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Beate @temporaryhermit.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

...mussel powder really helped me with arthrose in my knee long ago - but that was just with the inflammation (and took some patience). I hope you can still work & enjoy life & it gets better. (I am 65, happily retired, and nuisances come&go & i enjoy the great days).

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Beate @temporaryhermit.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Probably not helpful at all, but just in case: I recently got a newsletter from great writer Tad Williams with similar bad news - not, as he pointed out, to garner pity - just to let us know why his latest tome is late: he cannot type. As I mentioned to him, too: once New Zealand green lipped ...

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John McCafferty @jdmccafferty.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Finger ring with built-in clock 2nd quarter of the 17th century by Johannes Butz, Augsburg Cutting edge Early Modern portable technology (Kunsthistorisches Museum Wien, Kunstkamme

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Beate @temporaryhermit.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

They're always there (everywhere they are needed) - usually the first ones, and well organized to function amidst disaster, in cooperation with the locals. One of my favorite organizations.

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Beate @temporaryhermit.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

They're on cloud 9, relaxedly relishing, aware they have arrived at the home of their dreams - very caring, full of delights, and a tiny bit batty.

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Beate @temporaryhermit.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

As I've been suspended from first old Twitter, later on IG, I am as uninformed about upcoming movies as I used to be before social media. But I look forward to & wil re-join Netflix once the next season of WEDNESDAY will drop (and possibly another APOTHECARY DIARY one & finish LOVE THROUGH A PRISM).

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Beate @temporaryhermit.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

Adding how I discovered THE STRAY CATS a while ago (yes, I live under a rock - it's comfy down here) - via a wonderful NZ teen brothers&sisters band which should be known globally and deserves quite a career: RUMPUS MACHINE youtu.be/8EYHWGfIi38?...

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Stray Cat Strut (Live Cover) - Stray Cats - Rumpus Machine - Live Classic Rock & Originals Band

YouTube video by Rumpus Machine

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Beate @temporaryhermit.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

May I suggest this as an antidepressivum: (and yes, I wish I could change reality big style instead, but I can't....doing okay myself, but could be Bill Gates and would not be able to support all that deserves supporting) youtu.be/kemVySTD8p4?...

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The Stray Cats: Rock This Town | The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

YouTube video by The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

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Beate @temporaryhermit.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

Almost there: I'm a pensioner with a ticket I can use for almost all public transport in Germany for just around 60 Euros a month. Plus side: more autonomy.

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Beate @temporaryhermit.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

Second surprise of today: (Allsang ist an event in a park in Stockholm, Sweden, at which people sing along to very popular, often old, songs, like this one by&with Yusuf/Cat Stevens) @musezack.bsky.social youtu.be/6l3LrWYNKlU?...

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Cat Stevens / Yusuf - Wild world LIVE 2026, Allsång På Skansen

YouTube video by TV-kalaset

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World Central Kitchen @wck.org · 26/06/2026

In Boca de Aroa—a coastal community more than 100 miles west of Caracas—power is out & homes have collapsed in the wake of the earthquakes. WCK restaurant partner Masa Madre is going directly to families, delivering hot meals to one of the hardest-hit communities. #ChefsForVenezuela

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World Central Kitchen @wck.org · 25/06/2026

Here's what WCK teams are seeing in Venezuela in the wake of Wednesday's devastating earthquakes. We're serving meals to families and first responders. Alongside trusted partners, we're moving as quickly as possible to expand our response to reach the hardest-hit areas. #ChefsForVenezuela

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Beate @temporaryhermit.bsky.social · 20/06/2026

It's so hot here that when I just took down my laundry from the clothesline in the attic it smelled like it was being ironed.

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Beate @temporaryhermit.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

...choose to take them when necessary and learn to recognize the red flags and regain control of their life. I heard voices for a time back in 1998 (picking on me - not telling me to kill somone) and haven't for decades. I've never killed anyone and got my life back.

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Beate @temporaryhermit.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

Most psychotic people do not hear voices that tell them to murder people, but voices which pick on them all the time. Lots of people commit murders without hearing voices which tell them to. If the system did not force patients to take meds all the time once they enter it, maybe more would ....

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Beate @temporaryhermit.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

In this case, yes - but they have awful side-effects, and you have to function, and not everybody needs them all the time. In my view, they should only be applied in acute phases when the voices threaten to take over. Found a psychiatrist called Joanna Moncrieff who came to similar conclusions.

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Beate @temporaryhermit.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

The voices are very insistent and repeat themselves over and over again, year after year. Kind of like advertising and propaganda. Even if you resist and resist, it takes its toll.

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Natalia (娜塔莉) @wrycritic.bsky.social · 25/05/2026

Slavic women: *vocalise* Western score composers: Ah yes, native American spirit sounds and extraterrestrials!

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Bulgarian folklor- Kaval sviri

YouTube video by antoniasorriso

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Beate @temporaryhermit.bsky.social · 03/05/2026

He should consult Bulgarian experts on how to turn them into perfume - easy to store for a long time, easy to transport. Or maybe rose water for perfuming desserts (for humans - but possibly goats will relish them, too).

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Beate @temporaryhermit.bsky.social · 03/05/2026

I've thought about freeze drying ever since I read your library mercenaries trilogy. It makes a lot of sense, but: to reconstitute the food you need water, and if everything crashes, obtaining clean water will be a huge problem unless you live near a clean well/creek (=how humanity spread globally).

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Beate @temporaryhermit.bsky.social · 03/05/2026

My fav New Zealand band: RUMPUS MACHINE 4 fantastic brothers&sisters doing covers & own songs very, very well youtu.be/uef1yZRv8Lo?...

