really enjoyed this @heistberlin.bsky.social piece on the encroachment of bathing suits into Berlin's sauna culture (boo) www.heistberlin.com/nude-to-prud...

Schwuz Is Back Six months after going bankrupt, the queer club is hosting a party on Saturday. www.heistberlin.com/news/schwuz-...

Attacks on LAP Coffee Anonymous vigilantes are now claiming responsibility on far-left platforms. www.heistberlin.com/news/attacks...

Was interviewed by @heistberlin.bsky.social about my report with @danielbax.bsky.social concerning a made-up attack against a pro-Israel activist and the lesson we should all learn from it: "don't fake an attack on the U-Bahn. Fake it somewhere else. There are too many cameras."

Buried treasure found in Wilmersdorf A Kita child dug up silver coins, gold jewellery, luxury watches, and €6,000 cash at a local playground — then told the police. www.heistberlin.com/news/child-f...

Deportation attempt blocked The court ruled that Irish activist Roberta Murray posed no threat to public security after pro-Palestine demonstrations linked to the FU occupation. www.heistberlin.com/news/deporta...

Angels, crucifixes, a church bell Berlin prosecutors allege a years-long graveyard theft operation. www.heistberlin.com/news/berlin-...

New opinion piece about the German government's policy hypocrisy following the war against Iran

Gallery Weekend Berlin starts tomorrow. Here’s where to go. www.heistberlin.com/art-heist-gu...

Revolutionary May 1 Queerfeminist marches, a rave against the Görli fence, far-right counter-demos, and a 10,000-strong march through Neukölln. www.heistberlin.com/news/may-day...

Sugar Tax Plan A tax on sugary drinks is back on the table, as Berlin looks to close growing financial gaps. www.heistberlin.com/news/germany...

"Clearly illegal" State audit finds CDU antisemitism funding broke the law. So who will get fired? www.heistberlin.com/news/cdu-ant...

Stolen colonial skulls Berlin has identified 574 stolen human remains, but will they be returned? www.heistberlin.com/news/berlin-...

Merz ranks last Germany’s chancellor is now the least popular leader according to a new survey. www.heistberlin.com/news/new-pol...

Rent prices falling? ⁠Berlin rental prices just fell for the first time in 5 years, so have we reached the tipping point? www.heistberlin.com/news/berlin-...

German politicians love everything about Zohran Mamdani. Except his politics. www.heistberlin.com/why-cant-ber...

S-Bahn Hijackings Dangerous S-Bahn “surfing” and sabotage incidents are on the rise. www.heistberlin.com/news/s-bahn-...

CSD 2026 Will Be The Biggest In History Berlin's largest Pride event will be two days – and target its message for the elections. www.heistberlin.com/news/biggest...

"My god, it took a genocide for people to want to know what's going on." This weekend, Mudar Al-Khufash is staging his lecture-performance Dialectics of Erasure at the Berliner Ringtheater. @return2sanders.bsky.social spoke to him for HEIST www.heistberlin.com/i-am-not-cen...

“By sterilising operating instruments, Robert Dahms is literally keeping people alive — but he still has to worry about keeping himself alive at the end of each month.” Read our report on the Vivantes service worker strike www.heistberlin.com/vivantes-ser...

The Slowest Bus in Berlin At 13.1 km/h, the 147 travels at the speed of a brisk jog, or a child’s bicycle. www.heistberlin.com/news/the-slo...

Bunny tell-all! Remember the masked rabbits who gave out keys to Görlitzer Park earlier this week? They gave HEIST an exclusive: www.heistberlin.com/exclusive-go...

Who’s a Nazi? The US National Archives has made 13 million NSDAP membership cards fully searchable online www.heistberlin.com/news/who-is-...

Görli unlocked? Activists dressed as Easter bunnies handed out master key copies to reopen Görlitzer Park. www.heistberlin.com/news/copies-...

Es gibt ein neues, von den Autor*innen selbstverwaltetes Medium in Berlin – und zwar auf Englisch! Folgt @heistberlin.bsky.social !

Really adore seeing all these new worker-owned media projects popping up lately. This one's doing local news - another rapidly disappearing and crucial field. Support!

9,540 Tonnes Later Berlin's winter gravel is mostly gone, but it's still stuck in the escalators. www.heistberlin.com/news/bsr-gra...

For @heistberlin.bsky.social––an essential new worker-owned newsroom reporting on this city for the millions of people who make it their home and have a first language other than German––I wrote an essay about the AfD's attempt to swing both ways. www.heistberlin.com/lgbt-queer-r...

Beware the SlopDoc AI videos are faking Charité doctors to sell miracle cures that don’t exist. www.heistberlin.com/news/beware-...

Berlin Activists Target Rheinmetall Weapons Factory "We don't want a weapons factory in Berlin. We don't want weapons produced here that are used to kill people." www.heistberlin.com/news/activis...

🚨NEW EPISODE🚨 Nick and Uma talk to @heistberlin.bsky.social about Berlin and English language journalism in the city Listen wherever you get podcasts!

Berlin's Blackout Crackdown Police raided 14 properties targeting Berlin's left-wing scene, but have not managed to make an arrest. www.heistberlin.com/news/police-...

Taliban embassy takeover Berlin's Afghan embassy is now run by the Taliban - and Germany says it didn't know. www.heistberlin.com/news/taliban...

Deepfake porn scandal Thousands protest digital sexual violence after shocking report from German TV presenter Collien Ferdandes. www.heistberlin.com/news/protest...

That Apartment Might Not Exist Berlin scammers are cashing in on the housing crisis. Here is how to spot a fraud. www.heistberlin.com/news/rental-...

Has the Berlin mayor been caught lying again? Kai Wegner played one game of tennis - and can’t stop losing. www.heistberlin.com/news/kai-weg...

Berlin's CDU justice senator Felor Badenberg has declared the city's migrant hiring law unconstitutional. The law was meant to help the ~40% of Berliners with a migration background get public sector jobs Badenberg immigrated from Iran as a child. www.heistberlin.com/news/berlin-... #Berlin

Tuesday, March 17 Strike Paralyses #BER Airport: No Flights on Wednesday www.heistberlin.com/news/ber-ber... #News #Berlin

#News Monday, March 16 Will Berlin backtrack on the Görli fence? www.heistberlin.com/news/gorlitz...

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Friday: The Epstein files are rattling European politics. In Berlin, conspiracy theorist Xavier Naidoo is planning a rally. www.heistberlin.com/news/xavier-...

HEIST is launching soon, but early readers are already getting the stories. This week in the newsletter: our exclusive report on the people betting on Deutsche Bahn delays. Get early access at heistberlin.com

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Thursday: A new club called C115, built inside Berlin's most historic AVUS motorway grandstand, opens this weekend. www.heistberlin.com/news/c115-av...

Did you miss the news earlier this week? Let's recap. 1/4 🧵

Wednesday: Bookstore Prize ceremony cancelled after national show of solidarity for cancelled shops. www.heistberlin.com/news/schwank...

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