Guy @guyt.bsky.social · 06/04/2025At least in Polish (where I've also heard it) it makes more sense orthographically! 020
Guy @guyt.bsky.social · 03/04/2025The economic tradeoff between America and Europe is that America has much more expensive costs for essentials like health care but much more (relatively) affordable consumer goods. Once that's out the window, whew. 030
Guy @guyt.bsky.social · 02/04/2025I love it when my LaTeX problem ("why is my multirow cell ragged right instead of justified") can be answered by reading the documentation. 030
Reposted by GuyMetropolitan Transportation Authority @mta.info · 02/04/2025Say hello to a new subway map! 🗺️ Today, the MTA unveiled a new subway diagram that provides riders with essential travel information in an easily readable, bright, and orderly manner. 621272281
Guy @guyt.bsky.social · 01/04/2025The balls and strikes metaphor is also good, though not in the way Roberts intended: although they're supposed to be fair, umpires give harsher strike zones to lefties. 0140
Guy @guyt.bsky.social · 30/03/2025Yes, but as far as I understand it, it took a real period of sustained protests there before it went fully nationwide (that is, centered in Belgrade as you say). 110
Guy @guyt.bsky.social · 30/03/2025Two months after its long-awaited reopening and one month after apparently missing its projected date for returning to full capacity, the Trieste-Opčina tram, now running once every 45 minutes, is a big draw for locals and tourists alike on a mild spring Sunday. 040
Guy @guyt.bsky.social · 27/03/2025Ron Darling praising Lindor's fundamentals in practice, we're back baby! 000
Reposted by GuyThe Author, Séamas O'Reilly @seamas.bsky.social · 26/03/2025Not to be a wide-eyed naïf about such things but... am I right in thinking that they levelled an entire building to get to one guy and *that* is not controversial to anyone in the American media or political class, only that this information was recklessly shared in an unsecured chat? 1624345748564
Guy @guyt.bsky.social · 26/03/2025Also, I don't have too much experience with Czech dubbing in general but I do really appreciate that they localized some of the references in Simpsons episode titles (The Regina Monologues -> Obtěžoval jsem anglickou královnu, Please Homer, Don't Hammer 'Em -> Kladivo na Homera) 110
Guy @guyt.bsky.social · 26/03/2025Forgive me, it was my Czech friend years ago who was being unfair, I should have double-checked. 🙂 110
Guy @guyt.bsky.social · 26/03/2025Not always true, the Czech translation of HP is generally praised for creative name translations (especially in comparison to the Slovak one, which left the English names alone). 110
Reposted by GuyBill DiFilippo @billdifilippo.bsky.social · 23/03/2025think it's important everyone understands what is happening on tiktok: right now, people are making increasingly ridiculous lebron-centric covers of songs. it is getting weirder by the day. see here: 16512101
Guy @guyt.bsky.social · 24/03/2025For many years until last week I thought Travis Scott was the lead singer of Gym Class Heroes who had gone solo. 000
Reposted by GuyGuy @guyt.bsky.social · 23/03/2025Does anyone know anything (or know anyone who would know anything) about the cross-border connections between Ukraine and Romania in Zakarpattya/Maramureș? They were reopened in 2023 (see article) but trains were cancelled a few months later. Will they be back? www.aviation24.be/railways/ukr...aviation24.beUkrainian Railways relaunches Ukraine-Romania railway connectionThe twice-daily connection between Ukraine and Romania has reopened. Back in August 2022, amid the Russian aggression and invasion of Ukraine, railway 011
Guy @guyt.bsky.social · 23/03/2025Does anyone know anything (or know anyone who would know anything) about the cross-border connections between Ukraine and Romania in Zakarpattya/Maramureș? They were reopened in 2023 (see article) but trains were cancelled a few months later. Will they be back? www.aviation24.be/railways/ukr...aviation24.beUkrainian Railways relaunches Ukraine-Romania railway connectionThe twice-daily connection between Ukraine and Romania has reopened. Back in August 2022, amid the Russian aggression and invasion of Ukraine, railway 011
Guy @guyt.bsky.social · 21/03/2025Well, also, people watch the Olympics for feats of athleticism, not charisma. A strategy explicitly rejecting athleticism undermines the enterprise. 141
Reposted by GuyJoel S. @joelhs.bsky.social · 19/03/2025I published a piece yesterday about the impossibility of teaching Jewish Studies at this moment in history, and in particular how ridiculous it is to try to teach Jewish History amidst bans on DEI: slate.com/life/2025/03...slate.comI Teach Jewish Studies. There’s a Bitter Irony to What the Trump Administration Is Asking of My Campus.Students were willing to be honest in class. Now they're worried. 626758
