Eric Gordy
@ericgordy.bsky.social
All about: sociology, Balkans, good cooking, jazz, dogs. No patience for: racists, nationalists, sexists, creeps, bad methodology.
“East of Ethnia” blog -- politics, sociology, and culture from the Balkans and other places: https://ericgordy.substack.com/
“East of Ethnia” blog -- politics, sociology, and culture from the Balkans and other places: https://ericgordy.substack.com/
Oh, you can't report on the line that you removed? But what if the story is that you removed the line? Can you tell people what line it was?
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BBC tells staff they cannot quote Trump line removed from Reith lecture
Journalists not allowed to repeat Rutger Bregman’s corruption claims against US president in coverage of edit
www.theguardian.com
November 27, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Oh, you can't report on the line that you removed? But what if the story is that you removed the line? Can you tell people what line it was?
www.theguardian.com/media/2025/n...
www.theguardian.com/media/2025/n...
A local coffee shop started closing during the daytime because they couldn't make money off the people who come with a laptop, order 1 coffee, and sit for 3 hours. I say this kind of activity is foundational for our civilisation and if the coffee shops can't afford it the govt should subsidise it.
November 27, 2025 at 9:56 AM
A local coffee shop started closing during the daytime because they couldn't make money off the people who come with a laptop, order 1 coffee, and sit for 3 hours. I say this kind of activity is foundational for our civilisation and if the coffee shops can't afford it the govt should subsidise it.
I haven't bothered reading the article but totally ready to agree with the headline.
www.politika.rs/sr/clanak/71...
www.politika.rs/sr/clanak/71...
London živi u svetu iluzija
London živi u svetu iluzija, britanski političari se nadaju da će nastaviti da naoružavaju Ukrajinu i da vrše pritisak na Moskvu, rekao je ambasador Rusije u Velikoj Britaniji Andrej Kelin
www.politika.rs
November 27, 2025 at 7:06 AM
I haven't bothered reading the article but totally ready to agree with the headline.
www.politika.rs/sr/clanak/71...
www.politika.rs/sr/clanak/71...
There are "conflicting reports" about whether they are desperately searching for pretexts to escalate something that courts have already ordered them to stop doing.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/live...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/live...
Washington DC shooting: Pentagon deploying 500 more national guard troops to city after two guardsmen were shot near White House- latest updates
Defense secretary Pete Hegseth said the additional troops are being sent in after request by president Trump
www.theguardian.com
November 26, 2025 at 9:58 PM
There are "conflicting reports" about whether they are desperately searching for pretexts to escalate something that courts have already ordered them to stop doing.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/live...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/live...
This is a good and useful enough discussion that you may not notice how little the producers invested in their studio.
www.juznevesti.com/drustvo/deba...
www.juznevesti.com/drustvo/deba...
Debata JV: profesori niškog Filozofskog se ne suprotstavljaju Srbiji već kršenju procedura
Odluka Vlade Srbije da osnuje Fakultet srpskih studija, izdvajajući tri departmana Filozofskog fakulteta u Nišu, otvorila je ozbiljan pravni i akademski
www.juznevesti.com
November 26, 2025 at 8:56 PM
This is a good and useful enough discussion that you may not notice how little the producers invested in their studio.
www.juznevesti.com/drustvo/deba...
www.juznevesti.com/drustvo/deba...
Hm, so are people saying he is a racist because they hate his politics? Possibly. On the other hand, he wouldn't have politics like that if he were not a racist.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Is Farage’s claim racism allegations are response to a dislike of his politics true?
The Reform UK leader has again denied allegations about his behaviour as a schoolboy but what did he say and what are the facts?
www.theguardian.com
November 26, 2025 at 8:27 PM
Hm, so are people saying he is a racist because they hate his politics? Possibly. On the other hand, he wouldn't have politics like that if he were not a racist.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
There are some environments where you try to put together an event and if you tell the people the panel can't be all people of one gender they just look at you funny.
