20 Percent Berlin
@20percentberlin.bsky.social
A newsletter about life, politics and Berliners for the 24% of Berliners w/o a German passport. We'll update the name when the old domain expires.
People who say the Germans have no sense of humor have never tried to connect to WiFi in a regional or ICE train.
September 26, 2025 at 7:27 PM
People who say the Germans have no sense of humor have never tried to connect to WiFi in a regional or ICE train.
🚧 U5 closed
🪧 Record protests
🗑️ New cute trash sayings
The 20 Percent for August 5!
🪧 Record protests
🗑️ New cute trash sayings
The 20 Percent for August 5!
#412: U5 down, record number of demos, clean Berlin campaign
I met some Schauze while on vacation
www.20percent.berlin
August 5, 2025 at 9:48 AM
🚧 U5 closed
🪧 Record protests
🗑️ New cute trash sayings
The 20 Percent for August 5!
🪧 Record protests
🗑️ New cute trash sayings
The 20 Percent for August 5!
👮 Police violence (again or still?)
😥 Homelessness up
⚙️ TikTok firing moderators because: AI
The 20 Percent for July 29!
😥 Homelessness up
⚙️ TikTok firing moderators because: AI
The 20 Percent for July 29!
#410: Police violence, homelessness up, Tik Tok strike
Jail for jam thief?
www.20percent.berlin
July 29, 2025 at 4:31 PM
👮 Police violence (again or still?)
😥 Homelessness up
⚙️ TikTok firing moderators because: AI
The 20 Percent for July 29!
😥 Homelessness up
⚙️ TikTok firing moderators because: AI
The 20 Percent for July 29!
😡 Racist Brandenburgians (again)
💶 Record budget
🌿 168kgs of weed recycled
The 20 Percent for July 25!
💶 Record budget
🌿 168kgs of weed recycled
The 20 Percent for July 25!
#409: Brandenburg racism, acquittal in Trump trial, recycling cannabis
Is illegal parking even illegal?
www.20percent.berlin
July 25, 2025 at 12:53 PM
😡 Racist Brandenburgians (again)
💶 Record budget
🌿 168kgs of weed recycled
The 20 Percent for July 25!
💶 Record budget
🌿 168kgs of weed recycled
The 20 Percent for July 25!
🤷 Need a job? The S45, S46, S47, S8, S85 and S9 are not running in southeastern Berlin again Sunday because ... S-Bahn Berlin has no one to operate a switching yard. S-Bahn stations between Treptower Park and Schöneweide will be affected until 6pm Sunday.
S-Bahn-Linien im Berliner Südosten unterbrochen - Störungen auch am Sonntag
Weil ein Stellwerk der S-Bahn in Schöneweide nicht besetzt werden konnte, mussten am Samstag sechs Linien unterbrochen werden. Ab 20 Uhr soll der Zugverkehr wieder anlaufen - aber nur bis Sonntagmorge...
www.rbb24.de
July 20, 2025 at 6:31 AM
🤷 Need a job? The S45, S46, S47, S8, S85 and S9 are not running in southeastern Berlin again Sunday because ... S-Bahn Berlin has no one to operate a switching yard. S-Bahn stations between Treptower Park and Schöneweide will be affected until 6pm Sunday.
What!? ROGACKI, a West Berlin institution and popular Butcher/Fishmonger/Restaurant/snack bar, on Wilmersdorfer Straße is bankrupt and the entire staff has already been let go. It is no more (and hundreds of thousands of animals are breathing a sigh of relief).
Feinkostladen Rogacki in Berlin-Charlottenburg muss offenbar schließen
www.rbb24.de
July 19, 2025 at 7:43 AM
What!? ROGACKI, a West Berlin institution and popular Butcher/Fishmonger/Restaurant/snack bar, on Wilmersdorfer Straße is bankrupt and the entire staff has already been let go. It is no more (and hundreds of thousands of animals are breathing a sigh of relief).
🚋 The missing Ubahn
🚏 Mohrenstraße No more
💰 Passports for bribes
The 20 Percent for July 18!
🚏 Mohrenstraße No more
💰 Passports for bribes
The 20 Percent for July 18!
#407: What U1?, bribes for passports, Mohrenstraße again
It's supposedly easier to take an Einbürgerungstest
www.20percent.berlin
July 18, 2025 at 12:48 PM
🚋 The missing Ubahn
🚏 Mohrenstraße No more
💰 Passports for bribes
The 20 Percent for July 18!
🚏 Mohrenstraße No more
💰 Passports for bribes
The 20 Percent for July 18!
Ok it's not Berlin but you probably need to know: Cops in Bavaria were forced to shoot a catfish this weekend because it kept biting swimmers:
June 23, 2025 at 9:45 AM
Ok it's not Berlin but you probably need to know: Cops in Bavaria were forced to shoot a catfish this weekend because it kept biting swimmers:
German playgrounds! AMIRITE?
June 21, 2025 at 8:28 PM
German playgrounds! AMIRITE?
