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𝙱𝚒𝚎𝚗𝚎𝚗𝚜𝚌𝚑𝚠𝚊𝚛𝚖 @bienenschwarm.eurosky.social · 12/08/2026
Not too shabby for my creaky old phone. #eclipse
Partial solar eclipse
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𝙱𝚒𝚎𝚗𝚎𝚗𝚜𝚌𝚑𝚠𝚊𝚛𝚖 @bienenschwarm.eurosky.social · 19/07/2026
Great footballers 1 Angry Scumbags 0
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𝙱𝚒𝚎𝚗𝚎𝚗𝚜𝚌𝚑𝚠𝚊𝚛𝚖 @bienenschwarm.eurosky.social · 13/07/2026
"I was briefly unconscious and was taken to the hospital. While receiving excellent care over the past several weeks, I’ve also had to deal with a mild case of pneumonia."
Little Britain press statement meme
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𝙱𝚒𝚎𝚗𝚎𝚗𝚜𝚌𝚑𝚠𝚊𝚛𝚖 @bienenschwarm.eurosky.social · 25/06/2026
Du liebe Güte, das Passspiel ist erbärmlich heute! #ECUGER
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𝙱𝚒𝚎𝚗𝚎𝚗𝚜𝚌𝚑𝚠𝚊𝚛𝚖 @bienenschwarm.eurosky.social · 24/06/2026
Why is the concept of opt-outs even brought up again? It should be dead and buried. Joining a group of like-minded nations with opt-outs should be a major source of embarrassment, rather than of pride of "having got one over on the EU".
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𝙱𝚒𝚎𝚗𝚎𝚗𝚜𝚌𝚑𝚠𝚊𝚛𝚖 @bienenschwarm.eurosky.social · 20/06/2026
What a nail-biter... Both teams going for it. The subs pulled it off in the end! Bring on the round of 32. #GERCIV
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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
A Michelle Obama Appreciation Post: I deeply admire your elegance, graciousness, beauty, accomplishments, relatability & effortless class. Thank you for being one of the greatest First Ladies of all time!🙏 Much ❤️ from one of your countless fans, Mar🐫
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𝙱𝚒𝚎𝚗𝚎𝚗𝚜𝚌𝚑𝚠𝚊𝚛𝚖 @bienenschwarm.eurosky.social · 14/06/2026
7 Die Mannschaft 1 Netherlands (Reserves) Amazing goal from Curaçao though! #GERCUW
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𝙱𝚒𝚎𝚗𝚎𝚗𝚜𝚌𝚑𝚠𝚊𝚛𝚖 @bienenschwarm.eurosky.social · 14/06/2026
The modern heroes of Normandy. www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...
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‘A point of resistance’: the Normandy village that said ‘non’ to Pete Hegseth
US defence secretary cancelled appearance at D-day event in Langrune-sur-Mer after protest by residents
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𝙱𝚒𝚎𝚗𝚎𝚗𝚜𝚌𝚑𝚠𝚊𝚛𝚖 @bienenschwarm.eurosky.social · 23/05/2026
Can it get any more silly in the German Cup Final... No-one can see anything, and the bloody flares are still burning! 🔥 #BAYSTU
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𝙱𝚒𝚎𝚗𝚎𝚗𝚜𝚌𝚑𝚠𝚊𝚛𝚖 @bienenschwarm.eurosky.social · 17/05/2026
Very much on brand for everything that's desperately wrong with the current Labour government...
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𝙱𝚒𝚎𝚗𝚎𝚗𝚜𝚌𝚑𝚠𝚊𝚛𝚖 @bienenschwarm.eurosky.social · 03/05/2026
People's opinions within the belt of U.S. military bases through the Palatinate and Northern Bavaria do not reflect the whole of Germany. I daresay their yearning for an American lifestyle popularised in the 1960s was never shared by the majority of Germans. www.theguardian.com/world/2026/m...
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‘We love our Americans’: the German town rocked by Trump’s plan to withdraw US troops
American soldiers have been part of life in Landstuhl since 1945, giving the area a unique US-German identity
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𝙱𝚒𝚎𝚗𝚎𝚗𝚜𝚌𝚑𝚠𝚊𝚛𝚖 @bienenschwarm.eurosky.social · 23/04/2026
This is among the biggest crimes the Trump administration and DOGE have committed, and one that the U.S. will come to regret once he is gone.
