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Liz

@gentgestranslation.bsky.social
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English - German translations and proofreading for boardgames and other things.(Not my main job.) #language jokes #nerd stuff #scifi #perryrhodan #fountainpens #inks Tweets (?) in German and English.

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c0nc0rdance @c0nc0rdance.bsky.social · 9h
You've seen fireworks that look like jellyfish, but what about a jellyfish that looks like fireworks? The E/V Nautilus filmed this rare Halitrephes maasi jellyfish glowing like a firework at a depth of 4,019 feet (1,225 meters) off the coast of Baja California, Mexico. (📷: Ocean Exploration Trust)
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Hare LockwoOoOoOod @harelockwood.com · 30/09/2026
[with gritted teeth] the WHIMSY will be INCREASED proportional to the DIFFICULTIES
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Ignacy Trzewiczek @trzewik.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Gutenberg is ON SALE. Grab it for $7 till the offer last! Learn more: shopportalgames.com/collections/...
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emily blight 🐦‍⬛ @threnody.northsky.social · 30/09/2026
this show became one of the biggest pop cultural phenomenons of the last 100 years.
kirk with sulu, who is holding a dog with an exospine and a little unicorn horn and antennae
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Historical Marker Ahead @historicalmarker.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
“Stumbling stones” in Arlington, Va., show the names of enslaved people on the sidewalks in front of where they were enslaved. The idea came from a similar project in Germany where small plaques were placed in front of the homes of those murdered in the Holocaust enslavedarl.org/s/memorializ...
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Ian Coldwater 🧊🚫 @lookitup.baby · 30/09/2026
BREAKING NEWS: “Do geese see God” is a palindrome
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PBS News @pbsnews.org · 30/09/2026
Morocco's King Mohammed VI on Tuesday named Urban Planning Minister Fatima Zahra Mansouri as the country's prime minister, making the 50-year-old attorney the first woman to hold the position in the Muslim kingdom. to.pbs.org/4rGcu19
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Morocco's king appoints Fatima Zahra Mansouri as country's 1st woman prime minister
Mansouri, who until her nomination also was the mayor of Marrakech, was tasked with forming a new government, the Royal Palace said in a statement.
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Mike Sowden @mikeachim.bsky.social · 12/11/2024
I thought I knew the story of the "lost world" off the east coast of Britain, inhabited by Mesolithic people until rising sea waters engulfed it around 8,000 years ago... But I didn't know about the *tsunami*. Holy hell. 1/
Close-up of a map showing the proposed extent of Doggerland, the land mass between the UK and mainland Europe that existed when sea levels were much lower.
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Sanktionsfrei @sanktionsfrei.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Deutschland: 👌 Erlässt Großerben 3,7 Milliarden Euro Erbschaftsteuer 👌 Lässt sich 147 Milliarden Euro jährlich durch eine Vermögensteuer entgehen Auch Deutschland:
Amt kürzt Rentner die Grundsicherung wegen 58,25 Euro Flaschenpfand – und zieht es dann ein
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Dr Ella Hawkins @ellamchawk.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Elizabethan playhouses were supplied by a network of tailors, merchants & craftswomen. Their names survive in records, but little is known about their lives. I’m working on new research that brings the stories of these makers & traders centre stage. Here is the project in biscuit (cookie) form. 🍪
A photograph of eight rectangular biscuits (cookies) arranged in two rows on a square white plate. The plate is framed on all sides by a trailing vine pattern in green with pops of red. The biscuits are mostly in shades of ivory, cream, yellow, and grey, with a burst of vivid red and blue in one corner of the arrangement. Moving across the top row of biscuits from left to right, the designs include: neat lines of handwritten names in an early modern parish register; a section of a hand-drawn map from 1561 featuring St Paul’s Cathedral, with street names like ‘Carter Lane’ visible in a tiny spiky font; an extract of text from a funerary monument printed in an early modern book, ending ‘So transitory is our glory’; a section of embroidery from a funeral pall featuring metallic silver armour, crossed gold keys, and two hands holding up a crown. The biscuit designs on the bottom row include: horses prancing past shopfronts on Cheapside in the mid-sixteenth century; a receipt written in early modern secretary hand, which is difficult to read; a portrait of a stern-looking women dressed in a ruff, pearls, and sober dark clothing; swirling calligraphy and dense secretary hand featuring on a will dating from 1638.
