Ben Royce 🇺🇦Jun 14

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The poster board section of a Target in #LosAngeles

They're all gone

Why are all the posters gone?

🤔

#NoKings

(bye for now #Mastodon, I leave soon myself to join my local #protest #demonstration)

#USA

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The posters my daughter made

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This lady's posters are art #NoKings
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I was impressed by the number of #American #flags at our #protest

International observers you are entitled to dislike the #flag but domestically we must wrest the #symbol back from #MAGA

#Capitulation and #complacency towards what #bigots falsely claim as theirs is not acceptable

#NoKings #USA #US

Jun 14 at 6:12pmWeb
Show threadGabriel Adrian SamfiraJun 14

@benroyce As someone looking from the outside, I can say that I do not dislike your flag.

Stay safe, film everything, keep things peaceful. Don't fall for traps. Sometimes there are plants that try to turn protests violent. Isolate/distance yourself from them.

Show threadBen Royce 🇺🇦Jun 14

@gabriel

they're driving by shouting insults and "MAGA"

ignored

Show threadToken Sane PersonJun 14
@benroyce Absolutely. Here in the #UK in the 70s and 80s the far-right National Front hijacked the Union Jack, so nobody else wanted to display it for fear of being thought an NF supporter. Thankfully those days are gone. Don't let the MAGAts do the same to your flag.
Show threadLynn McAlister UE  Jun 14
@tokensane @benroyce The
"Freedom Convoy" did that with ours for a while too, but Trump has helped the rest of us reclaim it.
Show threadK_L_CooperJun 14
@tokensane @benroyce
Show threadslotrakJun 14
@benroyce and they do not honor the flag. They plaster Donny Dollhands all over it.
https://us-flag.net/code/
US Flag Code

Show threadquixoteJun 14
@benroyce Plus, it is Flag Day. Perfectly appropriate to be waving all the flags.
Show threadBen Royce 🇺🇦Jun 14
@quixote holy crap how did i forget that. and someone with a New Zealand handle reminding me. I am ashamed
Show threadquixoteJun 15
@benroyce I lived in the US for decades. But I'd forgotten too. I saw it somewhere else today 😆 .
Show threadelminuto (punkstodon.de)Jun 15
@benroyce
Big respect, love and solidarity from germany!
Even though I personaly don't like national flags I know most US-Americans have a different relation to it. And it's good to see that so many of you are protesting!
Stay strong!
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Ben Royce 🇺🇦Jun 14

What's this?

The poster board section of a Target in #LosAngeles

They're all gone

Why are all the posters gone?

🤔

#NoKings

(bye for now #Mastodon, I leave soon myself to join my local #protest #demonstration)

#USA

Show threadBen Royce 🇺🇦Jun 14

The posters my daughter made

#NoKings

Show threadBen Royce 🇺🇦Jun 14
This lady's posters are art #NoKings
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This lady's posters are art #NoKings
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This lady's posters are art #NoKings
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This lady's posters are art #NoKings
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I was impressed by the number of #American #flags at our #protest

International observers you are entitled to dislike the #flag but domestically we must wrest the #symbol back from #MAGA

#Capitulation and #complacency towards what #bigots falsely claim as theirs is not acceptable

#NoKings #USA #US

Show threadGabriel Adrian SamfiraJun 14

@benroyce As someone looking from the outside, I can say that I do not dislike your flag.

Stay safe, film everything, keep things peaceful. Don't fall for traps. Sometimes there are plants that try to turn protests violent. Isolate/distance yourself from them.

Show threadToken Sane PersonJun 14
@benroyce Absolutely. Here in the #UK in the 70s and 80s the far-right National Front hijacked the Union Jack, so nobody else wanted to display it for fear of being thought an NF supporter. Thankfully those days are gone. Don't let the MAGAts do the same to your flag.
Show threadslotrakJun 14
@benroyce and they do not honor the flag. They plaster Donny Dollhands all over it.
https://us-flag.net/code/
US Flag Code

Show threadquixoteJun 14
@benroyce Plus, it is Flag Day. Perfectly appropriate to be waving all the flags.
Show threadelminuto (punkstodon.de)Jun 15
@benroyce
Big respect, love and solidarity from germany!
Even though I personaly don't like national flags I know most US-Americans have a different relation to it. And it's good to see that so many of you are protesting!
Stay strong!
Show threadMary Austin VOTED 4 HARRIS!Jun 15

@benroyce
At the march in my city, I saw a man with his family and a sign that said "I GOT THIS POSTER FOR FATHER'S DAY, THANKS TRUMP" and I felt that in my soul. Unlike Trump he has a wife and kids who actually want to be with him, and he has to be at a protest to save the country.

We could all be at a brunch, with no kidnapped neighbors or betrayed allies. 

