Lynn Nothegger
@lynnnothegger.bsky.social
Eingebürgerte Scottish lass in Germany. Writing. Translating. Riesling. Not all at the same time.
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Lynn Nothegger
@lynnnothegger.bsky.social
· Nov 15
If I have one tip for people coming to Scotland, it’s this - slow down. Take the back roads. Don’t rush from the airport or the ferry to get up north.
There’s so much to see on the way. Here’s Forres, Dundee, Fife, and Angus.
There’s so much to see on the way. Here’s Forres, Dundee, Fife, and Angus.
Apparently, this tea is called FAK tea. Which is my reaction when someone offers me herbal tea.
November 27, 2025 at 6:55 PM
Apparently, this tea is called FAK tea. Which is my reaction when someone offers me herbal tea.
I’m sure will be a handful of elderly folk or young families who will struggle, but the Millers, in this article, a ‘retired corporate financier’ have recently tried to sell their house for £2m and have another house nearby that they rent that is also worth over £2m. Cry me a river.
‘I don’t live in a mansion. It’s a 1930s house’: Richmond residents react to council tax rise
‘I don’t live in a mansion. It’s a 1930s house’: Richmond residents react to council tax rise
Rachel Reeves’s new council tax surcharge on homes worth £2m or more earns mixed reception in well-heeled London borough
www.theguardian.com
November 27, 2025 at 9:36 AM
I’m sure will be a handful of elderly folk or young families who will struggle, but the Millers, in this article, a ‘retired corporate financier’ have recently tried to sell their house for £2m and have another house nearby that they rent that is also worth over £2m. Cry me a river.
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If you want some good news this morning, I showed my three boys the PM doing the six/seven thing and now they have all stopped doing it.
November 27, 2025 at 7:03 AM
If you want some good news this morning, I showed my three boys the PM doing the six/seven thing and now they have all stopped doing it.
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Handing back student work that’s been written by ChatGPT with a 0 followed by the comment “This essay will never stand in authentic wonder before the Beauty of God’s creation.”
Pope Leo XIV told students not to use artificial intelligence for homework, saying that AI ‘won’t stand in authentic wonder before the beauty of God’s creation.’
Even God Is Worried About ChatGPT
Pope Leo XIV told students not to use artificial intelligence for homework, saying that AI ‘won’t stand in authentic wonder before the beauty of God’s creation.’
www.vulture.com
November 26, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Handing back student work that’s been written by ChatGPT with a 0 followed by the comment “This essay will never stand in authentic wonder before the Beauty of God’s creation.”
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What do you do?
- I edit fiction.
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- Well, to cut a long story short.
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November 26, 2025 at 10:39 AM
What do you do?
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Some of you haven’t watched The West Wing if you are surprised by this. Molly Orshansky was mentioned in the episode Indians in the Lobby in 2001 (though I think Sorkin may have changed her story a bit).
Funnily enough, it was a Thanksgiving episode.
Funnily enough, it was a Thanksgiving episode.
This is an insightful but deeply upsetting article about why everyone in the US feels poor, and why the current political situation emerges as a direct result.
www.yesigiveafig.com/p/part-1-my-...
www.yesigiveafig.com/p/part-1-my-...
Part 1: My Life Is a Lie
How a Broken Benchmark Quietly Broke America
www.yesigiveafig.com
November 26, 2025 at 10:58 AM
Some of you haven’t watched The West Wing if you are surprised by this. Molly Orshansky was mentioned in the episode Indians in the Lobby in 2001 (though I think Sorkin may have changed her story a bit).
Funnily enough, it was a Thanksgiving episode.
Funnily enough, it was a Thanksgiving episode.
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I think walking along this grassy track gives one of the loveliest views in Scotland. Do you recognise it? Do you have a favourite easy track for walking along and gazing into the distance?
November 26, 2025 at 10:01 AM
I think walking along this grassy track gives one of the loveliest views in Scotland. Do you recognise it? Do you have a favourite easy track for walking along and gazing into the distance?
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new favourite New York Times term for a British thing just dropped
November 26, 2025 at 10:05 AM
new favourite New York Times term for a British thing just dropped
Do pharmacists get lessons in origami during their uni years? I can never get the leaflet back in the box.
November 26, 2025 at 10:13 AM
Do pharmacists get lessons in origami during their uni years? I can never get the leaflet back in the box.
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There's an advert on his website for a 'Depot Supervisor' that pays £12.75 an hour for shift work.
If he wants to reduce welfare spending maybe he should pay staff enough that they don't need in-work benefits.
If he wants to reduce welfare spending maybe he should pay staff enough that they don't need in-work benefits.
‘Madness’ to increase welfare spending in Budget, says AO World boss
‘Madness’ to increase welfare spending in Budget, says AO World boss
‘Madness’ to increase welfare spending in Budget, says AO World boss
www.independent.co.uk
November 25, 2025 at 12:46 PM
There's an advert on his website for a 'Depot Supervisor' that pays £12.75 an hour for shift work.
