Claire
@clairesmith1848.bsky.social
American / German mit Migrationshintergrund, Mom, teacher, cupcake baker
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Claire
@clairesmith1848.bsky.social
· Feb 16
The Basic Law of Germany, Art 1:
(1) Human dignity shall be inviolable. To respect and protect it shall be the duty of all state authority.
(2) The German people therefore acknowledge inviolable and inalienable human rights as the basis of every community, of peace and of justice in the world.
(1) Human dignity shall be inviolable. To respect and protect it shall be the duty of all state authority.
(2) The German people therefore acknowledge inviolable and inalienable human rights as the basis of every community, of peace and of justice in the world.
Moin. Good morning.
All right, everyone. Gird your loins because #Whamageddon starts today. If you heard it last week, it doesn't count. But do be more careful! May the odds always be in your favor.
All right, everyone. Gird your loins because #Whamageddon starts today. If you heard it last week, it doesn't count. But do be more careful! May the odds always be in your favor.
December 1, 2025 at 5:53 AM
Moin. Good morning.
All right, everyone. Gird your loins because #Whamageddon starts today. If you heard it last week, it doesn't count. But do be more careful! May the odds always be in your favor.
All right, everyone. Gird your loins because #Whamageddon starts today. If you heard it last week, it doesn't count. But do be more careful! May the odds always be in your favor.
Moin. Good afternoon.
I hope everyone is enjoying a wonderful first Advent. Even the desk calendar is in the mood.
I don't like basteln and I buy our wreath every year. Inflation definitely hit as this one cost 35€!
I hope everyone is enjoying a wonderful first Advent. Even the desk calendar is in the mood.
I don't like basteln and I buy our wreath every year. Inflation definitely hit as this one cost 35€!
November 30, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Moin. Good afternoon.
I hope everyone is enjoying a wonderful first Advent. Even the desk calendar is in the mood.
I don't like basteln and I buy our wreath every year. Inflation definitely hit as this one cost 35€!
I hope everyone is enjoying a wonderful first Advent. Even the desk calendar is in the mood.
I don't like basteln and I buy our wreath every year. Inflation definitely hit as this one cost 35€!
Moin. Good morning.
I think the desk calendar is on to something.
Time to put Thanksgiving away and take out the Christmas decorations. Erste Advent is in two days. 😳
I think the desk calendar is on to something.
Time to put Thanksgiving away and take out the Christmas decorations. Erste Advent is in two days. 😳
November 28, 2025 at 5:40 AM
Moin. Good morning.
I think the desk calendar is on to something.
Time to put Thanksgiving away and take out the Christmas decorations. Erste Advent is in two days. 😳
I think the desk calendar is on to something.
Time to put Thanksgiving away and take out the Christmas decorations. Erste Advent is in two days. 😳
Moin. Good morning.
Happy Thanksgiving. Or Thursday as we call it in Germany.
Happy Thanksgiving. Or Thursday as we call it in Germany.
November 27, 2025 at 6:39 AM
Moin. Good morning.
Happy Thanksgiving. Or Thursday as we call it in Germany.
Happy Thanksgiving. Or Thursday as we call it in Germany.
Moin. Good afternoon.
It was a very good Friendsgiving. 10 adults, 9 kids. We ate, drank, and laughed until midnight. The kids went outside to play Nerf guns, and the adults played cards against humanity. The food? Chef's kiss. Except for the pumpkin pie. It was underbaked.
It was a very good Friendsgiving. 10 adults, 9 kids. We ate, drank, and laughed until midnight. The kids went outside to play Nerf guns, and the adults played cards against humanity. The food? Chef's kiss. Except for the pumpkin pie. It was underbaked.
November 23, 2025 at 12:34 PM
Moin. Good afternoon.
It was a very good Friendsgiving. 10 adults, 9 kids. We ate, drank, and laughed until midnight. The kids went outside to play Nerf guns, and the adults played cards against humanity. The food? Chef's kiss. Except for the pumpkin pie. It was underbaked.
