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@20percentberlin.bsky.social
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A newsletter about life, politics and Berliners for the 24% of Berliners w/o a German passport. We'll update the name when the old domain expires.

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20 Percent Berlin @20percentberlin.bsky.social · 26/09/2025
People who say the Germans have no sense of humor have never tried to connect to WiFi in a regional or ICE train.
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20 Percent Berlin @20percentberlin.bsky.social · 05/08/2025
🚧 U5 closed 🪧 Record protests 🗑️ New cute trash sayings The 20 Percent for August 5!
20percent.berlin
#412: U5 down, record number of demos, clean Berlin campaign
I met some Schauze while on vacation
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20 Percent Berlin @20percentberlin.bsky.social · 29/07/2025
👮 Police violence (again or still?) 😥 Homelessness up ⚙️ TikTok firing moderators because: AI The 20 Percent for July 29!
20percent.berlin
#410: Police violence, homelessness up, Tik Tok strike
Jail for jam thief?
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20 Percent Berlin @20percentberlin.bsky.social · 25/07/2025
😡 Racist Brandenburgians (again) 💶 Record budget 🌿 168kgs of weed recycled The 20 Percent for July 25!
20percent.berlin
#409: Brandenburg racism, acquittal in Trump trial, recycling cannabis
Is illegal parking even illegal?
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20 Percent Berlin @20percentberlin.bsky.social · 20/07/2025
🤷 Need a job? The S45, S46, S47, S8, S85 and S9 are not running in southeastern Berlin again Sunday because ... S-Bahn Berlin has no one to operate a switching yard. S-Bahn stations between Treptower Park and Schöneweide will be affected until 6pm Sunday.
rbb24.de
S-Bahn-Linien im Berliner Südosten unterbrochen - Störungen auch am Sonntag
Weil ein Stellwerk der S-Bahn in Schöneweide nicht besetzt werden konnte, mussten am Samstag sechs Linien unterbrochen werden. Ab 20 Uhr soll der Zugverkehr wieder anlaufen - aber nur bis Sonntagmorge...
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20 Percent Berlin @20percentberlin.bsky.social · 19/07/2025
What!? ROGACKI, a West Berlin institution and popular Butcher/Fishmonger/Restaurant/snack bar, on Wilmersdorfer Straße is bankrupt and the entire staff has already been let go. It is no more (and hundreds of thousands of animals are breathing a sigh of relief).
rbb24.de
Feinkostladen Rogacki in Berlin-Charlottenburg muss offenbar schließen
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20 Percent Berlin @20percentberlin.bsky.social · 18/07/2025
🚋 The missing Ubahn 🚏 Mohrenstraße No more 💰 Passports for bribes The 20 Percent for July 18!
20percent.berlin
#407: What U1?, bribes for passports, Mohrenstraße again
It's supposedly easier to take an Einbürgerungstest
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20 Percent Berlin @20percentberlin.bsky.social · 23/06/2025
Ok it's not Berlin but you probably need to know: Cops in Bavaria were forced to shoot a catfish this weekend because it kept biting swimmers:
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20 Percent Berlin @20percentberlin.bsky.social · 21/06/2025
German playgrounds! AMIRITE?
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20 Percent Berlin @20percentberlin.bsky.social · 20/06/2025
🧑‍⚖️ Poisonous caterpillars 🧑‍⚖️ Suspect in Nazi attack 🧑‍⚖️ Super cops The 20 Percent for June 20!
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#399: Poisonous caterpillars, Nazi douchebaggery, Copper Claudia
Plus an adventure at the Lost and Found
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20 Percent Berlin @20percentberlin.bsky.social · 17/06/2025
🌈 Homophobic attack in B-Burg 🌴 Amazon Tower opens 🐀 X 1 mln = Hermannplatz The 20 Percent for June 17!
20percent.berlin
#398: Festival attacked, Amazon tower protest, Neukölln rat infestation
Smokers at the station: what to do?
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20 Percent Berlin @20percentberlin.bsky.social · 16/06/2025
Anybody been on the High Swing?
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Chris Ward @chrisward.de · 03/06/2025
h/t to @20percentberlin.bsky.social for pointing out the Ad. Do follow them and subscribe. They write good stuff.
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20 Percent Berlin @20percentberlin.bsky.social · 13/06/2025
🤷 Coalition woes? 🎉 Record number of new Germans 👑 No king protest Saturday The 20 Percent for June 13!
20percent.berlin
#397: Coalition on the brink? Protest weekend. The Denver Walk.
Record numbers of you are leaving the 20 Percent.
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20 Percent Berlin @20percentberlin.bsky.social · 06/06/2025
🧚 Monday's a holiday 🥔 No more turbo Germans 🚋 BVG big ad spend The 20 Percent for June 6!
