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me as a writer: Oh no I can’t write that, somebody else already has

me as a reader: hell yes give me all the fics about this one scenario. The more the merrier

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Extremely funny.

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Ireland's fixation with hating Israel and Israeli people is dark and medieval.

But this is who the Irish represent: Arabs in the West Bank and Gaza who have been indoctrinated with a medieval superstition of and hatred towards Jews.

Like father, like son.

As shameful as this story is, be glad that you aren't on their side.

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I ask one Labour MP who does support Israel why so many of his colleagues parrot murderous lies about the Jewish state. He looks unhappy and lowers his voice. “It’s pressure from… the community,” he murmurs. Which community, I ask? Does he mean Britain’s Muslims? He nods, wordlessly. And his Labour colleagues believe absolutely everything the BBC tells them about Gaza, he says in despair; the BBC is the prime source of the lies and the hatred of Israel in Britain.

Journalist Melanie Phillips in A Few Days in London.

How chilling to see elected representatives of our country too afraid to withstand intimidation from a minority community in Britain. And even those who resist said intimidation are too afraid to call for it to stop, let alone identify it.

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The courageous pro-Israel writer and activist Jonathan Sacerdoti finds that his invitation to address students at the UWC Atlantic School in Wales has been cancelled. Sacerdoti had been invited to talk to them about antisemitism and journalism. After complaints by pro-Palestinian students, the school lost its nerve. Sacerdoti writes in the Spectator: "They cited concerns over students’ “emotional safety” and the difficulty of managing their reactions. The solution they proposed? That I record a pre-vetted video answering pre-approved questions, ensuring that my presence would be absent in every possible way… In one discussion, I was told that some students might lose control of their emotions and say something “perceived as being antisemitic”. Their concern was that this might be “incriminating”, putting the student in a “vulnerable position”. The real risk was not antisemitic abuse, but how they would be judged for it."

Journalist Melanie Phillips reporting an extract from the writer Jonathan Sacerdoti. Phillips' article is called A Few Days In London.

Notice that the UWC Atlantic School in Wales knows that students will pelt Jonathan Sacerdoti with antisemitic abuse if he arrives to speak. And the university's only concern is that the antisemites may be judged. No concern for Mr. Sacerdoti's right to free speech and the legal protections in British law against racial discrimination and abuse. In other words, Mr. Sacerdoti's civil rights go to the wall in order to protect antisemites studying for degrees, hiding behind "emotional safety".

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Igor Popov - Evening on the Lenin Peak (1957)

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Here, Putin’s cold cunning is visible. By lifting the phrase ’30 day ceasefire’ from the original proposal and transplanting it into a proposition that actually helps the Kremlin but hinders Kyiv, Putin allowed Trump to be able to claim a victory while in reality banking one for the Kremlin. ‘We agreed to an immediate Ceasefire on all Energy and Infrastructure,’ Trump wrote on social media. ‘With an understanding that we will be working quickly to have a Complete Ceasefire and, ultimately, an END to this very horrible War between Russia and Ukraine.’ Even as Trump wrote those words Iranian-made Russian drones rained down in raids on central Kyiv and Sumy – just not on energy infrastructure. Trump claimed that he had had a ‘very good and productive’ conversation with Putin. In reality, Putin played Trump like a fiddle. The two men agreed to form a contact group that would meet very soon to discuss detailed proposals at a Middle Eastern location. Another home run for Putin. He gets to bury negotiations in committee for months, while adhering to every appearance of constructive engagement.

Owen Matthews writing for The Spectator, in an article called Putin Has Played Trump Like A Fiddle

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Maximilian Liebenwein - The Legend of Saint George: The Rescue (1903)

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“Don’t be a victim of your own mind.”

— Unknown

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Happy playing! It's a wonderful instrument.

love for playing the cello rediscovered

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Sehr gut.

I made a batch of Milchbrötchen yesterday, using a recipe written in German. Had several of these words on it!

