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Met my new colleagues today. Just briefly. But they seem to be totally all right.

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This vegetable. Here they call it a Swede. But in my native land we call it a rutabaga.

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Is there a long German word to describe the feeling when you hear a song you really love and then check out everything else by that artist only to find that the artist only ever had one good song?

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“Politika” can't stop dreaming those sweet dreams.

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Author photo: Theodor W Saluki

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Stanislav is completely attentive to the last bits of the chicken

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Chicketina, paprike, broccoli

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When “Avalon” came out everyone said ooh, Roxy Music have lost their soul. But they forgot: 1) their whole point was having no soul, and 2) it is in fact a terrific album.

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Eric Gordy @ericgordy.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

What,we have Waymos here now? People are going to get hurt.

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Scheduling a dinner for December. --So, should we not do it on one of your teaching days? --Semmi baj, by December I will be completely ubijen u pojam.

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Eric Gordy @ericgordy.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Yes, I am writing a work email now. And yes, I have set it to be sent at 8:00 tomorrow morning. Because messing with your colleagues' dinners, which are sure to be delicious, is not good practice.

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Eric Gordy @ericgordy.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

A procenat koji dobija tek u kupleraju?

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Did they now? As I recall Pionirski park was a wasteland occupied by an ever smaller number of tents, surrounded by metal fences, with a police/parapolice guard not many people could pass. Neither a “veći broj” nor a “manji broj” ljudi could get in.

“Veći broj ljudi okupio se u Pionirskom parku”

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Serbia’s populist president Aleksandar Vučić resigns to run for prime minister

Is it quite right to call him “populist”? He occasionally mimics things that he imagines normal people do, like drinking rakija, driving a car, or eating parizer. But his greasy mechanical heart is not into it. Basically he is an instrument of organised crime. www.theguardian.com/world/2026/s...

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Vučić not allowed to seek third presidential term and election will test his grip on rule after widespread protests

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Bad language: profane Trump brings presidential swearing out into open

Let's not be simplistic about profanity though. There is swearing used by people with intelligence and style. And then there is the kind of swearing used by fuckwit shitbags like Tr*mp. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

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President has let rip with swearwords in recent months, redefining norms about acceptable language in public office

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Dear political pundits: the archaic term you are looking for is “bogeyman.” ”Boogie Man” was a hit for KC and the Sunshine Band in 1976.

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..... and Vučić goes out with a bow, just like Benedict XVI.

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Eric Gordy @ericgordy.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

“Legitimate concerns” is one of those dog whistle phrases.

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You tell me Tony is corrupt, I say okay but how wet is the water?

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Our friends think we have fish every Friday because we are religious. We are not really very religious but we do like fish. And we thank God for making such a delicious variety of fish. And we wish she had done the same with people.

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People make a big deal about Xi being a “Communist,” since that his party has that word in its name. Let go of the fetish. I always tell my students, Communist governments were governments. Like every government they did good and bad things. Evaluate what they did, the labels come off in the wash.

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Now when our neighbour comes to get jars I just have to say "yeah, you know where they are."

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JSTOR! JSTOR! Academics doing graffiti?

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