Andy Hockley
@adhoc.bsky.social
Inhabitant of deepest Transylvania (honest); academic management "expert" (of sorts); anti-apartheid activist; lapsed football fan; interested in Romania, Hungary, Turkey, Palestine, and beyond. He/him. Oh, and Sheffield Wednesday
Must confess there were a number of moments on the way up that I thought "why do I do this to myself?"
This is why
This is why
September 20, 2025 at 10:16 AM
Must confess there were a number of moments on the way up that I thought "why do I do this to myself?"
This is why
This is why
I learned today that when your home town football team reaches the first division in Romania you can no longer by alcohol in the supermarket (on match days)
August 17, 2025 at 2:28 PM
I learned today that when your home town football team reaches the first division in Romania you can no longer by alcohol in the supermarket (on match days)
Ok it was here, though now it is only 3 - but it's the only place I know that has it written in Romani (I thought it was 4, but maybe I misremembered)
June 17, 2025 at 11:58 AM
Ok it was here, though now it is only 3 - but it's the only place I know that has it written in Romani (I thought it was 4, but maybe I misremembered)
I took a photo of it but I can't find it. I'm going to say it is "somewhere" on this map
June 17, 2025 at 11:18 AM
I took a photo of it but I can't find it. I'm going to say it is "somewhere" on this map
I'm squalid and incalculable damage.
May 12, 2025 at 2:17 PM
I'm squalid and incalculable damage.
We get this out every May 1st*. My late father in law liberated it in late 89 and then added the actual hammer and sickle at a later date
(as a joke. We're not actually hankering for the second coming of uncle Nicolae)
(as a joke. We're not actually hankering for the second coming of uncle Nicolae)
May 1, 2025 at 2:38 PM
We get this out every May 1st*. My late father in law liberated it in late 89 and then added the actual hammer and sickle at a later date
(as a joke. We're not actually hankering for the second coming of uncle Nicolae)
(as a joke. We're not actually hankering for the second coming of uncle Nicolae)
Farsang in deepest Transylvania
March 2, 2025 at 6:55 PM
Farsang in deepest Transylvania
Valentine's Day books. Very romantic. Bill Clinton and Boris Johnson, people noted for their fidelity. As well as a book about collaboration with the Nazis.
February 13, 2025 at 12:26 PM
Valentine's Day books. Very romantic. Bill Clinton and Boris Johnson, people noted for their fidelity. As well as a book about collaboration with the Nazis.
Looking at the ground while pregnant and Palestinian is a crime worthy of a death sentence from Israel
February 10, 2025 at 6:40 PM
Looking at the ground while pregnant and Palestinian is a crime worthy of a death sentence from Israel
Craiova advertising its Christmas Market with a festive Darth Vader. I wonder if it's a nod to Romania's apparent Christmas wish to elect an actual nazi as president
December 2, 2024 at 1:08 PM
Craiova advertising its Christmas Market with a festive Darth Vader. I wonder if it's a nod to Romania's apparent Christmas wish to elect an actual nazi as president
Next president of Romania?
November 25, 2024 at 5:54 AM
Next president of Romania?
So, that happened while I was asleep
November 21, 2024 at 8:56 AM
So, that happened while I was asleep
Very occasionally one of my management students will use the term "managee" in their essay. I *guess* it makes sense, but once I've come across it, it's very hard not to think of the teachers at their school looking a bit like this...
November 14, 2024 at 2:21 PM
Very occasionally one of my management students will use the term "managee" in their essay. I *guess* it makes sense, but once I've come across it, it's very hard not to think of the teachers at their school looking a bit like this...
My first time in Brasov airport. Friendliest airport staff I've ever encountered (though this may be because it's basically got no actual traffic)
February 7, 2024 at 8:57 AM
My first time in Brasov airport. Friendliest airport staff I've ever encountered (though this may be because it's basically got no actual traffic)
When you walk into this tiny museum in a small scruffy town and discover the biggest intact mastodon fossil ever discovered and these incredible hand painted dioramas of battles from Transylvanian history
February 2, 2024 at 5:06 PM
When you walk into this tiny museum in a small scruffy town and discover the biggest intact mastodon fossil ever discovered and these incredible hand painted dioramas of battles from Transylvanian history
We took delivery of, chopped and stacked an öl of wood today. I can't tell you what an öl is, because neither Deepl nor Google recognise the word (I think it's archaic like a bushel or something). I'd take a stab at approx 4 cubic metres.
Anyway, I'm knackered
Anyway, I'm knackered
January 13, 2024 at 6:54 PM
We took delivery of, chopped and stacked an öl of wood today. I can't tell you what an öl is, because neither Deepl nor Google recognise the word (I think it's archaic like a bushel or something). I'd take a stab at approx 4 cubic metres.
Anyway, I'm knackered
Anyway, I'm knackered
It's about time students started being useful
(seriously, my daughter and I are sitting here trying to work out what the original must have been. Probably Hungarian in the original rather than Romanian, but I dunno "diák hús"?)
(seriously, my daughter and I are sitting here trying to work out what the original must have been. Probably Hungarian in the original rather than Romanian, but I dunno "diák hús"?)
December 6, 2023 at 12:33 PM
It's about time students started being useful
(seriously, my daughter and I are sitting here trying to work out what the original must have been. Probably Hungarian in the original rather than Romanian, but I dunno "diák hús"?)
(seriously, my daughter and I are sitting here trying to work out what the original must have been. Probably Hungarian in the original rather than Romanian, but I dunno "diák hús"?)
"This is a textbook case of genocide" - the UN high commissioner for Human Rights
"The governments of the USA, the UK and much of Europe are wholly complicit in this horrific assault"
"The governments of the USA, the UK and much of Europe are wholly complicit in this horrific assault"
October 31, 2023 at 5:41 PM
"This is a textbook case of genocide" - the UN high commissioner for Human Rights
"The governments of the USA, the UK and much of Europe are wholly complicit in this horrific assault"
"The governments of the USA, the UK and much of Europe are wholly complicit in this horrific assault"