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she/her - xennial librarian who really likes nail art, books, tea, cats, crochet, Doctor Who, Supernatural, and basic human rights (not necessarily in that order) πŸ€·πŸ»β€β™€οΈ

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My thought exactly! I mean, has he been to Alcatraz?! πŸ˜† I visited it as a tourist 15-20 years ago, it’ll take a bit a work! πŸ™„

05.05.2025 05:28 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I feel kinda weird for knowing this but the girl who won is from Denmark πŸ‡©πŸ‡°πŸ˜†πŸ€·πŸ»β€β™€οΈ Saw it on a Danish news program for children that me and my kids watch (honestly a lot more wholesome than anything adult news programs report these days).

03.05.2025 18:33 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Definitely agree - it was interesting being expats in the US and I loved being abroad as a family sharing that experience but I am so grateful to be a European citizen and have our kids grow up back here πŸ’―πŸ‡ͺπŸ‡ΊπŸ‡©πŸ‡°

28.04.2025 18:34 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

This!! We’re Danish but lived in the US as expats a few years ago. Adding up all the different kind of taxes in the US combined with all the other stuff we had to pay for separately left us with less disposable income than ever 🀯 The US wages were higher than in Denmark but we had never been poorer!

28.04.2025 17:52 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

βœ‹πŸ»

18.04.2025 18:41 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Honestly, same!!

11.04.2025 05:29 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Have you tried reaching out to Hans Island? I suspect Denmark and Canada who share this island will be very forthcoming and sympathetic to the penguin cause πŸ‡©πŸ‡°πŸ‡¨πŸ‡¦πŸ˜

09.04.2025 21:26 β€” πŸ‘ 12    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I read an article about this earlier today. It also specifically mentioned soybeans which we apparently import *a lot of* from Louisiana, but the article said it was a product that we in the EU can easily get from other countries. Tobacco and sugar were also mentioned.

09.04.2025 21:20 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

That’s what a lot of us are telling ourselves here in Europe too - Putin in our backyard and the US no longer an ally but at least we aren’t Americans πŸ€·πŸ»β€β™€οΈ

09.04.2025 20:44 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Seal named Jeff photo bombing secret signal chat group of penguins

Seal named Jeff photo bombing secret signal chat group of penguins

Press Sec: β€œNobody understands how normal it is to have a secret cabinet meeting chat group on the beach, and that loser Jeff just materializes β€œ

04.04.2025 15:39 β€” πŸ‘ 1386    πŸ” 222    πŸ’¬ 23    πŸ“Œ 22
Penguin looking through telephoto camera lense

Penguin looking through telephoto camera lense

Defence Ministry Update: Border surveillance has not detected any abnormal activity. We stand rock-hop-ready to rock, set to defend ourselves against all threats both foreign and domestic (elephant seals mainly)

04.04.2025 19:45 β€” πŸ‘ 16337    πŸ” 3226    πŸ’¬ 345    πŸ“Œ 268

I just finished it and I’m in awe. It’s so fascinating how it balances delicately between poetic and unbearable. All the parallels to current events are definitely scary but I really like the main character’s perspective. I definitely want to read the sequel. Did you read the next one too?

31.03.2025 17:08 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

*reading πŸ€¦πŸ»β€β™€οΈ

29.03.2025 14:40 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I’m only a few chapters in but it’s already quite eerie. I’m readying a translation in my own language so I don’t know if this quote is completely accurate in English but I almost gasped at this part: β€œThe Secretary of Space doesn’t need to know anything about science, only politics” πŸ‘€

29.03.2025 14:39 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
An image shows two firefighters with shovels on top of a torn-down building. One is overlayed in yellow, the other in blue. The words "United in diversity" are at the top left corner, and the European Commission logo is in the bottom right corner.

An image shows two firefighters with shovels on top of a torn-down building. One is overlayed in yellow, the other in blue. The words "United in diversity" are at the top left corner, and the European Commission logo is in the bottom right corner.

There is no space for racism in the EU.

No one should be denied a job, home, or opportunity because of their race or ethnic background.

