spooky spice
@spooky-spice.bsky.social
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writing/lit, webdev, pop culture, politics, life in berlin
writing/lit, webdev, pop culture, politics, life in berlin
3 eps in, and you may laugh, but this is the first season of Emily in Paris where I’ve thought Christ this is dogshit (I enjoy the silliness usually)
Boring, characters don’t act like themselves, truly nonsensical dialogue. Are the creators really phoning it in that much or did they just use AI?
Boring, characters don’t act like themselves, truly nonsensical dialogue. Are the creators really phoning it in that much or did they just use AI?
December 24, 2025 at 8:26 AM
3 eps in, and you may laugh, but this is the first season of Emily in Paris where I’ve thought Christ this is dogshit (I enjoy the silliness usually)
Boring, characters don’t act like themselves, truly nonsensical dialogue. Are the creators really phoning it in that much or did they just use AI?
Boring, characters don’t act like themselves, truly nonsensical dialogue. Are the creators really phoning it in that much or did they just use AI?
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Stop sharing Politico. They are run by an AfD member whose Trumpist views directly inform their low quality of reporting.
December 23, 2025 at 6:36 AM
Stop sharing Politico. They are run by an AfD member whose Trumpist views directly inform their low quality of reporting.
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Europe has totally failed to preserve putin's sense of masculine self worth. When russia is forced to use nuclear weapons we'll know who to blame
December 21, 2025 at 9:23 PM
Europe has totally failed to preserve putin's sense of masculine self worth. When russia is forced to use nuclear weapons we'll know who to blame
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Shirokuro, a Japanese restaurant in NYC's East Village, where the interior mimics a hand-drawn black-and-white sketchbook.
December 19, 2025 at 7:49 AM
Shirokuro, a Japanese restaurant in NYC's East Village, where the interior mimics a hand-drawn black-and-white sketchbook.
Am I premenstrual? Well my chin is breaking out and I just started crying thinking about how much I love Sufjan Stevens, so
December 19, 2025 at 9:59 AM
Am I premenstrual? Well my chin is breaking out and I just started crying thinking about how much I love Sufjan Stevens, so
I bought some silver hoop earrings. Only later when I got home did I notice that the clasp on one of them was stuck together (wouldn't have been able to return it anyway).
Had the idea to try and fix it with a lighter and tweezers. Took two minutes, feeling like a boss!
Had the idea to try and fix it with a lighter and tweezers. Took two minutes, feeling like a boss!
December 14, 2025 at 3:22 PM
I bought some silver hoop earrings. Only later when I got home did I notice that the clasp on one of them was stuck together (wouldn't have been able to return it anyway).
Had the idea to try and fix it with a lighter and tweezers. Took two minutes, feeling like a boss!
Had the idea to try and fix it with a lighter and tweezers. Took two minutes, feeling like a boss!
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My kids woke up so excited this morning for the first night of Hannukah and now yet again we have a festival where I’m very conflicted about whether it’s safe to take them to synagogue to celebrate. Communities shouldn’t have to live like this.
December 14, 2025 at 12:50 PM
My kids woke up so excited this morning for the first night of Hannukah and now yet again we have a festival where I’m very conflicted about whether it’s safe to take them to synagogue to celebrate. Communities shouldn’t have to live like this.
Wtf is going on with this Ryanair email that I thought was a phishing attempt (but I’m fairly sure actually isn’t)?
Lower-case where it shouldn’t be, using a mix of “Sie” and “du”, rogue whitespace… anything else?
Lower-case where it shouldn’t be, using a mix of “Sie” and “du”, rogue whitespace… anything else?
December 11, 2025 at 9:01 AM
Wtf is going on with this Ryanair email that I thought was a phishing attempt (but I’m fairly sure actually isn’t)?
Lower-case where it shouldn’t be, using a mix of “Sie” and “du”, rogue whitespace… anything else?
Lower-case where it shouldn’t be, using a mix of “Sie” and “du”, rogue whitespace… anything else?
Oof I’m being called out
Apple Music does not have to calculate a “listening age” because everyone who uses Apple Music is roughly 34 years old
December 10, 2025 at 6:41 PM
Oof I’m being called out
Saint James Saint?
Street James Street?
🤔
Street James Street?
🤔
December 10, 2025 at 7:50 AM
Saint James Saint?
Street James Street?
🤔
Street James Street?
🤔
Lovely weekend in West Yorkshire 🏵️
December 8, 2025 at 11:15 AM
Lovely weekend in West Yorkshire 🏵️
Ich kann die mehrheitl. (?) linke Perspektive rund um die Wehrpflicht schlicht nicht mehr ausstehen.
Gegen den Streik bzw. den Wunsch, nicht zu kämpfen, hab ich ja generell nichts. Aber mit Aussagen wie "Schluss mit der Kriegsvorbereitung"???
Stellt ihr vor ihr brüllt sowas Jan 2022 in Charkiw???
