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Irene

@derbren

books, bikes, cats, cheese, and cinemas. Non-practising German. Unreliable narrator, ready for my close-up. Probably have a crush on you. For more, go here: https://linktr.ee/DerBren

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11.03.2026 22:04 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

β€˜Up the workers!’ ✊

11.03.2026 10:51 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

it’s lovely to see what a bit of the old downing of tools will do to a creaky corporate beast. Feeling like a 20th century worker. might buy a flatcap

11.03.2026 10:48 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

h/t to Trump for making everyone in government wear clown shoes

11.03.2026 10:38 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

i was so angry that their finance team didn’t even respond to my emails. if they’d said sorry this is late, we’ll have to pay a bit later this month, that would have been fine. but absolute crickets. (they’ve now paid for Feb)

11.03.2026 08:08 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

On Monday I cancelled a workshop I was supposed to run for the agency’s client today because I still hadn’t been paid for January. One person had the cheek to tell me I was β€œputting the team in a difficult position”. How about my mortgage, Kelly, do you really want to talk about difficult positions?

11.03.2026 08:01 πŸ‘ 22 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 0

tried out my oyster knife. new skills unlocked, six oysters belly-inned

10.03.2026 18:47 πŸ‘ 8 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 0
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Ferda Ataman, Bundesbeauftragte fΓΌr Antidiskriminierung, zu Diskriminierung in Deutschland Ferda Ataman, Bundesbeauftragte fΓΌr Antidiskriminierung, zu Diskriminierung in Deutschland

Diskriminierung macht was mit Menschen. Sie verlieren das Vertrauen in Institutionen und den Rechtsstaat. Ich wΓΌrde mir wΓΌnschen, dass der Gesetzgeber Menschen besser unterstΓΌtzt, damit klar wird: Diskriminierung bleibt nicht folgenlos. In der Tagesschau habe ich ΓΌber die Studie gesprochen:

10.03.2026 15:29 πŸ‘ 38 πŸ” 12 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

and we had real Italians there last time!

10.03.2026 10:48 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Hackney Italian Club Join us at Hackney Italian Club for a fun in-person evening of Italian conversation!

Italian Club is back on at the Jolly Bs in Stoke Newington this Monday : www.eventbrite.com/e/hackney-it...

10.03.2026 10:37 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

not for me but knock yourself out

09.03.2026 19:46 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I would love that. I really like brandy

09.03.2026 19:44 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

I love this!!!

09.03.2026 19:41 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

it’s one new venture capitalist ceo, how bad could it possibly be?

09.03.2026 19:40 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

being made to confirm that I definitely truly believe in God at the age of 12 and being told that it was very important I do so.

09.03.2026 19:35 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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To truly understand the Broons; one must first become the Broons.

09.03.2026 19:00 πŸ‘ 46 πŸ” 10 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

It's far more comforting to be outraged by idiosyncratic trivialities than by the many actual horrors that are ongoing today.

20.10.2025 12:11 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

wallies for short

09.03.2026 18:58 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

The Pursa

09.03.2026 18:47 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

@cbuckthorn.bsky.social !!!

09.03.2026 18:42 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

this is brilliant Grise 😍

09.03.2026 18:33 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
Did I ever tell you about the time

Did I ever tell you about the time

Of course you know the end of the tale

Of course you know the end of the tale

09.03.2026 16:55 πŸ‘ 9 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 4 πŸ“Œ 0

the runtime has put me off today. but I will try to see it later this week

09.03.2026 17:39 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

SOUND OF FALLING is on mubi go. will I like it?

09.03.2026 13:55 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

❀️

09.03.2026 11:25 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

😍

09.03.2026 11:16 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I’ve just ended the working relationship with a client who made me deeply unhappy. I am saying goodbye to a chunk of money but I feel so liberated and relieved

09.03.2026 11:16 πŸ‘ 39 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 6 πŸ“Œ 1

There's a William Klein collection on Criterion right now!

08.03.2026 23:09 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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I’m assuming this is part of Ikea’s β€˜Sitler’ range.

08.03.2026 09:30 πŸ‘ 24 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 4 πŸ“Œ 0

πŸ‘

08.03.2026 18:32 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0