Met the father of a kindergarden friend of my daughter during dropoff for the first time. Turns out they are Ukrainian and he's seeing his kid for the first time in a year. He's on leave while he recovers from injuries suffered at the front. His kid wouldn't let go of him.

It is incredible what kind of detail you can get these days for very niche information. For example how many handgrenades the average Greek infantryman had. As it turns out, you can actually find this.

Weird. Listening to this I am suddenly very concentrated, working fast and efficient...and whispering "Megacity One" every now and then...xD www.youtube.com/watch?v=0R5H...

It's sad a lot of Star Wars fans will never get to experience those stories because they're video games. The Jedi games are easily my pick for the best Jedi-centred stories in the franchise. Fallen Order also has the best use of Vader since ESB. This moment within its narrative context is perfect.

Did not expect him to show up, admittedly.

So true. My body really doesn't like my own hair, at certain times. Thus I get random inflammations all the time, in one case it developed into an abscess. I would be SO dead. Also likely almost blind (need thick glasses).

My supporters had some questions about the Kettenkrad, we answered: www.youtube.com/watch?v=1yNl...

*mumbles something about Brauchitsch and the Battle of Moscow* www.axios.com/2026/04/02/i...

For the first time in centuries a wolf has attacked a woman in Germany in a mall in the city center of Hamburg. Incredibly, despite being in a state of total panic, it only caused a minor injury despite the woman apparently trying to drag the wolf outside. Some people... www.bbc.com/news/article...

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So ah...at what time might this become available via Amazon in Germany? I might be just a little bit crazy and tempted to stay up past midnight to read it. xD

Reminder that Lee wasn't the best Virginian general. By almost any metric it was Union General George H Thomas. R E Lee was the ONLY Virginian Colonel to turn traitor and fight for the Confederacy. @pptsapper.bsky.social and I did a whole pod about all the others. cms.megaphone.fm/channel/the-...

My only ever problematic tooth (damage by a weirdly angled wisdom tooth yrs ago) has splintered overnight, so signed up for dental insurance, effective next week. Doesn't hurt so should be fine until then. Now I am wondering, paying 40€/month for full dental coverage. What would this be in the US?

We're part of the Steam Spring Sale with 35% off The Darkest Files! And if you'd like to take it outside, the game runs on the Steam Deck as well 🌞

Ivans story is horrible, but look at the background, they "spawned" a whole town including playgrounds for their displaced. As I said in 2022 after Ukraine did not fall, do not underestimate the Ukrainian construction industry which has been producing high-quality prefab houses for the EU for 20yrs.

Just for some perspective how much has changed over the last 80 years: All official (and quite some private) flags are at half-mast in my German hometown due to the death of French soldier adjutant-chef Arnaud Frion from our French partner town to an Iranian drone. À nos morts.

If you have the time, check "Forced Abroad" out...and obviously also the awesome "Darkest Files".

Actually looking forward to the new art, navy desperately needs new pictures.

True back then, true today. Damn, true even outside reality. In our current ultra-realistic HoI4 MP the Allies expected business as usual until my Italian MotCavalry rushed out of Ethiopia up the Nile via Khartoum and took Suez. Nothing ever works as expected since the other side has its own ideas.

Since Paradox has some strict rules on displaying Crimes against Humanity in their games and most of our mod devs come from European countries with strict laws on this topic, we decided to make CaH non-avoidable & non-gameable. Historical warcrimes WILL happen. And will usually have a drawback.

Something for you @garius.bsky.social, my son got a "mini PC" from a friend. Turned it on and saw a login window of a German IT security company. Called his friend, he got it of (German version of) Craigslist. He is currently talking with the companys support team on the phone.

Ah, soon will be playing a Paradox game on release. The last one did this with was actually Hearts of Iron IV. It was...NOT good. But EU5 looks nice actually. And I have been starving for something new so I will actually violate my own rule. In any case: For the Kingdom of Hannover!

Well butter my butt and call me a biscuit, it's time to wish a ring-a-ding 15th birthday to Fallout: New Vegas with our pals at @obsidian.net!

Alright buckle up. They have been trying to sell the potential EU ban on "misleading product names" for non-meat food items as protecting tradition here in Germany. Not very successfully mind you. But that line of thought doesn't make any sense in the first place: Non-meat Wurst is VERY traditional!

This. I know a few locations even her in flat as a pancake Northern Germany. Not to mention, anyone ever heard of Heligoland?