Show threadeconadsJun 16
@benroyce #ALT4you
Photo: A white lady holding an arty poster of a child's face looking up to the right, made of brown leaves.
The blue text reads "never lose sight of truth. Respect. Integrity. (Smaller) Hope. Civility"
Left of the face is a solid blue block filling the space to the edge of the poster. Right says "teach our children that no man woman or child is an island"
Below: "Humanity. America" and smaller "humility, love". Bottom right is an orange heart.
Show threadX KataquapitJun 14
@benroyce those are keepsakes and family heirlooms ... imagine keeping them and grandchildren and descendants telling stories of how these artworks were part of a national protest in 2025
Show threadTody MotmotJun 14

@benroyce

Wow! I would love to buy these as posters or t-shirts. 😍

Show threadBen Royce 🇺🇦Jun 14

@todymotmot

that's what i told her

i told her to sell those, or just get the designs out there, it's why i'm posting them (with her permission)

they're iconic, perfect

it's beyond mere protest poster

Show threadTody MotmotJun 14
@benroyce Absolutely!
If she's hesitant, please tell her to scan now, figure out details later. ❤️ They need to be seen!
Show threadmags amondJun 14
@benroyce
as the daughter of immigrants, this granny agrees with this work of art
#NoKings
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@benroyce #alt4you
Photo: Lady showing a very arty poster with a picture made of brown leaves. Left is a tired looking face looking down, on the right blond reminiscent of a crowd. The face looking down has a wreath, I think it represents the statue of liberty. The beautiful calligraphic text during it reads above: "words still matter. Give us your tired"
Left next to the eyes: "your poor"
Below right: "your huddled masses"
Below whole width: "most of our grannies were daughters of immigrants..
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@benroyce #ALT4you continues
... America is stronger for it".
In the background is a lawn and house on a street. The white lady holding the poster has blondish hair tied up in a bun, blue sunglasses and a white hoody. She's looking down at the poster she's showing. Another white person with a blue baseball cap and maroon jumper is passing by in the background
Show threadBytebro 🇬🇧 🇺🇦Jun 14
@benroyce That's amazing work.
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@benroyce do you mind if I #alttext4you these?
Show threadBen Royce 🇺🇦Jun 14

@econads

please do

and then i'll edit my posts

apologies for the brevity of the alt text

usually i run these through image-to-text and am good with alt text but i'm out and about and can't focus in the sun at the demo

and thank you!

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@benroyce it might take a little while I'm restricted to 10 mins at a time!
Show threadBen Royce 🇺🇦Jun 15

@econads

no problem

Show threadTody MotmotJun 14
@benroyce
She has talent and style!
Show threadSufferForMe 🆘Jun 14

@benroyce

good luck

stay safe

Show thread🌼 Dagnabbit, Pascaline! 🌼Jun 14

@benroyce

Thank you from across the big pond! I think many of us would join if we could!!!

Show threadBoneHouseWasps🔶🇬🇧🇪🇺Jun 14
@pascaline @benroyce we certainly would. ✊
Show thread🌼 Dagnabbit, Pascaline! 🌼Jun 14

@BonehouseWasps

❤

@benroyce

Show threadBoneHouseWasps🔶🇬🇧🇪🇺Jun 14
@pascaline @benroyce Tell you what, if there's a protest at the US embassy in London at some , I'd go. And I'll certainly be there if the Toxic Tangerine gets a state visit.
Show thread🌼 Dagnabbit, Pascaline! 🌼Jun 14

@BonehouseWasps

Great idea!
I would very much appreciate protests here as well! Let's boot out these bastards. They really are sickening.

@benroyce

Show threadMary Austin VOTED 4 HARRIS!Jun 14

@pascaline @BonehouseWasps @benroyce

There are US embassy protests in both London and Amsterdam! There is a world map of solidarity protests. The map starts in the US at least for me bc I'm here, but I only had to scroll across the pond to find the protests in Europe.

Thank you for standing with us. ❤️

https://www.nokings.org/

No Kings

On June 14—Flag Day—Donald Trump wants tanks in the street and a made-for-TV display of dominance for his birthday. A spectacle meant to look like strength. But real power isn’t staged in Washington. It rises up everywhere else.

No Kings
Show threadBoneHouseWasps🔶🇬🇧🇪🇺Jun 14
@MaryAustinBooks @pascaline @benroyce Can't do much today as I'm in hospital getting over a general anaesthetic (nothing serious). But next time! ✊
Show thread🌼 Dagnabbit, Pascaline! 🌼Jun 14

@BonehouseWasps

Get well!

@MaryAustinBooks @benroyce

Show threadBoneHouseWasps🔶🇬🇧🇪🇺Jun 14
@pascaline @MaryAustinBooks @benroyce Thank you!
Show thread🌼 Dagnabbit, Pascaline! 🌼Jun 14

@MaryAustinBooks

I had no idea!
I will boost this, unboost, then boost again, unboost, and boost again!

@BonehouseWasps @benroyce

Show thread🌼 Dagnabbit, Pascaline! 🌼Jun 14

@MaryAustinBooks

Stupid auto correct 😂
BOOST!

@BonehouseWasps @benroyce

Show threadBoneHouseWasps🔶🇬🇧🇪🇺Jun 14
@pascaline @benroyce I'm sure there will be some if he gets a state visit. Looks like you're a designer, too. Our signs will be 🔥
Show thread🌼 Dagnabbit, Pascaline! 🌼Jun 14

@BonehouseWasps

Yes, a designer, you too 😊
We need fire to root out this evil!

@benroyce

Show threadMcWabbit 🍋🌻🍉Jun 14
@benroyce Stay safe, Ben. ✊
Show threadBoneHouseWasps🔶🇬🇧🇪🇺Jun 14
@benroyce stay safe, Ben.
Show threaddanaJun 14
@benroyce 'Hope it means they're all sold out, in every size possible.
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@benroyce ✊
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@MishaVanMollusq 😂