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Janet MacKenzie

@janmakarta.eurosky.social
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Librarian, translator,❤️ languages (currently Welsh, also DE, DA, FR; BA in FR from Birmingham Univ.) and classical vocal music (esp. choral and Lieder). Liverpudlian, has lived in Munich for over 45 yrs. #RejoinEU 🇪🇺🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🇩🇪🇩🇰🇫🇷🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

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Pirate Redux @pirateredux.bsky.social · 11h
Challenge accepted...
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Marco Fechner 🇪🇺 🇺🇦 @pankowerpflanze.de · 03/10/2026
"Wir sind ein Land, das Milliardenvermögen mit 0% besteuert, aber Bücher mit 7% und das sich dann wundert, warum Bücher für viele zu teuer sind, während die Schere zwischen Arm und Reich immer weiter auseinandergeht."
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...dann klappt's auch mit dem Lesenlernen - MarcoFechner.de
Jede aktuelle und relevante Bildungsstudie sagt uns: die Deutschen Kinder und Jugendlichen lesen sowohl zu wenig, als auch zu schlecht. Berlin ist im Vergleich der Bundesländer sogar nochmal unterdurc...
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Ursulala @ursulala.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Das macht Finnland wirklich gut:
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Michael Albert @michlalbrt.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Wir können uns das Deutschlandticket nicht leisten.
Deutschlandticket im Vergleich. Das kosten Verkehrssubventionen (Jährliche Kosten für den Staat durch Zahlungen oder verminderte Steuereinnahmen in Milliarden Euro):

Deutschlandticket: 3 Mrd. Euro
Tankrabatt: 4,1 Mrd. Euro (Mai-Juni, Oktober-Dezember)
Dienstwagenprivileg: 4,2 Mrd. Euro
Pendlerpauschale: 5 Mrd. Euro
Dieselprivileg: 7-8 Mrd. Euro
Steuerbefreiung Kerosin: etwa 8 Mrd. Euro

Quelle: Correctiv.
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Janet MacKenzie @janmakarta.eurosky.social · 03/10/2026
@thebossross.bsky.social Ooh look - I heard on #R4 Farming Today this morning that Shetland hosts a whole week of events just for knitters: Shetland Wool Week www.shetlandwoolweek.com/about/ 😁
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Shetland Wool Week | Shetland Wool Week
Shetland Wool Week exhibitions, events and classes
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TheBossRoss 🧶 @thebossross.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Two years ago the reflecting pool was reflecting, the East Wing existed and was welcoming visitors to the People's House, and the Kennedy Center was financially stable and artistically thriving. Gasoline was semi-affordable and USAID was saving human lives all over the world.