German Cooking and Baking Vocabulary

das Backblech – baking tray die Backform – baking tin das Backpapier – baking paper der Esslöffel (pl. die Esslöffel) – tablespoon das Küchenmesser (pl. die Küchenmesser) – kitchen knife die Küchenwaage – kitchen scales der Küchenwecker – kitchen timer der Messbecher (pl. die Messbecher) – measuring cup der Ofen – oven das Papierbackförmchen – patty pan; paper case die Pfanne – pan der Pfannenwender – spatula die Reibe – grater das Rezept (pl. die Rezepte) – recipe das Sägemesser – serrated knife der Schneebesen (pl. die Schneebesen) – whisk das Schneidbrett (pl. die Schneidbretter) – cutting board der Schongarer – slow cooker das Sieb – sieve der Sparschäler – peeler der Stabmixer – stick blender der Teelöffel (pl. die Teelöffel) – teaspoon der Topf (pl. die Töpfe) – pot; saucepan der Topfhandschuh – (pl. die Topfhandschuhe) – oven mitt der Topflappen (pl. die Topflappen) – potholder die Zutat – ingredient

(etwas) ausrollen – to roll (something) out braten – to roast; to fry einfetten – to grease entkernen – to core garen – to cook hacken – to chop kochen – to cook; to boil messen – to measure pürieren – puree raspeln – to grate reiben – to grate schneiden – to slice umrühren – to stir (etwas) verquirlen – to whisk (something) vorheizen – to preheat (etwas) wenden – to turn (something) over; to flip (something) wiegen – to weigh würzen – to season zubereiten – to prepare

cremig – creamy frisch – fresh klebrig – sticky knusprig – crispy körnig – grainy schmackhaft – tasty tiefgefroren – frozen

sich eine Schürze umbinden – to put on an apron lange Haare zusammenbinden – to tie up long hair sich die Hände waschen – to wash one’s hands

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strangely common misconception that words have basically the same meanings in every langauge and that translation is just a matter of identifying which exact word in the target language corresponds to the word in the original language

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in germany we have a word called “durchwurschteln” which is literally translated into “sausage yourself through your troubles” and that is beautiful

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Bloody hell, Bavarian is another language. I can just about get my head around natural spoken German after years of wasting time on terrible learning methods. But I was clueless when I saw Mir san mir from Bayern Münich's official slogan!

"German fluency" is a fake thing. Because no matter how good you are, even if you are a native speaker, someone somewhere has an accent that will make you say "wie bitte?" repeatedly with increasing desperation each time.

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THIS IS IN MY CITY! It's on a lamppost that leads to a park, and it's written in English.

Not bad. But have you been to Baden-Württemberg?

I feel like i'm obligated to tell all German learners about one of the biggest inside jokes Germany has to offer

and it's this sticker:

This sticker says:

"Nice here.

But have you ever been to Baden-Württemberg?"

Baden-Württemberg is one of Germany's federal states. Now i don't know the background behind this sticker (probably tourism marketing) or how exactly it turned into the biggest inside joke ever, but anyways

This sticker is EVERYWHERE. And when i say everywhere, i mean like on the Golden Gate bridge, on top of mount Everest, on the pyramids in Egypt, in Tschornobyl, on the Burj Khalifa, and so on.

No place on earth is safe.

Evidence below:

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The reality of your country being seized by Islamic jihadists. Horror, mass murder, tyranny. Every Westerner who cheered for Hayat al-Tahrir al-Sham should hang his or her head in shame. And those Western politicians that poured millions in taxpayer's money into the hands of a known terrorist organisation, not to mention the obsequious photo-ops with Mohammed al-Jolani, should face a public inquiry.

Yesterday, they almost took my cousin. A bunch of armed men came into my aunts house, and forced him to show them his passport.

His luck is that he isnt an alawite. Otherwise he might have been shot, just like many others have been.

But others in my family ARE alawites. My other cousins, my uncle. They are afraid, they cant leave the house.

And the syrians in europe are celebrating their new *freedomn*. Look at whats happening and tell me that is freedomn.