Pavel Pospech
@pavelp.bsky.social
Sociologist, Masaryk University, Czech Republic. Yale CCS Faculty Fellow. I work in cultural sociology, rural sociology, social change, some theory, and some more. Father of 2. Vienna, Austria. Posting in 🇬🇧, 🇨🇿 & 🇩🇪.
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"Three Bulgarian men are on trial this week for alleged involvement in vandalizing the city’s Holocaust Memorial, an act of vandalism that French intelligence services link to a campaign by Russia to destabilize France and other Western societies."
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A French trial examines Holocaust Memorial graffiti believed linked to Russia
Three Bulgarian men are on trial in Paris accused of involvement in spray-painting red hands around the Paris Holocaust memorial.
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October 31, 2025 at 11:46 AM
"Three Bulgarian men are on trial this week for alleged involvement in vandalizing the city’s Holocaust Memorial, an act of vandalism that French intelligence services link to a campaign by Russia to destabilize France and other Western societies."
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The US administration is a cancer.
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Landmark global shipping deal abandoned under US threats
President Trump intervened in the talks calling the deal a "green scam".
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October 18, 2025 at 6:51 AM
The US administration is a cancer.
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Excited to introduce Vibes from Meta. Eat your slop, piggies!
September 30, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Excited to introduce Vibes from Meta. Eat your slop, piggies!
This is a very interesting read, and far more than just an average anti-tech rant (not like there's anything wrong with anti-tech rants, we need more of those, too). www.gurwinder.blog/p/how-social...
How Social Media Shortens Your Life
It's engineered to speed up your time
www.gurwinder.blog
August 8, 2025 at 3:23 PM
This is a very interesting read, and far more than just an average anti-tech rant (not like there's anything wrong with anti-tech rants, we need more of those, too). www.gurwinder.blog/p/how-social...
When we talk about "real life" in rural areas, what does the word "real" actually mean? Check out our chapter in this great new volume edited by @estherpeeren.bsky.social and Tjalling Valdés Olmos! brill.com/display/titl... @soc-muni.bsky.social
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July 14, 2025 at 10:15 PM
When we talk about "real life" in rural areas, what does the word "real" actually mean? Check out our chapter in this great new volume edited by @estherpeeren.bsky.social and Tjalling Valdés Olmos! brill.com/display/titl... @soc-muni.bsky.social
Nebývalé. Takže ono je možné na systémové problémy hledat systémová řešení?
Měl by přijít nějaký český mluvka a vysvětlit těm Dánům, že tohle je socialismus, a že v online světě si má poradit každý sám.
www.idnes.cz/zpravy/zahra...
Měl by přijít nějaký český mluvka a vysvětlit těm Dánům, že tohle je socialismus, a že v online světě si má poradit každý sám.
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Autorská práva sám na sebe? V Dánsku už brzy realita, země vytáhla do boje s deepfake
Dánská vláda jako první na světě přišla s rázným řešením, jak se bránit přílivu deepfake videí, která zneužívají identity skutečných lidí. Pokud příslušná legislativa projde parlamentním hlasováním, b...
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June 28, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Nebývalé. Takže ono je možné na systémové problémy hledat systémová řešení?
Měl by přijít nějaký český mluvka a vysvětlit těm Dánům, že tohle je socialismus, a že v online světě si má poradit každý sám.
www.idnes.cz/zpravy/zahra...
Měl by přijít nějaký český mluvka a vysvětlit těm Dánům, že tohle je socialismus, a že v online světě si má poradit každý sám.
www.idnes.cz/zpravy/zahra...
"Zločinci se mohou spolčit, nikoliv však spřátelit." (Goya)
June 5, 2025 at 9:23 PM
"Zločinci se mohou spolčit, nikoliv však spřátelit." (Goya)
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Data centers are the new sacrifice zones
May 1, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Data centers are the new sacrifice zones
An interesting take on the monotone of the story structure. Some interesting points (franchises as a destruction of stories) and some clichés, too (the story is patriarchal), but a great read overall! aeon.co/essays/why-d...
Why does every film and TV series seem to have the same plot? | Aeon Essays
The three-act ‘hero’s journey’ has long been the most prominent kind of story. What other tales are there to tell?
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May 15, 2025 at 7:11 AM
An interesting take on the monotone of the story structure. Some interesting points (franchises as a destruction of stories) and some clichés, too (the story is patriarchal), but a great read overall! aeon.co/essays/why-d...
