Liz
@gentgestranslation.bsky.social
English - German translations and proofreading for boardgames and other things.(Not my main job.) #language jokes #nerd stuff #scifi #perryrhodan #fountainpens #inks Tweets (?) in German and English.
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The Doctor is right and correct
Always love to see great talent using their platform for unabashed good.
'F*** Off And Let People Be': David Tennant Doubles Down On Support For Trans People
"People are trying to create division... and it's so f***ing unnecessary."
www.huffingtonpost.co.uk
November 29, 2025 at 12:51 PM
The Doctor is right and correct
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In today's NYT crossword
November 29, 2025 at 1:23 PM
In today's NYT crossword
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Small Business Saturday! 2025 Holiday Limited Edition!
A Collier in Arctic Fox. This has a nicely engraved Snowflake Edison Nib and will be limited to 20 pens. See link below.
edisonpen.com/index.cfm/20...
A Collier in Arctic Fox. This has a nicely engraved Snowflake Edison Nib and will be limited to 20 pens. See link below.
edisonpen.com/index.cfm/20...
November 29, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Small Business Saturday! 2025 Holiday Limited Edition!
A Collier in Arctic Fox. This has a nicely engraved Snowflake Edison Nib and will be limited to 20 pens. See link below.
edisonpen.com/index.cfm/20...
A Collier in Arctic Fox. This has a nicely engraved Snowflake Edison Nib and will be limited to 20 pens. See link below.
edisonpen.com/index.cfm/20...
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This is a hell of a thread
Being among the first interrogated and ultimately fired by DOGE, I certainly felt we were facing the business end of a right-wing conspiracy theory 🧵
DOGE was not a money-saving effort. It was an effort to chase down and prove right-wing conspiracy theories. They went after USAID to prove conspiracy theories about foreign aid. Then they went after SSA to, again, pursue conspiracy theories about Dems paying "illegals" to vote. 1/2
November 28, 2025 at 2:48 PM
This is a hell of a thread
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Schon gewusst? Heute ist "Red Planet Day", denn vor genau 61 Jahren startete mit der Weltraumsonde Mariner 4 die erste Marsmission. 1969 kreierten Goscinny und Uderzo fünf alternative #Asterix-Stile, u.a. Jim Astéryx auf dem Mars.
November 28, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Schon gewusst? Heute ist "Red Planet Day", denn vor genau 61 Jahren startete mit der Weltraumsonde Mariner 4 die erste Marsmission. 1969 kreierten Goscinny und Uderzo fünf alternative #Asterix-Stile, u.a. Jim Astéryx auf dem Mars.
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Here we go again. Time for the #Gävlebock!
Here's the link for the live feed:
www.visitgavle.se/sv/gavlebocken
Here's the link for the live feed:
www.visitgavle.se/sv/gavlebocken
November 28, 2025 at 11:57 AM
Here we go again. Time for the #Gävlebock!
Here's the link for the live feed:
www.visitgavle.se/sv/gavlebocken
Here's the link for the live feed:
www.visitgavle.se/sv/gavlebocken
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Lektüre für die Bahnfahrt nach Berlin.
November 28, 2025 at 9:05 AM
Lektüre für die Bahnfahrt nach Berlin.
