Just watched Louis Theroux's 'Inside the Manosphere'. What a time to be alive if you're the target audience. 😬 And having read some of the recent media, I find it curious how some of the men have reacted. So much for having the courage of one's convictions, eh? It didn't change my impressions. 🤷🏼‍♀️

So I've now proved I'm more than competent doing a job in German, as I was when it was carried out in England. Go me. A degree is a degree, do we really have to bend over backwards to German employers, and prove that our degree is equivalent to that of a German degree? (I'm generalising, btw). 🤔

I've spent the last 4 weeks (re)learning accounting, 🇩🇪-style. F*ck me, technical compound words are a 😳😳. Not as much of a nightmare as the letter we received telling us the power to the street would be turned off tomorrow, right as I start a day's final exam. FML, this course better be worth it!!

It's a very happy Gotcha anniversary here in Das Dorf... One year since we adopted our beautiful Haggis, who was an excellent addition to our household. She has settled in so well, and has a restful temperament. Her hobbies include snoozing, eating grass and she has a fondness for bags. 😻❤️🤗

If your Sunday doesn’t look like this, you're doing it wrong... My girl, Haggis, chilling like a pro! #catlife #snoozySunday #lostinthought

Enjoy this scathing summary of yesterday's Merz/Trump meeting - it was brilliantly written. 👏🏻🇩🇪😁

Oh great, over 20 cents a litre more for petrol. Just what the world needs!! 🤪🙄 And this particular Tankstelle is one of the cheaper ones in the wider area of Groß-Gerau, the area where I live. Shell charges even more! 🤬

Me, today, discovering the beloved § (section symbol) found in much of German legal/bureaucratic literature has its own little key on the QWERTZ keyboard. Doh! 🫣😆 I've only been living in Germany for five years! 😂😂

White rabbits, white rabbits!! Happy March, everyone - three weeks until we get longer evenings! While spring is technically here, I know many don't consider it so until the clocks spring forward. Gorgeous sunshine here, and my Easter cactus is looking gorgeous!

Me, opening an email from Gromit Unleashed (I've been an ardent Aardman supporter since the early days), thinking I'll be perusing and then deleting the email. And then I saw this little beauty!! Bish, bash, ordered!! 😆 It will join my other Christmas figurines, Fleece Navidad and Jingles! 😍

What the heck is going on over there?! I know chocolate is nice, and Cadbury has a decent reputation (although some might disagree, because "Kraft") but this?? 😳 BBC News - Chocolate kept in anti-theft boxes as shops warn it's being stolen to order - BBC News www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

There's a stationery craze with the young kids in 🇩🇪 for Legami pens, which are these cutesy erasable pens in different colours, each with an animal theme. My great niece and nephew collect them, and we've just been to the toy shop to choose the nephew's present for his birthday. I bought him four

Gotta say, "Board of Peace" is an interesting name for a Trump piggy bank... $7B from some of the least peaceful countries we know, along with $10B he's planning to "transfer" from the US Treasury. "DOGE" who? You can kiss that money goodbye! 😆

Blimey, Randy Andy getting arrested on his birthday... that's got to be a shitty present, right?! 😂😂😂 BBC News - www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c7... Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor arrested on suspicion of misconduct in public office - live updates - BBC News

I love how Pam Bondi brandished the DOW as her shield against answering questions, using its higher than 50,000 points as proof that no one needed to mention Epstein or Trump. And then the DOW went nuh, uh, lady, we're not playing that game and slid below 50,000. Do we get to talk about it now? 🤔

Good morning everyone, Happy Hallmark Day! It's a bit dull and grey here in Das Dorf, so I have some pretty yellow daffs from the Netherlands to brighten my morning. And the coffee - my only dose of caffeine in a day! I hope your day is a good one, and remember, we can love every day, and if we're

Reading this article makes me so cross. The Statutory Paternity Pay the UK offers new fathers has been pitiful from day one! Families falling apart because of UK’s ‘broken’ paternity leave, study suggests | Maternity & paternity rights | The Guardian share.google/wrtFpu9EKZ7N...

Listening to your caller, @mrjamesob.bsky.social, and have to add that there is definitely a rise in the patriarchy who bang on about a woman's "value", and how she "loses value" by having sexual relations with men, and it therefore apparently makes this woman less attractive to the male population.

Late last year I was let go from my job after 2½ years of being with them. It was a rude shock to the system, but c'est la vie and all that. I'm now discovering that to be arbeitslos in Germany is actually a better deal rhan anything the UK ever does for its unemployed, especially relating to any

Little Miss Snoozy, warming her tickly bits beside the radiator... This would be me, in cat form. I definitely want to come back as a well-loved cat! 😸😹

Yay, finally here! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

This is a cracking series - definitely recommend!! Yes, it is German-language, but it can be watched in English. #Unfamiliar

Ouch! Horrible crash-out for US Lindsey Vonn. Sincerely hope her injuries aren't too terrible. Such a great athlete, with so much experience, and it's always sad to see any athlete crash out, especially in such a high octane event like the downhill... 😬 Gute Besserung, Lindsey!!

