iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

To @katalyst.bsky.social a big thank you - you had a wonderful project. I'm sure it survive somehow!

0150

So this will be my post today. Thanks for joining me here. The stuff I usually post at @nes-tor.bsky.social may be not interesting. I follow many political accounts and I just grow grumpy all the time here. If you want to join me, I'm happy about it. Perhaps there are other things I could focus on

4362

Plentiful of lakes and brooks a lovely day out. Those curvy hills were made during the last ice age. There was a bigger one taller than the Berlin Fernsehturm. But the ice was too heavy. The soil became moist and the ice during the last event transformed the landscape.

There's a path crossing the brooks a row of stones and a wooden handle bar you get your feet barely wet.

A nearer view of the bigger lake and the sun reflection on the lake

2140

Well I'm back in Marzahn it was a pretty good day in "Switzerland" :)

Neoclassical house in Buckow two storey house and a roof top room

View of the bigger lake and the sun in front

1240

Great! So happy he enjoys music. My 4-year-old nephew has a good feeling for music but by sister seems to have other priorities for him... Hopefully he can get his way through.

020

Later I'll be posting pictures. It won't be as beautiful as in spring or summer though. What are your plans for today?

480

As for Berlin, also part of the territory, according to existing archives Berlin was named for the first time in 1244 and the sister Stadt Cölln in 1237. (There was a big fire.) Archeological funds confirm the double city had existed a few centuries already. Much older are Spandau and Köpenick.

190

Margraviate of Brandenburg - Wikipedia

The Margraviate's capital was Brandenburg an der Havel, south west of Potsdam. If you want to read about this region's past Wiki a good start. en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margrav...

en.m.wikipedia.org

170

Good morning, today I'm hiking with an old friend. We are going to Märkische Schweiz. Even though the tallest point is 124m, it's so hilly that it was labeled Switzerland a century ago. Mark is much older: the Margraviate of Brandenburg founded in 1157 by Albrecht the Bear it survived until Prussia

Wooden bridge crossing a brook trees in the background.

21366

I'd put a diversion gate, the other end of the station has got one, so it he'd rather had his nose touching the tram instead. Perhaps a mirror could d do too to see what's behind the tress for both sides. There are quite a few possibilities, but Germany efficiency doesn't apply here.

100

There are mountains in Spain called Sierra Nevada. Your Nevada is too distant for me. :) nice to see other pats of the world.

000

So you open up the window and see this marvellous village?

000

There were shrubs right up to the crossing they removed the shrubs days later. I don't know railways are also visible and many train accidents happen. The numbers of falalities are going down because it is being invested more in except whee I live.

000

I do enjoy the view. I don't have a balcony, but big window panes. So I bought these stools. Window wide open and sit there whilst enjoying a cuppa or a pint looking at the distance and not some building a few yards away. By the way I have a telescope...... psssssst! 🤫🤫

Two stools placed in front of the window

000

Lena Berger @lena4berger.bsky.social · 24/01/2025

Hello! Just went up the 18th floor & took a few pictures you can see Müggelberg behind which is around 20/30 km distance. I don't face South or West so it's OK not to have a fan or aircon.

View from my window. Evangelical church, park row of housing estates and the sky clouds and sun rising

Houses behind them fields full of green loads of electrical posts and a belt of forests

2260

Reposted by I am Germany

Grandiose Bilder aus Bratislava heute abend: Die Proteste richten sich gegen Premier Fico, der als Marionette des Kremls die Slowakei auf einen pro-russischen Kurs zwingen will. Die Hoffnungen dieser Menschen ruhen auf Europa und nicht auf Russland.

6843151091

I am Germany @iamgermany.bsky.social · 24/01/2025

There are many examples everywhere Gràcia in Barcelona, Greenwich Village in New York, Dulwich Village in London. These places expanded gradually, but here it remained unchanged for centuries. It was cheaper for East Berlin to build these Platten than renovating existing housing damaged by the War

080

I am Germany @iamgermany.bsky.social · 24/01/2025

I remember a documentary on the telly. Some kids and a teacher were on a school bus driving through Alt-Marzahn to see the new building sites just outside the villabe. The teacher said the GDR was leaving behind the old Germany: moving from 1-2 storey buildings to 18- or 21-storey blocks.

180

I am Germany @iamgermany.bsky.social · 24/01/2025

Hi everyone! Living in Marzahn one cannot forget the village. When you're walking around Marzahn for the first time and end up here you might feel you need to check the calendar.

Row of old brick houses, roofs with red types a windmill to the left.

A picture licensed by alany showing a birdseye view of the village in the background tall buildings

4401

In this case its official name is UnbezahlBar. Unbezahlbar is something too expensive, or there is no amount of money you can buy it. So it's a network of people who help each other, so valuable you can't pay for it and it works like a 'bar' ? They offer free coffee too and sometimes some cake.

Do you have a favourite location where you get help from or offer some? There is a meeting place in Marzahn where they work with wood. I am terrible at even sawing a straight on a piece of wood. I think I'd be more disruptive than helpful. 🤣

0100

On my way back home I strolled around the centre of Marzahn-Mitte. As the people who live here aren't economically privileged there is a pretty good community network. At Unbezahlbar I once sought social advice and in retun I donated some shirts I no longer fitted in (ouch! 😱) A few examples below.

