Joost
@almodozo.bsky.social
Holland > Hungary > Spain
Same @almodozo as on Twitter, just without the Országház. Worked at OSF and CEU, but that's a long while ago. Studied East-European History, but that's even longer ago. Now, somehow, I ended up in Extremadura.
Same @almodozo as on Twitter, just without the Országház. Worked at OSF and CEU, but that's a long while ago. Studied East-European History, but that's even longer ago. Now, somehow, I ended up in Extremadura.
It's so intense and so evocative!
February 10, 2026 at 9:45 PM
It's so intense and so evocative!
Ah yeah, no, this is a different genre: "Loved your recipe! Here's what I made, which is literally nothing like your recipe". It's everywhere
February 10, 2026 at 9:15 PM
Ah yeah, no, this is a different genre: "Loved your recipe! Here's what I made, which is literally nothing like your recipe". It's everywhere
"After that, they loved it!" lol
February 10, 2026 at 8:53 PM
"After that, they loved it!" lol
Seems like some kind of quid pro quo: you can come back as long as we never hear a peep from you again. Such a shame, but easy to empathise: exile must have broken him...
February 10, 2026 at 8:40 PM
Seems like some kind of quid pro quo: you can come back as long as we never hear a peep from you again. Such a shame, but easy to empathise: exile must have broken him...
"Where can I find the number of people responding to the poll?"
In the screenshot I posted
"Oh, and why are the polls always worded so I can’t give an accurate response?"
What accurate response is missing between "remain" and "stand down"?
In the screenshot I posted
"Oh, and why are the polls always worded so I can’t give an accurate response?"
What accurate response is missing between "remain" and "stand down"?
February 10, 2026 at 11:08 AM
"Where can I find the number of people responding to the poll?"
In the screenshot I posted
"Oh, and why are the polls always worded so I can’t give an accurate response?"
What accurate response is missing between "remain" and "stand down"?
In the screenshot I posted
"Oh, and why are the polls always worded so I can’t give an accurate response?"
What accurate response is missing between "remain" and "stand down"?
In a YouGov poll five days ago, Labour voters were evenly divided between wanting him to stay (40%) or resign (37%). Back in November that was still 46% vs 36%. Lot of Don't Knows too.
yougov.co.uk/topics/polit...
yougov.co.uk/topics/polit...
February 10, 2026 at 12:52 AM
In a YouGov poll five days ago, Labour voters were evenly divided between wanting him to stay (40%) or resign (37%). Back in November that was still 46% vs 36%. Lot of Don't Knows too.
yougov.co.uk/topics/polit...
yougov.co.uk/topics/polit...
NL: Carrying water to the sea
February 10, 2026 at 12:39 AM
NL: Carrying water to the sea
I love that you posted this! Probably hadn't listened to it in years, but it always made me so happy!
February 10, 2026 at 12:22 AM
I love that you posted this! Probably hadn't listened to it in years, but it always made me so happy!
Couple years back my friend and I were hanging out at Budapest's rockabilly bar when we headed downstairs to check out the karaoke. At most 20 people were casting a jaded eye at a guy rocking out. Suddenly this chubby dude came up, launched into this song, and everyone just flipped the hell out 🕺💥
February 10, 2026 at 12:09 AM
Couple years back my friend and I were hanging out at Budapest's rockabilly bar when we headed downstairs to check out the karaoke. At most 20 people were casting a jaded eye at a guy rocking out. Suddenly this chubby dude came up, launched into this song, and everyone just flipped the hell out 🕺💥
Awesome. I used to bounce around the house to this: youtu.be/qdtLCfEcPL4?...
And, more subdued, to "Schwarz zu blau".
Just an incredible set of bangers, and then he said: "ok, that was it, thanks everyone". Crazy
And, more subdued, to "Schwarz zu blau".
Just an incredible set of bangers, and then he said: "ok, that was it, thanks everyone". Crazy
Peter Fox - Alles neu (offizielles Video)
YouTube video by Peter Fox
youtu.be
February 9, 2026 at 11:40 PM
Awesome. I used to bounce around the house to this: youtu.be/qdtLCfEcPL4?...
