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Not only does the senator identify himself but it’s pretty incredible to think that ‘we didn’t recognise a sitting US senator for the state that we are visiting’ is somehow a reasonable defence

submitted 8 hours ago • 3 comments

obviously am no design expert but if, say, I were to open a hotel in Budapest, I don't know that I would go for a two-tone design, when it comes to the name of the city

submitted 7 hours ago • 5 comments

been in Budapest for just over 24 hours and done four interviews with various Hungarians and I would say that my main achievement so far is that I think I can now just about pronounce "Magyar Péter" in a way that no longer makes people physically wince

submitted 8 hours ago • 13 comments

@radiobeartime.com saw one of your compatriots in Buda

submitted 10 hours ago • 2 comments

complicated national identity status confirmed by the fact that I walked past a French restaurant in Budapest and reacted by thinking OI OI

submitted 11 hours ago • 0 comments

interviewed a bunch of people and so now I have a bunch of interviews to transcribe

submitted 14 hours ago • 1 comment

can only speak for myself but it's v striking how much I've mostly stopped consuming media online, phone/laptop are for social media and work but books/cinema/etc overwhelmingly happen offline for me now, only way not to get overwhelmed/still feel like you have some quality control

submitted 15 hours ago • 11 comments

"Barbara Santini is a psychologist who has been quoted hundreds of times in news publications around the world - including the Telegraph, BBC and Independent - and who, I can now state with certainty, does not exist." pressgazette.co.uk/news/fake-ex...

submitted 1 day ago • 8 comments

every fiber of my being, every sinew, every inch of my brain wants "thank you" in Hungary to be "danke", and yet, and yet

submitted 15 hours ago • 2 comments

Hungarians strike me as a quite no-nonsense people, which is unfortunate for me, a medium nonsense person

submitted 16 hours ago • 6 comments

a hearty thank you and lmao to everyone who recommended me the thermal baths in Budapest I went in, had what I thought was a series of pleasant sits in several of the baths, went out for a break and a vape and realised I'd been there for: 14 minutes ✨ hyperactivity ✨

submitted 18 hours ago • 27 comments

oh my *god* how did I not know this, jesus christ

submitted 1 day ago • 2 comments

an update from my (genuinely, somehow) serious reporting trip in Budapest:

submitted 1 day ago • 2 comments

man sat next to me on the flight spent some time cracking each individual finger of his girlfriend's hand inches away from me, always exciting to experience new, innovative ways in which people can be awful

submitted 1 day ago • 34 comments

You know, maybe picking a fight with the city where all the celebrities live so they can be left alone was a bad idea

submitted 1 day ago • 3 comments

hey, so someone's trying micropayments. i used it to read an article in the new creem for $0.50. so we'll see? www.supertab.co

submitted 1 day ago • 5 comments

Good. The use of hotels was a) designed to immiserate the people in them to avoid a 'pull factor' (didn't work) and b) has been very bad for the towns in them. Now need to end the ban on people working while they claim asylum.

submitted 1 day ago • 18 comments

launching the concept of having a single espresso followed by a can of diet coke, the elegant daytime equivalent of ordering a shot and a beer

submitted 1 day ago • 7 comments

The Chancellor, in the spending review speech, choosing to attack Reform (currently on five MPs) and its leader is something isn't it

submitted 1 day ago • 11 comments

See it (a horse) Say it ("horse!") Sorted (everyone else now has the opportunity to behold the horse)

submitted 1 day ago • 17 comments