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ThatGermanGuy

@thegermanator.bsky.social
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German. Immigrant/ Expat. Husband. Farmer. Dog person. Progressive. Lover of all things Tolkien. Optimist in dark times.

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ThatGermanGuy @thegermanator.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Trekkies - nobody else feeling a bit underwhelmed by Season 4 of SNW? #startrek #strangenewworlds
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ThatGermanGuy @thegermanator.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
It blows my mind to see over and over how liberal (Dem) elites would rather see Republicans win than allow progressive candidates to shift the party even a little bit left, especially on Palestine.
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The Atlantic @theatlantic.com · 17/08/2026
“Trump officials had known I was trans,” Julia Curlee writes of her time as an intelligence official staffed to the White House. “This hadn’t been an issue until it was public—and then nothing else I’d done mattered.”
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The Wrong Kind of American
The Trump White House needed me—until the fact that I am trans became public.
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ThatGermanGuy @thegermanator.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
Exactly what they said when gas was high under Biden, amiright?
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ThatGermanGuy @thegermanator.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
But Pete Hegseth needs more crab legs. Got it.
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ThatGermanGuy @thegermanator.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
Time for bed. So much running today, and so much more tomorrow!
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ThatGermanGuy @thegermanator.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
Our family grew by one alpaca this week. Meet Willow, folks. Too bad he isn’t cute.
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Mourning NAVALNY😢 @jan-readsalot.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
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Elizabeth Warren @warren.senate.gov · 10/08/2026
We need to protect Social Security for the next generation.
The Social Security payroll tax is capped at $184,500 in income. So if you're a nurse or construction worker, you pay Social Security on 100% of your income. But if you're a lawyer raking in millions, you only pay Social Security on a tiny fraction of your income. That is not right.
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ThatGermanGuy @thegermanator.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
Gordon finished his nap and wants you to know he’s ready for a walk now. Thank you for your attention to this matter.
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Jörg Spengler 🇪🇺 @joergspengler.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
Es ist allerhöchste Zeit für den großen Verbotsantrag gegen die gesamte AfD. Das ist nicht Wahlkampf. Es ist dies aber das im Grundgesetz seit 75 Jahren ausdrücklich vorgesehene Wagnis zur Entgiftung der Gesellschaft. Wann, wenn nicht jetzt? #AfdVerbot‼️ www.sueddeutsche.de/meinung/afd-...
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Die AfD vergiftet die deutsche Gesellschaft. Es ist Zeit für einen Verbotsantrag
Was andere Länder längst erleben, könnte auch in Deutschland bald eintreten. Aber es gibt die Möglichkeit, sich zu wehren
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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 10/08/2026
If it looks like an Amazon delivery and drives like an Amazon delivery, then it's an Amazon delivery, right? Not according to Amazon. Big companies like Amazon have built a vast network of subcontractors who deliver their packages while shielding them from accountability.
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rahaeli @rahaeli.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
I genuinely do not have enough superlatives for what Brandon Scott has accomplished during his tenure as mayor, and I'm going to be so sad when he's term-limited out. I don't know if he has ambitions for higher office but I would vote for him for anything he runs for.
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ThatGermanGuy @thegermanator.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
Internet, meet Gordon. Hes 2.5 years old and loves to run more than anything. He also hates liars and fascists. Not sure where he gets that from. :)
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bluevoter24.bsky.social @bluevoter24.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
Writers can get a bit carried away. Or not. #cinema
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ThatGermanGuy @thegermanator.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
This week has been one of the most depressing in a long time. Theres no decency or rule of law left in our political class. I’ll be honest, I try to stay optimistic (by nature), but it’s getting near impossible. The elections of a few DSA- type peeps are the only bright it spot.
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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
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ThatGermanGuy @thegermanator.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
We’ve seen so much corrupt, dishonest and undignified behavior from the Senate in recent years, but watching Paul get off on using his power to finally get back at the medical expert who dared remind the world that Rand is NOT a medical expert but in fact a moron, was humiliating and depressing.
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ThatGermanGuy @thegermanator.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
Earlier this week my phone broke. I was without an iPhone for three days. To quote Brian Adams, “those were the best days of my life!”
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Guardian US @us.theguardian.com · 30/07/2026
"A concentration camp, in its most basic definition, is a place where a targeted civilian population, not necessarily accused of a crime, is detained and at least some of their basic rights are suspended," writes @jwashing.bsky.social. "That’s precisely what’s happening in the United States today."
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Don’t call them ICE detention centers. Call them camps | John Washington
I’ve spent a decade reporting on immigration enforcement. The word ‘camp’ best captures the political function of these facilities
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JeffTrnka @jefftrnka.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
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Blue Wave @votebiue.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
The world is a better place because of people like this.
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James Hughes @dystopian-fashion.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
A massive Georgia data center drained nearly 30 million gallons of water, sparking outrage among local residents asked to conserve water during a drought. Residents of Fayetteville, Georgia, first noticed something was wrong when their home water pressure mysteriously plummeted.
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ThatGermanGuy @thegermanator.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
I’d be ok with people having muskets.
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ThatGermanGuy @thegermanator.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
Bear in mind this doesn’t even account for the airplane, Board of Peace slush fund, or other bribes he’s received. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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Trump accused of ‘disgusting’ greed after earning over $2bn since return to office
Elizabeth Warren and colleagues demanded tighter rules on political figures’ crypto dealings, citing disclosures of large-scale Trump family profits
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calliesue.bsky.social @calliesue.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
May 2026. It just keeps getting worse...
