TMN 100
100 Days
100 Days was an online project of daily blog posts attempting to create a semi-subjective record of extraordinary times. Counting down from the day Boris Johnson became British Prime Minister on 24 July to alleged Brexit Day on 31 October, the work was completed in situ and exhibited as TMN 100 6-0 at Access Space, UK from 25 October to 06 November 2019. 100 Days was presented as a wall installation alongside other pieces from Twelve Months Notice, including two 'Get ready to not be ready/Press Conference' performances. The physical blog posts resonated political wall posters, and if read in a linear, chronological way the hanging was forcing you to go round in circles.
Day 0
0 is neither positive or negative
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| Photo: Susanne Palzer |
31 October 2019
The United Kingdom is not leaving the EU today.
The country has not exploded.
No one has died in a ditch.
Boris Johnson is still Prime Minister.
The country has not exploded.
No one has died in a ditch.
Boris Johnson is still Prime Minister.
Day 1
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| Not a Wickes Ad TMN 100 6-0 |
TMN 100 6-0
Completion Celebration!TMN 100 must be completed by Thursday, 31 October 2019! Get ready to exit - the project.
5 to 7pm, all welcome.
Halloween costume optional.
Access Space, Unit 1 AVEC Building, 3-7 Sidney Street, Sheffield, S1 4RG
30 October 2019
Twitter takes the decision to ban all political advertising around the world from the end of November, motivated by the aim to protect democracy. I learn about deepfakes.
We attend Jonathan Pie's Fake News live gig only to come home to "December 12 poll will get Brexit done", says Boris Johnson in The Times. Sorry, but can't help it: ahahahaha.
We attend Jonathan Pie's Fake News live gig only to come home to "December 12 poll will get Brexit done", says Boris Johnson in The Times. Sorry, but can't help it: ahahahaha.
Day 2
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| TMN 100 6-0 Deer cam: working out the details |
29 October 2019
10 million commemorative Brexit coins are being recycled after PM Boris Johnson has formally accepted the extension granted by the EU until 31 January 2020.
The number of British citizens leaving for European countries is at a 10-year high. Following the Brexit referendum many are motivated by being an active European, while at the same time not feeling less British.
Becoming German: 622 Britons received German citizenship in 2015. This rose to 7493 naturalizations in 2017. An even higher number is expected this year.
Parliament votes to hold a General Election on 12 December 2019.
The number of British citizens leaving for European countries is at a 10-year high. Following the Brexit referendum many are motivated by being an active European, while at the same time not feeling less British.
Becoming German: 622 Britons received German citizenship in 2015. This rose to 7493 naturalizations in 2017. An even higher number is expected this year.
Parliament votes to hold a General Election on 12 December 2019.
Day 3
TMN 100 6-0
Friday, 25 October to Wednesday, 06 November 2019
Access Space, Unit 1, AVEC Building, 3-7 Sidney Street, Sheffield, S1 4RG
Here are the opening times for the remaining days of TMN 100 6-0!
Mon, 28 Oct, 2-4pm
Tues, 29 Oct, 2-4pm
Wed, 30 Oct, 10-12am
100 Days Completion Celebration:
Thur, 31 Oct, 5-7pm
Fri, 01 Nov, 2-4pm
Tues, 05 Nov, 2-4pm
Closing event:
Wed, 06 Nov, 5-7pm
To create a record of extraordinary times Twelve Months Notice has posted daily blog entries since Boris Johnson became Prime Minister on 24 July 2019.
https://twelvemonthsnotice.blogspot.com/2019/07/100-days.html
Join us at Access Space to count down the last 6 days to Day Zero!
100 Days will be presented as an installation alongside other pieces from Twelve Months Notice. TMN is a project by artist Susanne Palzer who will be working in the space until Wednesday, 06 November.
28 October 2019
The EU accepts the UK's request for a 'flextension' until 31 January 2020.
We won't be leaving the EU on 31 October 2019.
Let's see if the country will "explode"* or if Boris Johnson will "die in a ditch"* on Thursday!? # DitchBrexit is trending.
*as claimed by Marc Francois and Boris Johnson
The EU accepts the UK's request for a 'flextension' until 31 January 2020.
We won't be leaving the EU on 31 October 2019.
Let's see if the country will "explode"* or if Boris Johnson will "die in a ditch"* on Thursday!? # DitchBrexit is trending.
*as claimed by Marc Francois and Boris Johnson
Day 4
"Here is what I believe. Shit fucking happens. That's rule one. Everybody walking the planet knows that. Rule two: things rarely turn out the way you planned. Three: everybody gets knocked down. Four, and most important of all: after you take those shots, it's time to stand up and walk on - continue to live."
- Duff McKagan, It's So Easy: And Other Lies
27 October 2019
A day of rest. I watch The Keeper for the first time and find it a moving and poignant film for our divisive times.
A day of rest. I watch The Keeper for the first time and find it a moving and poignant film for our divisive times.
Day 5
TMN 100 6 - 0
Opening Event, Friday, 25 October 2019, Access Space:
Get ready to not be ready
Announcement:"I have negotiated with the art work and we have come to the conclusion that we are not ready. We will, probably, be ready by Thursday next week. 100 Days will be completed and up on the walls by 31 October.
I will now take all your unanswerable questions."
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"Can you guarantee the exhibition will be ready?"
"Yes, I guarantee that the project will be completed by Thursday. "
"Have you worked out the hanging? Is there enough wall space or will you need an extension?"
"I am sure we won't need an extension but I am considering the space further along if that were to be the case."
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"I leave that open to interpretation."
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"Do you have a split cabinet at home?"
"No. I have shelves. I prefer to shelf things."
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"As this is a press conference, where will this be published?"
"Due to our current media landscape I expect that this event will go entirely unnoticed."
The 100 Days Completion Celebration will take place on Thursday, 31 October 2019, at Access Space.
26 October 2019
Last night's opening of TMN 100 6-0 went well. There was only a small group of visitors who nevertheless got very involved in the 'press conferences' asking brilliant 'unanswerable' questions.
Today marks my 20 years in Sheffield.
Today marks my 20 years in Sheffield.
Day 6
TMN 100 6 - 0
OPENING EVENT: Friday, 25 October 2019, from 5 to 7pm. All welcome.Access Space, Unit 1, AVEC Building, 3-7 Sidney Street, Sheffield, S1 4RG
To create a record of extraordinary times Twelve Months Notice has posted daily blog entries since Boris Johnson became Prime Minister on 24 July 2019.
https://twelvemonthsnotice.blogspot.com/2019/07/100-days.html
Join us at Access Space to count down the last 6 days to Day Zero!
100 Days will be presented as an installation alongside other pieces from Twelve Months Notice.
TMN is a project by artist Susanne Palzer who will be working in the space until Wednesday, 06 November.
More info and opening times after Friday, 25 October to follow.
https://twelvemonthsnotice.blogspot.com/
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Susanne Palzer is a cross-disciplinary artist, performer and independent researcher who grew up in Germany, not far from Schengen, Luxembourg. She has a long-standing relationship with the UK since the age of 13 and has been based in Sheffield since 1999. Susanne Palzer's main practice investigates the intersection of digital and analogue forms, in particular the fusion of digital technology and physical performance. However, political circumstances impacting on the personal over the past three years have forced her into an ongoing existential dialogue with her art practice. In March 2018 she initiated Twelve Months Notice to negotiate the situation she found herself in. Susanne Palzer is also the curator of OPENPLATFORM/RAP(s)-TwT., and a co-director at Access Space, Sheffield.
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https://arandomprocessexperiment.blogspot.com/open-platform.html
25 October 2019
UKCEN clarify that the Freedom of Establishment and Free Movement of Services Regulations will not affect EU27 resident in the UK and their rights to self-employment after Brexit.
The government drop their 'Get ready for Brexit' ad campaign.
I cannot work out if there is any more news to tell today about what is going on in parliament ... so I am off to set up the exhibition for 100 Days. See you later?
The government drop their 'Get ready for Brexit' ad campaign.
I cannot work out if there is any more news to tell today about what is going on in parliament ... so I am off to set up the exhibition for 100 Days. See you later?
Day 7
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| Klara Vith Untitled [You should now make arrangements to leave] 2018 |
24 October 2019
An activist I meet talks about the attributes of activism: anger and hope. She describes the power of hope - that people coming after you will take up the baton. The suffragettes did not reap all the fruit of their fight in their lifetimes, for example, but the women generations after them did. Activists continue to be born as we see in the climate change protests of the young today.
I visit Bloomberg New Contemporaries at Leeds Art Gallery and am pleased to encounter some political works.
I visit Bloomberg New Contemporaries at Leeds Art Gallery and am pleased to encounter some political works.
Day 8
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When your friends remind you that there was once a life before June 2016 ... © Susanne Palzer, 2013 |
23 October 2019
#ReasonsToNotTrustBorisJohnson is trending on Twitter. Hugo Dixon, Deputy Chair of People's Vote UK, dissects six lies and six most likely undeliverable promises by the Prime Minister in one day alone.
39 people are found dead in a lorry in Essex. Travelling from Bulgaria to the UK via Holyhead the 'unorthodox route' suggests a case of human trafficking.
After a day preparing for an exhibition of 100 Days - that I have not even had time to announce on this website - I cannot be bothered to check up on the nonsense in Parliament.
39 people are found dead in a lorry in Essex. Travelling from Bulgaria to the UK via Holyhead the 'unorthodox route' suggests a case of human trafficking.
