benjamin novak
@bnovak.bsky.social
used to ✍️ about Hungary for nyt, SAIS alum — [email protected]
Christmas jazz.
Fire in the fireplace.
Kiddos playing with legos.
Adults playing Rummy.
Leberkäse.
Fire in the fireplace.
Kiddos playing with legos.
Adults playing Rummy.
Leberkäse.
December 15, 2024 at 2:41 AM
Christmas jazz.
Fire in the fireplace.
Kiddos playing with legos.
Adults playing Rummy.
Leberkäse.
Fire in the fireplace.
Kiddos playing with legos.
Adults playing Rummy.
Leberkäse.
First fire of the season
November 18, 2024 at 12:21 AM
First fire of the season
Prediction: The next Surgeon General of the United States
November 13, 2024 at 9:41 PM
Prediction: The next Surgeon General of the United States
This post claims Hungarians have been putting lights in carved pumpkins since 1081.
Hard to see how this is true. Pumpkins and squash are native to the Americas. Hungarians would have had to find a way to procure them from the New World hundreds of years before Columbus got there.
Hard to see how this is true. Pumpkins and squash are native to the Americas. Hungarians would have had to find a way to procure them from the New World hundreds of years before Columbus got there.
November 2, 2023 at 10:56 AM
This post claims Hungarians have been putting lights in carved pumpkins since 1081.
Hard to see how this is true. Pumpkins and squash are native to the Americas. Hungarians would have had to find a way to procure them from the New World hundreds of years before Columbus got there.
Hard to see how this is true. Pumpkins and squash are native to the Americas. Hungarians would have had to find a way to procure them from the New World hundreds of years before Columbus got there.
It was a pleasure to moderate a panel on the challenges of redemocratization at the Budapest Forum last week.
Spoiler: it takes effort
Zagreb mayor Tomislav Tomašević's unexpected zinger had me chuckling on stage. He has no problem with people calling him a hippie, just don't call him a hipster.
Spoiler: it takes effort
Zagreb mayor Tomislav Tomašević's unexpected zinger had me chuckling on stage. He has no problem with people calling him a hippie, just don't call him a hipster.
October 16, 2023 at 7:24 AM
It was a pleasure to moderate a panel on the challenges of redemocratization at the Budapest Forum last week.
Spoiler: it takes effort
Zagreb mayor Tomislav Tomašević's unexpected zinger had me chuckling on stage. He has no problem with people calling him a hippie, just don't call him a hipster.
Spoiler: it takes effort
Zagreb mayor Tomislav Tomašević's unexpected zinger had me chuckling on stage. He has no problem with people calling him a hippie, just don't call him a hipster.
Hungarian lawyer Daniel Karsai is 46 years old. He specializes in constitutional law and human rights.
Daniel is also terminally ill. He was diagnosed with ALS last year and can no longer care for himself.
He wants to shorten his life before it comes too unbearable, but that's illegal in Hungary.
Daniel is also terminally ill. He was diagnosed with ALS last year and can no longer care for himself.
He wants to shorten his life before it comes too unbearable, but that's illegal in Hungary.
September 28, 2023 at 6:45 AM
Hungarian lawyer Daniel Karsai is 46 years old. He specializes in constitutional law and human rights.
Daniel is also terminally ill. He was diagnosed with ALS last year and can no longer care for himself.
He wants to shorten his life before it comes too unbearable, but that's illegal in Hungary.
Daniel is also terminally ill. He was diagnosed with ALS last year and can no longer care for himself.
He wants to shorten his life before it comes too unbearable, but that's illegal in Hungary.
Visited Castello di Miramare today. I spotted Andrey Melnichenko’s $600 million “Sailing Yacht A,” which Italians authorities seized last March when the EU sanctioned a bunch of Russian oligarchs. Maintaining the seized vessel reportedly requires a crew of 24, and costs about $900k per month.
July 26, 2023 at 4:25 PM
Visited Castello di Miramare today. I spotted Andrey Melnichenko’s $600 million “Sailing Yacht A,” which Italians authorities seized last March when the EU sanctioned a bunch of Russian oligarchs. Maintaining the seized vessel reportedly requires a crew of 24, and costs about $900k per month.
Beautiful morning in Budapest
July 11, 2023 at 4:12 AM
Beautiful morning in Budapest
In-laws: “Don’t buy her a new bike. We still have the one she rode as a teenager. It’s in the garage.”
Wife: “I loved that bike.”
Me: 🕵️♂️
The tire on the bike: “MADE IN CZECHOSLOVAKIA”
Wife: “I loved that bike.”
