Juraj Medzihorsky @medzihorsky.bsky.social · 21h85% of Ugandans were born during Mr Museveni's presidency, which began 40 years ago. In recent years, freedom of discussion and freedom from torture have been declining. 000
Reposted by Juraj MedzihorskyJuraj Medzihorsky @medzihorsky.bsky.social · 07/10/2026France in 1968 | in 2026 152
Juraj Medzihorsky @medzihorsky.bsky.social · 09/10/2026“I don't know, dude.” At the very least, Republika competes with Mr Matovič's political vehicle for the largest increase in support during this electoral term. 010
Juraj Medzihorsky @medzihorsky.bsky.social · 09/10/2026Holborn and St Pancras, avoiding the percentbrain ·2024· ·2026· Lab 18,884 12,292 Grn 4,030 8,928 Con 2,776 1,922 Ref 2,371 1,612 Res 692 LD 2,236 924 AF 7,312 Lab+Grn+LD 25,150 22,144 Con+Ref+Res 5,147 4,226 110
Juraj Medzihorsky @medzihorsky.bsky.social · 08/10/2026"Super [_______]" went the titles of the first nine episodes of ATHF Season 2. Starting with Super Computer. Despite all the prescience, none was titled Super Intelligence though. 010
Juraj Medzihorsky @medzihorsky.bsky.social · 08/10/2026GLENDOWER I can call spirits from the vasty deep. HOTSPUR Why, so can I, or so can any man; But will you be able to verify their output? 010
Juraj Medzihorsky @medzihorsky.bsky.social · 07/10/2026October polling by NMS finds Slovakia's national-social and civic-burgeoisie blocs stable. Thanks to Smer and Republika in the first bloc, and PS and SaS in the second bloc, all regressing to the "mean". nms.global/sk/volebny-m... 141
Juraj Medzihorsky @medzihorsky.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Václav Havel would have turned 90 yesterday. There's something epic about the fact that Czechoslovakia's first and last presidents were both such striking characters, envisioning and achieving goals that others struggled to imagine. 110
Juraj Medzihorsky @medzihorsky.bsky.social · 06/10/2026“Find East Germany” maps got yet another contribution to the genre. ec.europa.eu/eurostat/sta... 131
Reposted by Juraj MedzihorskyJuraj Medzihorsky @medzihorsky.bsky.social · 05/10/2026New political compass just dropped. 2166
Juraj Medzihorsky @medzihorsky.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Autumn on Mount Sitno (1928) by Edmund Gwerk (1895-1956). Oil on canvas, 100cm x 75cm. www.webumenia.sk/dielo/SVK%3A... 042
Reposted by Juraj MedzihorskyJuraj Medzihorsky @medzihorsky.bsky.social · 23/02/2025In the former East Germany, men in their 20s heavily outnumber women of their age, points out @steffenmau.bsky.social in an interview* on today's elections. Brought back to mind this map of male/female surplus across NUTS 2 regions in the EU + Norway and Iceland. * dennikn.sk/4479163/vych... 1173
Juraj Medzihorsky @medzihorsky.bsky.social · 03/10/2026The Claude they mean | The Claude I think of 020
Juraj Medzihorsky @medzihorsky.bsky.social · 02/10/2026🎙️⚽📻 A century ago, Europe's first live football broadcast took place on Sunday, 3 October 1926. The Czechoslovak radio service beat the BBC to it by three months. The game was a friendly Slavia Praha 🇨🇿 - MTK Budapest 🇭🇺 2:1english.radio.cz 022
Juraj Medzihorsky @medzihorsky.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Smer and Republika make another step closer to each other: Smer MEP Ms Laššáková steps down as their candidate for the Prešov governor, making Republika's MEP Mr Mazurek the de facto candidate of the government coalition, even though Republika has no MPs and cannot be its part.aktuality.skLaššáková nebude kandidovať za županku. Šance Mazureka sú teraz dramaticky vyššie, tvrdí Republika | Aktuality.skJudita Laššáková sa podľa Smeru rozhodla odstúpiť v záujme „zreálniť voľby“ župana. 022
Juraj Medzihorsky @medzihorsky.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Mr Musk's favorite Slovakian party Republika (ESN) with a bit of a 🎷 pattern in the polls. Since the '23 elections, the range has increased in steps. In the past few months it reaches from 8% (Aug Infostat, quota F2F) to 16% (Sept NMS, online panel). Latest AKO (phone and online mix) has it at 10%. 111
Juraj Medzihorsky @medzihorsky.bsky.social · 01/10/2026In the EU, there are now far fewer young "Eastern" and Southern Europeans available to migrate than there were in the 2000s. Old news, yet apparently permanently new in the way of paint on ancient Greek statues and feathers on dinosaurs. 111
Reposted by Juraj MedzihorskyJuraj Medzihorsky @medzihorsky.bsky.social · 01/04/2026With apologies to Karel Čapek. 041
