# ![@Arnold_Platon Avatar](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:26/cr:twitter::800277926348324864.png) @Arnold_Platon Arnold Platon

Arnold Platon posts on X about romania, platon, hungary, countries the most. They currently have [-----] followers and [---] posts still getting attention that total [---] engagements in the last [--] hours.

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### Social Influence

**Social category influence**
[cryptocurrencies](/list/cryptocurrencies)  98.66% [countries](/list/countries)  25.5% [travel destinations](/list/travel-destinations)  6.04% [finance](/list/finance)  3.36% [social networks](/list/social-networks)  2.01% [technology brands](/list/technology-brands)  2.01% [automotive brands](/list/automotive-brands)  2.01% [musicians](/list/musicians)  0.67% [celebrities](/list/celebrities)  0.67% [agencies](/list/agencies)  0.67%

**Social topic influence**
[romania](/topic/romania) #926, [platon](/topic/platon) #15, [hungary](/topic/hungary) 6.04%, [countries](/topic/countries) 2.01%, [in the](/topic/in-the) 2.01%, [russia](/topic/russia) 2.01%, [germany](/topic/germany) 2.01%, [the most](/topic/the-most) 1.34%, [france](/topic/france) 1.34%, [poland](/topic/poland) 1.34%

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**Top assets mentioned**
[PlatON (LAT)](/topic/platon)
### Top Social Posts
Top posts by engagements in the last [--] hours

"There have been various things happening in south-eastern Romania with regards to the war in Ukraine. Especially related to railways and ports mostly for the export of grain. A mildly chaotic slow moving thread🧵 bringing various info together. 1/"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1545690584228175874)  2022-07-09T08:45Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"@salingergregor Amateurs"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1934901193559416878)  2025-06-17T09:09Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"@nik0p0l5 These [--] should meet https://x.com/oloxoy1/status/1984956040358838537t=yBsvSpBjsCYmjcTZuO82cw&s=19 I am a Roman Western Roman Empire destroyed by barbarians. Eastern (Constantinople) taken by Turks. Only Northern Rome leftMoscow Rome revived as Russian Empire. And I a Yakut am part of this great Roman world https://t.co/zJFIrWzoCy https://x.com/oloxoy1/status/1984956040358838537t=yBsvSpBjsCYmjcTZuO82cw&s=19 I am a Roman Western Roman Empire destroyed by barbarians. Eastern (Constantinople) taken by Turks. Only Northern Rome leftMoscow Rome revived as Russian Empire. And I a Yakut am"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Arnold_Platon/status/2021614623712030977)  2026-02-11T15:57Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"The most viscerally evil thing in 90's Yugoslav especially Bosnian war stories is always people who tell stories of how their (until then friendly) next door neighbours their classmates their teachers just turned on them from one day to another when given the power. https://t.co/is0a9O6ee0 https://t.co/is0a9O6ee0"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Arnold_Platon/status/2015729397014159756)  2026-01-26T10:11Z [----] followers, 680.9K engagements


"Began the meme wars have. German Government just posted this video on TikTok with the caption "Europe. For sure." https://t.co/okdhuGj1uV German Government just posted this video on TikTok with the caption "Europe. For sure." https://t.co/okdhuGj1uV"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Arnold_Platon/status/2016976624952934519)  2026-01-29T20:47Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"@Miyhnea @toozewhatnot Yes I am Iorgu Vasilache proud Moldovan townsman. The Greek landowner Yorgos Vasilakis Never heard of him"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Arnold_Platon/status/2017954525269639461)  2026-02-01T13:33Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"That strategically placed 📍 marker  https://t.co/ZJmAKKqE8F  https://t.co/ZJmAKKqE8F"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Arnold_Platon/status/2017992781000483290)  2026-02-01T16:05Z [----] followers, 1M engagements


