Mayken Brünings
@maykenalanna.bsky.social
I write fantasy & speculative fiction for kids. 📚 My blog about Paris & published short stories 👉 https://www.maykenbruenings.com/
Trilingual swimmer 🏊🏻♀️ and SCBWI member. I love cows and Brittany.
Trilingual swimmer 🏊🏻♀️ and SCBWI member. I love cows and Brittany.
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Mayken Brünings
@maykenalanna.bsky.social
· Oct 18
12yo Charlotte spends alternate weeks with her time protection agent parents in the 16th and the 21st centuries. All is well until it isn't. History goes off the rails, Charlotte is stranded in the past, and a royal princess needs saving. #TimeTravel
German bookstore rocking the recommendation of English-language books. (There was a lot of YA fantasy on that shelf.) #AmReading
December 20, 2025 at 3:02 PM
German bookstore rocking the recommendation of English-language books. (There was a lot of YA fantasy on that shelf.) #AmReading
I just learned that starting January 1st, there'll be a compulsory civics exam for foreigners applying for residence or citizenship in France.
You have to pass it before sending in your application, so I guess it doesn't apply to me.
You have to pass it before sending in your application, so I guess it doesn't apply to me.
December 19, 2025 at 3:57 PM
I just learned that starting January 1st, there'll be a compulsory civics exam for foreigners applying for residence or citizenship in France.
You have to pass it before sending in your application, so I guess it doesn't apply to me.
You have to pass it before sending in your application, so I guess it doesn't apply to me.
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Stop your doomscrolling and read this!
We've just been accused of being "small" and "niche-interest"
😐
😐
December 18, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Stop your doomscrolling and read this!
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I love the fucking internet, part 972964386: "One Night In Bangkok" arranged and performed as a 16th century chanson. youtu.be/i3jHv0GZB9U?...
One Night in Bangkok but it's a 16th century chanson
YouTube video by Jonasquin
youtu.be
December 18, 2025 at 7:00 AM
I love the fucking internet, part 972964386: "One Night In Bangkok" arranged and performed as a 16th century chanson. youtu.be/i3jHv0GZB9U?...
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They checked each others' rental contracts. Both were valid.
"This isn't supposed to be possible," the wizard said.
"Impossibles are your domain," the princess said, "but here we are."
They looked at the tower.
"Do you want a-" said the wizard.
"Apprentice?"
"-roommate?"
"Yes," both said.
"This isn't supposed to be possible," the wizard said.
"Impossibles are your domain," the princess said, "but here we are."
They looked at the tower.
"Do you want a-" said the wizard.
"Apprentice?"
"-roommate?"
"Yes," both said.
December 17, 2025 at 10:20 PM
They checked each others' rental contracts. Both were valid.
"This isn't supposed to be possible," the wizard said.
"Impossibles are your domain," the princess said, "but here we are."
They looked at the tower.
"Do you want a-" said the wizard.
"Apprentice?"
"-roommate?"
"Yes," both said.
"This isn't supposed to be possible," the wizard said.
"Impossibles are your domain," the princess said, "but here we are."
They looked at the tower.
"Do you want a-" said the wizard.
"Apprentice?"
"-roommate?"
"Yes," both said.
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Schmiergelder für römische Beamte haben ihren Preis - und das schon seit 50 vor Christus. Unterstützen Sie das Asterix-Projekt Comedix.de. Versprochen, das ist dann auch der letzte Aufruf für den Kauf des Asterix-Quizbuchs vor Weihnachten. www.emf-verlag.de/spiele/party...
Asterix von A bis Z - Asterix Archiv - Startseite -
Deutschsprachiges ASTERIX-Archiv mit Suchfunktion, Newsletter, aktuellen Neuigkeiten um die gallischen Freunde von Asterix und Obelix und einer umfangreichen Bibliothek aller deutschsprachigen…
Comedix.de
December 16, 2025 at 11:01 AM
Schmiergelder für römische Beamte haben ihren Preis - und das schon seit 50 vor Christus. Unterstützen Sie das Asterix-Projekt Comedix.de. Versprochen, das ist dann auch der letzte Aufruf für den Kauf des Asterix-Quizbuchs vor Weihnachten. www.emf-verlag.de/spiele/party...
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Don’t let capitalism steal your holiday joy! 👇 Here are 5️⃣ ways to disinvite plastic this season.
December 16, 2025 at 2:41 AM
Don’t let capitalism steal your holiday joy! 👇 Here are 5️⃣ ways to disinvite plastic this season.