Gegen den Streik bzw. den Wunsch, nicht zu kämpfen, hab ich ja generell nichts. Aber mit Aussagen wie "Schluss mit der Kriegsvorbereitung"???
Stellt ihr vor ihr brüllt sowas Jan 2022 in Charkiw???
December 3, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Ich kann die mehrheitl. (?) linke Perspektive rund um die Wehrpflicht schlicht nicht mehr ausstehen.
Gegen den Streik bzw. den Wunsch, nicht zu kämpfen, hab ich ja generell nichts. Aber mit Aussagen wie "Schluss mit der Kriegsvorbereitung"???
Stellt ihr vor ihr brüllt sowas Jan 2022 in Charkiw???
Gegen den Streik bzw. den Wunsch, nicht zu kämpfen, hab ich ja generell nichts. Aber mit Aussagen wie "Schluss mit der Kriegsvorbereitung"???
Stellt ihr vor ihr brüllt sowas Jan 2022 in Charkiw???
I’m old enough to remember when my “go-to cheap quick eat” was half the price 😩
December 1, 2025 at 10:53 AM
I’m old enough to remember when my “go-to cheap quick eat” was half the price 😩
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we have to go back. to warn them.
November 28, 2025 at 2:49 AM
we have to go back. to warn them.
It's fine if you don't want to fight.
But why is it that these pieces are always — without exception — so "me me me" and manage to totally ignore the fact that Ukrainians of all stripes are VOLUNTARILY enlisting to protect their homes and families, and by extension, our ungrateful arses?
But why is it that these pieces are always — without exception — so "me me me" and manage to totally ignore the fact that Ukrainians of all stripes are VOLUNTARILY enlisting to protect their homes and families, and by extension, our ungrateful arses?
Germany raised its citizens to hate war. Now it wants us to enlist in the army – but we say no | Mithu Sanyal
Germany raised its citizens to hate war. Now it wants us to enlist in the army – but we say no | Mithu Sanyal
The war in Ukraine is a crime. But European leaders should be working for peace, not preparing young people to fight and die, says German academic Mithu Sanyal
www.theguardian.com
November 28, 2025 at 11:24 AM
It's fine if you don't want to fight.
But why is it that these pieces are always — without exception — so "me me me" and manage to totally ignore the fact that Ukrainians of all stripes are VOLUNTARILY enlisting to protect their homes and families, and by extension, our ungrateful arses?
But why is it that these pieces are always — without exception — so "me me me" and manage to totally ignore the fact that Ukrainians of all stripes are VOLUNTARILY enlisting to protect their homes and families, and by extension, our ungrateful arses?
I threw this angel a piece of screwed-up paper in the living room (she’s obsessed with them). 10 mins later I find it next to my pillow 🥹😭
November 22, 2025 at 1:27 PM
I threw this angel a piece of screwed-up paper in the living room (she’s obsessed with them). 10 mins later I find it next to my pillow 🥹😭
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Up to 50,000 nurses could quit UK over immigration plans, survey suggests
Up to 50,000 nurses could quit UK over immigration plans, survey suggests
Exclusive: union leaders say proposed changes are immoral and could threaten patient safety if there is staff exodus
Up to 50,000 nurses could quit the UK over the government’s immigration proposals, plunging the NHS into its biggest ever workforce crisis, research suggests.
Keir Starmer has vowed to curb net migration, with plans to force migrants to wait as long as 10 years to apply to settle in the UK instead of automatically gaining settled status after five years. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
November 20, 2025 at 6:22 AM
Up to 50,000 nurses could quit UK over immigration plans, survey suggests
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⚡️Widow of Chornobyl's first victim killed by Russian attack on Kyiv 39 years later.
Natalia Khodymchuk, widow of Valerii Khodymchuk, the first victim of the 1986 Chornobyl disaster, died in Kyiv after suffering severe injuries in a mass overnight Russian attack on Nov. 14–15.
Natalia Khodymchuk, widow of Valerii Khodymchuk, the first victim of the 1986 Chornobyl disaster, died in Kyiv after suffering severe injuries in a mass overnight Russian attack on Nov. 14–15.
Widow of Chornobyl's first victim killed by Russian attack on Kyiv 39 years later
Natalia Khodymchuk, the widow of Valerii Khodymchuk, the first victim of the 1986 Chornobyl disaster, died in Kyiv overnight on Nov. 14–15 after suffering severe injuries in a mass Russian attack on t...
kyivindependent.com
November 15, 2025 at 8:11 PM
⚡️Widow of Chornobyl's first victim killed by Russian attack on Kyiv 39 years later.
Natalia Khodymchuk, widow of Valerii Khodymchuk, the first victim of the 1986 Chornobyl disaster, died in Kyiv after suffering severe injuries in a mass overnight Russian attack on Nov. 14–15.
