TheBossRoss 🧶

... (and the coffee machine in the background, too 😁)

Exactly, and a very light keystroke - I managed to find ribbon, too, and ordered it. I hope it works!

2/2

Listen to this. Isn't this a beautiful sound?

Photo of an old typewriter, made in Dresden in 1937 or 38, in overall good condition.

Photo from underneath. Some parts are shiny and seem to have been replaced in the past.

🧵At a flea market, I found this beautiful old Erika typewriter. The model no. means it's from 1937/38. It works like an absolute charm! Looking underneath, someone's clearly repaired & serviced it before, & now it's again on the ground amidst rubble. I guess some (things) need saving more than once.

Phew.

Ain't that the truth!

Oh no! I'm so sorry. It's also entirely unreasonable of these machines to expect us to take care of them as well ...

Thank you, Mike, and you, too.

She's abused other people, some also children, in a system of institutionalised cruelty. There's not much of a difference.

Thank you and thank you. The electronics read-out says the lambda sensor is faulty itself, so the repair shop exchanged it. But it's still erratic. What's important is that it doesn't seem to be a mechanical problem. It's the sensor itself acting up.

You can dodge reality, deny facts, & cover up truth only so long. Every distraction is temporary while truth lives on. Reality wins in the end. Facts have the last word. You cannot undo them, you just cover them up, & that cover can come off at any moment. It's never forever.
#GoodMorning, everyone

Today's random #German word of the day is ... Vögel füttern.

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It's a great term to practice those weird German sounds - give it a go! #LearnALanguage!

We've to be careful not to lose our own humanity in this time. It's the very reason we oppose it, its cruelty & perpetrators. But humanity applies to all. What we need to do is the right thing: remove inhumane people from positions where they're in charge of others. Investigate, charge & trial them.

It is possible to have empathy with someone even if, as pathological narcissists, they're unable to feel empathy for anyone else. Trump should have never been elected. His psychological make-up makes him entirely unqualified for any position that puts him in charge of others, and they into his care.

This quote came much later, and it hasnt been the only time he disrespected others who did go and suffer and died. But in the then, past moment, I have empathy for everyone looking for a way out.

Thank you 🙏, and yes, that is the German saying for it. It's only a faulty sensor who refuses to be fixed, but when you're worried about something important, it's the last thing you need.

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On a human level, I understand fear of going to war. It's not heroic to be brave. It's normal to be afraid. And while I don't condone the lying & string pulling, I've had empathy for Trump & his bone spurs. But now he sends others to war for selfish reasons, & w/o empathy tells them 'some will die'.

NRW hier. Ich muss einfach mal fragen: Ist das Fehlen aber auch jeglichen Humors Grundvoraussetzung für eine Kandidatur?

If I may ... I recommend English editions of reputable international papers as well. Look for Le Monde and especially El Pais English editions. Excellent reporting on the US and (the latter) Latin America.

On social media, Le Monde English is here on BlueSky, El País English can be found on 🐦.

Entrance hall of a hospital at night, brightly lit and deserted.

After a late night trip to the hospital (where we were looked after very well), an early morning. That 1st coffee feels good after the turmoil.

What I didn't need: a bright red exhaust emission control light. Thank you, car. Super timing. 👍

On the way back, it went off. I take that as a good sign.

Tbf, she's tried hard though to match him ...

Sideways,
aka: out of the way,
aka: no.

They're just make it look that way to minimise embarrassment after her atrocious performance in front of Congress about which (media reports) Trump was angry. (Tbf, so were we, just for different reasons)

How bad at your job do you have to be to be fired for incompetence by Donald Trump?

#NoemGone

Trump fires Kristi Noem as head of Department of Homeland Security

"The US president said he plans to nominate Markwayne Mullen, a Republican senator from Oklahoma, who will be subject to confirmation by the Republican-led Senate."

To a degree, people are free to do (or not do) with their money what they want. But affluent people already get so many (financial) breaks. And fact is, we have collectively decided to live in welfare societies w/ solidarity & everyone giving acc. to their ability, & they're simply able to give more

Oh, same here, Simon! And I used to write letters of epic length...

We were born ready 😁

Von mir ein großes Lob für die Lehrerin, die mit dieser schlichten Frage grandios getestet hat, ob der CDU Spitzenkandidat
-weiß, was der Treibhauseffekt ist,
-zugibt, wenn er's nicht weiß,
-es erklären kann,
-so tut, als ob er's erklären kann.

Gebt der Frau einen Orden!

Von mir ein großes Lob für die Lehrerin, die mit dieser schlichten Frage grandios getestet hat, ob der CDU Spitzenkandidat
-weiß, was der Treibhauseffekt ist,
-zugibt, wenn er's nicht weiß,
-es erklären kann,
-so tut, als ob er's erklären kann.

Gebt der Frau einen Orden!