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Mina
@mina.berlin.social.ap.brid.gy
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Originally from Berlin, now back after >20 years abroad (ARG, UK, CH).

I like and care about:

Science, Math, IT, FOSS, parenting […]

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Many of you might have already seen the ultra cute "sea sheep" (Costasiella kuroshimae), but yesterday I learned 2 mind-blowing facts about the family of sea slugs they belong to:

1. They incorporate chloroplasts (the organelles in plant cells that do the […]

[Original post on berlin.social]
November 27, 2025 at 10:39 AM
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#FotoVorschlag

'Graffiti'

am Gleisdreieck
Ein sonniger Tag. An einer Betonmauer unter einem Bahndamm sind viele Graffiti. Der größte Teil der Wand ist mit blauen Buchstaben bemalt, man erkennt sie aber nicht, weil da weiße Quadrate mit total süßen Fuchs-Bildern drübergemalt sind. Über den Bahndamm fährt ein ICE und überall, auf dem Bahndamm und davor wachsen viele grüne Pflanzen, viele davon mit roten Blüten.
November 27, 2025 at 10:03 AM
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Autumn walk:

This used to be the track of the old railway line from Berlin to the town of Potsdam.

Opened in 1838, it was the first railway line in Prussia, the second in Germany.

Whilst most of it is still in use, this branch has been closed in 1980, after […]

[Original post on berlin.social]
Under a grey sky, a railway track covered with brown leaves running through a forest with skinny trees.
November 26, 2025 at 3:07 PM
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Beware!

It's #Caturday
A vintage drawing in black and white: A man in a suit is attcked by three cats in a floor, desperately trying to protect his eyes. Written underneath "Savage attack by cats"
November 22, 2025 at 10:15 AM
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Guten Morgen!

#zugfoto
Flaches Land im Morgengrauen aus dem Zugfenster fotografiert. Vereinzelte Wölkchen am Himmel. Man sieht Felder und dahinter Baureihen.
November 18, 2025 at 6:23 AM
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What a disappointment. #netflix's #Frankenstein #film!

I was really looking forward to seeing it, but, alas, I got a rather boring, pretty gruesome CGI spectacle with a thin message, inconsistent side plots and implausible characters.

Totally disappointed by […]

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Two man in a dark study close together. They are both looking intensely into the same direction, to a point somewhere behind the viewpoint. One is dark haired, wearing a white shirt and is directing the other one's head. That one seems to be sitting and is naked from the waist upwards. His skin is extremely white and covered with wounds and stitches.
November 15, 2025 at 1:07 AM
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#viernesdememes
Dibujo de una mujer en postura de loto. Ojos cerrados. Murmura a sí misma: Vamos paz interior… No tengo todo el día
November 14, 2025 at 2:50 PM
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#worldkindnessday
A white on black cartoon. Charlie Brown, a boy from the comic strip "Peanuts" shelters the dog Snoopy with an umbrella against the rain. Text: "In a world, where you can be anything: Be kind"
November 13, 2025 at 8:29 AM
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"Aren't you yet in bed, child?"

"Almost, Mom. I just have to kill these two nasty moths in my room, first."

--
painting by Laura Makabresku
A very detailed and realistic painting, mainly in orange and green. A girl with very long hair is standing with a candle in a poorly lit room. she's holding a candle with both hands and her shadow is big on the wall. she's looking at a flying bird between her and the wall. Another bird flies near her legs.
November 12, 2025 at 1:53 AM
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@LordCaramac

Nicht böse, aber ich musste gerade so an diesen Cartoon von xkbd denken:

@Labonitamascota
Meme: 2 people talking: A: Silicate chemistry is second nature to us geochemists, so it is easy to forget that the average person probably only knos the formaulas for olivine and one or two feldspars. B: And quartz of course A: Of course -- Caption: Even when trying to compensate for it, experts in anything wildly overestimate the average person's familiarity with their field
November 10, 2025 at 8:18 PM
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»All domestic calls (mobile and landline) free of charge«

I don't know, how international calls work and I guess, they would cost something.

Still: Times have changed a lot in terms of communication.

