Lynn Nothegger
@lynnnothegger.bsky.social
Eingebürgerte Scottish lass in Germany. Writing. Translating. Riesling. Not all at the same time.
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Lynn Nothegger
@lynnnothegger.bsky.social
· Nov 15
If I have one tip for people coming to Scotland, it’s this - slow down. Take the back roads. Don’t rush from the airport or the ferry to get up north.
There’s so much to see on the way. Here’s Forres, Dundee, Fife, and Angus.
There’s so much to see on the way. Here’s Forres, Dundee, Fife, and Angus.
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New discovery: During excavations in Cologne, archaeologists have unearthed a lararium, a household shrine, dating back to the 2nd century. This discovery is considered unique north of the Alps. Similar examples were found in Pompeii and Herculaneum.
www.spiegel.de/wissenschaft...
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www.spiegel.de/wissenschaft...
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February 10, 2026 at 8:48 PM
New discovery: During excavations in Cologne, archaeologists have unearthed a lararium, a household shrine, dating back to the 2nd century. This discovery is considered unique north of the Alps. Similar examples were found in Pompeii and Herculaneum.
www.spiegel.de/wissenschaft...
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www.spiegel.de/wissenschaft...
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Ein eindrücklicher Bericht, der die fatalen Auswirkungen aufzeigt, die durch den Wegfall von Integrationskursen entstehen. Unbedingt lesen.
www.hessenschau.de/gesellschaft...
www.hessenschau.de/gesellschaft...
Tausende Menschen betroffen: Kritik an Zulassungsstopp für Integrationskurse
Seit Wochen vergibt das Bundesamt für Migration und Flüchtlinge keine neuen Zulassungen für Integrationskurse. Was bedeutet das für Menschen in Hessen, die auf diese Kurse angewiesen sind?
www.hessenschau.de
February 10, 2026 at 10:52 PM
Ein eindrücklicher Bericht, der die fatalen Auswirkungen aufzeigt, die durch den Wegfall von Integrationskursen entstehen. Unbedingt lesen.
www.hessenschau.de/gesellschaft...
www.hessenschau.de/gesellschaft...
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I've met geological formations smarter than elon.
This would have been a good point for someone to have asked, is that really how things work? Or is vacuum in fact an excellent insulator? www.ft.com/content/a5cf...
February 11, 2026 at 3:31 AM
I've met geological formations smarter than elon.
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Team USA Curler Rich Ruohonen:
"We'd be remiss if we didn't at least mention what's going on in Minnesota...I am a lawyer, as you know, and we have a constitution... and what's happening in Minnesota is wrong. There's no shades of gray. It's clear."
"We'd be remiss if we didn't at least mention what's going on in Minnesota...I am a lawyer, as you know, and we have a constitution... and what's happening in Minnesota is wrong. There's no shades of gray. It's clear."
February 10, 2026 at 9:00 PM
Team USA Curler Rich Ruohonen:
"We'd be remiss if we didn't at least mention what's going on in Minnesota...I am a lawyer, as you know, and we have a constitution... and what's happening in Minnesota is wrong. There's no shades of gray. It's clear."
"We'd be remiss if we didn't at least mention what's going on in Minnesota...I am a lawyer, as you know, and we have a constitution... and what's happening in Minnesota is wrong. There's no shades of gray. It's clear."
This makes me mad. There are good use cases - My mum’s 80yr friend is now wary about using her Meta raybans.
She is partially sighted and they help her read menus, describe her surroundings etc. But she didn’t want to wear them in Germany cause she’s been told they are illegal. (They aren’t).
She is partially sighted and they help her read menus, describe her surroundings etc. But she didn’t want to wear them in Germany cause she’s been told they are illegal. (They aren’t).
if anyone approaches you wearing smart glasses it should be perfectly legal to punch them right in the smart glasses
Social media is awash with videos of men filming themselves approaching women in public spaces and attempting to flirt. In many cases, the videos are filmed and uploaded without the women’s consent. https://cnn.it/4qtIsvB
February 11, 2026 at 6:02 AM
This makes me mad. There are good use cases - My mum’s 80yr friend is now wary about using her Meta raybans.
