You're currently selling everyone's information to Palantir. Maybe sort that out first...
18.02.2026 09:32 โ ๐ 2 ๐ 1 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0@janmakarta.bsky.social
Librarian, translator,โค๏ธ languages (currently Welsh, also DE, DA, FR; BA in FR from Birmingham Univ.) and classical vocal music (esp. choral and Lieder). Liverpudlian, has lived in Munich for over 45 yrs. #RejoinEU ๐ช๐บ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ท๓ ฌ๓ ณ๓ ฟ๐ฉ๐ช๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ซ๐ท๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ
You're currently selling everyone's information to Palantir. Maybe sort that out first...
18.02.2026 09:32 โ ๐ 2 ๐ 1 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Thatโs horrible ๐ฎโน๏ธ. People can be so cruel, canโt they?But we can enjoy life so much more than them - and we do!๐ช
18.02.2026 15:36 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0Thatโs the most important thing, Sylvia! I used to worry about looking โrightโ till I realised no-one cared or even noticed (especially from a certain age onwards). Now I just please myself and am much happier ๐
18.02.2026 12:21 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0#languagequotes #languagelearning #motivationalquotes #languagenext
18.02.2026 04:14 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 2 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Wear it, be comfortable, look stunning, and enjoy the wedding! ๐ค
18.02.2026 06:21 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0Now somewhat, and deservedly, chastened by the realisation that I've burned the chicken filling ...
Damn!
Made pancakes, 'cos... well, obviously. While tossing them, thought back smugly to a crรชpes evening at a meeting of the student Cercle Franรงais at my uni where I heard a couple of French attendees mocking me for my battered old frying pan and lack of expertise. Until I flipped them like a pro. Ha! ๐
17.02.2026 17:30 โ ๐ 2 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0Definitely a Lose-Lose-situation, if ever there was one.
17.02.2026 17:24 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0Serves me right for reading the English first; my first thought was "mures coquuntur" ๐ณ๐ฑ
Now relieved, phew! ๐๐๐ญโค๏ธ
@randomirish tweeted on X: Take Irelands name out of your mouth when you want to rationalize white supremacy. The Irish didn't come to America to share their culture. They came fleeing destitution and starvation in their homeland, courtesy of the kind of imperial power you now fetishize. We don't forget. [He's reacting to this tweet by Elon Musk:] For a country to survive, there has to be a common culture. Nobody dies to defend a "multicultural economic zone"! American culture, with its English-Scotts-Irish origin, is great and worth fighting for. Some may not realize it, but that's why people come here. Feb 16, 2026.
Trust an Irishman to tell it like it is.
[Note: No insult was used to compile this masterpiece of a put-down.]
๐ You certainly do!
17.02.2026 06:32 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0๐คฃ๐คฃ๐คฃ
17.02.2026 06:28 โ ๐ 2 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0๐
This sort of thing puts an embarrassing damper on my eternal aspiration to be the Perfect German Hausfrau.
Been trying, and failing, since 1978 ...
And if you're really unlucky, it won't be labelled ๐.
16.02.2026 18:44 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0Have you ever discovered a seemingly interesting recipe, moved heaven and earth to get a particular, locally exotic ingredient (in this case adsuki beans), made a huge quantity of the recipe only to discover you don't actually like it and are forced to eat it for the next week?
I merely ask [sigh]
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16.02.2026 16:34 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0๐ โฆ ๐คข
16.02.2026 16:34 โ ๐ 2 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0I had no idea how brilliant these are! ๐ฎ๐๐ป๐๐ป๐๐ป๐คฃ๐We have nothing equivalent down here in Munich.
16.02.2026 14:49 โ ๐ 2 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0Screenshot of CNN headline, today on its website: Former Ukrainian minister detained by anti-corruption authorities while trying to leave the country
Some will read this & think less of the Ukrainian govt. They should do the opposite. In every country there are individuals in power that break laws & fill their own pockets. If Ukraine while under attack can still uphold the law & hold them accountable, none of us have an excuse not to.
16.02.2026 06:54 โ ๐ 50 ๐ 14 ๐ฌ 2 ๐ 0It *literally* does.
Thats what it is. A document which says youre British.
2) "Friendly in tone, but tough in substance โ the USA no longer shares our values and we have no reason to lean back and be satisfied just because he was more polite than J. D. Vance was last year." #MunichSecurityConference
15.02.2026 06:00 โ ๐ 4 ๐ 1 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0๐๐๐
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15.02.2026 06:37 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0A small, intricately carved frog figurine made of translucent reddish-orange carnelian gemstone. The frog has a smooth, polished surface with minimal detailing, and its shape is slightly stylized. The figurine is placed on a plain, white background.
We all need a a timeline cleanse!
A tiny #Egyptian #frog amulet, made of carnelian (height 0.9 cm). Because of their numerous offspring, #frogs were considered a symbol of fertility.
Dating c. 1540-1296 BC, New Kingdom.
A lovely weekend to all of you ๐ธ
๐ทCleveland Museum of Art
If you are ever turned away at the polls, your LEGAL response must be:
โPlease give me a provisional ballot, with a receipt, as required by law.โ
๐ณ๏ธ Spread the word! ๐ณ๏ธ
I know how you feel.
14.02.2026 18:55 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0๐คThank you, Bettina! I assume Iโll be the first to raise the glass, so practising assiduously already ๐ ๐ฅ
14.02.2026 18:20 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0If people donโt have a bit of a laugh (and a stiff drink) at my funeral I will feel obliged to haunt them for ever ๐ป
14.02.2026 18:04 โ ๐ 2 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0The Marriage Bureau is the happiest place in New York. 10/10 would recommend
14.02.2026 16:11 โ ๐ 43 ๐ 6 ๐ฌ 2 ๐ 1๐คฃ
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