Paul Krantz

@dieworkwear.bsky.social you've probably done threads on this before, if so pls point me towards them 🙏 I'll need a suit to be wed in and know nothing about buying one. What options would you recommend in the $500-1000 range? Is bespoke possible? Bonus points for shops in Germany, CA or Korea

Students walk out on German Chancellor's speech on integration About 30 people walked out during an awards ceremony on Wednesday when Chancellor Friedrich Merz stood up to deliver a speech. The silent protest was a striking moment at an event meant to celebrate s...

Again, the beat continues to be whatever dumb thing the Chancellor said lately until morale improves

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How the German chancellor pissed off the entire nation of Brazil Germany's chancellor recently visited a climate conference in Brazil where he advocated for international cooperation. But comments he made after returning to Berlin have invoked the ire of the world'...

My beat will continue to be 'whatever racist / xenophobic thing German Chancellor Merz has said lately' until morale improves

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I'll admit I tried this once with Robitussin in high school. Vision went white for like 5 minutes and later I threw up a bunch of purple goo in my friend's backyard. 0/10 absolutely do not recommend.

IN PICTURES: Six hundred sheep are led through Nuremberg's city centre For shepherds, moving sheep between summer and winter pastures is a seasonal event, but in Nuremberg this march runs right through the city's central market square. Photographer Taeseok Oh shares his ...

Ewe really need to see these photos of sheep marching through Nuremberg

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Also in Europe I'd reckon

Nice!

Polizei räumt Protestcamp gegen Waldrodung in Hessen Die Polizei in Hessen geht seit dem frühen Morgen gegen ein Protestcamp von Umweltaktivisten vor. Sie hatten ein Waldstück besetzt, um die Bäume vor Rodung zu schützen. Dort sollen Kies und Sand abgeb...

From a news report on a protest camp against a Gravel mine in Hesse: "The forest was also damaged by the camp. Nails and wood screws were driven into trees..."

The plan is to cut down the forest where the camp is. But yeah, let's focus on those nails and screws.

www.tagesschau.de/inland/regio...

A graphic poster with a green, textured background. At the center is a black-and-white image of Earth. Above the planet, a small private jet flies around the Earth, leaving a dark, tangled trail. Across the middle of the image, bold white text on black rectangles reads “CLIMATE PLUNDER.” Below, smaller white text states, “How a powerful few are locking the world into disaster.” In the bottom-right corner, the Oxfam logo and the word “OXFAM” appear in white.

Since 1990, the emissions share of the richest 1% has increased by 13%, and the richest 0.1% has grown by 32%, while the poorest 50% has decreased by 3%.

policy-practice.oxfam.org/resources/cl...

Everyone in Ireland right now: "I happen to be a bit of an artist myself"

Why does Spanish pop-star Rosalía sing in German in her latest single? Her latest song 'Berghain' has gone viral online, with fans speculating about the artist's unusual language choice. So why does Rosalía sing in German in her new single, and what does she say?

Rosalía on learning different languages: "through understanding the other better maybe you can understand yourself better, and you can learn how to love better"

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Feels like he's cosplaying a guy on the other side of that fight tbh

I just found out that @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social and I share the same birthday. Same day and same year.

So that's pretty cool.

(In honour of the German custom I'll refrain from wishing him a happy birthday ahead of time)

My hot take is that the little known movie #Alive was better than Train to Busan.

@liamgallas.bsky.social just a super impressive investigation

In the midst of writing this I asked a German to guess how many Bürgergeld recipients were Germans versus foreigners and they assumed WAY more of them were foreigners than the actual number.

Anyone else want to take a guess?

Who wants to tell the CDU/CSU?

'No Kings Rally': Where Anti-Trump protests are planned in Germany Demonstrations are taking place in major German cities on Saturday October 18th, as part of the wider 'No Kings' Rally against rising authoritarianism in the United States.

Demonstrations are taking place in major German cities on Saturday October 18th, as part of the wider 'No Kings' Rally against rising authoritarianism in the United States.

Or more like Weekend at Bernie's

📣 Germany's close to reversing its opposition to mass surveillance & private message scanning, & backing the Chat Control bill. This could end private comms-& Signal-in the EU.

Time's short and they're counting on obscurity: please let German politicians know how horrifying their reversal would be.

Update: have just seen a video on social media promoting a pudding with fork meeting in NY, NY.

Appears this German trend is entering the Anglo-sphere

Why are young Germans eating pudding with forks? Hundreds of young people have been gathering in German cities to sit together and eat pudding with forks. What's the deal behind the bizarre trend?

The kids are out here eating pudding with forks!

Honestly, very pleased to have brought what I'm pretty sure is the first English language report on this trend.

www.thelocal.de/20251001/why...

Germany has added a significant amount of power to the grid via balcony solar in the past couple years, spurred on by a tariff scheme that awarded early adopters

Taking this story as a nice reminder that the bad news tends to make the headlines (Trump blocks mega wind project) but sometimes there's good news to be found too (wind project gets go ahead becuz Trump had no good reason)

Sure would be a shame if US residents turned to rooftop / balcony solar about it and accidentally brought a clean energy revolution

This is excellent, peeps. Well worth your time (and you can sip it in parts, no need to read all at once)

Zur Party

Could've had 6euroNeunzig introduce it to massively up the govt's clout. Huge missed opportunity.

open.spotify.com/track/6HvHh0...

Germany confirms 'regrettable' Deutschlandticket price increase in 2026 The Deutschlandticket will once again become more expensive after a conference of Germany's state transport ministers confirmed the monthly price for the nationwide travel pass in 2026.

Honestly, would've been a lot cooler if they'd just made it the 69-euro ticket

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Kind of an amazing story: Pakistan installing solar like crazy becuz conventional electricity prices shot up.

If that pattern applies in Germany, the conservative govt move to NOT lower elec taxes for homes could actually end up promoting household solar.

The essential dos and don'ts for your first Oktoberfest The world's largest folk festival kicks off on Saturday, and is expected to lure around six million thirsty visitors to Munich over the course of two weeks. Here are the most important things to do (a...

A short list of things you wouldn't expect are banned at Oktoberfest:

-Scooters
-Backpacks
-Chugging a whole beer

More here:
www.thelocal.de/20250918/the...