After a day preparing for an exhibition of 100 Days - that I have not even had time to announce on this website - I cannot be bothered to check up on the nonsense in Parliament.
Day 9
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| From: Broken Tree, 2014/2016 © Susanne Palzer |
"From an IT perspective, Brexit feels like ditching the operating system. Not switching, like from Linux to Windows, or VMS to BSD; rather rejecting the existing one first, in the vague hope of ... "something better" in the future."
22 October 2019
Justin Trudeau has been re-elected as Prime Minister of Canada.
The Withdrawal Agreement Bill is picked apart on Twitter. Parliament is supposed to decide on this colossal document after only three days, which is not enough time for thorough scrutiny of changes that will determine the future of the country. The WAB is the most significant piece of legislation, with the most profound political and economic impact on all our lives, since 1973.
Jean-Claude Juncker calls Brexit a waste of time and a waste of energy. Second that.
The Withdrawal Agreement Bill is picked apart on Twitter. Parliament is supposed to decide on this colossal document after only three days, which is not enough time for thorough scrutiny of changes that will determine the future of the country. The WAB is the most significant piece of legislation, with the most profound political and economic impact on all our lives, since 1973.
Jean-Claude Juncker calls Brexit a waste of time and a waste of energy. Second that.
Day 10
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| May-pole, 2019 © Susanne Palzer |
21 October 2019
Northern Ireland is celebrating: from midnight tonight abortion and equal marriage will no longer be criminal acts.
Elections take place in Canada.
If approved by Parliament, a new draft regulation that passed today will allow Ministers to remove the rights of EU, EEA, Swiss and Turkish nationals to own and manage companies or to provide services in the UK on the same basis as UK nationals. This would literally pull the rug from under my artist feet and end my life as an artist in the UK.
This draft regulation was decided on in a small committee of 9 Tory MPs.
Elections take place in Canada.
If approved by Parliament, a new draft regulation that passed today will allow Ministers to remove the rights of EU, EEA, Swiss and Turkish nationals to own and manage companies or to provide services in the UK on the same basis as UK nationals. This would literally pull the rug from under my artist feet and end my life as an artist in the UK.
This draft regulation was decided on in a small committee of 9 Tory MPs.
Day 11
| Making history: one million marching on Parliament, 19 October 2019, the moment the Letwin amendment is passed. © Susanne Palzer, 2019 |
20 October 2019
A day of rest.
Day 12
Looking for a voice.
| © Susanne Palzer, 2019 |
19 October 2019
'Super Saturday': one million people march in London and gather outside Parliament while MPs are sitting.
The latest Withdrawal Agreement is brought before the Commons. According to the recent Benn Act PM Johnson will have to ask the EU for an extension if the agreement does not pass parliament before 11pm tonight. The Letwin amendment, which demands all necessary legislation to be in place before deciding on the agreement, is voted through with a majority of 16. One million cheer.
In the evening PM Johnson sends the letter asking for an extension - unsigned.
I am marching with two friends - one British, one Commonwealth, one EU27. Togetherness matters. After over three years I am fatigued having to do this again and again but as I have not had and will not have a say in the Brexit decision this is what I can do. There was no and will be no People's Vote for me but every time the marches remind me of why I made the UK my home in the first place.
The latest Withdrawal Agreement is brought before the Commons. According to the recent Benn Act PM Johnson will have to ask the EU for an extension if the agreement does not pass parliament before 11pm tonight. The Letwin amendment, which demands all necessary legislation to be in place before deciding on the agreement, is voted through with a majority of 16. One million cheer.
In the evening PM Johnson sends the letter asking for an extension - unsigned.
I am marching with two friends - one British, one Commonwealth, one EU27. Togetherness matters. After over three years I am fatigued having to do this again and again but as I have not had and will not have a say in the Brexit decision this is what I can do. There was no and will be no People's Vote for me but every time the marches remind me of why I made the UK my home in the first place.
Day 13
"What I'm trying to do now is spreading the importance of being an intellectual. What is an intellectual? Someone who reads books and who wants to make the world a better place."
- Vivienne Westwood, designer, activist and ex-primary school teacher, Vogue, September 2019
18 October 2019
Lawyer Jolyon Maugham's legal challenge against PM Boris Johnson's new Withdrawal Agreement gets rejected in Scotland's highest civil court.
On the eve of Parliament voting on this Agreement constituents offer absent Sheffield Hallam MP Jared O'Mara a lift to the Commons and the first RejoinEU meme appears on Twitter. # BrexitCrisis and # WeLoveYouMeghan are trending.
After being told off at work for wearing red socks I am packing for the People's Vote march in London tomorrow. # rebel spirit
On the eve of Parliament voting on this Agreement constituents offer absent Sheffield Hallam MP Jared O'Mara a lift to the Commons and the first RejoinEU meme appears on Twitter. # BrexitCrisis and # WeLoveYouMeghan are trending.
After being told off at work for wearing red socks I am packing for the People's Vote march in London tomorrow. # rebel spirit
Day 14
The State of Play
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| © Susanne Palzer, 2019 |
17 October 2019
It is the first day of the European Council summit: "Leaders will meet in EU27 format to discuss Brexit. The EU's chief negotiator Michel Barnier will inform them about the state of play following intensified negotiations with the UK over the last few days." ...
Jean-Claude Juncker announces a "fair and balanced agreement" has been reached between the EU and the UK and asks the Council to endorse it. Announcing the deal later in the day at the summit Donald Tusk speaks with sadness in his heart and says "our door will always be open" if the UK decides to return to the EU at a later date.
US President Trump comments on the situation in Syria: "It's a lot of sand. They've got a lot of sand over there so there's a lot of sand they can play with."
Jean-Claude Juncker announces a "fair and balanced agreement" has been reached between the EU and the UK and asks the Council to endorse it. Announcing the deal later in the day at the summit Donald Tusk speaks with sadness in his heart and says "our door will always be open" if the UK decides to return to the EU at a later date.
US President Trump comments on the situation in Syria: "It's a lot of sand. They've got a lot of sand over there so there's a lot of sand they can play with."
Day 15
"Oh well. Who even cares anymore? It’s all auto-ironic now. All the rest of us can do is hang about, watching the doors shut, listening to the walls bang, waiting for the idiots finally to give their stamp of idiotic approval to the single stupidest thing any once sensible country has ever done."
16 October 2019
'Murder, She Wrote': Actress Angela Lansbury celebrates her 94th birthday.
On the eve of the EU summit no new Withdrawal Agreement has been finalized.
Technical talks will continue through the night.
Lawyer Jolyon Maugham launches a new legal challenge against PM Boris Johnson's new possible Brexit Agreement claiming that it would violate British tax law.
On the eve of the EU summit no new Withdrawal Agreement has been finalized.
Technical talks will continue through the night.
Lawyer Jolyon Maugham launches a new legal challenge against PM Boris Johnson's new possible Brexit Agreement claiming that it would violate British tax law.
Day 16
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| Br-Exit © Susanne Palzer, 2019 |
15 October 2019
In the early hours of this morning I watched Louis Theroux's Weird Weekend episode in which he visits American right-wing groups of the patriot movement and Aryan Nations. Filmed in 1998 the episode pre-dates the rise of social media and 911. From today's vantage point there emerges the chilling feeling that these movements have evolved from splintered mountain or rural communities to a global, networked and well-organized 'monster'. (The RAND corporation later called Aryan Nations "the first truly nationwide terrorist network" in the Untited States.) Just from watching this episode I can see how constantly engaging in these images and visions of perceived threat drives paranoia. If you believe this shit it creates a dangerous momentum - and yes, goes viral in every sense of the word. In our current societies there exists an increasing discrepancy between perceived threat and actual reality. Aided by online media algorithms what people think and feel becomes reality - rather than what is. Or how Edward Snowdon phrased it: "Fact has to matter more again than emotions, that is what needs to change."
Day 17
Pifflepafflewifflewaffle Land of Hopeless Glory
14 October 2019
Boris Johnson gets his flu jab.
The government wastes more money by holding a Queens Speech; which sounds very much like a pre-election party political broadcast in the face of the uncertainty of the next two weeks. PM Johnson responds to criticism by saying the UK is the "greatest place to live on earth". Do the rich Brexiters who have abandoned the country know this?
EU leaders tell Boris Johnson there is no "practical or legal way" to find an agreement before the EU summit this Thursday.
The government wastes more money by holding a Queens Speech; which sounds very much like a pre-election party political broadcast in the face of the uncertainty of the next two weeks. PM Johnson responds to criticism by saying the UK is the "greatest place to live on earth". Do the rich Brexiters who have abandoned the country know this?
EU leaders tell Boris Johnson there is no "practical or legal way" to find an agreement before the EU summit this Thursday.
Day 18
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| TMN VI - September 2018 © Susanne Palzer |
13 October 2019
Hibernating, reading, plotting the next moves.
Day 19
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| Sheffield, 12 October 2019 Photo: Susanne Palzer |
12 October 2019
The EU27 and the UK schedule emergency talks over the weekend to find a solution to the NI situation and secure a new last minute Withdrawal Agreement.
As we enter "the most important two weeks in British history" (since WWII?) I see the first 'Get Ready' add in town - I have had a lucky escape so far.
Start as you mean to go on.
Day 20
"This is super-conceptual" ...
