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Random notes from a 5th floor cottage garden in Berlin
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Wishing a happy 77th birthday to NASA psychophysiologist Patricia Cowings, the first Black woman to be trained as an astronaut, and the creator of the Autogenic Feedback Training Exercise program to help astronauts combat the physiological effects of space travel!
#WomenInSTEM #AstroSky #NASA ⚕️🧑🚀
#WomenInSTEM #AstroSky #NASA ⚕️🧑🚀
December 15, 2025 at 3:07 PM
Wishing a happy 77th birthday to NASA psychophysiologist Patricia Cowings, the first Black woman to be trained as an astronaut, and the creator of the Autogenic Feedback Training Exercise program to help astronauts combat the physiological effects of space travel!
#WomenInSTEM #AstroSky #NASA ⚕️🧑🚀
#WomenInSTEM #AstroSky #NASA ⚕️🧑🚀
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When we remember the names of Bondi Beach - victims, survivors, perpetrators - let’s remember, too, this hero: Ahmed al-Ahmed.
A Muslim Australian fruit shop owner of Syrian descent, al-Ahmed risked his life & took 2 bullets to save Jewish strangers.
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
A Muslim Australian fruit shop owner of Syrian descent, al-Ahmed risked his life & took 2 bullets to save Jewish strangers.
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
‘It was a matter of conscience’: Ahmed al-Ahmed’s family reveal why he risked his life to disarm alleged Bondi shooter
Family say al-Ahmed ‘doesn’t discriminate’ and would have done anything to save lives during the attack
www.theguardian.com
December 15, 2025 at 10:38 AM
When we remember the names of Bondi Beach - victims, survivors, perpetrators - let’s remember, too, this hero: Ahmed al-Ahmed.
A Muslim Australian fruit shop owner of Syrian descent, al-Ahmed risked his life & took 2 bullets to save Jewish strangers.
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
A Muslim Australian fruit shop owner of Syrian descent, al-Ahmed risked his life & took 2 bullets to save Jewish strangers.
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
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An interesting work which depicts John Singer Sargent's dining room at 33 Tite Street in Chelsea, London in 1886. When he died in 1925, footsteps were heard in the house and in his studio in Chelsea, a shadowy figure was seen for several years.
December 14, 2025 at 8:12 PM
An interesting work which depicts John Singer Sargent's dining room at 33 Tite Street in Chelsea, London in 1886. When he died in 1925, footsteps were heard in the house and in his studio in Chelsea, a shadowy figure was seen for several years.
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Caring is an act of resistance in a system that thrives on indifference.
December 13, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Caring is an act of resistance in a system that thrives on indifference.
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Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #DucksOnOneLeg and the alternative are #Finches 🪶
That's my way of relaxing 🧘
#BlueSkyArtShow #FavoriteThings
#birds #birding #photography #landscape #scape #wildlife #MallardMonday #PhotographersUnited #nature #outdoors #thelittlethings #photohour #EastCoastKin
That's my way of relaxing 🧘
#BlueSkyArtShow #FavoriteThings
#birds #birding #photography #landscape #scape #wildlife #MallardMonday #PhotographersUnited #nature #outdoors #thelittlethings #photohour #EastCoastKin
December 13, 2025 at 10:46 AM
Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #DucksOnOneLeg and the alternative are #Finches 🪶
That's my way of relaxing 🧘
#BlueSkyArtShow #FavoriteThings
#birds #birding #photography #landscape #scape #wildlife #MallardMonday #PhotographersUnited #nature #outdoors #thelittlethings #photohour #EastCoastKin
That's my way of relaxing 🧘
#BlueSkyArtShow #FavoriteThings
#birds #birding #photography #landscape #scape #wildlife #MallardMonday #PhotographersUnited #nature #outdoors #thelittlethings #photohour #EastCoastKin
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Kultur totgespart, Clubsterben geht weiter, Kreuzberg sieht inzwischen aus wie Düsseldorf, einst schöne Orte an der Spree sehen aus wie FFM Niederrad.
Überall nur noch Kommerz.
Das was Berlin ausgemacht ist tot oder stirbt gerade.
