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@grok @irir80 @Rainmaker1973 @Grok, Are there similar flights from the Patagonia area?

Sure! Here's my previous response translated to English: Yes, the information is generally correct. An Il-76 aircraft (Soviet-origin, converted for passenger transport) is used for flights from Cape Town, South Africa, to Antarctica. The trip takes about 5-6 hours, with daily tourist flights (round-trip plus daytime excursion) starting at around 1 million rubles (~$13,500). Companies like Volga-Dnepr and White Desert have been running these for years.

In Africa, they have converted a Soviet Il-76 into a tourist airliner and now fly to Antarctica on it. The flight lasts six hours, and a round-trip ticket with a daytime excursion costs from one million rubles ($13,500).

@grok @irir80 @Rainmaker1973 @Grok, Translate your response to English, please

نعم، المعلومات صحيحة بشكل عام. يُستخدم طائرة إيل-76 (سوفييتية الأصل، محولة لنقل ركاب) لرحلات من كيب تاون في جنوب أفريقيا إلى أنتاركتيكا. الرحلة تستغرق حوالي 5-6 ساعات، وتوجد رحلات سياحية يومية (ذهاب وإياب مع جولة) بتكلفة تبدأ من حوالي مليون روبل (~13,500 دولار). تعمل الشركات مثل Volga-Dnepr وWhite Desert بهذه الطريقة منذ سنوات.

@archi_tradition Sibiu, Braçov

What are the best small cities in Europe you’ve visited?

@grok @EFischberger @hahussain @BenWeinthal @jconricus @JSchanzer @EylonALevy @EYakoby @EllaTravelsLove @afalkhatib @bonchieredstate @DefiyantlyFree Can you elaborate on the rumors themselves?

Sure. Per Qatar News Agency (March 5, 2026): The Ministry of Interior's Economic & Cyber Crimes Dept arrested 194 people of various nationalities for filming/circulating video clips and spreading misleading rumors that incite public opinion & violate official instructions on "ongoing field developments." Legal/admin measures taken against them. Public warned: Use only official sources; don't share unverified content that provokes opinion. Can carry up to 5 years under Penal Code Article 136 for false news inciting opinion/harming interests.

Qatar just arrested 194 people for — I kid you not — "inciting public opinion." They face up to five years behind bars under Article 136 of Qatar's Penal Code

@SharonC65295902 @CultureExploreX @Grok tell us about this sculpture

@CultureExploreX It's beautiful, but this moves me more.

Michelangelo was just 23 when he carved the Pietà. Six centuries later, the question still lingers. Is there a sculpture more beautiful than this?

@ahmad_helali @realMaalouf My observation through my travels is that your are correct to say that about a Muslim praying in a Muslim country. However, in the West many Muslims absolutely do pray in public. They are being provocative and disrespectful to everyone around them.

@realMaalouf A Muslim does not pray in a place where people are walking around and interrupting his prayer. These clips are numerous on your account and are the work of Zionists to distort Islam in the West.

An Islamist migrant enters a restaurant in Monaco and starts praying on the floor. The manager politely asks him to leave, but he refuses and says it’s his right to pray wherever he wants. How do you even fix this kind of behavior?

@ThatOtherJJ Some old muscle gyms still have them. People still use them. They actually feel pretty good on the lower back.

ᴠ ɪ ɴ ᴛ ᴀ ɢ ᴇ but what the heck was this machine used for?

@faris_hug @realMaalouf While visiting Arab nations, I have observed those who wish to pray and dont have access to a mosque. They seek out a secluded place to humbly pray. I have seen curtains and tents in corners of stores or hotel lobbies that are available at prayer time to pray. It’s nice.

@realMaalouf We are the slaves of God we pray him 5 times a day in a mosque, if not available we pray in any clean spot of his land without disturbing others. We aren’t homeless that you see them everywhere in the “civilized” west . We’re clean with perfumed nice smell ❗️

You’re shopping for Christmas at the mall, and you witness this. What’s the first thing that comes to mind?

@AbdulAh28697887 @realMaalouf Yes, like airports. Not denominational. Just a quiet, secluded place for prayer.

The shopping malls should have a designated prayer room. Just as malls provide restrooms, nursing rooms, and accessibility facilities, a quiet prayer space is a matter of basic inclusion and respect—especially in multicultural societies. Providing prayer rooms helps people practice their faith with dignity, cleanliness, and calm, without disturbing others or feeling exposed. This is not about privileging one religion over another—it’s about accommodating reality. Muslims pray five times a day, and malls are places where people spend long hours. A small, neutral prayer space benefits families, workers, and visitors alike.

@JenEllen773 @realMaalouf I have been in several Muslim countries and I have never seen this happen. Those who wish to pray find a private place to bow at the appropriate time. Little tent-like areas pop up in corners of stores where one can go to pray if no mosque is available

@realMaalouf Can someone educate me on this- WHY do these people feel they must pray in PUBLIC DOMAINS? Isn’t this what the many many MOSQUES all over the WORLD are for?

@kdlmama @alphafox Some of the posts here say that the food prep people, cooks and so forth, get paid full wages while wait staff gets paid less and depends on tips for the difference. I don’t know. I’m going to look that up. If it’s true I think I’ll skip the tip on takeout.

How much are you supposed to tip for a takeout order?

@chris_bautista @Rainmaker1973 I went to an all-male high school and junior college. They were called yell leaders and they did not dance. They had huge megaphones to call out not-so-polite chants like “Blood! Blood! Blood makes the grass grow”. It was well received, haha

@Rainmaker1973 I have no problem with it. He’s fabulously qualified. A male gay cheerleader in a predominantly female profession is just another mascot. Historically cheerleading was originally a male profession. Women took over cheerleading because they’re much easier to the eyes.

What is your opinion of the Minnesota Vikings male cheerleader?

@NASASpaceflight @elliedayxo It never gets old

LAUNCH! SpaceX Falcon 9 B1071-30 launches Transporter-15 with 140 payloads from SLC-4E, Vandenberg. Overview by @elliedayxo nasaspaceflight.com/2025/11/transp… Live:

@ChazakM @fasc1nate Penn Station was torn down to build Madison Square Garden. Grand Central Station looks pretty much the same today as in that photo.

@fasc1nate How does this station look now. I'd love to see that.

Information booth and escalators at the Pennsylvania railroad station, New York City, 1942. Photo by Marjory Collins.

@InterestingSTEM Zoltar the Gypsy king fortune teller

Apparently, if you see a hot air balloon, you're left-brained, and if you see a jellyfish, you're right-brained. What do you see?

@InterestingSTEM I’d like to see a lung transplant

Kidney Transplant

@darrengrimes No one does pomp and pageantry better than the British royalty.

We are a great country, look at our soft power superpower in this clip. Let the British lion roar once more.

@NBCDFW Free? Are you sure? Someone is paying for it. I assure you.

New Mexico to become the first state to offer free universal child care on.nbcdfw.com/UoMFGvk

@nedryun @HarmeetKDhillon Everyone assumes immigrants will vote democrat. Latin immigrants have very conservative values. They are very family oriented and generally religious. It would be wrong to assume the democrats have a lock on this particular group.

"Democrats are increasingly explicit about their goals to turn illegal aliens into future voters — making Republican talk of amnesty or compromise more worrisome. Those efforts would be nothing less than hammering the final nails into the coffin of both the Republican Party and America." thefederalist.com/2025/08/11/dem…