'just as scholars in our field have fruitfully analyzed the impact of “legacies of Leninism” that have impacted political, economic, and cultural change in the post-communist era, the “legacies of liberalism” in newly patrimonial countries like the United States must also be taken into account.'

University administrations are into promoting AI because, like them, it does a bad job at a high price.

Any foxes or cats coming around?

Je da ćemo sad da uživamo u jabukama s medom, ali nije da smo tako pobožni no jednostavno volimo jabuke i med. U svakom slučaju zahtevamo pravdu za naše palestinske sestre i braća.

—What kind of starch do you want with your chicken? We have potatoes, rice, drž ne daj? —Oh, let’s have the drž ne daj.

Happy new year to everyone who is celebrating this evening! youtu.be/0HhitAUML4A?...

Fellowships up to 6 months, “Youth agency in the Balkans: New political imaginaries and eco-digital futures.” Application deadline 3 October. recas.info/news/fellows...

We like our local shops but they have a weak ajvar game. And no, Podravka is not an ajvar, it is at most a slightly inferior ketchup.

Report from grocery shopping: the store was offering a Dalmatian wine with a Dalmatian doggie on the label, no way was I passing on that.

Got an invitation to submit an article promising “a discount on our article publishing charge.” WT actual F. You are welcome to pay me for my labour if you like, there is no way I am ever paying for the privilege of giving you my labour.

The marionette that lacked initiative. www.danas.rs/vesti/politi...

Dobro jutro svima tidal.com/browse/track...

Here’s a question.

Images from our journey: Taj Mahal bejbi

Images from our trip: the stonecutters will probably not be hiring Eric

Images from our journey: shopping in Delhi

Images from our journey: lunch in Kochi

Going through photos that need saving since I will be getting a new phone. Came across this one of my father, circa 1956.

The closest metro station to Delhi airport is “Aerocity” and bless their hearts, it is hard, especially for a person researching in my field, not to read this as “Atrocity.”

Oh, uncle Teddy. Always completely right about everything (except jazz).

This evening’s dinner will be served from a bowl placed on a slab of Agra marble, carried in an obscenely heavy backpack by a gullible sociologist.

“Volim da te volim bebo,” by Frajla Leto

The house’s request for the first return to Euro cultural sphere dinner is linguine with anchovies.

One of my posts on here went viral, and 2 thoughts: 1. Why this one? It’s hardly my cleverest remark. 2. It’s flattering I guess but I had to turn off notifications. How do the fame seekers tolerate this?

Some pictures are destined to become lecture slides for social theory.

Our first event of the new season! 6 October, 1700h, Prof Theodora Dragostinova 'examines the case of adopted and fostered refugee children in the Balkan borderlands to unpack what treating a child “like my own” meant during the fluid transition from war to peace.' www.ucl.ac.uk/arts-humanit...

Report on return travel: our dog seemed reasonably happy to see us but did not understand why this should mean that the girl who was taking care of him should leave.

When Tr*mp mistreats a journalist at a press conference, all the other journalists should just get up and leave. And they should not need to be told this.

Plane landed, bunch of fog. Kao da smo se vratili u @&&!&£@ Englesku.

Packing and preparing to return home. Thank you, dear India, this trip has been a beautiful and glorious experience.

N bava kua?

Fun shopping fact: in India I am a size XXL.

That evening when our popinjay king put on a burlesque dinner at his kitsch palace for president Creosote, who then trundled off to conspire with Sr Puertitas López against some comedians.

@sriucl.bsky.social is HIRING 2 permanent Lecturers 🚀 in #QuantitativeSocialScience! It comes with smart and lovely colleagues🌟, a central London office, and many big ideas and questions 🧐 Apply now! www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/...

That’s odd, the VC sent around a beginning of year message but seems to have totally forgotten to announce his resignation.

Top tip: be suspicious of someone who says that you will be killed and that someone will try to blame them for it. Stay tuned to this channel for more practical life advice. n1info.rs/vesti/video-...

When I was a lad what they taught us in school is that democracy is resilient because even when there are malicious actors there are still an attentive public and responsible institutions. Turns out: no it isn’t, no there isn’t, and no there aren’t.

The people in power are vain, weak, and contemptible.

From a Union state? Unexpected. n1info.rs/vesti/foto-k...

So, is there any explanation at all for how a person without a single scientific accomplishment became a fellow of a scientific society, other than sycophancy?

Yes, Rabbi. Thank you and amen.

Exploring overlooked Holocaust history in #Croatia: The Davis Center at Harvard offers a 6-part webinar series on "The #Holocaust in Southeastern Europe". With @katarina-damcevic.bsky.social (IOS) & other experts, examining regional complexities missing from broader narratives. 📅 Start: 27 Sep ⬇️

In a couple of days the charges will be dropped and the police will pay compensation. With our money.

Oh, it’s that Gala. If it were Vesna Galiot that would really be a turning point. n1info.rs/magazin/show...

Potato chip flavours

Oh now I feel right at home

Indijski darkeri

1. These people can’t have spent much time around academia, it is pretty conservative in fact (no, by “conservative” I don’t mean “radical right”). 2. I don’t teach my political opinions. Anyone who does is abusing their position and should get another job tout suite.

Today in Balkan news you never knew about: Tr*mp ended a war between Albania and Azerbaijan. Side note: ignorant racist sack of shit. euronews.al/en/trump-mix...