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PhD candidate, German & US modern architecture @ UCSB | religion, preservation, environment | he/him views mine With jazz and conversation From the foot of Mount Belzoni

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Wat ich föhl, wann ich an Kölle denk usw. usf.

10.03.2026 17:30 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Rhein, Kölner Dom, Museum Ludwig, Groß St. Martin von der rechten Rheinseite

Rhein, Kölner Dom, Museum Ludwig, Groß St. Martin von der rechten Rheinseite

Rathenauplatz Anfang Frühling

Rathenauplatz Anfang Frühling

Ich muss sagen: nach diesem Sommer wird mir diese Stadt sehr fehlen

10.03.2026 17:29 👍 7 🔁 0 💬 2 📌 0
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Kulturstaatsminister Wolfram Weimer sagt Verleihung des Deutschen Buchhandlungspreises ab. Der nächste Eklat.

10.03.2026 11:49 👍 69 🔁 20 💬 6 📌 12
A brown-brick church. To the right is the sanctuary, which has an expressed entrance porch with a sloped roof in front of a steeply gabled worship space. To the left is a tall church tower with a pyramid hip roof. Phoot by Ralf Klöden via Kultur in Kirchen, https://kulturkirchen.com/kirchen/johanneskirche-hamm-bockum-hoevel/

A brown-brick church. To the right is the sanctuary, which has an expressed entrance porch with a sloped roof in front of a steeply gabled worship space. To the left is a tall church tower with a pyramid hip roof. Phoot by Ralf Klöden via Kultur in Kirchen, https://kulturkirchen.com/kirchen/johanneskirche-hamm-bockum-hoevel/

Church interior with a barrel vaulted ceiling. There is a row of pews either side of a central aisle. Light enters through rows of clerestory windows along either side wall, and the altar is in front of a raised choir. Photo by Andreas Schoelzel via Kultur in Kirchen,  https://kulturkirchen.com/kirchen/johanneskirche-hamm-bockum-hoevel/

Church interior with a barrel vaulted ceiling. There is a row of pews either side of a central aisle. Light enters through rows of clerestory windows along either side wall, and the altar is in front of a raised choir. Photo by Andreas Schoelzel via Kultur in Kirchen, https://kulturkirchen.com/kirchen/johanneskirche-hamm-bockum-hoevel/

A view back from the raised choir to the entrance, which has an organ mezzanine above the entrance. One sees again the barrel vaulted ceiling and the clerestory windows, some of which are swung open. Photo by Andreas Schoelzel via Kultur in Kirchen, https://kulturkirchen.com/kirchen/johanneskirche-hamm-bockum-hoevel/

A view back from the raised choir to the entrance, which has an organ mezzanine above the entrance. One sees again the barrel vaulted ceiling and the clerestory windows, some of which are swung open. Photo by Andreas Schoelzel via Kultur in Kirchen, https://kulturkirchen.com/kirchen/johanneskirche-hamm-bockum-hoevel/

The side of the church from the outside, showing a small church garden. Behind is the church. Photo by Ralf Klöden via Kultur in Kirche, https://kulturkirchen.com/kirchen/johanneskirche-hamm-bockum-hoevel/

The side of the church from the outside, showing a small church garden. Behind is the church. Photo by Ralf Klöden via Kultur in Kirche, https://kulturkirchen.com/kirchen/johanneskirche-hamm-bockum-hoevel/

#223: Bernhard Hopp, St. John, Hamm-Bockum-Hövel (1937-38)

09.03.2026 20:10 👍 15 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
A brown-brick church. To the right is the sanctuary, which has an expressed entrance porch with a sloped roof in front of a steeply gabled worship space. To the left is a tall church tower with a pyramid hip roof. Phoot by Ralf Klöden via Kultur in Kirchen, https://kulturkirchen.com/kirchen/johanneskirche-hamm-bockum-hoevel/

A brown-brick church. To the right is the sanctuary, which has an expressed entrance porch with a sloped roof in front of a steeply gabled worship space. To the left is a tall church tower with a pyramid hip roof. Phoot by Ralf Klöden via Kultur in Kirchen, https://kulturkirchen.com/kirchen/johanneskirche-hamm-bockum-hoevel/

