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vlado
@mmjs86.bsky.social
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Brooklyn, NY

Bikes, buses, trains and the Balkans. I build things with computers and networks. I write about cities, transit and bikes. he/him.
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vlado @mmjs86.bsky.social · Oct 11
A few weeks ago I had the great privilege to speak at BalCCon in Novi Sad. Listen to me talk about taking trains in the Balkans and check out the other great talks!

youtu.be/C4bhHxtu7dI?...
BalCCon2k25 - Vlado Vince - Speedrunning Balkan railways, hacking your way through disconnected land
YouTube video by BalCCon - Balkan Computer Congress
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misoshnik.bsky.social
“Say it loud, say it clear, we don’t want no fascists here!”
November 11, 2025 at 3:39 AM
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burgerbecky.bsky.social
45 years ago, today, I won the National Atari 2600 Space Invaders Championship #atari
November 10, 2025 at 7:55 PM
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tobiaswatzl.bsky.social
Enjoy!

twatzl.photography
twatzl.photography
Blog über Reisen, Fotografie, Softwarentwicklung und Mobilität. In diesem Blog sammle ich meine persönlichen Erfahrungen.
twatzl.photography
November 10, 2025 at 6:47 AM
mmjs86.bsky.social
Dejan Ristanović passed away in Belgrade today. Dejan was the founder of the Računari u vašoj kući, magazine that brought us the Galaksija computer, he founded Sezam BBS and later PC Press magazine. His work introduced computers and networks to countless people over the years. May he rest in peace.
Preminuo Dejan Ristanović, glavni i odgovorni urednik PC Press-a | PC Press
S tugom i bolom u srcu obaveštavamo javnost da je u Beogradu 10.11. 2025. godine nakon kraće i teške bolesti preminuo naš prijatelj, mentor, kolega, glavni odgovorni urednik i vlasnik PC Press-a, Deja...
pcpress.rs
November 10, 2025 at 8:31 PM
mmjs86.bsky.social
Welcome on board Amtrak Acela 2153 service from Boston to Washington DC. We'll be traveling on the short route from NY Penn Station to Philadelphia 30th St. Station.

Amtrak wants us to board from the monumental Moynihan hall, but we're using the good old Amtrak waiting area under MSG.
Low ceiling train waiting area Next gen acela Screen on train showing Washington as final destination Me smiling on a train
November 10, 2025 at 3:05 PM
mmjs86.bsky.social
If I speak
atrupar.com Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 20h
Shaheen on Fox & Friends: "I believe there are number of Republicans who are gonna join us in trying to address healthcare costs ... we are gonna be able to continue to right about healthcare because we're gonna have a vote in December."
November 10, 2025 at 1:54 PM
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bornmiserable.bsky.social
DONALD TRUMP: [asleep, drooling on long red tie]

SENATE DEMOCRATS: fine, we give in
November 10, 2025 at 2:37 AM
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newsjennifer.bsky.social
Read every word & share with everyone you know. This is real life here in Chicago. Americans need to know this grotesque reality & stand with us.
bgrueskin.bsky.social Bill Grueskin @bgrueskin.bsky.social · 1d
Kyle Kingsbury is not a journalist. He is not an op-ed writer.

He is a computer safety researcher.

And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine.

In under 1600 words.

aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
I Want You to Understand Chicago Politics Chicago 2025-11-08 I want you to understand what it is like to live in Chicago during this time. Every day my phone buzzes. It is a neighborhood group: four people were kidnapped at the corner drugstore. A friend a mile away sends a Slack message: she was at the scene when masked men assaulted and abducted two people on the street. A plumber working on my pipes is distraught, and I find out that two of his employees were kidnapped that morning. A week later it happens again. An email arrives. Agents with guns have chased a teacher into the school where she works. They did not have a warrant. They dragged her away, ignoring her and her colleagues’ pleas to show proof of her documentation. That evening I stand a few feet from the parents of Rayito de Sol and listen to them describe, with anguish, how good Ms. Diana was to their children. What it is like to have strangers with guns traumatize your kids. For a teacher to hide a three-year-old child for fear they might be killed. How their relatives will no longer leave the house. I hear the pain and fury in their voices, and I wonder who will be next. Understand what it is to pray in Chicago. On September 19th, Reverend David Black, lead pastor at First Presbyterian Church of Chicago, was praying outside the ICE detention center in Broadview when a DHS agent shot him in the head with pepper balls. Pepper balls are never supposed to be fired at the head because they can seriously injure, or even kill. “We could hear them laughing as they were shooting us from the roof,” Black recalled. He is not the only member of the clergy ICE has assaulted. Methodist pastor Hannah Kardon was violently arrested on October 17th, and Baptist pastor Michael Woolf was shot with pepper balls on November 1st. Understand what it is to sleep in Chicago. On the night of September 30th, federal agents rappelled from a Black Hawk helicopter to execute a raid on an apartment building on the South Sho…
November 10, 2025 at 12:15 PM
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asjaba.bsky.social
cajke nisu nikakva kontrakultura, čak ni u hrvatskoj. morala sam ovo napisati jer vidim da puno ljudi na lajni na turbofolk gleda zaljubljeno-telećim pogledom. asjaba.com/2025/11/10/c...
Cajke su sranje
Cajke nisu kontrakultura, čak ni u Hrvatskoj. Dio hrvatskih ljevičara u gadnoj je zabludi da je turbofolk poezija potlačenih, zbog čega bilo kakvu kritiku cajki smatraju malograđanskim snebivanjem …
asjaba.com
November 10, 2025 at 12:40 PM
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casmudde.bsky.social
Useful piece on the dubious activities of the Heritage Foundation in Europe.

