• Shared today on Twitter

    @AndyPalmer @octopuscitizen @ratkins Thanks! Actually we heard about this one in advance, thankfully. Curious to see it happen though!


    RT @orangerful: With everything going on in the universe right now, this was one of the most calming threads in my twitter feed for the pas…


    @BugHunterSam @year_progress 😂


    RT @smashedmcdouble: [opening of Dune trailer]

    [Arnold Schwarzenegger as Baron Harkonnen]: SPICE to meet you!


    The Snook mourns Oktoberfest 2020. https://t.co/5A9GTz7Vcu https://t.co/ua1uEoARN1


    In today’s adventures in German bureaucracy: I have a local mobile number; we have registered at the town hall for our Tax ID; and I’ve got confirmation I’m enrolled in health insurance!


    @zbendr Amazing! 😂


    @darkosubotica I would like to see this too!


    @AU_JohnDw20 This was not an inspiring rathaus. Reminded me more of an old hospital.


    I’m attending the first GermanyClouds meetup (virtually) and I’m excited to finally understand why everyone on the AWS Dev Advocacy team keeps making humus jokes at @ziniman! 😂 @HumusNotHumus @europe_clouds https://t.co/JpOJTTC67H


    I ordered new business cards today. How’s that for optimism?


    Aldi Süd sell this as “American”… but my fellow Yanks, have you ever seen such a thing?? (I mean, I 100% believe Americans would eat it. I was tempted to buy it myself!) https://t.co/BAjW5Ht0jb https://t.co/upGSCttRIT


    @sharonw I remember “Goober Grape” in a jar, but not swirly in a tube like toothpaste!


    @brodrigu Is it? 🤷‍♀️



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    The Snook mourns Oktoberfest 2020.


    This week’s adventures in German bureaucracy: we both now have local mobile numbers; we’re registered at the town hall for our Tax IDs; and we’ve both been enrolled in health insurance!

    (I’ve sent our mailing address and new phone numbers to a few family members so far, but please reach out if you need it.)


    Aldi Süd sell this as “American”… but my fellow Yanks, have you ever seen such a thing?? (I mean, I 100% believe Americans would eat it. I was tempted to buy it myself!)



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    Aldi Süd sell this as “American”… but my fellow Yanks, have you ever seen such a thing?? (I mean, I 100% believe Americans would eat it. I was tempted to buy it myself!)

    Aldi Süd sell this as “American”... but my fellow Yanks, have you ever seen such a thing?? (I mean, I 100% believe Americans would eat it. I was tempted to buy it myself!)


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    The Snook mourns Oktoberfest 2020.

    The Snook mourns Oktoberfest 2020.


  • Shared today on Twitter

    @jennifermarsman Munich, Germany 😃


    “Das ist mein Morgengesicht,” he says. 😂

    Having our Frühstück at the breakfast bar in the new place. Feeling better thanks to all the lovely messages. ❤️ https://t.co/4pLb5ZihqD https://t.co/kzA39OWAXA


    RT @dtraub: This week’s Ask Me Anything about AWS starts in 20 minutes (10 BST, 11 CEST, 12 EEST). Today, I’m joined by @alex_casalboni and…


    @diversionary @stephenlead Reminds me I meant to tell you, the number of times we have referenced “needing to find the Sample of Munich” in the last two weeks… is considerable. 😂


    @diversionary @stephenlead We are bearing the deprivation as best we can. 😜


    RT @coates: If you Google “2010-09-09”, you’ll likely hit the @awscloud documentation for CloudFormation, whose templates are all versioned…


    @cobusbernard Wait, am I not in this channel??


    @jeffbarr I’m fascinated by how you organise your calendar! I clearly need to get better at blocking out writing and prep time… 🤔


    Jetzt bin ich Deutsch! ☺️ https://t.co/sIFGvCPL8S https://t.co/cANwnV1wME



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    “Das ist mein Morgengesicht,” he says. 😂

    Having our Frühstück at the breakfast bar in the new place. Feeling better thanks to all the lovely messages. ❤️


    Jetzt bin ich Deutsch! ☺️



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    Jetzt bin ich Deutsch! ☺️

    Jetzt bin ich Deutsch! ☺️


  • Shared today on Twitter

    @captainklein Looking forward to moving into a place with a proper kitchen today so we can eat some vegetables. Need to balance out all the Schnitzel! 😂


    RT @melissamcewen: Writing a horror book called “Chores you didn’t know existed and were supposed to be doing all along“


    @BrianCentrone @FourRedShoes *chef’s kiss emoji* to both of you.


