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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not bad for a first version of the cover for what will (eventually) be the #othernetworks #zine
November 15, 2025 at 10:02 PM
not bad for a first version of the cover for what will (eventually) be the #othernetworks #zine
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there's this special naivety that afflicts self-styled worldly cynics
"the rw press say voters are concerned by immigration numbers, so if we reduce them, people will calm down"
"the rw press say voters are concerned by immigration numbers, so if we reduce them, people will calm down"
Appeasement. Isn't. Working
November 15, 2025 at 3:17 PM
there's this special naivety that afflicts self-styled worldly cynics
"the rw press say voters are concerned by immigration numbers, so if we reduce them, people will calm down"
"the rw press say voters are concerned by immigration numbers, so if we reduce them, people will calm down"
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Good morning.
This is your reminder to get to the gym so that you can beat up racists if you have to.
This is your reminder to get to the gym so that you can beat up racists if you have to.
November 15, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Good morning.
This is your reminder to get to the gym so that you can beat up racists if you have to.
This is your reminder to get to the gym so that you can beat up racists if you have to.
Schengen in 2025!
The yellow sign was displayed („Kontrolle – control“) and they were actually checking passports (only one lane was active).
November 15, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Schengen in 2025!
a newly built road between Austria and Hungary, with a brand new border station. Schengen in 2025.
Heute mal zur Abwechslung die S7 nächst Heiligenkreuz/Rábafüzes. Trotz Schengen wurde extra eine Grenzstation auf der Schnellstraße errichtet.
November 15, 2025 at 3:05 PM
a newly built road between Austria and Hungary, with a brand new border station. Schengen in 2025.
I wrote about Dejan Ristanović, a Yugoslav and Serbian legend of early computers, publishing and online communications. Dejan passed away earlier this week in Belgrade.
Remembering Dejan Ristanović
Dejan Ristanović passed away in Belgrade on November 10th 2025. Dejan was the founder of the Računari u vašoj kući, the magazine that brought us the Galaksija computer. He also founded the Sezam BBS…
blog.vladovince.com
November 15, 2025 at 3:03 PM
I wrote about Dejan Ristanović, a Yugoslav and Serbian legend of early computers, publishing and online communications. Dejan passed away earlier this week in Belgrade.
Alice Wong's life, work and writing profoundly changed me. I don't know how I would have made it through 2020 and 2021 without her wisdom. I am devastated and so, so grateful to have shared the same world as her. Rest in power Alice Wong.
“Don’t let the bastards grind you down. I love you all.”
November 15, 2025 at 12:46 PM
Alice Wong's life, work and writing profoundly changed me. I don't know how I would have made it through 2020 and 2021 without her wisdom. I am devastated and so, so grateful to have shared the same world as her. Rest in power Alice Wong.
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I still can't get over that a million Russians have died attacking Ukraine. Per Wikipedia that's about 4x as many US soldiers and allies died in the entirety of the Vietnam War. In 3 years.
November 15, 2025 at 11:52 AM
I still can't get over that a million Russians have died attacking Ukraine. Per Wikipedia that's about 4x as many US soldiers and allies died in the entirety of the Vietnam War. In 3 years.
Obožavam
Zet CLI aplikacija. Mislim da samo mene veseli, ali neka. :)
ZET TUI demo
Recorded by ihabunek
asciinema.org
November 15, 2025 at 11:42 AM
Obožavam
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“With so many marginalized communities, we’re basically the oracles…we’re the ones who see shit before it happens.” In June 2020, I interviewed Alice Wong for TVU before she lost her ability to speak. I asked her how she’d first learned of SARS-CoV-2. She began with the 2016 election of Trump:
November 15, 2025 at 10:36 AM
“With so many marginalized communities, we’re basically the oracles…we’re the ones who see shit before it happens.” In June 2020, I interviewed Alice Wong for TVU before she lost her ability to speak. I asked her how she’d first learned of SARS-CoV-2. She began with the 2016 election of Trump:
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"my least woke opinion is---"
That's enough. We've had enough people indulging in the "thrill of a little conservatism", as a treat. Of considering reactionary thought to be a salacious and taboo in a world descending into reactionary mania.