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| Data Management Part III Susanne Palzer, 2012 |
11 October 2019
LAB[AU]'s show IF THEN ELSE at Casino Luxembourg was just what I needed as a further push back to what I consider my main practice: investigating the intersection of digital and analogue forms.
I return to the UK and find not much has changed in a week - apart from many flights from the North to Germany being cut from the end of October.
Hello isolation, beautiful friend.
Day 21
"Es gibt keine Rückkehr aus der globalisierten Welt zum Stammesfeuer."
- Gerhart Baum
10 October 2019
Four people are injured during a series of stabbings at Arndale Shopping Centre in Manchester.
Gerhart Baum, ex-interior minister of Germany, urges to address people's fears in a rapidly changing and networked world. Following the right-wing attack in Halle, Germany, Markus Lanz chairs a very enlightening discussion on German television.
Four people are injured during a series of stabbings at Arndale Shopping Centre in Manchester.
Gerhart Baum, ex-interior minister of Germany, urges to address people's fears in a rapidly changing and networked world. Following the right-wing attack in Halle, Germany, Markus Lanz chairs a very enlightening discussion on German television.
Day 22
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09 October 2019
A right-wing attack takes place near a synagogue in Halle, Germany.
Turkey starts a military offence in North-East Syria.
l am deeply humbled by Parastou Forouhar's exhibition, work and practice.
Some artists are just on another level.
A right-wing attack takes place near a synagogue in Halle, Germany.
Turkey starts a military offence in North-East Syria.
l am deeply humbled by Parastou Forouhar's exhibition, work and practice.
Some artists are just on another level.
Day 23
"If you begin to consider yourself solely responsible to a political party,
you are halfway to a dictatorship."
Clement Attlee
08 October 2019
Donald Tusk loses his patience with Boris Johnson: "What's at stake is not winning some stupid blame game. At stake is the future of Europe and the UK as well as the security and interests of our people. You don't want a deal, you don't want an extension, you don't want to revoke, quo vadis?"
Rampant speculations continue on Twitter regarding Brexit and the incident in Limburg, Germany. So tiresome. Quo vadis, indeed.
Donald Tusk loses his patience with Boris Johnson: "What's at stake is not winning some stupid blame game. At stake is the future of Europe and the UK as well as the security and interests of our people. You don't want a deal, you don't want an extension, you don't want to revoke, quo vadis?"
Rampant speculations continue on Twitter regarding Brexit and the incident in Limburg, Germany. So tiresome. Quo vadis, indeed.
Day 24
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| Hypertext Complexity © Susanne Palzer, 2017 |
07 October 2019
Ex-Lib Dem leader Vince Cable says "the threat of mass violence over Brexit is a lie designed to frighten us" and that it won't happen.
A man steals a truck and drives it into a row of cars in Limburg, Germany.
Sixty years ago today Soviet probe Luna 3 takes the first pictures of the far side of the Moon.
Day 25
Clipped wings
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| Negotiating Table. It's complicated. © Susanne Palzer, 2017 |
06 October 2019
Michel Barnier does not see a way forward in the Brexit negotiations.
Melli Beese (1886-1925) was Germany's first female pilot. First artist, then passionate aviator, she broke down many barriers, and in 1912 opened her own flying school and aircraft factory in Berlin, with her French husband Charles Boutard. Only two years later the outbreak of WWI forced them to close the school and saw them interned as alien subjects. Melli Beese never recovered from the dramatic years and experiences that followed and committed suicide in 1925.
Her farewell note read "Flying is essential, living is not."
Her farewell note read "Flying is essential, living is not."
Day 26
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| Notebook, 2017 © Susanne Palzer |
05 October 2019
I discover Annemarie Schwarzenbach and read up on Else Lasker-Schüler. In our current political climate - local and global - I am intensely interested in this period between the two world wars of the past century, which sadly has too much resonance with present developments. Many women artists and intellectuals of the 1920s and 1930s appear breathtakingly contemporary and many explored issues of women's rights, equality and identity - breaking ground in a multitude of areas in the process. Gradually and inevitably they got caught up in the consequences of the rise of the far right across the world. Suffering conflict, hardship, denunciation, expulsion, emigration or death.
Day 27
"Wenn die Biene einmal von der Erde verschwindet, hat der Mensch nur noch vier Jahre zu leben. Keine Bienen mehr, keine Bestäubung mehr, keine Pflanzen mehr, keine Tiere mehr, kein Mensch mehr."
- Albert Einstein
- Albert Einstein
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| Grandpa, grandson & dog © Susanne Palzer |
04 October 2019
As early as 2016 the IPCC projected a temperature rise of 4ºC by the end of the century. Climate scientist Prof. Will Steffen believes it is impossible to survive this kind of temperature change as it is beyond human physiology to cope within these kinds of conditions.
A study by UK researchers reveals that the ongoing rise in infant mortality rates since 2014 is significantly associated with the increase in child poverty.
A study by UK researchers reveals that the ongoing rise in infant mortality rates since 2014 is significantly associated with the increase in child poverty.
Day 28
"We are open but unconvinced."
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| Broken Bowl © Susanne Palzer, 2018 |
The UK government submits its latest Brexit plans to the EU: Northern Ireland would leave the customs union but checks would be conducted inland on either side of the border between Northern Ireland and the Irish Republic. The EU welcomes the offer but immediately indicates that the suggestions may be unworkable as they put the Good Friday agreement at risk, but promise an in depth scrutiny and discussions.
Day 29
Not a paper.
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| TMN II - May/June 2018 Video still: Butoh sketches © Susanne Palzer |
02 October 2019
A study finds that dancing is a powerful tool to counteract several health risk factors and slows down age-related decline.
Artist and filmmaker Ian Nesbitt embarks on the beautiful project 'New Ways - A 220 mile pilgrimage on foot, collecting and sharing acts towards and visions of a positive future society'. You can fund him on Kickstarter.
Day 30
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| Art work by Andrew Gryf Paterson |
"There is one month left to do so (I guess because no one knows what will happen, but) ... As a British passport holder living in the EU since 2002, who did not vote in the Brexit referendum ... I ask you dear UK MPs, for the sake of my fellow passport holders and EU27 citizens who wish to live in the now disUK: Don't let my handicraft be in vain: Do the right thing: #RevokeArtivcle50 #ArtfullRevoke #CraftyRevoke #SleekitRevoke" ...
- Andrew Gryf Paterson, artist/organiser, Pixelache Helsinki
01 October 2019
It is International Coffee Day and Costa Coffee are giving away free coffees to promote their machines (= promoting more throw away cups). I buy a coffee for a friend on Ko-fi instead to help fund his work.
#Doingitwithitonacomputer emerges as a hashtag on Twitter following Esther Mcvey's bizarre speech at the Conservative Conference.
#Doingitwithitonacomputer emerges as a hashtag on Twitter following Esther Mcvey's bizarre speech at the Conservative Conference.
Day 31
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| Photographer's Gallery © Susanne Palzer, 2108 |
"Now, more than ever, we have to try to demonstrate what the future can look like, show that fear doesn't need to be a part of that vision, and that politics is a solution rather than part of the problem. ... I hope we'll see the exceptional finally become the rule, that kindness and compassion can be powerful and strong ...
- Jacinda Ardern, Prime Minister of New Zealand, Vogue, September 2019
30 September 2019
MP Dominic Grieve speaks out about the death threats he has received following accusations of 'foreign collusion' by the government.
German city Homburg and French city La Baule are celebrating 35 years of partnership this coming weekend. Members of La Baule cycling club are travelling 900km to Homburg by bike, doing a joint ride for the remaining 35 km with cycling friends from Homburg.
# Another future is possible
German city Homburg and French city La Baule are celebrating 35 years of partnership this coming weekend. Members of La Baule cycling club are travelling 900km to Homburg by bike, doing a joint ride for the remaining 35 km with cycling friends from Homburg.
# Another future is possible
Day 32
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| Susanne H, near Bouzonville, France © Susanne Palzer, 1986 |
Your heart knows what your head can barely comprehend. Listen to your heart - it will always send you in the right direction. - Leonard Lauder
29 September 2019
I watch Nick Broomfield's beautiful film 'Marianne and Leonard: Words of Love' and am reminded to honour love, friendship, poetry and beauty through whatever life brings.
Day 33
Welcome to the Sunny Uplands !
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| Get Ready ... © Susanne Palzer, 2019 |
28 September 2019
A school in Dorset distributes a letter regarding No Deal preparations: explaining how they intend to deal with food, medicine and fuel shortages. The school indicates that there may be increased 'safeguarding referrals with particular reference to Modern Slavery, Domestic abuse, Hate crime' and a rise of extremist activity alongside civil unrest.
The heated debate about inflammatory language in British politics continues.
According to the World Health Organisation nine out of 10 people are breathing 'unsafe' air.
The heated debate about inflammatory language in British politics continues.
According to the World Health Organisation nine out of 10 people are breathing 'unsafe' air.
Day 34
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| © Susanne Palzer, 2018 |
27 September 2019
#GetBrexitGone is trending on UK Twitter. Hashtag #BodyBagBrexit reappears.
On another Climate Strike Friday 134 bowhead whales beach and die in Cape Verde.
On another Climate Strike Friday 134 bowhead whales beach and die in Cape Verde.
Day 35
And breathe ...
26 September 2019
Today I will mostly be looking the other way, without turning the other cheek.