"@Mp97440 Les olives 🫒"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Arnold_Platon/status/2018401239893971416)  2026-02-02T19:08Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"This is about half the reason why people love "French cuisine" 😈 @elaifresh Bingo. Whenever I cook for guests theyre like omg this is amazing and the secret is I just fed you 4000kcal of butter @elaifresh Bingo. Whenever I cook for guests theyre like omg this is amazing and the secret is I just fed you 4000kcal of butter"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Arnold_Platon/status/2018761369865372069)  2026-02-03T18:59Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"@thebeekeeperfox Elvis si Tupac traiesc"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Arnold_Platon/status/2018784552400158834)  2026-02-03T20:31Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"@UpdatingOnRome https://x.com/Arnold_Platon/status/2019400768785375661t=ydSokaVSXjEPQakWkQIrkg&s=19 @SocialNomadRach "The Union of the Principalities*" by Theodor Aman [----] * i.e. Wallachia and Moldavia https://t.co/daKSjkjHgI https://x.com/Arnold_Platon/status/2019400768785375661t=ydSokaVSXjEPQakWkQIrkg&s=19 @SocialNomadRach "The Union of the Principalities*" by Theodor Aman [----] * i.e. Wallachia and Moldavia https://t.co/daKSjkjHgI"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Arnold_Platon/status/2019400969432494286)  2026-02-05T13:21Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"@DanielKorski Kids will enjoy this part of the class too: https://x.com/TomRoseIndy/status/2019508942385344784t=cSRisouaLZOJk3EuSjCOsA&s=19 https://x.com/TomRoseIndy/status/2019508942385344784t=cSRisouaLZOJk3EuSjCOsA&s=19"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Arnold_Platon/status/2019555343857250806)  2026-02-05T23:34Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"@BohunkSupremacy UK spelling is used because while both countries had a lot of prestige until recently the UK is where the language comes from (that matters) plus it's in Europe (i.e. in our area)"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Arnold_Platon/status/2020190920176726410)  2026-02-07T17:40Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"@Zapotec_Shaman How much of this is just selection for social class I know there was a tendency in Latin America to have a Native=Low Mixed=Mid Euro=Upper stratification though don't know to what extent that is the case in Mexico too"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Arnold_Platon/status/2020232859769045472)  2026-02-07T20:27Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"Corsica 🤝 Sardinia Island fertility is 3/4 of the national fertility rate. ( [---] vs [---] / [---] vs 110) Fertility rates by departement in Metropolitan France (France without overseas departements). In general fertility is high in the suburbs of Paris central northern France and along the Rhone valley. Corsica boasts the lowest TFRs followed by the Southwest and Northeast https://t.co/Fl3Y6x2SbA Fertility rates by departement in Metropolitan France (France without overseas departements). In general fertility is high in the suburbs of Paris central northern France and along the Rhone valley."  
[X Link](https://x.com/Arnold_Platon/status/2020414831028052204)  2026-02-08T08:30Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"Romanian word of the day: "curluntrism" - fence-sitting from "cur" (ass) + "luntre" (small boat) + "-ism" suffix From the expression "a fi cu curu'-n dou luntri" (lit. 'to be with your ass in two boats' to sit on the fence to be undecided & try to avoid taking a position) Am primit invitaia de a participa la prima reuniune a Consiliului de Pace care va avea loc la Washington n data de [--] februarie. Aa cum am mai spus-o Romnia salut eforturile Administraiei SUA de promovare a pcii. De la primirea invitaiei de a ne altura Consiliului Am primit invitaia de a participa la prima reuniune a"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Arnold_Platon/status/2020474121461571904)  2026-02-08T12:25Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"@SorinMelenciuc @patrasconiu Data trecut maghiarii din vecini (nu e defalcat pe ri dar Romnia are cea mai mare trana) au reprezentat un pic sub 47% din totalul voturilor pe list ceea ce la un calcul rapid ar nsemna [--] parlamentari. https://x.com/Arnold_Platon/status/1922387287037337716t=8TSDTBk7Nnz942_yRlC3eA&s=19 Just to put some numbers out: In [----] [---] million voters cast their vote. Out of those [---] thousand voted by mail (option reserved for those who live in neighbouring countries & never had a address). That's just short of 5% of votes cast. Of those 94% (251 k) voted FIDESz"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Arnold_Platon/status/2020611117446516801)  2026-02-08T21:30Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"@SorinMelenciuc @patrasconiu In ce sens "corect""  
[X Link](https://x.com/Arnold_Platon/status/2020747011440390236)  2026-02-09T06:30Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"@VGersht @The_Davos_Man Central Europe had Tatar raids for centuries after that. The last Tatar raid into Moldavia was in january-february 1770"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Arnold_Platon/status/2020749678732550289)  2026-02-09T06:40Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"While most names nowadays aren't translated Hungarians stil call the French author Jules Verne "Verne Gyula" with the Verne pronounced like in Italian (both "e" pronounced the same way) instead of the French "Vern" 🤭 Love walking round my Italian city and seeing streets named Via Carlo Marx Via Guglielmo Shakespeare Via Giorgio Byron. I once had an interview with a company on Via Abramo Lincoln Love walking round my Italian city and seeing streets named Via Carlo Marx Via Guglielmo Shakespeare Via Giorgio Byron. I once had an interview with a company on Via Abramo Lincoln"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Arnold_Platon/status/2020751532111630804)  2026-02-09T06:48Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"@SorinMelenciuc @patrasconiu Dar in general numrtoarea a fost corect ns nu tiu dac i acum va fi. E posibil ca n disperare s treac i la mijloace de furt mai rudimentare. Nu tiu"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Arnold_Platon/status/2020810061048680899)  2026-02-09T10:40Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"@shervetsel Raiffeisen"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Arnold_Platon/status/2020812545972400186)  2026-02-09T10:50Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"As I was saying. Prayer for Ilie Bolojan with the PM on stage at Oradea's Sperana Baptist Church: "Lord please grant him the wisdom that comes from above" https://m.ebihoreanul.ro/stiri/rugaciune-pentru-ilie-bolojan-cu-premierul-pe-scena-la-biserica-baptista-speranta-oradea-doamne-te-rog-sa-pui-peste-dansul-intelepciunea-care-vine-de-sus-198941.html @Miyhnea Thank god foreign policy is in the president's purview. PM Bolojan is close to Oradea's evangelical circles and those people are so American-GOP-brained it's not even funny."  
[X Link](https://x.com/Arnold_Platon/status/2020841628353614085)  2026-02-09T12:46Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"Yeah. A few months ago the heating in most Hungarian hospitals broke down. A father with a hospitalised child posted a complaint on facebook that went viral. And the Hungarian government healthcare secretary then sent him threatening messages. That's Hungarian politics these days https://t.co/Lfr2zdx5Xx Yeah. A few months ago the heating in most Hungarian hospitals broke down. A father with a hospitalised child posted a complaint on facebook that went viral. And the Hungarian government healthcare secretary then sent him threatening messages. That's Hungarian politics these days"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Arnold_Platon/status/2020842731866865715)  2026-02-09T12:50Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"Another reason Russia must be utterly curbstomped. Russia is prosecuting journalists as terrorists to erase them from prisoner swaps. By reclassifying Ukrainian media workers as terrorists Moscow locks them out of exchanges hides them from public view and sentences them to decades in prison. 3/ Russia is prosecuting journalists as terrorists to erase them from prisoner swaps. By reclassifying Ukrainian media workers as terrorists Moscow locks them out of exchanges hides them from public view and sentences them to decades in prison. 3/"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Arnold_Platon/status/2020847958879514710)  2026-02-09T13:11Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"@Miyhnea It is truly a surreal experience driving down the A7 highway and suddenly you see this alien world you knew nothing about"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Arnold_Platon/status/2018728576518963479)  2026-02-03T16:49Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"@Valen10Francois I can hear that "Dsol c'est pas possible""  
[X Link](https://x.com/Arnold_Platon/status/2019002558484750702)  2026-02-04T10:58Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"@ASPertierra Orbanisation"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Arnold_Platon/status/2019147325545844867)  2026-02-04T20:33Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


