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The Merlins in Berlin

@themerlins.bsky.social
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Wife, momma, coffee drinker. Still finding glitter from last Mardi Gras. Life as an immigrant in Berlin. she/her

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 20h
Neiman Marcus closed its downtown Dallas flagship on Wednesday. The store played a notable role in the history of desegregation in Dallas. Previously, Black shoppers across the US could enter department stores, but they weren't allowed to try on clothes without adhering to certain conditions. 🧵
A notice about the Neiman Marcus store opening in downtown Dallas.An old photo of the Dallas flagship.
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The Merlins in Berlin @themerlins.bsky.social · 22h
Very good thread.
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womensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
'I Exist LOL' by contemporary US artist Martha Rich #WomensArt #FridayFeeling #UnlockingWomensArt
Colourful artwork with various motifs, such as star shapes, stylised eyes and lines against a pink background
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Kumail Nanjiani @kumail.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
AI will never be able to make art. Thanks.
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womensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Elizabeth Catlett, Mother and Child, 1944 #womensart
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The Merlins in Berlin @themerlins.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
25 yrs ago (!) I was in the University of Alabama Wind Ensemble and we played this piece. I fell in love. It was the first Eric Whitacre piece I’d played. It was also the only time I ever missed a concert because 25 yrs ago my grandfather passed away. music.apple.com/us/album/oct...
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October by Eric Whitacre & Tokyo Youth Orchestra on Apple Music
Song · 2008 · Duration 6:59
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The Merlins in Berlin @themerlins.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Guten Nacht, y’all. It’s been a full and rewarding day. Let’s do it again tomorrow, oder?
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The Merlins in Berlin @themerlins.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
WHAT THE FUCK?!
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The Merlins in Berlin @themerlins.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Slowly but surely getting through my Berliner list! Today was my first lunch concert at the Philharmonie. I got there around noon, concert starts at 1. Y’all. I barely found a place to sit on the stairs. It was FULL. And more people kept coming in. Cafe was open as well.
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The Merlins in Berlin @themerlins.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
In today’s edition of Treat Yo Self…free lunch concert at the Philharmonic.
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womensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Three girls (1932) by Amrita Sher-Gil. Then, Amrita Sher-Gil, influential Hungarian-Indian painter #WomensArt
Portrait of three Indian girls dressed in pink or green saris facing left
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The Merlins in Berlin @themerlins.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
I’m good, thanks.
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womensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Artemesia Gentileschi, Judith Beheading Holofernes, 1620 #UnlockingWomensArt
Painting of a dramic scene reflecting two women in the process of beheading a prone man
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The Merlins in Berlin @themerlins.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Words from German class: 1. trinkenfest We were talking about food and drink and teacher brought up Oktoberfest (NOT a Berliner thing, y’all keep that in Bayern). It can be called a trinkenfest because it’s a Fest for Trinken (drinks).
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The Merlins in Berlin @themerlins.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Bonus points for answering a message all in German while singing American music from the 90s. Muscle memory is STRONG.
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The Merlins in Berlin @themerlins.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
While I appreciate the relative quietness of Berlin, some days I miss being surrounded my music in public like in New Orleans. I know what it means.
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womensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
While listening to council meetings in Montreal, local mayor Sue Montgomery decided to knit in red when men spoke and in green when women spoke, when similar numbers of both attended. Day 1 results.... #WomensArt
Photo of uneven knitting with much larger amounts of red yarn than green
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The Merlins in Berlin @themerlins.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Ok. Fine. I’m putting my phone down and starting my German homework. Ok, maybe not putting my phone down because I need my dictionary. But closing my apps.
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The Merlins in Berlin @themerlins.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Looked at the clock and realized I still haven’t done my German homework. I did wash clean clothes for tomorrow. 😬🤦🏻‍♀️
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The Merlins in Berlin @themerlins.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Progress. Now my arm and fingers are sore.
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The Merlins in Berlin @themerlins.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Today’s assignment. Crochet oldest kiddo’s bday present (one month late). I have written the pattern out from a Portuguese video. Hopefully this will only take a couple of days. I also have German homework to finish.
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The Merlins in Berlin @themerlins.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Anybody in Berlin up for watching the marathon finish tomorrow? The lead woman is trying for a world record and Berlin is a fast course.
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The Merlins in Berlin @themerlins.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Trying to drag my family out to experience “sunshine”. Ugh, I’m the worst.
