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bigtree

(85,971 posts)
Mon Oct 18, 2021, 08:43 PM Oct 2021

Greta needs to lighten up

...lol.

NowThis @nowthisnews · 5h
Watch Greta Thunberg Rickroll the audience at a recent Climate Live concert in Stockholm, Sweden. Rick Astley himself later commented on the moment, calling Greta’s rendition ‘fantastic’ on Twitter.
twitter.com/nowthisnews/status/1450178114890391558






Henry Santoro @HenrySantoro 51m
Just a reminder that Greta Thunberg is still a teenager.
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Greta needs to lighten up (Original Post) bigtree Oct 2021 OP
Well, that makes a lot more sense. tanyev Oct 2021 #1
When I saw this subject line before clicking on the thread I first thought of JI7 Oct 2021 #14
We watched the beautiful films of her overseas travel cilla4progress Oct 2021 #2
I wish I had enough time left to see her in later life. She's an immense ball of talent and ... marble falls Oct 2021 #3
Agreed! cilla4progress Oct 2021 #12
I think I just got Greta-Rolled! n/t Liberal In Texas Oct 2021 #4
K and R Quixote1818 Oct 2021 #5
here is a stream of the entire event Celerity Oct 2021 #6
just delightful! orleans Oct 2021 #7
K&R JudyM Oct 2021 #8
Who is the young man she's singing with? Sogo Oct 2021 #9
"a fellow activist" bigtree Oct 2021 #10
Love her canetoad Oct 2021 #11
Delightful. oasis Oct 2021 #13

tanyev

(42,514 posts)
1. Well, that makes a lot more sense.
Mon Oct 18, 2021, 08:50 PM
Oct 2021

I saw a headline earlier in the day about Greta rickrolling an audience but didn’t click on it. I thought, “Huh. Greta van Susteren being playful? That’s odd” and went about my day and forgot about it.

JI7

(89,238 posts)
14. When I saw this subject line before clicking on the thread I first thought of
Tue Oct 19, 2021, 01:13 AM
Oct 2021

Greta Van Susterern .

cilla4progress

(24,709 posts)
2. We watched the beautiful films of her overseas travel
Mon Oct 18, 2021, 09:35 PM
Oct 2021

on a catamaran to the 2019 UN Climate Action Summit where she gave her famous talk.

I imagine her parents are gleeful to see this clip.

[Swoon. She is a hero of mine.]

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voyage_of_Greta_Thunberg

marble falls

(56,977 posts)
3. I wish I had enough time left to see her in later life. She's an immense ball of talent and ...
Mon Oct 18, 2021, 09:48 PM
Oct 2021

... with total commitment to causes that affect us all, and her ability to get her messages out is almost without parallel.

Celerity

(43,057 posts)
6. here is a stream of the entire event
Mon Oct 18, 2021, 11:22 PM
Oct 2021

it was held in Kungsträdgården, a large park here in Stockholm

Se hela konserten Climate Live Sweden 2021

https://tv.aftonbladet.se/video/333988/se-hela-konserten-climate-live-sweden-2021

Den 16 oktober sänder Aftonbladet Climate Live Sweden! Det är del av en serie ungdomsledda konserter organiserade av skolstrejk för klimatet-grupper som äger rum över hela världen den 16:e oktober. I Sverige sker konserten i Kungsträdgården i Stockholm, programleder gör Amie Bramme Sey och Frida Söderlund. Artister som ställt sig bakom initiativet och uppträder på Climate Live Sweden är bland andra First Aid Kit, Lars Winnerbäck, Victor Leksell, Melissa Horn, Daniel Adams-Ray, Sofia Jannok och Oscar Stembridge.

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