Tamas Bereczky, PhD
@tamasbereczky.bsky.social
HIV+ activist, social psychologist, gay nerd, grandfather to two most awesome granddaughters, Berliner from Budapest, I’m a hot mess. Minus the hotness.
But there are buyers’ clubs today that actually work. I procured generic HCV treatment for myself and 50 more patients in Hungary from Treat Asia when such treatment was unavailable in the region. And it worked. You need different solutions in different countties.
It was fiction. Most remedies buyers clubs sold to desperate people didn’t work. The epidemic didn’t turn around until scientists — goaded by advocates — developed effective antiretroviral therapy. AZT, albeit toxic, was a first attempt that kept many people alive until something better came along.
December 17, 2025 at 6:28 PM
But there are buyers’ clubs today that actually work. I procured generic HCV treatment for myself and 50 more patients in Hungary from Treat Asia when such treatment was unavailable in the region. And it worked. You need different solutions in different countties.
Ich kann es nur bestätigen, auch wenn ich höchst ausgebildet und wohlhabend nach Dtland gezogen bin, dazu aus einem EU-Land, aber halt Ungarn…
Migration ist "das Warten auf ein Aktenzeichen, das Warten auf Sprachkurse, das Warten auf Anerkennung von Abschlüssen, Warten auf die Arbeitserlaubnis, hoffnungsloses Warten auch auf ... einen Vermieter, der bei einem nicht deutschen Namen nicht zusammenzuckt", sagt @sasastanisic.bsky.social.
Stanišić: „Ich verfalle selbst gelegentlich in Schockstarre. Dann weiterkämpfen“
Der Schriftsteller Saša Stanišić spricht darüber, wie es ihm gelingt, sich aus Ohnmachtsgefühlen herauszuholen – und über eine Literatur, die sich engagiert und versucht, den Menschen zu verbessern
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December 9, 2025 at 1:06 PM
Ich kann es nur bestätigen, auch wenn ich höchst ausgebildet und wohlhabend nach Dtland gezogen bin, dazu aus einem EU-Land, aber halt Ungarn…
There is also a completely unchecked HIV epidemic happening in East-Europe and Central Asia with a steep increase in late-stage new diagnoses and very limited access to treatment. Once again, this region has fallen off the map.
“Stories of the devastating impact of US, British and wider European aid cuts on the fight against HIV – particularly in sub-Saharan Africa – continue to mount as 2025 comes to an end.”
#WorldAIDSDay
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#WorldAIDSDay
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How the cuts have shaken HIV/Aids care to its core and will mean millions more infections ahead
Reports highlight devastating impact of slashed funding, especially in parts of Africa, that could lead to 3.3m new HIV infections by 2030
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December 1, 2025 at 11:22 AM
There is also a completely unchecked HIV epidemic happening in East-Europe and Central Asia with a steep increase in late-stage new diagnoses and very limited access to treatment. Once again, this region has fallen off the map.
Reposted by Tamas Bereczky, PhD
Dringender Weckruf zum #WeltAidsTag: Verhindert die Rückkehr von #Aids! Drastische Kürzungen internationaler #HIV -Programme gefährden Millionen Leben. Fachleute, Organisationen + Prominente fordern mit uns die Bundesregierung und andere Staaten zum Handeln auf. Mehr Infos auf aidshilfe.de/weckruf
December 1, 2025 at 10:25 AM
Dringender Weckruf zum #WeltAidsTag: Verhindert die Rückkehr von #Aids! Drastische Kürzungen internationaler #HIV -Programme gefährden Millionen Leben. Fachleute, Organisationen + Prominente fordern mit uns die Bundesregierung und andere Staaten zum Handeln auf. Mehr Infos auf aidshilfe.de/weckruf
For World AIDS Day, here is my story. The HIV pandemic is not over at all, on the contrary, especially in East-Europe and Central Asia. We must keep on fighting HIV/AIDS, and World AIDS Day is every day of the year for us who live with HIV.
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Tamás - PLHIV Documentary
I was diagnosed with HIV in 2004. By then, I was already very sick, so in a way, the diagnosis was almost inevitable. Still, I was terrified to see a doctor. I remember my friend practically dragging ...
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December 1, 2025 at 10:21 AM
For World AIDS Day, here is my story. The HIV pandemic is not over at all, on the contrary, especially in East-Europe and Central Asia. We must keep on fighting HIV/AIDS, and World AIDS Day is every day of the year for us who live with HIV.
plhivdocumentary.com/participants...
plhivdocumentary.com/participants...
Das ist unerträglich. Wie kann sowas passieren? Diese Regierung muss weg.
Das fasst den Tag ganz gut zusammen: Der Staat hat sich auf die Seite des Faschismus geschlagen.
November 29, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Das ist unerträglich. Wie kann sowas passieren? Diese Regierung muss weg.
