vlado
@mmjs86.bsky.social
Brooklyn, NY
Bikes, buses, trains and the Balkans. I build things with computers and networks. I write about cities, transit and bikes. he/him.
Bikes, buses, trains and the Balkans. I build things with computers and networks. I write about cities, transit and bikes. he/him.
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vlado
@mmjs86.bsky.social
· Oct 11
BalCCon2k25 - Vlado Vince - Speedrunning Balkan railways, hacking your way through disconnected land
YouTube video by BalCCon - Balkan Computer Congress
youtu.be
A few weeks ago I had the great privilege to speak at BalCCon in Novi Sad. Listen to me talk about taking trains in the Balkans and check out the other great talks!
youtu.be/C4bhHxtu7dI?...
youtu.be/C4bhHxtu7dI?...
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‘Remigration’ is a term that comes out of the European far right. Its use by the DHS account is a sign of democratic and epistemic collapse
November 28, 2025 at 8:59 PM
‘Remigration’ is a term that comes out of the European far right. Its use by the DHS account is a sign of democratic and epistemic collapse
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A reminder for those who are not aware: "remigration" is the process of deporting all non-white people from a country. It includes citizens and is, by definition, ethnic cleansing.
And to be clear: this is not fake. I just screenshot it myself.
And to be clear: this is not fake. I just screenshot it myself.
November 28, 2025 at 6:12 PM
A reminder for those who are not aware: "remigration" is the process of deporting all non-white people from a country. It includes citizens and is, by definition, ethnic cleansing.
And to be clear: this is not fake. I just screenshot it myself.
And to be clear: this is not fake. I just screenshot it myself.
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I joined @cwarzel.bsky.social on the Galaxy Brain Podcast to explain some of the reasons why America, and a lot of other Western democracies, are sliding into authoritarianism and why it's probably inevitable
www.youtube.com/watch?v=HvFh...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=HvFh...
America’s Slide Toward Simulated Democracy with Eliot Higgins
YouTube video by The Atlantic
www.youtube.com
November 28, 2025 at 4:30 PM
I joined @cwarzel.bsky.social on the Galaxy Brain Podcast to explain some of the reasons why America, and a lot of other Western democracies, are sliding into authoritarianism and why it's probably inevitable
www.youtube.com/watch?v=HvFh...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=HvFh...
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So that we never forget what has been done in our names.
November 28, 2025 at 9:41 PM
So that we never forget what has been done in our names.
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Guess this is going to turn into one of those posts that I have to repost every few months now as the United States government is fully rebuilding itself as a white power institution and setting the stage for mass ethnic cleansing and genocide.
“Remigration” is a word that only exists in this context as a white identity movement concept. The word itself was literally created by fascists and white identity groups to call for the forced removal and destruction of “ethnically non white” citizens within their country. It’s literally fascism
Trump is now redefining deportation as “remigration”
Next he’s going to start referring to denaturalization as “realienation”
Next he’s going to start referring to denaturalization as “realienation”
November 28, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Guess this is going to turn into one of those posts that I have to repost every few months now as the United States government is fully rebuilding itself as a white power institution and setting the stage for mass ethnic cleansing and genocide.
Vjesnikov labuđi bljes
November 28, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Vjesnikov labuđi bljes
Though, the last time trains ran between Sarajevo and Banja Luka in 2017, they were pulled by ŽFBH locomotives all the way, so maybe there's hope
youtu.be/BBO-hP1evMU?...
youtu.be/BBO-hP1evMU?...
November 28, 2025 at 2:11 PM
Though, the last time trains ran between Sarajevo and Banja Luka in 2017, they were pulled by ŽFBH locomotives all the way, so maybe there's hope
youtu.be/BBO-hP1evMU?...
youtu.be/BBO-hP1evMU?...
ŽRS will likely cut 15 trains in the 2025/2026 timetable, going down to 12 from 27 in 2024/2025.
this is brutal. 12 trains means 6 pairs. for the whole system.
rtvbn.com/4084738/sind...
this is brutal. 12 trains means 6 pairs. for the whole system.
rtvbn.com/4084738/sind...
November 28, 2025 at 12:18 PM
ŽRS will likely cut 15 trains in the 2025/2026 timetable, going down to 12 from 27 in 2024/2025.
this is brutal. 12 trains means 6 pairs. for the whole system.
rtvbn.com/4084738/sind...
this is brutal. 12 trains means 6 pairs. for the whole system.
rtvbn.com/4084738/sind...
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ICE DETAINED MARILYN. Fuck these people. www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...