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ThatGermanGuy @thegermanator.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
We’ve now acquired photographic evidence of IDF soldiers peacefully detaining a Palestinian man in the West Bank.Oofficial Israeli sources claim he went on to shoot himself in a Hamas-inspired attempt to smear the reputation of the world’s most moral military. #IDF #Israel #Hamas #freepalestine
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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 11/06/2026
How did the Iranians shoot down an Apache without possessing any radar or anti-aircraft capabilities? There are only two possible explanations: The Iranians have made a breakthrough in applied sorcery. Or the president of the United States is full of shit.
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The War of Magical Thinking
Iran. Elon. Trump.
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Kai Ryssdal @kairyssdal.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
If you credulously do a segment about the vote in California in which you don’t say the president is lying, you’re spreading disinformation to your listeners.
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ThatGermanGuy @thegermanator.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
@stpnlibrarian.bsky.social Hallo, Grüße aus colorado. Eine kurze Frage - nach paarundzwanzig Jahren werde ich nächstes Jahr wohl nach Deutschland zurückkehren. Meine Tochter will mitkommen, macht sich aber Sorgen das ihr Traumjob hier (librarian, Public Library Boulder) sich nicht übertragen lässt.
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Democrats Organizing For America @democratsofa.bsky.social · 07/06/2026
No wonder the entrenched bureaucracy hates him to much. He's showing America that things REALLY can get better when you work on behalf of everyone, not for the Epstein class.
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ThatGermanGuy @thegermanator.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
Sadly this is also true for Germany. While the historical reasons for this behavior are perhaps more understandable, it’s nonetheless a terrible miscarriage of justice. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Those who championed free speech in the UK and US now wage war on it. And here’s why: Palestine | Mehdi Hasan
It was once an article of faith that even those who speak words we disagree with deserve protection. As regards Palestine, that’s now not true, says Mehdi Hasan, editor-in-chief and CEO of Zeteo
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ThatGermanGuy @thegermanator.bsky.social · 25/05/2026
It is only the comparison to the Trump GOP that makes Democrats look appealing now, and that’s a very, very low bar. A party that needs an insane foil to hide its corporate and AIOAC driven corruption, greed, and fecklessness isn’t a party we can build a better future with.
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 24/05/2026
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Der Volksverpetzer @volksverpetzer.de · 10/04/2026
Katherina Reiche dämonisiert die Energiewende, weil das 36 Mrd €/Jahr koste: "430 Euro für jeden Deutschen". Aber damit werden bis zu 80 Mrd €/Jahr Fossilimporte ersetzt! Das sind 1040 €/Jahr für jeden - und das ohne Straße-von-Hormuz-blockiert-Preise. Und 65 Mrd €/Jahr fossile Subventionen on top.
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ThatGermanGuy @thegermanator.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
Catching up on the series on Reading Tolkien as a Literature of Resistance - would really love feedback. open.substack.com/pub/thatgerm...
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Reading Tolkien as a Literature of Resistance: Hospitality & Solidarity
When we think of help rendered to the Fellowship we think of a lot of things … maybe Gandalf volunteering to lead them, laying down his life in Khazad Dum, or maybe the aid rendered by the Army of the Dead in the taking of the ships from Umbar.
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JeffTrnka @jefftrnka.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
He is a sexual predator.
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ThatGermanGuy @thegermanator.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
Repeat after me: Israel kills journalists who report on their crimes. All the time. Gleefully. Systematically. This needs to be prosecuted.
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mimij9.bsky.social @mimij9.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
So the White House basically told the Pope to go fuck himself and that it could bomb and destroy who it wants? Calling all so called Catholics in the USA….?
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ThatGermanGuy @thegermanator.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
I haven't see this much plastic surgery in one photo in ages.
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ThatGermanGuy @thegermanator.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
Everybody should see this one graph. It tells you everything you need to know about what's wrong with America and the GOP.
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ResistwithEllen @byebyex24.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
If you havent seen this, make sure you read.
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ThatGermanGuy @thegermanator.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
They'd be fools to trust the US. We attacked their leadership and assassinated them (and their families) without warning, while overtly engaging in negotiations. Then they followed up with bombing a girls school. We are simply not trustworthy or honorable. www.theguardian.com/world/2026/a...
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‘In no way do we trust America’: Iranians react to two-week ceasefire
Sudden pause in destructive war launched by US and Israel prompts mixed feelings in Tehran
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Robert Smith @bondhack.ft.com · 09/04/2026
Hall of fame FT correction
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ThatGermanGuy @thegermanator.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
Long overdue post. thatgermanguy.substack.com/p/reading-to...
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Reading Tolkien as a Literature of Resistance: Courage in Middle Earth
Isn’t it odd how things can become so familiar that you start to miss important connections?
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Oldand in the way @oldmaninmn.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
Anyone who thinks the United States should withdraw from NATO has never studied history nor understands the mission of NATO.
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ThatGermanGuy @thegermanator.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
New Substack post, part Tolkien, part tech critique, part personal testimonial. Would love to hear your thoughts!
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The Palantir in Your Pocket
Do you really want Sauron to know all of that?
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Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
Polls are open until 7 PM!
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Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
Illinois has same-day voter registration! Make sure you show up at YOUR assigned polling place with 2 forms of ID!
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Der Volksverpetzer @volksverpetzer.de · 16/03/2026
Die Energiewende durchzuziehen, wäre billiger als alle paar Jahre eine Ölkrise und sicherlich billiger, als Kriege für Öl zu führen. Und außerdem würde sie Arbeitsplätze schaffen, um die es doch eigentlich ging.
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