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• New note by bobjonkman 22 September 2020
  In the Netherlands (which the Dutch call "Nederland") the language is called "Nederlands", so that makes sense. Perhaps English speakers couldn't differentiate between "Nederlands" and "Deutsch", which corrupted to "Dutch". And why do we call the country "Germany" and the inhabitants "Germans" when they call their country "Deutschland" and themselves "die Deutsche"?
• Favorite 29 August 2020
  bobjonkman favorited something by eloquence: Disturbing reports that Google Play is threatening to kick out Mastodon apps. See:https://mastodon.social/@Gargron/104763960269049818https://toot.fedilab.app/@fedilab/104765191594914330App stores have a track record of acting capriciously & are also easy targets for gov't censors (including Trump). This is why alternatives like @fdroidorg are so important for user freedom.If unfamiliar: F-Droid is a free & open […]
• bobjonkman repeated a notice by eloquence 29 August 2020
  RT @eloquence Disturbing reports that Google Play is threatening to kick out Mastodon apps. See:https://mastodon.social/@Gargron/104763960269049818https://toot.fedilab.app/@fedilab/104765191594914330App stores have a track record of acting capriciously & are also easy targets for gov't censors (including Trump). This is why alternatives like @fdroidorg are so important for user freedom.If unfamiliar: F-Droid is a free & open source app you […]
• New note by bobjonkman 25 August 2020
  I do like the taste of onion bagels. When the other bagels in the bag acquire an onion flavour it's a poor experience at best, almost certainly leading to the purchase of a *real* onion bagel. #AOBFS #AcquiredOnionBagelFlavourSyndrome
• bobjonkman repeated a notice by lnxw48a1 25 August 2020
  RT @lnxw48a1 @bobjonkman @blacksam Would that still be true if you actually liked onion bagels? Asking because, although I don't eat bagels at all, it seems to me that you're probably unusually sensitive to the flavor of onion ... which would likely be the case if you disliked that flavor.
• New note by bobjonkman 24 August 2020
  If there is one onion bagel in a bag of bagels, they're *all* onion bagels...
• bobjonkman repeated a notice by blacksam 24 August 2020
  RT @blacksam How come no matter what flavor bagel you buy from the bakery, it's always, to some extent, an onion bagel? #bagels #onions #wtf
• Favorite 24 August 2020
  bobjonkman favorited something by blacksam: How come no matter what flavor bagel you buy from the bakery, it's always, to some extent, an onion bagel? #bagels #onions #wtf
• Favorite 24 August 2020
  bobjonkman favorited something by lnxw48a1: #TIL: Gravity keyhole https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gravitational_keyhole and Roche limit https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roche_limit
• Favorite 31 May 2020
  bobjonkman favorited something by atarifrosch: @bobjonkman: Das habe ich heute bekommen, wiederum 2 Monate später …