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It's from the Flat Earth Society.
 
a placemat with the earth printed on?

Printed deskmats like that have been available for years. Not seen one of that particular style before but I have seen others with world maps in the past.
 
America, fuck yeah! (And this from me...)
Two Sailors Saved in International Rescue Effort

U.S. Air Force Pararescuemen and the Amver participating Handysize tanker Nord Nightingale came to the rescue of two German sailors who abandoned their burning sailboat more than 500 miles off of Florida.
On Friday, July 7, 2017, U.S. Coast Guard rescue authorities in Miami, Fla. received a 406 MHz Emergency Position Indicating Radio Beacon (EPIRB) for a 42-foot German flagged sailboat. Working with rescue authorities in Bremen, Germany the Coast Guard personnel learned that two sailors had abandoned their burning sailboat approximately 525 miles east of Port Canaveral, Fla., and one of the sailors was suffering from severe burns.
Coast Guard rescue personnel used the Amver system to locate the 600-foot chemical tanker Nord Nightingale which was near the sunken sailboat. The crew of the Nord Nighingale agreed to divert and assist in the rescue operations.
The Coast Guard also coordinated with the U.S. Air Force who launched pararescuemen and medical supplies from the 920th Rescue Wing. The team of Air Force rescue specialists were able to parachute down to the injured yachtsment and begin treating them.
The survivors and pararescuemen were hoisted aboard the Nord Nighingale and a U.S. Air Force helicopter arrived to hoist the seven and transport them back to Florida where the survivors were transferred to EMS and transported to a local hospital.
The Singapore flagged Nord Nightingale, managed by NorOrient Product Pool in Singapore, enrolled in Amver on June 2, 2008.
Source: https://www.marinelink.com/news/international-sailors427226, emphasis mine.

I've only been able to dig up more detailed info in German here at the DGzRS (German Maritime Search and Rescue Service).
 
"OMG. I am looking fat in that one. Delete it."
 
"OMG. I am looking fat in that one. Delete it."

The interesting part is that the photographer is actually holding the camera far enough away from the cat's face that it looks to be a bit further away than the minimum distance that cats' eyes can focus on something. The cat could very well actually be able to see and resolve the camera's display and be thinking about it.
 
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More on this here.

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[video=youtube;-K7fCQlUhj0]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-K7fCQlUhj0[/video]
 
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