She is partially sighted and they help her read menus, describe her surroundings etc. But she didn’t want to wear them in Germany cause she’s been told they are illegal. (They aren’t).
She is partially sighted and they help her read menus, describe her surroundings etc. But she didn’t want to wear them in Germany cause she’s been told they are illegal. (They aren’t).
Don’t know about the US, but my Gen Z kids literally can’t earn enough to pay €1000/month rent AND save for a house deposit. It’s not the avocados or the juice that’s the problem.
Gen Zers and millennials are swimming in student debt and may never own homes, but they’re splurging on gut-healthy juices and rotisserie chickens.
The Booming Business of Luxury Grocery Stores
A new crop of gourmet grocers has hit the city, drawing lines of trendy TikTokers, MAHA-curious health fiends and Instacart devotees who want to pop in for a treat.
on.wsj.com
February 11, 2026 at 5:56 AM
Don’t know about the US, but my Gen Z kids literally can’t earn enough to pay €1000/month rent AND save for a house deposit. It’s not the avocados or the juice that’s the problem.
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This is unbelievably callous. The folks that are traveling are already on edge because of *waves hands* all of this.
February 11, 2026 at 4:08 AM
This is unbelievably callous. The folks that are traveling are already on edge because of *waves hands* all of this.
The video here is amazing. Just one of these huge vehicles would be a nightmare in the narrow streets of an Italian town.
It would be sensible for Congress to audit spending on JD Vance's junkets, which are unlike anything I've ever seen for a traveling VP. www.thedailybeast.com/vances-clunk...
Vance’s Lavish Motorcade Wreaks Havoc at Winter Olympics
The vice president almost prevented an American from performing her scheduled skate.
www.thedailybeast.com
February 11, 2026 at 5:45 AM
The video here is amazing. Just one of these huge vehicles would be a nightmare in the narrow streets of an Italian town.
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A dresser inside a museum in New York City has been discovered as a secret stop on the Underground Railroad — the first of its kind discovered in Manhattan in over 100 years
February 11, 2026 at 3:43 AM
A dresser inside a museum in New York City has been discovered as a secret stop on the Underground Railroad — the first of its kind discovered in Manhattan in over 100 years
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I'm loving these tbh.
February 10, 2026 at 6:08 PM
I'm loving these tbh.
Dear unknown Norwegian woman - don’t take him back. He’s pressuring you to forgive his bad behaviour publicly - that’s giving me mega 🚩 🚩 🚩
new most bizarre moment of the Olympics just dropped
Norwegian biathlete wins bronze medal, then, totally unprompted, reveal he cheated on his GF, she left him, and he wants to apologize publicly hoping she takes him back
www.vg.no/sport/i/vr5g...
Norwegian biathlete wins bronze medal, then, totally unprompted, reveal he cheated on his GF, she left him, and he wants to apologize publicly hoping she takes him back
www.vg.no/sport/i/vr5g...
February 10, 2026 at 6:17 PM
Dear unknown Norwegian woman - don’t take him back. He’s pressuring you to forgive his bad behaviour publicly - that’s giving me mega 🚩 🚩 🚩
A couple of weeks ago, we were talking about Merz at the dinner table and my son-in-law said (paraphrased) 'I'm not taking advice on anything from a hunt-and-peck guy who has no idea what life is like for people in the normal world'
February 10, 2026 at 2:39 PM
A couple of weeks ago, we were talking about Merz at the dinner table and my son-in-law said (paraphrased) 'I'm not taking advice on anything from a hunt-and-peck guy who has no idea what life is like for people in the normal world'
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I've never heard anyone complain about the Italian in a Verdi or a Puccini, because we all had an understanding that there was artistry in language that went beyond the meaning.
There's so much beauty in how a word sounds. And if you really love music, you should be able to appreciate that.
There's so much beauty in how a word sounds. And if you really love music, you should be able to appreciate that.
