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Dr D
@bexxi.bsky.social
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Day job: senior English language lecturer at #UniFreiburg

Here as: photographer - genealogist - wordplay enthusiast - #MentalHealth advocate - bilingual German / English - Welsh abroad. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇪🇺

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Dr D @bexxi.bsky.social · Dec 1
Ok, I’m in. Will do answers as a thread, so please do mute it or the tag #gtkmb if you’re not interested. 😊
kavey.bsky.social Kavey @kavey.bsky.social · Dec 1
Happy to play too!
bexxi.bsky.social
I’m a little worried about jinxing the whole thing by saying this, but ...

… someone close to me might be about to get the social care they need. Please keep your fingers crossed!
November 13, 2025 at 8:47 PM
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fwyalchen.bsky.social
13/11/2025 – I see the fair’s in town

#aberystwyth #ceredigion #canolbarthcymru #midwales #cymru #wales
November 13, 2025 at 8:27 PM
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cskwriter.bsky.social
The apostrophe 's as an allowed personal genitive for shop names and other businesses caused controversy as an English encroachment, but actually has been attested in signage and naming in German-speaking countries for hundreds of years. Duden started saying "nein" in 1901 as an anti-British thing.
November 11, 2025 at 1:55 PM
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santametasschrein.bsky.social
Hope it's a case of "nomen est omen" and he helps the Beeb stay alive!
November 11, 2025 at 11:44 AM
bexxi.bsky.social
Same here (though James puts it infinitely better!).
equusonthebuses.bsky.social James Vaughan @equusonthebuses.bsky.social · 2d
I keep seeing the name Robbie Gibb and all my instincts are less BBC and more BeeBeeGee
November 11, 2025 at 10:49 AM
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samfr.bsky.social
The answer to this question is that British people could discuss this question till the end of time and not be done.
zachweinersmith.bsky.social Zach Weinersmith @zachweinersmith.bsky.social · 3d
Could someone explain to me what is meant when a British person refers to "the middle class" ? Like, in the US, as I hear it, it basically just means a person who makes a certain amount of money, not too far below and not wildly above the median. Seems like a complex concept when UK writers use it?
November 10, 2025 at 10:25 PM
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drlindseyfitz.bsky.social
Facial prosthesis, c.1917. THREAD for #RemembranceSunday🧵

From the moment the first machine gun rang out over the Western Front, one thing was clear: mankind’s military technology had wildly surpassed its medical capabilities. Bodies were battered, gouged, hacked, and gassed. /1
Two black and white photos of a soldier who has received a facial injury during World War I. In the first photo, his injuries are on display. In the second photo, he is wearing a facial prosthetic (mask) that covers his injuries.
November 9, 2025 at 1:17 PM
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lynnnothegger.bsky.social
Oh no no no no no!

Meine lieben deutschen Freunde. Bitte sag niemals, dass ihr gerne “Dogging” geht, wenn ihr Gassigehen meint. Ob mit echtem oder imaginärem Hund.
November 8, 2025 at 9:27 AM
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equusonthebuses.bsky.social
BBC has even managed to bring an unfortunately ambiguous English-language headline into this affair. There was a moment where I was thinking young Ryan had wrong-numbered his local escort agency... www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Rugby hooker called prostitute in Virgin Media translation gaffe
Virgin Media apologises after using Welsh word for prostitute to describe Wales hooker Ryan Elias.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 8, 2025 at 10:01 AM
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raynewman.bsky.social
Did everyone else already know that there was a vocal theme for the 1968 film ‘The Charge of the Light Brigade’ and that it's a psychedelic banger?

youtu.be/wezj3youQRs?...
The Charge Of The Light Brigade
YouTube video by John Addison - Topic
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November 7, 2025 at 5:57 PM
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equusonthebuses.bsky.social
On the subject of newspaper errors and corrections, this Guardian recipe is a cracker and one of the most Guardiany things imaginable
November 7, 2025 at 5:53 PM
bexxi.bsky.social
Today has been a bit of a shit sandwich. Started well, went on a bender sometime mid-afternoon, but thank goodness for a quiet evening at home to recover some semblance of functionality.

G’night, folks! 💫
November 6, 2025 at 10:00 PM
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katherineschof8.bsky.social
Horrific, stupid news from @uniofnottingham.bsky.social — they are closing their music department. Apparently they all found out suddently in a meeting yesterday.

It is one of the best music departments in the country — solidarity with my colleagues and their students

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Music and modern languages courses suspended at University of Nottingham
In a statement the institution also says it is
www.bbc.co.uk
November 6, 2025 at 2:25 PM
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shuelle.bsky.social
One of my favorite contemporary ironies is people who have posted both videos of themselves doing what might be thought of as private things _and_ Truman Show memes.
November 6, 2025 at 1:27 PM
bexxi.bsky.social
The replies to this post are priceless!
phosphorglow.bsky.social 𝕡𝕙𝕠𝕤𝕡𝕙𝕠𝕣 𝕘𝕝𝕠𝕨 @phosphorglow.bsky.social · 8d
mmmm my favorite mcdonald’s food, Dore, Caprer, and a side of Cchinges
November 6, 2025 at 1:28 PM
bexxi.bsky.social
Wowzers - this double whammy hits me where it hurts. :(

(Side note: I applied to study music at Nottingham back in the day.)
danelphick.bsky.social Dan Elphick @danelphick.bsky.social · 7d
Well this is awful news: tinyurl.com/yr65mjkx
'All modern language and music courses are being suspended for new students at the University of Nottingham.'