20percent.berlin
#395: Three-day weekend, Kant bike path no more, no more turbo-Germans
BVG ads cost millions
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20 Percent Berlin @20percentberlin.bsky.social · 26/05/2025
Russian spies for 200 Alex: The mysterious Golf that amassed €200,000 in short-term parking fees at BER has been removed. Officials were unable to determine who owns the Hanover-registered VW.
maz-online.de
Golf abgeschleppt, Halter unbekannt: 200.000-Euro-Knöllchen am BER bleibt unbezahlt
Monatelang stand ein VW Golf unbewegt auf einem Kurzzeitparkplatz am Flughafen BER – die Parkgebühren sollen sich auf mehrere Zehntausend Euro summiert haben. Nun wurde das Fahrzeug entfernt. Die Such...
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20 Percent Berlin @20percentberlin.bsky.social · 24/05/2025
At least the Berlin cops don't discriminate in one thing: banning protests. The swimming in the Spree protest was banned because: too risky.
taz.de
Spreekanal Berlin: Verbotene Demo gegen Schwimmverbot
Der Verein Berliner Flussbad möchte, dass in der Spree geschwommen werden kann. Doch ihr schwimmender Protest darf nicht stattfinden.
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20 Percent Berlin @20percentberlin.bsky.social · 23/05/2025
🏫 Sixth-grade stabbing 🤺 The fence is on 🐍 ROGACKI! The 20 Percent for May 23:
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#391: Spandau stabbing, Görli fence, Most expensive street in Berlin
A death reminded me of my favorite Berlin eatery/store
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20 Percent Berlin @20percentberlin.bsky.social · 07/05/2025
Mayor Kai Wegner's (CDU) trademark project is simplifying bureaucracy in Berlin. And how? By creating a committee to decide whether boroughs or the city-state is responsible for performing certain tasks. Fighingt bureaucracy with bureaucracy. 🤦🏽‍♀️
tagesspiegel.de
Kompromiss zur Einigungsstelle deutet sich an: Berliner Verwaltungsreform soll vor der Sommerpause kommen
Auf dem Weg hin zu einer Reform der Berliner Verwaltung sind nur noch wenige Punkte strittig. Ein Konflikt steht kurz vor der Lösung.
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20 Percent Berlin @20percentberlin.bsky.social · 04/05/2025
Neue Nationalgalerie's security provider denied a guard racially discriminated against a Black visitor from Brazil last Saturday. But Neue Nationalgalerie says it wants its guards and cashiers to attend sensitivity training anyway. Contradictory? From @taz.de
taz.de
Rassismusvorwurf im Museum: Wie bei einem Spießrutenlauf
Ein Schwarzer Besucher der Neuen Nationalgalerie wird von Wachmann unfreundlich behandelt. Die Sicherheitsfirma spricht von einem Missverständnis.
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20 Percent Berlin @20percentberlin.bsky.social · 03/05/2025
Republicans criticizing Germany for surveilling the AfD. Also the Republicans:
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20 Percent Berlin @20percentberlin.bsky.social · 02/05/2025
🎉 Peaceful May Day 👋 Joe No. 2 is out ⛲ Another water main break The 20 Percent for May 2!
20percent.berlin
#383: No May Day mayday, Joe's out, Water main break (again)
Go ahead -- hyphenate your last name
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20 Percent Berlin @20percentberlin.bsky.social · 01/05/2025
What used to be a battleground on April 30 is now just an open air club: Cops said Walpurgisnacht in Mauerpark was chill with fire dancers and techno. And only one arrest was made during the Take Back the Night demo in Xberg-Fhain.
tagesspiegel.de
Walpurgisnacht und 1. Mai: Berlin tanzt friedlich in den Mai – Polizei zieht erste Bilanz
Der Tag der Arbeit ist in Berlin immer ein Tag der politischen Demonstrationen. Zugleich zieht es viele Menschen zum Feiern ins Freie. Wir begleiten Protest und Party im Liveblog.
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20 Percent Berlin @20percentberlin.bsky.social · 30/04/2025
Berliner Wasserbetriebe says an 80cm water main burst at Leninplatz (Platz der Vereinten Nationen). They're having trouble replacing the pressure. Hopefully we can all shower tomorrow.
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20 Percent Berlin @20percentberlin.bsky.social · 04/04/2025
🛃 Protestor deportations? 🌉 A100 Bridge kaputt 🚽 Gentrifying toilets The 20 Percent for April 4!
20percent.berlin
#375: Protesters face deportation, A100 bridge kaputt, a fateful coin toss
You can't always be who you thought you'd be
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20 Percent Berlin @20percentberlin.bsky.social · 25/03/2025
🚌 Last BVG strike? 🟫 Nazis blocked 🥚 The Neukölln Chicken plant The 20 Percent for March 25 from @mauricefrank.bsky.social
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#372: Last BVG strike? Nazis blocked. Tesla being Tesla.