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𝙱𝚒𝚎𝚗𝚎𝚗𝚜𝚌𝚑𝚠𝚊𝚛𝚖 @bienenschwarm.eurosky.social · 19/04/2026
Couldn't agree more... The perception of being so different to others is objectively nonsense, however it is still shared by a sufficiently large proportion of Brits, which is ultimately what matters in a relationship with the EU, as well as for the UK's happiness levels.
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𝙱𝚒𝚎𝚗𝚎𝚗𝚜𝚌𝚑𝚠𝚊𝚛𝚖 @bienenschwarm.eurosky.social · 12/04/2026
"In many ways, the points that were agreed to are better than us continuing our Military Operations to conclusion, but all of those points don’t matter compared to allowing Nuclear Power to be in the hands of such volatile, difficult, unpredictable people," he says. Irony is truly dead! 😂
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𝙱𝚒𝚎𝚗𝚎𝚗𝚜𝚌𝚑𝚠𝚊𝚛𝚖 @bienenschwarm.eurosky.social · 12/04/2026
Go on Hungary, you've got this! Reject populism and instead vote for truth, peace and democracy. Good luck.
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𝙱𝚒𝚎𝚗𝚎𝚗𝚜𝚌𝚑𝚠𝚊𝚛𝚖 @bienenschwarm.eurosky.social · 22/03/2026
Research haematologists are the unsung heroes of our time. Trust me, I've been there.
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𝙱𝚒𝚎𝚗𝚎𝚗𝚜𝚌𝚑𝚠𝚊𝚛𝚖 @bienenschwarm.eurosky.social · 14/03/2026
Just migrated my Bluesky/ATProto account to @eurosky.social. Very happy to now be hosted in Europe!
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𝙱𝚒𝚎𝚗𝚎𝚗𝚜𝚌𝚑𝚠𝚊𝚛𝚖 @bienenschwarm.eurosky.social · 31/01/2026
The last hurrah of a shitrag fading into insignificance. Nothing more than a shelf-filler in seedy corner shops. Stop listening to their BS.
National newspaper circulation figures for December 2025, showing a year-on-year drop of 19.5% for the Daily Express.
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𝙱𝚒𝚎𝚗𝚎𝚗𝚜𝚌𝚑𝚠𝚊𝚛𝚖 @bienenschwarm.eurosky.social · 21/01/2026
Tough choices meme: button 1 Greenland, button 2 Iceland
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𝙱𝚒𝚎𝚗𝚎𝚗𝚜𝚌𝚑𝚠𝚊𝚛𝚖 @bienenschwarm.eurosky.social · 20/12/2025
Fantastic juxtaposition of what really matters
Side-by-side news items of Andrew lying across people's laps and William taking his son to a homeless charity.
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𝙱𝚒𝚎𝚗𝚎𝚗𝚜𝚌𝚑𝚠𝚊𝚛𝚖 @bienenschwarm.eurosky.social · 14/06/2025
Hadn't occured to me until just then that the actual King is sharing his official birthday with the wannabe King. Many happy returns to one, but not the other.
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Äpplesche 💚 @aepplesche.bsky.social · 11/05/2025
Christoph Sieber gibt Geschichtsnachhilfe 👇
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𝙱𝚒𝚎𝚗𝚎𝚗𝚜𝚌𝚑𝚠𝚊𝚛𝚖 @bienenschwarm.eurosky.social · 16/05/2025
What utter piffle. Who in their right mind pays for this bollocks? How are British newspaper columnists so weird yet so dull? www.spectator.co.uk/article/how-...
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How is Germany so weird yet so dull?
German eccentricity lives on – through meat dishes, model trains, and topless miniatures – in a country that is simultaneously dull.
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𝙱𝚒𝚎𝚗𝚎𝚗𝚜𝚌𝚑𝚠𝚊𝚛𝚖 @bienenschwarm.eurosky.social · 15/05/2025
I can't quite believe that this isn't causing a major uproar.
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𝙱𝚒𝚎𝚗𝚎𝚗𝚜𝚌𝚑𝚠𝚊𝚛𝚖 @bienenschwarm.eurosky.social · 02/05/2025
The unthinkable has happened.