Für mich sind es btw immer noch mehr als genug Touris
Überall nur noch Kommerz.
Das was Berlin ausgemacht ist tot oder stirbt gerade.
Für mich sind es btw immer noch mehr als genug Touris
Touristenflaute in Berlin: Besonders internationale Besucher bleiben weg
Das Touristenjahr 2025 fällt negativ auf: Erstmals seit Corona sinkt die Zahl der Gäste – nachdem sie in den vergangenen Jahren deutlich angestiegen war. Woran liegt das?
www.tagesspiegel.de
December 13, 2025 at 10:30 AM
Kultur totgespart, Clubsterben geht weiter, Kreuzberg sieht inzwischen aus wie Düsseldorf, einst schöne Orte an der Spree sehen aus wie FFM Niederrad.
Überall nur noch Kommerz.
Das was Berlin ausgemacht ist tot oder stirbt gerade.
Für mich sind es btw immer noch mehr als genug Touris
Überall nur noch Kommerz.
Das was Berlin ausgemacht ist tot oder stirbt gerade.
Für mich sind es btw immer noch mehr als genug Touris
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Happy 100th birthday to Dick Van Dyke!
December 13, 2025 at 9:05 AM
Happy 100th birthday to Dick Van Dyke!
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If you make a billion dollars — or $500 million or even $100 million dollars — and you keep trying to make more, then there is something seriously wrong with you. It's a mental illness akin to hoarding or drug addiction.
December 11, 2025 at 4:44 AM
If you make a billion dollars — or $500 million or even $100 million dollars — and you keep trying to make more, then there is something seriously wrong with you. It's a mental illness akin to hoarding or drug addiction.
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A striking metric to help understand how rich billionaires are is that most of us would consider, say, a million dollars as a very useful sum of money, life-changing in many cases.
A million minutes ago from now is last January.
A billion minutes ago is August 124 CE. Hadrian is Emperor of Rome.
A million minutes ago from now is last January.
A billion minutes ago is August 124 CE. Hadrian is Emperor of Rome.
If you make a billion dollars — or $500 million or even $100 million dollars — and you keep trying to make more, then there is something seriously wrong with you. It's a mental illness akin to hoarding or drug addiction.
December 13, 2025 at 1:39 PM
A striking metric to help understand how rich billionaires are is that most of us would consider, say, a million dollars as a very useful sum of money, life-changing in many cases.
A million minutes ago from now is last January.
A billion minutes ago is August 124 CE. Hadrian is Emperor of Rome.
A million minutes ago from now is last January.
A billion minutes ago is August 124 CE. Hadrian is Emperor of Rome.
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"Man muß auch ganz Deutschland kennen, ein Stück ist gefährlich." Der @tagesspiegel.de zitiert #OTD 1945 Heinrich Heine an dessen Geburtstag, #botd 1797. #Tagesspiegel80
December 13, 2025 at 9:26 AM
"Man muß auch ganz Deutschland kennen, ein Stück ist gefährlich." Der @tagesspiegel.de zitiert #OTD 1945 Heinrich Heine an dessen Geburtstag, #botd 1797. #Tagesspiegel80
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It only took ten years for a dedicated bunch of well-connected weirdoes to get the entire UK elite to unite against a tiny minority of the population that they previously barely noticed.
The few to resist, like Robin Ince, deserve our lasting gratitude and respect.
The few to resist, like Robin Ince, deserve our lasting gratitude and respect.
Robin Ince reveals to last night’s audience at a recording of Infinite Monkey Cage that the BBC has forced him to resign over his support of trans people
December 13, 2025 at 11:45 AM
It only took ten years for a dedicated bunch of well-connected weirdoes to get the entire UK elite to unite against a tiny minority of the population that they previously barely noticed.
The few to resist, like Robin Ince, deserve our lasting gratitude and respect.
The few to resist, like Robin Ince, deserve our lasting gratitude and respect.
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Very sad that I felt I had no choice but to resign from The Infinite Monkey Cage - a victory for the transphobes and other bigots - I did it because so much of the media has chosen to believe the kind and empathetic people are a fiction - they are real and so often unrepresented.