And, more subdued, to "Schwarz zu blau".
Just an incredible set of bangers, and then he said: "ok, that was it, thanks everyone". Crazy
And, more subdued, to "Schwarz zu blau".
Just an incredible set of bangers, and then he said: "ok, that was it, thanks everyone". Crazy
Thank you for this. A song I remember fondly from my childhood, my dad used to play that record.
More wistfully: www.youtube.com/watch?v=41t9...
More wistfully: www.youtube.com/watch?v=41t9...
Vladimír Merta - Dezertér (z alba: Vladimír Merta - Live Malostranská beseda 1988)
YouTube video by Vladislav Steinbauer
www.youtube.com
February 9, 2026 at 11:33 PM
Thank you for this. A song I remember fondly from my childhood, my dad used to play that record.
More wistfully: www.youtube.com/watch?v=41t9...
More wistfully: www.youtube.com/watch?v=41t9...
After years in exile, he apparently made some kind of deal with Kadyrov in 2008 that allowed him to go back — but he never sang again.
February 9, 2026 at 10:58 PM
After years in exile, he apparently made some kind of deal with Kadyrov in 2008 that allowed him to go back — but he never sang again.
Really dislike the fashionable term "traumadumping" for this reason. The way it's used, it often sounds a lot like: "don't inconvenience me with your distress, that's just for your therapist now"
February 9, 2026 at 10:06 PM
Really dislike the fashionable term "traumadumping" for this reason. The way it's used, it often sounds a lot like: "don't inconvenience me with your distress, that's just for your therapist now"
It wasn't the only country either
a man in a suit and tie is looking at the camera with a serious look on his face .
Alt: Slovakia's autocratic and corrupt Prime Minister Vladimír Mečiar, whose government with fascists and communists was notorious for its attacks on media freedom, minorities and the rule of law, and who pardoned the secret service guys who'd abducted the president's son before the extent of his own involvement could be uncovered
media.tenor.com
February 9, 2026 at 9:42 PM
It wasn't the only country either
Italy had a proto-Trump in power decades before DJT made it to the White House
Silvio Berlusconi Yeah GIF
Alt: Silvio Berlusconi Yeah GIF
media.tenor.com
February 9, 2026 at 9:32 PM
Italy had a proto-Trump in power decades before DJT made it to the White House
..the impact of the financial crisis faded. But other shared elements (eg Syriza) were the endless splits and infighting; the entrenchment into party structures from movement politics; the compromises in government (coalitions). Some of that was inevitable... but they also royally messed up.
February 9, 2026 at 4:52 PM
..the impact of the financial crisis faded. But other shared elements (eg Syriza) were the endless splits and infighting; the entrenchment into party structures from movement politics; the compromises in government (coalitions). Some of that was inevitable... but they also royally messed up.
Genuinely not sure to which extent the rise of the far right and the post-≈2015 collapse of the radical left are actually two sides of the same coin. Relatively little overlap in electorate. Setting the former aside, then, it's still true that the latter happened internationally, also because...
February 9, 2026 at 4:51 PM
Genuinely not sure to which extent the rise of the far right and the post-≈2015 collapse of the radical left are actually two sides of the same coin. Relatively little overlap in electorate. Setting the former aside, then, it's still true that the latter happened internationally, also because...
Compared to Spain as a whole they all moved to the right, just the cities a little less than the villages. And honestly at a pretty glacial pace (5-11 points in 30 years).
February 9, 2026 at 4:00 PM
Compared to Spain as a whole they all moved to the right, just the cities a little less than the villages. And honestly at a pretty glacial pace (5-11 points in 30 years).
The impact of realignment creates contradictions in this context. Poor and rural Extremadura, once a left-wing bulwark, now votes to the right of the nation, just as expected. But *within* the region, cities remain right-wing and villages left-wing, with only an incremental shift over the years.
February 9, 2026 at 3:47 PM
The impact of realignment creates contradictions in this context. Poor and rural Extremadura, once a left-wing bulwark, now votes to the right of the nation, just as expected. But *within* the region, cities remain right-wing and villages left-wing, with only an incremental shift over the years.