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The Merlins in Berlin @themerlins.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Today is an immigrant story kind of day. Most days I feel confidant enough to do whatever I want or need to. But days like today sneak up even after 2 yrs here. Went to library to look for a book that youngest kiddo wants to read. Didn’t see it on the shelves so I decided to suck it up
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The Merlins in Berlin @themerlins.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Y’all. She’s too stinking cute when she sleeps and hugs the couch. Good night. Get some rest and we’ll be back in the morning.
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The Merlins in Berlin @themerlins.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Lulu is over this week.
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Liz Climo @lizclimo.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
New designs available in my @threadless.bsky.social shop 💝 lizclimo.threadless.com
Pomeranian dog wearing a pink cowboy hat is looking in a hand mirror. Text says “Find out who you are and do it on purpose -Dolly Parton”
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womensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Tapestry created by women artisans of the Otomi, Mexico (artist makers names unknown) #WomensArt
Long rectangular embroidery on cream cloth featuring images of a bird, rabbit and plants with blossoms in stripes and bright colours
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The Merlins in Berlin @themerlins.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Also? 50 degrees F/12 C and I’m in Birkenstocks and took my sweater off to reveal my sleeveless shirt. I’m giving the Omas heart attacks.
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The Merlins in Berlin @themerlins.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Waiting for a haircut. Only the second time I’ve cut my hair in Germany. She speaks English so hopefully this goes better than the last time…the nice Turkish man said my head was shaped funny for my hairstyle I wanted (and had had for a year).
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The Merlins in Berlin @themerlins.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Everyday this week is full until Friday. And the weather/pressure change is making sure I have a massive headache each day, too. Woo.
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The Merlins in Berlin @themerlins.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Morgen!
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www.slowtravelberlin.com @slowberlin.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Gk to this hallway sign 🫡 ☕️ #berlin
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The Merlins in Berlin @themerlins.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
As the weekend election results are being discussed I have realized that the parties in Germany use colors to identify themselves, like in the US. While I’m happy with a rot (red) majority it still makes me do a double take. Red in the US is the Republican Party. 😳
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www.slowtravelberlin.com @slowberlin.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Guten morgen to Herr Twain ☕️ 🇩🇪 #berlin
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The Merlins in Berlin @themerlins.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Laundry started. Nails manicured and polished. German time!
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The Merlins in Berlin @themerlins.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Building up a book list. Anybody have any feminist and Hispanic books to recommend?
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The Merlins in Berlin @themerlins.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
SHE BEAT HIS ASS. Also, check out the thread. Lots more sports examples!
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The Merlins in Berlin @themerlins.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
She would be SHOCKED. Impressed. Proud, I think.
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The Merlins in Berlin @themerlins.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Ugh. I don’t wanna. My motivation to do anything ever is highest first thing in the morning. After lunch has never been my best time for classes, studying, etc. But then I remember that I sit in between a Tunisian woman and a Japanese woman in class. 1/2
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The Merlins in Berlin @themerlins.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Hey, NOLA folks…is anybody coming to the saints game next month??
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The Merlins in Berlin @themerlins.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Had yet another new student in class…from Afghanistan. I feel like I should apologize profusely whenever fellow students ask what country I’m from.
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The Merlins in Berlin @themerlins.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
YAS. 🎉
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Jonathan Edward Durham @thisone0verhere.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
It is too early for this…
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The Merlins in Berlin @themerlins.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Alright, @malber1.bsky.social Checking in our our fav feminine Gary!
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The Merlins in Berlin @themerlins.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
I’ve been up since 3 am and have a 3 hr German class today. Then errands. Going to be a challenging day. 🤦🏻‍♀️
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The Merlins in Berlin @themerlins.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
The Dorf has defeated Neukölln. 🏀
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womensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
'Morning conversation', linocut by Olesya Dzhurayeva, contemporary Ukrainian printmaker #WomensArt ( one of the many hugely talented iinterviewees in the latest womensart book 'Reframing Women Printmakers')
Print in black and white of two tea cups on saucers next to two teaspoons on a surface
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The Merlins in Berlin @themerlins.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
May Day on Apple TV was really good!
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Danny Cherry Jr (twitter/Insta/tiktok: @Deecherrywriter) @deecherrywriter.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Anytime someone wants to state that America was founded as a Christian nation, please point them to the 1791 Treaty of Tripoli.
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