Natalia Khodymchuk, widow of Valerii Khodymchuk, the first victim of the 1986 Chornobyl disaster, died in Kyiv after suffering severe injuries in a mass overnight Russian attack on Nov. 14–15.
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The latest threat to UK modern languages is yet another faux pas. Nottingham and Leicester are taking a swing at language departments. But those proposing closures have taken their eye off the ball, say four linguists. www.timeshighereducation.com/opinion/late... via @timeshighered.bsky.social
The latest threat to UK modern languages is yet another faux pas
Nottingham and Leicester are taking a swing at language departments. But those proposing closures have taken their eye off the ball, say four linguists
www.timeshighereducation.com
November 14, 2025 at 3:58 PM
The latest threat to UK modern languages is yet another faux pas. Nottingham and Leicester are taking a swing at language departments. But those proposing closures have taken their eye off the ball, say four linguists. www.timeshighereducation.com/opinion/late... via @timeshighered.bsky.social
New love language just dropped:
My partner who got eingebürgert last year pretty quickly has been informing shocked/disbelieving Germans about the bs I've gone through so far in my journey
My partner who got eingebürgert last year pretty quickly has been informing shocked/disbelieving Germans about the bs I've gone through so far in my journey
November 12, 2025 at 5:51 PM
New love language just dropped:
My partner who got eingebürgert last year pretty quickly has been informing shocked/disbelieving Germans about the bs I've gone through so far in my journey
My partner who got eingebürgert last year pretty quickly has been informing shocked/disbelieving Germans about the bs I've gone through so far in my journey
Good morning! Remember "quiet quitting"?
Only a couple years later, it seems totally unfeasible — everyone is now concerned about their boss replacing them with AI.
Happy Monday!
Only a couple years later, it seems totally unfeasible — everyone is now concerned about their boss replacing them with AI.
Happy Monday!
November 10, 2025 at 7:44 AM
Good morning! Remember "quiet quitting"?
Only a couple years later, it seems totally unfeasible — everyone is now concerned about their boss replacing them with AI.
Happy Monday!
Only a couple years later, it seems totally unfeasible — everyone is now concerned about their boss replacing them with AI.
Happy Monday!
Is it really such a tall order for a hairdresser not to make a subtle dig at my undercut/fringe/texture? Can anyone in Berlin recommend a salon where they just ask what I'd like and do the job? 💇♀️
Bonus points for sensory/ND-friendliness and vegan products, though that may be an even taller order...
Bonus points for sensory/ND-friendliness and vegan products, though that may be an even taller order...
November 1, 2025 at 1:48 PM
Is it really such a tall order for a hairdresser not to make a subtle dig at my undercut/fringe/texture? Can anyone in Berlin recommend a salon where they just ask what I'd like and do the job? 💇♀️
Bonus points for sensory/ND-friendliness and vegan products, though that may be an even taller order...
Bonus points for sensory/ND-friendliness and vegan products, though that may be an even taller order...
Deeply disappointing and infuriating, but at this point, I am just not surprised.
'We see how these people have chosen to sit comfortably in the back rows of history and simply wait to see how the situation in Eastern Europe will develop without their participation.'
'We see how these people have chosen to sit comfortably in the back rows of history and simply wait to see how the situation in Eastern Europe will develop without their participation.'
Unfortunately once again we are ending up being excluded from Anarchist Bookfair event in Berlin. And again we find ourselves in need to address the issue that come from that exclusion. The full text of the statement is available at in english and russian
abc-belarus.org/en/2...
abc-belarus.org/en/2...
October 28, 2025 at 10:19 AM
Deeply disappointing and infuriating, but at this point, I am just not surprised.
'We see how these people have chosen to sit comfortably in the back rows of history and simply wait to see how the situation in Eastern Europe will develop without their participation.'
'We see how these people have chosen to sit comfortably in the back rows of history and simply wait to see how the situation in Eastern Europe will develop without their participation.'
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We take no joy criticising a young left-wing UK political figure who has often spoken up for workers' rights and progressive causes. But these barely coherent comments from Zarah Sultana on Ukraine sum up much of what is wrong with her wing of the left www.instagram.com/reel/DQT62ys...
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October 27, 2025 at 4:20 PM
We take no joy criticising a young left-wing UK political figure who has often spoken up for workers' rights and progressive causes. But these barely coherent comments from Zarah Sultana on Ukraine sum up much of what is wrong with her wing of the left www.instagram.com/reel/DQT62ys...
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“You’re one of the good ones” is a terrifying sentiment because it means “I at some level think I am an arbiter of your social value” and, well, who asked you buddy
Very revealing that several Germans have got in touch to say that their chancellor’s comments about migrants were not directed at me. First of all, that would imply I shouldn’t care. Secondly, to imply that non-white races are inherently more likely to commit crime is an attack on *all* migrants.
October 26, 2025 at 3:58 PM
“You’re one of the good ones” is a terrifying sentiment because it means “I at some level think I am an arbiter of your social value” and, well, who asked you buddy