Shocked at how bad the signage is every time I come back to Berlin no matter the entry point. I shouldn’t be this confused returning to the city I’ve lived in for more than a decade. But alas Germans can’t make proper wayfinding.
Alper Cugun
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Doing Platform Engineering in Berlin Now: gym, studying Japanese, Critical Role, Cuppin.gs, Rust
Surely progressively governed Vienna will now embark on a historic plan of emergency climate adaptation? Nobody would continue business as usual under these circumstances, would they?
Kachelmannwetter@kachelmannwetter.com · yesterdayBREAKING, ÖSTERREICH: Nun sind es schon 41,0 Grad in Wien-Stammersdorf und es kann noch etwas heißer werden. Noch nie war es so heiß wie heute in Österreich! #Rekordhitze #Wien /CG kachelmannwetter.com/at/messwerte...
Greetings after a mad dash to section G of platform 22 on Munich HBF in 33C full sun. What a botched redevelopment of a train station this is. In the Netherlands I imagine temporary station squares and pedestrian bridges would be erected to prevent this misery.
Typischster deutscher Mann im ICE: „Ich lehne jede Form von Digitalisierung ab.“
Love to see a dog owner being kicked out of a resort because they think that “dog friendly” means their dog can be off leash in the common garden permanently. Not all dog owners but pretty much most of them.
You can muddle through life a long way but when you have children you will definitely come to face a reckoning. #spahn
One of the funnier discoveries of this summer is how much better American sports commentary is for both the World Cup and for Le Tour. A guy called the bug has a better football podcast (The Beautiful Pod) than anything I’ve ever heard in Europe.
Building on Tempelhof should be traded against structural pro-construction measures that will generate hundreds of thousands of units. It shouldn't be wasted on a one-off real-estate sweetheart project that lets party insiders make bank.
Renate Künast@renate-kuenast.de · 3w agoHallo Berlin, am 20. September #Grüne wählen. Wegner belügt Berlin, tritt aber nicht zurück, sein Senat schafft es nicht, laufende Bauprojekte schneller umzusetzen, weder Wegner noch #Evers sorgen bei Merz für eine Mietrechts Änderung! www.tagesspiegel.de/berlin/evers...
So it’s standard now for people in Berlin to travel to Copenhagen to get married and nobody in the administration here considered that may be something that they need to fix? Is there even anybody at the wheel here?
“erhebliche negative Konsequenzen für den Immobilien- und Finanzmarkt in der Bundesrepublik Deutschland” Don't threaten me with a good time. taz.de/Verbot-von-V...
Verbot von Vergesellschaftungen: Das doppelte Spiel der SPD
Beim Plan der Bundesregierung, die Vergesellschaftung von Wohnungskonzernen zu verhindern, spielt die SPD eine viel größere Rolle, als bislang bekannt. Sie folgt dem Druck der Immobilienlobby.
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If you need a man to lie through his teeth, you couldn’t have done better than Mark Rutte. Perfect man for the job.
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 4w agoMark Rutte: "This summit has shown that the alliance is stronger than ever. An alliance that is united." 🙃
Reading the election program of the Linke for Berlin so you don't have to. (Oddly enough it's only available in German and also very very long.)
Wahlprogramm: Die Linke Berlin
Berlin ist deine Stadt. Doch derzeit fühlt es sich viel zu oft nicht danach an. Berlin lebt von dir. Von ...
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Yesterday I had to listen to somebody claim that the vastly underperforming Italian education system is better than what we have here in Berlin because “everybody gets a chance.” People are just so stupid.
However much they say that Berlin has great public transportation, my kids would prefer to never take it. I understand because it’s a total shitshow and it’s one of many areas where the city is failing its weakest (in favour of the junkies who have taken over the network).
This morning I cycled past some people of the SPD who were building up an election stand and shouted abuse at them. I encourage everybody else to do the same. They’re pieces of shit and this entire campaign should be miserable for them.
