bormaennchen @bormaennchen.bsky.social · 16/04/2026Except in Kyoto, where due to disrespectful behaviour by tourists it is now against the law to take pictures of geishas in the street without their consent, otherwise one could get fined. However, Kyoto is full of other people in kimonos. :-) 000
bormaennchen @bormaennchen.bsky.social · 17/03/2026Still loving my latest creation and enjoying the spring sunshine while starting to write the pattern for this shawl. #knitting 020
bormaennchen @bormaennchen.bsky.social · 13/03/2026My latest shawl/throw, hot off the needle (and blocking mat). #knitting www.ravelry.com/projects/Jou... 031
bormaennchen @bormaennchen.bsky.social · 29/09/2025How does Rachel Reeves' idea to get young people into a job, even if they have to be forced to accept one, square with the ILO centenary declaration on securing 'full, productive and freely chosen employment'? UK is a signatory. ILO: www.ilo.org/sites/defaul... Labour: www.msn.com/en-gb/news/u... 020
bormaennchen @bormaennchen.bsky.social · 09/09/2025For fun: here the two screens for lodging a complaint and the screen when clicking that option. 100
bormaennchen @bormaennchen.bsky.social · 22/08/2025I cannot add much to this. From a bourgeois nationalist turned democrat to a girl from East Germany, we share this opinion. #Lübeck #ThomasMann 010
bormaennchen @bormaennchen.bsky.social · 10/08/2025Quiet summer evening on a rooftop in Paris. #iphonography 010
bormaennchen @bormaennchen.bsky.social · 20/07/2025I took two pictures of the same dandelion at Gladstone Park in NW London in 2009 that I chanced upon today and put them together as an exercise in depth of field. 000
bormaennchen @bormaennchen.bsky.social · 19/07/2025Friday evening before the thunderstorm. Drifting into the weekend... I wish you all a nice one. 000
bormaennchen @bormaennchen.bsky.social · 18/07/2025WTF??? I will have to unsubscribe to my @politico.com newsletters, all of them, if they go through with that. I will NOT EVER waste time on news stories researched and written by EFFING AI. 000
bormaennchen @bormaennchen.bsky.social · 01/07/2025My inspiration to photograph the tidal swimming pool at St. Malo, Brittany, is this photographer and this particular picture. 100
bormaennchen @bormaennchen.bsky.social · 01/07/2025Brittany is beautiful. There’s no two ways about it. 010
bormaennchen @bormaennchen.bsky.social · 28/06/2025Saturday evening in Paris. Straight from a 2022 iPhone SE, no filters (just some straightening) and DEFINITELY #nogenAI. This world is amazing enough for those who can tear themselves away from their screens. Enjoy! Even on a screen. 😘 020
bormaennchen @bormaennchen.bsky.social · 11/06/2025I am showing a few pictures in the collective exhibition 'Quinzaine de la Photographie' at the Villa Fulbert in Chartres from 14 June - 29 June 2025. Anyone in the area is welcome! :-) 000
bormaennchen @bormaennchen.bsky.social · 05/06/2025I remember some people talking about this case as supremacist and a precedent favouring white straight men. Just out of interest, since when have women (black, white, CIS, LGBTIQ+) been "members of groups that historically have not faced discrimination"? 🤔 100
bormaennchen @bormaennchen.bsky.social · 31/05/2025For once, we were told in advance what the lights on the Eiffel Tower would mean. But help me. This was supposed to be blue-red for the colours of PSG. Except if you are ‘behind’ the Eiffel Tower (a whole new idea since the Paris Olympics). 100
bormaennchen @bormaennchen.bsky.social · 31/05/2025PSG just won the Champions League quite convincingly. And Paris is as one. 010
bormaennchen @bormaennchen.bsky.social · 28/05/2025Evidently, that's a lifetime licence for MS Office '2019'. Which will stop being supported in how many years? One? Two? We are in 2025, aren't we? 🤔 000
bormaennchen @bormaennchen.bsky.social · 19/05/2025She was a resident of my arrondissement here in Paris. 🤗 030
bormaennchen @bormaennchen.bsky.social · 13/05/2025I used to work for the EORPA seminars organised by the University of Strathclyde: a highlight in my interpreting calendar for the trip to Ross Priory, for the intellectual stimulus and for the pictures. 🤗 010
