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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.
I suspect flow control. The pi doesn't even support hardware flow control natively so I used some hacky tool to add it.

I kind of want to redo the whole thing now instead of fixing this
November 16, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Two rpis, both don't work, in *different ways*

Using a rpi was a bad design decision in the first place, but it was what I had. Ughhhhh
November 16, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Sadly I won't be around then but appreciate the heads up!
November 16, 2025 at 2:22 PM
Oduševljen sam tvojim toolom!
November 16, 2025 at 7:23 AM
Fenomenalni ZET CLI courtesy of @ivan.habunek.com
Zet CLI aplikacija. Mislim da samo mene veseli, ali neka. :)
ZET TUI demo
Recorded by ihabunek
asciinema.org
November 16, 2025 at 7:15 AM
@jonworth.eu has a handy flowchart for figuring out whether you're experience an "identity check" or "border control" when police ask for your documents within Schengen, as well as what your rights are depending on nationality

jonworth.eu/downloads/bo...
November 15, 2025 at 5:54 PM
sadly traveling by bus in the North/West direction is almost guaranteed way to witness/experience control
November 15, 2025 at 5:51 PM
This is the official suspension list, but checks happen even outside of these very broad suspensions: home-affairs.ec.europa.eu/policies/sch...
Temporary Reintroduction of Border Control
Learn which Schengen countries are currently reintroducing temporary border control in accordance with the Schengen Borders Code.
home-affairs.ec.europa.eu
November 15, 2025 at 5:50 PM
France has had a continuous Schengen suspension since 2015, including the border with Belgium. To my knowledge there are no stats on exact locations where controls occur, so presumably France controls the border with Italy more than Belgium, but controls do occur all over nowadays
November 15, 2025 at 5:50 PM
I hate it here 🤡
November 15, 2025 at 5:20 PM
You can see this progress well at other borders, like between Slovenia and Austria in Gornja Radgona/Bad Radkersburg. Simple office containers turn into more permanent infrastructure between 2019 and 2022
November 15, 2025 at 5:17 PM
While most controls within Schengen are still somewhat improvised (cops park a car or get an office container), examples like this one from Austria show how the controls are becoming permanent.
November 15, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Having crossed dozens of internal Schengen borders this year, the checks are mostly racist and classist. Cars rarely get checked. On trains, non white people mostly get checked. Buses get checked a lot.

I was controlled only once this year, but I witnessed checks many times.
November 15, 2025 at 5:09 PM
I find the lack of conversation about these border checks, which have become ubiquitous across the EU since 2015, incredibly chilling. At most you get dismissive comments that they are security theater and that they "don't work", and meanwhile new border infrastructure keeps going up.
November 15, 2025 at 5:06 PM