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This, from Timothy Snyder, is definitive, on Greenland open.substack.com/pub/snyder/p...
The Imperialism Has no Clothes
JD Vance in Greenland
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March 29, 2025 at 1:03 PM
This, from Timothy Snyder, is definitive, on Greenland open.substack.com/pub/snyder/p...
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📢 PhD Opportunity at Masaryk University! 🎓 We seek 2 PhD students for the PRINS project on partnership trajectories & intergenerational relations. Apply by 31.03.2025! More info here: soc.fss.muni.cz/aktuality/jo...
Job opportunities
2 PhD Vacancies “Partnership Trajectories and Intergenerational Relations”
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March 3, 2025 at 2:52 PM
📢 PhD Opportunity at Masaryk University! 🎓 We seek 2 PhD students for the PRINS project on partnership trajectories & intergenerational relations. Apply by 31.03.2025! More info here: soc.fss.muni.cz/aktuality/jo...
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"The most effective countermeasure is simple: tariffs for oligarchs. Countries should tie market access for foreign multinationals and billionaires to fair taxation," says @gabrielzucman.bsky.social in his latest op-ed.
👉 Read more: www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/o...
👉 Read more: www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/o...
America’s Oligarchs Are Trump’s Achilles’ Heel | by Gabriel Zucman - Project Syndicate
Gabriel Zucman proposes that countries targeted by US tariffs retaliate with taxes on Elon Musk and his peers.
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February 28, 2025 at 11:51 AM
"The most effective countermeasure is simple: tariffs for oligarchs. Countries should tie market access for foreign multinationals and billionaires to fair taxation," says @gabrielzucman.bsky.social in his latest op-ed.
👉 Read more: www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/o...
👉 Read more: www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/o...
"Take his pet president, who cosplays as a business genius but who has succeeded in life largely by discovering that, first, if you are rich and white and repeat a lie long enough then people believe it and it no longer matters if it is true or not"
Treat yourself here: www.the-reframe.com/the/
Treat yourself here: www.the-reframe.com/the/
The Worst and the Dimmest
It's not a coincidence that we're being led by the least qualified monsters available; it's a deliberate strategy. Facing the Worst - a series about directional alignment.
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February 17, 2025 at 8:32 AM
"Take his pet president, who cosplays as a business genius but who has succeeded in life largely by discovering that, first, if you are rich and white and repeat a lie long enough then people believe it and it no longer matters if it is true or not"
Treat yourself here: www.the-reframe.com/the/
Treat yourself here: www.the-reframe.com/the/
Může existovat veřejnoprávní sociální síť? Musí. Můj komentář v Deníku N.
Komentář Pavla Pospěcha: „Prostor pro férovou, otevřenou politickou diskuzi bez manipulací nevzniká sám o sobě a oligarchické síťové platformy jasně ukazují, že nám jej neposkytnou.“
Potřebujeme veřejnoprávní sociální sítě, ne ty oligarchické
Komentář Pavla Pospěcha: Při pohledu na lavinu irelevance, manipulace a zla, kterou sociální sítě do politické diskuze tlačí, je myšlenka na veřejnoprávní sociální sítě nabíledni – opravdu chceme…
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February 16, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Může existovat veřejnoprávní sociální síť? Musí. Můj komentář v Deníku N.
„Lež není názorem, byť ji pachatel subjektivně vnímá jako pravdu“
To je docela zásadní soudní výrok, ne? Bez ohledu na tenhle konkrétní případ - tohle je docela rázný řez do "postfaktické doby": ct24.ceskatelevize.cz/clanek/domac...
To je docela zásadní soudní výrok, ne? Bez ohledu na tenhle konkrétní případ - tohle je docela rázný řez do "postfaktické doby": ct24.ceskatelevize.cz/clanek/domac...
„Lež není názor“. Soud vysvětlil, proč zrušil osvobození učitelky hájící ruské zločiny
Nejvyšší soud (NS) v prosinci zrušil zprošťující verdikt nad učitelkou Martinou Bednářovou. Teď zveřejnil obsáhlé odůvodnění, v němž uvádí, v čem podle něj soudy nižší instance chybovaly, když pedagož...
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February 11, 2025 at 8:59 AM
„Lež není názorem, byť ji pachatel subjektivně vnímá jako pravdu“
To je docela zásadní soudní výrok, ne? Bez ohledu na tenhle konkrétní případ - tohle je docela rázný řez do "postfaktické doby": ct24.ceskatelevize.cz/clanek/domac...