Reposted by Tamas Bereczky, PhD
Reposted by Tamas Bereczky, PhD
Auf den Straßen von #Gießen stellen sich derzeit zehntausende Demonstrierende der faschistischen #AfD entgegen. Sie sind einer Konfrontation mit der Polizei ausgesetzt und müssen ihren Kopf hinhalten, weil die Politik versagt. #AfdVerbotJetzt
November 29, 2025 at 11:40 AM
Auf den Straßen von #Gießen stellen sich derzeit zehntausende Demonstrierende der faschistischen #AfD entgegen. Sie sind einer Konfrontation mit der Polizei ausgesetzt und müssen ihren Kopf hinhalten, weil die Politik versagt. #AfdVerbotJetzt
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November 29, 2025 at 10:58 AM
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In Gießen knüppelt die Polizei den Weg frei, damit eine rechtsextreme Partei ihre Jugendorganisation neu gründen kann, die sich aufgelöst hatte, weil sie so rechtsextrem ist, dass sie sonst verboten worden wäre.
Es ist ziemlich eindeutig auf welcher Seite die Polizei und damit der Staat steht.
Es ist ziemlich eindeutig auf welcher Seite die Polizei und damit der Staat steht.
November 29, 2025 at 11:40 AM
In Gießen knüppelt die Polizei den Weg frei, damit eine rechtsextreme Partei ihre Jugendorganisation neu gründen kann, die sich aufgelöst hatte, weil sie so rechtsextrem ist, dass sie sonst verboten worden wäre.
Es ist ziemlich eindeutig auf welcher Seite die Polizei und damit der Staat steht.
Es ist ziemlich eindeutig auf welcher Seite die Polizei und damit der Staat steht.
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Die Zahl der HIV-Neuinfektionen ist in Deutschland leicht angestiegen. Prof. Dr. Norbert H. Brockmeyer erläutert im Interview, welche Faktoren wichtig sind und warum es auch in Deutschland gefährlich sein kann, wenn Gelder für die internationale HIV-Hilfe gestrichen werden.
Erneut mehr Neuinfektionen: „Wir müssen gerade Frauen für HIV sensibilieren“
Prof. Dr. Norbert H. Brockmeyer, Präsident der Deutschen STI-Gesellschaft, erläutert im Interview, woran das liegt und warum es auch für in Deutschland gefährlich sein kann, wenn Gelder für die intern...
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November 27, 2025 at 9:55 AM
Die Zahl der HIV-Neuinfektionen ist in Deutschland leicht angestiegen. Prof. Dr. Norbert H. Brockmeyer erläutert im Interview, welche Faktoren wichtig sind und warum es auch in Deutschland gefährlich sein kann, wenn Gelder für die internationale HIV-Hilfe gestrichen werden.
Reposted by Tamas Bereczky, PhD
🇭🇺 EXCLUSIVE: An in-depth look at how Viktor Orbán and Fidesz underestimated Péter Magyar until it was too late. Direkt36 reveals how Orbán’s spring offensive against him backfired—fueling internal tensions and exposing cracks inside the government.
”The situation is tense” – How Orbán has tried overcome Fidesz’s internal crisis - Direkt36
Fidesz underestimated opposition leader Péter Magyar so much that they realized too late that he posed a real threat to them. Direkt36 reveals how Viktor Orbán launched his spring offensive against Magyar and how this caused tensions within the government.
www.direkt36.hu
November 9, 2025 at 6:30 PM
🇭🇺 EXCLUSIVE: An in-depth look at how Viktor Orbán and Fidesz underestimated Péter Magyar until it was too late. Direkt36 reveals how Orbán’s spring offensive against him backfired—fueling internal tensions and exposing cracks inside the government.
Reposted by Tamas Bereczky, PhD
Meanwhile the person responsible for this just scored a $1 TRILLION pay package. The world is broken.
One analytical model shows that, as of November 5th, the dismantling of U.S.A.I.D. has already caused the deaths of 600,000 people, two-thirds of them children. https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/jUzNSc
The Shutdown of U.S.A.I.D. Has Already Killed Hundreds of Thousands
The short documentary “Rovina’s Choice” tells the story of what goes when aid goes.
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November 7, 2025 at 7:07 AM
Meanwhile the person responsible for this just scored a $1 TRILLION pay package. The world is broken.
Szóval a Tumblr-en kicsit játszottak a pajtásaim ezzel az egyszerű feladattal, hogy az AI ábrázolja a magyar ábécét, és az az igazság, hogy egyrészt visítva nevetek, másreszt elképedve nézem ezt a szemétdombot. Elveszi a munkámat, aha, biztosan.
October 29, 2025 at 10:59 PM
Szóval a Tumblr-en kicsit játszottak a pajtásaim ezzel az egyszerű feladattal, hogy az AI ábrázolja a magyar ábécét, és az az igazság, hogy egyrészt visítva nevetek, másreszt elképedve nézem ezt a szemétdombot. Elveszi a munkámat, aha, biztosan.
