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Lisa B

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🇦🇺🇩🇪 Teacher of English in Germany Crafty word nerd #insulin4all

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Lisa B @litker.bsky.social · Nov 12

Quick introductory post: I teach English as a Second and Third language and Ethics to high schoolers in Germany. I also support students with Special Educational Needs and am a passionate advocate for accommodations for those who need them. I've been teaching for >20 years and still love it. #edusky

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Lisa B @litker.bsky.social · 11h

She's 13. Given the impact of puberty hormones on T1D I'd rather stick with the paediatric endocrinologist for now. I couldn't get her into the Kinderarzt when she had an infection a few years ago so our Hausarzt saw her grudgingly, but made it clear it was a once off until she was "old enough".

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Lisa B @litker.bsky.social · 11h

But then we can get the Überweisungsschein from the Hausarzt who is a 5 minute walk from us, then go four stops on the bus to the clinic. Both the Kinderarzt and the Kinderklinik require a drive and parking (okay PT is possible but when trying to fit appointments around work and school...)

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Lisa B @litker.bsky.social · 12h

Oh that's good to know. It's at the Kinderklinikum Schwabing so that's the reason. Once she ages out of paediatric care there is an excellent diabetes unit at the Krankenhaus closest to us, so that will make life easier.

Lisa B @litker.bsky.social · 15h

I offer my kids a variety of food but I'm not going to die on that hill. There's always something on offer that everyone will eat.

Lisa B @litker.bsky.social · 15h

I had to eat peas almost every night of my childhood, and I hated them. I used to eat them one by one in protest, which drove everyone mad, but I still had to eat my peas. Fast forward to 19 year old me getting an allergy test: extremely sensitive to peas. Mum was mortified.

Lisa B @litker.bsky.social · 15h

My school community is in mourning today. Admin has handled the situation as well as can be hoped. Hard enough to manage my own grief, and that of my colleagues, but seeing young people mourn is bloody awful. Some of my students from last year came back and that just about undid me.

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Lisa B @litker.bsky.social · 18h

Having to get a new Überweisungsschein from the Kinderarzt for A before every quarterly Endocrinology review is a royal PITA. Like... T1D is a chronic condition. It's never going to go away. Oh and her clinic doesn't do E-Rezept yet so her prescriptions have to be mailed or picked up.

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Lisa B @litker.bsky.social · 18h

My palms are sweating just looking at it. And not in a pleasant, anticipatory way.

Lisa B @litker.bsky.social · 22h

Strands #586
“I'm a ladle hungry”
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I mean they were just sitting there, staring at me. Giving me ideas...

Lisa B @litker.bsky.social · 22h

www.nobelpeaceprize.org/press/press-... they don't confirm the identity of nominees, but there are a lot this year.

Nominations for the Nobel Peace Prize 2025 - Nobel Peace Prize

There are 338 candidates nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize for 2025, of which 244 are individuals and 94 are organizations. This is a significant increase from last year.

www.nobelpeaceprize.org

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Lisa B @litker.bsky.social · 1d

When a 15 year old Swiftie calls a lyric cringe...

Lisa B @litker.bsky.social · 1d

Strands #585
“Just in case”
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Adam Sharp @adamcsharp.bsky.social · 2d

As today is World Octopus Day I’ll again mention that a Spanish equivalent to “like a fish out of water” is como un pulpo en un garaje. It means “like an octopus in a garage.”

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Lisa B @litker.bsky.social · 2d

Strands #584
“Now, hear this!”
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Lisa B @litker.bsky.social · 2d

I made A's favourite dinner last night: lasagna. She has missed meals during this set up phase so there has to be some payoff, right? The #Omnipod calculated a much smaller dose than we'd usually give for lasagna so I was expecting a massive high... Nope. She was in range all night. I'm in awe. #T1D

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Lisa B @litker.bsky.social · 3d

That's the best gift you can give new parents.

Lisa B @litker.bsky.social · 3d

Aaaaaahhhhh!!!!!

Lisa B @litker.bsky.social · 3d

Re-reading his novels as an adult has been incredible. Pyramids was the first one because my Mum wanted me to read something other than this book about Egypt I kept reading over and over. She then got me everything else he had written til that point, and bought me everything as it was released.

Lisa B @litker.bsky.social · 3d

I hope you're okay ❤️

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Lisa B @litker.bsky.social · 4d

Strands #583
“Unusual companions”
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Alicia Andrzejewski (she/her) @aliciaandrz.bsky.social · 4d

yes I am an expert on Ophelia. no I will not be commenting on Taylor Swift’s song.

here’s me on Ophelia, bodily autonomy, & abortion for @electricliterature.com:

electricliterature.com/shakespeare-...

Shakespeare Already Wrote About What Happens When Women Don’t Have Bodily Autonomy - Electric Literature

And guess what? It ends badly

electricliterature.com

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Lisa B @litker.bsky.social · 4d

New German word of the day: Mahlzeitauslassversuch (meal + leave out + test). The process by which the clinic finds out if they have the basal settings correct on A's Omnipod 5. She can only eat raw veggies for five hours and has to take her blood sugar every hour during that time.

A's dinner tonight: a blue bowl with sliced red capsicum, some cucumber and carrots

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Lisa B @litker.bsky.social · 4d

Even my fifteen year old Swiftie daughter has labelled a number of the lyrics "cringe"

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Lisa B @litker.bsky.social · 4d

What?! I submitted mine in September last year!! I've been eligible for ages but waited until they allowed non-EU citizens to have dual citizenship 😭 if I lived outside of Munich I would probably have it by now but there have been so many applications here!

Lisa B @litker.bsky.social · 4d

Right?! I had a miserable time with the chicken pox as a kid so was delighted to discover that my kids never have to go through that.

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