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𝙱𝚒𝚎𝚗𝚎𝚗𝚜𝚌𝚑𝚠𝚊𝚛𝚖 @bienenschwarm.eurosky.social · 01/05/2025
This is a direct assault on scientific freedom, with global science leadership of the U.S. as collateral. (Still) unthinkable over here in Europe... but who knows what's next.
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𝙱𝚒𝚎𝚗𝚎𝚗𝚜𝚌𝚑𝚠𝚊𝚛𝚖 @bienenschwarm.eurosky.social · 21/04/2025
Genau so. Trotz aller Schwächen der katholischen Amtskirche - man wird Franziskus noch gewaltig vermissen.
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Kevin Gaughen 🇺🇸 @gaughen.bsky.social · 15/03/2025
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Mike Luckovich @mluckovich.bsky.social · 06/03/2025
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𝙱𝚒𝚎𝚗𝚎𝚗𝚜𝚌𝚑𝚠𝚊𝚛𝚖 @bienenschwarm.eurosky.social · 02/03/2025
"Have you said 'thank you' once?"
Hannibal Lecter facing Clarice Starling in Silence of the Lambs
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𝙱𝚒𝚎𝚗𝚎𝚗𝚜𝚌𝚑𝚠𝚊𝚛𝚖 @bienenschwarm.eurosky.social · 24/02/2025
This ⬇️. A "geo" qualification including spatial statistics ought to be mandatory for anyone publishing election maps.
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German Embassy London @uk.diplo.de · 24/02/2025
The preliminary final result of the 2025 Bundestag election. Turnout was 82.5%.
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Anton Rainer @antonrainer.bsky.social · 23/02/2025
Das ganze Jahr über verachten sie den öffentlich-rechtlichen Rundfunk. Aber sobald sie am Wahlabend schnelle, korrekte Informationen brauchen, schalten sie einfach LIVE zu ARD, ZDF und Phoenix. 😊 Abgebildet: NIUS, Carsten Jahn, AfD TV, Deutschland Kurier.
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𝙱𝚒𝚎𝚗𝚎𝚗𝚜𝚌𝚑𝚠𝚊𝚛𝚖 @bienenschwarm.eurosky.social · 23/02/2025
Wenn ihr heute wählen geht, denkt daran: Käpt'n Krasnov und Leutnant Ketamin erwarten das Ergebnis mit Spannung! #btw2025
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𝙱𝚒𝚎𝚗𝚎𝚗𝚜𝚌𝚑𝚠𝚊𝚛𝚖 @bienenschwarm.eurosky.social · 23/02/2025
Gute und wichtige Analyse zum Angriff auf die Wissenschaft, der gegenwärtig in den USA in vollem Gange ist. Tragisch für US-Kollegen, aber auch eine Chance für Europa: www.spiegel.de/wissenschaft...
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Meinung: Donald Trump und die Wissenschaft: Drehen wir den Brain Drain doch um!
Die größte Schwäche der Regierung Trump II ist ihre Irrationalität. Das rücksichtslose Vorgehen gegen die Wissenschaft ist das beste Beispiel dafür. Europa sollte jetzt das Richtige tun und um die bes...
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Carve Her Name @carvehername.bsky.social · 22/02/2025
#OnThisDay, 22 Feb 1943, Sophie Scholl is sentenced to death and immediately executed, alongside her brother and a friend, for distributing anti-Nazi literature at her university in Munich, Germany. #WomenInHistory #OTD #History #WomensHistory #WorldWar2 #EuropeanHistory 🗃️ 1/2
snapshot of Sophie Scholl, laughing. She is a white woman with dark hair.
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𝙱𝚒𝚎𝚗𝚎𝚗𝚜𝚌𝚑𝚠𝚊𝚛𝚖 @bienenschwarm.eurosky.social · 22/02/2025
This. ⬇️ The historical precedent is there - it just needs calling out. www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/gui...
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Social controls - Why the Nazis were able to stay in power - Higher History Revision - BBC Bitesize
For Higher History, learn the methods the Nazis used to control the German population and maintain power.
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𝙱𝚒𝚎𝚗𝚎𝚗𝚜𝚌𝚑𝚠𝚊𝚛𝚖 @bienenschwarm.eurosky.social · 22/02/2025
"...the Bundestag election is not just a watershed moment for Germany, it’s one for global politics as well." Mandatory reading before tomorrow - particularly any Germans voting.
