Till Raether
@tillraether.bsky.social
Muriel Spark Joy. Fiction writer in Hamburg, Germany. Jigsaw puzzle analyst. Yumi Matsutōya ultra. (he/him) "Disko. Roman", 3/2025. "Meeresdunkel. Thriller", 4/2026
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Ich entnehme dem Zustand der Gehwege in Hamburg nach zwei Tagen Schneefall, dass die meisten Leute mit dem Besitz von Mietshäusern überfordert sind 🙂
January 3, 2026 at 2:49 PM
Ich entnehme dem Zustand der Gehwege in Hamburg nach zwei Tagen Schneefall, dass die meisten Leute mit dem Besitz von Mietshäusern überfordert sind 🙂
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I feel like I haven’t even been properly lied to about the purposes of this war
January 3, 2026 at 9:13 AM
I feel like I haven’t even been properly lied to about the purposes of this war
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Es sind noch 11 Tage, das Quorum noch nicht erreicht.
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January 2, 2026 at 9:42 PM
Es sind noch 11 Tage, das Quorum noch nicht erreicht.
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Being annoying on your own timeline is free speech. Being annoying in someone's replies is harassment. Quote posts are a gray area of the law still being developed
December 7, 2025 at 8:29 PM
Being annoying on your own timeline is free speech. Being annoying in someone's replies is harassment. Quote posts are a gray area of the law still being developed
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For the last few days on X, people (mainly women, and sometimes children) have had nonconsensual images of them in swimsuits (or much worse) requested by users and created by Grok.
Musk's only apparent response thus far has been to crack jokes about it.
Musk's only apparent response thus far has been to crack jokes about it.
so x dot com’s ai generated CSAM and they admitted it may violate US law and … i haven’t seen in anyone in power say much at all or call to stop using the platform
January 2, 2026 at 12:53 AM
For the last few days on X, people (mainly women, and sometimes children) have had nonconsensual images of them in swimsuits (or much worse) requested by users and created by Grok.
Musk's only apparent response thus far has been to crack jokes about it.
Musk's only apparent response thus far has been to crack jokes about it.
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It's ugly inaccurate sloppy hallucinated bullshit that has the sheen of artifice and makes you think of Styrofoam packaging and a distinct lack of soul, never has any new perspective or anything unexpected, but a robot made it so I guess that's supposed to be cool? I hate the future it sucks
January 2, 2026 at 1:57 AM
It's ugly inaccurate sloppy hallucinated bullshit that has the sheen of artifice and makes you think of Styrofoam packaging and a distinct lack of soul, never has any new perspective or anything unexpected, but a robot made it so I guess that's supposed to be cool? I hate the future it sucks
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You know, corporate art was basically always derided, especially like really bland nothing paintings and generic clip art kind of shit, but suddenly multi-billion dollar companies put out antihuman slop that's also environmentally hazardous and destroys jobs and some people are defending it
huh so Google is kicking off the new year by pissing off knitters that’s fun
January 2, 2026 at 1:54 AM
You know, corporate art was basically always derided, especially like really bland nothing paintings and generic clip art kind of shit, but suddenly multi-billion dollar companies put out antihuman slop that's also environmentally hazardous and destroys jobs and some people are defending it
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Liebe Grüße aus Ägypten in den 60ern, wo in Kairo deutsche "Experten" für Nasser Raketen bauen.
"Die Experten" von Merle Kröger, super spannender Politthriller, danke sehr für die Empfehlung, @tillraether.bsky.social.
(Es ging damals um heutige Simmel-Pendants)
"Die Experten" von Merle Kröger, super spannender Politthriller, danke sehr für die Empfehlung, @tillraether.bsky.social.
(Es ging damals um heutige Simmel-Pendants)
January 1, 2026 at 2:51 PM
Liebe Grüße aus Ägypten in den 60ern, wo in Kairo deutsche "Experten" für Nasser Raketen bauen.
"Die Experten" von Merle Kröger, super spannender Politthriller, danke sehr für die Empfehlung, @tillraether.bsky.social.
(Es ging damals um heutige Simmel-Pendants)
"Die Experten" von Merle Kröger, super spannender Politthriller, danke sehr für die Empfehlung, @tillraether.bsky.social.
(Es ging damals um heutige Simmel-Pendants)
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What the KENNEDY Center used to be…
Remember that time Aretha Franklin performed at the 2015 Kennedy Center Honors, paying tribute to Carole King, who co-wrote “You Make Me Feel Like A Natural Woman,” and it brought a tear to Obama’s eye and everyone to their feet? And Carole King’s reaction. Wow.
Remember that time Aretha Franklin performed at the 2015 Kennedy Center Honors, paying tribute to Carole King, who co-wrote “You Make Me Feel Like A Natural Woman,” and it brought a tear to Obama’s eye and everyone to their feet? And Carole King’s reaction. Wow.
January 1, 2026 at 5:04 AM
What the KENNEDY Center used to be…
Remember that time Aretha Franklin performed at the 2015 Kennedy Center Honors, paying tribute to Carole King, who co-wrote “You Make Me Feel Like A Natural Woman,” and it brought a tear to Obama’s eye and everyone to their feet? And Carole King’s reaction. Wow.
Remember that time Aretha Franklin performed at the 2015 Kennedy Center Honors, paying tribute to Carole King, who co-wrote “You Make Me Feel Like A Natural Woman,” and it brought a tear to Obama’s eye and everyone to their feet? And Carole King’s reaction. Wow.
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A message for you all to carry through the year
January 1, 2026 at 6:32 AM
A message for you all to carry through the year
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Go for it. I don't even care any more.
August 2, 2025 at 5:13 AM
Go for it. I don't even care any more.
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Be like Marx's intel jacket from The Prussian gov't
Untroubled.
