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James East @jameseast.online · 13/09/2026

Found where they keep the noisy dogs in Germany

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James East @jameseast.online · 02/09/2026

Badgers was TWENTY-THREE YEARS AGO? *crumbles into dust*

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James East @jameseast.online · 24/08/2026

So the Berlin 2026 Wahl-O-Mat is live, and... well let's say there's no major shock in my results

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James East @jameseast.online · 20/08/2026

Once again I find myself thinking it's time to make that full-time career switch to Alcoholic. I could probably be a Senior Alcoholic quite quickly... 🍻

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James East @jameseast.online · 27/07/2026

Today, I genuinely heard a Scrum Master say “the corporate people don’t work in Agile, they don’t understand it means we can’t change our plans last minute” and, reader, my face reacted faster than my brain could stop it.

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James East @jameseast.online · 15/07/2026

Err, I don’t think this is what they were intending to broadcast on the BBC News channel right now…

A tv screen showing a quad-split video on a grey background with a BBC News strap at the bottom. The video contains two views of football fans in Atlanta, one black screen with a graphic and the EBU Eurovision “upcoming” slide.

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James East @jameseast.online · 26/06/2026

Yeah ok, I'll take that britmonkey.com/2020s-politi...

2020s political compass results: 81% woke / 19% chud; 38% techbro / 62% neo-luddite; 55% hopepilled / 45% doomer; 70% Davos / 30% Dubai. Closest match: Zohran Mamdani.

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James East @jameseast.online · 22/06/2026

Just arrived at the dentist‘s office for an appointment and instead of saying I was here for a zahnreinigung (tooth cleaning) I tripped over my own tongue and said darmreinigung (gut cleaning) 🤦‍♂️

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James East @jameseast.online · 20/06/2026

Don’t threaten me with a good time

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Joel Morris @gralefrit.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

Don’t ban kids using YouTube. Make YouTube behave like a broadcaster. Pay creators. Reinvest in the creative industries. Pay fair tax back into creators’ economies. Follow guidelines on fair usage and copyright. Play fair. It’s bigger than TV now. Make it behave like TV.

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Marie Le Conte @youngvulgarian.marieleconte.com · 08/06/2026

reading about the May government for a thing and mad, mad, mad that a Conservative Prime Minister said this nine years ago, I hate how much we've lost since then! I hate it so much! www.theguardian.com/society/2017...

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James East @jameseast.online · 05/06/2026

Had a pint with Anthony Head in the King's Arms in Soho once, he was a really lovely guy. Sad to see he's gone at just 72.

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Jason Hazeley @jasonhazeley.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

Fuck them. Defy. Refuse to comply. Where’s it going to end up? Head librarian given the boot? Could be the unfair dismissal case of the age.

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James East @jameseast.online · 24/05/2026

I was responsible for this (it was literally my idea while I was Product Manager for Media Playout at the BBC) and it is still my proudest achievement ever

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James East @jameseast.online · 24/04/2026

A colleague just said to me "I've always had issues setting boundaries but this job could work for someone like you, who I know doesn't have that issue" and wow does it feel cold in this shade

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James East @jameseast.online · 11/04/2026

Not sure if the s is meant to be slightly collapsed or if it’s due to all the tourists sitting on it… 😂

A selfie in front of a large sign that says “Lisboa” in the Parque Eduardo VII in Lisbon. The “s” is slightly wonky and there is a tourist leaning on it.

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James East @jameseast.online · 28/03/2026

God bless Irish pubs (but how is it easier to get this in Frankfurt than Berlin!?)

A full Irish breakfast, with bacon, sausages, mushrooms, hash brown, fried eggs, tomato, baked beans and toast

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James East @jameseast.online · 13/02/2026

This apparently eternal winter in Berlin is just pushing me towards making poor life choices (booking a flight somewhere warm and stretching my credit cards even further)

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James East @jameseast.online · 04/02/2026

Landed back in Britain an hour ago and only just now heard my first “see it say it sorted”. The country is slipping.

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James East @jameseast.online · 21/01/2026

I have to say this every time someone mentions Pingu, but my favourite ever piece of audience feedback when I worked at the BBC was a call made to CBeebies to complain that the show wasn't being broadcast in English.

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Mark O’Neill 🐻 @radiobeartime.com · 12/01/2026

The UK National Health Service has very clear information on all major medical conditions. It is browsable by all Never EVER rely on an LLM for health advice www.nhs.uk/conditions/

nhs.uk

Conditions A to Z

Find out about health conditions, including their symptoms and how they're treated.

