Mark A. Rayner<p>"There is no order in the world around us, we must adapt ourselves to the requirements of chaos instead." –Kurt Vonnegut </p><p><a href="https://mas.to/tags/weird" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>weird</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/signs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>signs</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/vonnegut" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>vonnegut</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/humor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>humor</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/humour" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>humour</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/kurtVonnegut" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>kurtVonnegut</span></a></p>
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A duck flouting the rules in Trafalgar Square, London.
#photography #water #duck #trafalgarsquare #wildlife #london #travel #signs #rulebreaking
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Across the street from The Ministry of Silly Walks.
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A demonstrator holds a sign that says, "Radicalized by the Golden Rule."
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A protestor holds a sign that reads, "We once liberated prison camps. Do you really support them now?"
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Me: "Should hikers go left or right here?"
A.I.: "They should follow the arrow marked 'hikers,' which points to the left"
Another of the signs put up by A Sign of Humour on the Clyde Walkway in Glasgow. This one is by the IMAX cinema at Pacific Quay, and plays around with the distinctive shape of the building.
Love this new sign on the Clyde Walkway, but it definitely falls into the Keep Glasgow Weird category. It's one of a number of signs inspired by Science Fiction movies around the city's Science Centre created by A Sign of Humour.
The local botanical gardens have a companion planting theme in the herb garden this year (cont'd)
The local botanical gardens have a companion planting theme in the herb garden this year
You gotta admire a small business owner who takes the time to shingle their roof with a sign in mind. From our road trip this week through the small towns of the Catskills and New England. https://flic.kr/p/2reUu6K
FlickrBill’s Auto Parts sign made of roof shingles, Tolland, CT
Are there any clues in this photo that might help to date it? Or at least place it in a specific decade?
It shows a view inside a sign shop with people gathered round looking at and discussing work-in-progress on a large Kentucky Fried Chicken sign.
"May be."
I found out that a book I loved is on the Internet Archive so let me share you :
"I could tell you but then you have to be destroyed by me"
Trevor Paglen is an artist and author who works on topics such as military secrecy and mass surveillance.
In this book, he investigates secret program patches financed by the Pentagon, explaining the history of insignia, how to find that information, and the meanings behind each symbol.
#bookstodon #design #signs #symbols
https://archive.org/details/icouldtellyoubut0000pagl/mode/2up
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A protestor poses with a sign that asks, "Do you really think he cares about you, the country, or the rule of law?"
An image depicts an airplane with text that says, "AMERICA FIRST," but the ME is shown in black, so the message can also be read as, "ME FIRST."
"Trump's Qatari PLANE is just PLAIN corruption."
"STOP THE CORRUPTION."
His sign includes two American flags.
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One demonstrator holds a sign that says, "Liberty and Justice for All!"
Her sign includes the American Flag, the Ukrainian Flag, the Intersex Inclusive Progress Pride Flag, the Palestinian flag, and a Rainbow flag that says, "Black Lives Matter."
Another demonstrator holds a sign that says, "Be an American, not a Trumpkin."
His sign includes several small images of pumpkins decorated to look like Donald Trump in an unflattering way.
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