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Adventskalender Tag 16 - Hallmark-Movies: Wo eine gestresste PR-Managerin die Großstadt und ihre Karriere hinter sich lässt, um mit einem Holzfäller und einem Golden Retriever eine Lebkuchenbäckerei zu eröffnen.
Adventskalender 2025 – Tag 16: Hallmark Movies |
Adventskalender Tag 16 - Hallmark Movies: Wo eine gestresste PR-Managerin die Großstadt hinter sich lässt, um mit einem Holzfäller eine Bäckerei zu eröffnen.
www.familienbetrieb.info
December 16, 2025 at 6:03 AM
Adventskalender Tag 16 - Hallmark-Movies: Wo eine gestresste PR-Managerin die Großstadt und ihre Karriere hinter sich lässt, um mit einem Holzfäller und einem Golden Retriever eine Lebkuchenbäckerei zu eröffnen.
My métro train stopped abruptly, shut down. Driver announces a power cut due to persons on the tracks.
Lights go back on, we move a little but end up stuck in the tunnel. Driver announces traffic is very difficult and we likely won't go beyond Montparnasse, due to an "accident grave voyageur". ⬇️
Lights go back on, we move a little but end up stuck in the tunnel. Driver announces traffic is very difficult and we likely won't go beyond Montparnasse, due to an "accident grave voyageur". ⬇️
December 15, 2025 at 5:28 PM
My métro train stopped abruptly, shut down. Driver announces a power cut due to persons on the tracks.
Lights go back on, we move a little but end up stuck in the tunnel. Driver announces traffic is very difficult and we likely won't go beyond Montparnasse, due to an "accident grave voyageur". ⬇️
Lights go back on, we move a little but end up stuck in the tunnel. Driver announces traffic is very difficult and we likely won't go beyond Montparnasse, due to an "accident grave voyageur". ⬇️
15yo is making plans for her friend's visit, asks about the Musée d'Orsay: "Do they have old paintings in there?"
DH starts answering that the Md'O covers a specific time period (1848-1914) but stops, reminding himself: "For 15yo anything from before 2000 is old."
#LifeInParis
DH starts answering that the Md'O covers a specific time period (1848-1914) but stops, reminding himself: "For 15yo anything from before 2000 is old."
#LifeInParis
December 15, 2025 at 4:51 PM
15yo is making plans for her friend's visit, asks about the Musée d'Orsay: "Do they have old paintings in there?"
DH starts answering that the Md'O covers a specific time period (1848-1914) but stops, reminding himself: "For 15yo anything from before 2000 is old."
#LifeInParis
DH starts answering that the Md'O covers a specific time period (1848-1914) but stops, reminding himself: "For 15yo anything from before 2000 is old."
#LifeInParis
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SHOCKING: Over 60,000 African penguins have STARVED to death because of disappearing sardines.
How much longer will destructive fishing be allowed to empty our seas of fish that ENTIRE ecosystems depend on?
Add your voice - act.gp/4iXiM8n
#ProtectTheOcean #Penguins
How much longer will destructive fishing be allowed to empty our seas of fish that ENTIRE ecosystems depend on?
Add your voice - act.gp/4iXiM8n
#ProtectTheOcean #Penguins
Let’s Turn the Tide to Protect 30% of the Ocean by 2030 - Greenpeace International
Add your name to call on leaders to create new ocean sanctuaries and protect our blue planet.
act.gp
December 14, 2025 at 8:36 AM
SHOCKING: Over 60,000 African penguins have STARVED to death because of disappearing sardines.
How much longer will destructive fishing be allowed to empty our seas of fish that ENTIRE ecosystems depend on?
Add your voice - act.gp/4iXiM8n
#ProtectTheOcean #Penguins
How much longer will destructive fishing be allowed to empty our seas of fish that ENTIRE ecosystems depend on?
Add your voice - act.gp/4iXiM8n
#ProtectTheOcean #Penguins
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Adventskalender Tag 14 – Elf on the shelf: Überwachungswichtel, Elfenchaos und Eltern im Elfen-Hamsterrad zwischen Deko-Terror, Prank-Zwang und Burn-out.