Give me your MOST woke opinions. We're bringing it back.
That's enough. We've had enough people indulging in the "thrill of a little conservatism", as a treat. Of considering reactionary thought to be a salacious and taboo in a world descending into reactionary mania.
Give me your MOST woke opinions. We're bringing it back.
November 14, 2025 at 9:10 AM
"my least woke opinion is---"
That's enough. We've had enough people indulging in the "thrill of a little conservatism", as a treat. Of considering reactionary thought to be a salacious and taboo in a world descending into reactionary mania.
Give me your MOST woke opinions. We're bringing it back.
That's enough. We've had enough people indulging in the "thrill of a little conservatism", as a treat. Of considering reactionary thought to be a salacious and taboo in a world descending into reactionary mania.
Give me your MOST woke opinions. We're bringing it back.
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the proliferation of "AI" generated content has largely enabled and to a great degree enabled cynical swindlers to more casually fleece people of their money- shitty knock off books, poorly made games, impersonating people for extortion, and this can't be separated from any allegedly good use case
November 14, 2025 at 12:57 AM
the proliferation of "AI" generated content has largely enabled and to a great degree enabled cynical swindlers to more casually fleece people of their money- shitty knock off books, poorly made games, impersonating people for extortion, and this can't be separated from any allegedly good use case
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Stop all conversation when axis nationals or quislings enter a cafe.
November 13, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Stop all conversation when axis nationals or quislings enter a cafe.
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Eero Saarinen's mobile lounges at Dulles were a mobility solution that “bridged architecture and transportation design," as @langealexandra.bsky.social put in 2006.
The lounges are a relic of the jet age that deserve more than a politically-tinged send off.
byerussell.substack.com/p/much-ado-a...
The lounges are a relic of the jet age that deserve more than a politically-tinged send off.
byerussell.substack.com/p/much-ado-a...
November 13, 2025 at 6:44 PM
Eero Saarinen's mobile lounges at Dulles were a mobility solution that “bridged architecture and transportation design," as @langealexandra.bsky.social put in 2006.
The lounges are a relic of the jet age that deserve more than a politically-tinged send off.
byerussell.substack.com/p/much-ado-a...
The lounges are a relic of the jet age that deserve more than a politically-tinged send off.
byerussell.substack.com/p/much-ado-a...
Catching up on reading to rest up and get ready for what comes next
November 13, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Catching up on reading to rest up and get ready for what comes next
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I think it's really bad for our souls to just have these monstrous crimes as the white noise of our era, like a clip from Woodstock to establish something takes place in the 60s
Enten: "Trump is 39 below water on the Epstein case. 39 points in the negative! My goodness gracious. What Trump has been selling on the Epstein files, the Epstein case, the American people have not been buying at all ... less than half of Republicans are buying it. This is his worst issue by far"
November 13, 2025 at 3:52 PM
I think it's really bad for our souls to just have these monstrous crimes as the white noise of our era, like a clip from Woodstock to establish something takes place in the 60s
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reading those emails makes me feel like i had a breakup with language
November 13, 2025 at 3:08 PM
reading those emails makes me feel like i had a breakup with language
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Great news from SIQ Ljubljana! Both of our #CM4 compatible #FPGA boards ULX4M-LS and ULX4M-LD passed #compliance tests! Next we will now focus on Crowd Supply campaign so make sure you are subscribed www.crowdsupply.com/intergalakti...! #opensource #hardware
November 13, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Great news from SIQ Ljubljana! Both of our #CM4 compatible #FPGA boards ULX4M-LS and ULX4M-LD passed #compliance tests! Next we will now focus on Crowd Supply campaign so make sure you are subscribed www.crowdsupply.com/intergalakti...! #opensource #hardware
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EU komisija se brine o interesima US kompanija, a ne građana EU - Politiscope sve savršeno objasnili:
EU se bori za Big Tech, građani za svoja prava.
