Mike Stuchbery 💀🍷
@mikestuchbery.bsky.social
Writer/Historian ★ Aussie in Germany ★ Navigating AuDHD ★ Always anti-fascist ★ For those who come after.
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We've got a famous folk song here in Germany, called 'Die Gedanken Sind Frei' - 'Thoughts are free'.
Just a little slice of German culture.
youtu.be/3h6ZZ28QtX4?...
Just a little slice of German culture.
youtu.be/3h6ZZ28QtX4?...
Die Gedanken sind frei [German folk song][+English translation]
YouTube video by Dr. Ludwig
youtu.be
September 18, 2025 at 10:16 AM
We've got a famous folk song here in Germany, called 'Die Gedanken Sind Frei' - 'Thoughts are free'.
Just a little slice of German culture.
youtu.be/3h6ZZ28QtX4?...
Just a little slice of German culture.
youtu.be/3h6ZZ28QtX4?...
Reposted by Mike Stuchbery 💀🍷
Pritzker: What's at stake here is free speech. It's our constitution and our way of life. Do we really want the president intimidating people, organizations to get others fired? People ought to be standing up and speaking out.
September 18, 2025 at 1:31 AM
Pritzker: What's at stake here is free speech. It's our constitution and our way of life. Do we really want the president intimidating people, organizations to get others fired? People ought to be standing up and speaking out.
Things are about to get really, really, really bad.
September 11, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Things are about to get really, really, really bad.
We used to have this kind of messaging in Germany.
Then the cities were flattened, and they put brass plaques outside the house of those 'disappeared'.
(ht Jeremy on Facebook)
Then the cities were flattened, and they put brass plaques outside the house of those 'disappeared'.
(ht Jeremy on Facebook)
August 7, 2025 at 2:06 PM
We used to have this kind of messaging in Germany.
Then the cities were flattened, and they put brass plaques outside the house of those 'disappeared'.
(ht Jeremy on Facebook)
Then the cities were flattened, and they put brass plaques outside the house of those 'disappeared'.
(ht Jeremy on Facebook)
Most of them.
Historians of Bluesky! Can you name a famous general or leader who was actually a huge loser?
July 14, 2025 at 6:28 AM
Most of them.
Many differences between Stuttgart and Frankfurt, but the single-minded bloody determination that people have to claim ubahn seats is a big one.
Reminds me of Melbourne, or London. I think I'll be at home.
Reminds me of Melbourne, or London. I think I'll be at home.
July 14, 2025 at 6:28 AM
Many differences between Stuttgart and Frankfurt, but the single-minded bloody determination that people have to claim ubahn seats is a big one.
Reminds me of Melbourne, or London. I think I'll be at home.
Reminds me of Melbourne, or London. I think I'll be at home.
Everything old is new again.
July 13, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Everything old is new again.
I'm going to save you a lot of time. If an online piece has a headline posed as a question, you can be damn sure the answer can be found in the very last paragraph. Scroll to the end.
July 3, 2025 at 5:02 PM
I'm going to save you a lot of time. If an online piece has a headline posed as a question, you can be damn sure the answer can be found in the very last paragraph. Scroll to the end.
In a weird spot. Old enough to occasionally shake my head and raise concerns about the impact of sexually provocative media, then immediately have to clarify it's not because I agree with weirdo terminally-online zoomer prude culture.
June 21, 2025 at 3:12 PM
In a weird spot. Old enough to occasionally shake my head and raise concerns about the impact of sexually provocative media, then immediately have to clarify it's not because I agree with weirdo terminally-online zoomer prude culture.
There has never, ever been an easier choice. Pass me the glitter.
June 19, 2025 at 4:41 PM
There has never, ever been an easier choice. Pass me the glitter.
I never thought I'd get sucked in by a turn-based game about grief, mimes and gigantic swords.
May 24, 2025 at 10:02 AM
I never thought I'd get sucked in by a turn-based game about grief, mimes and gigantic swords.
I live.
New job. Silly overwrought French video games. Life.
But I do miss the chatter.
New job. Silly overwrought French video games. Life.
But I do miss the chatter.
May 24, 2025 at 10:00 AM
I live.
New job. Silly overwrought French video games. Life.
But I do miss the chatter.
New job. Silly overwrought French video games. Life.
But I do miss the chatter.
WITH A FOLDING CHAIR.
new pope elected and whoops its francis again, hes BACK BOYS
May 8, 2025 at 4:18 PM
WITH A FOLDING CHAIR.
C'mon, let's have a Celestine, an Innocent or an Urban. I've love a Callixtus.
May 8, 2025 at 4:13 PM
C'mon, let's have a Celestine, an Innocent or an Urban. I've love a Callixtus.
Absolute cowardice. www.thelocal.de/20250508/ger...
German intelligence suspends AfD 'extremist' label amid appeal
Germany's domestic intelligence service will temporarily suspend its classification of the far-right AfD party as a "right-wing extremist" group pending a legal appeal, a court said on Thursday.
www.thelocal.de
May 8, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Absolute cowardice. www.thelocal.de/20250508/ger...
How can a made-up Space Switzerland anthem make me tear up?
staring at the credits and letting a classical rendition of the ghorman anthem rip my heart apart. this is television
May 7, 2025 at 7:51 PM
How can a made-up Space Switzerland anthem make me tear up?
The Ghorman Massacre might be the most intense episode of TV I've ever watched.
May 7, 2025 at 7:37 PM
The Ghorman Massacre might be the most intense episode of TV I've ever watched.
When Facebook comment sections describe the new German chancellor, Merz, as a radical leftist.
May 6, 2025 at 2:38 PM
When Facebook comment sections describe the new German chancellor, Merz, as a radical leftist.
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Currently playing: Expedition 33.
May 4, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Currently playing: Expedition 33.
Currently playing: Expedition 33.
May 4, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Currently playing: Expedition 33.
German spy agency ranks far-right AfD "extremist". About damn time. - www.reuters.com/world/europe...
German spy agency ranks far-right AfD "extremist"
Germany's domestic intelligence agency on Friday classified the far-right Alternative for Germany as an extremist entity that threatens democracy, a move enabling it to better monitor the party that came second in February's federal election.
www.reuters.com
May 2, 2025 at 8:31 AM
German spy agency ranks far-right AfD "extremist". About damn time. - www.reuters.com/world/europe...
Reposted by Mike Stuchbery 💀🍷
Dom Lucre is now taking part in White House press conferences.
For people who don't know who Lucre is, this is like inviting David Icke to a Number 10 press conference.
For people who don't know who Icke is, this is like a Tellytubbie doing Question Time.
For people who don't know who Lucre is, this is like inviting David Icke to a Number 10 press conference.
For people who don't know who Icke is, this is like a Tellytubbie doing Question Time.
May 1, 2025 at 1:52 PM
Dom Lucre is now taking part in White House press conferences.
For people who don't know who Lucre is, this is like inviting David Icke to a Number 10 press conference.
For people who don't know who Icke is, this is like a Tellytubbie doing Question Time.
For people who don't know who Lucre is, this is like inviting David Icke to a Number 10 press conference.
For people who don't know who Icke is, this is like a Tellytubbie doing Question Time.
Pope's gone. Conclave.
April 21, 2025 at 8:03 AM
Pope's gone. Conclave.
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CECOT is a concentration camp. It may even be an extermination camp.
April 14, 2025 at 6:00 PM
CECOT is a concentration camp. It may even be an extermination camp.