December 13, 2025 at 12:02 AM
Very sad that I felt I had no choice but to resign from The Infinite Monkey Cage - a victory for the transphobes and other bigots - I did it because so much of the media has chosen to believe the kind and empathetic people are a fiction - they are real and so often unrepresented.
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Deeply disappointed to hear that the BBC has pushed out one of the most brilliant presenters in all of science communication for speaking with integrity and honor in support of human rights and dignity.
Very sad that I felt I had no choice but to resign from The Infinite Monkey Cage - a victory for the transphobes and other bigots - I did it because so much of the media has chosen to believe the kind and empathetic people are a fiction - they are real and so often unrepresented.
December 13, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Deeply disappointed to hear that the BBC has pushed out one of the most brilliant presenters in all of science communication for speaking with integrity and honor in support of human rights and dignity.
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The Tobacconist’s Dog, 14th Arrondissement,
by Robert Doisneau, 1953.
by Robert Doisneau, 1953.
December 13, 2025 at 1:11 PM
The Tobacconist’s Dog, 14th Arrondissement,
by Robert Doisneau, 1953.
by Robert Doisneau, 1953.
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An Artist Flowering in Her 90s
Isabella Ducrot, a painter in Rome, didn’t really pick up a brush until her 50s.
Four decades later, galleries and museums throughout Europe are celebrating her work.
www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
Isabella Ducrot, a painter in Rome, didn’t really pick up a brush until her 50s.
Four decades later, galleries and museums throughout Europe are celebrating her work.
www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
December 13, 2025 at 1:06 PM
An Artist Flowering in Her 90s
Isabella Ducrot, a painter in Rome, didn’t really pick up a brush until her 50s.
Four decades later, galleries and museums throughout Europe are celebrating her work.
www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
Isabella Ducrot, a painter in Rome, didn’t really pick up a brush until her 50s.
Four decades later, galleries and museums throughout Europe are celebrating her work.
www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
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Die Idee einer Marktwirtschaft ist es, ein Mittel zwischen Angebot und Nachfrage zu einem fairen Preis herzustellen.
Eine Marktwirtschaft muss aber scheitern, sobald die Schere zwischen Arm und Reich so weit auseinander geht, dass kein fairer Preis mehr entstehen kann, sondern nur einer für Reiche.
Eine Marktwirtschaft muss aber scheitern, sobald die Schere zwischen Arm und Reich so weit auseinander geht, dass kein fairer Preis mehr entstehen kann, sondern nur einer für Reiche.
December 13, 2025 at 1:06 PM
Die Idee einer Marktwirtschaft ist es, ein Mittel zwischen Angebot und Nachfrage zu einem fairen Preis herzustellen.
Eine Marktwirtschaft muss aber scheitern, sobald die Schere zwischen Arm und Reich so weit auseinander geht, dass kein fairer Preis mehr entstehen kann, sondern nur einer für Reiche.
Eine Marktwirtschaft muss aber scheitern, sobald die Schere zwischen Arm und Reich so weit auseinander geht, dass kein fairer Preis mehr entstehen kann, sondern nur einer für Reiche.
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‘O thou! whatever title suit thee,-
Auld Hornie, Satan, Nick, or Clootie!
Wha in yon cavern, grim an' sootie,
Clos'd under hatches,
Spairges about the brunstane cootie
To scaud poor wretches!’ 1/2 Address To The Devil ~ Robert Burns for #BookWormSat
Auld Hornie, Satan, Nick, or Clootie!
Wha in yon cavern, grim an' sootie,
Clos'd under hatches,
Spairges about the brunstane cootie
To scaud poor wretches!’ 1/2 Address To The Devil ~ Robert Burns for #BookWormSat
December 13, 2025 at 12:49 PM
‘O thou! whatever title suit thee,-
Auld Hornie, Satan, Nick, or Clootie!
Wha in yon cavern, grim an' sootie,
Clos'd under hatches,
Spairges about the brunstane cootie
To scaud poor wretches!’ 1/2 Address To The Devil ~ Robert Burns for #BookWormSat
Auld Hornie, Satan, Nick, or Clootie!