Juraj Medzihorsky @medzihorsky.bsky.social · 30/09/2026The “highly speculative” could-be rooms of maybe tomb of possibly Nefertiti. Via ancientnow.substack.com/p/the-tomb-b... Orig www.academia.edu/175580520/ 100
Juraj Medzihorsky @medzihorsky.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Snap elections are back on the table in Slovakia. At least rhetorically. Still, it would be a first for Smer, which has already completed three full terms in government (2006-2010, 2012-2016, 2016-2020). The opposite of the coalitions led by EPP members, 2002-2006, 2010-2012, 2020-2023. 280
Juraj Medzihorsky @medzihorsky.bsky.social · 29/09/2026On this day in 1947: "Summer Landscape" by Max Schurmann (1890-1960). Dated 29.IX 1947. www.webumenia.sk/dielo/SVK:SN... 010
Juraj Medzihorsky @medzihorsky.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Aldi and Lidl, Germany's and the EU's low-key soft power tools. 031
Juraj Medzihorsky @medzihorsky.bsky.social · 28/09/2026“Lush green and warm brown was our world. And then it began to turn pink, bruised or bright, in the 1850s.” Sort of, if not quite. 021
Juraj Medzihorsky @medzihorsky.bsky.social · 27/09/2026“poultry” [1980s] by Ľubo Stacho (b. 1953) maps.app.goo.gl/vHg4txNJT7cN... 131
Juraj Medzihorsky @medzihorsky.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Four 2009 paintings (autoportraits) from the Lebensraum series by Marcel Mališ (b. 1978) Oil on canvas, approx. 90 cm x 62 cm HxW each. More pieces from the series, which Mališ began in 2009: www.marcelmalis.com/works 120
Juraj Medzihorsky @medzihorsky.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Type I Embarrassment: Greeting a complete stranger Type II Embarrassment: Not greeting someone you know Greeting etiquette when nearsighted and astigmatic 140
Reposted by Juraj MedzihorskyJuraj Medzihorsky @medzihorsky.bsky.social · 19/09/2026AGI will be achieved in much the same way the Soviet Bloc arrived at Real Socialism: “We've been trying hard for long enough so surely this must be it.” 0102
Reposted by Juraj MedzihorskyJuraj Medzihorsky @medzihorsky.bsky.social · 13/09/2026"Studying anti-Roma attacks in Hungary, Simonovits et al. find that [the far right] Jobbik gained 11-14 percentage points more support in attacked villages, with effects persisting and spreading to nearby areas" 193
Juraj Medzihorsky @medzihorsky.bsky.social · 21/09/2026A *fixed* effect. Another example of Slovakia's unusual population registration system at work, making its demographic stats challenging to compare, I'm guessing. 031
Juraj Medzihorsky @medzihorsky.bsky.social · 20/09/2026Laci (2016) by Tomáš Cetera (b. 1983) Plastic plate, H 18.8 cm W 18.8 cm D 0.4 cm www.webumenia.sk/dielo/SVK%3A... 010
Juraj Medzihorsky @medzihorsky.bsky.social · 19/09/2026AGI will be achieved in much the same way the Soviet Bloc arrived at Real Socialism: “We've been trying hard for long enough so surely this must be it.” 0102
Juraj Medzihorsky @medzihorsky.bsky.social · 19/09/202620 years ago, the riots and protests of the fall of '06 heralded Hungary's post-2010 turn away from liberal democracy. The first came on Mon 18 Sept 2006, when far-right rioters sacked the public broadcaster's HQ, emboldened by the Socialist PM Gyurcsány's leaked party speech. 140
Juraj Medzihorsky @medzihorsky.bsky.social · 18/09/2026Žilina's Hotel Slovakia made it to the list. The contemporary photo doesn't quite convey of what this bit of Late East Modern was like when it opened. Luckily, Webumenia has many photos and blueprints of just that. The user reviews [3.1] and photos on Google Maps give an idea of its current state. 040
Juraj Medzihorsky @medzihorsky.bsky.social · 17/09/2026The EP adopts a resolution on democracy and human rights in a non-EU state, with a single 👎 vote? Easy to guess whose that 👎 is: Slovakia's Dr Blaha of SMER (NI). The world's regimes may be a large and diverse group. Yet, among non-democracies, only a select few can draw Dr Blaha's criticism. 110
Juraj Medzihorsky @medzihorsky.bsky.social · 17/09/2026And yet, Canada doesn't have this one thing in common with Europe. While the US does. Lidl, that is. 120
Juraj Medzihorsky @medzihorsky.bsky.social · 17/09/2026With the count nearly over, Sweden's Social Democrats hold on to their 4th spot among West European social democratic parties. 010
Juraj Medzihorsky @medzihorsky.bsky.social · 17/09/2026Nothing Special IV, I, VI (2001) Martin Kollar (b. 1971) Color photography, 42cm x 61cm www.webumenia.sk/en/katalog?f.... 010