mastodon 4.7.3Bikes, buses, trains and the Balkans. I build things with computers and networks. I write about cities, transit and bikes. he/him. Temporarily away from Brooklyn.
The past 48 hours have shown the absolute worst of Europe - hypocrisy, pettiness, absence of solidarity, shortsightedness, deep and prevailing racism, inability to lead, and an overwhelming subservience to hostile powers subjugating us
Meanwhile, at least 67 people are dead and we don't care at all
Europeans and embracing a racist/islamophobic/transphobic disinformation campaign aimed at dividing and subjugating them - you really can't name a better duo
The absolute highlight of this year's #Marchintosh is Canvas, another fantastic program by @kalleboo@bitbang.social. Canvas let's folks on #GlobalTalk write and draw on a shared canvas, one pixel at a time.
It requires patience and FatBits skill, but it's lots of fun. Can you find my drawing?
I did it! I rode my first 200km Brevet!
Today I picked up this beautiful map of Austro-Hungarian railways from 1906
A Porco Rossoesque surprise - we came back to Zagreb today and caught an air show from our balcony
I feel very conflicted about military planes performing, but watching the CL-415 Super Scooper and Air Tractor AT-802 demonstrate their firefighting moves was pure joy
I love to check the time on my SE/30, courtesy of @retrotheory@oldbytes.space BigMaclock 😎
The fact that that European right wing officials, from Italy to Finland, are posting traitorous threats against Spain *on twitter*, specifically, is as terrifying as it is grotesquely pathetic
Križevci is kind of great?? Once the neverending rail works finally wrap up this place will blow up.
My new motto
Some train archeology on the Kumrovec line, a champion of #CrossBorderRail that crosses between 🇸🇮 and 🇭🇷 dozens of times
Thanks to this unique border crossing feature, the line has been shut down between Harmica 🇭🇷 and Imeno 🇸🇮 for 26 years now. Replacement buses ran for a while, with promises of a service restoration that never came.
Restoring this railroad is such a no brainer - it would revitalize villages and towns on both sides of the Sutla river.
A brief venture onto the Iberian gauge
Happy 20th birthday, Montenegro
The Israeli interference in the Slovenian election needs attention NOW, before people go to the polls on Sunday.
Slovenia recognized the Palestinian state in 2024 and was often alone in its opposition to the genocide in Gaza.
This interference is a direct attack on democracy in Europe.
https://www.politico.eu/article/robert-golob-slovenia-eu-probe-israeli-black-cube-election-campaign/
Dejan Ristanović passed away in Belgrade today. Dejan was the founder of the Računari u vašoj kući, magazine that brought us the Galaksija computer, he founded Sezam BBS and later PC Press magazine. His work introduced computers and networks to countless people over the years. May he rest in peace.
https://pcpress.rs/preminuo-dejan-ristanovic-glavni-i-odgovorni-urednik-pc-press-a/
A crowd gathered today in Zagreb to protest last week's publicity stunt arrests of spouses of two opposition politicians, by the grotesquely corrupt state attorney Turudić.
https://en.vijesti.me/world-a/balkan/753980/Uhapsen-musician-Mile-Kekin
Croatia's democratic backsliding is completely flying under the radar at this time of much bigger crises. I could barely find any news in English about this. Only domestic political organizing can save it from fully going down the autocratic path like Hungary or Serbia. There's no external savior.
Man attempts arson at the Museum of Yugoslavia in Belgrade, throwing a molotov cocktail at the building where Tito is buried