""Europa Regina" by Sebastian Mnster Basel [----] https://t.co/NkttBkX40R https://t.co/NkttBkX40R"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Arnold_Platon/status/2019402530225287520)  2026-02-05T13:27Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"Agree 100% I never imagined I'd say this. But the American ambassador should be made persona non grata and kicked out of Poland by the Polish government. Last tweet should be the end of his barely started term in Warsaw. If we want to be sovereign this is the time. That's my opinion. I never imagined I'd say this. But the American ambassador should be made persona non grata and kicked out of Poland by the Polish government. Last tweet should be the end of his barely started term in Warsaw. If we want to be sovereign this is the time. That's my opinion"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Arnold_Platon/status/2019473428261015863)  2026-02-05T18:09Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"@Al_Stoyanov For those confused by what this is a video explaining it: https://x.com/CedrusK/status/1618293878875951124t=hQEeKwd7Nomjh0C3EVWjrw&s=19 Self-reciprocal kinship or how family members sometimes call each other in different cultures. #culturaldifferences #ethnography #linguistics https://t.co/Av1eMSWPcI https://x.com/CedrusK/status/1618293878875951124t=hQEeKwd7Nomjh0C3EVWjrw&s=19 Self-reciprocal kinship or how family members sometimes call each other in different cultures. #culturaldifferences #ethnography #linguistics https://t.co/Av1eMSWPcI"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Arnold_Platon/status/2019846133225517186)  2026-02-06T18:50Z [----] followers, 17.2K engagements