Church interior with a barrel vaulted ceiling. There is a row of pews either side of a central aisle. Light enters through rows of clerestory windows along either side wall, and the altar is in front of a raised choir. Photo by Andreas Schoelzel via Kultur in Kirchen,  https://kulturkirchen.com/kirchen/johanneskirche-hamm-bockum-hoevel/

Church interior with a barrel vaulted ceiling. There is a row of pews either side of a central aisle. Light enters through rows of clerestory windows along either side wall, and the altar is in front of a raised choir. Photo by Andreas Schoelzel via Kultur in Kirchen, https://kulturkirchen.com/kirchen/johanneskirche-hamm-bockum-hoevel/

A view back from the raised choir to the entrance, which has an organ mezzanine above the entrance. One sees again the barrel vaulted ceiling and the clerestory windows, some of which are swung open. Photo by Andreas Schoelzel via Kultur in Kirchen, https://kulturkirchen.com/kirchen/johanneskirche-hamm-bockum-hoevel/

A view back from the raised choir to the entrance, which has an organ mezzanine above the entrance. One sees again the barrel vaulted ceiling and the clerestory windows, some of which are swung open. Photo by Andreas Schoelzel via Kultur in Kirchen, https://kulturkirchen.com/kirchen/johanneskirche-hamm-bockum-hoevel/

The side of the church from the outside, showing a small church garden. Behind is the church. Photo by Ralf Klöden via Kultur in Kirche, https://kulturkirchen.com/kirchen/johanneskirche-hamm-bockum-hoevel/

The side of the church from the outside, showing a small church garden. Behind is the church. Photo by Ralf Klöden via Kultur in Kirche, https://kulturkirchen.com/kirchen/johanneskirche-hamm-bockum-hoevel/

#223: Bernhard Hopp, St. John, Hamm-Bockum-Hövel (1937-38)

09.03.2026 20:10 👍 15 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
To the left, a red-brick church with three large vertical strips of white-painted concrete-glass windows. The church has a slightly gabled (?) roof. To the right, a concrete church tower with a jagged roof. Photo copyright Erzbistum Köln via Katholische Kirche Derendorf Pempelfort, https://www.kath-derendorf-pempelfort.de/orte/index.html

To the left, a red-brick church with three large vertical strips of white-painted concrete-glass windows. The church has a slightly gabled (?) roof. To the right, a concrete church tower with a jagged roof. Photo copyright Erzbistum Köln via Katholische Kirche Derendorf Pempelfort, https://www.kath-derendorf-pempelfort.de/orte/index.html

A church interior in which rows of pews surround ethe altar from three sides. The main architectural feature is a A-shaped pier just behind the altar that frames the organ, and the wood-faced ceiling behind and in front of it. To the sides of the organ are stained-glass windows. Photo by Martin Claßen via Karl-Josef Bollenbeck, ed., Neue Kirchen im Erzbistum Köln 1955-1995.

A church interior in which rows of pews surround ethe altar from three sides. The main architectural feature is a A-shaped pier just behind the altar that frames the organ, and the wood-faced ceiling behind and in front of it. To the sides of the organ are stained-glass windows. Photo by Martin Claßen via Karl-Josef Bollenbeck, ed., Neue Kirchen im Erzbistum Köln 1955-1995.

A photo showing more clearly the central pier behind the altar. Here there is a curtain (?) in front of the organ. Photo by Martin Claßen via Karl-Josef Bollenbeck, ed., Neue Kirchen im Erzbistum Köln 1955-1995.

A photo showing more clearly the central pier behind the altar. Here there is a curtain (?) in front of the organ. Photo by Martin Claßen via Karl-Josef Bollenbeck, ed., Neue Kirchen im Erzbistum Köln 1955-1995.

An exterior showing, to the left, the front façade of the church and, to the right, the church tower. Photo by Wiegels via Wikimedia Commons

An exterior showing, to the left, the front façade of the church and, to the right, the church tower. Photo by Wiegels via Wikimedia Commons

#222: Bruno Kessels, St. Lukas, Düsseldorf-Derendorf (1957-63, tower 1984-85)

08.03.2026 17:27 👍 21 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0
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CDU einen Tag nach der Wahlniederlage in a nutshell

09.03.2026 14:11 👍 2908 🔁 744 💬 34 📌 17

“polished off my O-levels with accustomed ease” God help us

09.03.2026 19:32 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

You average normie Democrat in 2026 loves AOC, wants to abolish ICE, and thinks Israel shouldn’t get another penny from us.

