Show threadShriram KrishnamurthiJul 6, 2024
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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Shriram KrishnamurthiJun 25, 2024
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
Shriram KrishnamurthiJun 25, 2024

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 moveable type predates Gutenberg.

Is it a Cray? No, it's a Chinese type case, indexed by stroke. #DE24

Shriram KrishnamurthiJun 24, 2024

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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Shriram KrishnamurthiJun 24, 2024
Okay, listen, Germans: you have some explaining to do.
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Shriram KrishnamurthiJun 23, 2024
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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Shriram KrishnamurthiJun 23, 2024
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
Shriram KrishnamurthiJun 23, 2024
Bingen's famous Mao-Tse-Turm. #DE24
Shriram KrishnamurthiJun 23, 2024
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
Shriram KrishnamurthiJun 22, 2024

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