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Petr Koubský @petrkou.bsky.social · 21/12/2024

Here in Praha, the sun is setting on the shortest day of 2024. Let's hope things only get better from here.

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Petr Koubský @petrkou.bsky.social · 20/12/2024

Na konferenci #KPS2024, kterou pořádají Czexpats in Science. Skvělá akce.

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John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 23/11/2024

Others have noted it but I will too: The big reason Bluesky is so hot right now is that the people who add value to social media - the frequent posters in specific fields - are here now, talking to each other and creating the "spectator value" that draws users and attention.

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Twitter’s heir apparent isn’t X or Threads — it’s Bluesky

The blue bird is dead. Long live the blue sky.

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Petr Koubský @petrkou.bsky.social · 27/02/2024

„Hungary approved Sweden's bid to join NATO.“ I'm trying to imagine how I might have looked if such a headline had fallen out of a time machine at me in 1985.

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Petr Koubský @petrkou.bsky.social · 23/01/2024

When the donkey is doing too well, he goes on the ice and breaks his leg. (Dutch proverb)

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Petr Koubský @petrkou.bsky.social · 21/01/2024

Moje poslední fotka z přírody na 6-8 týdnů nejméně. Krátce poté následoval pád. Dávejte na sebe pozor, je to pak hrozná otrava.

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Petr Koubský @petrkou.bsky.social · 08/01/2024

S přednáškami na téma AI (s výjimkou těch již přislíbených) končím. Pominula překotná a přechodná doba, kdy to (snad) mělo smysl, teď už je opravdových expertů k dispozici dost a žurnalisté nemusí vyplňovat mezeru. – Byla to mimochodem pěkná zkušenost, ale lehce absurdní.

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Mike Masnick @masnick.com · 27/12/2023

As a general rule, I do not post photos of my family publicly, but this image of my kid in what appears to be the starring role of a horror film is too good not to share. It looked even spookier (and cooler) in real life.

a nighttime photo with silhouette of a child walking down a dirt road in the fog, with trees on either side of the road, and a bright light off in the distance (creating the silhouette and shadow stretching out in front of the child). there is a creepy looking house on the right, lit only by candles, and a few candle-lit lanterns off in the distance.

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kottke.org @kottke.org · 26/12/2023

52 of the most interesting things I learned in 2023, including things like “ciabatta was invented in 1982”, “hurricanes don’t cross the equator”, and “multicellular life developed on Earth more than 25 separate times.” [kottke.org]

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Petr Koubský @petrkou.bsky.social · 26/12/2023

Umřela, řekněme, že měla úbytě - úbytě, to je to, co hbitě hubí tě -, voňavkou hrubou, která krk jí zakroutila. Oh zvíře počestné, tak málo pošetilá! Max Jacob: Malvína (ze sbírky Le laboratoire central), přeložil Karel Čapek. V originále zemřela na cukrovku („disons qu'elle est morte du diabète“).

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Petr Koubský @petrkou.bsky.social · 25/12/2023

Vezmi mne s sebou Dolů Někam Nemohu Slyšíš? S tebou Čekám Sem Hrůza Tvář i kamení Točím se v tmách A v plameni –Josef Kainar: Konec cesty (Nové mýty, 1946)

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Petr Koubský @petrkou.bsky.social · 25/12/2023

559 days until retirement. That's less than the length of my military service – my usual measure of "long". Time to think how to arrange life afterwards. If I've ever had mixed feelings, it's now. A feeling of unreality.

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Petr Koubský @petrkou.bsky.social · 24/12/2023

🇨🇿Czechia today: Christmas Eve is the most important part of Xmas for many Czech families – special dinner, gifts, fairy tales on the TV (adults watching with kids, every year the same movies), Midnight Mass (even atheists come to church, believers and clergy are not always happy about it).

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Petr Koubský @petrkou.bsky.social · 24/12/2023

Toč se a vrč, můj kolovrátku, všeckoť ve světě jen na obrátku, a život lidský jako sen! Však lépe v mylné naději sníti, před sebou čirou temnotu, nežli budoucnost odhaliti, strašlivou poznati jistotu! K. J. Erben: Štědrý den

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Petr Koubský @petrkou.bsky.social · 23/12/2023

Troops march in the dark of night, alle Gesichter sind gleich Truppen marschieren bei Nacht, tous les visages sont semblables, Les troupes, de nuit, vont au pas, every face is the same. Ivan Wernisch: Troops march in the dark of night

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Petr Koubský @petrkou.bsky.social · 23/12/2023

“What if a human being is not primarily a rational, bestial or sexual animal but in fact a religious one?”

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Our Godless era is dead

A second religiousness is sweeping the West

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Petr Koubský @petrkou.bsky.social · 22/12/2023

I tried to write a personal reflection on current events in Prague. I found that I couldn't do it; 30 years of professional writing had not prepared me sufficiently for such a task. I give up.