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Jakob Franzen (Jonas Lübkert) @anotherrerun.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
6 wirklich ernst gemeinte Tipps für Kreative auf Social Media #OlivesInSpace
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FIX MOJANG BEDROCK ANTI VIRAL SPIRAL @adventurewetpaint.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
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Lauren McKenzie @themckenziest.gay · 22/06/2025
I needed this today
If you ever feel heavy because you care deeply about injustice suffering and ecological destruction remember that a trillion dollar propaganda machine was built to make you numb and it didn’t work on you
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Safeguarding Research/Culture @safeguardingresearch.fedihum.org.ap.brid.gy · 28/09/2026
Safeguarding in Sachsen-Anhalt – Sicherung öffentlicher Daten vor dem Regierungswechsel Wir blicken besorgt auf Sachsen-Anhalt. Konkret unterstützen wir alle Demokrat*innen und Antifaschist*innen in Sachsen-Anhalt auf zweierlei Weise: 1. Webarchivierung von Regierungs- und Behördenseiten 2 […]
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Danny / Wahlheimat.Ruhr @wahlheimat.ruhr · 28/09/2026
"There are many benefits to spending time in the park, but perhaps few of them have a Hackaday angle. There’s a park in Germany you might want to make an exception for, and it lies in the Ruhrpott city of Duisburg."
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Liz @gentgestranslation.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Guckt mal! @fuchskind.bsky.social ist in `nem Kartenspiel verewigt! Wie lieb ist das denn bitte?!?
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Liz @gentgestranslation.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Fühl ich.
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rax ‘levon honkers’ king @raxkingisdead.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
you guys broke watergate
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womensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
The work of Rathika Ramasamy, India's first internationally celebrated female wildlife photographer #womensart
Photograph of an owl peeping out from a hole in a tree trunk
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Mark Wallace @wallaceme.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Ok don’t let’s get carried away but I found something genuinely good on Threads.
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This Many Years Ago @thismanyyearsago.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
64 years ago, on the 27th of September 1962, Rachel Carson's book Silent Spring was published. It handled the environmental harm caused by the pesticide DDT and the disinformation spread by the chemical industry. Carson managed to sway public opinion and even policy. #otd #history 🗃️
Rachel Carson photo credit: Science History Images / Alamy
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Standplaats Kraków could really use some cash! @standplaatskrk.pl · 10/09/2025
ruler of Seattle (@ThoughtSlime) on twitter: "People who become right wing because they get annoyed by leftists are weak willed, most leftists are annoyed by leftists every single day."
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Ricarda Lang @ricardalang.eurosky.social · 25/09/2026
Die Neuauflage des Tankrabatts kostet 2,5 Milliarden. Das ist mehr als alle Einsparungen bei Familien - weniger Elterngeld, Unterhaltsvorschuss und Kindersofortzuschlag - zusammen. Die Kürzungen bei Familien sind kein Sachzwang. Sie sind eine politische Entscheidung.
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Ingwar Perowanowitsch @ingwarpero.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Krass: Nach Paris zeigt jetzt auch London, wie sehr die Verkehrspolitik die Stadt verändert hat. In 10 Jahren hat sich die Luftqualität um 49% verbessert & die Todesfälle durch schlechte Luft gingen allein seit 2019 um 40% zurück. So schön zu sehen was alles geht, wenn der politische Wille da ist💪❤️
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IGN @ign.com · 24/09/2026
Kraft Dinner Canada has revealed a new limited-time cream soda with a "subtle hint" of its iconic mac & cheese flavor, in collaboration with with Solly's Craft Soda.
Kraft Dinner Has Launched A Mac & Cheese Cream Soda
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This Many Years Ago @thismanyyearsago.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
471 years ago, on the 25th of September 1555, the Peace of Augsburg was signed. The settlement between the Catholic Holy Roman Emperor Charles V and the Lutheran Schmalkaldic League allowed rulers to choose between Lutheranism and Catholicism as their state's confession. #otd #history 🗃️
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Liz @gentgestranslation.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Sie würden mit Fackeln und Mistgabeln zur Stadt hinausgejagt!
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Lang aber absolut großartig!
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Buitengebieden @buitengebieden.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
These kittens didn’t trust this Golden Retriever until mommy showed them it was safe.. 😊
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Ingwar Perowanowitsch @ingwarpero.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Sadfact: Alle 3 Tankrabatte der letzten Jahre kosten den Staatshaushalt 7,5 Mrd. Euro Zum Vergleich: Das Deutschlandticket kostet den Bund jährlich 1,5 Mrd. Euro. Bedeutet: Für 8 Monate paar Cent billiger Tanke könnte der Bund das Deutschlandticket sage und schreibe 5 Jahre lang finanzieren🤯
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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 24/09/2026
Never been to the opera before? Now’s your chance. We’re giving away 70,000 free tickets to the @metopera at the iconic Lincoln Center. Go to on.nyc.gov/opera to enter the lottery. There’s not a bad seat in the house.
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The Museum of English Rural Life (MERL) @themerl.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
go to @readingmuseum.bsky.social (right now)
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Danny / Wahlheimat.Ruhr @wahlheimat.ruhr · 24/09/2026
Schöne Aktion! #Mittagspost
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Anonymous @opdeatheaters.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Harvey Weinstein sentenced to 15 years for 2006 sexual assault of Miriam Haley. He is now likely to remain in prison for the rest of his life. #OpDeathEaters www.yacnews.com/harvey-weins...