If he wants to reduce welfare spending maybe he should pay staff enough that they don't need in-work benefits.
If he wants to reduce welfare spending maybe he should pay staff enough that they don't need in-work benefits.
Sorry for all the snarky takes this morning. Still poorly, and it seems to be making me cranky.
November 26, 2025 at 9:37 AM
Sorry for all the snarky takes this morning. Still poorly, and it seems to be making me cranky.
I mean, I totally missed German bread when we lived in Scotland and would drive from Dundee to Edinburgh to the German bakery, but we should all manage to do without it for a couple of days on a trip.
The Mallorca rule applies here too: if you can't function outside of Bödefeld-Schmallenberg, just stay in fucking Bödefeld-Schmallenberg. Not like the rest of the world is jonesing for a visit from some of the least fun people on the planet.
November 26, 2025 at 9:36 AM
I mean, I totally missed German bread when we lived in Scotland and would drive from Dundee to Edinburgh to the German bakery, but we should all manage to do without it for a couple of days on a trip.
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The Mallorca rule applies here too: if you can't function outside of Bödefeld-Schmallenberg, just stay in fucking Bödefeld-Schmallenberg. Not like the rest of the world is jonesing for a visit from some of the least fun people on the planet.
November 25, 2025 at 7:41 PM
The Mallorca rule applies here too: if you can't function outside of Bödefeld-Schmallenberg, just stay in fucking Bödefeld-Schmallenberg. Not like the rest of the world is jonesing for a visit from some of the least fun people on the planet.
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I remember people like that when I was a kid. But I imagine most of them grew out of it.
new allegation concerning Farage’s behaviour when he was 18 years old
November 26, 2025 at 8:37 AM
I remember people like that when I was a kid. But I imagine most of them grew out of it.
It’s annoying me that we are doing the whole ‘did he didn’t he’ dance when it’s obviously true to anyone who has been following this guy’s career for the past twenty years.
Of course he was the snide, thought-he-was-so-clever, bully that we all remember from our schooldays. He still is.
Of course he was the snide, thought-he-was-so-clever, bully that we all remember from our schooldays. He still is.
Former classmate insists Farage repeatedly told him "Hitler was right" and "gas them" when they were teenagers at Dulwich College - and that the Reform leader's denials are dishonest.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Nigel Farage's racism denials are dishonest, says ex-classmate
Peter Ettedgui tells the BBC Nigel Farage targeted antisemitic abuse at him when they were teenagers.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 26, 2025 at 9:31 AM
It’s annoying me that we are doing the whole ‘did he didn’t he’ dance when it’s obviously true to anyone who has been following this guy’s career for the past twenty years.
Of course he was the snide, thought-he-was-so-clever, bully that we all remember from our schooldays. He still is.
Of course he was the snide, thought-he-was-so-clever, bully that we all remember from our schooldays. He still is.
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Gestern hatte ich eine Veranstaltung mit dem Frauenhaus Hanau und etwas, das eine Frauenhausmitarbeiterin danach sagte und banal klingt, aber uns allen zu denken geben sollte, war:
Was wir alles für Frauen tun könnten, wenn wir nicht so viel Zeit und Energie mit Spenden sammeln vorbringen müssten.
Was wir alles für Frauen tun könnten, wenn wir nicht so viel Zeit und Energie mit Spenden sammeln vorbringen müssten.
November 26, 2025 at 8:26 AM
Gestern hatte ich eine Veranstaltung mit dem Frauenhaus Hanau und etwas, das eine Frauenhausmitarbeiterin danach sagte und banal klingt, aber uns allen zu denken geben sollte, war:
Was wir alles für Frauen tun könnten, wenn wir nicht so viel Zeit und Energie mit Spenden sammeln vorbringen müssten.
Was wir alles für Frauen tun könnten, wenn wir nicht so viel Zeit und Energie mit Spenden sammeln vorbringen müssten.
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OK - pie discourse - best pie story:
In 2016, we were living in Andover, in the UK. My wife was assigned as an exchange officer at the Army Air Corps base at Middle Wallop (yes, really).*
The US Army has a tradition: senior leaders, in dress uniform, serve junior troops Thanksgiving dinner.
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In 2016, we were living in Andover, in the UK. My wife was assigned as an exchange officer at the Army Air Corps base at Middle Wallop (yes, really).*
The US Army has a tradition: senior leaders, in dress uniform, serve junior troops Thanksgiving dinner.
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November 26, 2025 at 5:02 AM
OK - pie discourse - best pie story:
In 2016, we were living in Andover, in the UK. My wife was assigned as an exchange officer at the Army Air Corps base at Middle Wallop (yes, really).*
The US Army has a tradition: senior leaders, in dress uniform, serve junior troops Thanksgiving dinner.
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In 2016, we were living in Andover, in the UK. My wife was assigned as an exchange officer at the Army Air Corps base at Middle Wallop (yes, really).*
The US Army has a tradition: senior leaders, in dress uniform, serve junior troops Thanksgiving dinner.