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Petr Koubský @petrkou.bsky.social · 22/12/2023

Ještě jeden aspekt pražské tragédie: přišli jsme o 14 příslušníků/příslušnic a adeptek/adeptů nejužší vrstvy intelektuální elity. Jsme malá země. Čtrnáct je hodně. Humanitně vzdělané lidi potřebujeme víc než kohokoli jiného. Každý teď má za úkol pracovat víc – za ty mrtvé a jejich jménem.

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Petr Koubský @petrkou.bsky.social · 22/12/2023

Je dost možné, že tradiční způsob uvažování novinářů o nastolování agendy („all the news that's fit to print“) vyžaduje hlubší přezkoumání, než jsme si my (starší generace) kdy pomysleli.

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Petr Koubský @petrkou.bsky.social · 22/12/2023

Otevřený dopis studentek a studentů žurnalistiky všem českým novinářům: „Jako začínající novináři v současné době cítíme, že máme možnost stát se pouze součástí redakcí, které šíří strach.“ O tom by se mělo hodně a důkladně diskutovat. Velice silná výzva.

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Otevřený dopis studentů žurnalistiky redakcím

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Petr Koubský @petrkou.bsky.social · 22/12/2023

🇨🇿Czechia today: Whole country in shock over yesterday's tragedy. An active shooter at Charles University in downtown Prague killed 13 people. There is a heated debate about what the media or the police could and should have done differently. The previous experience is almost zero.

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Petr Koubský @petrkou.bsky.social · 21/12/2023

Sad, terribly sad. Prague is not such a big city. We all know at least a little bit of each other here. Today's tragedy at the Charles University affects everyone.

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Petr Koubský @petrkou.bsky.social · 21/12/2023

Czech police: the shooter has been "eliminated", several people dead, tens of wounded. No more details known yet. The most serious Czech case of mass shooting yet happened in 2015 in Uherský Brod (8 dead).

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Petr Koubský @petrkou.bsky.social · 21/12/2023

🇨🇿Czechia just now: shooting at the Faculty of Arts at Charles University in Prague, police intervention underway, dead and wounded at the scene.

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Petr Koubský @petrkou.bsky.social · 21/12/2023

Lásko prokletá jenom klidně lež ptej se na co chceš Je to odveta za minulý čas Jen se rozpomeň dobře na oheň který náhle zhas Je tu řídký vzduch Naše planeta právě oblétá svůj kritický kruh Lásko prokletá, lásko prokletá, lásko prokletá –Pavel Kopta, český text na Ne me quitte pas pro HH

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Petr Koubský @petrkou.bsky.social · 21/12/2023

Slunovrat. Pro mne jedno z nejkrásnějších českých slov. Úsporné, hluboké, dávné.

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Petr Koubský @petrkou.bsky.social · 20/12/2023

🇨🇿Czechia today: President Pavel in Paris for talks with President Macron. Brno has direct flights to Phuket, line operated by Boeing 787 Dreamliner. A double murder on the outskirts of Prague still under investigation since Friday, with one of the victims being a two-month-old baby girl.

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Petr Koubský @petrkou.bsky.social · 20/12/2023

Byla hrozně krásná a jako pohřeb líná, ta doba, než ona dojde z koupelny k zrcadlu s rukama vzadu za hlavou — Půl roku, co jsem žádnou ženu nerozpínal. -Konstantin Biebl: Pustil jsem, pustil svou bláznivou volnoběžku, 1927

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Petr Koubský @petrkou.bsky.social · 20/12/2023

Až bomba praskne Poleze dál rýhujíc bahno Otevře se Škeble Bledé pohlaví vod Všecko začne znova za netečnosti prvních ryb a hvězdy plankton bývalých básníků otřesou se nudou v chrámu mlhovin – František Halas, cca 1948, rok před smrtí

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Petr Koubský @petrkou.bsky.social · 19/12/2023

🇨🇿Czechia today: A former Czech professional soldier has been sentenced in absentia to 21 years for taking part in the fighting in Donbas on the separatists' side. The average amount of municipal waste per capita in 2023 is 362 kg, 1.3% more than last year.

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Petr Koubský @petrkou.bsky.social · 19/12/2023

🇨🇿 Populist politician Tomio Okamura lost his case in the Supreme Court; he demanded apology & compensation from Reflex weekly magazine, which called him Pitomio ("Moronio"). He files a constitutional complaint now. However it is not clear which constitutional right he requires, particularly.

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Petr Koubský @petrkou.bsky.social · 18/12/2023

🇨🇿Czechia today: 2024 govt. budget approved as 1.94 – 2.19 = –0.25 (in CZK 10^12, i.e. deficit = $11.2 × 10^9). The most trusted foreign politician is Slovak President Čaputová, the least trusted is Putin. 12 years passed since death of Václav Havel.