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Harvey Weinstein sentenced to 15 years for 2006 sexual assault of Miriam Haley
Harvey Weinstein was sentenced to 15 years after his 2025 New York conviction for first-degree criminal sexual act against Miriam Haley in 2006.
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KJ Charles @kjcharleswriter.com · 24/09/2026
apropos, I am currently looking for an illustrator to do art for special editions (YES I AM FINALLY DOING SPECIAL EDITIONS) and literally my first step is to go to the About page and check for the statement on Gen AI. No anti statement = shut page, click away.
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Victoria Rose Richards @aerialembroidery.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
80 hours of embroidery! This aerial landscape is directly inspired by Dartmoor and I'd say I have another 30-ish hours to go? I'm now starting to fill in the fields for the sheep, the tor area will be done last as I'm still deciding whether I want a slope or not 😅 I hope you like it! #art
An embroidery hoop containing a sewn aerial-view landscape. It depicts a moorland scene in a range of green shades, about 70% completed.
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OrbGazer @orbgazer.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
amazing thread featuring some truly wild movies, would watch all
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Martina Fuchs🔜 SPIEL Essen @missbaybee.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Was auf Presseterminen noch so nebenbei passiert... Relativ spontan hat mich Jörg von www.instagram.com/seriousgeorg... zum Thema #SpielDesJahres interviewt. Er war so lieb und hat mir die Reels auch für Bluesky zur Verfügung gestellt, sodass ich sie hier für euch teilen kann.😘 #Brettspiel
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Liz @gentgestranslation.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Oh noes! 😭 I only got into #cabinpressure this year.
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rogueclassicist ~ david meadows @rogueclassicist.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Germanic workshops near Dortmund reveal how Roman metal was recycled outside the Roman Empire | Archaeology News Online Magazine archaeologymag.com/2026/09/work...
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Germanic workshops near Dortmund reveal how Roman metal was recycled outside the Roman Empire | Archaeology News Online Magazine
Archaeologists near Dortmund found rare Germanic workshops where Roman metal scrap was melted down and reused.
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Liz @gentgestranslation.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
I stayed longer at work not to miss an update of this.
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Liz @gentgestranslation.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Mich auch nicht, wenn ich nach Hamburg käme. Gut, vielleicht 30 Min
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Florian Aigner @florianaigner.at · 23/09/2026
Verrückter Fakt des Tages: #vfdt Den typischen Geruch alter Bücher wird es so in Zukunft kaum noch geben. Er entsteht aus Abbauprodukten von Lignin im Papier. Dabei bildet sich z.B. echtes Vanillin. Modernes Papier ist viel ärmer an Lignin und wird anders altern.
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Milan Spiele @milanspiele.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Broschüre Ausgezeichnete Spiele 2026 - jetzt kostenlos mitbestellen! 🏆🎲 Wer bei den vielen Neuheiten den Überblick behalten möchte, bekommt mit der offiziellen Broschüre „Ausgezeichnete Spiele 2026“ einen kompakten Überblick über die besten Titel des Jahrgangs – und das kostenlos zu
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Katie Mack @astrokatie.com · 23/09/2026
Excited to reflect, absorb, and emit light EXTRA WELL today ✨💃⚡️ #BiVisibilityDay
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sarah jeong @sarahjeong.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
lol my flight got diverted because of a medical emergency and they landed us in reykjavik in the middle of the night and deplaned us and sent us through passport control and then the crew vanished and then british airways sent us links to book an overnight hotel room but for a hotel at heathrow
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Claire Willett @clairewillett.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
saw this on Instagram and it so perfectly encapsulated my rage
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being so fr when I say that transmisogyny has put feminism back like 50 years

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what i thought we had distanced ourselves from was the reduction of women to vaginas and wombs and the ability to bear children. i thought we had progressed past 'dresses are for women and pants are for men. i thought we progressed past the idea that someone is less of a woman if she does not adhere strictly to beauty standards. i thought we progressed past the idea that naturally being comfortable adhering to highly feminine standards is vulgar. but i (sarcastically) guess no one could have predicted that trans-exclusive feminism would be the downfall of all the progress we've made
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nolen @itseieio.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
I made multiplayer Windows 98 Solitaire. It's called Solitaire Alone Together. You can play together, with the whole internet, but you can't chat or talk. solitairealonetogether.com
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This Many Years Ago @thismanyyearsago.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
111 years ago, on the 21st of September 1915, Cecil Chubb bought Stonehenge for 6600 pounds. He donated it to the state three years later on a few conditions, including a maximal entrance fee of one shilling. English Heritage takes wage inflation into account to calculate the current price. #otd 🗃️
Sir Cecil Chubb in May 1926 on board RMS Aquitania1928 image of Stonehenge with the remains of the aerodrome site in the background
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