Right in the feels! 😭 Congrats to both of you ❤️
![Comic. Panels up to the 10-year point are grayed out. New panels since the Ten Years comic, which chronicles the first ten years of PERSON 1's journey with cancer: (1) [two people in bed] PERSON 1 (woman): One more chapter? PERSON 2 (man): Don’t we both have to get up early? PERSON 1: Nnnnnggggh PERSON 2: Sure, good point. (2) [many people wearing masks, walking while looking at graphs on their phones] (3) [birds landing on people] PERSON 2 in beanie and scarf: Hah! They like *my* seeds best. PERSON 1 in scarf holding phone with a bird sitting on it: Wait, how do I take a picture of this one? (4) [two people rowing boats with tree landscape] (5) [Person 1 carries overflowing stack of things to Person 2 in bed] PERSON 1: I brought you honey lemon tea, more pillows, a cinnamon roll, Tylenol, another blanket, a– PERSON 2: It was just Appendicitis, I’m really– PERSON 1: *It is my turn to take care of you and I am going to do it right!* (6) [Two people in car] (7) [still in car) PERSON 1: Oh my god. PERSON 2: Oh my god. (8) [car driving] PERSON 1: Pull over! PERSON 2: I am! (9) [both people get out of car] (10) [Large colored panel of aurora borealis over water with both people looking on] (11) [Person 1 sits against tree while Person 2 lies on the ground] PERSON 1: Fifteen years. No sign of the cancer. (12) I *am* having some weird symptoms. Joint pain. Fatigue. I think I’m losing my close-up vision. PERSON 2: Yeah. Me too. (13) PERSON 2: I think we’re getting old. (14) PERSON 1: I guess that’s okay. PERSON 2: It’s all I wanted.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:cz73r7iyiqn26upot4jtjdhk/bafkreihwhjblp5lyiwp63ouar7ocfea7evmckytoeo7rkfuoo4gw5rnrra@jpeg)
November 27, 2025 at 8:09 PM
Right in the feels! 😭 Congrats to both of you ❤️
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"Runctitiononal features"? "Medical fymblal"? "1 Tol Line storee"? This gets worse the longer you look at it. But it's got to be good, because it was published in Nature Scientific Reports last week: www.nature.com/articles/s41... h/t @asa.tsbalans.se
November 27, 2025 at 9:30 AM
"Runctitiononal features"? "Medical fymblal"? "1 Tol Line storee"? This gets worse the longer you look at it. But it's got to be good, because it was published in Nature Scientific Reports last week: www.nature.com/articles/s41... h/t @asa.tsbalans.se
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It wasn't all wretched though. These documents record a religious festival (possibly the oldest written evidence for a midsummer celebration in England) at the fort, where beer, wine, pork, fish sauce and more was consumed!
Learn how Roman fish sauce was made in Antiquity 🆓 doi.org/10.15184/aqy...
Learn how Roman fish sauce was made in Antiquity 🆓 doi.org/10.15184/aqy...
November 27, 2025 at 4:02 PM
It wasn't all wretched though. These documents record a religious festival (possibly the oldest written evidence for a midsummer celebration in England) at the fort, where beer, wine, pork, fish sauce and more was consumed!
Learn how Roman fish sauce was made in Antiquity 🆓 doi.org/10.15184/aqy...
Learn how Roman fish sauce was made in Antiquity 🆓 doi.org/10.15184/aqy...
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Do you want to have the chance of winning great board games and also support UK #foodbanks as the weather is getting colder? Then answer a simple question and get yourself some #raffle tickets.
More info and enter here: raffall.com/403887/enter...
Also, please reshare. 🙂👍
#boardgames #charity
More info and enter here: raffall.com/403887/enter...
Also, please reshare. 🙂👍
#boardgames #charity
November 27, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Do you want to have the chance of winning great board games and also support UK #foodbanks as the weather is getting colder? Then answer a simple question and get yourself some #raffle tickets.
More info and enter here: raffall.com/403887/enter...
Also, please reshare. 🙂👍
#boardgames #charity
More info and enter here: raffall.com/403887/enter...
Also, please reshare. 🙂👍
#boardgames #charity
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November 27, ca. 110 or 112 CE: Happy birthday to Antinous, stunning boyfriend of emperor Hadrian. Make sure you get yourself a boyfriend who builds cities for you and then starts a cult in your honor if you were ever to fall into the Nile. 🐊 followinghadrian.com/2016/11/27/t... (See CIL XIV 2112).
November 27, 2025 at 12:37 PM
November 27, ca. 110 or 112 CE: Happy birthday to Antinous, stunning boyfriend of emperor Hadrian. Make sure you get yourself a boyfriend who builds cities for you and then starts a cult in your honor if you were ever to fall into the Nile. 🐊 followinghadrian.com/2016/11/27/t... (See CIL XIV 2112).
Gute Frage! Warum? Das ist zu ändern! (Ich schwanke übrigens zwischen Triceratops und Diplodocus falls es irgendwen interessiert 😁)
Warum ist es gesellschaftlich akzeptiert, erwachsene Menschen nach ihrem Sternzeichen zu fragen, aber nicht nach ihrem Lieblingsdinosaurier?