It was a very good Friendsgiving. 10 adults, 9 kids. We ate, drank, and laughed until midnight. The kids went outside to play Nerf guns, and the adults played cards against humanity. The food? Chef's kiss. Except for the pumpkin pie. It was underbaked.
Moin. Good morning.
This is Eloise. Believe it our not, she is only 8.7 kilos, about 19 pounds. Technically smaller than last year, but still pretty big!
This is Eloise. Believe it our not, she is only 8.7 kilos, about 19 pounds. Technically smaller than last year, but still pretty big!
November 22, 2025 at 7:39 AM
Moin. Good morning.
This is Eloise. Believe it our not, she is only 8.7 kilos, about 19 pounds. Technically smaller than last year, but still pretty big!
This is Eloise. Believe it our not, she is only 8.7 kilos, about 19 pounds. Technically smaller than last year, but still pretty big!
Moin. Good evening.
Having a house full of people tomorrow for Friendsgiving. My pie crust went wonky, and the pecans are dark. But nothing a little whipped cream can't solve, I suppose!
Having a house full of people tomorrow for Friendsgiving. My pie crust went wonky, and the pecans are dark. But nothing a little whipped cream can't solve, I suppose!
November 21, 2025 at 6:55 PM
Moin. Good evening.
Having a house full of people tomorrow for Friendsgiving. My pie crust went wonky, and the pecans are dark. But nothing a little whipped cream can't solve, I suppose!
Having a house full of people tomorrow for Friendsgiving. My pie crust went wonky, and the pecans are dark. But nothing a little whipped cream can't solve, I suppose!
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Folks. Tomorrow is a big day for me. Almost exactly a year ago I founded my own company, NOTHING MATTERS and tomorrow we will be debuting out err debut game. On stage, in silly outfits.
Can I ask you to please repost my Trailer and Steam page tomorrow?
Can I ask you to please repost my Trailer and Steam page tomorrow?
Hi, we are NOTHING MATTERS, a game development company out of Berlin and we make games for humans, by humans, about humans. Usually about killing them.
This week we will unveil our first game, "Insecta Vindicta" (Latin: "Insect Revenge") at Games Ground and we hope you'll check out our trailer. x
This week we will unveil our first game, "Insecta Vindicta" (Latin: "Insect Revenge") at Games Ground and we hope you'll check out our trailer. x
November 12, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Folks. Tomorrow is a big day for me. Almost exactly a year ago I founded my own company, NOTHING MATTERS and tomorrow we will be debuting out err debut game. On stage, in silly outfits.
Can I ask you to please repost my Trailer and Steam page tomorrow?
Can I ask you to please repost my Trailer and Steam page tomorrow?
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PEOPLE.
Stop what you’re doing and read this. Share this.
We are the messengers.
Stop what you’re doing and read this. Share this.
We are the messengers.
Have you read the letter @raskin.house.gov sent to Trump regarding the suspicious transfer & extraordinary treatment a convicted sex offender is receiving?
No?
Read it bec it's more shocking than you could have imagined
No?
Read it bec it's more shocking than you could have imagined
democrats-judiciary.house.gov
November 12, 2025 at 8:39 AM
PEOPLE.
Stop what you’re doing and read this. Share this.
We are the messengers.
Stop what you’re doing and read this. Share this.
We are the messengers.
👀👀 Dude, isn't that your job???
November 12, 2025 at 7:03 AM
👀👀 Dude, isn't that your job???
Get to know your mutuals! List 10 random things you like.
Marvel movies
true crime docs or historical nonfiction
80s and 90s pop
Mexican food
baking cupcakes
teaching (no really!)
travel
visiting castles, museums, battlefields...
the beach
cocktail hour
Marvel movies
true crime docs or historical nonfiction
80s and 90s pop
Mexican food
baking cupcakes
teaching (no really!)
travel
visiting castles, museums, battlefields...
the beach
cocktail hour
Get to know your mutuals! List 10 random things you like.