I’m definitely more Team Fagan than Team Haar in terms of insights. Europe does not need the help of the U.S. to be far right and reactionary.
The Heritage Foundation goes from MAGA to MEGA — Make Europe Great Again
On the agenda: pro-natalism, freedom of expression, opposing trans rights and fighting Chinese influence.
www.politico.eu
November 10, 2025 at 12:51 PM
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travis-robert.bsky.social
I really believe the singular goal (until the next election) for anyone and everyone invested in anti-fascism should be to get Schumer out of leadership
November 10, 2025 at 5:02 AM
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polpo.org
Are you ready for #PicoIDE? It seems to be telling me it's ready. Coming soon: ATAPI optical disc emulation and IDE hard drive emulation. picoide.com
A beige computer front with a PicoIDE (also in beige) in the 3.5" drive bay. The PicoIDE has a OLED screen showing the PicoIDE logo, a full progress bar, and the text "Ready!" There is a LED showing a cyan color, up/down/cancel/ok buttons, a microSD slot, and a 3.5" headphone jack.
November 10, 2025 at 2:41 AM
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bkindivisible.bsky.social
We out here, BK. Nearby 9 PPW? Join us to yell DON’T CAVE CHUCK!

His job is not to fold for the MAGA GOP, it’s to FIGHT for us (and you!)

Hold the line, @schumer.senate.gov!

@indivisible.org @riseandresist.bsky.social @50501movement.bsky.social @50501newyork.bsky.social @handsoffnyc.bsky.social
November 10, 2025 at 1:49 AM
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bradlander.bsky.social
Fight don’t fold.
November 10, 2025 at 2:12 AM
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floppyguy.bsky.social
save them #freepalestine
5.25" floppy disks arranged in a way to resemble the flag of Palestine
July 22, 2025 at 11:22 PM
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evangreer.bsky.social
Dealer: alright everyone ante up

Chuck Schumer: I fold

Dealer: … we haven’t even dealt the hand yet

Chuck Schumer: I 👏 fold 👏
November 9, 2025 at 11:50 PM
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brainnotonyet.bsky.social
“Abolish ice” at this point is the conservative position.

Everyone involved in the administration at any level is going to have to be tried for crimes against humanity and dealt with accordingly.

This isn’t going away with elections and we certainly cannot “come together” after this.
November 9, 2025 at 6:20 PM
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floppyguy.bsky.social
trans rights are human rights 💾🏳️‍⚧️✊ #floppydiskart #transgender
3.5" floppy disks arranged in a manner to resemble the Transgender Pride Flag
October 20, 2025 at 7:53 PM
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brynstar7.xyz
16. One thing that new Star Wars got right is that the nazis just keep coming back.
November 8, 2025 at 9:49 PM
mmjs86.bsky.social
They found me
Sign says no tariffs on these European beauts
November 8, 2025 at 9:55 PM
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asjaba.bsky.social
hrvatska je napoleonov kompleks u obliku države.
November 8, 2025 at 1:24 PM
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mrbtx.bsky.social
you're hearing it more and more, chat
November 8, 2025 at 9:27 PM
mmjs86.bsky.social
A piece of life in Yugoslavia found in Hudson, NY
Photo of people gathering Photo of Liburnija ferry Photo of a round building with pillars A note on the back of a photo taken in Belgrade in 1959
November 8, 2025 at 9:31 PM
mmjs86.bsky.social
Ova svastika na kući jednog od najbogatijih Hrvata u centru Zagreba vjerojatno tamo još uvijek stoji, pedesetak metara od Srpskog kulturnog centra koji su večeras napali hrvatski nacisti
mmjs86.bsky.social vlado @mmjs86.bsky.social · Aug 23
Bonus priča za one koji čitaju do kraja.

Prije par godina u Zagrebu je bio mini škandal kad je Ante Vlahović, koji prema Forbesu "vrijedi" 676 milijuna eura izgradio vilu u Preradovićevoj bez prozora na fasadi.

I bogatašu je netko prije par tjedana nacrtao svastiku koja tamo još uvijek stoji.
November 7, 2025 at 8:54 PM
mmjs86.bsky.social
Virtually no international reporting on the weeklong Nazi rioting spreading through Croatia

balkaninsight.com/2025/11/04/c...
Croatian Leaders Condemn Far-Right Disruption of Serbian Cultural Event
President and prime minister voice indignation over far-right attack on Serbian folk dance and choir in the city of Split – as opposition insists the government bears responsibility for growing nation...
balkaninsight.com
November 7, 2025 at 8:44 PM