David Bowskill
@davidbowskill.bsky.social
Bi+ Activist EAP Lecturer Film & Jazz Fan Polycultural Polylinguist (I like dipping into new cultures & languages, but am most at home in German & Dutch) Social/-ist Democrat, Union Rep (branch/Betriebsgruppe & staff council/Personalrat).
Look what arrived in my letterbox yesterday. It was posted on 28th November, but took a while to arrive. It‘s the thinking activist‘s advent calendar of my union, the GEW Berlin You have to solve puzzles to get the chocolate 🙂
December 6, 2025 at 4:12 AM
Look what arrived in my letterbox yesterday. It was posted on 28th November, but took a while to arrive. It‘s the thinking activist‘s advent calendar of my union, the GEW Berlin You have to solve puzzles to get the chocolate 🙂
Absolutely reasonable demands!
7% mehr Gehalt, mind. 300€! 💪
Unsere Forderung für die Tarifrunde öffentlicher Dienst Länder steht. Beschäftigte in Schulen, Kitas & Hochschulen arbeiten am Limit – da muss das Gehalt stimmen!
Start: 3.12. in Berlin. Wir sind bereit! ✊
#ProfisbrauchenMEHR #Tarifrunde2025 #BildungIstMehrWert
Unsere Forderung für die Tarifrunde öffentlicher Dienst Länder steht. Beschäftigte in Schulen, Kitas & Hochschulen arbeiten am Limit – da muss das Gehalt stimmen!
Start: 3.12. in Berlin. Wir sind bereit! ✊
#ProfisbrauchenMEHR #Tarifrunde2025 #BildungIstMehrWert
December 2, 2025 at 12:24 PM
Absolutely reasonable demands!
Today I‘m at the @gew.de Action Conference preparing for the coming round of industrial action to improve pay and working conditions in higher education and for all public sector employees working for the German federal states.
December 2, 2025 at 12:23 PM
Today I‘m at the @gew.de Action Conference preparing for the coming round of industrial action to improve pay and working conditions in higher education and for all public sector employees working for the German federal states.
1st Advent greetings from Teltow.
November 30, 2025 at 7:48 AM
1st Advent greetings from Teltow.
At #GEWBerlin autumn conference. We are now going to elect a new female co-chair, the previous one having resigned. I‘m multitasking and following my comrade Chancellor of the Exchequer @RachelReevesMP delivering #TheBudget
November 26, 2025 at 12:56 PM
At #GEWBerlin autumn conference. We are now going to elect a new female co-chair, the previous one having resigned. I‘m multitasking and following my comrade Chancellor of the Exchequer @RachelReevesMP delivering #TheBudget
Yesterday the weather was very changeable spring, summer, autumn and winter in quick succession. This morning in Scheveningen it was more consistent. I really loved the wind and waves, but would give the rain a miss.
October 5, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Yesterday the weather was very changeable spring, summer, autumn and winter in quick succession. This morning in Scheveningen it was more consistent. I really loved the wind and waves, but would give the rain a miss.
Prof. Schröder makes an interesting point for #Russian and #Sorbian as so called #HeritageLanguages they are offered to both speakers of languages and those who want to learn it ab initio. At a certain level both groups learn together. #CircleU #EuropeanDayofLanguaged
September 26, 2025 at 8:42 AM
Today is the European Day of Languages so I‘m at a @CircleU_eu open conversation From Recognition to Inclusion - Rethinking European Languages in Education.
September 26, 2025 at 8:12 AM
Today is the European Day of Languages so I‘m at a @CircleU_eu open conversation From Recognition to Inclusion - Rethinking European Languages in Education.
Not enough spoons 🥄 = energy to go to CSD Berlin 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️ (no bi+ flag 😕) today so watching it live on local TV station instead. Happy to have seen the Bi+ Berlin group near the front of the demo.
July 26, 2025 at 12:20 PM
Not enough spoons 🥄 = energy to go to CSD Berlin 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️ (no bi+ flag 😕) today so watching it live on local TV station instead. Happy to have seen the Bi+ Berlin group near the front of the demo.
Is Dr. Who too woke for Disney? He certainly would be for Trump. The Doctor asked Belinda (new companion) Girlfriend? Boyfriend? Other friend?
April 20, 2025 at 5:36 AM
Is Dr. Who too woke for Disney? He certainly would be for Trump. The Doctor asked Belinda (new companion) Girlfriend? Boyfriend? Other friend?
In other news - yesterday was my 1st time at the ballet EVER! Swan Lake at the Staatsoper Berlin. The music & images are still in my head.