Go vote. We don't have to live like this.
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Janet MacKenzie @janmakarta.eurosky.social · 02/10/2026
Inspiring. Life is worth living to the full, but some of us need extra help - they deserve it.
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Steven Seggie @stevenhseggie.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
The death penalty is barbaric and has no place in civilized society.
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Mr RobertBob @mrrobertbob.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Yesterday, French president Emmanuel Macron said it would ⁠be “excellent ​news’ ⁠and “a good decision” ⁠if Britain decided to rejoin. Spain’s prime minister Pedro Sanchez said Britain would be welcome back to the EU "with ⁠open arms". Let’s go! #RejoinEU 🙂
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Christopher Hughes MBE @chrislinguist.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
On International Translation Day, I celebrate the translators who make meaning travel. I’ve translated certificates, court decisions, and clinical texts. Behind every document is a person, a story, a life. AI processes words. Human translators understand context and nuance. That's irreplaceable.
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Understanding Humanism @humanismedu.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Explore a humanist understanding of human nature and potential in our short animation! Humanists believe we can find joy, meaning, and purpose in life by making the most of our natural capacities. understandinghumanism.org.uk/res_films/hu...
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Human nature, human potential
Alice Roberts explores the questions at the heart of humanism: ‘What are we?’ ‘What are we capable of?’ and ‘How should we make best use of our capacities?’
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Democratic Activists @democratswin.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
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Brexit Bin 🇪🇺 🇬🇧 🇩🇪 @brexitbin.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
In case you missed it ... Labour hasn't officially talked about the benefits of EU and Single Market membership for over 10 years now. So do they expect to just pop it into the next manifesto without a warm up? It isn't enough to just mention Brexit damage. You have to say what makes the EU great!
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JL Oakley~Historical fiction author @jloakley.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Shared to my writer's group.
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M Meerkat @kackbro.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Absofreakinlutely 💯% True......
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Arabella @arabellaspireship.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
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Tooey @sueric.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
I love that my local bookstore has a banned book table. 
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Democratic Activists @democratswin.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
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Royal Institution @rigb.org · 21/09/2026
Join us on the BBC and iPlayer in late December. Now, if only the time until December could speed up! Find out more: rigb.org/christmas-lectures
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CHRISTMAS LECTURES®
Professor Jim Al-Khalili will tackle the awe-inspiring science of time in the 2026 CHRISTMAS LECTURES® from the Royal Institution, supported by CGI.
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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Over the last few months these guys made me proud to be British: kind, practical, profoundly moral, a testament to this island. Now they're targeted by the very worst of us. I just gave them a bunch of money. You should too. Show those fascist clowns what's what. rnli.org/support-us/g...
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Donate to the RNLI and help save lives at sea
Your donations really make a difference. We depend on your generosity to educate people to stay safe and prevent tragedies on and offshore. Donate here.
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Thomas Böttiger 🏳️‍🌈 @macinthemiddle.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Lieber Lars Klingbeil: Veränderung haben wir ständig. Das sagt noch gar nichts. Was wir wollen ist eine lebenswerte Perspektive. Auch für unsere Nachkommen.
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Bremain in Spain @bremaininspain.com · 20/09/2026
Well done again 🇪🇸 Spain’s new weapon against drink spiking: an ice cube that traps the drug as evidence euroweeklynews.com/2026/09/19/s...
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Spain’s new weapon against drink spiking: an ice cube that traps the drug as evidence
A Madrid startup has built an ice cube that turns blue, bitter and solid the instant a drink is spiked, trapping the drug as evidence for police.
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Jo Wolff @jowolff.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
The most insightful thing I heard about business was an academic saying that the corporate dream is that their customers should cheerfully hand over 10% of their disposable income for the rest of their lives.
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LAFAYETTE @lastudiolafayette.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
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Blue Oleta @blue-oleta.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
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fluids_guru @fluidsguru.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
I don’t understand the hand-wringing reaction to claims that nueral networks have a 10% chance of destroying civilisation. Fossil fuel companies have a 100% chance of initiating a mass extinction event. Maybe we could address that?
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Janet MacKenzie @janmakarta.eurosky.social · 19/09/2026
Ich muss mich jedes Mal kneifen, wenn ich Dominik Krauses sympathisches, junges und optimistisches Gesicht sehe und mich daran erinnere, dass er jetzt Münchens OB ist. Das macht mir fast Hoffnung … 😁😁😁
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Janet MacKenzie @janmakarta.eurosky.social · 19/09/2026
“O'zapft is! Münchens Oberbürgermeister Dominik Krause hat das 191. Oktoberfest mit 2 Schlägen eröffnet” 🍻🍺 I’m entering into the general uninhibited spirit of the thing by putting the kettle on for a nice cup of tea ☕️😉
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Ben Cadwallader @caddymation.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
isn't this also v much like how we as a nation liked to pat ourselves on the back for the kindertransport scheme during WWII while glossing over the fact we only took those Jewish refugee children because the opinion was a big 'No' to their parents coming here too?
