🇷🇴Amorphous Blight of Nethermost

@Neo__Hq @Cobratate The cars parked there lol. The street to the left is pedestrians-only, and there's no space for parking to the right. And city hall or the county council have first dibs right on the property, which means they'll buy it themselves.

Who did it better? Tate Hotel Continental Hotel

@GeopolRomania Their project would most likely fail, considering that City Hall has pree-emption right on acquiring the property. If the owner does sell, there will be enough public backlash, given its historical importance and that is the Tates who would buy, that they will exercise the right

This building is ground 0 in Cluj-Napoca, Romania, and has been left derelict for 2 decades because it doesn't have any parking. I don't know what these 2 are planning over there in Cluj but it's hard to imagine a luxury hotel without any parking.

@paymax12 Nici ăsta nu știe de pragul alternativ... lol.

How long I've been waiting for a simulator for our elections. Can't wait to use it

@realleochang A flaw in the Romanian model: there's an alternative electoral threshold of 20% in 4 counties, which means UDMR would be in Parliament even without 5% nationwide.

Multiple countries are now available, with a new website style! globalelectionsimulator.com 🇳🇱 Dutch Election Simulator is now LIVE! 🇧🇷 2026 Brazil Presidential Election 🇷🇴 2026 Romanian Legislative Election will be live today! 🇿🇦 South African General Election Release Imminent!

@NMantis7 @CatholicArena The EU was founded by Christians Democrats, you idiot.

@CatholicArena Honoring communist organizations. Why not

The European Union's founder Robert Schuman is declared Venerable by the Catholic Church, one step away from sainthood The European Union Flag was inspired by the Blessed Virgin Mary wearing a crown of stars in the Book of Revelation and also by the Miraculous Medal

@GigiGiraffeVT Oh... my Romanian mom makes this, but she adds Dr Oetker pudding to, and wraps it in wafers.

Today I learned that Battenberg cake is a British thing and they don’t really exist outside of the uk Everyone else is missing out man

@GeorgeMioc Keep your libertatian bullshit in the US, you absolute dumbfuck.

O idee pentru Bolojan: bateți-vă pentru modificarea Constituției lui Iliescu, pentru o economie liberă și privatizată. PNL trebuie să arate că este de dreapta Foarte bine că PNL refuză să mai guverneze cu PSD. Foarte bine că PNL se pregătește de opoziție. Liberalii au nevoie de doi ani în care să-și curețe partidul de agenții de influență ai PSD, de pesediștii care își zic „liberali”. Au nevoie de penitență, pentru a li se ierta catastrofala guvernare Iohannis-Ciucă-Ciolacu. Doi ani în opoziție vor fi dificili, fiindcă PSD va mitui presa, o va folosi ca să-i linșeze pe liderii liberali și le va bloca ieșirile la televiziunile controlate. De aceea le spun liberalilor, mai ales lui Ilie Bolojan: aveți nevoie de idei noi și de mesaje puternice, de dreapta. Stânga populistă, PSD și AUR, va veni cu promisiunea unor noi pomeni, va cere naționalizări și noi subvenții pentru companiile de stat căpușate de clientela diferitelor partide. Nu fiți ca PSD și AUR! Bateți-vă pentru modificarea Constituției lui Iliescu, care ține România într-o zonă gri, cu un picior în socialism și cu unul în capitalism. Este o piatră de moară pentru dezvoltarea economică a României. Ce poate propune PNL ca să arate că nu mai are nici o legătură cu PSD&AUR: Modificați articolul 135 al Constituției cu această prevedere: „Proprietatea publică se limitează la funcțiile esențiale (de exemplu, instanțe, apărare); toate celelalte active vor fi privatizate. Statul nu va deține sau opera întreprinderi comerciale, nu va acorda subvenții, salvări sau privilegii niciunei afaceri”. Articolul 47 al Constituției va fi modificat astfel: „Statul nu va oferi măsuri obligatorii de protecție socială, asistență socială sau dezvoltare economică care implică constrângere sau redistribuire. Caritatea și ajutorul reciproc vor fi voluntare și private” Din articolul 1 se elimină prevederea că România este „stat social”: „România este un stat național suveran, independent, unitar și indivizibil. Este o republică democratică guvernată de statul de drept, în care demnitatea umană, drepturile și libertățile individuale, proprietatea privată, libera inițiativă și schimbul voluntar reprezintă valori supreme. Statul se va limita la protejarea libertăților individuale, aplicarea contractelor și asigurarea apărării naționale și a justiției” S-a mai văzut așa-ceva în alte Constituții? Probabil că nu. Dar cine mai văzuse o Constituție precum acea adoptată de SUA la 17 septembrie 1787? Nimeni! România ar deschide drumul spre constituții care să fie fundamentate pe libertate și care să termine cu minciuna „statului social” – o formă prin care guvernele cumpărau voturile oamenilor amărâți. Cine ar fi crezut acum câțiva ani că Javier Milei va câștiga alegerile în Argentina? Cine ar fi crezut că după măsurile dure luate de el va câștiga alegerile parlamentare? Aproape nimeni, domnule Bolojan. România are nevoie de soluții „radicale”, nu mai poate mlăștini cuminte și călduț în post-comunismul moștenit de la kaghebistul Ilici.