It’s laughable how out of touch centrist consultants and politicians are.

09.03.2026 18:40 👍 5340 🔁 1087 💬 101 📌 39

User Name Friedrich Chiller

09.03.2026 14:57 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Astronaut shooting meme: 
“Wait, it’s all gender?” 
“Always has been”

Astronaut shooting meme: “Wait, it’s all gender?” “Always has been”

09.03.2026 13:44 👍 5 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
Rasenmäher werbung mit teuflisch aussehenden Typen und der Überschrift “ich mähe nicht - ich dominiere!”

Rasenmäher werbung mit teuflisch aussehenden Typen und der Überschrift “ich mähe nicht - ich dominiere!”

File under gender

09.03.2026 13:38 👍 8 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0

Famously upon the restoration of Charles II there was a parade held through London with prominent images of Dionysius; letting deposed Puritans know the boys were back in town, so to speak. I think we're gonna have to do that with Woke 2. Publicly cancel some prominent media men in the town square.

09.03.2026 07:57 👍 435 🔁 62 💬 10 📌 7

This International Women's Day, please remember that trans women are women. Full stop. No qualifiers.

08.03.2026 19:42 👍 4084 🔁 1462 💬 15 📌 18

User Name Kerl Amery

08.03.2026 21:20 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 1
Deckel von Thomas Bernhard, Beton, Taschenbuch von Suhrkamp. Auf dem Deckel ist Bernhard abgebildet

Deckel von Thomas Bernhard, Beton, Taschenbuch von Suhrkamp. Auf dem Deckel ist Bernhard abgebildet

Pleasure reading thread 2026, #7: Thomas Bernhard, Beton

Ich habe es mit Bernhard jetzt zweimal probiert, und das genügt mir. Gewiss eine literarische Performance, aber eine, an der ich wenig Gefallen finden kann

08.03.2026 20:52 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

that’s right

bsky.app/profile/aluc...

08.03.2026 20:04 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

Woah! Spannend, danke!!

08.03.2026 18:48 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Besser als der, aber mir klingt nur “das” richtig

08.03.2026 18:41 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

(spicy yoghurt essend) don’t 👏 tell👏 me 👏 white 👏 people 👏 don’t 👏 have 👏 culture

08.03.2026 18:41 👍 5 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
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DER joghurt???? kann doch nicht sein

08.03.2026 18:37 👍 7 🔁 0 💬 3 📌 0
Burger King UK tweet that reads “Women belong in the kitchen.”

Burger King UK tweet that reads “Women belong in the kitchen.”

Happy International Women’s Day and also happy fifth anniversary to the most deranged corporate tweet of all time

08.03.2026 17:30 👍 14 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
To the left, a red-brick church with three large vertical strips of white-painted concrete-glass windows. The church has a slightly gabled (?) roof. To the right, a concrete church tower with a jagged roof. Photo copyright Erzbistum Köln via Katholische Kirche Derendorf Pempelfort, https://www.kath-derendorf-pempelfort.de/orte/index.html

To the left, a red-brick church with three large vertical strips of white-painted concrete-glass windows. The church has a slightly gabled (?) roof. To the right, a concrete church tower with a jagged roof. Photo copyright Erzbistum Köln via Katholische Kirche Derendorf Pempelfort, https://www.kath-derendorf-pempelfort.de/orte/index.html

A church interior in which rows of pews surround ethe altar from three sides. The main architectural feature is a A-shaped pier just behind the altar that frames the organ, and the wood-faced ceiling behind and in front of it. To the sides of the organ are stained-glass windows. Photo by Martin Claßen via Karl-Josef Bollenbeck, ed., Neue Kirchen im Erzbistum Köln 1955-1995.

A church interior in which rows of pews surround ethe altar from three sides. The main architectural feature is a A-shaped pier just behind the altar that frames the organ, and the wood-faced ceiling behind and in front of it. To the sides of the organ are stained-glass windows. Photo by Martin Claßen via Karl-Josef Bollenbeck, ed., Neue Kirchen im Erzbistum Köln 1955-1995.

A photo showing more clearly the central pier behind the altar. Here there is a curtain (?) in front of the organ. Photo by Martin Claßen via Karl-Josef Bollenbeck, ed., Neue Kirchen im Erzbistum Köln 1955-1995.

