Juxtaposing the moving "Library of Burned and Banned Books" (NS-Dokuzentrum Munich) with the Gutenberg press (Mainz). Those Nazis are gone but banners (and burners) very much remain, and they continue to fear the power of the word and image.
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I may have been wrong to state that Bavaria is the Texas of Germany. You can find Texas BBQ just about everywhere in the US (I believe), but it seems extremely hard to find obatzda anywhere else in Germany. #DE24
I'm delighted how the Gutenberg Museum Mainz has gotten better and better over the years. They're comfortable enough with themselves to have a whole section on how East Asian typography predates Gutenberg.
Is it a Cray? No, it's a Chinese type case, indexed by stroke. #DE24
Seriously, Germans: it's been a terrific trip and, jokes aside, the Deutschland-Ticket is amazing. I'd gladly play 2x for it (to avoid being subsidized).
Meanwhile, if you want to see trains working properly, come visit me on the US Northeast Corridor. <-;
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Graffiti in Regensburg a few centuries apart. (To be clear: I very much like both. The one on the right a bit more, actually.)
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This is *such* a good solution: instead of asking the customer for their name, just make one up. Your workers only need to be able to pronounce those; no need to ask for spelling; no worries about duplicates; and you can fit the names to the character of your business. #DE24
Not an expert or anything, but fairly sure it doesn't work that way, Deutsche Bahn. (And no, I'm not going to try it and see whether they hold the train.) #DE24
Twice see men go past wearing Patriots jerseys (in one case, TB12).
Take a few seconds to understand why I feel disoriented.
Realize it's because these are *German* men.
(Whereas seeing men wearing Patriots jerseys in Providence is called Saturday morning.) #DE24
We're lovin' this, right? (This appears to actually be a Citroën 2CV Charleston, released in 1980 to satisfy retrofans.) #DE24
Good for educators to sit through a 30 min presentation (as I just did in a museum) in a language they only very lightly understand to get a whole new level of sympathy for students (-:. (And especially the ones who sit in the back for fear of being called on—like I did.) #DE24
I love me a VERY dry Riesling, and I love Mainz because you can find a local winegrower whom you can ask for the driest thing they have on hand and they'll gladly and proudly serve you a white so dry, sharp, and steely that you'll cut yourself if you're not careful.
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A Brazilian, German, Indian, and Indian-American walk into a … seminar room, where they watch the USA play South Africa in cricket, via a Zoom share from the USA. Totally normal living-our-best-lives thing at for the 21st century. #DE24
Baden-Baden train station sign.
A city so nice they named it twice. (Thrice if you include the name of the state, so take *that*, New York.) #DE24
I just took a public transit ride (in Strasbourg) from Winston Churchill to Wilson, in case you have any questions about 20th century French history… #DE24
My hotel has demanded that I not use the hotel WiFi to "download or spread any copyrighted material". Um wat. #DE24
So incredibly excited and proud to be an @arc_gov_au #DECRA fellow. I'll be doing a lot more work on WIGGLE now. New and improved version is almost ready for release! #DE24
#DE24 assessors' reports are out. Best of luck to everyone who's playing the lottery this round.