‘Northern Exposure’ actor gave ICE agents in Redmond her tribal ID. They called it ‘fake,’ she says
Indigenous actor Elaine Miles of "Northern Exposure" was detained by ICE at a Redmond bus stop. When she showed them her Tribal ID, they told her it was fake.
www.seattletimes.com
November 27, 2025 at 4:35 PM
ICE DETAINED MARILYN. Fuck these people. www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...
I was there this summer! The Schattendorf case has everything: inter Schengen barriers, cross border commuting, cars vs. people!
Weirdly enough, from what I can tell, there is little actual controlling here, there's primarily efforts to block car traffic and Hungarian commuters who then walk across
Weirdly enough, from what I can tell, there is little actual controlling here, there's primarily efforts to block car traffic and Hungarian commuters who then walk across
November 28, 2025 at 10:54 AM
I was there this summer! The Schattendorf case has everything: inter Schengen barriers, cross border commuting, cars vs. people!
Weirdly enough, from what I can tell, there is little actual controlling here, there's primarily efforts to block car traffic and Hungarian commuters who then walk across
Weirdly enough, from what I can tell, there is little actual controlling here, there's primarily efforts to block car traffic and Hungarian commuters who then walk across
kakva prilika za drzavnog tajnika da nauci kako se bira velicina sakoa
Vrlo dobar razgovor s državnim tajnikom za vanjsku trgovinu i razvojnu suradnju u Ministarstvu vanjskih i europskih poslova Republike Hrvatske Zdenkom Lucićem o produbljivanju naših gospodarskih odnosa. 🇩🇪🇭🇷
November 28, 2025 at 9:34 AM
kakva prilika za drzavnog tajnika da nauci kako se bira velicina sakoa
Happy zagorski thanksgiving
November 27, 2025 at 9:39 PM
Happy zagorski thanksgiving
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ovo je svijet u kojem trebamo živjeti
Australia recorded ZERO cases of cervical cancer in women under 25 for the first time since they started tracking the cancer in the 80s.
This is the power of vaccines.
The HPV vaccine is extremely effective at preventing cancer.
Viruses can be oncogenic. Get your vaccines and protect yourself!
This is the power of vaccines.
The HPV vaccine is extremely effective at preventing cancer.
Viruses can be oncogenic. Get your vaccines and protect yourself!
newsGP - Australia set for world-first cervical cancer elimination
Vaccination programs have played a key role, and GPs remain ‘instrumental’ in boosting screening rates to reach the 2035 target.
www1.racgp.org.au
November 27, 2025 at 6:42 PM
ovo je svijet u kojem trebamo živjeti
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In her latest BiEAPG blog, @jomarovic.bsky.social takes on the EU’s approach to the Western Balkans:
"For 30 years, the EU has promised the Western Balkans a European future — while quietly backtracking, shifting excuses, and delivering too little, too late."
Read here ⬇️
tinyurl.com/5arus2py
"For 30 years, the EU has promised the Western Balkans a European future — while quietly backtracking, shifting excuses, and delivering too little, too late."
Read here ⬇️
tinyurl.com/5arus2py
November 27, 2025 at 2:19 PM
In her latest BiEAPG blog, @jomarovic.bsky.social takes on the EU’s approach to the Western Balkans:
"For 30 years, the EU has promised the Western Balkans a European future — while quietly backtracking, shifting excuses, and delivering too little, too late."
Read here ⬇️
tinyurl.com/5arus2py
"For 30 years, the EU has promised the Western Balkans a European future — while quietly backtracking, shifting excuses, and delivering too little, too late."
Read here ⬇️
tinyurl.com/5arus2py
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Today's migration stats illustrate the migration doom loop in action...
(from my presentation at the IMF last week)
(from my presentation at the IMF last week)
November 27, 2025 at 11:02 AM
Today's migration stats illustrate the migration doom loop in action...
(from my presentation at the IMF last week)
(from my presentation at the IMF last week)
vojna krajina intensifies 👹
November 27, 2025 at 1:14 PM
vojna krajina intensifies 👹
I've been reading Clicking In by Lynn Hershman Leeson, published in 1996. It's fascinating to read discourse on digital culture from decades ago. The book was accompanied by a CD ROM featuring a Hypercard stack and interviews with contributors to the book.
November 26, 2025 at 11:27 PM
I've been reading Clicking In by Lynn Hershman Leeson, published in 1996. It's fascinating to read discourse on digital culture from decades ago. The book was accompanied by a CD ROM featuring a Hypercard stack and interviews with contributors to the book.