Anyone else using the Olympics app? I'm finding it wonderfully useful for keeping track of who is placing where, and last night, while watching the Team Ice Dancing event, I found it so interesting to see the scoring each pair earned during their required techniques list. I'm just a user, btw! 👍🏻😁

What are Sundays for, if not for snoozing on the pouffe, in front of the radiator, while the mist outside the window lingers... Happy Ruhetag, everyone!

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Fabulous brunch with some friends this morning - we met up at Café Omalisbeth, situated in Gernsheim, which lies along the Rhein, in Südhessen. We had their delicious Breakfast for Two, which included an assortment of cold meats & cheeses, along with fresh rolls and slices rye bread. Oh, and Sekt!

Every four years I get super excited about watching the Winter Olympics, and this year I'm even more excited, as it's finally in our time zone again! I've been watching 'Glitter and Gold' on Netflix, and I'm looking forward to seeing who skates away with the gold in the ice dancing...

As a meso widow, I know that over 2,700 people are diagnosed with mesothelioma each year. Mesothelioma is a form of cancer caused by exposure to asbestos, which you may not even have heard of. My husband was diagnosed with pleural mesothelioma in August 2015, having possibly been exposed as a

There's something quite calming and cozy about watching it snow whilst listening to Vivaldi's 'Winter' - Spring always gets the most publicity, but the other seasons deserve their moments, too! ❄️🤍❄️🤍❄️

Wondering whether Gen X men are not wondering why the divorce came out of nowhere, and not realising that their wives being in the throes of peri- or menopause are probably a large "why". How Menopause Affects Marriage and Divorce Rates — RJS Family Law share.google/oYcO9d09WxVS...

The next hour is going to be interesting, listening to @mrjamesob.bsky.social tiptoe around the delicate subject of the menopause... 😆😂😂

This from Daniel Sloss will sit in my brain forever. He expresses the reality women live with, and he's spot on. Over the years, terrible things have been couched as "this is how things were", but for women, the reality is "this is how things are" and will never change. youtu.be/0uZFHpEh5So?...

As a female listener, @mrjamesob.bsky.social all I can say is it's same as it ever was. Rich men doing sh!t, without a care in the world has been the norm for centuries. Women and girls (and boys) have always been victims of such rich men, and so it will continue. Ask wives, employees, children.

This statement shocked me the most @mrjamesob.bsky.social because by excluding it, it has confirmed rumours, confirmed statements, and is absolutely extraordinary just being said out loud. 😳😳😳

An unexpected moment... Big fat snowflakes falling from the sky, but sadly that's as fun as it gets, given they melt the moment they hit the ground. Sweet relief, if you're a driver, especially as there's a train strike today, so the roads will be busy! 😬❄️🫣❄️

In my personal attempt to understand fundamentalist Christianity, I've been exploring a lot of the cultist religions, particularly the Mormons (Church of the Latter Day Saints). I should add I'm not religious, which makes all of this even more interesting - these people are a contradiction that I

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I got the memo... What an amazing woman, what an amazing movie. Watching her interact with all of the people who stood in line to get her book signed - can't quite imagine FLOTUS 45/47 doing this, to be honest. PS. If the Tangerine Tyrant can run again, so can the Obamas! #Becoming #MichelleObama

So everyone on Team MAGA has ended up on Team Genocide & Team Paedophile. Hard to fit all that on a baseball cap…

I can see why Brooklyn is unhappy with Mom and Pop Beckham! 😱 I mean, the horror of expecting him to survive on less than a million a month must have hurt him *hard*, given that his wife's family are managing to do it!! 🤔 And for the removal of doubt, yes, yes, I *am* being sarcastic! 🤪😆

I even made the keyart!

Listening to @mrjamesob.bsky.social regarding the British high street, which I loved when I first arrived in the UK in 1998. Sadly, the lure of the local new shopping mall, Cribbs Causeway, was the slow death of my local high street, along with business rates which crushed local businesses. I always

Poor @eejit.bsky.social had his birthday overshadowed yesterday by the death of Miss Claws, whom he loved just as much as I did (one of the many reasons I fell so deeply for him), that we're planning a "do-over" on Saturday instead. 🍻🎂🎉 At least we'll never forget the anniversary of her passing. 🫣

Artist De Strandharker, a Dutch creator known for large-scale beach rake drawings, give remarkable tribute to the victims of Trump's ICE (Renée Good and Alex Pretti) 🫶

My beautiful Marmite crossed the rainbow bridge this morning. She was an old girl, almost 19, and she and I went through so much together. I will miss her loud demands for food, the judgemental stares and purry cuddles we had together over the years. Thank you for the wonderful times, Miss Claws. 💔

Back to beading sparkly spheres... I'm beading the 'Daisies 2026' pattern by @trytobead.bsky.social, in the Copper colour scheme.

brass solidarity band performing “stand by me” in the streets of whittier next to alex pretti’s memorial. the crowd started chanting “the people united will never be defeated” so they incorporated it into the song. i love minneapolis

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