🧑⚖️ Poisonous caterpillars
🧑⚖️ Suspect in Nazi attack
🧑⚖️ Super cops
The 20 Percent for June 20!
🧑⚖️ Suspect in Nazi attack
🧑⚖️ Super cops
The 20 Percent for June 20!
#399: Poisonous caterpillars, Nazi douchebaggery, Copper Claudia
Plus an adventure at the Lost and Found
www.20percent.berlin
June 20, 2025 at 11:07 AM
🧑⚖️ Poisonous caterpillars
🧑⚖️ Suspect in Nazi attack
🧑⚖️ Super cops
The 20 Percent for June 20!
🧑⚖️ Suspect in Nazi attack
🧑⚖️ Super cops
The 20 Percent for June 20!
🌈 Homophobic attack in B-Burg
🌴 Amazon Tower opens
🐀 X 1 mln = Hermannplatz
The 20 Percent for June 17!
🌴 Amazon Tower opens
🐀 X 1 mln = Hermannplatz
The 20 Percent for June 17!
#398: Festival attacked, Amazon tower protest, Neukölln rat infestation
Smokers at the station: what to do?
www.20percent.berlin
June 17, 2025 at 11:35 AM
🌈 Homophobic attack in B-Burg
🌴 Amazon Tower opens
🐀 X 1 mln = Hermannplatz
The 20 Percent for June 17!
🌴 Amazon Tower opens
🐀 X 1 mln = Hermannplatz
The 20 Percent for June 17!
Anybody been on the High Swing?
June 16, 2025 at 6:48 PM
Anybody been on the High Swing?
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June 3, 2025 at 11:15 AM
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🤷 Coalition woes?
🎉 Record number of new Germans
👑 No king protest Saturday
The 20 Percent for June 13!
🎉 Record number of new Germans
👑 No king protest Saturday
The 20 Percent for June 13!
#397: Coalition on the brink? Protest weekend. The Denver Walk.
Record numbers of you are leaving the 20 Percent.
www.20percent.berlin
June 13, 2025 at 12:30 PM
🤷 Coalition woes?
🎉 Record number of new Germans
👑 No king protest Saturday
The 20 Percent for June 13!
🎉 Record number of new Germans
👑 No king protest Saturday
The 20 Percent for June 13!
🧚 Monday's a holiday
🥔 No more turbo Germans
🚋 BVG big ad spend
The 20 Percent for June 6!
🥔 No more turbo Germans
🚋 BVG big ad spend
The 20 Percent for June 6!
#395: Three-day weekend, Kant bike path no more, no more turbo-Germans
BVG ads cost millions
www.20percent.berlin
June 6, 2025 at 11:05 AM
🧚 Monday's a holiday
🥔 No more turbo Germans
🚋 BVG big ad spend
The 20 Percent for June 6!
🥔 No more turbo Germans
🚋 BVG big ad spend
The 20 Percent for June 6!
Russian spies for 200 Alex:
The mysterious Golf that amassed €200,000 in short-term parking fees at BER has been removed. Officials were unable to determine who owns the Hanover-registered VW.
The mysterious Golf that amassed €200,000 in short-term parking fees at BER has been removed. Officials were unable to determine who owns the Hanover-registered VW.
Golf abgeschleppt, Halter unbekannt: 200.000-Euro-Knöllchen am BER bleibt unbezahlt
Monatelang stand ein VW Golf unbewegt auf einem Kurzzeitparkplatz am Flughafen BER – die Parkgebühren sollen sich auf mehrere Zehntausend Euro summiert haben. Nun wurde das Fahrzeug entfernt. Die Such...
www.maz-online.de
May 26, 2025 at 10:02 AM
Russian spies for 200 Alex:
The mysterious Golf that amassed €200,000 in short-term parking fees at BER has been removed. Officials were unable to determine who owns the Hanover-registered VW.
The mysterious Golf that amassed €200,000 in short-term parking fees at BER has been removed. Officials were unable to determine who owns the Hanover-registered VW.
At least the Berlin cops don't discriminate in one thing: banning protests. The swimming in the Spree protest was banned because: too risky.
Spreekanal Berlin: Verbotene Demo gegen Schwimmverbot
Der Verein Berliner Flussbad möchte, dass in der Spree geschwommen werden kann. Doch ihr schwimmender Protest darf nicht stattfinden.
taz.de
May 24, 2025 at 5:04 PM
At least the Berlin cops don't discriminate in one thing: banning protests. The swimming in the Spree protest was banned because: too risky.
🏫 Sixth-grade stabbing
🤺 The fence is on
🐍 ROGACKI!
The 20 Percent for May 23:
🤺 The fence is on
🐍 ROGACKI!
The 20 Percent for May 23:
#391: Spandau stabbing, Görli fence, Most expensive street in Berlin
A death reminded me of my favorite Berlin eatery/store
www.20percent.berlin
May 23, 2025 at 12:19 PM
🏫 Sixth-grade stabbing
🤺 The fence is on
🐍 ROGACKI!
The 20 Percent for May 23:
🤺 The fence is on
🐍 ROGACKI!
