Hackers' Pub

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William Lindsey @wdlindsy@toad.social

2/15/2026, 9:05:59 PM

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I think about all of this and remember a conversation we had in April 2008 with the owner of the b and b at which we stayed in Prague, the Velké Boty, owned by an interesting couple, Jan and Charlotta. Charlotta played a leading role in helping translate the post-Soviet Czech constitution into English.

The conversation I'm remembering was about what the Nazi era and WWII and its aftermath did to Prague.
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#Trump #MAGA #EthnicCleansing #immigrants #diversity #culture
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A red angel for Valentine's day, with heart-shaped glasses

Bright paper flowers, calla lilies, on a restaurant table

William Lindsey @wdlindsy@toad.social

2/15/2026, 9:06:38 PM

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Jan told us that prior to those years, Prague was about equally divided between Czechs, Jews, and Germans, three ancient cultures that had lived side by side in that area for millennia.

Then that all ended catastrophically, with the mass murder of the Jewish population by the Nazis, followed by the Czechs' expulsion of the Germans (for their collaboration with the Nazis) after the war.

#Trump #MAGA #EthnicCleansing #immigrants #diversity #culture
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