@Andric1961 Moldova has its own Plan B for joining the EU: unification with Romania, a path expressed publicly by Maia Sandu if EU membership fails.

It is unlikely that Ukraine, Moldova, or the countries of the Western Balkans will be allowed to join the EU as full members in the foreseeable future. Even in Montenegro’s case, the risk of a veto is high. Which is why it is important to start planning for alternatives now. ⬇️

@mrdavidrowe Tolkien's views on tech nowadays would be pretty interesting. From Letter 96, to his son Cristopher:

Can you imagine how Tolkien would feel (in, say, 1955) to have his words directly quoted in a Papal Encyclical??

@BohunkSupremacy It's a way to make fun again of Europeans. As if air conditioning is a mark of Western Civilization.

Perhaps no stronger evidence that the creative and intellectual energies of RW Twitter have been exhausted—or buried by new algorithms—than the triumph of utterly vapid “air conditioning as marker of cultural refinement” discourse over every other topic of humanistic interest.

@OzgurKAltan @1001calatorii Yeah, you were doing the cutting /s

@1001calatorii Şi e folosit la noi: “Eğilen baş kesilmez”

A Turk and a Romanian will usually hook up and become friends pretty quickly. Because there is much more to the connection or “legatura”, so to say in Romanian, between 🇹🇷 and 🇷🇴 than the strategic partnership, NATO alliance and military operations in the Black Sea dictated by international security. One reason is sometimes we think alike thanks to many common words and expressions in Turkish and Romanian. Example: 🇹🇷 say: “Sütten ağzı yanan yoğurdu üfleyerek yer.” 🇷🇴 say: „Cine s-a fript cu ciorbă, suflă și-n iaurt.” (I hear this often) So close! Drop, if you will, a couple of other words or expressions common to us both. Weeekend placut!

@Alonso_GD He'd have to learn Ancient Greek first.

I mean this in the most sincere way I can: this would be a fun satirical project and frankly I think people would buy it. We have Star Wars Shakespeare and Pride & Prejudice & Zombies. Culture can reach people in fun formats. Go for it Helmet!

@romanhelmetguy It's not like they can just close the app, and ignore you? So full of yourself.

I am the punishment of God. If you had not committed great sins, God would not have sent a punishment like me upon you.

@romanhelmetguy "Shame-faced" doesn't mean "ashamed". It means embarassed, the kind of feeling when you get caught doing something you shouldn't, and you're embarassed at/regret being caught. It doesn't acknowledge guilt, but rather losing face.

Academics are literally trying to change the dictionary just to prove me wrong. This guy wants to alter the standard Ancient Greek translation reference to say that κυνώπιδος means 'ashamed' rather than 'shameless.' Why? Because I insulted him and he doesn't like my politics. I've said it before, but save your old books. They are going to rewrite everything and tell you up means down.

@DonaldClarke63 Check the Bodnariu case, the IRL inspiration for the movie.

FJÖRD is another densely conflicting moral drama from Cristian Mungiu. Enjoyed the cheeky provocations about… what? Progressive fascism? But the bandwagon-jumping right also gets a dig. My main question: what the hell did Norway do to Cristian Mungiu? #cannes2026

@Clint_Davey1 @HistoryDruid He was most likely of the Anakim.

@HistoryDruid He's still described as a giant.

I tend to imagine Goliath as a kind of heavy support weapon that the Philistines dragged around with them. He's a Nephilim who uses bronze weapons and armour, and the wars of Saul and David are from the Bronze Age collapse. So he's like a War Rig in the Mad Max world. A relic from a former time that is rare and powerful.

@DoomSpiralpod @s8mb Starmer's election win was losing 1.5 million votes and getting lucky that the Tories lost 7 milion. Ironically Starmer owes his victory to Reform.

@s8mb That is exactly what he is, except he lacks the democratic mandate of a landslide election win. The whole leadership challenge is a total farce.

This is the best piece I’ve read on Andy Burnham. We may be underpricing the possibility that he is inept in a very similar way to Keir Starmer.

@ride_enjoyer @MacroJason The average number a case a Romanian judge has to handle per year is... 1300.

@MacroJason Is it non litigious culture, or a dysfunctional court system? I have often heard from Westerners that my own country's culture appears "non litigious", while the reality is that there's no point going to court over small claims.

An example of how flexibility in Eastern Europe speeds things up. In most countries, you are only given access to your apartment once you have paid the full amount to the developer. In Romania, you can (informally) start furnishing your flat before handover, whilst the developer finishes off their part (flats in Romania are delievered in turnkey condition minus furniture). This is down to: - People prioritising common sense over stringent rules - Non litigious culture - Reasonably high trust society (construction workers have keys to your flat and in theory can steal your stuff)

@KKriegeBlog Checked out about 5000 files/50 dossiers these past 2 weeks. 6 hours of travel and dead time for 2h of actually being in the archive...

Sorry I haven’t been contributing to the citations discourse, I’ve been busy closely reading archival documents like historians are supposed to

@fhsdkjhfqwqwe @abdrix1o Dk. Checked the vending machine. It currently stocks Schopenhauer, Gustave Le Bon, some conspiracy books, chick lit, pseudoscience, prayer books, and Lives of the 12 Caesars.

@cosmicdreadful @abdrix1o Wonder how diffs eve in commonality works And how many ppl actually read them zd

in poland they sell thus spoke zarathustra in supermarkets