bormaennchen @bormaennchen.bsky.social · 30/04/2025Instagram suggests I follow my dear friend of many years from London who passed away quite a while ago. 🫣 010
bormaennchen @bormaennchen.bsky.social · 07/04/2025Fire in Paris, close to Montparnasse, right now. 200
bormaennchen @bormaennchen.bsky.social · 03/04/2025All you in France, any idea whether the normal UPS route to Paris from Roissy CDG airport really goes via Nantes? 010
bormaennchen @bormaennchen.bsky.social · 18/02/2025I wonder about EU FoM and Green Deal given such prices for rail travel for the extended weekend before Easter. That's one adult and one senior (same price as adultbother?) for under 900 km of journey. Flixbus outbound only without extras. Should we rent a car? #greendeal #roadtorail #airtorail #EU 100
bormaennchen @bormaennchen.bsky.social · 17/01/2025Dear @washingtonpost.com, I applaud the pithy message on your resubscription offer but would like to remind you that facts unfortunately do seem to change when owners set the editorial line. 010
bormaennchen @bormaennchen.bsky.social · 11/01/2025Not sure whether it's as sinister as it feels but latest iOS update gives Siri access to all apps on the device for learning. Even though I have Siri switched off as that switches the mic off to prevent 'accidental' eavesdropping, I had to opt out for every app listed (see screenshots). #privacy 010
bormaennchen @bormaennchen.bsky.social · 09/01/2025Study of bubbles made with our sparkling bottled water replacement. 🙂 000
bormaennchen @bormaennchen.bsky.social · 01/01/2025Celebrating the end of one year and the start of the next with friends in the countryside is such a blessing. I wish all of you a healing pause of that kind. We need it. ❤️ 010
bormaennchen @bormaennchen.bsky.social · 01/01/2025Happy New Year!! Or at least a not quite so bad one, please. 010
bormaennchen @bormaennchen.bsky.social · 27/12/2024It's not just that, it's also apparently much easier to nick the skilled people OTHER COUNTRIES have coughed up the money to educate, so they can work for a fraction of the labour cost of a native. Let that sink in. 100
bormaennchen @bormaennchen.bsky.social · 24/12/2024Happy holidays, everyone! I’m hoping for a little peace before the madness begins in earnest. 000
bormaennchen @bormaennchen.bsky.social · 01/12/2024From the CTO of a remote simultaneous platform now heavily focused on AI speech translation to do away with pesky professional interpreters who demand to be paid (how dare we??). A welcome first of advent gift for a change. 010
bormaennchen @bormaennchen.bsky.social · 01/12/2024While I'm on the subject, here is what KUDO says about using its AI speech translation (KUDO speak for interpretation but not by humans). I would recommend points 2 and 4 for meetings with REAL interpreters, too. It usually works wonders to have well-briefed and prepped professionals. 000
bormaennchen @bormaennchen.bsky.social · 29/11/2024My comment on #BlackFriday is this photo I took last night at a Paris department store on Rue Rivoli decked out in Xmas decoration. It is the juxtaposition of fairy tale promises of happiness & joy in the display and the homeless person on the wooden step built for kids to admire the display. 030
bormaennchen @bormaennchen.bsky.social · 27/11/2024To add to this, I just read (in the NYT) that EM's fight against the Swedish trade unions was dismissed on the base that the state is not allowed to intervene in labour disputes. Maybe Musk should check the law of the countries he plans to do business in. 120
bormaennchen @bormaennchen.bsky.social · 19/11/2024Airport… throwback to the past. #businesstravel 010
bormaennchen @bormaennchen.bsky.social · 19/11/2024My last interpreting away-game of the year allows me to (re)present my street photography lover side to bsky. Off to Munich, leaving from rainy Paris. 030
bormaennchen @bormaennchen.bsky.social · 15/11/2024@jonlansdell.bsky.social Before I split myself into my separate areas of expertise and interest I’m happy to present myself holistically, and a big part of that is my passion for knitting. My latest finished project 👇 010