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Blue Lady (Live Cover) - Hello Sailor - Rumpus Machine - Live Classic Rock & Originals Band

YouTube video by Rumpus Machine

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Beate @temporaryhermit.bsky.social · 28/04/2026

Sign I saw at the Lech waterfall close to Füssen (and Austria, and Neuschwanstein Castle) in the very South of Germany: 🤩

Sign saying 'unisex toilet' picturing an array of beings in all shapes and forms

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Beate @temporaryhermit.bsky.social · 27/04/2026

But - are you aware of ghostbuster rates ?

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Beate @temporaryhermit.bsky.social · 26/04/2026

You never know what to believe and what not - but probably that happened and should not have. (All in the name of 'fighting terrorists')

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Beate @temporaryhermit.bsky.social · 26/04/2026

...all of Germany, excluding express trains (but who loves ICE anyway.....) but including peak hours, which is a blessing to early birds like me.

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Beate @temporaryhermit.bsky.social · 26/04/2026

I wish - but I can only understand about ever fifth word, sounding like quaint old-fashioned North German, with an added tinge of Scottish and 30% totally weird stuff. Also, Germany has had the 'Deutschlandticket' for 3 years now, by now at about 60 EUR a month for unlimited public transport in..

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Northwest Trek Wildlife Park @nwtrek.bsky.social · 25/04/2026

Spring snacks, but make it spiky! 🌸

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Beate @temporaryhermit.bsky.social · 25/04/2026

Just checked&was delighted to find that the place I rent DVDs from has it. (Also nice to see you post about something you thoroughly enjoy after so many depressed posts I am at a loss about how to reply to - hang in there - this world (and us) are a mess but we're only here for a short time anyway)

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Beate @temporaryhermit.bsky.social · 25/04/2026

I just learned about prediction markets. Was not aware they existed. (Maybe I should just bet on everything going wrong - so I'll be either rich or happy things turned out better than I expected? As long as the planet still exists, I could donate wins to the victims....)

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Beate @temporaryhermit.bsky.social · 25/04/2026

The other day I got 'access denied' and with a sigh assumed I had been suspended from Bluesky, too, for breaking an obscure rule not specified to me. Turned out it was just a general bug. Today if first would not load (on laptop in Germany), then was slow, then recovered.

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Beate @temporaryhermit.bsky.social · 25/04/2026

Red lentils are amazing - you can easily turn them into a delicious soup in any pot in under 20 minutes. Most important is a good powdered soup stock. Then add a handful of frozen veggies and maybe soup noodles. And nowadays I do not even have to check them for little stones like I used to.

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Beate @temporaryhermit.bsky.social · 25/04/2026

I really can't draw, but my granddaughter has just discovered pencils, so I drew a very basic face (just a circle and dots and lines) for her and randomly added rabbit ears. I earned a delighted shriek, as I had obviously portrayed her beloved stuffed rabbit Bella.

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Beate @temporaryhermit.bsky.social · 25/04/2026

I've been wondering the same about non-smudging ball pens.

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Beate @temporaryhermit.bsky.social · 24/04/2026

I once read about one highrise in Stockholm which experiments with collecting rainwater. It's easier than seawater, which has to be transported to the building first. But I can only imagine it working for new buildings.

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Beate @temporaryhermit.bsky.social · 23/04/2026

Once passed in a tourist bus, but it did not stop. At least found that a wonderful guitarist from my childhood/youth neighborhood lived there for a few years and wrote it a song: open.spotify.com/track/7pxsfG...

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Sedona

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Beate @temporaryhermit.bsky.social · 23/04/2026

Isn't it nice that the stars (and planets) always look so clean, and sparkling ? (From afar)

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Beate @temporaryhermit.bsky.social · 23/04/2026

TBH, can't see that happening.

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Beate @temporaryhermit.bsky.social · 23/04/2026

In contrast, I wish what's happening for real for the time being were just a computer game - or a (not very good) movie.... At least it got me into reading up on lots of (more or less real) stuff on Wikipedia (as long as we have it) to understand history better instead of getting lost in Fantasy...

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Beate @temporaryhermit.bsky.social · 23/04/2026

This sounds great - but how to they keep the two water streams apart? Two isolated systems of pipes would be very complex and expensive. Using valuable drinking water to flush toilets is a waste - but to organize water systems differently is very difficult.

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Beate @temporaryhermit.bsky.social · 23/04/2026

, There you are. You're welcome. (If I would rule the universe.......((I'd sure make mistakes, but....)) )

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Massimo (mirror) @rainmaker1973-m.bsky.social · 21/04/2026

Free snack at the traffic light Original post

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Beate @temporaryhermit.bsky.social · 20/04/2026

While the May of Things is a great month, this is the one I meant to post instead of it twice:

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Beate @temporaryhermit.bsky.social · 20/04/2026

If you pronounce my name the Spanish way instead of the English one (like Beatriz), you will be much closer to the way it's pronounced in German. BTW - do you have a drum you can also sit on, or a stool you can also drum on ? (Obviously much easier on the road than complete drums)

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Beate @temporaryhermit.bsky.social · 20/04/2026

Loved your Saturday concert - too bad it will only be up on YT for 72 hours. Where again did you play ? If you want to have fun, watch with automated captions on.

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Beate @temporaryhermit.bsky.social · 13/04/2026

Yesterday I binged S1 of THE FLIGHT ATTENDANT and learned how a character who dies in the first episode can be a main one.

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Beate @temporaryhermit.bsky.social · 08/04/2026

When I woke up this (my) morning and the world still was in one piece, this is what I hoped had happened. I felt almost sure, as I felt so good and it was such a bright and sunny and peaceful morning at my place in the South of Germany. Then I got into the news and they sounded different Who knows

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