Nottingham friends: please be assured that we will join you in protesting against this decision in the strongest possible terms. Solidarity.
Music and modern languages courses suspended at University of Nottingham
In a statement the institution also says it is
www.bbc.co.uk
November 6, 2025 at 1:24 PM
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fakehistoryhunter.net
A coat of arms has to be impressive, full of symbolism, it's important, it represents an powerful family or person, so you have to think long and hard about its design and take it very seriously.

Or just put some underpants on it.
Like Lord Jan van Abbenbroeck did;
October 15, 2025 at 10:05 PM
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lemoustier.bsky.social
Young people don't need more "Religious Education" to live in modern world.
If it's inclusion/social cohesion govt is aiming for, then a better approach would be to drop RE, and create new subject Anthropology, on critical thinking, philosophy & belief systems.
www.theguardian.com/education/20...
National curriculum review in England: 10 key recommendations
Proposals include shortening length of GCSE exams, a new diagnostic test in maths and English, and expanding RE
www.theguardian.com
November 5, 2025 at 8:51 AM
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politicanimal.bsky.social
Damnit, I want dome cars on the Cambrian line now.
November 5, 2025 at 9:15 AM
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freiburgerenl.bsky.social
Operation Portal Recon & Seer Returning to Ingress

ingress.com/news/2025-op...
November 4, 2025 at 9:39 PM
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florilegia.bsky.social
Anglophone attitudes to Celtic languages are *wild*. Imagine being this upset about somebody speaking French or Italian?
aidanobrien.bsky.social Aidan O’Brien @aidanobrien.bsky.social · 9d
Being a professional full-time "opinion columnist" is akin to a career as a Victorian hat maker.

It doesn't matter how stable, thoughtful, and intelligent you are at the outset; the working conditions will inevitably turn you into a dribbling, incoherent lunatic.
Spare a thought for those who don’t talk the (Irish) talk new The Kneecap factor is making Irish trendy but there is a danger of creating a ‘them and us’ situation between those who understand it and those who do not It’s impossible not to look at this in the context of how nationalism in various forms seems to be sweeping the globe. It is expressed varyingly. We see it with the weaponising of the tricolour in neighbourhoods as an anti-immigrant symbol. Clearly wanting to see more Irish spoken is of an entirely different order. Yet, given the times we live in, there were high levels of zealotry in the recent campaign. Whether people like to admit it or not, the shaming of Humphreys on the language front fed the sectarian abuse that was fomented by some during the campaign. Those who wish to speak or relearn Irish should feel entirely free to do so. Some are doing it in ways that attempt to be inclusive. It would, I think, be a matter of regret to almost every Irish person if the language disappeared. But there is a danger of it being talibanised. There are so many of us out there who simply don’t understand it, no matter how beautiful the Irish being spoken. Some might even consider it rude to continue at length in a language in which statistically over half of those present in the room will not understand what is being said.
November 4, 2025 at 3:47 PM
bexxi.bsky.social
"Lady-bags" sounds like a well known but hitherto never specifically named perimenopause symptom.
lynnnothegger.bsky.social Lynn Nothegger @lynnnothegger.bsky.social · 9d
Some excellent Denglish here. Longsleeves and lady-bags.
An advert for Gulf clothing and accessories featuring ‘longsleeves’ and ‘lady-bags’
November 4, 2025 at 11:06 AM
bexxi.bsky.social
Fantastic visibility from the Schlossberg in #Freiburg yesterday: the hill with the mast on it is 20km away, the more distant mountains (Vosges) more like 70km.
View westwards over Freiburg and beyond. The cathedral figures large on the right, with a hill with a mast clearly visible on the far right. On the left, reddish roofs contrast with bluish modern glassed tower blocks, with further hills and mountains in a bluish haze beyond. The sky has dramatic clouds and a brighter patch in the middle.
November 2, 2025 at 10:12 AM
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loreandordure.com
If only we could convince governments to *offer* them to people of all ages!
drsusanoliver.bsky.social Dr Susan Oliver (PhD) @drsusanoliver.bsky.social · 12d
A systematic review of 511 studies showed that immunisation against COVID-19, RSV, and influenza was safe and effective in people of all ages.
November 2, 2025 at 9:56 AM
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exeterunispeccoll.bsky.social
📣 Job alert!

We are looking for a permanent full-time archivist to join our friendly team!

Closing date: 11 December 2025

For full details and to apply see: jobs.exeter.ac.uk/hrpr_webrecr...

#ArchiveJobs #LibraryJobs #Heritage #ExeterJobs #Exeter #Archives #RareBooks
Collage of 40 images of archives and rare books held at the University of Exeter Special Collections.
October 29, 2025 at 2:46 PM