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Susanne Baumann @germanambuk.bsky.social · 14/12/2024
Put it in your diaries! Next March we're asking you to join us in showing Britain the joys of learning German. Epic school trip to Berlin? First time ordering a beer in Munich? Met a friend for life? Reading a German book? Use #ShoutOutForGerman and tag us from 17-21 March 2025!
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YouGov @yougov.co.uk · 31/01/2025
Five years on, few Britons think Brexit has been good for anything % saying Brexit has had a positive impact on... Control the UK has over its laws: 31% UK's ability to respond to COVID-19: 23% UK's level of international trade: 11% NHS: 6% Full list in chart 👇 yougov.co.uk/politics/art...
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Auschwitz Memorial @auschwitzmemorial.bsky.social · 27/01/2025
Eighty years ago today, over 7,000 prisoners of the German Nazi camp #Auschwitz, including some 700 children, were liberated by the soldiers of the Soviet Army. 1,689 days of murder, pain, suffering, and humiliation were over. Today, we all remember. We must keep remembering.
A historical black and white photo of young survivors in striped uniforms standing behind a barbed wire fence at Auschwitz concentration camp.Black and white historical photo of liberated prisoners walking under the 'Arbeit Macht Frei' gate at Auschwitz Concentration Camp.Black and white historical photo showing a large hall filled with discarded clothing, with a person visible in the background.Historical black and white photograph of Auschwitz concentration camp after liberation showing dilapidated wooden barracks and victims' bodies on the ground.
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Hubertine Auclert @sabine34.eurosky.social · 28/12/2024
This is really important. There is a new #EU website dedicated to EU citizens living in the #UK : Free support & information for EU citizens in the UK Find the information you need about your rights as an EU Citizen living in the UK.
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European Commission @ec.europa.eu · 28/12/2024
It’s time for THE charger. Today, the USB-C becomes officially the common standard for charging new mobile electronic devices in the EU. It means better-charging technology, reduced e-waste, and less fuss to find the chargers you need! #DigitalEU
A minimalist illustration showing a packaged charger box labeled "one Union one Charger." The box features an image of a blue charger with the European Union flag symbol and a USB-C cable. The scene is set within a holiday theme, with decorative Christmas trees, ornaments, and gift boxes surrounding the charger box. In the top right corner, there is a small EU flag symbol.
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British-German Association (BGA) @britgerassoc.bsky.social · 23/12/2024
#WhyLearnGerman? To discover 𝗚𝗲𝗿𝗺𝗮𝗻 𝗽𝗵𝗿𝗮𝘀𝗲𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗶𝗱𝗶𝗼𝗺𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗱𝗼 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗖𝗵𝗿𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗺𝗮𝘀 🎄🎅 Here are a few examples that might prove useful at this time of the year!
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Markus Decker @markusdecker.bsky.social · 23/12/2024
Das ist großartig.
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𝙱𝚒𝚎𝚗𝚎𝚗𝚜𝚌𝚑𝚠𝚊𝚛𝚖 @bienenschwarm.eurosky.social · 19/11/2024
The end of the world is nigh... Snow in England! 🤣 BBC News - Commuters warned of disruption as snow falls in UK www.bbc.com/news/article...
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Snow and ice expected as UK braces for ‘first taste of winter’
The Met Office warned of possible travel disruption, with snow already falling in northern Scotland.
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Jay 🦋 @jay.bsky.team · 17/11/2024
Visualization of the network: a night sky where each star is someone posting ✨
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𝙱𝚒𝚎𝚗𝚎𝚗𝚜𝚌𝚑𝚠𝚊𝚛𝚖 @bienenschwarm.eurosky.social · 16/11/2024
How fantastic and wonderful to see. Good luck Axel. So grateful my kids can keep their German skills alive at a Secondary with excellent German provision. www.theguardian.com/education/20...
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The Gruffalo’s illustrator launches book to help UK pupils learn German
Axel Scheffler says he hopes Wuschel auf der Erde will encourage more children to learn his first language
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𝙱𝚒𝚎𝚗𝚎𝚗𝚜𝚌𝚑𝚠𝚊𝚛𝚖 @bienenschwarm.eurosky.social · 09/11/2024
Fond memories of that day - I was studying for my A-Levels then. Felt like the world had profoundly changed.
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