Day 36
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| European Nights Helsinki, 2017 Photo: Andrew Gryf Paterson |
25 September 2019
Parliament re-opens and Speaker John Berkow welcomes MPs back to their 'place of work'.
The Attorney General Geoffrey Cox states that 'this government will not cease' until it has achieved Brexit.
PM Boris Johnson tells the House of Commons that the ruling of the Supreme Court regarding prorogation was wrong.
Brexit propaganda appears in primary schools.
The Attorney General Geoffrey Cox states that 'this government will not cease' until it has achieved Brexit.
PM Boris Johnson tells the House of Commons that the ruling of the Supreme Court regarding prorogation was wrong.
Brexit propaganda appears in primary schools.
Day 37
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| © Susanne Palzer, 2019 |
24 September 2019
The Supreme Court rules that the prorogation of parliament has been unlawful.
The UK Government are advertising (now) for Negotiations Planning and Policy Advisors "to prepare for negotiations with the EU", closing date 07 October!
Only 3% of British living in the EU27 consider moving back to the UK. A survey finds anxiety is still high among EU27citizens in the UK and British citizens in the UK due to lack of information, protection and political representation.
The UK Government are advertising (now) for Negotiations Planning and Policy Advisors "to prepare for negotiations with the EU", closing date 07 October!
Only 3% of British living in the EU27 consider moving back to the UK. A survey finds anxiety is still high among EU27citizens in the UK and British citizens in the UK due to lack of information, protection and political representation.
Day 38
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| © Susanne Palzer |
23 September 2019
Tour operator Thomas Cook collapses and ceases trading, leaving over 150 000 holidaymakers stranded and putting 22 000 jobs at risk worldwide.
I travel from Luxembourg to the UK and my plane lands 20 minutes ahead of schedule.
On the island uncertainty awaits. No one knows what the next few weeks will bring.
I travel from Luxembourg to the UK and my plane lands 20 minutes ahead of schedule.
On the island uncertainty awaits. No one knows what the next few weeks will bring.
Day 39
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| Freedom of Movement © Susanne Palzer |
Day 40
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| What a pain! Le Brioche de Luxembourg © Susanne Palzer |
21 September 2019
Pro-EU demonstrations and gatherings continue across the UK.
I spend the evening in France celebrating my brother's birthday. # grande region
I spend the evening in France celebrating my brother's birthday. # grande region
Day 41
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| Parking Day Saarbrücken, 20 September 2019 People are utilizing parking spaces for community activities. |
20 September 2019
I attend Global Climate Strike in Saarbrücken, Germany, alongside 10 000 fellow protestors.
Day 42
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| Temporäre Unterkunft für die vorübergehende Unterkunft von Geflüchteten Berlin, 2017 © Susanne Palzer |
19 September 2019
The Philippines declare an outbreak of Polio to the World Health Organization.
I get cabin fever and need to go for a swim ...
I get cabin fever and need to go for a swim ...
Day 43
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| Berlin, 2017 @ Susanne Palzer |
18 September 2019
As the 31 October approaches anxiety for EU citizens in the UK and UK citizens in the EU27 rapidly increases.
"Give us the time, give us the option!", MEP Seb Dance asks Michel Barnier and the EU to grant an extension to have a second referendum.
In an article published yesterday Gina Miller explains her Supreme Court case against prorogation.
After I pick up some hand-me-downs from a friend I watch the Prada SS2020 new collection live stream. As much as I love Miuccia Prada's clothes I can't help think about the fashion industry and climate change.
Meanwhile Greta Thunberg attends a congressional hearing and meets Barack Obama in the US.
"Give us the time, give us the option!", MEP Seb Dance asks Michel Barnier and the EU to grant an extension to have a second referendum.
In an article published yesterday Gina Miller explains her Supreme Court case against prorogation.
After I pick up some hand-me-downs from a friend I watch the Prada SS2020 new collection live stream. As much as I love Miuccia Prada's clothes I can't help think about the fashion industry and climate change.
Meanwhile Greta Thunberg attends a congressional hearing and meets Barack Obama in the US.
Day 44
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| The Light of Life © Susanne Palzer, 2017 |
17 September 2019
Jo Swinson makes her first conference speech as Lib Dem Leader.
It is Day 1 of the 'prorogation hearing' at Supreme Court.
John Berkow has a cat called Order.
Day 45
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| Filip Markiewicz Casino Luxembourg |
16 September 2019
Boris Johnson visits Luxembourg and decides not to take part in a press conference due to protesters shouting - which are mainly his own British citizens living in Brexit limbo in Luxembourg.
British press claims 'Luxembourg bullies Britain' after PM Xavier Bettel addresses the press on his own.
British press claims 'Luxembourg bullies Britain' after PM Xavier Bettel addresses the press on his own.
Day 46
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15 September 2019
"We all know Brexit is not working ... simply because it is a bad idea. ... Brexit has also created something positive ... today the biggest pro-European movement in the history of the Union is in Britain." - Guy Verhofstadt addresses the Liberal Party conference in Bournemouth.
The Lib Dems adopt the revocation of Article 50 as central policy to stop Brexit for a general election manifesto.
"We all know Brexit is not working ... simply because it is a bad idea. ... Brexit has also created something positive ... today the biggest pro-European movement in the history of the Union is in Britain." - Guy Verhofstadt addresses the Liberal Party conference in Bournemouth.
The Lib Dems adopt the revocation of Article 50 as central policy to stop Brexit for a general election manifesto.
Day 47
Ich halte es für unerlässlich , dem Menschen einen weitaus höheren Wert zu gewähren als einer nationalen Identität."
- Ulrich Wickert, Indentifiziert euch! Warum wir ein neuese Heimatgefühl brauchen
- Ulrich Wickert, Indentifiziert euch! Warum wir ein neuese Heimatgefühl brauchen
[Heimat bedeutet für mich] einen Ort, an dem ich mich wirklich zu Hause und wohl fühle. Das ist fuer mich gar nicht an eine Nationalität gebunden. Das hat für mich mit Familie, Sprache, Kultur, Musik, Humor, Licht, Kulinarik und auch mit bestimmten Düften und Gebräuchen zu tun, die mir das Herz froh machen. Es sind Orte, an denen ich einen Seelenfrieden verspüre.
- Tobias Scharfenberger, Intendant, Mosel Musikfestival
14 September 2019
Perspective: 90 Milliarden Menschen, also Vorfahren, haben bisher auf der Erde gelebt.
"The decision to learn a foreign language is to me an act of friendship. It is indeed a holding out of a hand. It's not just a route to negotiation. It's also to get to know you better, to draw closer to you and your culture, your social manners and your way of thinking. And the decision to teach a foreign language is an act of commitment, generosity and mediation."
"The decision to learn a foreign language is to me an act of friendship. It is indeed a holding out of a hand. It's not just a route to negotiation. It's also to get to know you better, to draw closer to you and your culture, your social manners and your way of thinking. And the decision to teach a foreign language is an act of commitment, generosity and mediation."
Day 48
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| Berlin, 2012 © Susanne Palzer |
13 September 2019
It's Friday the 13th. Boris Johnson is being heckled in Rotherham and Doncaster of all places. Something has truly shifted.
Arno Fischer, photographer, gifted teacher, mentor and outstanding human being died 8 years ago today. He deeply influenced and changed my outlook on life and that of countless other students. I'm sure he is still missed by many. Honoured to have known him.
Arno Fischer, photographer, gifted teacher, mentor and outstanding human being died 8 years ago today. He deeply influenced and changed my outlook on life and that of countless other students. I'm sure he is still missed by many. Honoured to have known him.
Day 49
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| TMN X - Ticket to the Void © Susanne Palzer, 2019 |
12 September 2019
Ireland has recently launched the 'Brexit Buster', a large new cargo ship that will ferry goods directly between Dublin and the European mainland, avoiding the UK.
The Yellowhammer No Deal-Brexit papers are released but appear to have been retitled and incomplete.
... And so the story continues. I start to feel too exhausted to follow it. I should engage in my own No Deal-Brexit preparations but I feel worn out. Sadly, I think this is what those driving No Deal actually want, to grind people down. ... But we cannot let them.
Niklas Frank, the son of Hitler's General Governor in Poland, speaks out against the German AfD party.
The Yellowhammer No Deal-Brexit papers are released but appear to have been retitled and incomplete.
... And so the story continues. I start to feel too exhausted to follow it. I should engage in my own No Deal-Brexit preparations but I feel worn out. Sadly, I think this is what those driving No Deal actually want, to grind people down. ... But we cannot let them.
Niklas Frank, the son of Hitler's General Governor in Poland, speaks out against the German AfD party.
Day 50
My Life has never any certainty. It's very hard for us to see where home is. - Ai Weiwei
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"By refusing these people [refugees], eventually you hurt yourself, your own understanding of society. We all know we're the same. What they want is very simple: safety, the right to work, some care about the community. If a society which is so prosperous, with such a privileged condition, cannot share or care or even understand those demands, that's a true tragedy for Europe."
"[Art and activism] It's not the same thing, but I will say that without my experience, my sensitivity, my knowledge or curiosity, I would not even have the desire to make so-called art. It gives me the courage to do what I do."
- from The Times, 19 June 2019, Interview by Demetrios Matheou
11 September 2019
It is 18 years since the terrorist attack on the US World Trade Centres.
The EU's chief Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier is set to stay on in his role beyond 31 October 2019.
