Petra van Cronenburg<p>When I saw the first <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/penguin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>penguin</span></a> picture in the morning, I thought about a late April Fools joke. After the third pic I googled <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> and <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/penguins" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>penguins</span></a> for a meme joke.</p><p>I used to think I was a tough journalist who could easily recognise when something couldn't possibly be real.</p><p>I give up. <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Reality" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Reality</span></a> has become crazier than any imagination because nobody stops this dangerous felon and jester. <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/apr/03/donald-trump-tariffs-antarctica-uninhabited-heard-mcdonald-islands" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/us-news/2025/a</span><span class="invisible">pr/03/donald-trump-tariffs-antarctica-uninhabited-heard-mcdonald-islands</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/RealityCheck" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RealityCheck</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/RealityGetsCrazy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RealityGetsCrazy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/failedState" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>failedState</span></a></p>