Adventskalender 2025 – Tag 14: Elf on the fucking shelf |
Adventskalender Tag 14 – Elf on the shelf: Überwachungswichtel, Elfenchaos und Eltern im Elfen-Hamsterrad zwischen Deko-Terror, Prank-Zwang und Burn-out.
www.familienbetrieb.info
December 14, 2025 at 6:31 AM
Adventskalender Tag 14 – Elf on the shelf: Überwachungswichtel, Elfenchaos und Eltern im Elfen-Hamsterrad zwischen Deko-Terror, Prank-Zwang und Burn-out.
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So. We’re doing alt text discourse again. COOL. Welcome to a primer.🧵
If you're unfamiliar with what alt text is, what it means, and how it's used around here, the following may be helpful.
Although it's still a very underused feature, users can add "alt text" to any image
🧵 [1 of 9]
If you're unfamiliar with what alt text is, what it means, and how it's used around here, the following may be helpful.
Although it's still a very underused feature, users can add "alt text" to any image
🧵 [1 of 9]
December 10, 2025 at 5:22 AM
So. We’re doing alt text discourse again. COOL. Welcome to a primer.🧵
If you're unfamiliar with what alt text is, what it means, and how it's used around here, the following may be helpful.
Although it's still a very underused feature, users can add "alt text" to any image
🧵 [1 of 9]
If you're unfamiliar with what alt text is, what it means, and how it's used around here, the following may be helpful.
Although it's still a very underused feature, users can add "alt text" to any image
🧵 [1 of 9]
We've been to Provins more times than I can count, usually for their medievals days in June, but the last few years also for their medieval Christmas market. But we've never stayed past nightfall before today.
#TourCésar
#TourCésar
December 13, 2025 at 7:46 PM
We've been to Provins more times than I can count, usually for their medievals days in June, but the last few years also for their medieval Christmas market. But we've never stayed past nightfall before today.
#TourCésar
#TourCésar
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Can someone please inform the tech giants that no one wants an AI-assisted experience on every single app, but everyone NEEDS drinking water and a habitable planet. 🙏
December 13, 2025 at 11:40 AM
Can someone please inform the tech giants that no one wants an AI-assisted experience on every single app, but everyone NEEDS drinking water and a habitable planet. 🙏
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ikea should start turning the show rooms into mini-mysteries to solve
December 12, 2025 at 9:14 PM
ikea should start turning the show rooms into mini-mysteries to solve
I have the best Christmas card stamps this year! They are supposed to smell like a croissant, too.
December 12, 2025 at 1:41 PM
I have the best Christmas card stamps this year! They are supposed to smell like a croissant, too.
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Now BRING us some figgy pudding! ✨
...But what exactly is it?
The pudding we know today actually began as a savoury broth made of fruit, spices, wine, breadcrumbs, almonds & meat.
Try our Saxon recipe & learn about the history of figgy puds on our blog: www.butserancientfarm.co.uk/blog/2025/12...
...But what exactly is it?
The pudding we know today actually began as a savoury broth made of fruit, spices, wine, breadcrumbs, almonds & meat.
Try our Saxon recipe & learn about the history of figgy puds on our blog: www.butserancientfarm.co.uk/blog/2025/12...
December 12, 2025 at 12:05 PM
Now BRING us some figgy pudding! ✨
...But what exactly is it?
The pudding we know today actually began as a savoury broth made of fruit, spices, wine, breadcrumbs, almonds & meat.
Try our Saxon recipe & learn about the history of figgy puds on our blog: www.butserancientfarm.co.uk/blog/2025/12...
...But what exactly is it?
The pudding we know today actually began as a savoury broth made of fruit, spices, wine, breadcrumbs, almonds & meat.
Try our Saxon recipe & learn about the history of figgy puds on our blog: www.butserancientfarm.co.uk/blog/2025/12...
I bake waffles for the school's German Christmas market. Last year I noted that the recipe x 4 makes 33 waffles. Made the recipe x 4 today. Got exactly 33 waffles again. Then DH dropped by during a break from WFH.
32 waffles now.
32 waffles now.
December 12, 2025 at 10:36 AM
I bake waffles for the school's German Christmas market. Last year I noted that the recipe x 4 makes 33 waffles. Made the recipe x 4 today. Got exactly 33 waffles again. Then DH dropped by during a break from WFH.
32 waffles now.
32 waffles now.
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"I can't afford to support my favorite author right now, I—"
Reviews.
Reviews are free AND they are a gift to authors that can keep on giving (i.e., exposure, marketing, algo boosts, etc.)
Please, give the gift of reviews to your authors this holiday season. It really can make a difference!
Reviews.
