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Basil paced as Ambrose and Caleb debated solutions, their discourse urgent yet hushed amidst the console's staccato sparks. If the Atlantis Infinity couldn't engage her time rotors to cleave the centuries, they’d expire here in Charlemagne's court, erased from history’s loom - three strands severed hundreds of years too soon.

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Last weekend I went to see an special exhibit of LGBT history in Germany that was at the National Documentation Center for the History of National Socialism - aka - The NAZI Museum. While the #LGBT history was interesting, what was most surprising and troubling i found in the permanent exhibit there is that the Nazi movement and rise to power is an absolute roadmap for what is occurring in the United States today. Here are some excerpts from the permanent exhibit that certainly opened my eyes, and I hope will open others as well: "The Party could call on the support of influential backers within the city’s ethnic chauvinistic and antisemitic networks. Incendiary dogma and violent rhetoric shaped the party’s public image and the fire brand Hitler drew masses of listeners. Incendary dogma went hand in hand with the rhetorical kind. A troop of young men, a para-military storm battalion (SA), ostensibly founded to ‘provide security at public events’, flexed their muscles and tried to attract attention by brawling in auditoriums, staging marches and engaging in militant acts of provocation. ...One key to Hitler success was the support from well educated and wealthy bourgeois circles. Respected families arranged contacts and made money available. With the help of donations and financial guarantees the NAZI party acquired the “Peoples Observer”, which gave the Hitler movement its own newspaper. ...Despite being inspired by militant masculine ideology and dominated by men, the Nazi movement could also draw on the support of women from the ethnic chauvinistic milieu. This image, taken at a 1923 meeting, with the number of respectable middle and upper class people in the audience, suggests the Nazi party was broadly accepted. ...The Nazi party’s path to power was not inevitable, triumphant march. The defensive measures of the state and civilian resistance never came together to form an effective counter-force. The Weimar Republic failed because people didn't oppose extremism vigorously enough." (at NS-Dokumentationszentrum München) https://www.instagram.com/p/Cry1N3XOnFG/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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Urban design at it's finest. One can get all conceptual and fancy to control flow but peeps gonna walk where peeps gonna walk. 😂 (at München Germany) https://www.instagram.com/p/CrxZ2_ltKhv/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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Before the night ended, it happened again!!! The Germans don't quite know what to make of me. 😂 🎶I have a history of losing my shirt!🎶 #beardedhomo (at Selige Münchner Maikönigin) https://www.instagram.com/p/CrsoyodNr-j/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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T.R.O.U.B.L.E. beim Maikönigin Straßenfest 2023, München Annual street fest and celebration for the crowning of the new Munich May Queen 2023. So much fun to be out with the Jungs on a nice Spring night, amidst smiles and joy, cold beer & dancing in the street with good beats by @djjamesmunich #beardedhomo #becomingbavarian (at Selige Münchner Maikönigin) https://www.instagram.com/p/CrsjgrQNfKA/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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it's Labor Day weekend in Germany. We celebrate a little differently than in America. #Maikönigen in München (at NiL - Café & Bar) https://www.instagram.com/p/Crq10HEugri/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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Rose all Day with the Jungs & Mädels. They call it Saturday Wine Fever. #beardedhomo drinks Wein (at Viktualienmarkt München) https://www.instagram.com/p/CrnuE9xOs17/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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Oh shit! After Elton John I went out with the boys for a beer on the way home and ran into my future self! "The encounter could create a time paradox, the result of which could cause a chain reaction that would unravel the very fabric of the space-time continuum and destroy the entire universe!" #mustachecapacitor (at Edelheiss) https://www.instagram.com/p/Crlcz8CNx0a/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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Elton John put on a great show last night in Munich. His voice sounded captain fantastic and his band rocked it. Really interesting visuals of a retrospective of his career (of course). He did not play Daniel, sadly, as he played at other dates during this tour nor did he play anything from Lion King. However, there were some gems that I did not expect to hear live, like Someone Saved My Life Tonight and Levon... and I might have teared up a little, at the concert, as I'm burning out a fuse out here alone. So glad I went. (I may have also been secretly, hoping Dua Lipa might come out on stage when he performed Cold Heart. 🙈) It was a wonderful sendoff, I made the jumbotron 😝 and the bitch has left. We'll miss the Rocket Man. (at Olympiahalle München) https://www.instagram.com/p/CrlBfOANCqD/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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I can't really complain about the last minute singleseat I got at Elton John. (at München Olympiahalle) https://www.instagram.com/p/Cri_4juOTk-/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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headed in early for a big Olympic size night ahead. They really should've painted the walkway yellow! (at Olympiapark München) https://www.instagram.com/p/Cri6WZLOKlg/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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Awoke early. i'm so glad I did. Dawn over Munich. (at München Germany) https://www.instagram.com/p/CrhoPzntefQ/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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I don't even know what effing day it is, but that's what happens when you try to keep up beer for beer out drinking with Germans! #WorldPenguinDay (at München Germany) https://www.instagram.com/p/CrgWmMKNN1l/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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It's #worldpenguinday! Meet 2 nobles hanging out together on the Australian Sub-Antarctic Macquarie Island - The King, left, and the Royal #Penguin on the right. While the kings have a vast population and are found all round #Antarctic and it's sub-antarctic islands, the Royal is endemic to Macquarie and can only be found here. While their population is "stable" they are considered "near threatened" due to potential threats like plastic pollution and overfishing in their habitat. #beardedhomo in Antarctica (at Macquarie Island, Subantarctic Islands) https://www.instagram.com/p/CreUyqwNoT9/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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So many dinner choices in this menu! I'm not sure what to order?! 👹 (at Lindwurmstüberl) https://www.instagram.com/p/CrePmmYNoDs/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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Elton John for 1, please! Managed to snag a last-minute ticket drop for the here in Munich on Thursday at the Olympic Hall! The clerk looked at my order and then at me sadly and asked, "Alone?! "Yes..." I say simply and continue in the silence of my own head, thinking, "...Bitch, why wouldn't I? (chuckles) Why would I not do something just because I don't have someone with me? Why would I miss this opportunity?" and then I smile and wait while he prints the ticket. Besides, I've gotten great seats as a single at many concerts while traveling. Why would I not live life because there's a social stigma of doing things like this alone? F that & 🎶Hello Yellow-Brick Road!🎶 #beardedsingle (at Ludwig Beck am Rathauseck-Textilhaus Feldmeier AG) https://www.instagram.com/p/Cras8dsu6JS/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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Obligatory First Day Of School photo for #Mom @vavogler 🎒 It's going to be a hell of a commute for Parent-Teacher Night! #beardedhomo #learnedeutsch (at Volksschule München An der Keilberthstraße) https://www.instagram.com/p/CraOeTTODFv/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=