Dusty.
Drunk.
What Is Time.
Scattered.
Flourishing.
Untroubled.
Dusty.
Drunk.
What Is Time.
Scattered.
Flourishing.
December 31, 2025 at 11:37 PM
Be like Marx's intel jacket from The Prussian gov't
Untroubled.
Dusty.
Drunk.
What Is Time.
Scattered.
Flourishing.
Untroubled.
Dusty.
Drunk.
What Is Time.
Scattered.
Flourishing.
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If this year was about getting off US tech, 2026 is the year to reassess the digital revolution — what works, what doesn’t; what to keep, and what to reject.
I’ve only just started to consider what needs to change about how I use digital technology, but I’m excited to learn more next year.
I’ve only just started to consider what needs to change about how I use digital technology, but I’m excited to learn more next year.
We need to reassess our relationship to digital tech
Getting off US tech led me to a wider questioning of digital convenience
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December 31, 2025 at 8:42 PM
If this year was about getting off US tech, 2026 is the year to reassess the digital revolution — what works, what doesn’t; what to keep, and what to reject.
I’ve only just started to consider what needs to change about how I use digital technology, but I’m excited to learn more next year.
I’ve only just started to consider what needs to change about how I use digital technology, but I’m excited to learn more next year.
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The 8 billionaires are: Musk, Ellison, Bezos, Page, Brin, Zuckerberg, Huang, Ballmer.
Each one saw their wealth explode as a direct result of the massive and unsustainable AI bubble.
Let's resolve to remember that when their bubble bursts all over working people in 2026.
Happy New Year!
Each one saw their wealth explode as a direct result of the massive and unsustainable AI bubble.
Let's resolve to remember that when their bubble bursts all over working people in 2026.
Happy New Year!
"What a year for the ultra wealthy. The world’s 500 richest people added a record $2.2 trillion to their collective fortunes in 2025’s… booming markets, according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index. And about a quarter of this year’s gains went to just eight billionaires.” — Bloomberg Morning Brief
December 31, 2025 at 7:40 PM
The 8 billionaires are: Musk, Ellison, Bezos, Page, Brin, Zuckerberg, Huang, Ballmer.
Each one saw their wealth explode as a direct result of the massive and unsustainable AI bubble.
Let's resolve to remember that when their bubble bursts all over working people in 2026.
Happy New Year!
Each one saw their wealth explode as a direct result of the massive and unsustainable AI bubble.
Let's resolve to remember that when their bubble bursts all over working people in 2026.
Happy New Year!
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orcas have the chance to do the funniest thing
December 31, 2025 at 5:25 PM
orcas have the chance to do the funniest thing
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Donna Summer (December 31st, 1948 – May 17th, 2012)
December 31, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Donna Summer (December 31st, 1948 – May 17th, 2012)
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Was würde sich an euren Geschichten ändern, wenn ihr nur für euch alleine schreibt, ohne euch Gedanken darüber zu machen, was Leser*innen oder ggf. euer Verlag davon halten würden?
Ich würde wohl Figuren so schreiben, wie sie für mich sind, wenn es niemanden mehr gibt, der*die sich über zu klischee
Ich würde wohl Figuren so schreiben, wie sie für mich sind, wenn es niemanden mehr gibt, der*die sich über zu klischee
December 30, 2025 at 10:46 PM
Was würde sich an euren Geschichten ändern, wenn ihr nur für euch alleine schreibt, ohne euch Gedanken darüber zu machen, was Leser*innen oder ggf. euer Verlag davon halten würden?
Ich würde wohl Figuren so schreiben, wie sie für mich sind, wenn es niemanden mehr gibt, der*die sich über zu klischee
Ich würde wohl Figuren so schreiben, wie sie für mich sind, wenn es niemanden mehr gibt, der*die sich über zu klischee
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I am inhabited by a cry.
December 30, 2025 at 12:14 PM
I am inhabited by a cry.
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Just watched the new Knives Out and I think it's really important you know that the scene in the Seminary's Gym is filmed in the same place Rick Astley filmed the music video for Never Gonna Give You Up.
I saw the window tracery and immediately made my friends pause the film so I could tell them.
I saw the window tracery and immediately made my friends pause the film so I could tell them.
December 29, 2025 at 1:11 PM
Just watched the new Knives Out and I think it's really important you know that the scene in the Seminary's Gym is filmed in the same place Rick Astley filmed the music video for Never Gonna Give You Up.
I saw the window tracery and immediately made my friends pause the film so I could tell them.
I saw the window tracery and immediately made my friends pause the film so I could tell them.
Zum Jahreswechsel empfiehlt Tagesspiegel-Reporter Sebastian Leber in einem langen Text über Achtsamkeit, mit sozialen Medien aufzuhören und sich stattdessen lieber mit einer KI auszutauschen
December 30, 2025 at 7:15 AM
Zum Jahreswechsel empfiehlt Tagesspiegel-Reporter Sebastian Leber in einem langen Text über Achtsamkeit, mit sozialen Medien aufzuhören und sich stattdessen lieber mit einer KI auszutauschen
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Me every time an old French actor dies: i can’t remember if they were Islamophobic or homophobic or xenophobic or just a misogynist
Me, googling: oh, all of them, I see
Me, googling: oh, all of them, I see
December 29, 2025 at 7:11 PM
Me every time an old French actor dies: i can’t remember if they were Islamophobic or homophobic or xenophobic or just a misogynist
Me, googling: oh, all of them, I see
Me, googling: oh, all of them, I see
Was ist die beste deutsche Übersetzung von Victor Hugos Les Miserables?
December 29, 2025 at 10:13 PM
Was ist die beste deutsche Übersetzung von Victor Hugos Les Miserables?