November 27, 2025 at 1:35 PM
Gute Frage! Warum? Das ist zu ändern! (Ich schwanke übrigens zwischen Triceratops und Diplodocus falls es irgendwen interessiert 😁)
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Ten two-handed swords that had been kept in an city hall attic for years because everyone assumed they were just replicas turned out to be genuine!
historiek.net/tweehandszwa...
historiek.net/tweehandszwa...
Een ‘sensationele vondst’: tien authentieke tweehandszwaarden ontdekt op Friese zolder
Bij onderzoek in Balk zijn tien zestiende-eeuwse tweehandszwaarden teruggevonden. De authentieke wapens bieden nieuw inzicht in het gebruik van deze imposante zwaarden voorbij de latere legendes.
historiek.net
November 27, 2025 at 1:28 PM
Ten two-handed swords that had been kept in an city hall attic for years because everyone assumed they were just replicas turned out to be genuine!
historiek.net/tweehandszwa...
historiek.net/tweehandszwa...
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Canadians! You can now vote for the Canadian Word of the Year!
(If we had the option to choose a Canadian WOTY in French as well, I'd suggest the gender-neutral pronoun "iel" which has been in the news a lot in Quebec this year, but probably not applicable since this is an English dictionary)
(If we had the option to choose a Canadian WOTY in French as well, I'd suggest the gender-neutral pronoun "iel" which has been in the news a lot in Quebec this year, but probably not applicable since this is an English dictionary)
2025 has been an eventful year for Canada's identity. To commemorate the year, The Society for Canadian English is choosing a 2025 word of the year (CWOTY), based on the Dictionary of Canadianisms on Historical Principles.
Have your say: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Have your say: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
November 27, 2025 at 12:23 AM
Canadians! You can now vote for the Canadian Word of the Year!
(If we had the option to choose a Canadian WOTY in French as well, I'd suggest the gender-neutral pronoun "iel" which has been in the news a lot in Quebec this year, but probably not applicable since this is an English dictionary)
(If we had the option to choose a Canadian WOTY in French as well, I'd suggest the gender-neutral pronoun "iel" which has been in the news a lot in Quebec this year, but probably not applicable since this is an English dictionary)
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Military personnel and veterans start pushing against Trump and the next day National Guardsmen are shot by an Afghan terrorist creating a highly publicized news event? Right.
November 27, 2025 at 5:05 AM
Military personnel and veterans start pushing against Trump and the next day National Guardsmen are shot by an Afghan terrorist creating a highly publicized news event? Right.
I am So SO sad to say that globalism isn‘t working anymore. We need European alternatives. This should never even have been an issue. Read the whole article, very interesting!
This should be front page news everywhere: Bc Trump doesnt like the international court in DeHaag, one of the judges got blacklisted for all digital payment services and credit card companies.
Diese Geschichte ist unfassbar.
Weil der Trump-Regierung die Arbeit des Internationalen Strafgerichtshofs nicht passt, wird ein französischer Richter digital de facto ausgelöscht und bekommt keine Kreditkarte und kein Bankkonto mehr:
Weil der Trump-Regierung die Arbeit des Internationalen Strafgerichtshofs nicht passt, wird ein französischer Richter digital de facto ausgelöscht und bekommt keine Kreditkarte und kein Bankkonto mehr:
November 27, 2025 at 9:15 AM
I am So SO sad to say that globalism isn‘t working anymore. We need European alternatives. This should never even have been an issue. Read the whole article, very interesting!
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Have you heard of the ancient human called Lucy?
For decades, her species was thought to have played a key role in our evolution - but a recent discovery raises the possibility that a different species was our ancestor.
Find out what new fossils have revealed 👇
www.nhm.ac.uk/discover/new...
For decades, her species was thought to have played a key role in our evolution - but a recent discovery raises the possibility that a different species was our ancestor.
Find out what new fossils have revealed 👇
www.nhm.ac.uk/discover/new...
Early hominin Australopithecus afarensis may not be our human ancestor after all | Natural History Museum
New Australopithecus fossils found in Ethiopia are changing the human family tree.
www.nhm.ac.uk
November 26, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Have you heard of the ancient human called Lucy?
For decades, her species was thought to have played a key role in our evolution - but a recent discovery raises the possibility that a different species was our ancestor.
Find out what new fossils have revealed 👇
www.nhm.ac.uk/discover/new...
