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_borntobemild @born2bemild.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

"I don't question President Trump's authority or his decision to do so." – This reply sounds vaguely familiar to me as a German.

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_borntobemild @born2bemild.bsky.social · 27/11/2025

Whoa, es gab ein Update! Jetzt mit spätromantischem Irrgäste-Paket, wie verlockend!

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_borntobemild @born2bemild.bsky.social · 17/10/2025

I am a 5'5" woman and I've trained my algorithm well

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_borntobemild @born2bemild.bsky.social · 11/03/2025

Wyoming, man! I'm German and my mind was (still is) boggled when I first came across a map of the US in my children's atlas. (I actually went to Wyoming – among other states – in my 20s and it's absolutely beautiful.)

Map of US state borders with Wyoming highlighted in red.

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_borntobemild @born2bemild.bsky.social · 04/03/2025

Anschluss überdenken ist immer eine gute Idee.

Hitler fährt nach dem Anschluss Österreichs in Wien ein.

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_borntobemild @born2bemild.bsky.social · 24/01/2025

I'm only 1/4 through but Biology As Ideology by Richard Lewontin from 1991 is surprisingly relevant.

Cover of Biology As Ideology by Richard C. Lewontin

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_borntobemild @born2bemild.bsky.social · 24/01/2025

My first thought. Also, I want this as a poster now.

Tom Petty wearing sunglasses and a top hat, a guitar slung over his shoulder.

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_borntobemild @born2bemild.bsky.social · 05/01/2025

I don't know what's weirder, the object itself or the categorisation as "generic". The spelling is bad so it may have been an autocorrect fail but what did they mean to write originally?! Baffling.

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_borntobemild @born2bemild.bsky.social · 05/01/2025

There was an ad for a "generic high heel chair" in the German equivalent of Gumtree a couple of months ago.

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_borntobemild @born2bemild.bsky.social · 28/12/2024

Soundbite by co-chair Alice Weidel: "We used to be a prosperous country, built up by our grandparents' and parents' generations ..." Alice Weidel's grandfather:

Man in Nazi uniform (Alice Weidel's grandfather, Hans Weidel) looking into the camera.

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_borntobemild @born2bemild.bsky.social · 27/12/2024

Es geht hier nicht um einen "genialen" Frauenschläger wie Hemingway (dazu empfehle ich übrigens Claire Dederers "Monsters"). Hinweise zu Filmen über Frauenmorde kann auch jemand anders liefern, literarische Kritiken zu seinen anderen Büchern sind verfügbar, wem's gefällt, kann sie lesen.

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_borntobemild @born2bemild.bsky.social · 26/12/2024

*gacker* www.radioszene.de/186263/witze...

Bitter Lemmer

Annähernd jede populäre Radio-Morningshow hält sich für komisch. Aber die komischsten Themen kommen seit Jahren nicht mehr vor – weil die Redakteure sich als grüne Medienpartner verstehen statt Grüne zu verspotten. Und natürlich den Kanzler.

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_borntobemild @born2bemild.bsky.social · 17/12/2024

Und Übersetzen ist mehr, als nur Wörter auszutauschen.

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_borntobemild @born2bemild.bsky.social · 15/12/2024

This is *exactly* what happens every day, change my mind

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_borntobemild @born2bemild.bsky.social · 30/11/2024

Die Berichterstattung scheint nicht so einfach. "Journalistin vor laufender Kamera weggezerrt und verprügelt" klingt eher nach Kairo 2011 als Ostfriesland 1990, aber wundern tut's mich (als Frau) letztlich nicht.

Während der Jagd auf Frauen am 5. Dezember 2023 wurden Borkumer Männer auf das Rechercheteam aufmerksam und drohten ihm mit Gewalt. Die Reporter mussten die Aufnahmen unterbrechen und in ihr Hotel flüchten. Ähnliche Erfahrungen machte 2022 auch ein Reporterteam von RTL. Letztmalige Aufnahmen von Klaasohm machte 1990 der NDR. Den Preis zahlte die NDR-Reporterin prompt: Vor laufender Kamera zerrten die Männer die Journalistin weg, spannten sie an allen Vieren in der Luft auf und liessen sie dann vom Klaasohm verhauen.