February 10, 2026 at 2:59 AM
I've never heard anyone complain about the Italian in a Verdi or a Puccini, because we all had an understanding that there was artistry in language that went beyond the meaning.
There's so much beauty in how a word sounds. And if you really love music, you should be able to appreciate that.
There's so much beauty in how a word sounds. And if you really love music, you should be able to appreciate that.
So effed up that wearing a mask and avoiding crowded places for a couple of weeks before one of the most important events of your life is reported as ‘extreme’.
“athletes who get one chance to perform on a true world stage every four years take every possible precaution to be in the best condition possible when it’s time to compete”
For most people, the pandemic days of masking are behind us. In certain corners of the Winter Olympics, though, things still look a lot like they did in Covid times. Some athletes are taking extreme measures to stay healthy. n.pr/4akK70l
February 10, 2026 at 7:18 AM
So effed up that wearing a mask and avoiding crowded places for a couple of weeks before one of the most important events of your life is reported as ‘extreme’.
Lovely thread
1. Back in the early 80s I had a penfriend in Japan. We shared a love of music and she sent me a cassette tape of an artiste called Akiko Yano - descrbied as the Joni Mitchell of Japanese music. I played that tape to death, and eventually it broke or I lost it or something.
February 10, 2026 at 7:13 AM
Lovely thread
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Dawn in her best colours today.
#MediterraneanSunrise
#MediterraneanSunrise
February 10, 2026 at 6:59 AM
Dawn in her best colours today.
#MediterraneanSunrise
#MediterraneanSunrise
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Love this 🥰
Morning all.
Photograph by Edwin Smith, Clothes line in Glencaple, Scotland, 1954.
Photograph by Edwin Smith, Clothes line in Glencaple, Scotland, 1954.
February 10, 2026 at 7:00 AM
Love this 🥰
There’s something so pleasing about the gentle winter sunshine.
February 10, 2026 at 7:06 AM
There’s something so pleasing about the gentle winter sunshine.
This is so clever. Hope some of our UK and German politicians are following Kat’s campaign and taking notes.
Don’t live in our District but want a copy of the campaign comic? No problem!
You can get your own union-printed limited edition copy (and support our campaign!) here: secure.actblue.com/donate/kat-c...
You can get your own union-printed limited edition copy (and support our campaign!) here: secure.actblue.com/donate/kat-c...
February 10, 2026 at 7:01 AM
This is so clever. Hope some of our UK and German politicians are following Kat’s campaign and taking notes.
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"Fellow men! why should the lords try to despise
And prohibit women from having the benefit of the parliamentary Franchise?
When they pay the same taxes as you and me,
I consider they ought to have the same liberty."
'Women's Suffrage', 1884
And prohibit women from having the benefit of the parliamentary Franchise?
When they pay the same taxes as you and me,
I consider they ought to have the same liberty."
'Women's Suffrage', 1884
February 10, 2026 at 5:55 AM
"Fellow men! why should the lords try to despise
And prohibit women from having the benefit of the parliamentary Franchise?
When they pay the same taxes as you and me,
I consider they ought to have the same liberty."
'Women's Suffrage', 1884
And prohibit women from having the benefit of the parliamentary Franchise?
When they pay the same taxes as you and me,
I consider they ought to have the same liberty."
'Women's Suffrage', 1884
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Wir dürfen nicht so tun, als würde die ganze Hasspropaganda gegen LBTQ* nur ein politisches Problem für die nächsten Wahlen darstellen. Es ist ein gesellschaftliches Problem, es führt zu Gewalt und Verunsicherung.
LGBTQ*-People müssen sich sicher fühlen, akzeptiert und normal dazugehörig. Punkt.
LGBTQ*-People müssen sich sicher fühlen, akzeptiert und normal dazugehörig. Punkt.
Pascal Kaiser, der Amateur-Schiedsrichter, der vor dem Spiel Köln vs Wolfsburg seinem Freund auf dem Fußballplatz einen Heiratsantrag gemacht hatte, wurde zuhause von Unbekannten zusammengeschlagen.
