Irene
@derbren.bsky.social
books, bikes, cats, cheese, and cinemas. Non-practising German. Unreliable narrator, ready for my close-up. Probably have a crush on you. For more, go here: https://linktr.ee/DerBren
off to Germany. my 11 year old nephew called yesterday to talk me through an idea for a cake he has that consists of alternating layers of pancake and chocolate and asked if I would make it with him today
November 26, 2025 at 6:28 AM
off to Germany. my 11 year old nephew called yesterday to talk me through an idea for a cake he has that consists of alternating layers of pancake and chocolate and asked if I would make it with him today
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In my teens I briefly flirted with bowler hat wearing, a flirtation that abruptly came to an end the day I also tried to eat an apple and got called a 'Magritte Dickhead' by a particularly cultured bully.
November 25, 2025 at 10:09 PM
In my teens I briefly flirted with bowler hat wearing, a flirtation that abruptly came to an end the day I also tried to eat an apple and got called a 'Magritte Dickhead' by a particularly cultured bully.
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"Datemi un Martello." Italian singer Rita Pavone has a hammer and she looks like she's just trying to decide exactly what or who she's gonna f*** up with it tonight.
RITA PAVONE DATEMI UN MARTELLO 64
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November 25, 2025 at 9:00 PM
"Datemi un Martello." Italian singer Rita Pavone has a hammer and she looks like she's just trying to decide exactly what or who she's gonna f*** up with it tonight.
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I believe they prefer to be called Americans
November 20, 2025 at 8:41 PM
I believe they prefer to be called Americans
omg I just sorted out the most amazing xmas present
November 25, 2025 at 3:40 PM
omg I just sorted out the most amazing xmas present
Xero accounting software thinks my donation to the Trussell Trust is “political”
November 25, 2025 at 10:50 AM
Xero accounting software thinks my donation to the Trussell Trust is “political”
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I wish I didn’t have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture.
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
November 25, 2025 at 9:26 AM
I wish I didn’t have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture.
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
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We have separated doing racism from the awful slur of being called a racist
November 25, 2025 at 8:00 AM
We have separated doing racism from the awful slur of being called a racist
“epic even more vulgar roast” sounds like an East London cafe’s brew of the week
November 25, 2025 at 7:55 AM
“epic even more vulgar roast” sounds like an East London cafe’s brew of the week
am I going mad? How much longer do we need to discuss whether an openly racist politician with openly racist policies who heads up a racist party is, in fact, a racist?
November 25, 2025 at 7:25 AM
am I going mad? How much longer do we need to discuss whether an openly racist politician with openly racist policies who heads up a racist party is, in fact, a racist?
and I was never on main in a horny way
November 24, 2025 at 7:29 PM
and I was never on main in a horny way
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saw Night of the Hunter last night and I’m just glad that past-me left a movie that good for current-me to watch for the first time
November 24, 2025 at 7:23 PM
saw Night of the Hunter last night and I’m just glad that past-me left a movie that good for current-me to watch for the first time
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unfortunately my tired, sad brain has turned this into
she wore a raaaasberry au fait, the kind you find on an old greenland shark
she wore a raaaasberry au fait, the kind you find on an old greenland shark
November 24, 2025 at 6:26 PM
unfortunately my tired, sad brain has turned this into
she wore a raaaasberry au fait, the kind you find on an old greenland shark
she wore a raaaasberry au fait, the kind you find on an old greenland shark
You know how to whistle, don't you, Charlie Brown? You just put your lips together and blow.
Say you will, say you won't, say you'll do what I don't, Charlie Brown
History is a nightmare from which I am trying to awake, Charlie Brown
November 24, 2025 at 5:54 PM
You know how to whistle, don't you, Charlie Brown? You just put your lips together and blow.
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ick. sharing that pillock is uncool. i don't want bait here. i like cosy chats. recipes, your dating experiences, and douglas jokes about that x
November 24, 2025 at 4:04 PM
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I don’t want to see *ndr*w T*te tweets in my timeline 🙈
November 24, 2025 at 2:57 PM
I don’t want to see *ndr*w T*te tweets in my timeline 🙈
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'Oh, an arrow, sooo original.' You had to hand it to St Agnetha, she remained an eighteen carat bitch right to the very end.
November 24, 2025 at 11:08 AM
'Oh, an arrow, sooo original.' You had to hand it to St Agnetha, she remained an eighteen carat bitch right to the very end.
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Do I know anyone on here who went to a British boys boarding school -preferably the elite kind- within the last 20 years? If that doesn't describe you then retweet this until somebody it does describe sees this.
November 24, 2025 at 9:04 AM
Do I know anyone on here who went to a British boys boarding school -preferably the elite kind- within the last 20 years? If that doesn't describe you then retweet this until somebody it does describe sees this.
this is how I find out that you were all admirers of Udo Kier :(
November 24, 2025 at 9:03 AM
this is how I find out that you were all admirers of Udo Kier :(
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I don't think this was actually deliberately published as ragebait, but the entitlement contained within is remarkable and a classic example of the sort of sentiment governments sometimes just have to face down inews.co.uk/inews-lifest...?
We were hit with a £148k inheritance tax bill when mum died at 97 - it's disgusting
Jill Lemon has labelled inheritance tax as 'cruel', 'horrible' and 'unfair'
inews.co.uk
November 24, 2025 at 8:18 AM
I don't think this was actually deliberately published as ragebait, but the entitlement contained within is remarkable and a classic example of the sort of sentiment governments sometimes just have to face down inews.co.uk/inews-lifest...?
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Me, a dabbler in Gertrude Stein studies: Huh
Renowned Gertude Stein scholars:
"This is a vexing passage. The sentences, if they are sentences, name or describe nothing I can see."
Renowned Gertude Stein scholars:
"This is a vexing passage. The sentences, if they are sentences, name or describe nothing I can see."
March 14, 2025 at 11:37 AM
Me, a dabbler in Gertrude Stein studies: Huh
Renowned Gertude Stein scholars:
"This is a vexing passage. The sentences, if they are sentences, name or describe nothing I can see."
Renowned Gertude Stein scholars:
"This is a vexing passage. The sentences, if they are sentences, name or describe nothing I can see."
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update: I still like him
November 10, 2025 at 9:39 AM
update: I still like him
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Man stelle sich nur vor, man würde mit dem Servicepersonal verwechselt!
November 23, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Man stelle sich nur vor, man würde mit dem Servicepersonal verwechselt!