#i see germany is having a week

[beardedmrbean]

German police said on Thursday that an explosion in a high-rise apartment block had injured both firefighters and police officers who had been carrying out an operation in the building.

The incident took place in the western German city of Ratingen, located outside of Düsseldorf.

The blast injured at total of 12 officers and firefighters, some of whom sustained "life-threatening" injuries. A dead body was found in an apartment, with authorities working to identify the person.

A police spokeswoman told the dpa news agency that officers were injured because they were already in the building for an operation. 

She said that police had been called to the building originally to assist a person supposedly in distress when an explosion took place in the apartment.

Man arrested with injuries, corpse found in apartment

A police spokeswoman at the scene said a 57-year-old man, the occupant of the flat from which the explosion came, had been arrested. 

Police had stormed the apartment and arrested him, she said. He was injured, but she said she could not comment on whether his injuries were sustained before or during his arrest.

Later on Thursday, North Rhine-Westphalia's (NRW) Interior Ministry said that a dead body had been found in the apartment as well.

The state Interior Minister Herbert Reul said this while briefing the state parliament in Düsseldorf on the operation, saying preliminary information pointed to 10 wounded firefighters and two police officers.

Further comments were expected later on Thursday from federal Interior Minister Nancy Faeser. 

Reports of continued gunshots, sharpshooters deployed

The explosion took place at around 11:15 a.m. local time (0915 UTC/GMT). 

Initial dispatches from reporters and photographers in the region pointed to a major police mobilization with multiple rescue helicopters and specialist teams on site. 

Dpa cited its reporter at the scene as saying armed officers had entered the building and that sharpshooters had deployed on rooftops. A large area around the site was cordoned off.

Like an independent correspondent online, the dpa correspondent also reported hearing multiple noises akin to gunshots during the later emergency services operations.  

Two locally-based reporters specializing in police operations in the western state of NRW also reported the presence of multiple helicopters.

Sebastian Weiermann, an NRW security and extremism correspondent, shared the information and said the two accounts "generally inform rather accurately about events in the area."

"What they're reporting after the explosion in Ratingen does not sound good at all," he said.  

Ratingen is a large town in western Germany with a population of around 85,000, not far from NRW's state capital Düsseldorf.

[floccinaucinihilipilificationa]

Are you still active on tumblr?

YES I am!! Sorry friends for dropping off the face of the earth, I got a job and I had to move and it was a lot. But I am less stressed now and I hope I can get back to posting more regularly!! I really missed it (ﾉ^ヮ^)ﾉ*:・ﾟ✧

I will never leave tumblr because there is no other place on the internet where I can tell people that 80% of the time when I try to introduce myself to someone in the office that I haven’t met yet I get so focused on smiling and holding eye contact that I forget the part where I actually have to introduce myself (°□°)

[unforth]

I'm giving up on my belief in the continued existence of Israel as a state being right and appropriate.

I know to many people on Tumblr, this seems like a no-brainer, but I am a 40 year old Jewish USAdian, raised by my Poppop - a lower east side child of immigrants, whose unit in WW2 helped liberate Dachau - and by parents who were both born before the end of the war. I was raised that Israel existed as a place of safety for us, a place I could always have a home. I've always supported a two-state solution, always wanted safety and security for Palestinians, always wanted a co-existence that took into account the many challenges caused by history and recent events. Even as the Israeli government has grown more conservative, I've separated the current politics from the national existence and hoped for more liberal regimes and real change. I didn't want to let go of the pipe dream, didn't want to believe that Jews, with our history, could behave like this.

Giving up on Israel hurts.

But not as much as seeing the parade of dead Palestian children does.

If what's happening in Gaza is the cost for Israel's existence, then that cost is far, FAR too high.

If Palestian lives are the cost of Israel's existence, then Israel shouldn't exist.

There.

I've said it, typed it with tears in my eyes.

I'm done.

This needs to end. Israel needs to end.

(If for some reason someone wants to reblog this, you may.)

[krazys-ass-emporium]

Let’s decide who out of the Hetalia men has the best tits!

I used a random wheel to pit them against each other. The fates have decided this.

Remember, this is not a popularity contest, vote for whomever you think has the better tits, not your favorite. (Also, obviously, this is for silly funsies, don’t be a jerk.)

