Thomas Schneider
funnybone2025.bsky.social
Thomas Schneider
@funnybone2025.bsky.social
Formerly: https://x.com/FunnyBone2024

Berlin, Germany
Germany's Mardi Gras (Season) / Shrove Tuesday (not a thing in Berlin, though - and I don't miss it):

www.youtube.com/watch?v=OQTQ...
Germany's cringiest festival: what it's really about
YouTube video by rewboss
www.youtube.com
February 10, 2026 at 4:19 PM
February 9, 2026 at 11:40 AM
[Prof G to Timothy Snyder] '... Do you think there needs to be some sort of reckoning or something resembling some sort of trials here?'

youtu.be/qJWbvjoVGbk?...
America Is Entering a Dangerous Moment — with Timothy Snyder
YouTube video by The Prof G Pod – Scott Galloway
youtu.be
January 30, 2026 at 10:05 AM
It’s time to sign all the agreements relating to our new EU-Switzerland deal.

I look forward to welcoming you to Brussels in the near future for this!
January 21, 2026 at 10:45 AM
Reposted by Thomas Schneider
EXCLUSIVE: Germany has joined France in saying it will ask the European Commission to explore unleashing the EU's so-called trade "bazooka" in response to Trump's threat to seize Greenland, according to five diplomats with knowledge of the situation.

🔗 www.politico.eu/article/eu-b...
January 20, 2026 at 10:13 PM
Reposted by Thomas Schneider
Today, we have adopted the new EU Anti-Racism Strategy to combat racism in all its forms by ⬇️
January 20, 2026 at 3:36 PM
"The degree of civilization in a society can be judged by entering its prisons." (Fyodor Dostoyevsky)

"The world might be broken, but it can be repaired, because we're all created with human dignity." (Jeff Rosen)

www.youtube.com/watch?v=wtV5...
Germany: Low Crime, Clean Prisons, Lessons for America | Jeff Rosen | TEDxMountainViewHighSchool
YouTube video by TEDx Talks
www.youtube.com
November 18, 2025 at 3:25 PM
TenneT (1 of Germany's 4 power grid operators) keeps investing €13 bn annually - WITHOUT raising costs to their customers, whereas in the UK a WAY lower investment is estimated to increase network charges on bills:

Watch: www.youtube.com/watch?v=PQgU...

Read: www.ofgem.gov.uk/press-releas...
November 17, 2025 at 6:00 PM
International #Comedy Union

With #Comedians from Finland, Portugal, South Africa, the Netherlands, and the U.S.A.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=fPxb...
LIVE: From the Vaterland of fun | ZDF Magazin Royale
YouTube video by ZDF MAGAZIN ROYALE
www.youtube.com
October 24, 2025 at 9:18 PM
Preview: 1st International Comedy Congress in Berlin, Germany

Dutch attendee & late-night host Arjen Lubach (in Dutch / English; English subtitles available):

www.youtube.com/watch?v=oeaV...
Arjen op de eerste International Comedy Union in Berlijn | LUBACH
YouTube video by LUBACH
www.youtube.com
October 23, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Germany abolished nuclear power in 2023, Australia has nuclear bans at both federal and state levels - for both large scale & small modular reactors (SMRs):
www.youtube.com/watch?v=JBqV...
Honest Government Ad | Nuclear
YouTube video by thejuicemedia
www.youtube.com
October 16, 2025 at 11:30 AM
'[Tony Blair Institute for Global Change (TBI) ... Larry] Ellison .. TikTok .. algorithm .. media control .. longevity .. this is a man who doesn't want to die .. we've seen it with Xi Jinping and Vladimir Putin ..": youtu.be/QwCsQYUFuEE?...
How Trump’s “CEO of everything” influences Keir Starmer - via Tony Blair | The New Statesman
YouTube video by The New Statesman
youtu.be
October 3, 2025 at 10:22 PM
The Franco-German (multi-lingual) broadcaster ARTE on Americans moving to Spain / Europe (in English or with English subtitles; available in French, German, and Spanish below - and on YouTube):
www.arte.tv/en/videos/12...
Re: - Spain: Fleeing Trump's America - Watch the full documentary | ARTE in English
In Spain, as in other European countries, visa applications from Americans who want to leave their home country have skyrocketed. President Donald Trump has unleashed a wave of departures from the US ...
www.arte.tv
October 1, 2025 at 10:13 AM
"I heard from late-night hosts in other countries .. The guy in Germany offered me a job. Can you imagine? This country has become so authoritarian. The Germans are like, 'Come here. Come loose.' ..":
www.youtube.com/watch?v=c1tj...
Jimmy Kimmel is Back!
YouTube video by Jimmy Kimmel Live
www.youtube.com
September 24, 2025 at 9:15 AM
Hey @jimmykimmellive.bsky.social @jimmykimmel.com (not you, @weeklyshowpodcast.bsky.social)!
Germany's 2 most popular news shows (500%, 600%, no: 1,000% government-approved, state-obedient!) praised you - right at the beginning:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=GLT2...
tagesthemen 22:15 Uhr, 18.09.2025
YouTube video by tagesschau
www.youtube.com
September 19, 2025 at 8:22 AM
Reposted by Thomas Schneider
WGA Statement on ABC’s Decision to Pull Jimmy Kimmel Live!
September 18, 2025 at 2:41 AM
Reposted by Thomas Schneider
400 days to save US democracy. My latest, based on a long summer in the US. How Trump is exploiting structural weaknesses of the American system & why all democrats must want Democrats to win November 2026 midterms.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Americans have 400 days to save their democracy | Timothy Garton Ash
I never thought I’d see fear spread so far and fast. Next year’s midterm elections are now crucial for the Democratic party – and for democrats everywhere, says Guardian columnist Timothy Garton Ash
www.theguardian.com
September 16, 2025 at 7:59 AM
Reposted by Thomas Schneider
Breaking News: The EPA moved to stop requiring polluters to report their emissions of greenhouse gases. The proposal would end a key tool the government uses to track carbon dioxide, methane and other gases that are driving climate change.
E.P.A. to Stop Collecting Emissions Data From Polluters
The data, from thousands of coal-burning power plants, oil refineries, steel mills and other industrial facilities, is the country’s most comprehensive way to track greenhouse gases.
nyti.ms
September 12, 2025 at 7:37 PM