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Matei Tomasevici 🥨 馬太

@covrig.bsky.social

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Historian of Chinese religions Religion, philosophy, West Europe, East Asia and everything in between. Mostly dad jokes, bad humor and memes - mostly memes. Curious, asking questions and using this platform to know more people.

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Matei Tomasevici 🥨 馬太 @covrig.bsky.social · Nov 29

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"Non stabis contra sanguinem proximi tui."

"Thou shalt not stand against the blood of thy neighbour."

(Lev. 19:16)

Matei Tomasevici 🥨 馬太 @covrig.bsky.social · 28m

17 kalpas

Matei Tomasevici 🥨 馬太 @covrig.bsky.social · 29m

Because the offlinesphere is made for the unweirded

Matei Tomasevici 🥨 馬太 @covrig.bsky.social · 2h

So...
Trump ended the war. A war, at least.
It is impressive, honestly.

If only Ukraine had the oil reserve Trump's boss has 🇶🇦...

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Matei Tomasevici 🥨 馬太 @covrig.bsky.social · 2h

We have a joke at home:
I'm not shouting, I speak in Hungarian/Romanian accent.
I guess it applies to Greek as well.

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Matei Tomasevici 🥨 馬太 @covrig.bsky.social · 20h

The road to Nobel Peace Prize is paved with civil wars.

Matei Tomasevici 🥨 馬太 @covrig.bsky.social · 22h

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Matei Tomasevici 🥨 馬太 @covrig.bsky.social · 23h

I really underestimated this concrete monster known as Barbican.

Matei Tomasevici 🥨 馬太 @covrig.bsky.social · 1d

#ClassicsTober
#ClassicsTober25
#memes
#day8

Low effort...

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Matei Tomasevici 🥨 馬太 @covrig.bsky.social · 1d

Worst wishes

Matei Tomasevici 🥨 馬太 @covrig.bsky.social · 1d

Really?
Do you really think he's worse than the Nazis?
How?
What makes think that?

Matei Tomasevici 🥨 馬太 @covrig.bsky.social · 1d

It has been a really long time since the last time I tried to draw something like that.

In fact, I don't think I ever developed the skill to draw something like that.

Matei Tomasevici 🥨 馬太 @covrig.bsky.social · 2d

#ClassicsTober
#ClassicsTober25
#Day7

I don't know much Greek, but familiar with biblical φαρμακεύς (warlock, sorcerer, drug brewer)
I couldn't find a biblical drug brewer pics, since their mention is very general
So here's Baba Yaga riding her giant mortar.

#slavic
#witch
#mythology
#folklore

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Matei Tomasevici 🥨 馬太 @covrig.bsky.social · 2d

"How can you support Ukraine and not support Gaza?!?!"

I can't recall Ukrainian aggression against Russian villagers that includes burning people alive, kidnapping and rape.

I can't recall massive Gazan or Palestinian movements calling for peace.

Yet,
This war should've ended anyway.

The Guardian @theguardian.com · 2d

Two years after 7 October and the kidnap of my parents, hate is in fashion. For all our sakes, we need compassion | Sharone Lifschitz

So many were killed – yet on her release, my mother said ‘shalom’ to her captors. Let’s learn from that moment of grace, says Sharone Lifschitz, London-based film-maker and academic

www.theguardian.com

Matei Tomasevici 🥨 馬太 @covrig.bsky.social · 2d

2021 January 6th

Matei Tomasevici 🥨 馬太 @covrig.bsky.social · 2d

中秋节快乐！🎑
Happy mid autumn 🥮
🌝
Don't drink too much!
If there's something I've learned from Cheng'e's story, is that if you drink too much you can get so hammered and on the next morning you might find yourself stuck on the... moon...
Anyway, happy holiday.

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Matei Tomasevici 🥨 馬太 @covrig.bsky.social · 3d

I can move Alaska all the way to Beirut
I can bulldoze a beeline from here to Peru

Brilliant Maps @brilliantmaps.bsky.social · 3d

Map Showing Johnny Cash Has Been Everywhere (Man)!

brilliantmaps.com/johnny-ca...

Matei Tomasevici 🥨 馬太 @covrig.bsky.social · 3d

Scariest Chinese story I can think of right now is Lu Xun's Madman's Diary.

Because it's the most realistic one.*
Politically speaking, we're surrounded by cannibals.

*Unless you read it as a story about werewolves.

Matei Tomasevici 🥨 馬太 @covrig.bsky.social · 3d

On my last visit to London I was wondering who's the spirit-god in charge of the River Thames. 🫤

Matei Tomasevici 🥨 馬太 @covrig.bsky.social · 3d

Specifically from Pu Songlin's collection?

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Matei Tomasevici 🥨 馬太 @covrig.bsky.social · 3d

I'm a Xiongnu and I find this comment offensive.

Matei Tomasevici 🥨 馬太 @covrig.bsky.social · 4d

Matei Tomasevici 🥨 馬太 @covrig.bsky.social · 5d

May the wisdom spirit that guided Moldova, guide the Czech people.
It will be pity to see it being taken by the corruption axis.

I remember taking the spooky tour in Prague. The English speaking guide said: I need to do efforts to scare tourists, the guide of the other group simply speaks Russian.

Matei Tomasevici 🥨 馬太 @covrig.bsky.social · 5d

Don't call him a terrorist. He is a freedom rapist.

Matei Tomasevici 🥨 馬太 @covrig.bsky.social · 5d

I didn't get the point of this museum.

It's onlyfans.

😶

Matei Tomasevici 🥨 馬太 @covrig.bsky.social · 6d

I never understood this argument.
Let's say Palestinian nationality was invented in 67 or in 48.
So what?
What does it prove?
Every nationality was invented at a certain point.
Whatever they called themselves, there had been Arab speaking people in the southern Levant for centuries.