A quotation from George Orwell

One of the essential experiences of war is never being able to escape from disgusting smells of human origin.

George Orwell (1903-1950) English writer [pseud. of Eric Arthur Blair]
Essay (1942-08), “Looking Back on the Spanish War, ch. 1, New Road (1943-06)

More info about this quote: wist.info/orwell-george/78861/

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#humancondition #odor #rot #smell #stench #stink #sweat #vomit #war #waste

#vomit : to eject the contents of the stomach by the mouth

- French: vomissement

- German: die Kotze, erbrechen, kotzen

- Italian: vomito

- Portuguese: vômito

- Spanish: vómito

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Didymium spongiosum
Dog Sick Slime Mould

Almost but not actually fungi, Dog Sick is a type of Slime Mould, a very strange group of organisms, single-celled, with no brain or nervous system.

#Thursday #Nature #NaturePhotography #Slime #Dog #Vomit #Photo #Photography

I suck at drawing cigarette tips #lowbrowart #cartoon #vomit

"Who are you?"

"I am Doctor Muck."

"I should have guessed."

"How so?"

"It is the way you dress... like a hyena vomited all over a floral carpet."

"Ew. Don't say that. Ew. Ew. Ew!"

"It reminds me of my childhood."

"What? You often had hyenas vomiting on floral carpets when you were a child?"

"Every bloody day!"

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I: Soda and the Ineffable Concoction | Royal Road

Soda's uncle turned into a steaming pile of vomit! The movie-loving tween must collect ingredients so the Chimpanzee Alchemist can concoct a cure. Soda faces a number of imposing challenges and makes many strange and fantastical friends along the way, including Chunks (a golem made of chunks), a philosophical sack of rats, a man with a goiter for a (...)

Royal Road

i hate the word but, #Sauda is my #waifu

#barf #gag #vomit

Trump posts flattering private message from NATO secretary-general

A message from NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte to President Donald Trump heaps praise on him as he heads to a two-day NATO summit. The message starts by congratulating Trump on his “decisive action in Iran” and then gets even more flattering, gushing about perhaps achieving “something NO American president in decades could have done.” Rutte says Trump's ordered U.S. bombing in Iran “makes us all safer.” The Republican president posted the message on his social media site Tuesday. The message appeared to be sent via Signal, a private messaging app that sparked scandal for Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth. NATO and the White House won't say how the message was sent.

AP News

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Latest sign of "maturation from the streaming service"? To quote Andy Warhol, "Uh, no."

"Maturation", my furry rodent butt! It's rather the latest sign of greedier enshittification!
The singular appeal of streaming services, aside from having lots of stuff, is NO ADVERTS. To hell with anyone who wants me to pay for the "privilege" of being subjected to more advertisements!
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Didymium spongiosum
Dog Sick Slime Mould

Almost but not actually fungi, Dog Sick is a type of Slime Mould, a very strange group of organisms, single-celled, with no brain or nervous system.

#Thursday #Nature #NaturePhotography #Slime #Dog #Vomit #Photo #Photography