November 26, 2025 at 5:09 PM
There are some environments where you try to put together an event and if you tell the people the panel can't be all people of one gender they just look at you funny.
This site gives you your daily news headlines in the prizrensko-timočki dialect.
juznapruga.rs
juznapruga.rs
Vesti – Juzna Pruga – Портал
juznapruga.rs
November 26, 2025 at 2:38 PM
This site gives you your daily news headlines in the prizrensko-timočki dialect.
juznapruga.rs
juznapruga.rs
Sono arrivato alla trattoria di fettuccine cinese.
November 26, 2025 at 12:03 PM
Sono arrivato alla trattoria di fettuccine cinese.
The situation is tents.
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n1info.rs/vesti/opozic...
(VIDEO) Opozicioni poslanici uklonili ogradu, okupljeni iz Ćacilenda nasrnuli na njih
Opozicioni poslanici i jutros su krenuli da uđu na glavni ulaz u Skupštinu, uklonivši ogradu oko tzv. Ćacilenda. Naime, bonsekom su presekli žicu kojom su bile
n1info.rs
November 26, 2025 at 11:06 AM
The situation is tents.
n1info.rs/vesti/opozic...
n1info.rs/vesti/opozic...
Report from dogwalking: somebody told me that all that lovely birdsong you hear in the morning is just the birds cursing each other out.
November 26, 2025 at 7:53 AM
Report from dogwalking: somebody told me that all that lovely birdsong you hear in the morning is just the birds cursing each other out.
If you're in Oxford this evening come and say hello.
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talks.ox.ac.uk/talks/id/f46...
Democratic resistance to illiberalism in Hungary and Serbia
This seminar will explore democratic opposition resistance to illiberalism in Hungary and Serbia. Drawing on recent civic mobilisations, protest movements in Serbia, and emerging spaces of opposition ...
talks.ox.ac.uk
November 25, 2025 at 2:58 PM
If you're in Oxford this evening come and say hello.
talks.ox.ac.uk/talks/id/f46...
talks.ox.ac.uk/talks/id/f46...
Elections in RS: if this is a victory for SNSD, it's hard to distinguish it from a loss.
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A small margin on a low turnout
Dodik and company say they are affirmed by the results of the RS presidential election, but they probably don't think so themselves.
open.substack.com
November 25, 2025 at 11:50 AM
Elections in RS: if this is a victory for SNSD, it's hard to distinguish it from a loss.
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The party in power is using the university Senate, an administrative body controlled by loyalists, to block the promotion of a professor who has been reviewed and approved by her colleagues. It is an act of political revenge.
Najavljen je i skup podrške „Solidarni i slobodni“, koji će biti održan u sredu, 26. novembra u 16 časova ispred Rektorata Univerziteta u Novom Sadu.
Slobodan univerzitet: Senat UNS-a nezakonito blokirao izbor Jelene Kleut u zvanje redovne profesorke - IN Medija
Slobodan univerzitet upozorio je da je Senat Univerziteta u Novom Sadu „teško prekršio procedure“ odbijajući izbor dr Jelene Kleut u zvanje redovne profesorke, uprkos pozitivnim mišljenjima svih nadle...
inmedija.rs
November 25, 2025 at 11:09 AM
The party in power is using the university Senate, an administrative body controlled by loyalists, to block the promotion of a professor who has been reviewed and approved by her colleagues. It is an act of political revenge.
On discovering that many spam accounts are based in distant countries:
People in any country can have things to say.
Some of these things are excellent, some are awful.
Evaluate the things people say on their content, not where they are said.
People in any country can have things to say.
Some of these things are excellent, some are awful.
Evaluate the things people say on their content, not where they are said.
November 24, 2025 at 10:24 PM
On discovering that many spam accounts are based in distant countries:
People in any country can have things to say.
Some of these things are excellent, some are awful.
Evaluate the things people say on their content, not where they are said.
People in any country can have things to say.
Some of these things are excellent, some are awful.
Evaluate the things people say on their content, not where they are said.
