Goran Tomac
@tomackostolomac.bsky.social
Archaeozoologist by trade and pirate by inclination. Craft beer enthusiast. Honorary Welshman.
"I live on those Marvel movies. I live for those Marvel movies."
"I live on those Marvel movies. I live for those Marvel movies."
13) echoed across some of its largest cities. Among them, Zagreb has demonstrated why it can continue to hold its WWII nickname - "The unconquered city".
December 1, 2025 at 12:27 PM
13) echoed across some of its largest cities. Among them, Zagreb has demonstrated why it can continue to hold its WWII nickname - "The unconquered city".
11) thousands of people showed they have had enough. The messages of resistance against the rebirth of the worst period in Croatia's history and of solidarity with fellow Serbs, Muslims and immigrants who only came to this country searching for a better life...
December 1, 2025 at 12:25 PM
11) thousands of people showed they have had enough. The messages of resistance against the rebirth of the worst period in Croatia's history and of solidarity with fellow Serbs, Muslims and immigrants who only came to this country searching for a better life...
11) Although yesterday's marches didn't go without additional problems (firecrackers and paint were thrown at the marchers in Rijeka and Zadar, respectively, while in Zadar the column was almost prevented from finishing its route)...
December 1, 2025 at 12:20 PM
11) Although yesterday's marches didn't go without additional problems (firecrackers and paint were thrown at the marchers in Rijeka and Zadar, respectively, while in Zadar the column was almost prevented from finishing its route)...
10) and were then seen off by threatening stares of men dressed mostly in black, some of whom also covered their faces with masks. Similar incidents also happened in other parts of Croatia.
December 1, 2025 at 12:16 PM
10) and were then seen off by threatening stares of men dressed mostly in black, some of whom also covered their faces with masks. Similar incidents also happened in other parts of Croatia.
9) when a group of football hooligans entered a venue where the members of the Serbian minority organised a celebration of Serbian folklore. The people, many of whom were women, children and the elderly, were asked to vacate the premises...
December 1, 2025 at 12:14 PM
9) when a group of football hooligans entered a venue where the members of the Serbian minority organised a celebration of Serbian folklore. The people, many of whom were women, children and the elderly, were asked to vacate the premises...
8) openly threatening journalists and artists and aggressively preventing festivals and similar events from happening, simply because they are not in accordance with "patriotic" standards and values. One of the latest incidents happened last month in Split...
December 1, 2025 at 12:07 PM
8) openly threatening journalists and artists and aggressively preventing festivals and similar events from happening, simply because they are not in accordance with "patriotic" standards and values. One of the latest incidents happened last month in Split...
7) played several concerts in Croatia, the largest being in Zagreb, attended by thousands of people who had no objections to joining him in shouting that infamous cry. What followed are cases after cases of far-right extremists...
December 1, 2025 at 12:05 PM
7) played several concerts in Croatia, the largest being in Zagreb, attended by thousands of people who had no objections to joining him in shouting that infamous cry. What followed are cases after cases of far-right extremists...
6) and whose songs openly celebrate the extermination of Serbs, among other things, and whose lyrics include the "Independent state of Croatia's" counterpart of the sieg heil ("Za dom spremni", outlawed by the Croatian constitution, by the way)...
December 1, 2025 at 12:01 PM
6) and whose songs openly celebrate the extermination of Serbs, among other things, and whose lyrics include the "Independent state of Croatia's" counterpart of the sieg heil ("Za dom spremni", outlawed by the Croatian constitution, by the way)...
5) which is desperately trying to hold the power by continually forming coalitions with far-right parties.
This societal decline culminated this year when a self-proclaimed patriotic singer Marko Perković Thompson, notorious promoter of nationalistic and fascist ideals...
This societal decline culminated this year when a self-proclaimed patriotic singer Marko Perković Thompson, notorious promoter of nationalistic and fascist ideals...
December 1, 2025 at 11:55 AM
5) which is desperately trying to hold the power by continually forming coalitions with far-right parties.
This societal decline culminated this year when a self-proclaimed patriotic singer Marko Perković Thompson, notorious promoter of nationalistic and fascist ideals...
