Every week here on Global Comment, we share our favourite posts from social media. They might be funny, they might be poignant, or they might just shine a light on something from the everyday that we too-often overlook.
Here are our picks from the last week:
https://twitter.com/thegallowboob/status/1296438953562832896
I’m no political scientist, but if you have 12 “key speakers” at your convention, and 6 of them have the same last name as the leader, your party might just be floating into North Korean territory. pic.twitter.com/VDcHuPSviw
— Christian Christensen (@ChrChristensen) August 22, 2020
https://twitter.com/veitchtweets/status/1296066993834070024
https://twitter.com/NYinLA2121/status/1296844524682018817
A glimpse into how many people in Minsk have joined the rally for new Belarus today#ЛукашенкоУходи #LukashenkoGoAway#Belarus pic.twitter.com/8otnwJ1SHY
— NEXTA (@nexta_tv) August 23, 2020
A message from the White Cliffs of Dover. Sound on. pic.twitter.com/TfXSbVlCqX
— Led By Donkeys (@ByDonkeys) August 21, 2020
This is how a Scrub Python climbs a tree.🐍
🎥 via zookeeper_dan IG pic.twitter.com/3zsGHVlrIS— Reg Saddler (@zaibatsu) August 21, 2020
This video of pandas just being pandas while a zookeeper desperately tries to rake leaves is the best video on the internet https://t.co/XknWMhEMbk pic.twitter.com/pl1xPh19hP
— Kyle Hill (@Sci_Phile) August 19, 2020
Japanese grandparents create life-size Totoro with bus stop for their grandkids https://t.co/ZF4leSBEKy vía @mymodernmet pic.twitter.com/Jb0logvk3b
— Carmen (@sinremite) August 19, 2020
This is the former President of Mexico 🇲🇽 trolling the fuck out of Donald Trump. Just wow. This is not a drill people. Reality is so much more crazy than satire.
https://t.co/q710AyJxHl— Jolyon Rubinstein (@JolyonRubs) August 19, 2020
https://twitter.com/kinshi93/status/1295345712712970241
A Gaza restaurant offers a taste of the Maldives to Palestinians https://t.co/5AdaVCeQ6U pic.twitter.com/0PCyKXW2Vw
— Reuters (@Reuters) August 17, 2020
I can watch this fluid art for days.
Thank you to:https://t.co/gMTiCdp9YG pic.twitter.com/OVJ9by1LKi
— BuzzFeed (@BuzzFeed) August 19, 2020
https://twitter.com/FunnymanPage/status/1297000376105709569?s=19
so today i learned medieval beekeeping outfits were extremely creepy pic.twitter.com/l6jAICPVym
— maxwell (still playing ac valhalla)🐤 (@stonedgeralt) August 16, 2020
https://twitter.com/hemsbest/status/1295757561883492354
I miss Obama, and I miss her husband too. #DemConvention
— Cory Booker (@CoryBooker) August 18, 2020
Image credit: Amanda Slater