Opening times at Unbezahlbar. From 4 days a week they open only 2. It reads as soon as more funding is available we will open more days.

Alley with small shops left and right known as marzahner promenade

Front door of Benn neighbourhood network

Front door of Machbar. Workshop & sewing atelier.

2251

Definitely, and also some drivers love to speed in that area and you have to hold tight when it halts at the stop.

020

I haven't said he was not negligent. It speaks for itself, only people in my area don't ask for safety, 'selber Schuld' is enough for them.

000

What’s your take on this? How many accidents with public transport happen in your area? This wasn’t the only incident here, but the worst apparently. I was so shocked that I stood with the mourners and laid flowers at the stop. It was harrowing to see their defeated expressions. RIP young man.

330

The witness concluded "Selber Schuld," but I ask, really? If my child slipped off my hand & ran toward the tracks, would that make me a bad parent? With proper safety investment, in those 6 seconds, he would've just had a scare. Even the lamp post next to the crossing isn't working.

The lamp post next to the crossing with a broken light bulb.

460

The accident happened at a crossing with poor visibility: overgrown shrubs, trees lining the tracks - an alley that makes some tram drivers speed. Days later, the council removed the shrubs, but the crossing remains unsafe. A witness said it took just 6 secs. from being overtaken to ending up there.

picture of the crossing a direct line no barrier that makes you go left or rith

130

Hello, I want to start the day with some controversy. Next to my tram stop is a reminder of a 19-year-old's tragic death last year. He was on an e-scooter, wearing 🎧 and ended up under a tram. It's the first anniversary this month. I still remember his friends mourning the loss. Heartbreaking.

Tram tracks & two candles (red and white) and some flowers beside.

3251

Oh, Devon! I spent 2 1/2 days cycling from London to Exeter. Didn't go further as had to catch the train back in the afternoon, had to work the nexy day

120

That's sounds like a heavenly place.

Well, I can also take the tram across a park, which is much nearer. It's pretty nice here too, there is a passage to the courtyard to avoid the main road. I like cycling, but the commute isn't pleasant since the radial roads in Berlin are heavily trafficked. There's too much pollution.

Chris Pyak @pyak.eu · 22/01/2025

Reposted by I am Germany

Let's face it: Times are bleak. Escape with me to a world that's better and more hopeful: Kill monsters, defeat evil wizards and rescue the city! In short: Learn to play #DungeonsAndDragons with me. Sign up for a 2-hour one-shot adventure here: startplaying.games/gm/chrispyak

startplaying.games

Professional Game Master - Chris Pyak | StartPlaying

I will make sure that you have a great time playing Dungeons & Dragons. Together we will create an wonderful world and experience great adventures. I run beginner friendly campaigns that allow you to ...

043

Wow. One day I visit Iceland :)

Good morning! A bit more greenery from #Marzahn – my way to the city center before reaching the S-Bahn. No speeding cars in sight. It's pretty safe for kids. Is your way to work nice?

Tall buildings in a foggy day and rain catchment area in front where dogs used to play.

Footpath through the gardens there are trees and bushes

One of the many playgrounds in the courtyards

Same footpath further up. Trees and bushes to see.

3310

That's the view of the woods from Google Earth. You can see lots of dry grass, we were experiencing some drought when the image was taken.

Google earth scresnshot of the woods I took a picture of flanked by building on east and north west side.

Kim Wexler's Ponytail 🐝💛🎗 @madisonkittay.bsky.social · 21/01/2025

Reposted by I am Germany

Germans react to Elon Musk's Nazi salute. www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8FsSTdv/

25419

Do you live near a lot of wildlife? At night, I leave my window 'gekippt' because I enjoy falling asleep to the intense bird songs. Different types of birds return in stages, and I need to ask an ornithologist to help me learn about them as they arrive.

5130

Musa Okwonga @okwonga.bsky.social · 20/01/2025

The picture looks dull, but #Marzahn is just so green! Alongside buildings they planted mini woods in the courtyards as part of DDR-Wohnumfeldgestaltung. When most birds return here in spring, a symphony at night for about a month, then it stops quickly as they have many chicks to feed. Very busy!

Woods in a courtyard a footpath leads to the main road. Behind the trees two builsings joint by a third one closing in like hexagon

3292

Reposted by I am Germany

I wrote this essay in October 2023 on the rise of fascism in Germany. www.zeit.de/kultur/2023-... Two nights ago I walked past two new and huge far-right election adverts, metres from where I had witnessed a potentially fatal attack. Two years ago it would have been unthinkable to see them there.

zeit.de

Racism in Germany: The Hatred Is Accelerating

Musa Okwonga moved to Berlin in 2014, one year after the foundation of Germany's far-right AfD party. Ever since, he's seen the country heading in a dangerous direction.

13260111

Bovril for 7, 12 or even quid 😶‍🌫️😶‍🌫️😶‍🌫️

Well...... nobody knew what 'Brexit means Brexit' actually meant back then, only the one who said it. 🤣 Has your area felt the pinch from less imports, exports?

Amazing! I did see the aurora in May but I lost the pics. I took these in October. I need to get hold of that meteorologist again as I don't want to miss any. 🤣 2025 ought to be highly active too.

It's great! Did it help you to get a good job?