Ben
@benbl.bsky.social
#Translator 🇩🇪👉🇬🇧 based in #Frankfurt. Banking, finance, marketing, climate, sustainability. Striving to stay one step ahead of #MTPE. Amateurish 🌱-grower, 🚂-taker and 🌳-hugger.
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Same in #Germany Same in Germany since the start of 2026. Fellow Brits in 🇩🇪, make up for the lost years and get down to your local @roteskreuz.bsky.social blood drive - pronto!
Gary Whitta@garywhitta.bsky.social · 3w agoFor many years I wasn’t allowed to donate blood in the US because I’m from the UK (mad cow disease) but apparently that’s no longer a thing so here I am.
Wir freuten uns über den Besuch am Rande der Ratstagung der Europäischen Zentralbank (EZB) in Berlin: EZB-Präsidentin Christine Lagarde und der Präsident der Deutschen Bundesbank Joachim Nagel wurden am Dienstag von unserem stellvertretenden Direktor Dr. Matthias Haß begrüßt.
Recommend - the @maggiescentres.bsky.social I've visited (Clatterbridge) is a warm and welcoming place providing great moral and admin support for people receiving treatment and their families.
Richard Smyth@rsmythfreelance.bsky.social · 2mo agoMorning all. Why not start your day by throwing some money this way? Cancer is awful but also REALLY HARD WORK and @maggiescentres.bsky.social make such a difference. ajbellgreatnorthrun2026.enthuse.com/pf/richard-s...
Feel the same about the last time I gave my kids a piggy back. The next time one of us will be carrying the other, it will probably be them putting me to bed in a care home 😞
fesshole 🧻@fesshole.bsky.social · last mo.In June, me and my wife cajoled our teenagers to go to the seaside on holiday, as we had for so many years. On the last day, in the sunshine, I stood on a sand dune with the picnic and looked down at them making sandcastles. I knew it was the last time and cried my eyes out.
Reposting this for any Can-heads in Europe who may have missed this bombshell 👇
Ben@benbl.bsky.social · 2mo agoThe Beat-Club has just casually dropped some live footage of Can - unseen since 1972 👇
Not my choice of words but I agree 💯 with the sentiment 😂
Mailman Paul@paulblanda.bsky.social · 2mo agoThis is my shit, and my shit fucks
The Beat-Club has just casually dropped some live footage of Can - unseen since 1972 👇
Can - Halleluhwah (1971)
YouTube video by Beat-Club
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Oh no. Wealthy people who only wanted to live here because they weren’t paying the same tax as everyone else are leaving because they might have to pay the same tax as everyone else. How will I cope with this turn of events? Anyway. 💅
Some great vintage footage of #Frankfurt and the Römer here 👇
German Embassy London@uk.diplo.de · 2mo agoSixty years ago, England beat West Germany 4-2 to win the 1966 World Cup. England's third goal was much-debated in Germany, going down in footballing folklore as 'das Wembley-Tor'. Enormous crowds welcomed West Germany's "honourable losers" (Times) home the following day.
Hmm, does this mean 1. anything done between 8 and 6 is not a crime (and is therefore legal) 2. crime is not allowed between 8 and 6 (but it is permitted at all other times of the day)
badly drawn boo! 🎃👻🧛🏼♀️@soapachu.bsky.social · 2mo agoThank you for your attention to this matter
Counterpoint: Viewed through a brain-washed Fox News lens, it reads as "the undeserving are getting handouts (paid out of my taxes!)". For some people it's all about the punishment.
Tamoor Hussain@tamoorh.com · 3mo agoIncredible moment where Fox News puts up a graphic with all the reasons it opposes the DSA and why people should be afraid of them
A banger of a tune with a great guitar solo at the end (that normally gets cut off on the radio, grr)
archivetvmusings@archivetvmusings.bsky.social · 3mo agoTop of the Pops (23rd June 1983). Currently at number 19 in the hit parade is Moonlight Shadow by Mike Oldfield (featuring Maggie Reilly on vocals).
Oh, I would *love* to get an Efteling-themed bike bag ❤️❤️
Hackney Cyclist@hackneycyclist.bsky.social · 3mo agoI cycled to Efteling, the largest theme park in the Netherlands, last week. Of course they have a huge bike parking area, fully staffed to check your bike in and out but only just seen that to encourage fewer car journeys if you cycle to the theme park 7 times in a year you get a free bike bag.
Yes, immigration (like Brexit) is first and foremost a "feel" issue for many people, mainly because they lack the skills to interpret the numbers. And "feel" issues - do you feel better off/threatened/betrayed? - can always be exploited by bad faith media/politicians, no matter what the data say
Indy@indy.bsky.social · 5mo agoRemember also that the average voter, when polled, says "immigration is a top concern" but also cannot identify ups and downs of immigration figures (or numbers re: small boats). Hence, these policies have no effect on public opinion. So it's actually just catering to a delusion. (Harsh, but true.)
Remarks like "sold down the river" and "betrayed" imply a lack of agency and victimhood - the idea that others, somehow, are to blame for how these people voted - voluntarily and without any duress - in the Brexit referendum.
laurentfranckx.bsky.social@laurentfranckx.bsky.social · 4mo agoActually, Brexit was a bad idea from the start. You were not betrayed. You just didn't bother to think through the consequences of your choices.
To Love Somebody Sinking Ships Fanny (Be Tender) Night Fever You Win Again That pretty much covers every era and style. Love Sinking Ships ❤️
Sinking Ships
YouTube video by Bee Gees - Topic
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Johnnie Johnstone@johnniejohnstone.bsky.social · 4mo agoDay 35 #FiveAlive Hit me with a 5-track Bee Gees primer.
In case you missed it, a great German TV documentary on the 1994 World Cup and Germany's attempt to defend the title.
WM 1994 – Elf Helden, ein Albtraum | Folge 1 der Doku-Serie
YouTube video by NDR Doku
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No. You are creating that "debate" by channelling far right opinions into the mainstream for clicks and traffic.
Sky News@news.sky.com · 4mo agoHenry Nowak murder's has highlighted the debate on whether UK police are anti-white
If you run out of things to say about art and culture, the new thing is to attack art and culture itself.
The Guardian@theguardian.com · 4mo agoThe hill I will die on: Let me tell you the one big problem with art galleries. There’s too much art | Isabel Brooks
These are excellent and certainly something a lot of people can relate to
Not sure what bothers me more, the bonkers opinions or the random capitalisation 🙄
BOOsky Eldritch 🖤👻🦝@tenredpencils1.bsky.social · 5mo agosee yer da’s having a normal one
Watch the video 👇 If you don't immediately want to be their friend and part of the awesome Sleater-Kinney girl gang, there's no helping you ...
Sleater-Kinney - You're No Rock N Roll Fun [OFFICIAL VIDEO]
YouTube video by Sub Pop
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