Berlin's high-rise hen house
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20 Percent Berlin @20percentberlin.bsky.social · 24/03/2025
🚌 So it's weekly now? BVG will again strike this Wednesday and Thursday as the public transport provider refuses to meet union Verdi's demands. Members are voting on a possible UNLIMITED strike if BVG execs continue to resist.
rbb24.de
Verdi ruft bei BVG für kommende Woche zu zweitägigem Warnstreik auf
Bei der BVG soll in der kommenden Woche erneut gestreikt werden. Die Gewerkschaft Verdi hat die Beschäftigten für Mittwoch und Donnerstag zum Warnstreik aufgerufen. Hintergrund sind die am Freitag ges...
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20 Percent Berlin @20percentberlin.bsky.social · 21/03/2025
🪧 ANOTHER BVG STRIKE? 🌉 Autobahn bridge closed 😡 Berlin & Xberg at odds The 20 Percent for March 21!
20percent.berlin
#371: New BVG strike?, Berlin hates X-berg, and a fuxxored Autobahn bridge
Some suggestions for getting a garden alottment
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20 Percent Berlin @20percentberlin.bsky.social · 17/03/2025
Indians are now the third-largest diaspora in Berlin after a 100-fold increase in the number of immigrants in the past decade to 41,472. Ukrainians are No. 1 with 70,501 (60-fold increase). No. 2? Syrians (46,564).
rbb24.de
Neue Berliner: Wer kommt, wer bleibt - wer prägt die Zukunft?
Fast 3,9 Millionen Menschen lebten im vergangenen Jahr in Berlin. Die Zahl der Einwohner ist seit 2014 um knapp zehn Prozent gewachsen. Das liegt besonders an Zuwanderung aus dem Ausland. Eine Auswert...
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20 Percent Berlin @20percentberlin.bsky.social · 16/03/2025
Sundays in Berlin: The sound of capitalism on pause (and people coming home from the clubs).
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20 Percent Berlin @20percentberlin.bsky.social · 16/03/2025
Oh no! A homeless man apparently sleeping in a dumpster was killed Monday when sanitation workers emptied the dumpster and he was trapped. Firefighters were unable to free the 33-year-old in time. He had called for help. 😢
tagesspiegel.de
Er übernachtete im Container : 33-Jähriger stirbt bei Entleerung von Mülltonne in Berlin
Hilferufe aus dem Müllauto: Nach dem Leeren einer Tonne stellen Mitarbeiter fest, dass sich eine Person im Container befunden hatte. Doch die Retter konnten nur noch den Tod des Mannes feststellen.
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20 Percent Berlin @20percentberlin.bsky.social · 14/03/2025
We warned you: BVG striking next Wednesday and Thursday. Pay up already BVG!!!
rbb24.de
Nächster Warnstreik bei der BVG in der kommenden Woche
Im Tarifkonflikt zwischen den Berliner Verkehrsbetrieben und der Gewerkschaft Verdi wird es zu einem weiteren Warnstreik bei der BVG kommen. In der kommenden Woche wird der Nahverkehr am Mittwoch und ...
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20 Percent Berlin @20percentberlin.bsky.social · 14/03/2025
🗑️ Trash strike over, BVG strike? ⚡ Stop burning Teslas ⛪ Gendarmenmarkt is back The 20 Percent for March 14!
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#369: Strikes, burning Teslas and did cops swipe €80k?
And we get our Gendarmenmarkt back
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20 Percent Berlin @20percentberlin.bsky.social · 25/02/2025
🗳️ Federal election 🔪 Holocaust memorial attack ⛪ Reichstag fire The 20Percent for Feb. 25 from @mauricefrank.bsky.social !
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#364: Election, stabbing, three years of Russia's war
Another podcast episode is out
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20 Percent Berlin @20percentberlin.bsky.social · 24/02/2025
Results are in and the libertarian/liberal FDP are out. The horseshoe BSW sect didn't make it. Likely we'll get a CDU-led coalition with the SPD but without Chancellor Scholz (record-low 4 SPD his fault). What does that mean? Think Merkel years but less friendly for us foreigners.
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20 Percent Berlin @20percentberlin.bsky.social · 23/02/2025
What I always think:
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20 Percent Berlin @20percentberlin.bsky.social · 22/02/2025
A 19-year-old Syrian asylee stabbed and severely wounded a 30-year-old Spanish tourist at the Holocaust memorial Friday. The suspect returned to the scene and was arrested. Victim is in hospital. From @tagesspiegel.de
tagesspiegel.de
Attacke am Holocaust-Mahnmal in Berlin: Mutmaßlicher Täter ist 19-jähriger Flüchtling aus Syrien
Am Freitagabend wurde in Berlin ein Tourist niedergestochen. Beamte nahmen kurz darauf den Tatverdächtigen fest. Er war an den Tatort zurückgekehrt – mit Blut an den Händen.