Policies like this one are why we had to bring back the r-word. Because that’s what the people in government are. No ideas in Germany and no progress for decades now. Just flogging the dead economy harder hoping something, anything will happen.
Philipp Eckstein@eckstein.bsky.social · last mo.„Die telefonische Krankschreibung wird abgeschafft“ … „Wir führen eine verpflichtende Vorlage der AU-Bescheinigung ab dem ersten Tag der Erkrankung“ 4/x
Marokkanen zijn wel grappiger dan Turken. En als je denkt hoezo zijn al die gasten zo, ga maar Marokko en daar is iedereen op straat ongeveer zo.
Marijn Sax@marijnsax.bsky.social · last mo.Journalism does not exist in Germany because it's common to practice private censorship on any and all publications. Whoever has the money to pay for lawyers, can redact anything they don't want from the public record.
Annika Joeres@annikajoeres.bsky.social · last mo.Unsere intensive Recherche über Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg hat ihn offenbar verärgert – nur wenige Stunden nach der Veröffentlichung forderte uns seine Anwaltskanzlei Schertz Bergmann auf, den Artikel zu löschen. Natürlich lehnten wir das ab. Lest jetzt unseren Beitrag:
In between offices, I got a (reimbursed) plan for some premium coworking in Berlin which I thought would cover the gap. Now I understand why people are preferring to work and take calls in coffee shops. Coworking is awful and I couldn't be productive there at all.
What does anybody think the European summer of 2035 is going to look like?
Sommer bedeutet dass Kai Wegner im Dauertennismodus ist. Ein Bürgermeister wovon man nichts erwartete und der trotzdem enttäuscht hat.
Nadine Roßa@nadrosia.bsky.social · last mo.Müsste es jetzt nicht Krisensitzungen in Senat/Kanzleramt und Co. geben wo Sofortmaßnahmen besprochen werden wie: Wie kühlen wir die Städte? Wo entsiegeln wir? Wie stoppen wir Hochhausbauten, die Fassaden voller Glas planen? Wie rüsten wir Schulen/Kitas/Krankenhäuser usw. mit Klimaanlagen nach?
If you see anybody in the German government, get this message into their heads. Find them wherever they may be hiding.
Patrick Breitenbach@patrickbreitenbach.de · last mo.Aufgeplatzte Autobahnen, Rettungsdienste und Pflege am Limit, Blackouts durch brennende Stromtrafos, Badeunfälle, Trinkwasserknappheit in Großstädten, ÖPNV muss teilweise eingestellt werden, Sport- und Kulturveranstaltungen abgesagt. Hört ihr es? Dieses ohrenbetäubende Schweigen der Regierung?
Does Germany have a government at the moment? Are they all on Mallorca or something?
Emergency doc@emergencydoc.bsky.social · last mo.Sowohl in der ZNA als auch im Rettungsdienst herrschte die ganze letzte Woche Ausnahmezustand. Von Neugeborenen über 20-40- bis hin zu fast 100-jährigen habe ich alles gesehen an Hitzebetroffenen inklusive mehrerer Tote. Ich arbeite seit 2000 im Krankenhaus und habe das noch nie so schlimm gesehen.
Most likely this will be Berlin's next mayor in the eternal back-and-forth between CDU and SPD just because the Greens refuse to run a serious candidate. With that, any hope of the city government improving something in Berlin vanishes. spd.berlin/steffen-krach/
Steffen Krach - Spitzenkandidat der SPD Berlin
Steffen Krach ist der Spitzenkandidat der SPD Berlin für die Abgeordnetenhauswahl am 20. September 2026 und für das Amt des Regierenden Bürgermeisters.
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Disregarding the bicycle street is the norm until some bros here seem to have caused a minor accident on Mariannenplatz. The entire street had congregated to make sure they don’t flee and face some justice. In the Berlin of today, there are no traffic rules to speak of.
A lot can be explained about the Netherlands that Ernie was voiced by a legendary polymath and artist Wim T. Schippers who just passed away. Children's entertainment is always to be taken seriously. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wim_T._...
Wim T. Schippers - Wikipedia
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