Aleš Smutný
ulrik.bsky.social
Aleš Smutný
@ulrik.bsky.social
Journalism, history, gaming, Middle-East, Japan, sumo, 40k and thousand more things...
Finally had time to start The Pitt on HBO. Damn, thats good, makes me remember why I liked ER so much. And why never wanted to be a doctor :))
June 16, 2025 at 11:58 AM
June 9, 2025 at 11:28 PM
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Online brothels, sex robots, simulated rape: AI is ushering in a new age of violence against women | Laura Bates
Online brothels, sex robots, simulated rape: AI is ushering in a new age of violence against women | Laura Bates
When social media first exploded, we missed our chance to protect women and girls. Now history is repeating itself, says Laura Bates of Everyday Sexism
www.theguardian.com
June 3, 2025 at 12:38 PM
I have an itch to start a new podcast. Unfortunately, all of the options are time consuming and not much compatible with little kiddo :)
June 3, 2025 at 10:17 AM
I must say, huevo frito is not the chips flavour I expected to like...but here we are.

(sorry, did not promise that my every post here will be serious and deep :))
June 2, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Age of Madness is here.
RFK Jr celebrated the release of the MAHA report by downing raw milk shooters in the White House with influencer Paul Saladino. Hazards of raw milk include Listeria, Salmonella, Campylobacter, Yersinia, E. coli O157:H7, and now-- avian flu.
May 31, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Time to really start my migration here from the hellhole that X became.
May 30, 2025 at 11:17 PM
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Ve věku 87 let zemřela americká herečka Loretta Switová, představitelka majorky Margaret Houlihanové ze seriálu M.A.S.H. Role přísné vrchní sestry v polní vojenské nemocnici v korejské válce herečce vynesla dvě ceny Emmy.
🔗 irozhl.as/vE7
Zemřela herečka Loretta Switová. Její nejznámější rolí byla sestra Houlihanová ze seriálu M.A.S.H.
Ve věku 87 let v pátek zemřela americká herečka Loretta Switová, představitelka majorky Margaret Houlihanové ze seriálu M.A.S.H. Informovala o tom agentura AP.
irozhl.as
May 30, 2025 at 8:30 PM
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Hosts, Japan's grey zone version of aggressive gigolos, are about to find themselves in serious trouble. The predatory practices of these good looking guys with too much hair gel are now punishable by law. Learn more in our newest by @tokyovice.bsky.social.
unseen-japan.com/japan-law-to...
The Host Is Toast: Japan Approves Law To Crack Down On Host Club Hustlers - Unseen Japan
Hosts, Japan's grey zone version of aggressive gigolos, are about to find themselves in serious trouble with a new law targeting host clubs.
unseen-japan.com
May 23, 2025 at 3:21 AM
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A young wrestler to watch is Ikazuchido Neri--whose real name is Nelly Yamada.

Born 25 years ago to a Japanese mother and Nigerian father, Nelly rarely saw his dad and lost him entirely at age 8 when his parents divorced.

His once cheerful mother became mentally weakened from years of depression
May 19, 2025 at 7:23 PM
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Z tohohle článku si bohužel řada lidí vzala hlavně průzkum pro vnitro, kolik lidí má obavu z voleb. Je tam i druhá část, jak státní instituce začali jednat s technologickými obry jako TikTok či Meta. To je velmi důležité. pagenotfound.cz/clanek/stat-...
Stát řeší s technologickými obry, jak zabránit ovlivnění voleb. Češi se však podle interního průzkumu bojí Fialovy vlády více než Kremlu – Page Not Found
Více než polovina Čechů má obavy, že volby může spíše zmanipulovat vláda Petra Fialy než Ruská federace. Do toho významná část společnosti sdílí obavy, že volby budou negativně ovlivněny sociálními sí...
pagenotfound.cz
May 18, 2025 at 7:21 AM
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Heritage 1815: a committee of Napoleonic historians working to safeguard the future of sites from the Waterloo campaign.

Following news of the planned sale of Gemioncourt Farm & 8.5 hectares of land on the Quatre Bras battlefield, the committee has issued a statement 🧵1/
March 20, 2025 at 8:26 AM
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Remember that whole argument that you don’t need to learn history because you can google it?
Well…
The CFPB will begin deleting agency data as soon as today. Meanwhile, the Trump administration and Musk staffers are rewriting history on U.S. government websites and erasing data from databases nationwide—removing information that doesn’t align with their political agenda.
February 14, 2025 at 10:02 PM
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Bylo těžké nepochlubit se 😬 A není to cizí zásluha?
Výstava na Kampě “Identita” o českém designu. Je poctou, že designer Jakub Wdowka - ArtBureau, vybral do prezentace naši značku o kterou pečuje.
Vždycky, když nás někdo pochválí za design, víme že Jakub vybudoval něco trvalého a hodnotného.
February 4, 2025 at 12:39 PM
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Instead of recommending that recently laid off BioWare devs risk everything to start their own studios (lol like it's so easy?)

You could take a bit of that energy and buy games from some that already did ☺️

Eternal Strands just launched this week and I'm pretty sure Stray Gods is on sale!
January 30, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Hello BlueSky, my little oasis of calm and dignity.
January 30, 2025 at 5:23 PM
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In an effort to ignore the hideous reality we are all facing, here's a picture of me as a cowboy for no apparent reason. 🤠
January 10, 2025 at 12:10 AM
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It's a 30-year-old caffeinated treat that's likely added several points to Japan's Gross National Product in terms of sheer productivity boosted. Learn how Boss Coffee got its start - and how Tommy Lee Jones became its most famous spokesperson.

https://buff.ly/3ZQyDfK
Boss Coffee: The History Behind the Popular Can - Unseen Japan
Boss Coffee is turning 30 years old. Learn about the history of canned coffee, its recognizable logo, and those Tommy Lee Jones ads.
unseen-japan.com
December 25, 2024 at 12:57 AM
So many interesting things happening in the world. It would be nice to have team dedicated to news, but... I can make it as my side job, because of company cuts. Yay! So Im jumping between Syria, South Korea, local politics, US... I've already abrased one of my teeth thanks to grinding them! FML.
December 3, 2024 at 3:51 PM
Yeah, you shouldn't try to buy samurai sword in Japan. Like, you can, but...
So you want to buy a samurai sword in Japan. You can do that! The question is: can you take it OUT? We look at the laws, regulations, and circumstances that govern when you can - and cannot - take what is possibly a piece of history with you overseas.

https://buff.ly/3Z5ygxv

#japan
November 25, 2024 at 4:08 PM
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Others have noted it but I will too: The big reason Bluesky is so hot right now is that the people who add value to social media - the frequent posters in specific fields - are here now, talking to each other and creating the "spectator value" that draws users and attention.
Twitter’s heir apparent isn’t X or Threads — it’s Bluesky
The blue bird is dead. Long live the blue sky.
www.theverge.com
November 23, 2024 at 6:30 PM
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The poem that goes with this image.
November 16, 2024 at 8:00 PM
I must say... doing work that I'm not supposed to do, I'm overqualified to do and takes my time from doing things that are actually creatve and reason why I'm at my position... its soulcrushing, life draining...
November 14, 2024 at 11:17 AM
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Good news for winning makuuchi wrestlers in Kyushu who will be sharing 1,757 kensho envelopes--the most ever for the November tournament and a significant increase from last year's 1,528 as five new companies have been approved.
Why donors need approval is the subject of another post.
November 10, 2024 at 5:37 AM