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20 Percent Berlin @20percentberlin.bsky.social · 21/02/2025
🚇 BVG, others striking Friday 🎨 Cops try to limit free speech 💏 That Brezhnev, Honnecker smooch The 20 Percent for February 21!
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#363: The BVG strike will finally end this weekend
Also a few notes on Berlin cops
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20 Percent Berlin @20percentberlin.bsky.social · 17/02/2025
🚨🚨 BVG STRIKING THURSDAY AND FRIDAY🚨🚨 Workers say a 17.6% pay bump over four years is too low and are done talking! Take Uber, s-Bahn, yer bike or just WFH.
rbb24.de
Verdi bestreikt ab Donnerstag 48 Stunden Berliner Nahverkehr
Seit fünf Wochen verhandeln Verdi und die BVG übers Geld. Nun kündigt die Gewerkschaft einen neuen Warnstreik an. Am Donnerstag und Freitag will Verdi den Berliner Nahverkehr 48 Stunden lang bestreike...
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20 Percent Berlin @20percentberlin.bsky.social · 16/02/2025
Little demonstrating on a Sunday ...
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20 Percent Berlin @20percentberlin.bsky.social · 16/02/2025
It's weird that we're all forced to pay for public broadcasters in Germany but foreigners have basically zero representation in the public broadcasters. @rbb24.de @deutschlandfunk.de.web.brid.gy
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20 Percent Berlin @20percentberlin.bsky.social · 16/02/2025
Only four of eight tracks in the bottom of the HAUPTBAHNHOF (North-south trains) will be available for the next two months as Deutsche Bahn upgrades switches and signals. Mostly regional trains will be affected. From @rbb24.de
rbb24.de
Berliner Hauptbahnhof ab Montag für zwei Monate teilgesperrt
Zusätzliche Weichen, neue Signale und damit mehr Flexibilität und Kapazität: Der Berliner Hauptbahnhof soll fit gemacht werden für noch mehr Züge. Für die Bauarbeiten aber muss er nun erstmal zwei Mon...
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20 Percent Berlin @20percentberlin.bsky.social · 14/02/2025
💶 Millions in AfD cash 💃 Karneval der Kulturen in F-Hain? 🏢 Pankow and developer not building flats The 20 Percent for Valentine's Day!
20percent.berlin
#361: The Karneval der Kulturen won't be in Kreuzberg
And how can you leave everything to the AfD?
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20 Percent Berlin @20percentberlin.bsky.social · 12/02/2025
Sometimes I make videos!
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20 Percent Berlin @20percentberlin.bsky.social · 11/02/2025
🪧 Public sector STRIKE 🕉️ Arabic inexplicably banned at demo 🇺🇸 Berlin exports €1.4b to Trump land The 20 Percent for Feb. 11 from @mauricefrank.bsky.social
20percent.berlin
#360: Public sector strike, no Arabic at demo, knife rules
The Berlinale starts Thursday!
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20 Percent Berlin @20percentberlin.bsky.social · 07/02/2025
🚇 BVG striking (again) 🧑‍🏫 Unis hit by Budget cuts 🗳️ Fewer Germans in Berlin The 20 Percent for Feb. 7!
20percent.berlin
#359: The BVG is striking again
The Wahl-o-Mat is fun for non-voters too
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20 Percent Berlin @20percentberlin.bsky.social · 05/02/2025
Germany's most expensive house is back on the market. Rumors said it was built for Brad Pitt on Wannsee in 2009 but my sources said a tech couple, who are now apparently moving out. 9 bedrooms, 1,500 square meters and proof to the world you're a rich schmuck.
christiesrealestate.com
Exclusive-architectural icon on Schwanenwerder with a view for eternity with ID 382423902
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20 Percent Berlin @20percentberlin.bsky.social · 31/01/2025
💩 6k protest not-chancellor Merz 💉 Diphtheria death 👮 Cops cozying up to con The 20 Percent for Jan. 31!
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Merissa Silk @merissarsilk.bsky.social · 28/01/2025
Super excited to read about the LEA dumpster fire, right on time for me to renew my visa 🔥🚒 Immigrants love hearing about 6-7k applications rotting away 🪦🧟 www.20percent.berlin/p/356-immigr... Thanks for the cheery update, @20percentberlin.bsky.social 😅
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#356: Immigration office mess, big anti-right-wing demo, dogs on trains
A rotten banana and an alarm clock
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20 Percent Berlin @20percentberlin.bsky.social · 28/01/2025
🛃 Immigration office SNAFU 💡 Highway lights back on 🅿️ €200k airport parking bill The 20 Percent for Jan. 28 from @mauricefrank.bsky.social !
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#356: Immigration office mess, big anti-right-wing demo, dogs on trains
A rotten banana and an alarm clock
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