Sign reading: Aktuell sind leider keine GURKEN vefügbar. Wir bitten um Verständnis.

This is the way the world ends. Not with a bang but a whimper.

Old film reels and files

We had a fantastic behind-the-scenes tour of the Interdisciplinary Research Centre for Historical Media of at the @unierfurt.bsky.social as part of the 2026 DEFA Conference, “DEFA Without Borders: Mobility and Space”, organised by Prof. Michael Grisko, Prof. Patrick Rössler and the DEFA Stiftung.

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A fantastic first day at the 2026 DEFA-Stiftung Conference "DEFA Without Borders: Mobility and Space" organised by Prof. Michael Grisko and Prof. Patrick Rössler at @unierfurt.bsky.social

Two more perfectly packed days lie ahead!

I know they say you should never meet your heroes, but there are exceptions that never disappoint 😅

Bernd das Brot

Taking a moment to stop by for some positive, motivational words before my paper today at the 2026 DEFA Tagung in Erfurt

In den 1950er- und 1960er-Jahren gab es in Großbritannien so genannte „Continuous Screenings“ in den Kinos: Man konnte zu jedem beliebigen Zeitpunkt das Kino betreten, denn der Film wurde mehrmals vorgeführt.

It claims I wrote an article called "DEFA and Transnational Memory" in 2025 in the Journal of Film History

I have never written an article called "DEFA and Transnational Memory". In fact no one has written an article called "DEFA and Transnational Memory". And there is no "Journal of Film History".

I am currently checking the proofs for a chapter and the proofs must have been done by AI. There is a section that I didn't write which lists my recent publications...

Schon wieder Wolfram Weimer… Jetzt kippt er den Erweiterungsbau der Deutschen Nationalbibliothek in Leipzig. Dringend benötigt, lange geplant, Millionen in die Planung investiert und nun: Alles futsch. Was treibt diesen Mann an? Ein Thread über einen Kulturstaatsminister und seine Mission. 🧵

A statue of a very muscular Goethe

A statue of a very muscular young Beethoven

Chicago may have ripped Goethe, but Bonn has protein shake Beethoven

A t-shirt with “I ❤️ NY” crossed out and instead “I ❤️ Theresienstadt”

The staff at the official tourist information at Terezín are very helpful, friendly and informative. Whoever is behind commissioning their souvenirs, however, might what to rethink these as a matter of some urgency…

Menschen mit Beeinträchtigung und Behinderungen haben keine Chance. Sie sollten nicht für Taxis bezahlen müssen (wenn sie das Geld haben), um Lebensmittel zu kaufen oder zu Arztterminen zu gelangen.

Diese Situation dauert nun schon seit Wochen an.

Vor zwei Tagen hat ein Straßenkehrer freundlicherweise den Neuschnee weggeräumt, sodass wir wieder auf 5 cm dickem Eis laufen konnten. Splitt macht gar keinen Unterschied. (Verstopft das nicht die Kanalisation?). Ich laufe inzwischen auf der Straße.

Die absolute Inkompetenz des Berliner Senats, die Räumung der Gehwege von Eis sicherzustellen, ist unfassbar.

Die Gehwege in meinem Bezirk sind SEIT WOCHEN unbegehbar. Heute sah ich ältere Menschen, die sich an Zäunen, Bäumen und Mauern festhielten, um sicher zu gehen.

Upcoming rant warning...

A frozen river with people walking across it

Rummelsburg, #Berlin

Sunset over the frozen River Spree with people playing on the ice

Feierabend on the Spree

#Berlin

Ice disks in the river

The River Oder along the Frankfurt Oder-Słubice border is currently full of ice disks!

They move really fast, make a wonderful sound and are VERY cool to see.

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A bridge over a frozen river

Back at a rather chilly @viadrina.eu for the start of exam season

Digital sign. Reads: Wer seinen Müll nicht liegen lässt, ist besser in Bett

Nudge theory seeks to leverage underlying cognitive biases to change people’s behaviours and achieve a desired outcome.

Anyway, in other news here is an appeal by ODEG to Brandenburgers to try to get people to tidy up after themselves.

Screenshot of the event

Really looking forward to discussing Konrad Wolf's 1959 film "Sterne" with @klingstedt.bsky.social Seán Allan tomorrow at @uniofstandrews.bsky.social The Byre Theatre

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This underestimates how far ICE and CBP's recruitment pool is among GWOT veterans who more professional American law enforcement institutions won't hire, and who are now bringing back to the US practices common among the least disciplined US infantry and SOF in Iraq and Afghanistan

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Neither my brain nor my fingers work in these cold temperatures!

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A Klopfmassage-Stab

Fersenschutzhauben

Wellen Locker Wickler

Fassienfuss Überzieher

I cannot stress enough how much I love the utter randomness of a visit to Tschibo

Looking out onto a frozen park. There is a church in the background. The photo is taken from behind a statue

#Senftenberg

Toys - many with English writing - in a display cabinet.

This weekend I learnt that by the end of the 1980s, 87% of toys manufactured in the German Democratic Republic (East Germany) were made for the export market.

Exhibition: Museum Schloss und Festung Senftenberg

An exhausted hug to fellow researchers who are also pulling an all nighter to get their ERC grant applications finished...

Be more Pingu, less Bambi

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