Nick Brookbank
@gingerarab.bsky.social
Immigrant; Father; Husband; Boater; Beer; Laughs a lot; Pidgin Polyglot; ❤️ Germany but it’s not always obvious.
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This year we’ve been upgraded to “The Annexe of Estrangement”.
Apart from a model shark on the bed and an excess of gym equipment, all is looking good.
But what the hell is going on with the pumpkin summoning charm on the other side of the room? And who needs 5 freezers?
#duvetknowitschristmas
Apart from a model shark on the bed and an excess of gym equipment, all is looking good.
But what the hell is going on with the pumpkin summoning charm on the other side of the room? And who needs 5 freezers?
#duvetknowitschristmas
December 24, 2025 at 7:25 PM
This year we’ve been upgraded to “The Annexe of Estrangement”.
Apart from a model shark on the bed and an excess of gym equipment, all is looking good.
But what the hell is going on with the pumpkin summoning charm on the other side of the room? And who needs 5 freezers?
#duvetknowitschristmas
Apart from a model shark on the bed and an excess of gym equipment, all is looking good.
But what the hell is going on with the pumpkin summoning charm on the other side of the room? And who needs 5 freezers?
#duvetknowitschristmas
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I’ve been using this hashtag to frame my poor nephew’s looming experience as a lovely tradition as we set him up here for the next four nights. #Duvetknowitschristmas
December 24, 2025 at 3:42 PM
I’ve been using this hashtag to frame my poor nephew’s looming experience as a lovely tradition as we set him up here for the next four nights. #Duvetknowitschristmas
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It’s starting… #duvetknowitschristmas
December 20, 2025 at 5:24 PM
It’s starting… #duvetknowitschristmas
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Your annual reminder that if you want someone to chat or have a laugh with over the Christmas period there will be lots of folk on the #JoinIn and #DuvetKnowItsChristmas threads. 🎄
December 22, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Your annual reminder that if you want someone to chat or have a laugh with over the Christmas period there will be lots of folk on the #JoinIn and #DuvetKnowItsChristmas threads. 🎄
December 24, 2025 at 2:30 PM
For those of us living in Germany I consider this the equivalent of getting hold of a grapefruit in the days of the USSR. Now it’s feeling more like Christmas.
December 22, 2025 at 8:58 PM
For those of us living in Germany I consider this the equivalent of getting hold of a grapefruit in the days of the USSR. Now it’s feeling more like Christmas.
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why A4 paper is the most beautiful invention of all time (if you're a mathematician)
via @fryrsquared.bsky.social, who obvs doesn't use Bsky much :)
via @fryrsquared.bsky.social, who obvs doesn't use Bsky much :)
December 22, 2025 at 10:26 AM
why A4 paper is the most beautiful invention of all time (if you're a mathematician)
via @fryrsquared.bsky.social, who obvs doesn't use Bsky much :)
via @fryrsquared.bsky.social, who obvs doesn't use Bsky much :)
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A reminder in advance of everyone descending upon their relatives next week: the best thing about Old Twitter — @rhodri.biz #DuvetKnowItsChristmas — has moved to Bluesky.
Post & hashtag your pics of having to sleep in the bathtub/beside the ironing/with the dog, and raise money for the homeless ♥️
Post & hashtag your pics of having to sleep in the bathtub/beside the ironing/with the dog, and raise money for the homeless ♥️
December 17, 2025 at 8:26 AM
A reminder in advance of everyone descending upon their relatives next week: the best thing about Old Twitter — @rhodri.biz #DuvetKnowItsChristmas — has moved to Bluesky.
Post & hashtag your pics of having to sleep in the bathtub/beside the ironing/with the dog, and raise money for the homeless ♥️
Post & hashtag your pics of having to sleep in the bathtub/beside the ironing/with the dog, and raise money for the homeless ♥️
I now want a Tapir ❤️
December 19, 2025 at 9:41 PM
I now want a Tapir ❤️
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Day of the Tapir, Berlin, 19 Dec 2025
December 19, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Day of the Tapir, Berlin, 19 Dec 2025
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Brilliant evening with @honourablehusband.bsky.social @mindexcavator.bsky.social @finnovski.bsky.social @soozlemcdoozle.bsky.social @flowcee.bsky.social
December 8, 2025 at 9:46 PM
Name your favourite Sean Connery movie!
December 2, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Name your favourite Sean Connery movie!