This societal decline culminated this year when a self-proclaimed patriotic singer Marko Perković Thompson, notorious promoter of nationalistic and fascist ideals...
It is said that the horrors which were performed in the local concentration camps at the time were sometimes too much even for the Gestapo. Today, these crimes against humanity are relativised by the rightwing political spectrum, not least by the ruling Croatian Democratic Union...
December 1, 2025 at 11:51 AM
It is said that the horrors which were performed in the local concentration camps at the time were sometimes too much even for the Gestapo. Today, these crimes against humanity are relativised by the rightwing political spectrum, not least by the ruling Croatian Democratic Union...
3) which allied itself with the Axis powers, and which, among other atrocities, passed notorious discriminatory laws against minorities such as Serbs and the Roma, but also against various political opponents.
December 1, 2025 at 11:48 AM
3) which allied itself with the Axis powers, and which, among other atrocities, passed notorious discriminatory laws against minorities such as Serbs and the Roma, but also against various political opponents.
2) and constant threats against journalists and artists adhering to more liberal worldviews. The increase in this kind of intolerance is merely the result of a decades-long attempt at rehabilitation of the so-called "Independent state of Croatia, a WWII marionette creation...
December 1, 2025 at 11:41 AM
2) and constant threats against journalists and artists adhering to more liberal worldviews. The increase in this kind of intolerance is merely the result of a decades-long attempt at rehabilitation of the so-called "Independent state of Croatia, a WWII marionette creation...
1) The march was organised as a response to an ongoing growth of far-right extremism, nationalism and historical revisionism, visible in intense discrimination of minority groups, especially Serbs and immigrants from the Middle East, Nepal and the Philippines,....
December 1, 2025 at 11:35 AM
1) The march was organised as a response to an ongoing growth of far-right extremism, nationalism and historical revisionism, visible in intense discrimination of minority groups, especially Serbs and immigrants from the Middle East, Nepal and the Philippines,....
Loved the mini twist that Shaw is the boy from the flashbacks
November 11, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Loved the mini twist that Shaw is the boy from the flashbacks
Although he was joking when he asked me how I managed to find out about their secret project, I hope Mr. Berkeley at least considered it for a minute :D
July 17, 2025 at 10:29 PM
Although he was joking when he asked me how I managed to find out about their secret project, I hope Mr. Berkeley at least considered it for a minute :D
On a platform I shall not name I once said to the actor Xander Berkeley I would pay good money for a radio show/podcast with him and @stephenking.bsky.social where they would discuss home improvement, gardening etc.
July 17, 2025 at 10:28 PM
On a platform I shall not name I once said to the actor Xander Berkeley I would pay good money for a radio show/podcast with him and @stephenking.bsky.social where they would discuss home improvement, gardening etc.
I think they are not on Bluesky yet
June 11, 2025 at 3:36 PM
I think they are not on Bluesky yet
This is not an advertisement, but rather a shout-out to my very dear colleagues at the Laboratory for Bioarchaeology at the Faculty of Philosophy in Belgrade. In our little corner of the world, where academic opportunities are pretty limited, they are doing excellent work.
May 28, 2025 at 5:45 PM
This is not an advertisement, but rather a shout-out to my very dear colleagues at the Laboratory for Bioarchaeology at the Faculty of Philosophy in Belgrade. In our little corner of the world, where academic opportunities are pretty limited, they are doing excellent work.
After 7 consecutive years of going to conferences, I am pausing this year to gather some strength (and new data :D) for the next run. I am definitely looking forward to next year's PZAF in Lisbon
April 25, 2025 at 11:47 AM
After 7 consecutive years of going to conferences, I am pausing this year to gather some strength (and new data :D) for the next run. I am definitely looking forward to next year's PZAF in Lisbon
In my country it's still a relatively new subdiscipline so I thought I'd find work more easily. Along the way I realised analyses of faunal remains provided more exact data (again, relatively speaking :D), which I prefer over other traditional studies of material culture (no offence to anyone :D)
April 11, 2025 at 4:25 PM
In my country it's still a relatively new subdiscipline so I thought I'd find work more easily. Along the way I realised analyses of faunal remains provided more exact data (again, relatively speaking :D), which I prefer over other traditional studies of material culture (no offence to anyone :D)