Scottish judges rule the Parliament suspension (prorogation) unlawful. The implications of this ruling are unknown. The case will now move to the Supreme Court in London.
The EU's chief Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier is set to stay on in his role beyond 31 October 2019.
Scottish judges rule the Parliament suspension (prorogation) unlawful. The implications of this ruling are unknown. The case will now move to the Supreme Court in London.
Day 51
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| Order? Feet firmly (not) on the ground. @ Susanne Palzer, 2018/2019 |
10 September 2019
The British Parliament has now prorogued (been suspended) and will not sit until the State Opening on 14 October 2019. Labour, SNP, Plaid Cymru and Green MPs hold up placards that read "Silenced" during the closing proceedings in the House of Commons in the early hours of today.
Legend John Berkow will step down as Speaker by 31 October.
The government plans to harvest data from its gov.uk website to create a platform for "targeted and personalised information".
... Be afraid, be very afraid: 1984 is here.
Legend John Berkow will step down as Speaker by 31 October.
The government plans to harvest data from its gov.uk website to create a platform for "targeted and personalised information".
... Be afraid, be very afraid: 1984 is here.
Day 52
"Mr Speaker, today is indeed a historic day, a dark day, it will be remembered as the day the UK government obstructed the people and plunged the United Kingdom into an unprecedented constitutional crisis.
The prime minister says he would rather die in a ditch than write to seek an extension to protect our economy from falling off the cliff edge, if that is the course he chooses then he must resign. Undermining democracy at every turn, [Johnson] simply cannot be trusted.
The rule book has been well and truly ripped up, and with it democracy and decency shredded by a cult of Brexit fanboys in No 10 unfit and unwilling to govern. Mr Speaker, what a despicable state of affairs, that an unelected bureaucrat - the prime minister’s lead advisor, is sitting in No 10 devising and directing an assault on democracy, preventing parliamentary scrutiny and transparency
And should we be surprised, these are the men behind the biggest con in modern times."
- Ian Blackford, SNP
09 September 2019
PM Boris Johnson visits Taoiseach Leo Varadkar in Dublin and repeats the same old phrases, of Britain needing to 'come out of the EU by 31 October', that it 'can be done' - he 'wants' and 'thinks' but gives no real content.
The bill to stop a No-Deal Brexit on 31 October becomes law after the Queen grants royal assent.
Parliament asks the government via a motion to release all documents and communication relating to a No-Deal Brexit and the prorogation of Parliament.
The LibDem party moves their policy on Brexit to revoking Article 50 and remaining in the EU if they win a general election.
The bill to stop a No-Deal Brexit on 31 October becomes law after the Queen grants royal assent.
Parliament asks the government via a motion to release all documents and communication relating to a No-Deal Brexit and the prorogation of Parliament.
The LibDem party moves their policy on Brexit to revoking Article 50 and remaining in the EU if they win a general election.
Day 53
Position, Unposition, Disposition
- with thanks to Heather Connelly
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| TMN IV - August 2018 © Susanne Palzer |
08 September 2019
The garden plant Mahonia is a life saver for many bumblebee species as it flowers over winter and copes well with frost. Now is the perfect time to plant it.
People are protesting to #StoptheCoup as far away as Greece. Very moving.
Posts of books and food are dominating the Facebook timeline today.
People are protesting to #StoptheCoup as far away as Greece. Very moving.
Posts of books and food are dominating the Facebook timeline today.
Day 54
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07 September 2019
Amber Rudd resigns from the Cabinet and leaves the Tory party.
In the past few days activists Led by Donkeys have 'redesigned' the governments Get Ready for Brexit campaign with a superb projection onto the Angel of the North.
Peaceful #StopTheCoup protests continue across the UK. Violent Brexit supporters attack police in Whitehall.
A member of the (neo-nazi) right-wing NPD party is elected leader of council in Germany's Altenstadt.
In the past few days activists Led by Donkeys have 'redesigned' the governments Get Ready for Brexit campaign with a superb projection onto the Angel of the North.
Peaceful #StopTheCoup protests continue across the UK. Violent Brexit supporters attack police in Whitehall.
A member of the (neo-nazi) right-wing NPD party is elected leader of council in Germany's Altenstadt.
Day 55
06 September 2019
The law to stop No Deal-Brexit is passed by parliament but still needs royal assent.
160 protests are taking place across the UK.#PleaseLeaveMyTown is trending on Twitter.
Day 56
Influences
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| Jeannette Abée © Susanne Palzer |
Long before Nan Goldin and Wolfgang Tillmans there was Bauhaus Fotografie.
05 September 2019
The EU briefs ambassadors of the union's 27 governments reaffirming that there are currently no negotiations with the UK taking place and that UK envoy David Frost has not delivered any concrete new proposals - against claims otherwise by the British government.
Sinn Fein signals a willingness to co-operate with other pro-Remain parties to challenge DUP Brexiteer candidates if a general election is called. "There is nothing good to come from Brexit."
The PM's bother Jo Johnson quits as MP and Minister.
Boris Johnson holds a very embarrassing press conference ...
Sinn Fein signals a willingness to co-operate with other pro-Remain parties to challenge DUP Brexiteer candidates if a general election is called. "There is nothing good to come from Brexit."
The PM's bother Jo Johnson quits as MP and Minister.
Boris Johnson holds a very embarrassing press conference ...
Day 57
The Fight for Democracy
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04 September 2019
The first step in the motion to stop a No Deal-Brexit passes 329 to 300 votes but there is still a long way to go.
Labour MP Jess Phillips makes an emotional and passionate speech, saying she has absolute no faith in anything the PM Johnson says.
Parliament votes against an early election: Ian Dunt writes a summary of the day.
A cross-party group of 40 British MEPs sign a declaration to work together against a No Deal-Brexit.
Labour MP Jess Phillips makes an emotional and passionate speech, saying she has absolute no faith in anything the PM Johnson says.
Parliament votes against an early election: Ian Dunt writes a summary of the day.
A cross-party group of 40 British MEPs sign a declaration to work together against a No Deal-Brexit.
Day 58
"They sniff. There is a pronounced odour in the cabin. The moon dust they have brought back on their suits now smells like gunpowder to Aldrin, and like wet ashes to Armstrong.
The Moon has a smell."
- from A Fire on the Moon, Norman Mailer
03 September 2019
House of Commons returns from summer break. The Prime Minister loses his working majority after MP Phillip Lee defects to the Lib Dems during the EU (Withdrawal) Emergency Debate. Commons Speaker John Bercow grants MPs an emergency debate on whether they can take control of Parliament's agenda tomorrow. The vote for a motion and against No Deal-Brexit is still to come later tonight.
In a newspaper from July scientists are surprised that in an experiment chimpanzees bond over watching television together. Previously experts argued that the capacity to experience reality as shared is "uniquely human".
No bounds arrogance must be uniquely human trait ...
In a newspaper from July scientists are surprised that in an experiment chimpanzees bond over watching television together. Previously experts argued that the capacity to experience reality as shared is "uniquely human".
No bounds arrogance must be uniquely human trait ...
Day 59
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| Mermaid © Susanne Palzer, 2018 |
02 September 2019
The Home Office plans to end family reunification for asylum-seeking children if the UK leaves the EU without a deal - leaving thousands of refugee children stranded and alone in places like Greece, open to abuse and in danger of 'vanishing'.
David Byrne launches the website Reasons to Be Cheerful to balance out amplified negativity and trying to give cause for optimism in troubled times.
Legend Keanu Reeves turns 55 today. Happy Birthday!
David Byrne launches the website Reasons to Be Cheerful to balance out amplified negativity and trying to give cause for optimism in troubled times.
Legend Keanu Reeves turns 55 today. Happy Birthday!
Day 60
Der Lesende
Ich las schon lang. Seit dieser Nachmittag,
mit Regen rauschend, an den Fenstern lag.
Vom Winde draussen hörte ich nichts mehr:
mein Buch war schwer.
Ich sah ihm in die Blätter wie in Mienen,
die dunkel werden von Nachdenklichkeit,
und um mein Lesen staute sich die Zeit. -
Auf einmal sind die Seiten überschienen,
und statt der bangen Wortverworrenheit
steht: Abend, Abend ... überall auf ihnen.
Ich schaue noch nicht hinaus, und doch zerreissen
die langen Zeilen, und die Worte rollen
von ihren Fäden fort wohin sie wollen ...
Da weiss ich es: über den übervollen
glänzenden Gärten sind die Himmel weit;
die Sonne hat noch einmal kommen sollen. -
Und jetzt wird Sommernacht, soweit man sieht:
zu wenig Gruppen stellt sich das Verstreute,
dunkel, auf langen Wegen, gehn die Leute,
und seltsam weit, als ob es mehr bedeute,
hört man das Wenige, das noch geschieht.
Und wenn ich jetzt vom Buch die Augen hebe,
wird nichts befremdlich sein und alles gross.
Dort draussen ist, was ich hier drinnen lebe,
und hier und dort ist alles grenzenlos;
nur dass ich mich noch mehr damit verwebe,
wenn meine Blicke an die Dinge passen
und an die ernste Einfachheit der Massen, -
da wächst die Erde über sich hinaus.
Den ganzen Himmel scheint sie zu umfassen:
der erste Stern ist wie das letzte Haus.
- Rainer Maria Rilke, Buch der Bilder, 1906
01 September 2019
At dawn on 01 September 1939, the German Luftwaffe bombed the Polish city of Wielun.