BTW: In the early 90s a friend of mine dealt with hacked […]

[Original post on berlin.social]
A public phone, almost entirely made of steel, with a blue screen and a red receiver. Card slot and coin tray are sealed.
November 10, 2025 at 7:24 PM
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There was a time, when perms and shoulder pads weren't seen as the misogynic abominations they are, when you could ask people:

"Suppose, you win the lottery, and you can choose between two prizes: A million Deutsch Marks or an unlimited free phone for life" […]

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An extremely posh call box, an ample glass cylinder with a metal column holding the phone in the middle.
November 10, 2025 at 7:22 PM
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Keep your circulatory system in shape!

© by Dave Gibbons & Alan Moore
From a vintage comic: In a professional kitchen, several cooks scream in awe as a human shaped creature stands in the middle of the room, but it's not a human, it's just their blood vessels, surrounded by a white glow. Text: "It's November 10th now. There is a circulatory system wlaking through the kitchen…"
November 10, 2025 at 10:39 AM
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Beim #GemüseTurnier sehe ich dauernd die #muppets vor mir.
November 9, 2025 at 12:56 PM
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Buon giorno!
A colourful ad for the coffee brand Lavazza in cubistic style: A steaming cup of coffee and a Bialetti coffee maker. The latter with the brand name written over it.
November 7, 2025 at 4:43 AM
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#Schrödinger's plates.

posted by Twitter User "ProfFeynman", March 2020

#physics
A cupboard with a glass door. Inside, a staple of plates have fallen, but not yet broken. They're still held by the cupboard's door and will be in this state until the door is opened. It is impossible to open the door without the plates falling down and breaking.
November 6, 2025 at 3:24 PM
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Die hat ja echt 'nen Vogel

©Alicja Posluzna
Schwarz-Weiß-Foto eines unvollständigen Spiegelbilds einer Frau in einer Pfütze auf Kopfsteinplaster. Eine Taube trinkt Wasser, wo der Kopf der Frau wäre.
November 4, 2025 at 9:28 AM
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Schematic view of the railway station Berlin-Friedrichstraße, kindly provided by

http://stations.albertguillaumes.cat/

A fascinating fact about this station is that, during the city's division, this station was entirely located in East-Berlin, whilst most of […]

[Original post on berlin.social]
Schematic view of a train station. Two tracks, slightly perpendicular, under ground and three parallel elevated tracks above ground. There are lots of staircases between the two rail levels and the ground level.
November 3, 2025 at 8:53 AM
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Beautiful and terrifying

Rosy Arango - "La bruja" (The Witch)

w. subtitles
October 31, 2025 at 7:25 PM
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if you're not appalled by #scifi or Gothic novels, you're in for a treat.

It is well written, not too hard, despite the rather oldish language, but the topic is timeless. Or better:

The topic is more relevant than ever:

The monsters, we create, are mere […]

[Original post on berlin.social]
Portrait of Mary Shelley. A middle aged brunette woman looking intensely directly at the viewer in a dark Victorian dress with bare shoulders
October 24, 2025 at 6:33 AM
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There is a new #Frankenstein #film out.

It's from Netflix, so it's going to come to many homes soon, but from what the trailer looks like, it seems to be worth it to watch it in theatre.

The movie is made by Guillermo del Toro, so it is probably a rather safe […]

[Original post on berlin.social]
October 24, 2025 at 6:31 AM
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@12thRITS

Stimmt. Die Farben haben was, aber bei Gerhard Richter denke ich immer an diesen Spruch:
Ein weißes Straßenplakat, unten ziemlich eingerissen. In roter Schrift auf dem Plakat: "Konzeptkunst ist das Furzgeräusch der Postmoderne"
October 24, 2025 at 4:59 AM
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Guten Morgen, Welt!

Habt alle einen zauberhaften und bunten Freitag!
View from above upon two cups of coffe on a dark wooden table. One cup is orange, the other green. Each is standing on a saucer of the same colour. The table has scratches and stains in colourful paint. Maybe, we're in a painter's studio.
October 24, 2025 at 4:35 AM
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Love this sculpture by Penny Hardy, especially on such a windy day.
On a field, a statue of a standing woman. The statue is made of red (oxidated) scrap metal, with lots of holes in it. It looks like she is facing the wind, with her hair flying, but her whole backside also looks like flying hair. It gives the impression like her backside was kind of dissolving.
October 23, 2025 at 1:32 PM
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Oh! It's still #witchywednesday

artist unknown
Black and white painting The small silhouettes of 3 witches on brooms flying high before a pale full moon which lights a dramatic cloudy sky.
October 22, 2025 at 9:13 PM