Nick Brookbank
@gingerarab.bsky.social
Immigrant; Father; Husband; Boater; Beer; Laughs a lot; Pidgin Polyglot; ❤️ Germany but it’s not always obvious.
Name your favourite Sean Connery movie!
December 2, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Name your favourite Sean Connery movie!
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This year we're doing Whamutopia. Every time you hear Last Christmas you have to have a mulled wine at your earliest convenience and toast George Michael, because he was a lad
December 1, 2025 at 8:32 AM
This year we're doing Whamutopia. Every time you hear Last Christmas you have to have a mulled wine at your earliest convenience and toast George Michael, because he was a lad
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Latest YouTube is out and importantly features Ulbricht and Honecker in their sombreros.
More importantly, I take a walk through 1989 East Berlin (as it were) and tap away about a few buildings on a walk you can just as easily take yourself on - there’s a map in the video description.
More importantly, I take a walk through 1989 East Berlin (as it were) and tap away about a few buildings on a walk you can just as easily take yourself on - there’s a map in the video description.
October 28, 2025 at 7:13 PM
Latest YouTube is out and importantly features Ulbricht and Honecker in their sombreros.
More importantly, I take a walk through 1989 East Berlin (as it were) and tap away about a few buildings on a walk you can just as easily take yourself on - there’s a map in the video description.
More importantly, I take a walk through 1989 East Berlin (as it were) and tap away about a few buildings on a walk you can just as easily take yourself on - there’s a map in the video description.
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Former Stasi foreign intelligence chief Markus Wolf took to the stage and admitted the East German state was guilty of much, and that reform was needed.
The crowd weren’t exactly thrilled to hear from an establishment figure at this juncture. He was met with boos.
The crowd weren’t exactly thrilled to hear from an establishment figure at this juncture. He was met with boos.
November 4, 2025 at 8:32 AM
Former Stasi foreign intelligence chief Markus Wolf took to the stage and admitted the East German state was guilty of much, and that reform was needed.
The crowd weren’t exactly thrilled to hear from an establishment figure at this juncture. He was met with boos.
The crowd weren’t exactly thrilled to hear from an establishment figure at this juncture. He was met with boos.
*There is no good Currywurst...
October 27, 2025 at 12:42 PM
October 16, 2025 at 10:06 AM
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The AfD lost a bunch more mayoral elections in Brandenburg, one of Germany's eastern states. In Frankfurt on the Oder, Eisenhüttenstadt and Wriezen, the AfD candidate lost. In various other cities, they didn't make it to the runoff.
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October 13, 2025 at 6:07 PM
The AfD lost a bunch more mayoral elections in Brandenburg, one of Germany's eastern states. In Frankfurt on the Oder, Eisenhüttenstadt and Wriezen, the AfD candidate lost. In various other cities, they didn't make it to the runoff.
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As one who tries to repair everything myself, replacing the spider base on a gaming chair proved a major challenge. You have to do it midair! It’s an interference fit which took some serious weft to dislodge and then drop with its whole weight on to my velvet slippered big toe! The air was blue 😱
October 13, 2025 at 4:38 PM
As one who tries to repair everything myself, replacing the spider base on a gaming chair proved a major challenge. You have to do it midair! It’s an interference fit which took some serious weft to dislodge and then drop with its whole weight on to my velvet slippered big toe! The air was blue 😱
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20+ hours in a hot recording booth (air conditioning would get picked up by the mic) all totally worth it – my excruciatingly English reading of the 'Why Q Needs U' audiobook is now out!
October 6, 2025 at 6:07 PM
20+ hours in a hot recording booth (air conditioning would get picked up by the mic) all totally worth it – my excruciatingly English reading of the 'Why Q Needs U' audiobook is now out!
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When I was a teenager there was a bus direct from my hometown in Germany to London - we had a British army base, and this direct bus connection was one of the benefits of that. One summer I went on that bus to go volunteer in an old people's home in Southend-on-Sea. I had just turned 18 and was... 🧵
September 29, 2025 at 12:32 PM
When I was a teenager there was a bus direct from my hometown in Germany to London - we had a British army base, and this direct bus connection was one of the benefits of that. One summer I went on that bus to go volunteer in an old people's home in Southend-on-Sea. I had just turned 18 and was... 🧵
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Something that seems to be emerging in Germany with generational change is a new kind of GDR nostalgia that is no longer connected to lives experience but a kind of fan culture based on an internet curated mishmash of contextless imagery and state produced texts.
