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#aprilfools

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On April 1, 1957, the BBC’s Panorama fooled 8 million viewers with a 3-minute prank about a ‘Swiss spaghetti harvest,’ narrated by Richard Dimbleby. Showing farmers picking spaghetti from bushes, it tricked many Britons unfamiliar with pasta—then an exotic dish—thanks to the BBC’s credibility and the era’s limited culinary exposure. #AprilFools #BBC

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@NatureMC It feels like a belated #AprilFools but alas it is reality.

I do try to laugh at it. So when the tears go down my face you dont know if its because of the laughter or the legit crying. Maybe both.

On the brightside, #spring has come and me and the dog will play fetch in the park. Maybe I'll take my daughter with me. Depends on how tired she is.

"Tracking Concorde & Emirates Takes On DHL: 2025's Best Airline April Fools" by Simple Flying (#FPNF Fediverse presence not found - if you know them, invite them) - Overview of some aviation-related #AprilFools gags. The big one was FlightRadar24's display of "live" tracking for two fictitious Concorde flights, which fooled a few despite the date. (Concordes have not flown in over 20 years. 18 of 20 airframes built are now in museums.) simpleflying.com/tracking-conc #aviation #travel #avgeek #humor

Simple Flying · Tracking Concorde & Emirates Takes On DHL: 2025's Best Airline April FoolsThere have been several stories today that have left readers second-guessing themselves.

reuters.com/world/us-officials

For a moment I thought it was a belated #AprilFools joke...

But not off course they are 100% serious. Well I'm glad to see that the ever flexibel, deescalating #EU is sticking with its guns.

Beyond the shameless demand that we buy American I think the main issue for the US is that we'd become less dependent on them, that we arent as easily pressured, cajoled, forced or neutralized.

Same with the desire from #RussianImperialism to get us hooked again on their gas. Hell its probably the reason why the #US is so anti renewable. With renewables we would be more sovereign and autonomous.

This could have real consequences in the #Geopolitics arena @geopolitics