Juraj Medzihorsky
Assistant Professor in Social Data Science at Durham U · Project Manager at V-Dem · Previously at LSE Methodology and U of Gothenburg · CEU PhD
- In 1944, Eduard Beneš, as Czechoslovakia's president in exile, stated his readiness to expel minorities … in the American Journal of Sociology, of all places. The expulsion soon came to define his legacy. The Position of the Small Nation in Post-War Europe. AJS, 49(5), 390-396.
- Mr Beneš's AJS article has four cites on GS to date. www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/abs/10.1...
- Potlatch capex - a business ("chief") performing conspicuous capex without clear prospects of profitability, to signal power in order to retain and attract investors ("followers") and the valuation ("status") they confer. Capex potlatch - businesses ("chiefs") competing in potlatch capex
- Inspired by @edzitron.com's reporting at Better Offline
- MŠK Žilina - Liverpool FC UEFA Youth League tie in Žilina, Slovakia yesterday. From MŠK Žilina's official FB profile. MŠK Žilina won 2:1 and advanced into the next round.
- "Capex potlatch" and "potlatch capex" got no mentions yet, somehow.
- Před 50 lety Jazz Q Martina Kratochvíla nahrávalo Elegii. "Nahráno 2. — 12. února a 11. března 1976 v pražském studiu Supraphonu v Dejvicích" archive.org/details/jazz...
- Slovakia makes (I suspect a rare) appearance in the Dutch coalition agreement: "… a tough approach toward countries that actively undermine Europe, such as Hungary and Slovakia, by […] the simplification of the Article 7 procedure so that the voting rights of countries can be stripped more easily."
- An "Eastern European" classic makes an appearance. Via Mihai Lukács (FB)
- Talk of academics who join the groups they are studying brings back this 2010s case.
- Slovakia's most creative marginal party leader and fraudster, Mikuláš Vareha (1962-2026), passed away. With his drive and creativity, he could have been a leading artist. His enterprises, fraudulent and legitimate, echo works by Keifer, Cattelan, or Basquiat, among others. 1/
- Zomrel „kráľ Zemplína“ Mikuláš Vareha, informuje TV Joj. Podľa televízie ho záchranári resuscitovali v obci Malý Kamanec, no kontroverzný podnikateľ zomrel počas prevozu do nemocnice. dennikn.sk/minuta/5111379/
- Mr Vareha built complexes of wooden buildings surrounded by vineyards and orchards -- populated by ostriches, with plans to add elephants -- and neatly arranged collections of rusting trucks and assorted equipment. Mr Vareha has likely never heard of Anselm Kiefer's studio-estate in Barjac. 2/
- The tax fraud that led to Mr Vareha serving a prison term is too imaginative and playful to adequately convey here. 3/
- Mr Vareha tried his hand at politics at various times. Prior to imprisonment, he attempted to launch a party named "Agent 007 - Social Democracy". His last major public performance was as the leader of PRINCÍP in the '23 elections [pictured]. It won 1,817 votes (0.06%). 4/
- The Nibbles* plot updated Conservative vs Reform Labour vs Reform Labour vs Green ___ * Yes, the QBasic one.