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My #CrossBorderRail trip from Brugge 🇧🇪to Nuits-sous-Ravières 🇫🇷has gone so badly, and will leave me €59.94 out of pocket
So Alberto Mazzola of @cer-railways.bsky.social is getting an open letter and an invoice for €59.94 from me
Here's the letter 👇
jonworth.eu/an-open-lett...
So Alberto Mazzola of @cer-railways.bsky.social is getting an open letter and an invoice for €59.94 from me
Here's the letter 👇
jonworth.eu/an-open-lett...
An open letter, and an invoice for €59.94, to Alberto Mazzola, boss of Community of European Railways - Jon Worth
Dear Alberto, It is a little odd for me, a blogger and campaigner, to be writing an open letter to you as Executive Director of Community of European Railways (CER). But the combination of circumstanc...
jonworth.eu
November 26, 2025 at 8:46 PM
My #CrossBorderRail trip from Brugge 🇧🇪to Nuits-sous-Ravières 🇫🇷has gone so badly, and will leave me €59.94 out of pocket
So Alberto Mazzola of @cer-railways.bsky.social is getting an open letter and an invoice for €59.94 from me
Here's the letter 👇
jonworth.eu/an-open-lett...
So Alberto Mazzola of @cer-railways.bsky.social is getting an open letter and an invoice for €59.94 from me
Here's the letter 👇
jonworth.eu/an-open-lett...
man Under pressure always hits different after Aftersun
November 26, 2025 at 5:37 PM
man Under pressure always hits different after Aftersun
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I think it's shameful that during a second Trump administration, and after NYC voters rejected a return to moderate, conciliatory governance, that a Democrat would tout the entirety of the Council's Republican caucus as her supporters.
Menin says she'll work with Mamdani "on a shared agenda that makes New York more affordable."
GOP members backing Menin, tho, are likely to look to her to be a check on Mamdani. Vickie Paladino said she's with Menin because she "understands all perspectives." www.nydailynews.com/2025/11/26/j...
GOP members backing Menin, tho, are likely to look to her to be a check on Mamdani. Vickie Paladino said she's with Menin because she "understands all perspectives." www.nydailynews.com/2025/11/26/j...
Julie Menin claims victory in NYC Council speaker race with more than 65 percent support
Manhattan Councilwoman Julie Menin claimed victory Wednesday in the City Council speaker’s race after saying she’s secured commitments of support from a super majority of her colleague…
www.nydailynews.com
November 26, 2025 at 5:15 PM
I think it's shameful that during a second Trump administration, and after NYC voters rejected a return to moderate, conciliatory governance, that a Democrat would tout the entirety of the Council's Republican caucus as her supporters.
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Lots of people sharing this clip because it's funny and cathartic but I also genuinely believe it's important.
We have to win the narrative battle between "I live in a corrupt society and that's just how it is" and "I live in a corrupt society and we are going to defeat and humiliate these ghouls."
We have to win the narrative battle between "I live in a corrupt society and that's just how it is" and "I live in a corrupt society and we are going to defeat and humiliate these ghouls."
Good morning to Brazilian reporter Manuela Borges, who’s been waiting eleven years for this petty moment. ❤️ 🇧🇷
November 26, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Lots of people sharing this clip because it's funny and cathartic but I also genuinely believe it's important.
We have to win the narrative battle between "I live in a corrupt society and that's just how it is" and "I live in a corrupt society and we are going to defeat and humiliate these ghouls."
We have to win the narrative battle between "I live in a corrupt society and that's just how it is" and "I live in a corrupt society and we are going to defeat and humiliate these ghouls."
Dolazim na anti fa marš ali ovaj grafit ispod je chefs kiss
November 26, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Dolazim na anti fa marš ali ovaj grafit ispod je chefs kiss
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God this is so motivating.
Good morning to Brazilian reporter Manuela Borges, who’s been waiting eleven years for this petty moment. ❤️ 🇧🇷
November 26, 2025 at 1:43 PM
God this is so motivating.
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Zagreb
Nepokoreni grad
30. 11. u podne na Glavnom.
Nepokoreni grad
30. 11. u podne na Glavnom.
November 26, 2025 at 12:30 PM
Zagreb
Nepokoreni grad
30. 11. u podne na Glavnom.
Nepokoreni grad
30. 11. u podne na Glavnom.
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[completely unironic voice] the greatest generation
November 26, 2025 at 7:41 AM
[completely unironic voice] the greatest generation