Me: 🕵️♂️
The tire on the bike: “MADE IN CZECHOSLOVAKIA”
July 2, 2023 at 3:03 PM
In-laws: “Don’t buy her a new bike. We still have the one she rode as a teenager. It’s in the garage.”
Wife: “I loved that bike.”
Me: 🕵️♂️
The tire on the bike: “MADE IN CZECHOSLOVAKIA”
Wife: “I loved that bike.”
Me: 🕵️♂️
The tire on the bike: “MADE IN CZECHOSLOVAKIA”
"The one intriguing exception to this in the data is Hungary"
https://s2.washingtonpost.com/camp-rw/?trackId=596d1024ade4e24119dbd316&s=649bb4f79c54b114bea07128&linknum=5&linktot=66&linknum=5&linktot=66
https://s2.washingtonpost.com/camp-rw/?trackId=596d1024ade4e24119dbd316&s=649bb4f79c54b114bea07128&linknum=5&linktot=66&linknum=5&linktot=66
June 28, 2023 at 7:21 AM
"The one intriguing exception to this in the data is Hungary"
https://s2.washingtonpost.com/camp-rw/?trackId=596d1024ade4e24119dbd316&s=649bb4f79c54b114bea07128&linknum=5&linktot=66&linknum=5&linktot=66
https://s2.washingtonpost.com/camp-rw/?trackId=596d1024ade4e24119dbd316&s=649bb4f79c54b114bea07128&linknum=5&linktot=66&linknum=5&linktot=66
Ist er für Sie ein Kriegsverbrecher?
Orban: „Nein. Für mich nicht.“
https://www.bild.de/politik/ausland/politik-ausland/ungarns-ministerpraesident-orban-putin-ist-stabil-84474096.bild.html
Orban: „Nein. Für mich nicht.“
https://www.bild.de/politik/ausland/politik-ausland/ungarns-ministerpraesident-orban-putin-ist-stabil-84474096.bild.html
June 28, 2023 at 7:02 AM
Ist er für Sie ein Kriegsverbrecher?
Orban: „Nein. Für mich nicht.“
https://www.bild.de/politik/ausland/politik-ausland/ungarns-ministerpraesident-orban-putin-ist-stabil-84474096.bild.html
Orban: „Nein. Für mich nicht.“
https://www.bild.de/politik/ausland/politik-ausland/ungarns-ministerpraesident-orban-putin-ist-stabil-84474096.bild.html
1995 edition of THE English-language phone book in Budapest
AMADEUS RESTAURANT
Excellent food, lousy service
AMADEUS RESTAURANT
Excellent food, lousy service
June 22, 2023 at 4:19 PM
1995 edition of THE English-language phone book in Budapest
AMADEUS RESTAURANT
Excellent food, lousy service
AMADEUS RESTAURANT
Excellent food, lousy service
When you're a mercenary for the Confederation of Bar and Russians keep capturing you, so you commandeer a supply-ship sailing from Okhotsk when the crew and captain get drunk, then make a break for the "coast of Korea" but don't have a compass so you try iron and garlic and still end up in Kamchatka
June 22, 2023 at 9:23 AM
When you're a mercenary for the Confederation of Bar and Russians keep capturing you, so you commandeer a supply-ship sailing from Okhotsk when the crew and captain get drunk, then make a break for the "coast of Korea" but don't have a compass so you try iron and garlic and still end up in Kamchatka
A bittersweet evening in Budapest.
We celebrated the Swedish Midsummer, reflected on the achievements of Sweden's soon-to-end EU Presidency, and bid farewell to Dag Hartelius, Sweden's ambassador to Budapest.
RU's war in UA and SE's pending NATO accession cast a long shadow.
We celebrated the Swedish Midsummer, reflected on the achievements of Sweden's soon-to-end EU Presidency, and bid farewell to Dag Hartelius, Sweden's ambassador to Budapest.
RU's war in UA and SE's pending NATO accession cast a long shadow.
June 21, 2023 at 9:44 AM
A bittersweet evening in Budapest.
We celebrated the Swedish Midsummer, reflected on the achievements of Sweden's soon-to-end EU Presidency, and bid farewell to Dag Hartelius, Sweden's ambassador to Budapest.
RU's war in UA and SE's pending NATO accession cast a long shadow.
We celebrated the Swedish Midsummer, reflected on the achievements of Sweden's soon-to-end EU Presidency, and bid farewell to Dag Hartelius, Sweden's ambassador to Budapest.
RU's war in UA and SE's pending NATO accession cast a long shadow.