🏽✊🏿✊🏼

The full speech of the new Mayor of New York is lit! 🔥
https://youtu.be/_w515MNBH3k?si=ovejBy9BIzrx4d2D

video/mp4

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@randahl Brilliant result - SO happy for him. A new beginning for NYC 👏👏👏

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@georgetakei Brainwashing, pure and simple. So desperately sad.

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276 days into his presidency, Trump today announced his first sanctions on Russia as retaliation for Putin not delivering on any of his many promises to the US president.

Trump is sanctioning just 2 Russian companies — Rosneft and Lukoil — however, these two companies do play a significant role in Putin's oil economy.

Trump confirmed he is not delivering the Tomahawks he promised. And the US still has not delivered any new weapons to Ukraine under Trump's leadership (or rather lack thereof).

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@randahl In other words, a big load of noise for fuck all return - typical Trump 🌮

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He knows her name, but he’s too butt hurt to say it. It’s Maria Cordina Marchado, Donald. She worked for years for freedom and democracy in Venezuela.

Tweet from Acyn: “Trump: The person who got the Nobel prize called today and said I am excepting this in honor of you because you really deserve it... I think she might have.” Below is a C-SPAN screenshot of Donald Trump speaking at a podium with flags behind him and several men standing nearby.
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@georgetakei This is SO pathetic, it makes you want to vomit 🤮

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Today, with things being what they are, I can do no better than quote from the master, Douglas Adams... "Man had always assumed that he was more intelligent than dolphins because he had achieved so much—the wheel, New York, wars and so on—whilst all the dolphins had ever done was muck about in the water having a good time. But conversely, the dolphins had always believed that they were far more intelligent than man—for precisely the same reasons"

Two Bottlenose dolphins leaping out of a calm grey sea with hazy landscape in the distance.
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Tis the season of these wee beauties flying around and bossing everyone about...

A European Robin sitting on a rock in warm sunshine, a catchlight in the eye and some dust on his or her beak.
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I love Robert Deniro...

Actor and all round great guy Robert Deniro holding up an antifascist tee shirt with illustrations of four different types of hat printed on it, a KKK, a Confederate, a MAGA and a Nazi officers. Logo says "Same shit - different hat"
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Did he share a “wonderful secret” with Donald Trump as well?

Photo of two X posts. The first post by Ron Filipkowski (@RonFilipkowski ) reads: "Trump’s former 'spiritual advisor.'" The second post by NBC News (@NBCNews ) states: "BREAKING: Former Texas megachurch pastor Robert Morris pleads guilty to sexually abusing a 12-year-old girl in the 1980s and will serve 6 months in prison." The post includes a photo of Robert Morris and a link to nbcnews.com. Both posts feature profile pictures and verification badges.
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@georgetakei "All the best people" 🙄

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@georgetakei Disgustingly disrespectful to a decent man, but then Trump has no lower limit. What a fucking cockwomble.

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This past Sunday, Brad and I celebrated 17 years of marriage together. That’s 6,209 days of love, laughter, and levity through it all. Happy Anniversary, Bradder! Here’s to many more.

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@georgetakei Belated 17th Anniversary to you both 🎉❤️

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It’s not college that made him do it, Kari.

The image shows two X posts. The first, by @shanno ... (Shannon Watts) from 7 hours ago, states: "The assassin was in an electrical apprenticeship program at Dixie Technical College in Utah, which is majority white, male and Mormon." The second, by @Spe ... (Spencer Hakimian) from 8 hours ago, quotes Kari Lake: "Five years earlier, he was a Trump supporter. Then we sent our kids off to college, and they brainwashed them. I am making a plea to mothers out there. Do not send your children into these indoctrination camps. Don't do it." The post includes a photo of Kari Lake speaking at the Kennedy Center, labeled as a Senior Advisor for the U.S. Agency for Global Media, with Charlie Kirk present.
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@georgetakei More insane statements and incoherent, unhinged rubbish from Kari Lake 🫨🤯

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@georgetakei These people need serious and urgent psychiatric assessment and sectioning. All of them, from Trump downwards.

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Two Bottlenose dolphins just enjoying life up near the entrance to the Cromarty Firth, Scotland. Have a good weekend my friends.

Two Bottlenose dolphins leaping out from a calm sea with cliffs and green landscape in the background. Inner Moray Firth, Scotland.
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@JimsPhotos Nice bit of preening there Jim 👍😀

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Pay attention. Your family’s safety is on the line.

A screenshot of an X post by Mark D. Levine (@MarkLevi ...) from 7 hours ago, urging Americans to understand events at the CDC tonight. The post describes the CDC as an agency sustained over the last 7 months by experienced public health scientists despite attacks on science-based policy by RFK and Trump. It warns of a purge underway tonight because these professionals refuse to yield as RFK escalates his war on the COVID vaccine, suggesting the country is entering uncharted territory with the foundations of public health cracking.
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@georgetakei Utterly terrifying George - truly apocalyptic. They both need stopping by any means possible.

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@georgetakei The delusion and detachment from reality that this woman has, along with the other WH "plastic fantastics" is terrifying, really terrifying.

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that the stripes running round a baby dolphins body start off as wrinkles known as 'foetal folds' from the baby being curled up in mums womb for a year, and as the baby fills out in girth from drinking mums rich fatty milk they become stripes and after a year or two they disappear.

A photo showing a tiny baby bottlenose dolphin coming out of the water to breathe beside mum. The little dolphin has visible stripes that run round the body called foetal folds and fade away after a year or two.
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Not only did Kim Jong-un send North Koreans to their certain death in Ukraine, he then made children of fallen soldiers show up and hug him, while he was pretending to be sorry about selling their dads to Putin for $2000 per month.

And we know because it was all a photo op he planned.

https://edition.cnn.com/2025/08/21/asia/kim-jong-un-north-korea-soldiers-russia-ukraine-intl-hnk

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@randahl Like Putin and Trump, he's a fucking monster.

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The charlatan, who is trying to sell millions of people's homes in Ukraine to Putin for his own personal benefit, is now marketing himself as "The President of Peace".

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@randahl The WH goons (and Trump) are really hammering for him to get the Nobel Peace Prize eh?

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I am contractually obliged to post a nice jumpy dolphin picture for 😀🐬

Three Bottlenose dolphins bouncing around in blue sea with woodland landscape in the distance - Inner Moray Firth, Scotland
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When Brad and I first got together, we couldn’t have imagined that one day we’d be able to celebrate Pride Month so openly, let alone post about it on the internet. But here we are, joy and all. Happy Pride, everyone! Let’s keep showing up, speaking out, and marching forward (glitter optional, but encouraged). 🌈✨

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@georgetakei Love to you both from the Highlands of Scotland ❤️

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“As design ethicist Aral Balkan explains: ‘Dark patterns might boost short-term metrics, but they ultimately corrode trust and damage brand reputation. Ethical design creates sustainable relationships rather than one-time transactions.’”

https://ui-deploy.com/blog/ethical-dark-patterns-identifying-and-avoiding-manipulative-design

I’m pretty fucking sure I never said this. Mostly because I can’t imagine myself using the words “metrics”, “brand reputation” and “transactions” without projectile vomiting.

(Also, I’m not a “design ethicist”, whatever the fuck that means.)

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@aral A. I. lies to us all - or the owners certainly do

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Three 🐬🐬🐬 in a row for

Three Bottlenose dolphins surfacing in unison in mirror calm water, Inner Moray Firth, Scotland.
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