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A reading thread for 2025 💙📚: Toward Eternity by Anton Hur. Sci fi with undertones of A. S. Byatt. I enjoyed this and the multiple-narrator audiobook is really well done
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The Mallorca rule applies here too: if you can't function outside of Bödefeld-Schmallenberg, just stay in fucking Bödefeld-Schmallenberg. Not like the rest of the world is jonesing for a visit from some of the least fun people on the planet.
November 25, 2025 at 7:41 PM
The Mallorca rule applies here too: if you can't function outside of Bödefeld-Schmallenberg, just stay in fucking Bödefeld-Schmallenberg. Not like the rest of the world is jonesing for a visit from some of the least fun people on the planet.
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“But we are émigrés, and for émigrés all countries are dangerous. Lots of ministers make speeches against us and no one wants to have us in their country, even though we’re not at all harmful and in fact just like other people." #BookSky 💙📚
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Child of All Nations by Irmgard Keun (tr. Michael Hofmann)
Born in Berlin in 1905, the German writer Irmgard Keun rose to prominence in the early 1930s with her striking novels Gilgi, One of Us (1931) and The Artificial Silk Girl (1932), both of which I lo…
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November 22, 2025 at 10:04 AM
“But we are émigrés, and for émigrés all countries are dangerous. Lots of ministers make speeches against us and no one wants to have us in their country, even though we’re not at all harmful and in fact just like other people." #BookSky 💙📚
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In Schottland ist die Impfung schon lange kostenfrei - hier in DE, ab 18j muss es vorab selbstbezahlt werden und kann je nach Kassenleisting erstattet werden.
Kinder in Schottland werden zudem in der Schule geimpft. Das hilft Kinder aus sozial benachteiligten Familien zu erreichen.
Kinder in Schottland werden zudem in der Schule geimpft. Das hilft Kinder aus sozial benachteiligten Familien zu erreichen.
Bei Frauen in Schottland, die seit 2008 gegen HPV geimpft wurden, ist kein einziger Fall von HPV-bedingtem Gebärmutterhalskrebs mehr aufgetreten.
In Deutschland hinken wir da ziemlich hinterher.
www.focus.de/gesundheit/r...
In Deutschland hinken wir da ziemlich hinterher.
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HPV: Schottland hat aggressiven Krebs besiegt, Deutschland zögert beim Kampf
Humane Papillomviren (HPV) stehen im Verdacht, eine Schlüsselrolle bei der Entstehung von Krebs zu spielen. Besonders alarmierend: die Verbindung zu Gebärmutterhalskrebs, einer der aggressivsten Krebs...
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November 19, 2025 at 6:42 AM
In Schottland ist die Impfung schon lange kostenfrei - hier in DE, ab 18j muss es vorab selbstbezahlt werden und kann je nach Kassenleisting erstattet werden.
Kinder in Schottland werden zudem in der Schule geimpft. Das hilft Kinder aus sozial benachteiligten Familien zu erreichen.
Kinder in Schottland werden zudem in der Schule geimpft. Das hilft Kinder aus sozial benachteiligten Familien zu erreichen.
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bitte einmal hand heben wenn du nicht normale deutcshe bist
November 14, 2025 at 11:03 AM
bitte einmal hand heben wenn du nicht normale deutcshe bist
MORE modest? From the European perspective, US Americans have always erred on the prudish side, what more can they do...
Americans aren’t getting naked in locker rooms as much anymore. It’s a striking reversal in cultural norms—one that could profoundly change how we view the naked body, Jacob Beckert writes:
The Disappearance of Everyday Nudity
American locker rooms are getting more modest. We’re losing something in the process.
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November 14, 2025 at 8:22 AM
MORE modest? From the European perspective, US Americans have always erred on the prudish side, what more can they do...
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How depressing that they feel they must make this the headline.
November 2, 2025 at 11:01 AM
How depressing that they feel they must make this the headline.
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Yes, especially when you port it over from X to do it. Stop that shit, my dude. It reflects poorly on you.
My perhaps controversial assessment is that when you share the propaganda of your enemies to call it out or to mock it… you’re still spreading their propaganda and maybe doing exactly what they hope you’ll do.