Wha in yon cavern, grim an' sootie,
Clos'd under hatches,
Spairges about the brunstane cootie
To scaud poor wretches!’ 1/2 Address To The Devil ~ Robert Burns for #BookWormSat
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Apologies that I haven't been posting as much this past week. Unfortunately some health issues have made a very unwelcome reappearance. I'm hoping things will be back to normal soon-ish. In the meantime, here is a beautiful flower print.
🎨'Flowering Iris' - Ohara Koson, 1934.
🎨'Flowering Iris' - Ohara Koson, 1934.
December 13, 2025 at 12:50 PM
Apologies that I haven't been posting as much this past week. Unfortunately some health issues have made a very unwelcome reappearance. I'm hoping things will be back to normal soon-ish. In the meantime, here is a beautiful flower print.
🎨'Flowering Iris' - Ohara Koson, 1934.
🎨'Flowering Iris' - Ohara Koson, 1934.
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When Kendrick comes on, go out into your backyard and wait for Not Like Us and then join in so that the whole of north Canberra yells “certified pedophile” at once
December 13, 2025 at 10:05 AM
When Kendrick comes on, go out into your backyard and wait for Not Like Us and then join in so that the whole of north Canberra yells “certified pedophile” at once
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Always enjoy our parents' generation's disapproval at early Christmas decorating, solemnly sighing that they usen't put up a thing until 3 seconds before midnight on the 24th of December and all that they had was half an orange with a clove stuck in it and an angel made from potatoes and misery
December 13, 2025 at 12:28 PM
Always enjoy our parents' generation's disapproval at early Christmas decorating, solemnly sighing that they usen't put up a thing until 3 seconds before midnight on the 24th of December and all that they had was half an orange with a clove stuck in it and an angel made from potatoes and misery
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Hetzern kann man’s nicht recht machen - Integration unerwünscht!
BM ließ sein bereits gedrucktes Vorwort entfernen (rausreißen) 😰
BM Kos/FPÖ - „….es darf nicht der Eindruck entstehen oder als Einladung
verstanden werden, dass 🇦🇹
eine progressive Einwanderungspolitik verfolgt“.
Geh sch…. 👊
BM ließ sein bereits gedrucktes Vorwort entfernen (rausreißen) 😰
BM Kos/FPÖ - „….es darf nicht der Eindruck entstehen oder als Einladung
verstanden werden, dass 🇦🇹
eine progressive Einwanderungspolitik verfolgt“.
Geh sch…. 👊
December 13, 2025 at 12:03 PM
Hetzern kann man’s nicht recht machen - Integration unerwünscht!
BM ließ sein bereits gedrucktes Vorwort entfernen (rausreißen) 😰
BM Kos/FPÖ - „….es darf nicht der Eindruck entstehen oder als Einladung
verstanden werden, dass 🇦🇹
eine progressive Einwanderungspolitik verfolgt“.
Geh sch…. 👊
BM ließ sein bereits gedrucktes Vorwort entfernen (rausreißen) 😰
BM Kos/FPÖ - „….es darf nicht der Eindruck entstehen oder als Einladung
verstanden werden, dass 🇦🇹
eine progressive Einwanderungspolitik verfolgt“.
Geh sch…. 👊
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Während die Union auf der rückwärtsgewandten Flucht vor Veränderung ihre völkische Hysterie an Grenzen, Migranten und Schutzbedürftigen auslebt, rasiert die SPD Bedürftige, die sie durch ihr rhetorisches Gebaren in Summe als Kriminelle vorführt. Politik als das Schüren existenzieller Ängste: (1/5)
December 13, 2025 at 11:11 AM
Während die Union auf der rückwärtsgewandten Flucht vor Veränderung ihre völkische Hysterie an Grenzen, Migranten und Schutzbedürftigen auslebt, rasiert die SPD Bedürftige, die sie durch ihr rhetorisches Gebaren in Summe als Kriminelle vorführt. Politik als das Schüren existenzieller Ängste: (1/5)
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🎄#GothicAdvent
December 13, 2025 at 9:55 AM
🎄#GothicAdvent