Europska komisija planira Digital Omnibus - prijedlog koji se prodaje kao “tehničko pojednostavljenje”.
U stvarnosti, riječ je o najvećem slabljenju digitalnih prava u povijesti EU.
Europska komisija planira Digital Omnibus - prijedlog koji se prodaje kao “tehničko pojednostavljenje”.
U stvarnosti, riječ je o najvećem slabljenju digitalnih prava u povijesti EU.
November 13, 2025 at 2:36 PM
EU komisija se brine o interesima US kompanija, a ne građana EU - Politiscope sve savršeno objasnili:
Pisao sam o našem Zohranu
Pobjeda je tek početak
Petnaest je sati, ponedjeljak uoči izbora koje New York nestrpljivo iščekuje mjesecima. Grupica od desetak volonterki i volontera ...
kulturpunkt.hr
November 13, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Pisao sam o našem Zohranu
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"We are talking about *life*—the ways we depend on one other and sustain each other as we make and unmake each other. Even when we fail, and our spirits collapse, we are living in opposition to that which would destroy us. We are living and fighting for each other, and that means we have a chance."
My latest is a love letter to Chicago. "I see you stumbling through the stubborn, awkward rhythm of showing up, again and again. I see you fighting alongside people who sometimes frustrate and confuse you, and defending neighbors you may have never met, because you know they’re all your people."
In Chicago, We Run Toward Danger Together
"Faced with unrelenting state violence, Chicagoans have refused to be cowed," says Mariame Kaba.
organizingmythoughts.org
November 12, 2025 at 9:19 PM
"We are talking about *life*—the ways we depend on one other and sustain each other as we make and unmake each other. Even when we fail, and our spirits collapse, we are living in opposition to that which would destroy us. We are living and fighting for each other, and that means we have a chance."
Has anyone written about the relationship between motion smoothing and generative video? They give me similar discomfort but I wonder if some folks may be more tolerant of slop because they were prepped with motion smoothing
November 12, 2025 at 9:22 PM
Has anyone written about the relationship between motion smoothing and generative video? They give me similar discomfort but I wonder if some folks may be more tolerant of slop because they were prepped with motion smoothing
I played the *demo* of Rise of Nations every day for about 2 weeks in the summer of 2003 and I still think about how fun it was. I never played it again.
November 12, 2025 at 9:16 PM
I played the *demo* of Rise of Nations every day for about 2 weeks in the summer of 2003 and I still think about how fun it was. I never played it again.
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This is not an aberration, nor is it a titillating tale of pervy old guys.
The oppression of women, including via sexual crimes, is a pillar of the global POLITICAL economy.
It's why power & wealth are distributed as they are: maintaining that distribution requires collective action by many men.
The oppression of women, including via sexual crimes, is a pillar of the global POLITICAL economy.
It's why power & wealth are distributed as they are: maintaining that distribution requires collective action by many men.
Why. Were. So. Many. Men. Regularly. Emailing. Jeff. Epstein. After. He. Was. A. Known. Pedophile?
November 12, 2025 at 8:57 PM
This is not an aberration, nor is it a titillating tale of pervy old guys.
The oppression of women, including via sexual crimes, is a pillar of the global POLITICAL economy.
It's why power & wealth are distributed as they are: maintaining that distribution requires collective action by many men.
The oppression of women, including via sexual crimes, is a pillar of the global POLITICAL economy.
It's why power & wealth are distributed as they are: maintaining that distribution requires collective action by many men.
My kingdom for a phone camera app that can figure out what windows are and focus on what's *outside* the window
November 12, 2025 at 8:52 PM
My kingdom for a phone camera app that can figure out what windows are and focus on what's *outside* the window