Someone else did the original version of Čudna Šuma? Well you know what? There is only one authoritative version, and that is Koja's.
November 24, 2025 at 9:58 PM
Someone else did the original version of Čudna Šuma? Well you know what? There is only one authoritative version, and that is Koja's.
Was Mr Fromage a racist when he was a child? Well, kuri me bolac, I didn't know that repulsive creep then. But we are all forced to know him now. And he is the most execrable racist and nothing else.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Nigel Farage’s shifting answers on school-days racism claims – a timeline
Reform UK leader’s responses to allegations of racist and antisemitic behaviour at Dulwich college have varied over time
www.theguardian.com
November 24, 2025 at 9:49 PM
Was Mr Fromage a racist when he was a child? Well, kuri me bolac, I didn't know that repulsive creep then. But we are all forced to know him now. And he is the most execrable racist and nothing else.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Ne zastareva.
Breaking: Viola Ford Fletcher, the oldest living survivor of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre, has died. She was 111 years old
Viola Ford Fletcher, the oldest living survivor of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre, has died
Viola Ford Fletcher, the oldest living survivor of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre, has died. She was 111 years old.
www.whatimreading.net
November 24, 2025 at 9:17 PM
Ne zastareva.
I always heard this lyric wrong, I thought it was “gutaš veliki glagol.”
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Arian - Lutaš velikim gradom
Listen to Lutaš velikim gradom on TIDAL
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November 24, 2025 at 8:11 PM
I always heard this lyric wrong, I thought it was “gutaš veliki glagol.”
tidal.com/browse/track...
tidal.com/browse/track...
sound of the 70s, ragazze i ragazzi.
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tidal.com/browse/track...
Brano Likic - Mirno Idem Krivim Putem
Listen to Mirno Idem Krivim Putem on TIDAL
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November 24, 2025 at 7:55 PM
sound of the 70s, ragazze i ragazzi.
tidal.com/browse/track...
tidal.com/browse/track...
Making melanzane alla parmigiana. I was going to assemble something from leftovers but the aubergines in the store moved my soul.
November 24, 2025 at 7:23 PM
Making melanzane alla parmigiana. I was going to assemble something from leftovers but the aubergines in the store moved my soul.
For Dodo the problem with the elections is that there were people who voted while not being from the same ethnic group as him.
www.oslobodjenje.ba/vijesti/bih/...
www.oslobodjenje.ba/vijesti/bih/...
www.oslobodjenje.ba
November 24, 2025 at 5:14 PM
For Dodo the problem with the elections is that there were people who voted while not being from the same ethnic group as him.
www.oslobodjenje.ba/vijesti/bih/...
www.oslobodjenje.ba/vijesti/bih/...
RIP Džimi Klisura
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www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Rcy...
The Harder They Come Cover - Almaz & The Royal Sounds
YouTube video by AlmazMusic
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November 24, 2025 at 2:11 PM
RIP Džimi Klisura
www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Rcy...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Rcy...
Reposted by Eric Gordy
”One thing we’ve learned from the western Balkans is that setting up hopes too high and then not coming through breeds frustration and encourages the far right”: Our Director Ulf Brunnbauer spoke with @foreignpolicy.com about the uncertain prospects for Ukraine’s accession to the EU. ⬇️
Europe Is Selling Ukraine a Pipe Dream
The EU’s promises of future membership have a very uncertain outcome.
foreignpolicy.com
November 24, 2025 at 11:09 AM
”One thing we’ve learned from the western Balkans is that setting up hopes too high and then not coming through breeds frustration and encourages the far right”: Our Director Ulf Brunnbauer spoke with @foreignpolicy.com about the uncertain prospects for Ukraine’s accession to the EU. ⬇️
A ko ne voli Balkan reggae?
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KgQ2...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KgQ2...
Hornsman Coyote i Del Arno Band - Idemo U Underground (Official Video)
YouTube video by Hornsman Coyote
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November 24, 2025 at 10:37 AM
A ko ne voli Balkan reggae?
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KgQ2...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KgQ2...