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Petr Koubský @petrkou.bsky.social · 17/12/2023

🇨🇿Czechia today: Opposition leader Babiš agrees with government's support of Israel. Dentists refuse to provide treatment of overweight patients who may overload dental chairs.

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Petr Koubský @petrkou.bsky.social · 17/12/2023

"I am not into conspiracy theories except the ones that are true." –Michael Moore (attributed) What conspiracy theory do you – secretly, of course :) – believe in? Partially, at last? (Use as broad a definition of conspiracy theory as you like.)

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Petr Koubský @petrkou.bsky.social · 17/12/2023

There are people you want to value, respect and take their opinions seriously. It absolutely doesn't follow that you have to like them. A useful and liberating distinction.

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Petr Koubský @petrkou.bsky.social · 16/12/2023

Dostal jsem pozvání, ze kterého mám radost. Přednášel jsem už leckde, ale ještě nikdy na škole, kterou jsem vystudoval. Možná to u starého chlapa působí komicky, ale opravdu se na to těším.

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Petr Koubský @petrkou.bsky.social · 15/12/2023

🇨🇿Czechia today: Billionaire Pavel Tykač, owner of coal mines & power plants (Sev.en), purchases the football club Slavia Praha from Chinese CITIC for about €80 mil. Non-profit League Against Cancer raised this year about €800 000 for research & improving patients' lives.

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Petr Koubský @petrkou.bsky.social · 14/12/2023

🇨🇿 Czechia today: Trust in Fiala's government according the CVVm polls on new minimum of 17%. President Pavel has 52%.

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Petr Koubský @petrkou.bsky.social · 14/12/2023

"The mice were furious?" "Oh yes," said the old man mildly. "Yes well so I expect were the dogs and cats and duckbilled platypuses, but..." "Ah, but they hadn't paid for it you see, had they?" "Look," said Arthur, "would it save you a lot of time if I just gave up and went mad now?" –D. Adams, H2G2

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Petr Koubský @petrkou.bsky.social · 13/12/2023

🇨🇿 Czechia today: Legally residing foreigners, half of them being Ukrainians, now make up 10 % of Czech population. Czechia was one of 10 countries voting against UN resolution calling for ceasefire in Gaza (with the U.S., Israel, Paraguay and Austria among others).

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Techmeme @techmeme.com · 12/12/2023

OpenAI's nonprofit arm reports $44,485 in revenue in 2022, even though the company is worth billions, avoiding California's $2M threshold for audited financials (Jordan Novet/CNBC) Main Link | Techmeme Permalink

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Petr Koubský @petrkou.bsky.social · 12/12/2023

🇨🇿 Czechia today: Říčany (on the outskirts of Prague) is the town with the highest quality of life, worst is Karviná (acc. to Obce v datech & Deloitte). Czech firms sold weapons to Ukraine for $2.25bn by now. Russian & Chinese propaganda poses a problem, says chief of counterintelligence Koudelka.

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Petr Koubský @petrkou.bsky.social · 11/12/2023

🇨🇿 Czechia today: Covid-19 cases increasing by 25% a week. War with Russia is "unlikely now, but not unimaginable", said Czech Army Chief of General Staff Karel Řehka.

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Phil Plait @philplait.bsky.social · 11/12/2023

For a few moments tonight Betelegeuse will disappear from our skies! No, it's not going supernova: An asteroid will pass directly in front of it, creating a kind of stellar eclipse. Here's what this means, and how to watch: badastronomy.substack.com/p/big-body-b... 🔭 🧪

badastronomy.substack.com

Big Body Briefly Blocks Betelgeuse

An asteroid passes directly in front of everyone’s favorite supernova progenitor tonight

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Ethan Siegel @startswithabang.bsky.social · 11/12/2023

10 fun facts as Halley’s Comet makes its big comeback After reaching aphelion on December 9, 2023, Halley's comet now heads back towards the inner Solar System for its 2061 appearance. How many of these fun facts did you know? bigthink.com/starts-with-...

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10 fun facts as Halley's Comet makes its big comeback

On December 9, 2023, Halley's Comet reached aphelion: its farthest point from the Sun. As it returns, here are 10 facts you should know.

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Petr Koubský @petrkou.bsky.social · 11/12/2023

Korunu ne, to by nestačilo, ale kdybych měl za každou situaci (ke které se nachomýtnu pracovně či soukromě), v níž lze pravdivě říci „nesuďte tak snadno, je to složitější“ stokorunu, asi bych se tím solidně uživil.

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Moritz Hoffmann @moritz-hoffmann.de · 11/12/2023

Google macht uns Historiker:innen wirklich irgendwann arbeitslos.

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