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_borntobemild @born2bemild.bsky.social · 07/11/2024

Weep – and then come up with a snappier term for your own brand of fascism so you can talk to people about it and educate them about this strategy!

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_borntobemild @born2bemild.bsky.social · 07/11/2024

Here's one for your collection

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_borntobemild @born2bemild.bsky.social · 05/10/2024

Great, now I've got this stuck in my head for the next two hours. 😬 But seriously ... satire is dead. 😵

Screengrab of video of Eminem's Slim Shady featuring the subtitles for the lines "He didn't just say what I think he did, did he"

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_borntobemild @born2bemild.bsky.social · 11/09/2024

I think the black one is going to give the secret signal for the duck to distract him so the fluffy white one on his lap can take him out.

Trump surrounded by ducks and cats, with a large white cat and a duck on his lap and a black one behind his shoulders. I drew some arrows to explain the plan to take him out.

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_borntobemild @born2bemild.bsky.social · 23/07/2024

The person (ok, not technically) in your last saved image will replace Joe Biden in the presidential race.

Black cat with shiny fur resting on the concrete tiles in front of a house, looking fierce, majestic, unbothered and not-to-be-f***ed-with at the same time.

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_borntobemild @born2bemild.bsky.social · 13/06/2024

Lol, is that what they teach you in those useless meeja degrees? 🤪 I work in translation – we've had clients who demanded that the German text for software buttons be no longer than the English original. FYI, Outlook has a setting called "Desktopbenachrichtigungseinstellungen". 😭

Screenshot of step-by-step instructions for setting an out-of-office notification in Outlook, step 3 being "Click on the button 'Desktopbenachrichtigungseinstellungen'".

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_borntobemild @born2bemild.bsky.social · 11/06/2024

Darwin himself said the difference is 'in degree but not in kind'. That statement is as important as the (often misapplied or misused) 'survival of the fittest'.

Cover of Frans de Waal's 'Are We Smart Enough to Know How Smart Animals Are?'

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_borntobemild @born2bemild.bsky.social · 25/05/2024

There's something called a "Laugenecke" in Germany, a new-fangled cross between a pretzel (flavour-wise) and a croissant (texture). At least I think they're new, I never saw them when I was growing up. It may be a regional thing? Bit of a weird concept – I almost feel bad for liking them.

Picture of a "Laugenecke", a triangular-shaped piece of pastry with the fluffy, layered texture of a croissant but the darker coloration of a traditional pretzel.

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_borntobemild @born2bemild.bsky.social · 21/05/2024

Are you thinking of muskogamy, where you're in a monogamous relationship with a musk ox?

Photo of a lone musk ox against the backdrop of a rocky field with manually drawn hearts for eyes.

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_borntobemild @born2bemild.bsky.social · 21/03/2024

Also, feminists were the *only* sources of well-grounded, informative warnings about hormonal birth control for me – in contrast to mealy-mouthed disclaimers that it *may* lead to xyz *in rare cases*.

Quoted headline that reads "Why Are So Many Feminists Silent About The Very Real Dangers Of Birth Control?"

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_borntobemild @born2bemild.bsky.social · 13/03/2024

Idk why the image reminds me of this bestseller of my youth (which would probably also make for a fun "vintage" episode 😆).

Cover of the 1980 bestseller "Women Who Love Too Much" with the subtitle "When you keep wishing and hoping he'll change" but "he" is crossed out and there's an asterisk; the footnote says "corporate culture" instead.

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_borntobemild @born2bemild.bsky.social · 01/03/2024

Lol. Incidentally, I recently found out Santa lives around the corner from me. I guess there's some interesting conversations to be had in the hall of that building.

Doorbell panel of a residential building in Germany, where the standard is to show last names instead of flat numbers. The name "Santa" appears above the name "KANT".

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_borntobemild @born2bemild.bsky.social · 30/01/2024

Für Allergiker, die sich keine Katze halten können.

Meme mit Katze, die eine Flasche von einer Erde in Scheibenform herunter schubst. Spruch: "If the earth was flat cats would have pushed everything off it by now."

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