Janet MacKenzie
@janmakarta.bsky.social
Librarian, translator,❤️ languages (currently Welsh, also DE, DA, FR; BA in FR from Birmingham Univ.) and classical vocal music (esp. choral and Lieder). Liverpudlian, has lived in Munich for over 45 yrs. #RejoinEU 🇪🇺🏴🇩🇪🇩🇰🇫🇷🏴
The way the current billionaires are acting this may actually be a lucky escape.
December 14, 2025 at 5:01 PM
The way the current billionaires are acting this may actually be a lucky escape.
👍 Yup. The buck stops with YOU.
December 14, 2025 at 4:58 PM
👍 Yup. The buck stops with YOU.
Ich bin fast beruhigt, dass es nichts völlig Unerwartetes war ...😐
December 14, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Ich bin fast beruhigt, dass es nichts völlig Unerwartetes war ...😐
Hilfe! Was hat er schon wieder verbrochen? Kaum mache ich eine kurze Teepause … 🫣
December 14, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Hilfe! Was hat er schon wieder verbrochen? Kaum mache ich eine kurze Teepause … 🫣
Exactly this. I will not bale them out them a second time. We desperately need PR.
December 14, 2025 at 7:19 AM
Exactly this. I will not bale them out them a second time. We desperately need PR.
My first thought too - vorauseilender Gehorsam.
December 14, 2025 at 7:07 AM
My first thought too - vorauseilender Gehorsam.
The BBC is doing a helluva good job of stifling itself already without the need for any extra help.
December 14, 2025 at 7:03 AM
The BBC is doing a helluva good job of stifling itself already without the need for any extra help.
Think of all the wars I could have prevented! All those FiFA Peace Prizes!
December 13, 2025 at 7:10 AM
Think of all the wars I could have prevented! All those FiFA Peace Prizes!
The lights look perfectly practical and innocuous IMHO. But of course - as with so many globally significant conflicts - they did not ask me 😉🤷♀️
December 13, 2025 at 7:06 AM
The lights look perfectly practical and innocuous IMHO. But of course - as with so many globally significant conflicts - they did not ask me 😉🤷♀️
Well, while people are locked in venomous argument about it, at least no-one will break a leg in the dark 😁
December 13, 2025 at 7:00 AM
Well, while people are locked in venomous argument about it, at least no-one will break a leg in the dark 😁
Oh, he beat me to it!
December 13, 2025 at 6:29 AM
Oh, he beat me to it!
I’m now silently going through my carefully curated collection of Bavarian exclamations to see if any of them fit (wos?! Zefix! Ja moi etc). Will keep an ear open for possible matches when out shopping later. May have to cause a major incident in order to generate appropriate response material 😉
December 13, 2025 at 6:15 AM
I’m now silently going through my carefully curated collection of Bavarian exclamations to see if any of them fit (wos?! Zefix! Ja moi etc). Will keep an ear open for possible matches when out shopping later. May have to cause a major incident in order to generate appropriate response material 😉
I feel like a real native speaker when I use this! 😉
December 13, 2025 at 5:59 AM
I feel like a real native speaker when I use this! 😉
Banning the *over-16s* from social media might be a better plan, given the current state of US politics.
December 13, 2025 at 5:56 AM
Banning the *over-16s* from social media might be a better plan, given the current state of US politics.
Oh yes! I’m only too familiar with this “trick” 😁 . Along with my own superpower of quietly turning (German) sentences around to avoid revealing I don’t know the gender of a noun 😉.
December 12, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Oh yes! I’m only too familiar with this “trick” 😁 . Along with my own superpower of quietly turning (German) sentences around to avoid revealing I don’t know the gender of a noun 😉.