80 after the outbreak of World War II German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier asks for Poland's forgiveness for Nazi tyranny.
The right wing German AfD party move into second place at elections in Sachsen and Brandenburg.
Britain launches its £100 million Get Ready for Brexit-PR campaign.
I learn about Mat Dan, a young Englishman making a life for himself and becoming a celebrity in Malaysia after learning the local language Terengganu. Migrant or Expat?
80 after the outbreak of World War II German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier asks for Poland's forgiveness for Nazi tyranny.
The right wing German AfD party move into second place at elections in Sachsen and Brandenburg.
Britain launches its £100 million Get Ready for Brexit-PR campaign.
I learn about Mat Dan, a young Englishman making a life for himself and becoming a celebrity in Malaysia after learning the local language Terengganu. Migrant or Expat?
Day 61
"Resist
Defend Democracy
Resist Parliament Shutdown
To shut down Parliament is to shut down Democracy
Clowning Street SW1
Stop being a dic(k)tator!
Stop this Eton Mess!
Stop Boris, Stop Brexit!
Stop the Pro-rogue!
And so it begins, a fascist government ...
Stop the Coup!"
Courage calls to courage everywhere ...
31 August 2019
Pro-democracy protests continue across Britain and beyond: from Shetland to Cornwall, Belfast to Ipswich, outside British embassies and consulates in Spain, Germany, Denmark the Netherlands and Latvia. British protesters march on Buckingham Palace.
#ProtestMap #StopTheCoup
'Portuguese Brexit Woman' has been given a voice: Ana Telma Rocha appears on Sky News. She then has to go into hiding after receiving xenophobic threads.
#ProtestMap #StopTheCoup
'Portuguese Brexit Woman' has been given a voice: Ana Telma Rocha appears on Sky News. She then has to go into hiding after receiving xenophobic threads.
Day 62
30 August 2019
Ex-PM John Major joins the Judicial Review launched by Gina Miller which challenges Boris Johnson's decision to prorogue parliament.
The number of UK-EU27 citizens who are wrongly granted pre-settled status instead of settled status rises, causing alarm.
Hugh Grant calls Boris Johnson an 'over-promoted rubber bath toy'.
The number of UK-EU27 citizens who are wrongly granted pre-settled status instead of settled status rises, causing alarm.
Hugh Grant calls Boris Johnson an 'over-promoted rubber bath toy'.
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| Partner cities, Dortmund, Germany |
Watching from afar ...
Day 63
A friend once told me that there is a belief in South Korea that if you fall asleep with an electric fan left on it may cause death. There is a lot of shit hitting it right now.
Do not fall asleep!
Do not fall asleep!
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| Shop, shut. Dortmund, Germany © Susanne Palzer, 2019 |
29 August 2019
A pro-democracy movement forms across the UK. #ProtestMap is trending on Twitter.
Ruth Davidson, leader of the Scottish Conservatives, resigns.
I meet artists Maud Haya-Baviera and Simon Le Ruez at Künstlerhaus Dortmund. We discuss the situation we are finding ourselves in.
Back to the future, looping past and present.
A pro-democracy movement forms across the UK. #ProtestMap is trending on Twitter.
Ruth Davidson, leader of the Scottish Conservatives, resigns.
I meet artists Maud Haya-Baviera and Simon Le Ruez at Künstlerhaus Dortmund. We discuss the situation we are finding ourselves in.
Back to the future, looping past and present.
Day 64
"Über den Wolken ..."
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28 August 2019
The Queen approves the prorogation of parliament. PM Johnson confirms the government will suspend parliament in September. People take to the streets with 'Stop the Coup' protests across the country.
I fly to Cologne and meet with an EU27 citizen who has left the UK after 30 years due to the developments over the past three years.
The Times suggests to Relax with a bong.
Day 65
The Coming Storm
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27 August 2019
Boris Johnson's Government of Horrors still pushes for No Deal and keeps threatening to prorogue Parliament. #BlockTheCoup is trending on Twitter. It has only taken over three years for the reality of what is going on to be articulated.
I learn that Daddy Longlegs are not spiders but have evolved from scorpions.
Day 66
Geht auch alles in die Binsen, immer sollst du fröhlich grinsen.
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| Binsenwahrheit © Susanne Palzer, 2019 |
26 August 2019
The UK experiences the hottest late August Bank Holiday Monday on record.
# climate change
Day 68
Zeros and Ones
24 August 2019
I just leave this here: "The EU Settlement Scheme protects the rights of EU citizens in UK law and gives them a secure digital status, which unlike a physical document, cannot be lost, stolen, damaged or tampered with." Government response to a petition demanding a physical document for Settled Status.
A friend of mine bakes great looking pizza.
Day 69
Trajectory
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23 August 2019
Today marks the 30th anniversary of the Baltic Way. In 1989, linking hands in solidarity, approximately two million people formed a 600km long human chain across the Baltic states of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania - drawing global attention to their desire for independence from the Soviet Union.
The UN secretary general, António Guterres, says he is deeply concerned by the raging fires in the Amazon and that in the midst of the global climate crisis, we cannot afford more damage to a major source of oxygen and biodiversity. The Amazon rainforest produces 20% of the world's oxygen.
The UN secretary general, António Guterres, says he is deeply concerned by the raging fires in the Amazon and that in the midst of the global climate crisis, we cannot afford more damage to a major source of oxygen and biodiversity. The Amazon rainforest produces 20% of the world's oxygen.
Day 70
The Stony Path out of the crisis. I found some road maps on Spurn - a place of strategic importance where remnants of a military past are still visible today.
© Road maps I + II, Susanne Palzer, 2019
22 August 2019
© Road maps I + II, Susanne Palzer, 2019
22 August 2019
Boris Johnson's visit to Berlin yesterday: Rather than finding a solution for post-Brexit Northern Ireland that is acceptable to the UK within two years, with a back stop in place, Angela Merkel wonders if one could be found within 30 days instead.
In Paris today President Macron smirks and says the UK cannot be not European, [pause] due to its geographical location.
In Paris today President Macron smirks and says the UK cannot be not European, [pause] due to its geographical location.
Day 71
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21 August 2019
The Great Mattress Migration of 2019 ...
The plan to abruptly end Freedom of Movement on 01 November has caused a run on the EU Settlement Scheme application system and forced it to crash. The Home Office retracts on the plan.
Councils are planning to stockpile food for schools, hospitals and care homes preparing for No Deal.
The plan to abruptly end Freedom of Movement on 01 November has caused a run on the EU Settlement Scheme application system and forced it to crash. The Home Office retracts on the plan.
Councils are planning to stockpile food for schools, hospitals and care homes preparing for No Deal.
Day 72
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| Redmires, UK © Susanne Palzer |
Die Summe unsrer Sitten und Unsitten, eine gewisse Gewöhnung, das Gemeinsame einer gleichen Umgebung, all das ist nicht wertlos. Am gleichen Ufer gespielt zu haben, natürlich hat es etwas Verbindendes; es für Wesensverwandtschaft anzusehen, wäre ein Irrtum, der uns früher oder später, indem wir ihn nur als Enttäuschung erleben und nicht als Irrtum erkennen, ungerecht macht. Heimat ist unerlässlich, aber sie ist nicht an Ländereien gebunden. Heimat ist der Mensch, dessen Wesen wir vernehmen und erreichen. Insofern ist sie vielleicht an die Sprache gebunden. Vielleicht; denn in der Sprache allein ist sie ja nicht. Worte verbinden nur, wo unsere Wellenlängen übereinstimmen; das wiederum heisst nicht Einverständnis, das es nirgends so häufig gibt wie unter Wesensfremden, die einander missdeuten, sondern Erreichbarkeit, und gerade wo man sich unter anderen Bedingungen trifft, erleben wir, durch keine gleichen Gewöhnungen getäuscht, das Verwandte oft um so reiner, um so überraschender und um so dankbarer, um so fruchtbarer.
Max Frisch: Tagebuch 1946-1949, 1973
20 August 2019
20 August 2019
The Dutch plan to celebrate Brexit on the beaches.
Matrix 4 has been given the go ahead!
EU27 resident in the UK are now being threatened with being made illegal and potentially sacked by their employer from 01 November 2019.
Matrix 4 has been given the go ahead!
EU27 resident in the UK are now being threatened with being made illegal and potentially sacked by their employer from 01 November 2019.
Day 73
Beam me up, Scotty!
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| TMN IV - Susanne Palzer/Liz Hall Negotiating Collaboration - Glitch © Susanne Palzer, 2019 |
19 August 2019
On 19 August 1989 the first holes appear in the Iron Curtain on the Austrian-Hungarian border: on the road from Sankt Margarethen im Burgenland (Austria) to Sopronköhida (Hungary) a peace demonstration called the Pan-European Picnic sees the border gate symbolically opened for three hours. The Berlin Wall falls three months later.
Thirty years on Britain wants to end Freedom of Movement for EU27 citizens in the UK and its own British citizens in mainland Europe.
Energise ...
Thirty years on Britain wants to end Freedom of Movement for EU27 citizens in the UK and its own British citizens in mainland Europe.
Energise ...
Day 74
14 August 2019
Government documents setting out the most likely aftershocks of a no-deal Brexit have emerged, predicting shortages of food, medicine and fuel, a chaos at its ports, a hard border with Ireland and rising costs in social care.