November 1, 2025 at 11:53 AM
Yes, especially when you port it over from X to do it. Stop that shit, my dude. It reflects poorly on you.
So much this. There's a certain very rich children's author who I don't follow, don't click on articles about, and yet I know every time she opens her mouth because people constantly repost it into my timeline. They're just amplifying her and I don't get it.
It’s like taking a stack of hateful flyers you find in a neighborhood and then walking around and handing them out and adding, “Wow, did you see this? This is awful.” …But then they are still left holding the flyers YOU gave them.
November 1, 2025 at 12:15 PM
So much this. There's a certain very rich children's author who I don't follow, don't click on articles about, and yet I know every time she opens her mouth because people constantly repost it into my timeline. They're just amplifying her and I don't get it.
Why do we want audiobooks (that are not autobiographies) to be read by the author? I've just started a non-fiction book on a subject I'm very interested in but the stilted reading and the mispronunciation of foreign words is already wearing.
October 22, 2025 at 12:30 PM
Why do we want audiobooks (that are not autobiographies) to be read by the author? I've just started a non-fiction book on a subject I'm very interested in but the stilted reading and the mispronunciation of foreign words is already wearing.
Culturally coherent = Stadtbild
A Conservative MP tipped as a future party leader has been condemned for saying large numbers of legally settled families must be deported, in order to ensure the UK is mostly “culturally coherent”.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Tory MP criticised after demanding legally settled families be deported
Katie Lam said move would make UK ‘culturally coherent’ and that a large number of people ‘need to go home’
www.theguardian.com
October 21, 2025 at 9:53 AM
Culturally coherent = Stadtbild
This afternoon I will be making my third in-person visit to my dr to get a referral for an essential part of my cancer aftercare. I am so fed up with medical bureaucracy, I can't even tell you.
October 21, 2025 at 5:51 AM
This afternoon I will be making my third in-person visit to my dr to get a referral for an essential part of my cancer aftercare. I am so fed up with medical bureaucracy, I can't even tell you.
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In German news, Merz is under fire for saying refugee no.s have fallen, ‘but of course we still have a problem in our cityscapes'. Asked about the implication that migration was an unwanted sight, he just dug in & told the journalist to speak to his [German] daughters & see what they've to say. 1/2
October 20, 2025 at 7:15 PM
In German news, Merz is under fire for saying refugee no.s have fallen, ‘but of course we still have a problem in our cityscapes'. Asked about the implication that migration was an unwanted sight, he just dug in & told the journalist to speak to his [German] daughters & see what they've to say. 1/2
Wie bitte?!?!
Das Kölner Ausländeramt hat einen neuen Weg gefunden, Geflüchtete zu drangsalieren.
netzpolitik.org/2025/verscha...
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Verschärftes Aufenthaltsgesetz: Bis zur Ausreise verwahrt
Das Kölner Ausländeramt nimmt Geflüchteten ihre Handys ab – und gibt sie nicht mehr zurück. Offiziell sollen die Geräte Hinweise auf die Herkunft der Betroffenen liefern. Doch für die bedeutet das oft...
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October 21, 2025 at 5:47 AM
Wie bitte?!?!
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For the love of God just make your mind up whether migrants should be speaking English or not www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Reform's Dame Andrea Jenkyns considers scrapping English lessons
Dame Andrea Jenkyns says a £1m budget to teach foreign nationals
www.bbc.co.uk
October 17, 2025 at 10:42 AM
For the love of God just make your mind up whether migrants should be speaking English or not www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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German politicians: why don't immigrants want to learn German
German employers: why aren't immigrants fluent in German
Taxpayers in Germany on unemployment: Can I take the German lessons that will help me re-enter the workforce
German policies: no
German employers: why aren't immigrants fluent in German
Taxpayers in Germany on unemployment: Can I take the German lessons that will help me re-enter the workforce
German policies: no
October 16, 2025 at 7:27 AM
German politicians: why don't immigrants want to learn German
German employers: why aren't immigrants fluent in German
Taxpayers in Germany on unemployment: Can I take the German lessons that will help me re-enter the workforce
German policies: no
German employers: why aren't immigrants fluent in German
Taxpayers in Germany on unemployment: Can I take the German lessons that will help me re-enter the workforce
German policies: no
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What an utter waste of time and resources it is, that anyone with who needs regular medication has to go to their doctor’s office each quarter to have their health insurance card read before the digital prescription can be issued.