For decades, her species was thought to have played a key role in our evolution - but a recent discovery raises the possibility that a different species was our ancestor.
Find out what new fossils have revealed 👇
www.nhm.ac.uk/discover/new...
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Übersicht aller Bahn-Baustellen in 2026 für das Rheinland.
Das wird heftig.
In der zweiten Jahreshälfte wird es ab Ende August bis vor Weihnachten keinen Tag geben, an dem zwischen Köln und Düsseldorf, auf der wohl wichtigsten Verbindung des Rheinlands, Normalbetrieb herrscht.
[Geschenkter Link]
Das wird heftig.
In der zweiten Jahreshälfte wird es ab Ende August bis vor Weihnachten keinen Tag geben, an dem zwischen Köln und Düsseldorf, auf der wohl wichtigsten Verbindung des Rheinlands, Normalbetrieb herrscht.
[Geschenkter Link]
30 Großbaustellen im Rheinland: 2026 wird das härteste Jahr für Bahnpendler
„Wir sind am Limit angekommen“, sagt Marcel Winter, Geschäftsführer von go.Rheinland. „Mehr können und wollen wir den Fahrgästen nicht zumuten.“
www.ksta.de
November 26, 2025 at 10:36 AM
Übersicht aller Bahn-Baustellen in 2026 für das Rheinland.
Das wird heftig.
In der zweiten Jahreshälfte wird es ab Ende August bis vor Weihnachten keinen Tag geben, an dem zwischen Köln und Düsseldorf, auf der wohl wichtigsten Verbindung des Rheinlands, Normalbetrieb herrscht.
[Geschenkter Link]
Das wird heftig.
In der zweiten Jahreshälfte wird es ab Ende August bis vor Weihnachten keinen Tag geben, an dem zwischen Köln und Düsseldorf, auf der wohl wichtigsten Verbindung des Rheinlands, Normalbetrieb herrscht.
[Geschenkter Link]
Bin dafür. Würde helfen!
Krankenwagen werden mit Pflug ausgestattet, um Rettungsgasse freiräumen zu können www.der-postillon.com/2015/11/kran...
Krankenwagen werden mit Pflug ausgestattet, um Rettungsgasse freiräumen zu können
Wer künftig auf der Autobahn einen Rettungswagen im Rückspiegel sieht, sollte besser schnell reagieren und Platz machen – andernfalls ist mit erheblichem Blechschaden zu rechnen. Denn ab sofort…
www.der-postillon.com
November 25, 2025 at 1:08 PM
Bin dafür. Würde helfen!
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Bildergalerie: Das sind die schönsten Weihnachtsmarktpoller Deutschlands www.der-postillon.com/2025/11/poll...
Bildergalerie: Das sind die schönsten Weihnachtsmarktpoller Deutschlands
Sie gehören zum Weihnachtsmarkt wie Glühwein, Crêpes und Bratwürste: Schutzpoller, die verhindern sollen, dass Irre mit einem Auto oder Lkw in die wei
www.der-postillon.com
November 25, 2025 at 12:34 PM
Bildergalerie: Das sind die schönsten Weihnachtsmarktpoller Deutschlands www.der-postillon.com/2025/11/poll...
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narrator: 50 years ago...
me: [nods] in 1945
narrator: in 1975...
me: what
me: [nods] in 1945
narrator: in 1975...
me: what
November 25, 2025 at 2:11 AM
narrator: 50 years ago...
me: [nods] in 1945
narrator: in 1975...
me: what
me: [nods] in 1945
narrator: in 1975...
me: what
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Charles Darwin visited Stonehenge not too long after this, in 1877. He was more interested in the worms than the monument, however, speculating that worms' gradual shifting of the earth over time would eventually bury Stonehenge 1/3
This is the oldest known family photo taken at Stonehenge. c 1865, back when you could picnic on the great sarsens themselves.
The original photo is owned by Queen Guitarist Brian May!
#stonehenge #wiltshire #stonecircle
The original photo is owned by Queen Guitarist Brian May!
#stonehenge #wiltshire #stonecircle
November 24, 2025 at 9:35 AM
Charles Darwin visited Stonehenge not too long after this, in 1877. He was more interested in the worms than the monument, however, speculating that worms' gradual shifting of the earth over time would eventually bury Stonehenge 1/3