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Hello everyone, I hope you had a nice and relaxing, long Easter weekend! 🐰  Welcome back to this multicultural, international blog, where we get to the talking points that really matter. When you grow up in Germany, one thing is very clear: sugarcoating is not a thing over here. You get to the point stat — or you forget about it. On the other hand, you have to consider that whatever you dish out, you should be able to take in return. So this isn’t about not thinking before expressing yourself, it is more about getting to the heart of the issue quickly, ideally to search for a solution together. As you might imagine, working in other countries and navigating the corporate jungle hasn’t always been easy for me. If you work for British, Canadian or American companies, they might not always be too thrilled about the German way of life — specifically, the way we articulate things. So, you have to slightly adjust to cultural norms, if only so the people  around you can unde...

 

  Hello everybody, Welcome back to your favorite anti-social media blog! Follow us nowhere. When we heard that Meta had desperately tried to stop this hearing from happening, we knew — this had to go up on the blog. It only confirms what we have been saying in conversations time and time again. And honestly? We think it’s safe to say nobody believed it. Our point is this: on social media, you are bombarded with images of things you don’t have and because of the data they have collected on you, like age, career, marital status and your current situation, they assume you want. After targeting you and deliberately showing you 30 perfectly curated and edited photos of everything you currently lack on your 'For You' or 'Home' screen, you probably start to feel really low. Or, as we hear in the video, shortly after deleting a selfie you just posted because of self-doubt. That is when the next post/ad shows up, offering you a ‘solution.’ You need to be prettier, need this s...

 

Hello everybody, Welcome back to your favorite blog about filmmaking and cinematography. Today, we are kicking off our new series – the 🎬Good Movie Club🍿. This club is obviously not about new, shallow movies with bad scripts that promote the erosion of values that have been presented to us repeatedly in recent years. It's about great movies from the past that were well made and fun to watch.  More than deserving of a rewatch! You know what sounds like an interesting job? Being a Production Assistant for good movies.  I find the movie-making process fascinating. Of course, it depends on the project. If I had only carried one cable during the making of ' La La Land' , I would have been very happy. What an amazing end result! 😃✨ Imagine, there was a 'La La Land' concert in London, an orchestra playing the soundtrack at the Royal Albert Hall! One time only. It was around Christmas and I was in Germany - so I missed it! Can you believe it?! I say 'La La Land' ...

Hello everyone, Welcome back to your favorite blog about science and societal norms. Can you believe it is already April? Today, we want to shine a light on the connection between intelligence and one’s social life with this YouTube recommendation. I just brought up Einstein (once again) because he is such a great example of a high IQ. In the video below, we can learn about the link between being very smart and being avoided for exactly that reason. However, if you are a sapiosexual, you won't have a problem with intelligence at all — quite the opposite, in fact. 🙂 While watching this, you might think that being a clever person is harder because you constantly think about things that never even come to mind for the vast majority of people. But as we hear towards the end of the video it is all getting easier, once you find or build a likeminded tribe.  A quote I read somewhere before and found interesting is that 'everyone you meet knows something you don't know.' So if...

 

Hello everyone! Welcome back to this Blog about arts and poetry. Your favorite Blog you just can't get enough of. I thought today is a good day to release my first poem, which I actually wrote in March this year. Since I am from the country of poets and thinkers, I might as well. I went through it again and this - Gedicht - is now finished. It is called 'New York' and I think it captures my time and experience there pretty well. I also made a German version which you can find below too, as you know, this blog is rather international. I am in a creative phase right now. It is like songwriting, just with no music.. Have a good weekend.  ✨ ©IBreakTheNews

Hello everybody, Welcome back to this blog about nutrition and good food choices. Yes, I know there are bigger problems in the world right now but can I just address the smoothie crisis in Germany for a moment? In London, every week I bought at least 2 bottles of this mango and passion fruit smoothie. Sometimes the green one or the strawberry one too. I really like the quality of these Innocent smoothies . They are really thick and with no artificial additives. When I buy a smoothie here in Germany now, even from this same brand, it is just not the same product. Here, smoothies tend to be thin and watery, the taste is more bland. Or if you buy it from another brand that offers a thick smoothie, it is all natural and more on the sour side. Is this enough to make me go back to London? Not quite yet, but I think we should get good smoothie quality for everyone. Am I just spoiled or is this a valid concern?  I am not sure. Maybe I can find a good smoothie from another brand, in another...