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Periodic reminder: the vaccine efficacy of the pertussis vaccine drops below 50% at 4.5 years. You should be getting a Tdap booster every 5 years, not every 10. It is especially vital if you have contact with pregnant people or infants too young to be vaccinated.
After two infants died, the Louisiana Dept of Health under the leadership of the new incoming deputy director of the CDC, delayed notifying the public for months of a whooping cough outbreak. Instead, he ordered DOH to stop promoting vaccines. Pertussis is currently a national health crisis.
Louisiana officials waited months to warn public of whooping cough outbreak
After a whooping cough outbreak killed two infants, Louisiana health officials waited months to officially alert physicians or do public outreach. That's not the typical public health response.
www.npr.org
November 26, 2025 at 8:59 AM
Periodic reminder: the vaccine efficacy of the pertussis vaccine drops below 50% at 4.5 years. You should be getting a Tdap booster every 5 years, not every 10. It is especially vital if you have contact with pregnant people or infants too young to be vaccinated.
Kind of weird, to insinuate that the huge bill would have been slightly more understandable if the ambulance team has used its siren or driven fast, no?
Elisabeth Yoder’s 15-month-old son had a serious bacterial infection, and doctors urged his mother to take an ambulance to treat him 40 minutes away.
The bill came to $9,250.
The bill came to $9,250.
This toddler’s nearly 40-minute ambulance ride cost his family $9,000
The ambulance didn’t use its siren or go particularly fast on the 39-mile ride between hospitals, says an Ohio mom.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 25, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Kind of weird, to insinuate that the huge bill would have been slightly more understandable if the ambulance team has used its siren or driven fast, no?
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Die @bpb.de hat ihren Account auf X geschlossen. Dafür werden sie dort extrem beschimpft, was natürlich auch ein Zeichen dafür ist, wie wichtig die Präsenz staatlicher Institutionen, Orgas etc. für das Image von X ist. Den Abgang aus dem Höllenpfuhl kann man hier mit nem Folllow würdigen.
November 25, 2025 at 11:20 AM
Die @bpb.de hat ihren Account auf X geschlossen. Dafür werden sie dort extrem beschimpft, was natürlich auch ein Zeichen dafür ist, wie wichtig die Präsenz staatlicher Institutionen, Orgas etc. für das Image von X ist. Den Abgang aus dem Höllenpfuhl kann man hier mit nem Folllow würdigen.
His ‘pjs’ comment was more about people wearing leisure wear instead of fancy clothes on a flight. I bet if you asked ‘jogging trousers or a suit’, even the 65yr+ cohort would have gone for more casual clothing.
Is it acceptable to wear pyjamas on a flight?
61% of Brits say no, echoing US transport secretary Sean Duffy who criticised PJ-clad passengers yesterday
However, generations differ: 71% of 18-24yr olds say it is acceptable, compared to 11% of over-65s
yougov.co.uk/topics/socie...
61% of Brits say no, echoing US transport secretary Sean Duffy who criticised PJ-clad passengers yesterday
However, generations differ: 71% of 18-24yr olds say it is acceptable, compared to 11% of over-65s
yougov.co.uk/topics/socie...
November 25, 2025 at 5:03 PM
His ‘pjs’ comment was more about people wearing leisure wear instead of fancy clothes on a flight. I bet if you asked ‘jogging trousers or a suit’, even the 65yr+ cohort would have gone for more casual clothing.
A couple of these are a bit too close for comfort. Men - laugh in the presence of your perimenopausal partner at your peril.
"You’ve been obsessively trying to prepare for it, but who knows what will actually happen."
Thanksgiving or Perimenopause?
1. There’s a turkey neck situation. 2. Is it four thousand degrees in the kitchen, or is it just you? 3. You love your family, but you also wish th...
buff.ly
November 25, 2025 at 2:35 PM
A couple of these are a bit too close for comfort. Men - laugh in the presence of your perimenopausal partner at your peril.
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Are you a PhD student & interested in using museum collections in your teaching or research?
We're running a *free* doctoral training programme for students at any institution to learn about working with collections.
Find out more:
collections.reading.ac.uk/whats-on/
We're running a *free* doctoral training programme for students at any institution to learn about working with collections.
Find out more:
collections.reading.ac.uk/whats-on/
November 25, 2025 at 12:55 PM
Are you a PhD student & interested in using museum collections in your teaching or research?
We're running a *free* doctoral training programme for students at any institution to learn about working with collections.
Find out more:
collections.reading.ac.uk/whats-on/
We're running a *free* doctoral training programme for students at any institution to learn about working with collections.
Find out more:
collections.reading.ac.uk/whats-on/
For the Brits in Germany - am testing Wick DayMed, which looks a lot like Lemsip. Similar to the standard Cold & Flu version, but Wick also has Guaifenisin.
November 25, 2025 at 2:05 PM
For the Brits in Germany - am testing Wick DayMed, which looks a lot like Lemsip. Similar to the standard Cold & Flu version, but Wick also has Guaifenisin.