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Janet MacKenzie @janmakarta.eurosky.social · 17/09/2026
Good news for librarians worried about young people’s library use 😁😁😁
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Mylee Joseph @mylee.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
“Reading is a great way to support our brain health, develop important cognitive skills and boost our wellbeing. It’s something we ought to be encouraging from an early age, given the increasing evidence of its benefits, particularly to children…” Sahakian #reading www.cam.ac.uk/stories/read...
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Reading for pleasure - and for better health
Reading for pleasure – from tucking into a Jane Austen classic to devouring a Heartstopper graphic novel – is linked to better mental health, greater empathy and a lower risk of dementia.
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Miaganga @miaganga.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
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Princess Vimentin PhD | Cancer Biologist @princess-vimentin.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
🧪Anti-vaxx is a modern luxury belief held by people who grew up in a society that worked to make everyone safe by collective vaccination.
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Militarnyi @militarnyi.com · 13/09/2026
🇩🇰 Denmark is preparing civilian priests to conduct military funerals in the event of a large-scale war, with scenarios involving up to 20 military deaths per day. Training will begin in January. militarnyi.com/en/news/denm...
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Denmark Prepares Priests to Bury Up to 20 Soldiers a Day in Case of War
Denmark is preparing priests to conduct a large number of military funerals in the event of a large-scale war in Europe.
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JeffV @jeffv.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
This reminds me of all the times someone said “AI will destroy jobs” to which I replied: “AI doesn’t destroy jobs. Corporate executives use AI to destroy jobs.”
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Dee Lomas @deelomas.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
The RNLI volunteer has told us that donations usually run at £20,000 per day. Currently running at £100,000 per day! Bloody brilliant!
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Janet MacKenzie @janmakarta.eurosky.social · 10/09/2026
On it, Boss 👍
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Janet MacKenzie @janmakarta.eurosky.social · 09/09/2026
I am now officially too old for Apple. The event currently streaming makes this only too obvious 😨 A clear case of So Long And Thanks For All the Fish
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Bylines Scotland @bylines.scot · 09/09/2026
As the politics of fear, exclusion and division dominate the news cycle, I return to the image of family through the image of a shared meal: who gets invited, who feels welcome, what is served, and whether there is room for people who do not look, think or believe like us | Naz Saad
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At my table – an ode to inclusion 
As the politics of fear, exclusion and division dominate the news cycle, I return to the image of family through the image of a shared meal: who gets invited, who feels welcome, what is served, and whether there is room for people who do not look, think or believe like us
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Charles Fourier @charlesfourier.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Bill Bryson’s words seem appropriate to post right now
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Rebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
I think I noted during the recent Belfast riots that a certain kind of man is not really interested in protecting women & girls; he's interested in protecting the exclusive right of his kind of man to abuse and control women and girls.
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FinnMackay @finnfox.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
There is no such thing as an illegal asylum seeker. If any of us had to flee for our lives international law recognises that we may not be able to get visas overnight or at all, have money, have passports, fly out of a national airport...so we'd have to go however we could.
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Emily Graham @emilyagraham.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
Brilliant piece on the desperate need for social care reform - thank you @nicolakellywrites.bsky.social Arranging care in that moment of crisis is so tough but typical for so many families - at Care Rights UK, we often hear it described as a maze
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Linda K Sienkiewicz @lindaksienkiewicz.com · 07/09/2026
Shoutout to libraries for keeping fiction and non-fiction separate, that is not easy to do these days. @Goodwill Librarian
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Katharina Kanzan @kathakritzelt.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Für die Basketball-WM der Frauen wurden schon über 200.000 Tickets verkauft. Das ist ein neuer Rekord und liegt bereits deutlich über dem Turnier im Jahr 2022. 🏀🏀🏀 Es gibt zu viele negative News, deswegen poste ich jeden Tag eine #guteNewsdesTages.
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Natasha @nastynatasha--1.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
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Janet MacKenzie @janmakarta.eurosky.social · 02/09/2026
I had a good university education but was definitely never an intellectual high-flyer. I do my best to keep myself informed and to understand basic concepts of economics and social science. Good average. So why are so many in positions of immense political power apparently unable to do the same?
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Janet MacKenzie @janmakarta.eurosky.social · 02/09/2026
I have to keep pinching myself to remind myself it's *America* which is creating this utter devastation in the world. *America*. I live in Germany. *Germany*. Has no-one over the Atlantic ever read a single history book??
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Peigi MacKillop @peigibheag.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Spent afternoon chatting & drinking tea with women, making notebooks to sell for the Linda Norgrove foundation. For education, health and childcare for women and children in Afghanistan. Sold throughout shops in Outer Hebrides #LindaNorgrove
Twelve brightly coloured hand made notebooks.
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Actuel Moyen Âge @agemoyen.bsky.social · 30/11/2024
Les travaux de #NotreDame sont terminés, avant sa réouverture au public le 8 décembre. Visiblement, le résultat est superbe... 🤩👏 Mais au fait, connaissez-vous l'histoire (médiévale) de ce lieu ? Un fil pour tout savoir sur cette cathédrale si spéciale ⬇️! #medievalists #medievalsky
Photo du choeur de Notre-Dame de Paris en novembre 2024
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