A photo showing more clearly the central pier behind the altar. Here there is a curtain (?) in front of the organ. Photo by Martin Claßen via Karl-Josef Bollenbeck, ed., Neue Kirchen im Erzbistum Köln 1955-1995.

An exterior showing, to the left, the front façade of the church and, to the right, the church tower. Photo by Wiegels via Wikimedia Commons

An exterior showing, to the left, the front façade of the church and, to the right, the church tower. Photo by Wiegels via Wikimedia Commons

#222: Bruno Kessels, St. Lukas, Düsseldorf-Derendorf (1957-63, tower 1984-85)

08.03.2026 17:27 👍 21 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0
A stone neo-neoclassical church ("in the style of the German Renaissance). What this means is a wild mixture of window shapes - round arches, pointed arches, flat windows - and a rounded pediment over the central entrance. To the left is a church tower with a clock on it. Photo by Hawobo and Rabanus Flavus via Wikimedia Commons

A stone neo-neoclassical church ("in the style of the German Renaissance). What this means is a wild mixture of window shapes - round arches, pointed arches, flat windows - and a rounded pediment over the central entrance. To the left is a church tower with a clock on it. Photo by Hawobo and Rabanus Flavus via Wikimedia Commons

A surprisingly sober church interior with pews either side of a central aisle and round arches running down the side, creating side aisles. There is a huge organ behind the altar in the distance, and light enters through round-arched windows above the arches. Photo by U. Janser via Lutherkirche Bonn, https://lutherkirche-bonn.ekir.de/inhalt/willkommen/

A surprisingly sober church interior with pews either side of a central aisle and round arches running down the side, creating side aisles. There is a huge organ behind the altar in the distance, and light enters through round-arched windows above the arches. Photo by U. Janser via Lutherkirche Bonn, https://lutherkirche-bonn.ekir.de/inhalt/willkommen/

A side view of the church, showing that its monumental presence does not in fact mean that it is particularly large. Photo by Rolf Reinhardt via Staedte Fotos, https://www.staedte-fotos.de/bild/Deutschland~Nordrhein-Westfalen~Bonn/38382/bonn---evangelische-lutherkirche---31102012.html#hauptcontainer

A side view of the church, showing that its monumental presence does not in fact mean that it is particularly large. Photo by Rolf Reinhardt via Staedte Fotos, https://www.staedte-fotos.de/bild/Deutschland~Nordrhein-Westfalen~Bonn/38382/bonn---evangelische-lutherkirche---31102012.html#hauptcontainer

#221: Johannes Vollmer and Heinrich Jassoy, Church of Luther, Bonn (1899-1903, renovated 1953 and 2004)

28.02.2026 15:35 👍 11 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 1

“We lose our humanity when we are thrilled by the destructive power of our military. We become addicted to the “spectacle” of explosions. And the price of this habit is almost unnoticeable, as we become desensitized to the true costs of war.”

08.03.2026 09:20 👍 35 🔁 11 💬 0 📌 0

Now more than ever I’m convinced losing Anthony Bourdain meant we lost probably the biggest person on tv who advocated for the wonders of meeting new people and calling anyone online who hated learning new cultures the children they were, ruthlessly to the camera.

07.03.2026 23:55 👍 9552 🔁 1560 💬 132 📌 56
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Problems! At the Learning Zone?

07.03.2026 13:20 👍 18 🔁 6 💬 0 📌 5
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Ruben Ray Martinez: Footage shows US citizen shot by ICE agent in Texas traffic stop The Department of Homeland Security did not disclose Martinez was shot by one of its agents until almost a year later.

Newly released footage shows an ICE agent killing Rubin Ray Martinez, 23, in his car in Texas.

"He was shot at point-blank range through his side window by an ICE agent who was in no danger."
www.bbc.com/news/article...

07.03.2026 14:18 👍 6225 🔁 3910 💬 0 📌 266
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Rebecca Solnit Says the Left’s Next Hero Is Already Here

“One of the great weaknesses of our era is we get lone superhero movies that suggest that our big problems are solved by muscly guys in spandex, when actually the world mostly gets changed through collective effort, more like caregiving than it is like war.”

www.nytimes.com/2026/03/07/m...

07.03.2026 12:14 👍 251 🔁 58 💬 4 📌 6
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Problems! At the Learning Zone?

07.03.2026 13:20 👍 18 🔁 6 💬 0 📌 5