This...is far more accurate than I am comfortable with. *reinstalls Mass Effect Legendary Edition & installs a ton of mods while playing heavily modded FNV and downloading more mods for HoI4 which I have 10k hrs in*

This means: hand over Putin & other war criminals to Den Haag or Ukraine, pull troops out of Ukraine (incl ALL of Crimea & Donbass), Georgia, Moldova, pay reparatitions to these countries & all companies that lost assets after sanctions forced them to close in Russia. Oh. Not what he meant? xD

A rare day when I am happy my 2yrs old wake me up at 4AM CET...since the book was already available then! And now I am sad. Since I finished it already. Time for a second read! Also rare that a book manages to actually shock me with a nasty twist I didn't expect. Great read!

This BS got 17k likes & over 700k views. And it's utter bollocks. The families of the victims of the Munich attack are with the lefties...since the attacked demonstration was by the Verdi union. The dead are Algerian immigrants. Right-wing NIUS journalists were harrassing the families here.

Heavy Metal und FDGO passen einfach gut. Maik von Heaven Shall Burn war zu Gast im DPM. Metal, Militärgeschichte und Politik waren die wichtigsten (aber nicht einzigen) Themen des Tages. Und am Ende findet vielleicht sogar noch ein Einhorn den Weg in unsere Sammlung. 😁🤘

The last battle of the Civil War off Alaska’s coast

The final part of my chat with Chris is up now!

The problem with being a military historian is that it sets your standards for romance sky high. If Bobby could write home to his sweetheart from the front line and press flowers for her whilst under artillery fire, you can send me a text back goddammit it #ValentinesDay

Daughter had her first awkward situation. Was at a birthday party of a school friend. One of his buddies instantly fell for her & asked her out after a few minutes then sulked the whole day since she told him she is into girls, not boys. Important lesson: Ask at the END of whatever event you are at.

Another game to install... oh is that a castle in the background I see? :) I love combining my passion for medieval history & shooting Nazis!

Book day! Book day! Chimera's Fall, Starship's Mage 16, is now out! mybook.to/chimerasfall When you know you cannot win, how long do you fight to protect a new ally? And when the inevitable happens, who gets left behind? (And how many of them are Mages with very nasty tricks...)

You know what fucking sucks? My wife wants a new tattoo and to be mindful of cultural appropriation. But the fucking Nazis claim all typical German nature symbols for themselves! Cornflower, oakleaves, edelweiss, all have some connection. So we decided since she is bi... *rainbowifies them*

The 5yrs old is slowly capable of reading some words and names. It has its drawbacks. 'HEY that isn't my name on those boxes with my crafting stuff?!' Yeah well. BigSis was into the same stuff about 5yrs ago soooo...😄

So I just checked this new Executive Order by Trump and am I reading this right that all men are now women because these morons didn't attend basic reproductive biology lessons? Since I showed section d to my 13yrs old daughter and she went like "wait a moment..." www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...

*coughs in currently reading Starships Mage 3: Voice of Mars* Should be able to finish at least the 5 "remastered" ones before the next one comes out I think.^^

New '2yrs old up at 4AM' rabbit hole: Norway apparently never formally joined the Allies in WW2. The government in exile signed a military cooperation agreement but that was it...and still the Norwegian exile forces and government were one of the most integrated ones with the Allied high command.

Absolutely want to see this movie on German Netflix.

When you can't sleep since your 2yrs old decided at 4AM she doesn't want to anymore, you find interesting stuff on the internet. Like this re-Czechified Hetzer with vz.38-hat. What the actual fuck.

Apologies for the rant but DAMN. I think I need to have a serious talk with our neighbour. Said guy has threatened to kill our cats and dogs in the past since supposedly they make the bird not breed on his property, so just that for perspective. For two years now he threatens legal action.../1

Playing Fallout: New Vegas - Honest Hearts DLC for the very first time and while it is a refreshing experience with an interesting premise, I feel pretty uncomfortable with the whole 'civilized savior' trope. Yeah its also being made fun off and critizised. Don't know maybe Karl May burnt me...

How about some early u-boat action? www.youtube.com/watch?v=FmNT...

Well. Would be nice if that has a positive impact on the game. Civ games tend to be quite stereotypical in various aspects, especially the leaders and nations but also combat. Also this seems a bit late in the development process?

First time properly playing Fallout New Vegas. March into Sloan. Talk to bartender. "Aunt Rose of Modoc had this deathclaw omelette recipe until a stranger shot her deathclaw." Wait a second. fallout.fandom.com/wiki/Chicken...