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vicgrinberg, (edited ) to photography
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The Trench of Death (Belgian WWI trench) in Diksmuide.

#AboutToday #photography

mono, to solarpunk German
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Ich suche utopische Kurzgeschichten oder Romane, die in einer Nachhaltigen und Postfossilen Gesellschaft spielen, welche auch wir zeitnah erreichen könnten. Gerne Teilen!

vicgrinberg,
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@mono mir hat das hier sehr gut gefallen - https://clarkesworldmagazine.com/barber-saab_09_17/

evawolfangel, to Cybersecurity German
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Please help: I am looking for a spokesperson or even better a CISO of the government of the Netherlands - ideally both. I need a quick and easy contact for an IT security related issue. The website is not helpful.

vicgrinberg,
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@evawolfangel @bert_hubert - any contacts there? (Background: Eva is a very reputable investigative journalist).

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@bert_hubert @evawolfangel thank you!

vicgrinberg, to random
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Bruges–Ostend Canal

vicgrinberg, to til
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that German is the third official language in (I thought it was only Dutch and French!) and that there are more folks speaking Dutch than French as their first language in Belgium (I thought it was the other way around!).

Also, that has a beer pipeline: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/jul/08/bruges-pipe-dream-a-reality-beer-pipeline 🍻

vicgrinberg,
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@bert_hubert that reminds me of the confusion Austrian and Swiss radio stations always cause me (my partner and thus part time also I live close to both borders 😅)

vicgrinberg,
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@vonneudeck oh, I totally believe that! It's just that in my brain for some reason the proportions were vastly different from the official numbers, whatever they are worth.

vicgrinberg, to random
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You don't owe anyone a follow (this includes me). Not even people you've been mutuals for a while. Not even people you know on real life. Not even people whose profile you check often.

Sometimes they just post too much. Or post stuff you don't want pop up on your list (but want to check on your terms). Or they start (re-)posting hate (you don't owe them a call out; especially not if you don't think it will go well). Sometimes they are lovely folks but just bore you with their favorite sports.

verbeeld, to Trains
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For the train'ers here:

My brother-in-law wants to cycle from Antwerp to Paris with his e-bike (next year).

He'd like to take his e-bike from Paris back to Brussels/Antwerp by train.

He can't find a train that takes e-bikes.

Any advice?

#trains #ebike #nmbs #eurostar #sncf #sncb

vicgrinberg,
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@verbeeld @jon - any advice?

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Zwei kluge und schmerzhafte @tazgetroete -Artikel heute, die leider stark in Resonanz stehen:

https://taz.de/Judaistin-ueber-den-Nahostkonflikt/!5981405/

https://taz.de/Fusion-Festival-und-Israel/!6011424/

vicgrinberg, to random
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I love book recommendation lists but they often tend to upset me. My favorite kinds of lists are either international lit (where I am usually upset that there are not enough women represented) or books by non-male folks (where I am upset that it's often mostly English-writing folks).

So - here is a list of my personal recommendations of books by women in (English) translation. One book for every day of June. Feel free to join - does not have to be every day!

0/30

vicgrinberg,
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Narine Abgaryan "Three Apples Fell from the Sky / С неба упали три яблока"

A friend recommended me the book many years ago saying that it makes you feel so warm and happy afterwards - which is a strange thing to say about a book about war, abuse and the hardships of life in a tiny Armenian village, starting with the protagonist on the deathbed. But oh, it does. Because it's also a book about books and second chances and hope.

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vicgrinberg,
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Rose Ausländer - Jewish poet, Bukowina-born (today Ukraine), mostly has written in German but also (in the years after WWII) in English.

The "black milk" in Celan's work? That's an image from her work (& later he influenced her in turn).

Seek out her late poems if you can (most of her work she dictated in her last years, fully bed-ridden) - extremely condensed. Incredible.

(The photo is a graphic novel about Ausländer. Also a rec, by Ukrainian authors, in German.)

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vicgrinberg,
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Mariama Bâ - "Une si longue letter / So Long a Letter / Ein so langer Brief"

I remembered reading the book some 15 years ago and being thoroughly impressed by a world so different from my own - both in terms of society (I know almost nothing about Senegal!) and the viewpoint of a then much older women having lived such a different live.

Take a look - and if my mini recommendation is not convincing you, here is a much longer one ▶️ https://www.theparisreview.org/blog/2019/05/13/feminize-your-canon-mariama-ba/

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vicgrinberg, (edited )
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@grb090423 yay, thanks for the feedback and I do hope you like the book 🙏

vicgrinberg,
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Ingeborg Bachmann - one of the most important voices of post WWII German-language literature (not German, but Austrian). One of the main German-language literature prizes is named after her.

More here: ▶️ https://www.theparisreview.org/blog/2019/07/09/feminize-your-canon-ingeborg-bachmann/ (imho the article focusses a bit too much on her love life & fails to mention a philosophy PhD & impact of her lectures + essays)

I've read her short fiction, which I very much recommend. But there are also a novel, poetry, letters, essays.

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vicgrinberg, to random
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New glasses!

#AboutToday

vicgrinberg,
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@dmbaturin alas, they do not allow me to observe in X-rays 😉

vicgrinberg,
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@luis_in_brief Ooooh, very cool! I found yellow frames surprisingly hard to find and had given up until I tried on something else and asked for different colors they had - they actually did not have these in store and had to order them for me.

vicgrinberg,
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@verbeeld Oooh, these look great, too! My first from this brand!

megschwamb, to random
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Taking a well-being day and working from home curled up on the sofa with no meetings in comfy clothes while the tv is on. Sometimes you just need to try and refill your own tank.

vicgrinberg,
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@megschwamb 💚

vicgrinberg, to random
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If you need to get away for a bit, here are your two and a half minutes on a different world!

~ Fly across Nili Fossae with #ESA’s #MarsExpress ~

https://youtu.be/hp_qInpfY5A

Credit: ESA/DLR/FU Berlin & NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS, CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO

And some write up on the processing of the video: ▶️ https://www.esa.int/Science_Exploration/Space_Science

#astrodon #mars

vicgrinberg, (edited ) to random
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Any organization to donate [edit: that is give to a place that has use for them] old glasses to in the Netherlands that is either close to Leiden or accepts a parcel?

I have two old pair of glasses that are in good condition, but both my style and my eyesight changed too much for me to ever use them again. I tried googling - in Dutch! - but mainly find Belgium (I could also bring them to Pearle in Belgium, but it would be easier to do so in NL) :(

Boosts welcome.

vicgrinberg,
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@gpk my prescriptions are simple 😊

vicgrinberg, to Astro
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Did you know that it's actually NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope? Even though it is often referred to as "NASA" only.

European Space Agency #ESA has contributed the NIRSpec instrument, half of the MIRI instrument, and the launch (including the payload adapter & launch site services) and has 15 scientists working at the science and operations center. #CSA, the Canadian Space Agency, has contributed the NIRISS instrument.

Graphic from launch kit: https://www.esa.int/Science_Exploration/Space_Science/Webb/James_Webb_Space_Telescope_launch_kit

#JWST #astrodon

vicgrinberg,
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@schnedan https://www.esa.int/Education and https://www.esa.int/Education/Teachers_Corner/European_Space_Education_Resource_Office . The many different languages are a major challenge!

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