I’ve asked if they can prescribe for more than 3 months. No.
I’ve asked if they can prescribe for more than 3 months. No.
October 10, 2025 at 8:04 AM
What an utter waste of time and resources it is, that anyone with who needs regular medication has to go to their doctor’s office each quarter to have their health insurance card read before the digital prescription can be issued.
I’ve asked if they can prescribe for more than 3 months. No.
I’ve asked if they can prescribe for more than 3 months. No.
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Annual reminder that without literary translators, most Nobel Prize-winning authors couldn’t be read by the committee/readers, so celebrate them too. Congrats @ottiliemulzet.bsky.social et al! This isn’t taking away from the author, it’s adding recognition of the miracle/labour/skill of translation.
Nobel prize in literature 2025 live: Hungarian novelist László Krasznahorkai wins
Nobel prize in literature 2025 live: László Krasznahorkai wins
Follow along as the next winner of the world’s most prestigious literature prize is announced in Stockholm
www.theguardian.com
October 9, 2025 at 11:24 AM
Annual reminder that without literary translators, most Nobel Prize-winning authors couldn’t be read by the committee/readers, so celebrate them too. Congrats @ottiliemulzet.bsky.social et al! This isn’t taking away from the author, it’s adding recognition of the miracle/labour/skill of translation.
Despite the quirky detail of the Syrian couple calling their daughter Angela and the heartwarming support they have received from their German helpers, this story is enraging. The system is broken.
October 9, 2025 at 5:57 AM
Despite the quirky detail of the Syrian couple calling their daughter Angela and the heartwarming support they have received from their German helpers, this story is enraging. The system is broken.
This is such a pointless performance. Only a few hundred people got their citizenship via this rule. In Cologne applicants are currently waiting over a year for a first appointment.
October 9, 2025 at 5:53 AM
This is such a pointless performance. Only a few hundred people got their citizenship via this rule. In Cologne applicants are currently waiting over a year for a first appointment.
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This Oct, as a breast cancer survivor in treatment since 2021, I'm doing a thread on stuff I wish I'd been told.
I'll update as I go, but the first thing I'll share is every person's body & treatment is different. Some fear symptoms or side effects they might never get. Don't be afraid to fight 1/3
I'll update as I go, but the first thing I'll share is every person's body & treatment is different. Some fear symptoms or side effects they might never get. Don't be afraid to fight 1/3
October 3, 2025 at 10:26 PM
This Oct, as a breast cancer survivor in treatment since 2021, I'm doing a thread on stuff I wish I'd been told.
I'll update as I go, but the first thing I'll share is every person's body & treatment is different. Some fear symptoms or side effects they might never get. Don't be afraid to fight 1/3
I'll update as I go, but the first thing I'll share is every person's body & treatment is different. Some fear symptoms or side effects they might never get. Don't be afraid to fight 1/3
Currently listening to Cards on the Table. It's good, but I'm sure I'd get more out of it if I understood the rules of bridge
Had I been Agatha Christie's copy editor, I would have had to have learned the rules of bridge. Ye gods.
September 30, 2025 at 6:28 AM
Currently listening to Cards on the Table. It's good, but I'm sure I'd get more out of it if I understood the rules of bridge
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Deutliche Zentrum-Peripherie-Unterschiede bei der OB-Wahl in Köln: In der Innenstadt gewinnt die Kandidatin der Grünen, in äußeren Stadtteilen der Kandidat der SPD. Je größer die räumliche Distanz eines Stimmbezirks zum Kölner Dom, desto stärker die SPD – je geringer, desto stärker die Grünen. 1/2
September 29, 2025 at 5:45 AM
Deutliche Zentrum-Peripherie-Unterschiede bei der OB-Wahl in Köln: In der Innenstadt gewinnt die Kandidatin der Grünen, in äußeren Stadtteilen der Kandidat der SPD. Je größer die räumliche Distanz eines Stimmbezirks zum Kölner Dom, desto stärker die SPD – je geringer, desto stärker die Grünen. 1/2