September 29, 2025 at 8:41 AM
Something that seems to be emerging in Germany with generational change is a new kind of GDR nostalgia that is no longer connected to lives experience but a kind of fan culture based on an internet curated mishmash of contextless imagery and state produced texts.
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What kind of MONSTER has their phone on speaker in a crowded inter-city train.
September 29, 2025 at 8:58 AM
What kind of MONSTER has their phone on speaker in a crowded inter-city train.
Something I’ve noticed more this year, perhaps more so with a full electric car, is that when you really need it to work the tech always lets you down. Phone coverage, app crashing, chargers offline, wireless connectivity, saving/sending/printing that vital doc etc. just can’t be relied on.
September 29, 2025 at 9:49 AM
Something I’ve noticed more this year, perhaps more so with a full electric car, is that when you really need it to work the tech always lets you down. Phone coverage, app crashing, chargers offline, wireless connectivity, saving/sending/printing that vital doc etc. just can’t be relied on.
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This woman is everything to me
September 28, 2025 at 7:34 PM
This woman is everything to me
September 27, 2025 at 7:30 PM
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#Oktoberfest has begun, officially kicked off today by the Costume and Riflemen’s Parade. The marshalling area by the Maximilianeum is not far from our place, so we get to see all the marchers gathered in one spot. A 🧵 …/2 #Munich #München #Bayern #Bavaria #morningwalk #dailywalk
September 21, 2025 at 2:16 PM
#Oktoberfest has begun, officially kicked off today by the Costume and Riflemen’s Parade. The marshalling area by the Maximilianeum is not far from our place, so we get to see all the marchers gathered in one spot. A 🧵 …/2 #Munich #München #Bayern #Bavaria #morningwalk #dailywalk
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Our annual post of this little classic
September 17, 2025 at 7:03 AM
Our annual post of this little classic
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How East Berlin’s Lenin lost his head (and the rest of his body).
September 21, 2025 at 5:23 PM
How East Berlin’s Lenin lost his head (and the rest of his body).
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Why not grab 2 friends, rent a car, and see some WWII tunnel history in Poland?
I did a little road trip to Stalag Luft III and Książ castle with some friends back in March.
It made a for a fun weekend. Give it a go!
I did a little road trip to Stalag Luft III and Książ castle with some friends back in March.
It made a for a fun weekend. Give it a go!
August 22, 2025 at 1:10 PM
Why not grab 2 friends, rent a car, and see some WWII tunnel history in Poland?
I did a little road trip to Stalag Luft III and Książ castle with some friends back in March.
It made a for a fun weekend. Give it a go!
I did a little road trip to Stalag Luft III and Książ castle with some friends back in March.
It made a for a fun weekend. Give it a go!
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Why did Hitler kill his dog before killing himself?
September 3, 2025 at 1:09 PM
Why did Hitler kill his dog before killing himself?
I love driving my electric car but I hate that I now survive on public charging infrastructure. This week we travelled outside of Germany through Poland to CZ. Charging on the motorway through that part Poland is non existent. You have dive off in to local towns. 1/x
September 1, 2025 at 12:18 PM
I love driving my electric car but I hate that I now survive on public charging infrastructure. This week we travelled outside of Germany through Poland to CZ. Charging on the motorway through that part Poland is non existent. You have dive off in to local towns. 1/x
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Munich is not so far behind in the polling. 🍺
Vote here. pollunit.com/polls/2ff5ev...
The tally is
Berlin 9
Munich 5
Hamburg 4
Leipzip, Cologne 3
Franfurt, Bremen 2
Mannheim, Erfurt, Vienna 1
Vote here. pollunit.com/polls/2ff5ev...
The tally is
Berlin 9
Munich 5
Hamburg 4
Leipzip, Cologne 3
Franfurt, Bremen 2
Mannheim, Erfurt, Vienna 1
August 31, 2025 at 5:44 AM
Munich is not so far behind in the polling. 🍺
Vote here. pollunit.com/polls/2ff5ev...
The tally is
Berlin 9
Munich 5
Hamburg 4
Leipzip, Cologne 3
Franfurt, Bremen 2
Mannheim, Erfurt, Vienna 1
Vote here. pollunit.com/polls/2ff5ev...
The tally is
Berlin 9
Munich 5
Hamburg 4
Leipzip, Cologne 3
Franfurt, Bremen 2
Mannheim, Erfurt, Vienna 1
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We should definitely do a Germany tweet up in 2025
August 27, 2025 at 7:39 PM
We should definitely do a Germany tweet up in 2025