Priti Patel wants to end Freedom of Movement from 01 November 2019 through secondary legislation, with no transition period for EU27 at border control.
The government has signed into law legislation to repeal the Act of Parliament from 1972 which underwrites Britain's EU(EEC) membership.
The best false eyelashes are being advertised.
Priti Patel wants to end Freedom of Movement from 01 November 2019 through secondary legislation, with no transition period for EU27 at border control.
The government has signed into law legislation to repeal the Act of Parliament from 1972 which underwrites Britain's EU(EEC) membership.
The best false eyelashes are being advertised.
Day 75
Departures and Goodbyes
They know when you are leaving them ...
17 August 2019
They know when you are leaving them ...
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| Stanley |
17 August 2019
Today is #BlackCatAppreciationDay!
"A black cat, I've heard it said,
Can charm all ill away,
And keep the house wherin she dwells
From fever's deadly sway."
- Welsh folklore (1887)
"A black cat, I've heard it said,
Can charm all ill away,
And keep the house wherin she dwells
From fever's deadly sway."
- Welsh folklore (1887)
Day 76
Cowboy hat
Door stop
Strange fur
Water
White floor boards
Friend
Flower pot
Never been washed
© Susanne Palzer, 2009/2019
16 August 2019
10 years on. A day with friends.
Day 77
The Locked Door
15 August 2019
MPs debate a Parliament of Unity but disagree on who would be interim Prime Minister.
Day 78
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Millicent Fawcett
Gillian Wearing, 2018
Parliament Square, London
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14 August 2019
Silent Activism is been given a voice. Hazel Jones appears on Channel 4 News.
Big Brother just got real('er'): Fingerprints, facial recognition and other personal information has been discovered on a publicly accessible database.
Brexit is just a distraction. It is a systematic strategy to erode data protection laws and people's rights.
Big Brother just got real('er'): Fingerprints, facial recognition and other personal information has been discovered on a publicly accessible database.
Brexit is just a distraction. It is a systematic strategy to erode data protection laws and people's rights.
Day 79
"You don't choose whether you have culture or not. It's about what kind of culture you have and what kind of culture you want to develop. Is it inward looking or is it outward looking?"
Alistair Hudson, Director, Middlesbrough Institute of Modern Art, 2016
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08 August 2019
Goldsmiths University bans the sale of beef on its campus to help fight Climate Change and save the planet.
Day 80
Freedom of Movement!
12 August 2019
As the pound tanks, the economy is now starting to go backwards and the Government finds the magic money tree to spend billions on preparing for something we don't have to do I just had to dance to lift our spirits.— James 🔶 (@DaleksGamertag) August 11, 2019
Project reality is here.
Dancing to We didn't start the fire! pic.twitter.com/6GGdfKn4MS
Day 81
"Artistic research is ... not just embedded in artistic and academic contexts, and it focuses not just on what is enacted in creative process and embodied in art products, but it also engages with who we are and where we stand."
Henk Borgdorff, The Production of Knowledge in Artistic Research
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| TMN V - Susanne Palzer/Liz Hall Creative Papers/Negotiating Collaboration @ Susanne Palzer |
11 August 2019
On Positioning in a world of changing parameters ...
Day 82
Silent Activism
10 August 2019
For three years Hazel Jones, a 71 year old grandmother from Wakefield, has been chalking hundreds of anti-Brexit protest slogans around town.
Iceland Foods boss Richard Walker says "until the government comes up with a plan, all we can do is make some short-term changes". We are 82 days away from a possible No-Deal Brexit: still no plan ...
Iceland Foods boss Richard Walker says "until the government comes up with a plan, all we can do is make some short-term changes". We are 82 days away from a possible No-Deal Brexit: still no plan ...
Day 83
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| Nature and Nurture Bloc Studios, Sheffield, UK © Susanne Palzer, 2019 |
08 August 2019
"Three years after the referendum, the more than three million EU citizens living in the UK still have no clarity on what their legal status will be after Brexit." https://tinyurl.com/y242t8jp
“For the UK to stay open to the world, we need to change the rhetoric around immigration. It’s not enough for people to be able to come here, they have to want to come in the first place. That means presenting a welcoming image to the world, so people see this country as an attractive place to live, work and raise their families." - Sir Paul Nurse, Director of the Francis Crick Institute
“For the UK to stay open to the world, we need to change the rhetoric around immigration. It’s not enough for people to be able to come here, they have to want to come in the first place. That means presenting a welcoming image to the world, so people see this country as an attractive place to live, work and raise their families." - Sir Paul Nurse, Director of the Francis Crick Institute
Boris Johnson’s announcement on science immigration was hopeless rubbish. Here’s why... https://t.co/cziFzEFoJ5— Mike Galsworthy (@mikegalsworthy) August 8, 2019
Day 84
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| The Island. |
08 August 2019
"The new Climate Change and Land report makes it clear, you can't have your cake and it it too." - Robert Rohde
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Day 85
Where can we take you?
07 August 2019
07 August 2019
After nearly 50 years Britain announces it will no longer be part of the Eurail and Interrail schemes from 01 January 2020.
Day 86
The Master Algorithm - Pedro Domingos
06 August 2019
Dominic Cummings - Campaign Director of the fraudulent Vote Leave campaign in 2015/16 - is now a special adviser to Prime Minister Boris Johnson.
Day 87
Waiting for the tide to turn ...
05 August 2019
Day 88
Britain prepares for No Deal Brexit!
04 August 2019
vs. https://ec.europa.eu/info/brexit/brexit-preparedness_en
Day 89
"To be a human being and to be alive in this world is political."
Neneh Cherry
03 August 2019
Food prices increase in shops following a further downturn of the British Pound.
03 August 2019
Food prices increase in shops following a further downturn of the British Pound.
Day 90
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| Brendon at Bloc Studios, Sheffield, UK 29 March 2019 |
If Brexit was an action, what would it be?
Punching oneself repeatedly in the face for no reason ...
Deliberately shooting yourself in the foot ...
An S&M sex act ...
Suicide ...
Running into a wall while expecting the wall to move ...
Holding yourself hostage in a bank with a gun to your head whilst blaming the bank for not giving you any money ...
Sticking a knife in your guts and not going to hospital and then wondering why you are slowly dying ...
Shitting off a balcony then running down to catch it on your head ...
Burning down your family's home ...
A straight arm salute ...
(Appropriated text. Sometimes Twitter does the work for you.)
02 August 2019
In Derbyshire, following torrential rain over the past week (#climate change), a dam is close to breaking point. The wonderful EU Supergirl is on an Interrail Tour around Europe.
And here is a sentence I never expected to read: "God bless Germany for their humanity in the modern era."
Day 91
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| © Susanne Palzer, 2018 |
Happy Yorkshire Day!
My adopted home since 1999.
01 August 2019
A Brexiteer backbencher suffers whiplash and concussion after falling off a chair during a meeting, while Avenue Q plays at Sheffield Lyceum.
My adopted home since 1999.
01 August 2019
A Brexiteer backbencher suffers whiplash and concussion after falling off a chair during a meeting, while Avenue Q plays at Sheffield Lyceum.
GARY COLEMAN
Right now you are
down and out and
feeling really crappy
Right now you are
down and out and
feeling really crappy
NICKY
I'll say.
I'll say.
GARY COLEMAN
And when I see how
sad you are
it sort of makes me...
happy!
And when I see how
sad you are
it sort of makes me...
happy!
NICKY
Happy?!
Happy?!
GARY COLEMAN
Sorry, Nicky, human nature --
nothing I can do!
It's...
schadenfreude!
Making me feel glad
that I'm not you!
Sorry, Nicky, human nature --
nothing I can do!
It's...
schadenfreude!
Making me feel glad
that I'm not you!
NICKY
Well that's not very nice, Gary!
Well that's not very nice, Gary!
GARY COLEMAN
I didn't say it was nice! But everybody does it!
I didn't say it was nice! But everybody does it!
D'ja ever clap when a
waitress falls and drops
a tray of glasses?
waitress falls and drops
a tray of glasses?
NICKY
Yeah...
Yeah...
GARY COLEMAN
And it ain't it fun to
watch figure skaters
falling down on their asses?
And it ain't it fun to
watch figure skaters
falling down on their asses?
NICKY
Sure!
Sure!
GARY COLEMAN
And don'tcha feel all
warm and cozy,
watching people
out in the rain!
And don'tcha feel all
warm and cozy,
watching people
out in the rain!
NICKY
You bet!
You bet!
GARY COLEMAN
That's...
That's...
GARY AND NICKY
Schadenfreude!
Schadenfreude!
GARY COLEMAN
People taking pleasure in your pain!
People taking pleasure in your pain!
NICKY
Oh,…
Oh,…
Source: LyricFind
Day 92
Denk an Amerika
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| Denk an Amerika © Susanne Palzer, 2018 |
31 July 2019
The British Pound has gone up overnight: from £1.09 to £1.092!*
*to the Euro
Day 93
TMN VI - Having your Cake and Eating it!
© Susanne Palzer, 2018
"Position Paper – Negotiating an impossible situation
The UK's decision in 2016 to leave the EU is affecting all parts of life and for many it is an ongoing source of uncertainty bordering on the unbearable. The arts are international and countless artist's lives depend on free movement. A large number of artists reside or work in a country that is not their country of origin. In this context artist's practices have been affected in a myriad of ways, from the practical to the personal. As the question of a future framework is still unresolved, livelihoods and residences are in question and this has created an unacceptable in limbo situation for nearly three years now.