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This year we're doing Whamutopia. Every time you hear Last Christmas you have to have a mulled wine at your earliest convenience and toast George Michael, because he was a lad
December 1, 2025 at 8:32 AM
This year we're doing Whamutopia. Every time you hear Last Christmas you have to have a mulled wine at your earliest convenience and toast George Michael, because he was a lad
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Latest YouTube is out and importantly features Ulbricht and Honecker in their sombreros.
More importantly, I take a walk through 1989 East Berlin (as it were) and tap away about a few buildings on a walk you can just as easily take yourself on - there’s a map in the video description.
More importantly, I take a walk through 1989 East Berlin (as it were) and tap away about a few buildings on a walk you can just as easily take yourself on - there’s a map in the video description.
October 28, 2025 at 7:13 PM
Latest YouTube is out and importantly features Ulbricht and Honecker in their sombreros.
More importantly, I take a walk through 1989 East Berlin (as it were) and tap away about a few buildings on a walk you can just as easily take yourself on - there’s a map in the video description.
More importantly, I take a walk through 1989 East Berlin (as it were) and tap away about a few buildings on a walk you can just as easily take yourself on - there’s a map in the video description.
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Former Stasi foreign intelligence chief Markus Wolf took to the stage and admitted the East German state was guilty of much, and that reform was needed.
The crowd weren’t exactly thrilled to hear from an establishment figure at this juncture. He was met with boos.
The crowd weren’t exactly thrilled to hear from an establishment figure at this juncture. He was met with boos.
November 4, 2025 at 8:32 AM
Former Stasi foreign intelligence chief Markus Wolf took to the stage and admitted the East German state was guilty of much, and that reform was needed.
The crowd weren’t exactly thrilled to hear from an establishment figure at this juncture. He was met with boos.
The crowd weren’t exactly thrilled to hear from an establishment figure at this juncture. He was met with boos.
*There is no good Currywurst...
October 27, 2025 at 12:42 PM
October 16, 2025 at 10:06 AM
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The AfD lost a bunch more mayoral elections in Brandenburg, one of Germany's eastern states. In Frankfurt on the Oder, Eisenhüttenstadt and Wriezen, the AfD candidate lost. In various other cities, they didn't make it to the runoff.
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October 13, 2025 at 6:07 PM
The AfD lost a bunch more mayoral elections in Brandenburg, one of Germany's eastern states. In Frankfurt on the Oder, Eisenhüttenstadt and Wriezen, the AfD candidate lost. In various other cities, they didn't make it to the runoff.
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As one who tries to repair everything myself, replacing the spider base on a gaming chair proved a major challenge. You have to do it midair! It’s an interference fit which took some serious weft to dislodge and then drop with its whole weight on to my velvet slippered big toe! The air was blue 😱
October 13, 2025 at 4:38 PM
As one who tries to repair everything myself, replacing the spider base on a gaming chair proved a major challenge. You have to do it midair! It’s an interference fit which took some serious weft to dislodge and then drop with its whole weight on to my velvet slippered big toe! The air was blue 😱
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20+ hours in a hot recording booth (air conditioning would get picked up by the mic) all totally worth it – my excruciatingly English reading of the 'Why Q Needs U' audiobook is now out!
October 6, 2025 at 6:07 PM
20+ hours in a hot recording booth (air conditioning would get picked up by the mic) all totally worth it – my excruciatingly English reading of the 'Why Q Needs U' audiobook is now out!
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When I was a teenager there was a bus direct from my hometown in Germany to London - we had a British army base, and this direct bus connection was one of the benefits of that. One summer I went on that bus to go volunteer in an old people's home in Southend-on-Sea. I had just turned 18 and was... 🧵
September 29, 2025 at 12:32 PM
When I was a teenager there was a bus direct from my hometown in Germany to London - we had a British army base, and this direct bus connection was one of the benefits of that. One summer I went on that bus to go volunteer in an old people's home in Southend-on-Sea. I had just turned 18 and was... 🧵
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Something that seems to be emerging in Germany with generational change is a new kind of GDR nostalgia that is no longer connected to lives experience but a kind of fan culture based on an internet curated mishmash of contextless imagery and state produced texts.
September 29, 2025 at 8:41 AM
Something that seems to be emerging in Germany with generational change is a new kind of GDR nostalgia that is no longer connected to lives experience but a kind of fan culture based on an internet curated mishmash of contextless imagery and state produced texts.