So it’s the tenth birthday of Midnight, a book that was nearly but not quite a lot of things. Happy birthday, little book. Still looking good.

Happy Halloween

@jamesy62.bsky.social Good morning 😊 How are you doing? I hope you’re feeling better?

I have of course been aware of the crimes Epstein, Maxwell and all those well-known men have committed. I cannot bear to read Virginia Giuffre’s book but I’ve just listened to this @newsagents.bsky.social ep and it really really makes my blood boil www.globalplayer.com/podcasts/epi...

Warum Maga sich im UK schon jetzt deutlich machtvoller einmischt als im Rest Europas. Und warum Grossbritannien gegen diese Art der 'foreign interference' sehr viel schlechter gewappnet ist als andere Länder in Europa. My latest analysis für die @blaetter.bsky.social Enjoy. 👇

This 🧵is well-worth reading if you are in the UK…

For my German speaking followers: Bin gleich mit Köln verbunden und live auf WDR 2. Eine Stunde mit Musik in meiner alten Heimat, sozusagen 😉. Freu mir.

How do the Palestinian survivors feel today? How do the surving hostages feel today? How do the families and friends of the hostages feel today - not knowing whether their loved ines will return this week? Such immense fear, pain, grief and desperation mixed with a glimmer of hope 💔❤️

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stop thinking right now

Not my idea of fun: Cleaning windows as part of my Saturday chores 🤷🏻‍♀️ youtu.be/Ljd_sF9xGMc?...

Happy 1st Birthday to Daisy the bonobo! Like chimpanzees, bonobos share 98.7% of our DNA. But unlike gorillas or chimpanzees, bonobos are a matriarchal society. They are female lead, and female bonds take priority over male bonds.

Rechtsruck in Großbritannien? Was ist da los? Ich habe das mal mit den Kollegen vom Tagesschau-Podcast eingeordnet:

Look, I’m not a fan of the guy but credit where it’s due: I think boris Johnson is ageing gracefully

Neues aus dem freiesten Land wo gibt.

Right wing activist is shot - who’s to blame?

@avantgardening.pl Moin Robin 😊 Isn’t this a great idea? I just saw this on instagram…

SCOTUS will let ICE resume its racial profiling. “Countless people in the Los Angeles area have been grabbed, thrown to the ground, and handcuffed simply because of their looks, their accents, and the fact they make a living by doing manual labor,” wrote the eldest liberal justice. trib.al/6Qzidha

Collapse of critical Atlantic current is no longer low likelihood, study finds "the tipping point that makes an Amoc shutdown inevitable is likely to be passed within a few decades... if carbon emissions continued to rise, 70% of the model runs led to collapse" www.theguardian.com/environment/...

We were skeptical of Trump’s bad faith takeover and assumed it was to distract from the Epstein files— until we listened to @brentterhune.bsky.social’s harrowing tale of his experience in the D.C. “war zone” Please give a listen and keep an open mind. Perhaps we were too quick to judge.

Who would have thought that a comment on nasal irrigation could trigger US trolls? 😂 Apparently German tap water cannot be used unless boiled first - never mind the instructions on my „Nasendusche“ say otherwise. Probably my brain is being eaten by amoeba as I type? 🤪

Almost full moon…

There is nothing that quite says we wanna be fascists, than ordering the arrest of your political enemies without even a plausible crime. The bribery stuff is nonsense. If you used that standard Trump would have been locked up probably decades ago, for life. They are representing their people.

These moments are for the history books. When your kids and grandkids ask you whether you stood up and fought back, be someone who can say you did.

Life can come at you pretty fast.

(As) if we needed proof how dangerous that man is…

Writers Guild of America stands by Stephen Colbert and stands up for free speech

#CDU- Ministerin Karin Prien verbietet #Gendern in ihrem Ministerium – Genderstern, Doppelpunkt, Binnen-I: alles tabu. Was als „Sachpolitik“ verkauft wird, ist ein weiterer Schritt im rechten #Kulturkampf. 👉 Jetzt im Blog lesen, was dahinter steckt: campact.org/15N0K

Heute vor 4 Jahren verloren bei der Ahrtal-Flutkatastrophe 135 Menschen ihr Leben, etliche ihr Zuhause, die Schäden belaufen sich auf unfassbare 40 Milliarden Euro. 4 Jahre später erleben wir aber auch ein Rollback beim Klimaschutz und einen Kanzler Merz, dessen Worte purer Hohn sind.

@riotgrandma.bsky.social Good afternoon Carol 😊 My best wishes and much love on this special day 🌹🌹🌹🎂☕️🩷❤️🧡💛💚🩵💙💜

Back from a few days at the German North Sea coast…

@riojaplease.bsky.social I just learned you’re unwell. Sending all my best wishes for a complete recovery 💚

Yay!!!! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻🌈🌈🌈

Die Nachrichtenagentur AFP schreibt, zehntausende Menschen zögen in festlicher Stimmung durch die Stadt.

❤️ www.youtube.com/watch?v=wAbH...

US Veterans peacefully protesting Trump’s military birthday parade arrested at Capitol Hill. This is the moment a 80+ year old US veteran is taken away in handcuffs for practicing his 1st Amendment right. #3E #NoKings #NoKingsProtests (🎥 @gregjstoker.bsky.social )

Dass ein Abgeordneter einer Oppositionspartei verhaftet und gefesselt abtransportiert wird, weil er vor hatte bei einer Pressekonferenz Fragen zu stellen, ist bei uns im Moment noch undenkbar. Das kann sich schnell ändern.

The 250th anniversary of the Army is marked by it turning on its own people. America has a long, long way to come back from all this. Authoritarian dictatorship & fascism. Unfolding right in front of our eyes.

Möchtest auch du deinen eigenen totalitären Faschismus aufbauen? Mit Palantir kannst du kinderleicht alle deine Feinde aufspüren! Palantir - ein Muss für den modernen Faschisten und alle, die‘s werden wollen. Empfohlen von myfascism.com. taz.de/Gruene-kriti...

the fact that people were told “today you are going to an elementary school to lie to teachers and kidnap kids” and didn’t immediately tell their bosses to go fuck themselves is all you need to know about why ICE should be dismantled

@avantgardening.pl Good morning Robin 💚

I know exactly why The Telegraph is doing that. The have the same agenda as „maga“.

Let’s fucking go Harvard ✊🏻

Another sad example of the current state of the USA. I lack the words (both in English and in German) to express my disgust and my rage.

R.I.P. Margot.You were an absolutely remarkable woman ❤️