Abigail Dedman
@abigaildedman.bsky.social
Left the UK for Berlin in 2020 and haven’t looked back. Historian - Teacher - Language Learner - when not raising two children the „German Way“!🇩🇪
🤬 to everyone who sits in the area for wheelchairs, pushchairs and bikes on the S Bahn when they have none of the above and there are plenty of spare seats elsewhere.
April 11, 2025 at 6:12 AM
🤬 to everyone who sits in the area for wheelchairs, pushchairs and bikes on the S Bahn when they have none of the above and there are plenty of spare seats elsewhere.
Does anyone know who these people are? Just joined the waiting crowd outside the Adlon in hope of catching a glimpse of Lady Gaga or similar… bit of an anti climax!!
February 26, 2025 at 10:25 AM
Does anyone know who these people are? Just joined the waiting crowd outside the Adlon in hope of catching a glimpse of Lady Gaga or similar… bit of an anti climax!!
This is what “that” gesture represented.
26 January 1942 | A Dutch Jewish girl, Alida Baruch, was born in Amsterdam.
In July 1942 she was deported to #Auschwitz and murdered in a gas chamber after selection.
In July 1942 she was deported to #Auschwitz and murdered in a gas chamber after selection.
January 27, 2025 at 6:33 AM
This is what “that” gesture represented.
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I *really* hope that events don't make this pastor a latter day Martin Niemöller. But the number & identity of prominent people currently excusing or denying Musk's Nazi salutes does not fill me with hope.
Wow. Bishop Mariann Edgar Budde fearlessly calls out Trump and Vance to their faces. This is heroic.
(posting in 3 parts due to Bluesky's 1 minute limit)
(posting in 3 parts due to Bluesky's 1 minute limit)
January 21, 2025 at 7:26 PM
I *really* hope that events don't make this pastor a latter day Martin Niemöller. But the number & identity of prominent people currently excusing or denying Musk's Nazi salutes does not fill me with hope.
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'Many of us...have a feeling that we are living in a country where fanatics, hooligans and eccentrics have got the upper hand.'
British Ambassador to Berlin, 1933.
British Ambassador to Berlin, 1933.
January 21, 2025 at 5:27 PM
'Many of us...have a feeling that we are living in a country where fanatics, hooligans and eccentrics have got the upper hand.'
British Ambassador to Berlin, 1933.
British Ambassador to Berlin, 1933.
“Berlin is tough but sincere. Please show respect and be kind to each other”. New BVG bus announcement… great sentiment but can’t help but hear it in the voice of Jerry Springer.
January 20, 2025 at 11:11 AM
“Berlin is tough but sincere. Please show respect and be kind to each other”. New BVG bus announcement… great sentiment but can’t help but hear it in the voice of Jerry Springer.
Makes a change from it being on fire I guess!
January 16, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Makes a change from it being on fire I guess!
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You've got to hand it to Elon Musk - getting 71% of British people to agree on anything is impressive
January 13, 2025 at 5:48 PM
You've got to hand it to Elon Musk - getting 71% of British people to agree on anything is impressive
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This is the colleague that the likes of Cleverly, Badenoch & Jenrick are refusing to defend...
@mrjamesob.bsky.social
Please watch this speech by Jess Phillips in the HoC to guage how pationate she is about the victims of Child Sex Abuse.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=g0C6...
Please watch this speech by Jess Phillips in the HoC to guage how pationate she is about the victims of Child Sex Abuse.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=g0C6...
Jess Phillips is a Legend
YouTube video by Max Brockbank
www.youtube.com
January 7, 2025 at 11:16 AM
This is the colleague that the likes of Cleverly, Badenoch & Jenrick are refusing to defend...
2025 is to be a year of reading and learning I told myself. Tonight’s reading and learning is about sleep regression in two year olds. Not quite what I had in mind.🥱
January 3, 2025 at 2:51 AM
2025 is to be a year of reading and learning I told myself. Tonight’s reading and learning is about sleep regression in two year olds. Not quite what I had in mind.🥱
Feeling like a proper Berliner! 🎇 Now time to put the children to bed and try to stay awake for Dinner For One.🥂🇩🇪
December 31, 2024 at 6:17 PM
Feeling like a proper Berliner! 🎇 Now time to put the children to bed and try to stay awake for Dinner For One.🥂🇩🇪
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How is this illustration still current?
December 31, 2024 at 3:04 AM
How is this illustration still current?
A beautiful Berlin morning!☀️
December 13, 2024 at 8:24 AM
A beautiful Berlin morning!☀️
Fiction about the 1930s. Non fiction today in my opinion.
November 27, 2024 at 5:48 PM
Fiction about the 1930s. Non fiction today in my opinion.
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So interesting to view Brexit from the European side - this is Angel Markel writing in her memoirs ( extracts from @thetimes.com )- about it being a humiliation for European leaders …
November 24, 2024 at 10:26 AM
So interesting to view Brexit from the European side - this is Angel Markel writing in her memoirs ( extracts from @thetimes.com )- about it being a humiliation for European leaders …
The most wonderful time of the year… for daily arguments on the school run over buying over priced sweets! (Gave in today - must’ve been the Berlin snow ❄️).
November 19, 2024 at 6:54 PM
The most wonderful time of the year… for daily arguments on the school run over buying over priced sweets! (Gave in today - must’ve been the Berlin snow ❄️).