The 20 Percent for May 23:
Mayor Kai Wegner's (CDU) trademark project is simplifying bureaucracy in Berlin. And how? By creating a committee to decide whether boroughs or the city-state is responsible for performing certain tasks.
Fighingt bureaucracy with bureaucracy. 🤦🏽♀️
Fighingt bureaucracy with bureaucracy. 🤦🏽♀️
Kompromiss zur Einigungsstelle deutet sich an: Berliner Verwaltungsreform soll vor der Sommerpause kommen
Auf dem Weg hin zu einer Reform der Berliner Verwaltung sind nur noch wenige Punkte strittig. Ein Konflikt steht kurz vor der Lösung.
www.tagesspiegel.de
May 7, 2025 at 7:41 AM
Mayor Kai Wegner's (CDU) trademark project is simplifying bureaucracy in Berlin. And how? By creating a committee to decide whether boroughs or the city-state is responsible for performing certain tasks.
Fighingt bureaucracy with bureaucracy. 🤦🏽♀️
Fighingt bureaucracy with bureaucracy. 🤦🏽♀️
Neue Nationalgalerie's security provider denied a guard racially discriminated against a Black visitor from Brazil last Saturday.
But Neue Nationalgalerie says it wants its guards and cashiers to attend sensitivity training anyway.
Contradictory?
From @taz.de
But Neue Nationalgalerie says it wants its guards and cashiers to attend sensitivity training anyway.
Contradictory?
From @taz.de
Rassismusvorwurf im Museum: Wie bei einem Spießrutenlauf
Ein Schwarzer Besucher der Neuen Nationalgalerie wird von Wachmann unfreundlich behandelt. Die Sicherheitsfirma spricht von einem Missverständnis.
taz.de
May 4, 2025 at 12:09 PM
Neue Nationalgalerie's security provider denied a guard racially discriminated against a Black visitor from Brazil last Saturday.
But Neue Nationalgalerie says it wants its guards and cashiers to attend sensitivity training anyway.
Contradictory?
From @taz.de
But Neue Nationalgalerie says it wants its guards and cashiers to attend sensitivity training anyway.
Contradictory?
From @taz.de
Republicans criticizing Germany for surveilling the AfD.
Also the Republicans:
Also the Republicans:
May 3, 2025 at 10:19 AM
Republicans criticizing Germany for surveilling the AfD.
Also the Republicans:
Also the Republicans:
🎉 Peaceful May Day
👋 Joe No. 2 is out
⛲ Another water main break
The 20 Percent for May 2!
👋 Joe No. 2 is out
⛲ Another water main break
The 20 Percent for May 2!
#383: No May Day mayday, Joe's out, Water main break (again)
Go ahead -- hyphenate your last name
www.20percent.berlin
May 2, 2025 at 11:25 AM
🎉 Peaceful May Day
👋 Joe No. 2 is out
⛲ Another water main break
The 20 Percent for May 2!
👋 Joe No. 2 is out
⛲ Another water main break
The 20 Percent for May 2!
What used to be a battleground on April 30 is now just an open air club: Cops said Walpurgisnacht in Mauerpark was chill with fire dancers and techno.
And only one arrest was made during the Take Back the Night demo in Xberg-Fhain.
And only one arrest was made during the Take Back the Night demo in Xberg-Fhain.
Walpurgisnacht und 1. Mai: Berlin tanzt friedlich in den Mai – Polizei zieht erste Bilanz
Der Tag der Arbeit ist in Berlin immer ein Tag der politischen Demonstrationen. Zugleich zieht es viele Menschen zum Feiern ins Freie. Wir begleiten Protest und Party im Liveblog.
www.tagesspiegel.de
May 1, 2025 at 7:21 AM
What used to be a battleground on April 30 is now just an open air club: Cops said Walpurgisnacht in Mauerpark was chill with fire dancers and techno.
And only one arrest was made during the Take Back the Night demo in Xberg-Fhain.
And only one arrest was made during the Take Back the Night demo in Xberg-Fhain.
Berliner Wasserbetriebe says an 80cm water main burst at Leninplatz (Platz der Vereinten Nationen). They're having trouble replacing the pressure. Hopefully we can all shower tomorrow.
April 29, 2025 at 11:26 PM
Berliner Wasserbetriebe says an 80cm water main burst at Leninplatz (Platz der Vereinten Nationen). They're having trouble replacing the pressure. Hopefully we can all shower tomorrow.
🛃 Protestor deportations?
🌉 A100 Bridge kaputt
🚽 Gentrifying toilets
The 20 Percent for April 4!
🌉 A100 Bridge kaputt
🚽 Gentrifying toilets
The 20 Percent for April 4!
#375: Protesters face deportation, A100 bridge kaputt, a fateful coin toss
You can't always be who you thought you'd be
www.20percent.berlin
April 4, 2025 at 11:16 AM
🛃 Protestor deportations?
🌉 A100 Bridge kaputt
🚽 Gentrifying toilets
The 20 Percent for April 4!
🌉 A100 Bridge kaputt
🚽 Gentrifying toilets
The 20 Percent for April 4!