March 20, 2025 at 9:16 AM
In other news - yesterday was my 1st time at the ballet EVER! Swan Lake at the Staatsoper Berlin. The music & images are still in my head.
Today I am at the conference of my union @gewberlin.bsky.social for branch representatives/shop stewards = Vertrauensleute
March 20, 2025 at 8:20 AM
Today I am at the conference of my union @gewberlin.bsky.social for branch representatives/shop stewards = Vertrauensleute
Happy New Year from Plymouth to my friends & followers in the UK 🇬🇧 & the EU 🇪🇺
January 1, 2025 at 12:11 AM
Happy New Year from Plymouth to my friends & followers in the UK 🇬🇧 & the EU 🇪🇺
Happy 1st Advent from Teltow!
December 1, 2024 at 9:21 AM
Happy 1st Advent from Teltow!
Reposted by David Bowskill
Billionaires are bullies who will force you to live in poverty all your life so they can have 10 mega yachts and 3 private spaceships, all while blaming you for being lazy and not working 5 jobs.
November 25, 2024 at 5:40 PM
Billionaires are bullies who will force you to live in poverty all your life so they can have 10 mega yachts and 3 private spaceships, all while blaming you for being lazy and not working 5 jobs.
Reposted by David Bowskill
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November 16, 2024 at 10:57 AM
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Am trying to get my act together and carpe diem Saturday. I am going to a choir concert at 8pm in the far west (relatively speaking) of Berlin. Before I would like to check out Expolingua.
November 16, 2024 at 12:47 PM
Am trying to get my act together and carpe diem Saturday. I am going to a choir concert at 8pm in the far west (relatively speaking) of Berlin. Before I would like to check out Expolingua.
Like the map!
If you are anti-Brexit and pro EU and want to find some extra followers.
RT and reply to this post and add each other.
No fun speaking to yourself.
RT and reply to this post and add each other.
No fun speaking to yourself.
November 16, 2024 at 8:17 AM
Like the map!
Reposted by David Bowskill
Hello everyone. I am now on this platform for social media. Do please repost this message so that more people can find me!
November 13, 2024 at 11:26 AM
Hello everyone. I am now on this platform for social media. Do please repost this message so that more people can find me!
Reposted by David Bowskill
Which bi+ film has touched you?
Whether it's a love story, drama, comedy, documentary or short film, we'd love to hear your recommendations.
Share bisexual, pansexual, heteroflexible and homoflexible themes with your suggestion!
Whether it's a love story, drama, comedy, documentary or short film, we'd love to hear your recommendations.
Share bisexual, pansexual, heteroflexible and homoflexible themes with your suggestion!
February 14, 2024 at 3:42 PM
Which bi+ film has touched you?
Whether it's a love story, drama, comedy, documentary or short film, we'd love to hear your recommendations.
Share bisexual, pansexual, heteroflexible and homoflexible themes with your suggestion!
Whether it's a love story, drama, comedy, documentary or short film, we'd love to hear your recommendations.
Share bisexual, pansexual, heteroflexible and homoflexible themes with your suggestion!
With the current inclement weather I am in favour of hibernation in the morning and siesta in the afternoon 😉😴
January 16, 2024 at 6:34 AM
With the current inclement weather I am in favour of hibernation in the morning and siesta in the afternoon 😉😴
#YouTube algorrythym thought I should watch the following video. I‘m glad it did youtu.be/MP0z9pnmLxo?... It’s an event on @drjuliashaw‘s great book The Hidden Culture, History & Science of Bisexuality #bipride #bivisibility
The Hidden Culture History and Science of Bisexuality
Bisexuality is the world’s largest sexual minority but the least understood. Join Dr Julia Shaw, psychological scientist and bestselling author of Making Evi...
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January 13, 2024 at 2:54 AM
#YouTube algorrythym thought I should watch the following video. I‘m glad it did youtu.be/MP0z9pnmLxo?... It’s an event on @drjuliashaw‘s great book The Hidden Culture, History & Science of Bisexuality #bipride #bivisibility
Suffering from insomnia on Xmas Eve, but with my lovely partner Dally Dragon (night owl/dragon) for company I found this www.them.us/story/bisexu... I will read this tomorrow when I finally get up after getting back to sleep 😴
In 2023, We Finally Got the Nuanced Bi Characters We’ve Been Waiting For
After decades of tired tropes, we’re finally getting problematic characters who don’t fall prey to old clichés.
www.them.us
December 24, 2023 at 1:58 AM
Suffering from insomnia on Xmas Eve, but with my lovely partner Dally Dragon (night owl/dragon) for company I found this www.them.us/story/bisexu... I will read this tomorrow when I finally get up after getting back to sleep 😴
Reposted by David Bowskill
