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A place to share screenshots of Microblog posts, whether from Mastodon, tumblr, ~~Twitter~~ X, KBin, Threads or elsewhere.

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[–] sqgl@sh.itjust.works 2 points 8 hours ago* (last edited 8 hours ago) (2 children)

This photo would have more of an effect if there was a credible source for it. I can't even read the banner to Google it. I had to reverse image search.

https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/08/27/national-guard-chicago-crime/

This trend of screenshots rather than links degrades discourse.

[–] kungfuratte@feddit.org 2 points 7 hours ago (2 children)

It says "American Workers First".

The picture comes from the WSJ article linked to in the Mastodon post. https://archive.is/QDS8P

[–] sqgl@sh.itjust.works 1 points 7 hours ago* (last edited 7 hours ago)

For me the first page of a Google search does not link to stories with this image with the military standing in front. Except for one link to the Boston Globe which displays for a second before paywall blocking.

That is why the general netiquette is to share the link in the first place.

[–] sqgl@sh.itjust.works 1 points 7 hours ago* (last edited 7 hours ago)

That link was not clickable from OP because it was a screenshot. I manually typed it in but forgot to use uppercase so it returned a Hillary Twitter thread https://archive.is/qds8p

Of course I know what the banner says now because I found a decent source which I have in my comment.

[–] LengAwaits@lemmy.world 2 points 8 hours ago

"trump banner dc"

You'll find it to be a very effective search engine query.