Round 1: Germany vs. Canada: Winner Germany

Round 2: Germany vs. Cuba: Winner Germany

Round 3: Germany vs. Denmark: Winner Germany

Round 4: Germany vs. Indonesia: Winner Germany

Round 5: Germany vs. Greece: Winner Germany

Round 6: Germany vs. Australia: Winner Germany

[fruitybashir]

hey i was going to say this anyway, but now that I've seen someone actually being rude to you, just gotta stress it:

you do not know how grateful I am to you for writing such wonderful wonderful words every week. I am also so very happy that you're getting a lot of appreciation from so many people (well deserved 🥰)while I can understand that it's super motivating for you, to see so many people love your work, to write more, it can also be a bit of pressure (but depends on you ig)

you mentioned being sick and not being able to write some weeks ago. you're a working adult with bills to pay and this isn't something you're obliged to do anyways. pls don't strain yourself, take enough rest. if you're behind on a chapter or if it's going slow, I'm sure we can all be patient!

In joker out's words, "no waiting, no gain" :)

thank youuuu 🥺🫂💖💖💖💖💖

that is so so so sweet of you to say thank you so much <3333

dont worry, the only pressure on me is the one that i place on myself (weekly chapter) and thats honestly bc i suck at finishing things so i have to keep a schedule that is strict enough that it keeps me constantly engaged instead of slacking off, but still lose enough that i have some leeway (some days i write more and some days less etc) and so far thats beeb working out pretty well! im impressed and surprised by myself hahaha!

and all the comments and your sweet messages and all keep me sooo motivated and i cant wait for everyone to see it all come together in the end 💖💖💖

[killmymind]

i don’t think i’ve ever felt this lost in my life. tbh

[jonny-b-meowborn]

My mom needs to stop accusing my kitten of peeing on the floor every time she sees any spilled liquid. It's true that the baby had a bunch of accidents but she's doing better!! She's using her litterbox most of the time but my mom sees any water on the floor and is like. Your cat peed again 🙄 always sounding as if it's my fault. And on a few different occasions she got angry at Salem for doing a mess even though it was clearly water on the ground, not piss. Leave my baby alone

[coldflasher]

currently experiencing The Horrors (thinking abt the fact that i have to start going into the office again from tomorrow)

this will either fix me entirely or cause me to descend so deeply into my burnout sinkhole that i will never be seen or heard from again

[treecakes]

one of my friends messaged me like a week ago but genuinely i keep forgetting to message her back and every time i remember i’m exhausted and don’t have the energy for the conversation i know will ensue 😭 i love my friend she is awesome but this will likely be a long conversation because there’s so much to catch up on and a lot to talk abt. and i’m both excited to talk to her but also filled with dread because there’s things to talk abt that i also don’t really want to talk abt and i know she’ll ask and that i’ll have to explain. and it’s complicated. but she’s my oldest friend at this point and i want to talk to her.

[morn1e]

honestly johanne&scout somehow bcoming great friends during the short span they know each other during the comic events the hunt 4 australium>>>johanne having no friends

[cecilyacat]

Today I once again forgot that the fashion industry considers anything over size 44 "plus size" and bought a sewing pattern that does not include my size. :) Thank fuck I'm getting good enough at sewing and altering patterns that I will probably make it work anyway but still. Fuck this. I get not being physically able to include 10+ sizes in one single pattern (althoughhhh if you add more pattern sheets it's possible) but you could at least offer two size ranges for one pattern. It's possible to adjust patterns for larger bodies instead of giving me a "plus size" pattern range that is just entirely different patterns and has way less choices.

Ffs. Get your fucking shit together Burda.

[so-you-melted-22]

i've seen posts where people talk about how if they could time travel they would go to all these important historical events and what not, but nobody ever mentions the fall of the berlin wall and i just wanted to say that if i could time travel i would go to november 9th 1989 in berlin and see it for myself

[born-to-lose]

As the Blind Channel concert in Nuremberg comes closer and I finally start researching the venue, I get anxious lmao

[cripplecryptid]

Currently doing the age old magic trick called 'lowering expectations' at home

[erlanmizu]

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[flyawaymind]

I am going to Australia in a week, which means I need to start fucking up my sleep schedule in a very specific way.