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A job ad from Butterworths DC

Unfortunately the current chef de cuisine job ad they have out sounds like they actually have a decent approach to food, rather than feeding these odious people gruel.

Konrad Wachsmann, heavily influenced by Bauhaus, developed a modernist take on wooden houses in the 1920s. Over 100 were built in the Saxonian town of Niesky. Rural Germany would look so hot today if the Nazis hadn’t stopped the whole thing.

First outing to Dong Xuan centre for steamed buns for Osh today.

Are those the ones that often come with quite bold, bauhausy designs? Devastating to hear that their wearers are apparently all spoken for, I think they’re hot.

This is not just a terrible opinion piece. “Resign” now has all the hallmarks of a campaign that’s useful for both US & RUS: 1) A Yanukovych/Lukashenko style sock puppet gets installed 2) War is over 3) Ukraine remains independent on paper.

Ukraine is not alone.

Germany together with our European allies stands united alongside #Ukraine - and against the Russian aggression. Ukraine can build on unwavering support from Germany, Europe and beyond. Their defence of democracy & their quest for peace & security is ours.

In recent weeks there was a lot of concern about Trump withdrawing the 78,000 US troops stationed in Europe. Not hard to imagine the day now where the concern is about 78,000 US troops being in Europe under Trumps command.

Tonight IS very upsetting but that moment had been a long time coming. Now the masks are off.

Assassination attempts on Volodymyr Zelenskyy - Wikipedia

There is an entire Wikipedia article on it: close to 2000 mercenaries were in Kyiv during those days solely tasked with killing the leadership of the country: en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assassi...

There you go. Tonight feels like a good night for a little off switch treat.

He had Russian agents engaging in firefights with his security staff outside of his office trying to break through to kill him in Feb 22. I firmly believe he’s having some well deserved cheese right now, too.

Get a medical weed prescription for the occasional opportunity to just end a day when nothing else needs to be said or thought.

I’d also like for Merz to take a long hard look at his timeline for getting a functioning German government in place by Easter. The election’s timing wasn’t his fault, but this country needs to be able to deal with and lead on unprecedented major issues now.

Hugely proud of Zelensky. A president with morals and balls of steel. I fully expect Musk to switch off Starlink now though, and I hope there is a European solution to that problem in the wings.

A day so wet and dreary I had an entire mountain to myself.

Become a welder, join the union, a simple short cut that won’t take longer than 3-5 years.

Indeed it is.

Not only a very busy but also incredibly pretty polling station in Erich Mendelsohn’s 1930 metal worker’s union building.

This is obviously one of the core reasons for the slide into anti-democratic voting patterns in the first place, very little to celebrate.

Considering the depopulation of East Germany, the total number of eligible voters in future spells bad news for those states but will likely be less significant on a national stage.

Giant pinch of salt: if you look at the map of polling stations, right leaning rural areas had very few of those, left leaning cities had plenty.

SPD with its boomer-centric approach being ahead of Grüne really surprises me.

Lots of fog, foraging wild watercress and a 12th century cathedral that looks surprisingly Andalusian: a day in Königslutter.

An empty office! Judging from the display, it’s graffiti and pigeon shit, which feels unkind yet correct.

The front of Berlin’s Columbiahalle venue during a Libertines gig.

Hadn’t been to a show in ages but this was enormously entertaining last night, all smiles and moshpits.

The German-Italian intersection for contemporary objects.

I’d be surprised if they hadn’t. But I’d be equally surprised if it wouldn’t work and even more surprised if my Turkish butchers starts stocking pig trotters.

Niche question: St John trotter gear, but with veal foot instead of trotters. Advisable, needs adjustments, don’t do it?

Glad someone came up with a cocktail to sum
up this week.

The week in pictures. Breaking down a wild boar, soaking up the atmosphere at Skaska’s football ground, the Sorbian cemetery in Ralbitz.