Coffee
Reading on trains
Reading in cafes while drinking coffee (bonus if on a train)
Sunshine
Running along rivers
Cloudy German bier
Leading the music at church
Not having to wear socks
Theology
Netflix & Chillin' with the Mrs.
Coffee
Reading on trains
Reading in cafes while drinking coffee (bonus if on a train)
Sunshine
Running along rivers
Cloudy German bier
Leading the music at church
Not having to wear socks
Theology
Netflix & Chillin' with the Mrs.
Get to know your mutuals! List 10 random things you like.
Coffee
Cake
Symphonies
Mardi Gras
Rainy days
Leopard print
Train rides
Meeting new people
Reading
Coffee
Coffee
Cake
Symphonies
Mardi Gras
Rainy days
Leopard print
Train rides
Meeting new people
Reading
Coffee
November 11, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Get to know your mutuals! List 10 random things you like.
Marvel movies
true crime docs or historical nonfiction
80s and 90s pop
Mexican food
baking cupcakes
teaching (no really!)
travel
visiting castles, museums, battlefields...
the beach
cocktail hour
Marvel movies
true crime docs or historical nonfiction
80s and 90s pop
Mexican food
baking cupcakes
teaching (no really!)
travel
visiting castles, museums, battlefields...
the beach
cocktail hour
And yet another sign? See my thread from yesterday.
Japanese giant SoftBank said Tuesday it has sold its entire stake in tech giant Nvidia for $5.83 billion.
Click here to read more: https://cnb.cx/49LCIs8
Click here to read more: https://cnb.cx/49LCIs8
November 11, 2025 at 9:14 AM
And yet another sign? See my thread from yesterday.
In all the insanity, did you also see the proposal for a 50 year mortgage? When I mentioned to my husband this looney idea, his reaction was, "I'm not surprised." Excuse me?
He explained something about how this can help banks reorganize debt and for them it staves off an uncoming crisis. /1
He explained something about how this can help banks reorganize debt and for them it staves off an uncoming crisis. /1
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November 10, 2025 at 10:43 AM
In all the insanity, did you also see the proposal for a 50 year mortgage? When I mentioned to my husband this looney idea, his reaction was, "I'm not surprised." Excuse me?
He explained something about how this can help banks reorganize debt and for them it staves off an uncoming crisis. /1
He explained something about how this can help banks reorganize debt and for them it staves off an uncoming crisis. /1
Moin. Good morning.
I think desk calendar heard heard about Democrats in the senate caving. But, hey, the Lions won.
I think desk calendar heard heard about Democrats in the senate caving. But, hey, the Lions won.
November 10, 2025 at 9:28 AM
Moin. Good morning.
I think desk calendar heard heard about Democrats in the senate caving. But, hey, the Lions won.
I think desk calendar heard heard about Democrats in the senate caving. But, hey, the Lions won.
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November 9, 2025 at 2:50 PM
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Good things are possible and we don’t have to settle.
November 5, 2025 at 3:35 AM
Good things are possible and we don’t have to settle.
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“I wish Andrew Cuomo only the best in private life”
November 5, 2025 at 4:22 AM
“I wish Andrew Cuomo only the best in private life”
Moin. Good morning.
I'm doing whatever the opposite is of doomscrolling is and drinking a very good cup of coffee.
I'm doing whatever the opposite is of doomscrolling is and drinking a very good cup of coffee.
November 5, 2025 at 5:09 AM
Moin. Good morning.
I'm doing whatever the opposite is of doomscrolling is and drinking a very good cup of coffee.
I'm doing whatever the opposite is of doomscrolling is and drinking a very good cup of coffee.
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This is a classic form of voter intimidation—making people feel like it’s not safe to go to the polls. It moments like this where we need to summon our courage & vote anyhow. Vote in the tradition of the people who marched in Selma to secure the right to vote.
