Athena Watches a Flag-bearing Fool : pics

[-] MercuryGenisus@lemmy.world 92 points 3 months ago

What a great statue, where is this?

[-] snooting@wetshav.ing 101 points 3 months ago

It’s in London: https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2026/apr/30/banksy-signature-london-statue-man-marching-flag-waterloo-place

[-] victorz@lemmy.world 8 points 3 months ago

Wow, Guardian. Pay to reject cookies now? Guess I'll never visit your site again, then. Bye.

[-] skisnow@lemmy.ca 2 points 3 months ago

What do you mean? You can literally just close that popup without doing anything.

[-] victorz@lemmy.world 3 points 3 months ago

Incorrect, at least on mobile. I'm using Firefox. I can only close it if I accept cookies or pay.

[-] slevinkelevra@sh.itjust.works 3 points 3 months ago

Does anybody have the video they are talking about? I don't have instagram, I would very much like to see how they towed it there

[-] jve@lemmy.world 3 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

It doesn’t show much about how they got it there.

There’s a brief shot of a crane.

Ig link for those that want it.

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DXwf7pis6KT/

Is there an x cancel equivalent for ig?

[-] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 4 points 3 months ago

oh there's always a brief shot of a crane when they show london

[-] slevinkelevra@sh.itjust.works 1 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Thanks, I can watch it through "weiter im web". Is it always without sound though?

edit: got the sound, had to press the three dots

[-] jabberwock@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 3 months ago

There's https://imginn.com/

Not sure if it lets you go to direct reels or just view stories though.

[-] Gates9@sh.itjust.works 44 points 3 months ago

“Nationalism is an infantile disease. It is the measles of mankind.” -Albert Einstein

[-] TheUnicornOfPerfidy@feddit.uk 15 points 3 months ago

It's a good quote, but isn't measles the measles of mankind?

[-] Gates9@sh.itjust.works 6 points 3 months ago

DO YOU THINK YOU’RE SMARTER THAN EINSTEIN?!?!

[-] TheUnicornOfPerfidy@feddit.uk 6 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Currently? If we both had to give a lecture on GR, well I think I'd do a better job of it than his remains

[-] MonkderVierte@lemmy.zip 2 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Einstein was genius, not smart.

[-] PyroNeurosis 9 points 3 months ago

How apt that they're both making a comeback...

[+] reddig33@lemmy.world 27 points 3 months ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

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[-] StillAlive@piefed.world 12 points 3 months ago

Could be a podium made from interlocking cement modules. Just a guess.

[-] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 5 points 3 months ago

i'm looking for a seam and not finding one. it might be a podium you can just wheel out, if it's not already something for temporary art pieces.

[-] sober_monk@lemmy.world 25 points 3 months ago

Her hand gesture really makes this photo.

[-] StillAlive@piefed.world 11 points 3 months ago

"The fuck are you doing?"

[+] iThinkDifferentThanU@lemmy.world 18 points 3 months ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

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[-] Zachariah@lemmy.world 18 points 3 months ago

I think it’s more like his MAGAs

[-] Enkrod@feddit.org 39 points 3 months ago

Isn't it every nationalist everywhere? I like it because it's so universal, the great truth of blind nationalism marching proudly into doom.

[-] Zachariah@lemmy.world 8 points 3 months ago

Yeah, I just meant it applies more to the followers than the leaders.

[-] Lucidlethargy@sh.itjust.works 4 points 3 months ago

Yeah, they literally have their own flags... It does fit them well.

Not just Trump flags, the last protest I was at had a single counter protester with a "Charlie Kirk" flag. It was the dumbest flag I've seen so far on this planet.

[-] cynar@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago

It's likely a shot at the Brexit crowd. However he's been careful to not make it too specific, so it could be seen as aimed at anyone blinded by flag waving patriotism.

[-] roserose56@lemmy.zip 7 points 3 months ago

The question is if it's real Banksy. I did read that the signature on the concrete is his signature, but he haven't posted on his social media to prove it.

[-] VeganBtw@piefed.social 10 points 3 months ago

Seems to have confirmed it : https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2026/apr/30/banksy-signature-london-statue-man-marching-flag-waterloo-place

[-] RizzRustbolt@lemmy.world 6 points 3 months ago

Wisdom and Ignorance.

[-] aeronmelon@lemmy.world 3 points 3 months ago

"Mind the gap."

[-] OozingPositron@feddit.cl 2 points 3 months ago

It's the opposite of Allende's statue.