To je docela zásadní soudní výrok, ne? Bez ohledu na tenhle konkrétní případ - tohle je docela rázný řez do "postfaktické doby": ct24.ceskatelevize.cz/clanek/domac...
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Tak schválně, jaký tady bude mít text Timothyho Snydera dosah v češtině, když se Muskovi na Twitteru nelíbil anglicky.
Jistěže je to puč:
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Jistěže je to puč:
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Historik Snyder: Jistěže je to puč
Komentář Timothy Snydera: Když si nevšimnete toho, co bije do očí, přijdete o stát.
denikn.cz
February 6, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Tak schválně, jaký tady bude mít text Timothyho Snydera dosah v češtině, když se Muskovi na Twitteru nelíbil anglicky.
Jistěže je to puč:
denikn.cz/1647061/hist...
Jistěže je to puč:
denikn.cz/1647061/hist...
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January 29, 2025 at 2:36 PM
Hello #Bluesky
We are the Department of Sociology at Masaryk University. Follow us for news about our research and educational activities!
#AcademicSky #eXit
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#AcademicSky #eXit
C.S. Lewis' advice on writing. I am a big believer in point (3): always write with your ears!
January 20, 2025 at 12:56 PM
C.S. Lewis' advice on writing. I am a big believer in point (3): always write with your ears!
A new paper out! Stela Houserová & myself were exploring the attractiveness of rural artist residencies. We found out it's all about freedom, but what does freedom mean? Big questions and some answers here: authors.elsevier.com/a/1kPbd2eyKF... #sociology #rurality #arts
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January 17, 2025 at 6:22 AM
A new paper out! Stela Houserová & myself were exploring the attractiveness of rural artist residencies. We found out it's all about freedom, but what does freedom mean? Big questions and some answers here: authors.elsevier.com/a/1kPbd2eyKF... #sociology #rurality #arts
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AI-generated ‘slop’ is slowly killing the internet, so why is nobody trying to stop it? | Arwa Mahdawi
AI-generated ‘slop’ is slowly killing the internet, so why is nobody trying to stop it? | Arwa Mahdawi
Low-quality ‘slop’ generated by AI is crowding out genuine humans across the internet, but instead of regulating it, platforms such as Facebook are positively encouraging it. Where does this end?
How do you do, fellow humans? My name is Arwa and I am a…
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January 8, 2025 at 9:12 PM
AI-generated ‘slop’ is slowly killing the internet, so why is nobody trying to stop it? | Arwa Mahdawi
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“Nothing is more false than the antimony that people have often wished to establish between the authority of rules and the freedom of the individual. Liberty (by which we mean a just liberty, one for which society is duty bound to enforce respect) is itself the product of a set of rules.”
December 21, 2024 at 3:46 PM
“Nothing is more false than the antimony that people have often wished to establish between the authority of rules and the freedom of the individual. Liberty (by which we mean a just liberty, one for which society is duty bound to enforce respect) is itself the product of a set of rules.”
"People want to live their whole lives in emotional sweatpants". Freddie DeBoer's glorious rant about a "permission-granting culture" and, about everything that is wrong with everything these days.
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Our Product is Permission
The new subscriber writing post is coming on Monday morning.
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December 20, 2024 at 10:07 AM
"People want to live their whole lives in emotional sweatpants". Freddie DeBoer's glorious rant about a "permission-granting culture" and, about everything that is wrong with everything these days.
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Thank you for your warning, scientists. You did check our track record of heeding scientific warnings about unprecedented risks, right?
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‘Unprecedented risk’ to life on Earth: Scientists call for halt on ‘mirror life’ microbe research
Experts warn that mirror bacteria, constructed from mirror images of molecules found in nature, could put humans, animals and plants at risk of lethal infections
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December 14, 2024 at 11:23 AM
Thank you for your warning, scientists. You did check our track record of heeding scientific warnings about unprecedented risks, right?
www.theguardian.com/science/2024...
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The Guardian view on politicians using business logic: public services aren’t startups | Editorial
The Guardian view on politicians using business logic: public services aren’t startups | Editorial
When an insecure government borrows credibility from business leaders, a lot can go wrong
A new government, anxious over economic policy and fretful about its polling, invites business leaders to whip Whitehall into shape. That was Rachel Reeves,…
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December 11, 2024 at 7:30 PM
The Guardian view on politicians using business logic: public services aren’t startups | Editorial