    RT @mirandajewess: I have just found the best book in the whole world. It is a German grammar book from 1913. Stick with me… A THREAD htt…


    RT @grandmagrit: Retweet if you agree a vote for @JoeBiden is a vote for honor & decency.


    @200ok Two months ago, walking through the Broadway shopping center crammed with people and we were the only ones wearing masks, I came to the same damn conclusion. There’s no reason it couldn’t have just as easily happened in Sydney.


    @bodil This is the content I needed, thank you.


    @the_nathanjones Yes. That was my attempt to not eat schnitzel at every meal. 😂 It was so good.


    @the_nathanjones Dear god. That should come with a #nsfw label. 🤤


    @TheRealBnut @DrJosh9000 6. Who knew I was such a hell raiser?


    6. For the record, I’m amazing at karaoke; my tattoo is well-covered; I regret the belly button piercing (which is long gone); skydiving hungover is not recommended; and everybody in Indiana goes skinny dipping. https://t.co/SWYfbpVHY1


    @ziniman @MagicJohnson @kryon Whaaaaaat. That’s amazing! 👏


    RT @ziniman: Yes, this is @MagicJohnson and myself on the same event invite 😀 @Kryon Automation Olympics starts today and I will be speakin…


    @AU_JohnDw20 You’re a musician and actor. I expect no less. 😜


    Huh. Just discovered a photo of myself on Getty Images that’s been there for, oh, 16 years. 😳 https://t.co/vhGosAIPEO


    @dtraub It ran over four weeks. Sadly, the number of participants dropped off every week. I think people started smoking and were too embarrassed to come back. 🙁


    @gilmae @mflbg Actually, I did that in the Phillippines! Zip line literally ran between two islands. So fun, with the air of danger of a slightly rickety carnival ride.


    @MichelePlayfair I’m going to pretend I didn’t see that.


    @cobusbernard I have a very vague memory of this game, I think? 😳 My very first ones were loaded off cassette tape onto an Atari home computer!


    The suitcases are unpacked in our new apartment… and suddenly I am hit with all the feels. It’s a big change. We’re a long way from home. What are we doing? I miss everybody back in Australia. 😢❤️



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    The suitcases are unpacked in our new apartment… and suddenly I am hit with all the feels. It’s a big change. We’re a long way from home. What are we doing? I miss everybody back in Australia. 😢❤️



  • Shared today on Twitter

    @IbottaApp @IbottaTech Someone signed up to your service using my email address, and I’m now getting detailed emails about their purchases. Your unsubscribe link goes nowhere. Did you not use double opt-in? How can I stop these? Seems like a massive privacy violation.


    Visualising COVID-19 data using knitting and crochet. I started knitting the virus genome back in March… I should get back to that. https://t.co/mSGFqX91L3 https://t.co/b181badRID


    I feel like @the_snook would be into it. https://t.co/iYLnZnQz0s


    I don’t know who needs to hear it, but professional Meetup groups (like one with “CI/CD” in the name) are not for making love connections. Don’t message people telling them you think their photo is beautiful. (I haven’t redacted this one as I’m fairly certain it’s a scam.) https://t.co/XV5ofseJT3


    And yes, I reported to @meetup_support.


    Blog post: Exploring Munich’s Parks. We did more than 25,500 steps this weekend! 🌳🌸🍦🥨🍺

    https://t.co/23XwvOT5PF https://t.co/3aP46Wppj4


    @IanMmmm We did indeed! Kind of weird to see that many folks crammed together without masks these days, so we didn’t hang around for long…


    @dtraub The reward for several months of stress…


    RT @cobusbernard: Super happy to be speaking at the first Github Africa meetup on how to create infrastructure with Terraform using Github…


    Grocery check-out chick in Indiana. I carried out bags of groceries to Amish buggies and was condescended to by sneering “lake people” from Chicago every year. https://t.co/iQqEjYXT6n


    Ten months ago we sat at that table behind the Snook, eating amazing Schnitzel, and joking about moving to Munich. And now we’re BACK! ❤️ https://t.co/WzBq0pzFHu https://t.co/dZS0yWWXSR


    RT @FUCKEDUP: yo ozymandias sure was wrong about a global catastrophic event uniting everyone


    @sukrucakmak @kaspars_rink @starbuxman Came here to say the same thing. 😂 #webmonkey4eva


    RT @msukanya93: Just 1 day to go – join us at #aws #womenintech day (#community edition).
    Detailed agenda and registration at – https://t.…




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