Tobias Merkendorf
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Tobias Merkendorf
@tmkdf.bsky.social
Parenting and Pedaling
Rugby and IP laws
Washing and Warmachines
Cold war temperate climate kid
Giggling Cardbox
Master of pillow forts
Calculated mediocrity

Somewhere on the fringes of the lowlands and industrial wastes of the Ruhr.
No glory in prevention.
December 1, 2025 at 7:54 AM
Und so oder so sollte den Einsatzkräften in Zeiten des Smartphones und der Livestream immer im klaren sein, dass sie gefilmt werden… und das Verhalten ggf anpassen, damit es erst gar nicht aus dem Kontext gerissen werden kann…
November 30, 2025 at 9:57 PM
Reposted by Tobias Merkendorf
You can devise solutions for individual incentives, for corruption, for power balancing, but if it is the People themselves who are corrupt...you can't fix that.

The only solution I see is for the People to relearn the virtue of not touching the stove by virtue of stove-touching.
November 30, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Die Schweizer. Wie beim Mehr-an-Urlaub werden die Kosten gescheut.
November 30, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Erstmal testen wie Venezuela ankommt. Und dann gucken…
November 30, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Aber in Schlau. Plettenberger Barbarei.
November 30, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Elektroantriebe kann halt jeder. Das ist ja keine Kunst wie die Resonanzen beim V8…
November 30, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Mit kleinsten Kinder hat man das erste Jahr ehrlicherweise kaum wahrgenommen.
November 30, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Jeremy Corbyn watching Håkan Juholt living his best life right now and thinking "I could be on the Bake Off."
November 30, 2025 at 1:34 PM
Merz should switch to baking bread…
November 30, 2025 at 1:31 PM
Nur in München ist mir bisher der Zulauf zum Spühlkasten verkalkt…
November 30, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Or to paraphrase Vlad Vlexler: you can only counter this by positive inclusive populism (tapping into the first for change).

And once in power better learn to do magic in order to deliver…
November 30, 2025 at 12:28 PM
With better industrial policies Europe could easily stay the 2nd most important place for the automotive sector…
November 30, 2025 at 10:06 AM
tbf they are doing this every year now. This one is special since it is a month earlier than last winter.
November 30, 2025 at 8:57 AM
Reposted by Tobias Merkendorf
I was driving home with a friend after a concert last week.

Wanted to listen to Kneecap. Asked Siri politely to play Kneecap.

All I got was a rant by Dieter Nuhr about Niqabs.

I wasn’t polite to Siri afterwards anymore. fml
November 30, 2025 at 8:50 AM
I was driving home with a friend after a concert last week.

Wanted to listen to Kneecap. Asked Siri politely to play Kneecap.

All I got was a rant by Dieter Nuhr about Niqabs.

I wasn’t polite to Siri afterwards anymore. fml
November 30, 2025 at 8:50 AM
Reposted by Tobias Merkendorf
For me this really brings home the US dominance of things. You’re moving between countries? You speak several languages?* What an odd idea!
When in Europe it’s literally the norm.

*yes I know in the US that should also be a thing with Spanish. Alas.

bsky.app/profile/ulum...
Somehow none of the tech companies seem to realise that people might speak more than one language. This automated translation feature is so annoying on all platforms
November 30, 2025 at 8:30 AM