That feeling when you have something in your house that needs to be fixed but it's too small so you need to wait for more things to break before you can call anyone.
Eric Gordy
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All about: sociology, Balkans, good cooking, jazz, dogs. No patience for: racists, nationalists, sexists, creeps, bad methodology. “East of Ethnia” -- politics, sociology, and culture from the Balkans and other places: https://eastethnia.wordpress.com
Don't worry, the people to whom we are entrusting our future are very capable. www.theguardian.com/science/2026...
SpaceX rocket thought to have crashed into the moon in unintentional collision
Four-tonne piece of SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket believed to have hit lunar surface on Wednesday at 5,400 miles an hour
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I told the gym guy that I did not feel motivated to come in when the weather is very warm. He said “come in anyway, the best workout is the one you didn't want to do!” It strikes me that this line is very quotable but probably not true.
"Ti misliš da mi je lako, ali sam ja najveći proizvođač diskursa u ovoj kući."
So when people cite the great historian Wayne Vucinich they call him “Vejn,” even though the much more accurate “Ouejn” is available in the same system of orthography. Džast sejink.
Note to the antivaxx people: when the Covid vaccine became available I said hell yes and got the earliest appointment I could. Was in line at the Bruce Grove health centre behind a Palestinian gentleman. He complimented my hat and we spent our waiting time exchanging fish recipes.
My overall approach to music: I haven't really got anything you could call musical taste. If something is music, regardless of style, I love it. The only thing I don't love is music that instructs you about how you should feel. That's just authoritarianism.
Lijep je bio dan, tu je bila naša ćerka, ćerka naših prijatelja iz Kalifornije, lokalni pjesnici, lokalni psi, lokalni turski i vijetnamski kuhari, a sad sam umoran na 3 jezika.
I remember how much it would annoy my mother when she would ask me "where does it hurt you?" and I would reply "in Seattle." But I was not trying to be clever. 6 year old Eric honestly thought that this was the question.
From L Wolff's “Inventing Eastern Europe,” a travel memoir from 1785.
“and when it's time for leaving Mozambique / you say goodbye to sand and sea”
I have followed media in the Balkans for many years and have reached the conclusion that the worst papers have the best recipes.
--What was the name of the only character you thought was well written in the Odyssey film? --I think it was Sirće. Your people would have called her Ocat.
On point 1: yes, certainly. On point 2: maybe, you have to be in the mood. (biggest musical disappointment for me: dude didn't even make an effort for song of the sirens. It is supposed to be bewitching. Coen brothers did it better.) www.theguardian.com/music/2026/j...
I thought Nolan’s Odyssey was an epic bore. If you want Greek myths brought to life, try the thrill of opera!
Composers from Purcell to Birtwistle have created passionate dramas inspired by ancient Greek stories – and none of them require you to sit through three hours of solemn spectacle without an interval
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Got a haircut scheduled for tomorrow. The last haircut I got was at that place on Sredačka ulica. They were playing Sinan Šakić, had sharp objects, and somehow did not hurt me at all.
Ne moraš da radiš bre Ristiću. Moš lepo odustati od namjere da uništiš jednu značajnu kulturnu ustanovu. n1info.rs/kultura/ljub...
Ljubiša Ristić: Za razliku od glumaca, koji su na lepoj tromesečnoj pauzi, ja moram da radim
Glumci Ateljea 212, koje je portal Nova kontaktirao, nisu želeli da daju pojedinačne izjave, kao ni članovi Upravnog odbora povodom promene na čelu teatra, a no
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There, finished Chapter 1, and we also have a focaccia for tonight.
🎭 Discover the works of Croatian Renaissance playwright Marin Držić at the Bloomsbury Theatre on 8 October 2026. Join us for live rehearsed readings and a rare chance to experience the wit and satire of one of Europe’s finest playwrights. 🎟️ £10-£15 www.ucl.ac.uk/arts-humanit...
Dajem otkaz na poslu i otvaram novi Fakultet za Još Srpskije Studije
What do people think they are doing with these dye jobs in colours that do not occur in nature? (not thinking of people who do blue or something for style reasons) I am at home with my grey. From a certain angle (people tell me, rarely) it can even look serious or distinguished.
Dr Mark | 北马克 |🍉🇦🇺🇲🇾🇹🇭@ajaanmark.bsky.social · last wk.Weird billionaires stop with the hair dye challenge.
I bought some pears that look really nice but they have no flavour at all.
Sorry, I am not normally one to say that one language is better than another, but you have to agree that “Strait of Hormuz” does not sound half as good as “Ormuški moreuz.”
People are talking about what colour Helen of Troy's skin was? My dear dudes and dudettes. Helen of Troy was a fictional character. Her skin was not any colour. youtu.be/k0JUKmfXETk?...
John Cale - helen of troy (album version)
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How to match claims to evidence in your writing, exhibit 1: “McCaffree decided to reorient the publication in a more open and rigorous direction. The entire staff promptly resigned.”
Laura K. Nelson@lauraknelson.bsky.social · 2w agoI haven't read this yet but come on with that headline. The study of sociology. The study, of soci-ology.
¿N bava kua? www.danas.rs/kultura/mile...
Milena Dragićević Šešić: Vlast je investitoru prodala Staru šećeranu i Ristićev KPGT, a on je na poklon dobio da upravlja Ateljeom 212 i sprovodi želje „vođe“
U celini gledajući, sva ova imenovanja su osveta istinski nemoćnog režima da uspostavi funkcionisanje kulturnog sistema na svim nivoima, i zato kao kolačima "nagrađuje" svoje lojaliste, one kojima neć...
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