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Terrific talk by Cory Doctorow. At around 27 minutes in he explains how the rest of the world could win USA's trade war, and it isn't by retaliatory tariffs, it's much smarter than that.
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Cory Doctorow at CF 25: How Enshittification Conquered the 21st Century and How We Can Overthrow It
YouTube video by CloudFest
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October 26, 2025 at 7:35 AM
Terrific talk by Cory Doctorow. At around 27 minutes in he explains how the rest of the world could win USA's trade war, and it isn't by retaliatory tariffs, it's much smarter than that.
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What makes us think that anything will happen this time? Orbán has been able to get away with everything so far because he has made so much money for the industry barons.
The European Commission will speak to the Hungarian government about reports of alleged historic spying conducted from its embassy in Brussels, the EU’s anti-fraud Commissioner Piotr Serafin told MEPs today.
Brussels to question Orbán’s government over EU spying allegations, anti-fraud commissioner says
Piotr Serafin promises MEPs the Commission will “raise its concerns” with Budapest over alleged spying from Hungary’s EU embassy.
www.politico.eu
October 22, 2025 at 9:34 PM
What makes us think that anything will happen this time? Orbán has been able to get away with everything so far because he has made so much money for the industry barons.
I want this story to never die so that when my granddaughters ask me about our ancestral land and why we never visit there, I can show this to them.
🇪🇺🤑The mother of all EU fund misuses from Hungary: a treetop/canopy walkway without trees in Nyírmártonfalva, led by a Fidesz (Orbán’s ruling party) mayor who said trees weren’t required. €160K of EU taxpayers’ money wasted. Story uncovered by @atlatszo.hu in 2023: english.atlatszo.hu/2023/03/28/t...
October 19, 2025 at 6:23 PM
I want this story to never die so that when my granddaughters ask me about our ancestral land and why we never visit there, I can show this to them.
Reposted by Tamas Bereczky, PhD
🇪🇺💸Another classic EU-funded project from Hungary: €1.3 million spent on a useless roundabout in the middle of nowhere—after Viktor Orbán's government failed to deliver its share (rail developments) for a planned logistics hub and container terminal. By @atlatszo.hu: atlatszo.hu/orszagszerte...
October 18, 2025 at 8:34 PM
🇪🇺💸Another classic EU-funded project from Hungary: €1.3 million spent on a useless roundabout in the middle of nowhere—after Viktor Orbán's government failed to deliver its share (rail developments) for a planned logistics hub and container terminal. By @atlatszo.hu: atlatszo.hu/orszagszerte...
Absolutely nothing works anymore, and I’m very miserable.
October 16, 2025 at 10:28 PM
Absolutely nothing works anymore, and I’m very miserable.
But then absolutely nobody cares as long as half of the EU can arrange their dirty business with Russia and other autocracies through Hungary. The country has become one massive turnstile for grandiose organised crime, and large chunks of the EU benefit from it.
💥One of Hungary’s most outspoken critics in Brussels has filed a criminal complaint against Hungarian PM Viktor Orbán following a failed attempt to hack his email account using spyware in the run-up to the European Parliament elections. @danielfreund.bsky.social @politico.eu
MEP targeted by spyware files complaint against Hungary’s Viktor Orbán
“There are indications that the Hungarian secret service is behind the attack,” German MEP Daniel Freund said.
www.politico.eu
October 15, 2025 at 8:19 PM
But then absolutely nobody cares as long as half of the EU can arrange their dirty business with Russia and other autocracies through Hungary. The country has become one massive turnstile for grandiose organised crime, and large chunks of the EU benefit from it.
The US has become this absolutely amazing circus.
Charlie Kirk spotted in heaven riding a horse with Jesus, on a horse ranch gifted to him by Jesus. That’s what she said…
We can’t make this up…
We can’t make this up…
October 10, 2025 at 9:04 AM
The US has become this absolutely amazing circus.
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László Krasznahorkai has won the Nobel prize in literature.
In our archive, from 2014:
‘My name is Róbert Valzer and I like walking, not that I have anything to do with the famous Robert Walser, nor do I think it strange that walking should be my favourite hobby.’
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In our archive, from 2014:
‘My name is Róbert Valzer and I like walking, not that I have anything to do with the famous Robert Walser, nor do I think it strange that walking should be my favourite hobby.’
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László Krasznahorkai, translated by George Szirtes · Story: ‘There Goes Valzer’
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October 9, 2025 at 11:06 AM
László Krasznahorkai has won the Nobel prize in literature.
In our archive, from 2014:
‘My name is Róbert Valzer and I like walking, not that I have anything to do with the famous Robert Walser, nor do I think it strange that walking should be my favourite hobby.’
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v3...
In our archive, from 2014:
‘My name is Róbert Valzer and I like walking, not that I have anything to do with the famous Robert Walser, nor do I think it strange that walking should be my favourite hobby.’
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v3...