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James East @jameseast.online · 07/01/2026

The authorities just sent an emergency alert to the whole of Berlin to tell us the power is being reconnected in the south-west. Seems a little over-dramatic…

Screenshot of the emergency alert in German and English titled “Extreme Danger” but then labelled MODERATE

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James East @jameseast.online · 24/11/2025

Accordions, all over the U-Bahn, for all of 2026? Please, $deity, no...

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James East @jameseast.online · 12/11/2025

This is literally what happened to me designthinkingcomic.substack.com/p/do-i-have-...

designthinkingcomic.substack.com

Do I have ADHD?

DTQ! for today

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James East @jameseast.online · 21/10/2025

Lads, is it gay to wash your sheets now?

A Facebook advert for „The First Bed Sheets Engineered *For Men*“ apparently now live on Kickstarter

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James East @jameseast.online · 17/10/2025

Unexpected side effect from yesterday's Covid vaccine: I feel hungover. 😵 At least, I'm pretty sure I didn't drink six pints in my sleep last night...

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James East @jameseast.online · 17/08/2025

On a warm Sunday in Berlin there’s nothing better than a few beers with friends in Mauerpark

A selfie as I sit in Berlin‘s Mauerpark with a few trees and some picnickers in the background

My bottle of Berliner Pilsner sat in the Mauerpark grass

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James East @jameseast.online · 15/08/2025

Oh, air conditioner, how do I love thee? Let me count the ways… (it’s 33°C right now in Berlin and stepping outside may lead to spontaneous combustion)

It’s me sitting on the floor cuddling a portable air conditioning unit and gazing lovingly at the temperature setting, which is at a sensible 74 degrees (well, 23 because it’s in Celsius but close enough)

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James East @jameseast.online · 11/08/2025

I got a Blue Peter badge for appearing on the show when I worked for the BBC and took part in the Mattress Dominos world record attempt. Lost it on the tube though :(

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James East @jameseast.online · 08/08/2025

So apparently the songs I enjoyed when I was in my 20s are now being played at Retro nights *crumbles into dust*

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James East @jameseast.online · 01/08/2025

Oooh look, I got a fancy new custom domain handle *swanks*

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James East @jameseast.online · 28/06/2025

I’m starting to feel personally victimised by Grindr showing me this advert repeatedly

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James East @jameseast.online · 15/06/2025

Warm sun, cold beer, yeah Berlin summers really do make those long grey winters worth it

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James East @jameseast.online · 28/04/2025

My cable internet has been out since lunchtime (I've been able to work thanks to using 5G) and I'm starting to worry I might actually have to watch *German* tv tonight 😬

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James East @jameseast.online · 18/04/2025

Tonight, a friend said to me he hadn’t heard me speaking German so I looked across the table at the group of Austrians we were with and asked „Wohnt ihr alle in Wien?“ And the three of them all looked at me and said, in unison, „Huh?“ 😖

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James East @jameseast.online · 23/03/2025

Currently, over on Instagram, I’m getting adverts for both hair removal foam and hair restoring foam. Make your mind up, algorithm!

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James East @jameseast.online · 13/03/2025

I’ve got *no* idea what this beer I’ve got in this Chinese barbecue place in Singapore is, but it’s quite good

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James East @jameseast.online · 26/02/2025

I actually quite enjoy making food, but I resent how it takes so much longer to make it than to eat it. This thought brought to you by the two sandwiches I just scarfed down for lunch.

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James East @jameseast.online · 14/02/2025

Weighed myself at my lowest ever adult weight this morning, 91.8kg (14st 6½lbs), so yay me. Now to ruin all that hard work through a weekend of binge drinking!

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James East @jameseast.online · 05/02/2025

The other day I was looking at shirts with a Russian friend and I said “I don’t really like the… y’know… neck sleeve”. He looked at me and said “you mean the ‘collar’?” and I was like… “ohh, yeah”. The German language is really beating up my head meat... err... I mean 'brain'.

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James East @jameseast.online · 03/02/2025

I feel there might be a need to go to a big gay club on Saturday night just to hear and see this go ALL THE WAY OFF on the dance floor... www.youtube.com/watch?v=vByn...

youtube.com

Lady Gaga - Abracadabra (Official Music Video)

YouTube video by LadyGagaVEVO

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JP @jpbrammer.bsky.social · 03/02/2025

Lady Gaga singing in wingdings again we are so fucking back

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James East @jameseast.online · 28/01/2025

13 years since I first visited Berlin, 8 years and 5 months since I moved here, 4 years and 4 weeks since the status of European was removed from me - I am now officially a German citizen!

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James East @jameseast.online · 10/12/2024

Finally found out what this "Dubai chocolate" stuff is that's suddenly everywhere. Finger on the pulse of current trends, me.

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James East @jameseast.online · 01/12/2024

First Glühwein of the season

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