Reviews are free AND they are a gift to authors that can keep on giving (i.e., exposure, marketing, algo boosts, etc.)
Please, give the gift of reviews to your authors this holiday season. It really can make a difference!
December 9, 2025 at 11:04 PM
"I can't afford to support my favorite author right now, I—"
Reviews.
Reviews are free AND they are a gift to authors that can keep on giving (i.e., exposure, marketing, algo boosts, etc.)
Please, give the gift of reviews to your authors this holiday season. It really can make a difference!
Reviews.
Reviews are free AND they are a gift to authors that can keep on giving (i.e., exposure, marketing, algo boosts, etc.)
Please, give the gift of reviews to your authors this holiday season. It really can make a difference!
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So THE LAST HOUR BETWEEN WORLDS makes a good gift for those who like:
Time loops
Sapphics with swords
Locked room murder mystery
Badass but tired mom MCs
Swordfighting in ballgowns
Also a good gift because:
Takes place at a fancy New Year's party (seasonal!)
Shiny special editions available!
Time loops
Sapphics with swords
Locked room murder mystery
Badass but tired mom MCs
Swordfighting in ballgowns
Also a good gift because:
Takes place at a fancy New Year's party (seasonal!)
Shiny special editions available!
December 10, 2025 at 2:11 PM
So THE LAST HOUR BETWEEN WORLDS makes a good gift for those who like:
Time loops
Sapphics with swords
Locked room murder mystery
Badass but tired mom MCs
Swordfighting in ballgowns
Also a good gift because:
Takes place at a fancy New Year's party (seasonal!)
Shiny special editions available!
Time loops
Sapphics with swords
Locked room murder mystery
Badass but tired mom MCs
Swordfighting in ballgowns
Also a good gift because:
Takes place at a fancy New Year's party (seasonal!)
Shiny special editions available!
I'm revising my almost-shelved #SwimWrite ms for Reasons. One point I update is switching out Penny Oleksiak for Summer McIntosh in a reference.
December 10, 2025 at 12:24 PM
I'm revising my almost-shelved #SwimWrite ms for Reasons. One point I update is switching out Penny Oleksiak for Summer McIntosh in a reference.
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Liebe Leute, Zauberbärins BahnCard 100 läuft im Januar ab.
Sie möchte auch 2026 die Bahn rocken, hat da einige neue Zielorte im Hinterkopf und möchte auch neue Dinge ausprobieren.
Und ich muss dann mit.
Wer uns unterstützen möchte und kann, es gibt wieder einen Spendenaufruf.
gofund.me/6c5073e48
Sie möchte auch 2026 die Bahn rocken, hat da einige neue Zielorte im Hinterkopf und möchte auch neue Dinge ausprobieren.
Und ich muss dann mit.
Wer uns unterstützen möchte und kann, es gibt wieder einen Spendenaufruf.
gofund.me/6c5073e48
BahnCard 100 2. Klasse für Zauberbärin für das Jahr 2026, organized by Karin Cordes-Zabel
Hallo, ich bin Karin Cordes-Zabel, bekannt als Zauberbärin.
… Karin Cordes-Zabel braucht deine Unterstützung für BahnCard 100 2. Klasse für Zauberbärin für das Jahr 2026
gofund.me
December 9, 2025 at 8:50 PM
Liebe Leute, Zauberbärins BahnCard 100 läuft im Januar ab.
Sie möchte auch 2026 die Bahn rocken, hat da einige neue Zielorte im Hinterkopf und möchte auch neue Dinge ausprobieren.
Und ich muss dann mit.
Wer uns unterstützen möchte und kann, es gibt wieder einen Spendenaufruf.
gofund.me/6c5073e48
Sie möchte auch 2026 die Bahn rocken, hat da einige neue Zielorte im Hinterkopf und möchte auch neue Dinge ausprobieren.
Und ich muss dann mit.
Wer uns unterstützen möchte und kann, es gibt wieder einen Spendenaufruf.
gofund.me/6c5073e48
15yo starts school later than usual today, meaning we could leave together. I see her so little these days, every moment counts. But of course, it was one of her bad mood days and everything was negative. I much prefer when she is overexcited about some new book/show/movie and tells me all about it.
December 9, 2025 at 6:44 AM
15yo starts school later than usual today, meaning we could leave together. I see her so little these days, every moment counts. But of course, it was one of her bad mood days and everything was negative. I much prefer when she is overexcited about some new book/show/movie and tells me all about it.