On International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination and every day, the EU stands united against racism, for a #UnionOfEquality.

21.03.2025 10:30 β€” πŸ‘ 490    πŸ” 119    πŸ’¬ 20    πŸ“Œ 9

I know the feeling, my reply was supposed to say β€œβ€¦are more likely…” πŸ™ƒπŸ€·πŸ»β€β™€οΈ

21.03.2025 17:01 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

That is funny πŸ˜† But I also remember hearing that there are a lot of different types of readers - and especially β€œmood readers” are more like to be reading multiple books at the same time because they are looking for something to match their mood at that moment. Whatever works, I guess β€οΈπŸ“š

21.03.2025 14:18 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Haha, most of the time yes πŸ™ˆ Sometimes I’ll have an audio book for my commute to work and a paper book at home but I rarely juggle more than that πŸ˜†

21.03.2025 05:30 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

This book is literally sitting at the very top of my TBR pile right now! As soon as I finish the book I’m currently reading this is next πŸ“š

20.03.2025 18:27 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

Came to say the exact same thing πŸ’― Actual sentences and the resemblance of empathy combined with no use of CAPS gives it away.

16.03.2025 22:58 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Is it Polish soldiers or Ukrainian soldiers he will be training? As a European I know I have read news stories about how some of the equipment we are providing for Ukraine is different from what they have so our soldiers also train theirs - and this training also takes place outside Ukraine.

15.03.2025 09:11 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I actually chatted with an employee at one of the stores today and they did mention that there is a similar β€œDanish product” sign coming too. So specifically Danish products will be recognizable as well as just European products in general.

14.03.2025 19:19 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Agree 😁 But it’s not just food - some of the bigger stores carry a lot of other products as well (more like the selection in a store like Target). I only needed a few things so I didn’t go through the entire store but I also saw the stars in the aisle with beauty products and personal hygiene.

14.03.2025 07:05 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Bread aisle in a Danish grocery store. Little stars next to the price indicate that the item is from Europe.

Bread aisle in a Danish grocery store. Little stars next to the price indicate that the item is from Europe.

πŸ’― true, sincerely a European πŸ‡ͺπŸ‡Ί Yesterday a number of Danish grocery stores started clearly marking products from Europe with a little star next to the price. Here is a picture I took while shopping yesterday.

14.03.2025 06:31 β€” πŸ‘ 21    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 5    πŸ“Œ 0
Picture of a bread aisle at a Danish grocery store. Next to the price a star is shown to indicate that the particular item is from Europe.

Picture of a bread aisle at a Danish grocery store. Next to the price a star is shown to indicate that the particular item is from Europe.

Today a list of Danish grocery stores started adding stars next to the price on all European products - making shopping easier for us consumers. Although we still have to double check if something without a star is American or not #europe #resist #trump danishnews.ritzau.com/article/3135...

13.03.2025 14:05 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I picked that up from an episode of β€œCriminal Minds” πŸ˜†

13.03.2025 06:59 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

How is protesting Tesla domestic terrorism but attacking the Capitol building is not? πŸ€”

11.03.2025 23:30 β€” πŸ‘ 20771    πŸ” 4632    πŸ’¬ 577    πŸ“Œ 214
The cover of weekly Danish newspaper β€œWeekendavisen” from March 7th 2025 with the headline β€œDen omvendte verden” (β€œThe opposite world”) while the top half of the front page is a American flag turned upside-down as well as the name of the newspaper at the very top also upside-down.

The cover of weekly Danish newspaper β€œWeekendavisen” from March 7th 2025 with the headline β€œDen omvendte verden” (β€œThe opposite world”) while the top half of the front page is a American flag turned upside-down as well as the name of the newspaper at the very top also upside-down.

The Danish newspaper Weekendavisen comes out every Friday. This was the brilliant cover this week πŸ‘πŸ»πŸ™ƒ The headline reads β€œThe opposite world” #uspolitics #trump #eupolitics #denmark #usa #internationalrelations #foreignpolicies

08.03.2025 23:47 β€” πŸ‘ 10    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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