TheBossRoss<p>High time for my <a href="https://mas.to/tags/introduction" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>introduction</span></a> </p><p>Homebased in Germany. Education in Iowa before it was fashionable 😉 & Scotland before it was dragged out of the EU. Brexit exilee (don't get me started).</p><p>Interests: news & travel, political cartoons & science, migration & immigration.</p><p>Fmr officer in lots of things, among them Australian migration, int. exchange/education programs & govt consultancy.</p><p>Unapologetically pro people, coffee, freedom of movement, empathy, migration, knitting & facts (the real ones).</p>
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TheBossRoss@TheBossRoss@mas.to
friendly, feisty & wordy. Work-from-home knitter. Kind, not stupid. In love with Scotland. At home in more than one place.
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TheBossRoss<p>Some DIY saved me a few hundred quid for a cargo bike. 🎉</p><p>... paper and bottle drop-off completed.</p><p><a href="https://mas.to/tags/cycling" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>cycling</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/bikes" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>bikes</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/radfahren" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>radfahren</span></a></p>
TheBossRoss<p>Möchte verspätet einwerfen, daß türkis in GB die Farbe der eh. Brexit Party (jetzt: Reform UK) ist, mit ultra-rechtem, libertärem, nationalistischem, fremdenfeindlichem Programm.</p><p>Ich sag's nur.</p><p><a href="https://mas.to/tags/cdu" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>cdu</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/logo" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>logo</span></a></p>
TheBossRoss<p>Just researched the whereabouts of Dominic Cummings & am happy to report he's now entirely irrelevant.</p>
TheBossRoss<p>People cancelling holidays in Wales because of the new speed limits there is just so 2023.</p><p>[They are literally taking a stand.]</p><p>[sorry, I'll get my coat]</p>
TheBossRoss<p>2/2</p><p>In 2016, the Association for the German Language chose 'postfaktisch' as 'Word of the Year'. The reasons: Trump and Brexit. Shortlisted but ultimately unsuccessful: 'Brexit'.</p><p>Source: Welt</p>
TheBossRoss<p>Today's random <a href="https://mas.to/tags/German" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>German</span></a> word of the day is this.</p><p>📢 <a href="https://m.dict.cc/deutsch-englisch/postfaktisch.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">m.dict.cc/deutsch-englisch/pos</span><span class="invisible">tfaktisch.html</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mas.to/tags/LearnALanguage" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>LearnALanguage</span></a>! It's good, on so many levels. And that's a fact.</p><p>1/2</p>
TheBossRoss<p>A word.</p>
TheBossRoss<p>A word.</p>
TheBossRoss<p>Today's random <a href="https://mas.to/tags/German" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>German</span></a> word of the day is this.</p><p>📢 <a href="https://m.dict.cc/deutsch-englisch/rotzfrech.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">m.dict.cc/deutsch-englisch/rot</span><span class="invisible">zfrech.html</span></a></p><p>Some words are just perfect for certain occasions. <a href="https://mas.to/tags/LearnALanguage" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>LearnALanguage</span></a></p>
TheBossRoss<p>Both Germany's finance minister Lindner and defence minister Pistorius have tested <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Covid" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Covid</span></a> positive. </p><p>Lindner & his libertarian Liberals were instrumental in abolishing (& denigrating) infection protection & promoting the strategy of 'individual responsibility'.</p><p><a href="https://mas.to/tags/LeadingByExample" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>LeadingByExample</span></a></p>
TheBossRoss<p>Eigenverantwortung.</p><p>Super Strategie.</p>
TheBossRoss<p>Lauterbach: Wir haben alle in den letzten vier Jahren gelernt, eigenverantwortlich und rücksichtsvoll zu sein. </p><p>Lindner: Hold my positive <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Covid" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Covid</span></a> test.</p>
TheBossRoss<p>Langzeiterkrankte in GB, die dem Arbeitsmarkt nicht zur Verfügung stehen.</p><p>Erklärt mir doch bitte nochmal ganz langsam, wie wir durch die ungeschützte Rückkehr in Schule, Ausbildung und Arbeit die Wirtschaft gerettet haben.</p><p><a href="https://mas.to/tags/Corona" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Corona</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Covid" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Covid</span></a> <br /><a href="https://mas.to/tags/fdpRausAusDerRegierung" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>fdpRausAusDerRegierung</span></a></p>
TheBossRoss<p>2/2</p><p>You're probably wondering what poor ducks have to do with fake news.</p><p>One theory: in the past, uncorroborated newspaper stories were marked with the abbreviation 'nt' (Latin: non testatum, not corroborated, nicht geprüft). When you pronounce 'nt' it sounds like...🦆</p>
TheBossRoss<p>Today's random <a href="https://mas.to/tags/German" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>German</span></a> word of the day is this.</p><p>📢 <a href="https://m.dict.cc/deen/?s=zeitungsente+#" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">m.dict.cc/deen/?s=zeitungsente</span><span class="invisible">+#</span></a></p><p>To verify news or get a different perspective, look at international media. How? <a href="https://mas.to/tags/LearnALanguage" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>LearnALanguage</span></a>! (or use the English editions 😉)</p><p>1/2</p>
TheBossRoss<p>Forgive me, but I won't comment on Russell Brand and the allegations in yesterday's Channel 4 <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Dispatches" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Dispatches</span></a>. The journalism & research seem solid so surely this is now a case for the police to investigate and, if true, corroborate.</p>
TheBossRoss<p>Should you ever wonder why not more people leave 🐦, then you might want to consider that the replies & interaction here are wanting.</p><p>People say this on Bluesky. They have tried Mastodon but are just so disappointed because over here, they seem to be speaking into a void.</p><p>If you want to make this platform a success, engage. Most people aren't here for the idea or the ideals, but to be in touch with other people.</p>
TheBossRoss<p>3-word-slogans worked like a charm for the Tories during the last few years. They seem somewhat puzzled that neither old nor new ones now have a pull. They've not yet found a new strategy. Clearly, it hasn't occurred to them that governing well might be one. Who's gonna tell 'em?</p>
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