Reposted by GuyBeijingPalmer @beijingpalmer.bsky.social · 18/03/2025'sold as slave labor to El Salvador' is I honestly think a fair way of describing it 11670371767
Reposted by Guyjamelle @jamellebouie.net · 17/03/2025“This is one reason why conservatives (and fellow travelers like Arnade) hate liberalism so much: free choice disproves their biological essentialism.”liberalcurrents.comMost Men Don't Want To Be Heroes (And That's Okay)Despite the self-pity of some, there has never been a better time to be a man. 943206526
Guy @guyt.bsky.social · 17/03/2025In the 17th century, a village in Zakarpattia changed its name from Fuckville to Nonamevilleen.wikipedia.orgNevetlenfolu - Wikipedia 071
Reposted by Guymcc @dryad.technology · 16/03/2025LOL wow a dude just argued in the EU courts that misgendering is a GDPR violation and he *won*. www.wearequeeraf.com/a-trans-refu...wearequeeraf.comA trans refugee's court case against Hungary just improved Trans+ rights across all of EuropeA landmark case at the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) on Thursday set a significant precedence for Trans+ rights across Europe. 3540901504
Reposted by GuyAndrea Pitzer @andreapitzer.bsky.social · 16/03/2025Researching concentration camps, I often saw governments justify atrocities and genocide against a violent opposition by saying "they would do worse to us if they could," without acknowledging that these opponents lacked any real capacity to rival the level of state violence that had been unleashed. 19964324
Reposted by GuyMax Kennerly @maxkennerly.bsky.social · 16/03/2025Schumer's whole plan, in his words, is "I am focused on bringing Trump’s numbers down, his popularity down, exposing what he has done to America and what he will do," but when asked about specifics like Columbia & Khalil, he leaps to Trump's defense while admitting he doesn't even know the details. 531345276
Guy @guyt.bsky.social · 14/03/2025When Sade says "coast to coast, LA to Chicago", what coasts does she have in mind? 100
Guy @guyt.bsky.social · 14/03/2025Absolutely (Hannah's family recipe that she claims is the only good one, the dough is pliable, the filling ratio is appropriate, and five days later they are not yet stale!) 010
Guy @guyt.bsky.social · 14/03/2025Bad mojo but not genocidal imo, the Persian empire was large and sprawling and multiethnic and I don't see any evidence that there was a particular gen- being -cided here. 010
Reposted by GuyDon Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 13/03/2025Students were told for years that, actually, hate speech was protected speech and what was needed at universities. They were told that heckling such speech was itself a sign of intolerance. 522980712
Guy @guyt.bsky.social · 13/03/2025In awe of our local supermarket chain's upscale house brand, which is currently selling four different regionally protected olive oils. 020
Guy @guyt.bsky.social · 12/03/2025Excited about the new @jetlagthegame.bsky.social season but pilsners are not named after a place in Germany! 🇨🇿🇨🇿🇨🇿🇨🇿🇨🇿🇨🇿🇨🇿🇨🇿🇨🇿🇨🇿🇨🇿🇨🇿🇨🇿🇨🇿🇨🇿🇨🇿 010
Reposted by GuyOlúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 11/03/2025turns out when you legitimate a taste for bigotry people gravitate to the parties that serve it as an entree rather than as a garnish 3745611138
Guy @guyt.bsky.social · 11/03/2025The sforim behind her are really bothering me, leave us out of this nonsense. 010
Reposted by GuyMarisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 11/03/2025As a Jewish person it is so uniquely painful to exist in a world where Jews are the ones making lists of people for the government to target.forward.comJewish groups targeted Columbia grad Mahmoud Khalil — then ICE arrested himPro-Israel Jewish groups targeted Mahmoud Khalil, a recent graduate of Columbia University, days before ICE agents arrested him. 1214337722
Guy @guyt.bsky.social · 10/03/2025Switch all your group chats from Meta products to Signal, if you haven't already. 053
Reposted by GuyBoo!-per Lund @cooperlund.online · 10/03/2025I don’t know what can be done about it, and it’s one of the scariest things I can think of - accounts like LibsOfTikTok that target individuals are now going to be backed by the full force of the Trump administration and anyone who says anything they don’t like is going to be a target. 8818192
Guy @guyt.bsky.social · 06/03/2025Put my phone on grayscale in an attempt to slowly fill up all my screen time with NBA highlight videos and nonograms. 010
Reposted by GuySecond Ave. Sagas @2avesag.as · 06/03/2025Blessing your timeline with the Cardvaark. 413228
Guy @guyt.bsky.social · 06/03/2025My friend is in a Ukrainian choir and the differences between how fourth-generation Ukrainian Christians and fourth generation Ukrainian-Jews talk about their heritage is fascinating (she says her goal as the latter is too convince the former that Ukraine is a multiethnic society). 010