Ich hasse diese Welt jeden Tag ein Stück mehr.
Ich hasse diese Welt jeden Tag ein Stück mehr.
Er machte seinem Freund im Fussballstadion einen Heiratsantrag – dann wird er verprügelt
Ein deutscher Schiedsrichter machte seinem Freund im vollen Fussballstadion einen Heiratsantrag – nach Drohungen gegen ihn wurde er nun von tätlich angegangen.
www.watson.ch
February 10, 2026 at 6:01 AM
Wir dürfen nicht so tun, als würde die ganze Hasspropaganda gegen LBTQ* nur ein politisches Problem für die nächsten Wahlen darstellen. Es ist ein gesellschaftliches Problem, es führt zu Gewalt und Verunsicherung.
LGBTQ*-People müssen sich sicher fühlen, akzeptiert und normal dazugehörig. Punkt.
LGBTQ*-People müssen sich sicher fühlen, akzeptiert und normal dazugehörig. Punkt.
Way back when, we were watching Britain’s Got Talent, and one of the contestants said his husband was the love of his life.
My son asked if men could marry men. I said yes. And women could marry women.
He said. Oh. Ok.
It’s not at all hard.
My son asked if men could marry men. I said yes. And women could marry women.
He said. Oh. Ok.
It’s not at all hard.
always so funny to me when people are like “how am I supposed to explain Gay to my kids?” my kid asks me way harder shit all the time. “why did they build the road this way? why are some people bad?” I don’t know. please ask me about Gay
February 10, 2026 at 6:41 AM
Way back when, we were watching Britain’s Got Talent, and one of the contestants said his husband was the love of his life.
My son asked if men could marry men. I said yes. And women could marry women.
He said. Oh. Ok.
It’s not at all hard.
My son asked if men could marry men. I said yes. And women could marry women.
He said. Oh. Ok.
It’s not at all hard.
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In Boston ICE randomly pulled over this huge white Irish guy with a Mass drivers license, 20 years in the states, legal status, pending green card and have held him for 5 months, his citizen wife paid a $4k bond that was ignored(!) ICE forged his signature on deportation agreement, no appeal
Kerryman who is married, living and working legally in the United States for >20 years has been incarcerated by US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (Ice) since September 2025.
Profoundly disturbing report by Karlin Lillington @klillington.bsky.social
www.irishtimes.com/world/us/202...
Profoundly disturbing report by Karlin Lillington @klillington.bsky.social
www.irishtimes.com/world/us/202...
‘Absolute hell’: Irish man with valid US work permit held by Ice since September
Seamus Culleton has been in a detention facility in Texas for nearly five months despite having no criminal record
www.irishtimes.com
February 9, 2026 at 12:42 PM
In Boston ICE randomly pulled over this huge white Irish guy with a Mass drivers license, 20 years in the states, legal status, pending green card and have held him for 5 months, his citizen wife paid a $4k bond that was ignored(!) ICE forged his signature on deportation agreement, no appeal
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Today is the 5th anniversary of the release of the infamous #Lawyercat video, which I posted roughly thirty minutes after the start of the second impeachment trial. Who would have thought it would have such a lasting impact on the world! Happy Lawyercat Day for all who celebrate!
Happy #Lawyercat Anniversary for all who celebrate! It's been four years since the kitten appeared in my Zoom courtroom, and I released the 48 second video that made the whole world laugh. Here is the full video showing the big reveal at the end (in two parts because Blue sky). Enjoy!
February 9, 2026 at 1:06 PM
Today is the 5th anniversary of the release of the infamous #Lawyercat video, which I posted roughly thirty minutes after the start of the second impeachment trial. Who would have thought it would have such a lasting impact on the world! Happy Lawyercat Day for all who celebrate!
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Vielleicht lässt sich unser Land auf diesem Wege etwas befrieden.
February 9, 2026 at 8:28 AM
Vielleicht lässt sich unser Land auf diesem Wege etwas befrieden.