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Alan Maričić
@alanmaricic.bsky.social
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Historian. Posts on the Cold War, Germany, Yugoslavia, and anything else relevant to my interests.

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the wise man bowed his head solemnly and spoke: "theres actually zero difference between good & bad things. you imbecile. you fucking moron"
November 11, 2025 at 6:26 PM
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Zanima me koji to hrvatski studio ima SS lubanju na zidu?
The tattoo appears to resemble the Totenkopf - German for "death's head". The skull-and-crossbones symbol was used by Nazi forces during World War Two, according to the Anti-Defamation League. Platner's former political director, Genevieve McDonald, who resigned from his campaign last week, called the tattoo antisemitic. "Maybe he didn't know it when he got it, but he got it years ago and he should have had it covered up because he knows damn well what it means," she said, according to US media reports. Platner, who is running in a crowded Democratic primary to be his party's nominee for the Senate seat held by Republican Susan Collins, said he got the tattoo in Croatia with his fellow Marines in 2007. He said they picked the image off the parlour wall while drinking. "We chose a terrifying looking skull and crossbones off the wall because we were marines and skulls and crossbones are pretty standard military thing," he said. Maine Senate candidate apologises for tattoo that resembles Nazi symbol 3 hours ago Madeline Halpert Share Save Graham Platner Graham PlatnerGraham Platner Graham Platner has apologised for the tattoo and said he did not know it was associated with Nazis
October 22, 2025 at 8:37 PM
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"Curtains for Zoosha? K-smog and Batboy caught flipping a grunt"
October 15, 2025 at 10:51 AM
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Ako su ljevičari vjerojatno čitaju TAZ, gdje je doslovno na vrhu naslovnice link na rubriku o SAD pod Trumpom, gdje su među prvim vijestima dvije o ICE i vojsci u gradovima. Die Zeit je nešto gori, ali i tamo sam brzo našao reportažu o ovoj temi. A na društvenim mrežama je ova tema još prisutnija...
Naslovnica taz.de, rubrike ispod headera su nahost-konflikt, usa unter trump, drohnen, i klimawehr.
October 8, 2025 at 11:22 AM
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Queen's Quay Terminal* after midnight.
Nighttime photo of an art deco building with a clocktower and a Canadian flag on a flagpole on top of it. The rest of the building is obscured by trees.
September 16, 2025 at 4:29 AM
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I also spotted a typo in this archival footage of a Roma celebration in my hometown.
A caption on a tv screen that says "Roma celebration, Zabreg, Croatia, 1929"
August 28, 2025 at 5:27 PM
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Holy euphemism, Batman!
The Chronicle of Higher Education State by State, Republicans Rein in Faculty Senates
August 26, 2025 at 10:37 PM
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Stencil art on a sidewalk depicting three military jets. The text under the jets reads "AND NOW A WORD FROM OUT SPONSORS"
August 20, 2025 at 1:24 PM
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Inspiration for the Patrick Thistle mascot?
An angry sun looking mascot on a football pitch.
August 3, 2025 at 1:23 PM
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Checked out Toronto's newest park today, the Biidaasige Park in the Port Lands. It reminds me of those parks in post-industrial cities in the Ruhr. A rare Toronto W.
Meandering waterways in marshland, with an industrial plant with a tall smokestack in the background.
July 20, 2025 at 8:41 PM
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Germany on its way to destroy its soft power.
White van with "DAAD DEMOLITION" written on its side.
July 16, 2025 at 1:58 PM
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Shaved Sasquatch from the Venture Bros cartoon.
July 11, 2025 at 11:31 PM
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Oh, cool. Karin Prien, Germany's
Minister of Education, thinks numerus clausus for immigrant schoolkids is a good idea.

H/t @mihajlovicfreiburg.com
Migrationsdeckel an Schulen Karin Prien offen für Obergrenze von migrantischen Kindern an Schulen Karin Prien hält eine Obergrenze für Kinder mit Migrationshintergrund an Schulen für denkbar. Im Koalitionsvertrag war von verpflichtenden Sprachtests die Rede. 4. Juli 2025, 6:55 Uhr Quelle: DIE ZEIT, AFP, dpa, jse
July 4, 2025 at 1:44 PM
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Moj trenutni mp3 player. (Bivši rezervni, haha)
Mali crni SanDisk mp3 player.
July 3, 2025 at 12:10 PM
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Downtown Hamilton
An alley view of an Art Deco skyscraper, flanked by another lower Art Deco building on the left. There are two cars parked in the foreground.
June 21, 2025 at 3:28 PM
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Spotted earlier this month in Zagreb. Preaching to the choir, really, since no one here does either of these things anyway.
Ich wähle weder CDU noch 110
June 18, 2025 at 10:33 PM
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The foreign corro equivalent of finding and interviewing the most racist person in a Midwest diner.
The Washington Post 51st state? Bring it on, these Canadians say.
June 17, 2025 at 11:59 AM
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The North American mind can't comprehend this
A tiny yellow postal car.
June 12, 2025 at 8:37 AM
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Iz obiteljske biblioteke.
Narodna knjižnica Svezak 101-103 Edgar Allan Poe Neobične priče S biografijom Poe-ovom od Charles-a Baudelaire-a i njegovom slikom Zagreb 1923. Tisak"Jugoslovenske štampe" d. d.
June 11, 2025 at 8:16 AM
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Ljetno štivo
Title page of Vladimir Nazor's _With the Partisans_
June 5, 2025 at 12:18 PM
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Yugoslavia hosted the Mediterranean Games in 1979. My family still owns this piece of merch. And FWIW, the mattress is still going strong.
A yellow mattress covered in Mediterranean Games logos.
June 3, 2025 at 10:11 AM
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There isn't a word that Croatians won't modify with a Cro- prefix.
Cosmetics store sign that says "Krosmetika"
May 28, 2025 at 2:19 PM
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Dost dobro ime za birtiju u suterenu
Bar sign that says "Fusnota"
May 27, 2025 at 3:48 PM
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And people have the nerve to call them Nazis...smh.
A sticker on a pole, depicting a skull/Joker type of creature wearing a blue Wehrmacht helmet. Underneath the figure is the motto "Za Dinamo spremni"
May 27, 2025 at 10:33 AM
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My dedicated Bluesky posting terminal
Old timey one piece computer with a num pad and only a few other buttons. The screen takes up only a small fraction of the whole thing.
May 25, 2025 at 12:29 PM