The proposed position paper will attempt to outline how this situation has affected my own practice as an EU27 artist based in the UK. It will introduce Twelve Months Notice: a project I initiated in March 2018 to find ways to negotiate this impossible situation - at a point when to continue my practice as before became impossible. Practice has become a site for ongoing existential dialogue asking what practice can be now, what form it can take and where it can be located, now and in the future. Over the past year this search for adequate forms and expressions has experimented with different media including performance, photography, writing, sharing events and conversations. Looking for ways to communicate has also led to dialogue and collaboration beyond the purely personal. At the same time there have been periods of creative arrest when practice seemed not possible. TMN will come to an end in March 2019 but the dialogue will need to be continued. It is an ongoing process." - Susanne Palzer
'Position Paper' will be presented at InDialogue, Lincoln, UK, 20 November 2019
30 July 2019
New Brexit chief David Frost intends to attack British worker's rights, suggesting Brexit is an opportunity to escape the EU's "heavy labour market regulation" (The Independent).
Meanwhile we are living through a Climate Emergency: unprecedented 34.8ºC inside the Arctic Circle ... there may soon be no cake for anyone.
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| TMN VI - Having your Cake and Eating it! © Susanne Palzer, 2018 |
The UK's decision in 2016 to leave the EU is affecting all parts of life and for many it is an ongoing source of uncertainty bordering on the unbearable. The arts are international and countless artist's lives depend on free movement. A large number of artists reside or work in a country that is not their country of origin. In this context artist's practices have been affected in a myriad of ways, from the practical to the personal. As the question of a future framework is still unresolved, livelihoods and residences are in question and this has created an unacceptable in limbo situation for nearly three years now.
'Position Paper' will be presented at InDialogue, Lincoln, UK, 20 November 2019
30 July 2019
New Brexit chief David Frost intends to attack British worker's rights, suggesting Brexit is an opportunity to escape the EU's "heavy labour market regulation" (The Independent).
Meanwhile we are living through a Climate Emergency: unprecedented 34.8ºC inside the Arctic Circle ... there may soon be no cake for anyone.
Day 94
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| TMN IV - August 2018 © Susanne Palzer |
"... Ich glaube, wir müssen zugestehen, dass es extreme Situationen gibt, in denen man Verantwortung für die Welt, die primär ein politisches Gebilde ist, nicht übernehmen kann, weil politische Verantwortung immer zumindest ein Minimum an politischer Macht voraussetzt. Ohnmacht und absolute Machtlosigkeit sind, so glaube ich, eine stichhaltige Entschuldigung. Dies stimmt umso mehr, als offenbar eine bestimmte moralische Eigenschaft erforderlich ist, um sich Machtlosigkeit überhaupt einzugestehen, nämlich der gute Wille und die gute Absicht, sich der Realität zu stellen und nicht in Illusionen zu leben. Überdies liegt genau in diesem Eingeständnis der eigenen Ohnmacht begründet, dass man sich sogar in verzweifelter Lage einen Rest von Stärke und selbst noch von Macht erhalten kann. ..."
Hannah Arendt, Was heisst persönliche Verantwortung in einer Diktatur? 1964/65
29 July 2019
There are days that make you feel extremely overwhelmed and powerless.
Hannah Arendt, Was heisst persönliche Verantwortung in einer Diktatur? 1964/65
29 July 2019
There are days that make you feel extremely overwhelmed and powerless.
Day 95
28 July 2019
Retail therapy.
Retail therapy is shopping with the primary purpose of improving the buyer's mood or disposition. Often seen in people during periods of depression or stress, it is normally a short-lived habit. Items purchased during periods of retail therapy are sometimes referred to as "comfort buys" ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Retail_therapy
Retail therapy.
Retail therapy is shopping with the primary purpose of improving the buyer's mood or disposition. Often seen in people during periods of depression or stress, it is normally a short-lived habit. Items purchased during periods of retail therapy are sometimes referred to as "comfort buys" ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Retail_therapy
27 July 2019
Climate change, Amazon rainforest at Tipping Point, bees dying, heatwaves ... world wide net of corruption and lies ... The Brexit Party is now spreading fake news from inside the EU Parliament, misreporting debates to their advantage.
https://twitter.com/CarolineVoaden/status/1154788489290035200
We are in need of some really good friends.
Sean and David at Bloc Studios, Sheffield, UK.
27 July 2019
Climate change, Amazon rainforest at Tipping Point, bees dying, heatwaves ... world wide net of corruption and lies ... The Brexit Party is now spreading fake news from inside the EU Parliament, misreporting debates to their advantage.
https://twitter.com/CarolineVoaden/status/1154788489290035200
https://twitter.com/CarolineVoaden/status/1154788489290035200
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| We are in need of some really good friends. Sean and David at Bloc Studios, Sheffield, UK. |
Day 97
" ... wie kann ich Recht von Unrecht unterscheiden, wenn die Mehrheit oder meine gesamte Umgebung die Frage schon vorentschieden hat? ...Die Hinnahme kleinerer Übel wird bewusst dafür benutzt, die Beamten wie auch die Bevölkerung im Allgemeinen daran zu gewöhnen, das Übel an sich zu akzeptieren. ...
Wir sehen daran, wie sich der menschliche Verstand dagegen sperrt, den Tatsachen, die seinem Bezugssystem auf die eine oder andere Weise völlig widersprechen, ins Auge zu sehen. Leider scheint es viel einfacher zu sein, menschliches Verhalten zu konditionieren und Menschen dazu zu bringen, sich auf eine völlig unvorhergesehene und entsetzliche Weise zu verhalten, als irgendjemanden davon zu überzeugen, aus der Erfahrung zu lernen, das heisst mit Denken und Urteilen zu beginnen, anstatt Kategorien und Formeln anzuwenden, die zwar tief in unserem Denken verankert sind, deren Erfahrungsgrundlage aber längst vergessen ist und deren Plausibilität eher auf ihrer logischen Stimmigkeit beruht als darauf, dass sie tatsächlichen Ereignissen angemessen sind. ... Die Trennungslinie zwischen denen, die denken wollen und deshalb für sich selbst urteilen müssen, und denen, die sich kein Urteil bilden, verläuft quer zu allen sozialen Unterschieden, quer zu allen Unterschieden in Kultur und Bildung. ...
Viel verlässlicher werden die Zweifler und Skeptiker sein, nicht etwa weil Skeptizismus gut und Zweifel heilsam ist, sondern weil diese Menschen es gewohnt sind, Dinge zu überprüfen und sich ihre eigene Meinung zu bilden. Am allerbesten werden jene sein, die wenigstens eins genau wissen: dass wir, solange wir leben, dazu verdammt sind, mit uns selbst zusammenzuleben, was immer auch geschehen mag. ..."
26 July 2019
"'What do you think should happen to the EU nationals in this country, do you think people should be send back to their countries?' - Yeah, I do."
https://twitter.com/JamesMelville/status/1154645226084077568"'What do you think should happen to the EU nationals in this country, do you think people should be send back to their countries?' - Yeah, I do."
Day 98
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| Devil, St. Martin's Church, Siersburg, Germany |
MEPHISTOPHELES
He’s asleep! Enough, you delicate children of air!
You’ve sung to him faithfully, I declare!
I’m in your debt for all this.
He’s not yet the man to hold devils fast!
Spellbind him with dream-forms, cast
Him deep into illusions’ sea:
Now, for the magic sill I must pass,
I could use rat’s teeth: no need for me
To conjure up a lengthier spell,
One’s rustling here that will do well.
The Lord of Rats and Mice,
Of Flies, Frogs, Bugs and Lice,
Summons you to venture here,
And gnaw the threshold where
He stains it with a little oil -
You’ve hopped, already, to your toil!
Now set to work! The fatal point,
Is at the edge, it’s on the front.
One more bite, then it’s complete –
Now ... , dream deeply, till we meet.
Faust, Part One
25 July 2019
Boris Johnson forms the Cabinet from Hell.
He’s asleep! Enough, you delicate children of air!
You’ve sung to him faithfully, I declare!
I’m in your debt for all this.
He’s not yet the man to hold devils fast!
Spellbind him with dream-forms, cast
Him deep into illusions’ sea:
Now, for the magic sill I must pass,
I could use rat’s teeth: no need for me
To conjure up a lengthier spell,
One’s rustling here that will do well.
The Lord of Rats and Mice,
Of Flies, Frogs, Bugs and Lice,
Summons you to venture here,
And gnaw the threshold where
He stains it with a little oil -
You’ve hopped, already, to your toil!
Now set to work! The fatal point,
Is at the edge, it’s on the front.
One more bite, then it’s complete –
Now ... , dream deeply, till we meet.
Faust, Part One
25 July 2019
Boris Johnson forms the Cabinet from Hell.
Day 99
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| © Susanne Palzer, 2019 |
Although presented as a game of skill, it is really a game of chance with the odds stacked against the contestant. The ratio of ducks with a hidden mark to ducks without a hidden mark is always low. As such, very few contestants secure three winning ducks. The majority secure one or two winning ducks. In some cases the contestant will be unable to secure any winning ducks. There is no prize for this.
The modern British version of hook-a-duck ... is much simpler. After paying to play, players hook any duck and then choose a prize.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hook-a-duck24 July 2019
Boris Johnson becomes British Prime Minister and vows to deliver Brexit by 31 October 2019.