I was looking up Easter traditions and came across Osterfeuer. I’ve never seen it here in Würzburg - is it a thing where you live?

Happy Easter Joyeuses Pâques du toit de l’Europe #montblanc #hautesavoie #enjoythelittlethings

this is neat but also you can just ask any person working at chipotle this same question to get the answer because in 2026 it's taking far longer than expected to find another job that uses her computer science degree

In Deutschland übernehmen gesetzlichen Krankenkassen künftig 4 der verschreibungspflichtigen Medikamente für Long Covid, auch außerhalb ihrer zugelassenen Anwendungsgebiets. 💊💊💊 Es gibt zu viele negative News, deswegen poste ich jeden Tag eine #guteNewsdesTages.

‘Occasionally a picture can change the course of history’: 33 scandalous photos that shocked the world

When you are in your 50s but the Osterhase* still delivers. *Mother-in-law

2/2 Speed limits are always a hot topic in Germany, & one most politicians won't touch with a barge pole. The howls & headlines as soon as it's mentioned are deafening. However (!), the stats tell us attitudes have shifted. In November 2025, ⅔ of Germans were in favour of it. Imagine.

A correction will appear in tomorrow's print edition: "A headline with an article on Friday about President Trump’s threats to leave NATO misstated the full name of the body. It is the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, not the North American Treaty Organization."

Helpful!!! 🙏 #baking #KitchenHacks

Kind of concerned about the number of posters missing that this article is 100% deadpan humour, including the title. (If Jonathan Swift showed up on bluesky today, he'd be instantly cancelled for his Modest Proposal). www.nytimes.com/2026/04/03/u...

Los Angeles Bluesky, I need your help. I just learned that on Saturday at the protest at the downtown Metropolitan Detention Center, a friend’s 18-year-old son was shot in the eye with a pepper ball by DHS, permanently blinding him. He needs justice. If you were there and saw anything, please… 1/5

Me, when I’ve had enough of people for the day.

Currently testing the ‘quantum Sprung’ (according to my audiologist) hearing aids to decide if I want to replace my old ones or have them repaired. They use AI and have hundreds of listening profiles, but I’m not sure I like them. They seem to pick up too much. It’s a bit overwhelming.

The German academic system has its share of problems, but this remains the model for history seminars. I assign two articles a week and we talk about them. It's so old fashioned it has become avant garde.

Finally made Cullen Skink tonight and it was delicious. One of the best soups I’ve ever made. Had to order the smoked haddock online cause I couldn’t get it here.

This argument is transferable to other areas where AI is promoted, such as writing and translation.

‘Modernisation required’: www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/1...

The painted facade on this building made me laugh. Can you guess what they sold here?

Adventures in translation. We have ‘Edelbrände’ as ‘Noble spirits’. And ‘Fürst Flash’ tea.

windows keeps hallucinating monitors that don't exist I'm laughing so hard help

Never trust a British person with American teeth

The polite version of ACAB in Würzburg always makes me laugh.

Led a queue revolution at the Bäckerei this morning. There were 2 people ahead of me, one behind when a woman walked straight past us to the counter. ‘Excuse me. We are all in the queue’, said I. She tried to argue that that’s not how it’s done. With one guy serving, how is her way better?

On what would have been her 100th birthday, German mail remembers Queen Elizabeth II with a special stamp. A very sweet image & an even sweeter wet stamp to match. Royalist or not, I think we can all like this. And no, Royal Mail, pls don't feel obliged to return the favour with one of Merz. 😉

In space no one can hear you on Teams

Niche Germanic humour / satire #Farage #Reform #dictator #grammar

If Democrats aren’t plastering the airwaves and social media with this clip non-stop for the next couple of months, they don’t deserve to win.

Was on a call with the IHK (chamber of commerce) yesterday and they they had the Saudi Arabia representative on. She was talking about the situation on the ground, and how there was a panic that morning in their office due to incoming missiles.

Oh man, just found this old exchange between @tiny.baby, @ugarles.bsky.social, and Chili’s

I think about this one way too much

I don’t know much about the markets, but I’ve been following the Caterpillar stock and it’s absolutely wild how it has gone up and down in the last month.

Footage captured from passengers on an airliner above Florida, showing the exact moment the Artemis II mission lifts off.

Lovely story - but the rise in racial abuse is concerning.

Joined my son to watch.

Hyperfixation of the week: there is apparently a field called “forensic hairdressing” where people try to reconstruct ancient hair techniques. Below is one from Ancient Rome ca. 120 AD. The leading figure is a hairstylist-turned-archaeologist named Janet Stephens who also does video tutorials. Cool!

Both my cats love being held and taken to the window to look out. There's an office block opposite, and I'm always sad that the office workers never notice and point and get their colleagues to come look at the cute kitty in my arms.

My mother-in-law’s friend (who literally lives across the road) went on and on about getting my husband’s email so she could contact MIL via him. Now she’s sending him stuff like this that he has to print out and show his mum.

My Dutch colleagues at the bookshop had one urgent cultural priority when I started. Not the lottery machine. Not the till. April 1st requires shouting "frog in your butt" at people and I genuinely do not understand why this has not caught on globally. #aprilfoolsday #kikkerinjebil #bilingual

Leider ist @cartoostrophal.bsky.social hier ja nicht mehr aktiv, aber den hier hab ich auf Insta gesehen und kann ihn natürlich nicht vorenthalten 😂

All the shades of red in the sandstorm hitting south Crete right now #Weather #SandStorm #Crete #Kalima #Storm

Here's an idea, hire Walken to do Princess Anne and he can bestow some made-up medal, honour on Trump. He'll never know the difference anyway

I’ve said this before but explaining the Constitution to Trump is like explaining existentialism to a chicken. But he does have a vibe based radar for when someone is losing, so this was probably painful

Absolutely delighted that Seasalt Cornwall have my favourite dress back again this year - and a couple of new linen dresses. On 20% off at the moment, if you like their stuff.

Nina posts wonderful insights into archaeology - even for laypeople, always incredibly interesting.

The what project ?!

Anyone on Instagram interested in the Dundee-Würzburg twinning? Or on finding out random stuff about both cities? www.instagram.com/reel/DWi2U68...

I love being free from such things as „quality of life“, „fruit“, „music that the party doesn’t like“

US women who changed their married name will have a difficult time registering to vote if the SAVE act passes. However, this site does the calculation for you, and shows in most cases, it will be cheaper/easier for you to change your name back to your maiden name. donimath.org

this is HILARIOUS therepublicjournal.com/essays/ai-an...