Breaking from NJ AG Platkin:
"Early this morning, law enforcement responded to threats that were received by email involving certain polling places in Bergen, Essex, Mercer, Middlesex, Monmouth, Ocean, and Passaic Counties. Law enforcement … have worked swiftly to secure these polling locations."
"Early this morning, law enforcement responded to threats that were received by email involving certain polling places in Bergen, Essex, Mercer, Middlesex, Monmouth, Ocean, and Passaic Counties. Law enforcement … have worked swiftly to secure these polling locations."
November 4, 2025 at 2:12 PM
This is a classic form of voter intimidation—making people feel like it’s not safe to go to the polls. It moments like this where we need to summon our courage & vote anyhow. Vote in the tradition of the people who marched in Selma to secure the right to vote.
Hmm. I don't know how I feel about this...
BREAKING: Dick Cheney, one of the most powerful and polarizing vice presidents of US history, dies at 84.
Dick Cheney, one of the most powerful and polarizing vice presidents of US history, dies at 84
Former Vice President Dick Cheney has died at age 84. The hard-charging conservative became one of the most powerful and polarizing vice presidents and a leading advocate for the invasion of Iraq.
bit.ly
November 4, 2025 at 11:43 AM
Hmm. I don't know how I feel about this...
Moin. Good morning.
It is Election Day in the US, which feels a bit triggering.
Let's distract ourselves.
We are thinking of taking a trip to a Christmas market.
What is the best Weihnachtsmarkt in Germany? Where should we go?
It is Election Day in the US, which feels a bit triggering.
Let's distract ourselves.
We are thinking of taking a trip to a Christmas market.
What is the best Weihnachtsmarkt in Germany? Where should we go?
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November 4, 2025 at 6:11 AM
Moin. Good morning.
It is Election Day in the US, which feels a bit triggering.
Let's distract ourselves.
We are thinking of taking a trip to a Christmas market.
What is the best Weihnachtsmarkt in Germany? Where should we go?
It is Election Day in the US, which feels a bit triggering.
Let's distract ourselves.
We are thinking of taking a trip to a Christmas market.
What is the best Weihnachtsmarkt in Germany? Where should we go?
Moin. Good morning.
Desk calendar has a good one today. Happy Halloween!
Desk calendar has a good one today. Happy Halloween!
October 31, 2025 at 8:59 AM
Moin. Good morning.
Desk calendar has a good one today. Happy Halloween!
Desk calendar has a good one today. Happy Halloween!
Moin. Good evening.
Made myself a plate, lit some candles, and put on something spooky. Happy Halloween Eve.
Made myself a plate, lit some candles, and put on something spooky. Happy Halloween Eve.
October 30, 2025 at 7:51 PM
Moin. Good evening.
Made myself a plate, lit some candles, and put on something spooky. Happy Halloween Eve.
Made myself a plate, lit some candles, and put on something spooky. Happy Halloween Eve.
Moin. Good afternoon.
I have not felt like posting much as the first days back to work after vacation in the U.S. are HARD! But tomorrow I don't teach and on Friday in Niedersachsen we have Halloween (I mean Reformationstag) off. Yeah for the four day weekend!!
I have not felt like posting much as the first days back to work after vacation in the U.S. are HARD! But tomorrow I don't teach and on Friday in Niedersachsen we have Halloween (I mean Reformationstag) off. Yeah for the four day weekend!!
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October 29, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Moin. Good afternoon.
I have not felt like posting much as the first days back to work after vacation in the U.S. are HARD! But tomorrow I don't teach and on Friday in Niedersachsen we have Halloween (I mean Reformationstag) off. Yeah for the four day weekend!!
I have not felt like posting much as the first days back to work after vacation in the U.S. are HARD! But tomorrow I don't teach and on Friday in Niedersachsen we have Halloween (I mean Reformationstag) off. Yeah for the four day weekend!!
Moin. Good morning from Frankfurt.
October 26, 2025 at 6:57 AM
Moin. Good morning from Frankfurt.