"@hurryupmode_ @OregonMapGuy John Herdsman"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Arnold_Platon/status/2020011814873124886)  2026-02-07T05:48Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"@realnurtay @OregonMapGuy Yes"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Arnold_Platon/status/2020011977490461039)  2026-02-07T05:49Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"@justincbzz @the_ason Wait the US has the same average HDI as Bucales. Wow 😐"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Arnold_Platon/status/2020485666157547868)  2026-02-08T13:11Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"@punicist Hanibal was invasionmaxxing with a side of pachyderm aura-farming"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Arnold_Platon/status/2021346285291499602)  2026-02-10T22:11Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"Fidesz operatives explaining to Orbn their ideea of how to discredit Pter Magyar. by far the most desperate thing Orban has so far done. "Join me in watching my opponent have sex" https://t.co/BCZpEkDBnx by far the most desperate thing Orban has so far done. "Join me in watching my opponent have sex" https://t.co/BCZpEkDBnx"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Arnold_Platon/status/2021617647025074190)  2026-02-11T16:09Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"@turan_explorer Horni Rendrsg 🤭"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Arnold_Platon/status/2021672480713453781)  2026-02-11T19:47Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"Excellent balanced article on Romania's energy transition since the fall of communism in the @guardian by @NiranjanAjit The trend is irreversible: has Romania shattered the link between economic growth and high emissions https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/feb/11/is-romania-blueprint-economic-growth-low-emissions https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/feb/11/is-romania-blueprint-economic-growth-low-emissions"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Arnold_Platon/status/2021858792032374802)  2026-02-12T08:07Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"@Microinteracti1 There's also a mine in Wales. Great article on the geology of it https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-quirky-geology-behind-olympic-curling-stones/ https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-quirky-geology-behind-olympic-curling-stones/"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Arnold_Platon/status/2021872459331293268)  2026-02-12T09:02Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"@SocialNomadRach "The Union of the Principalities*" by Theodor Aman [----] * i.e. Wallachia and Moldavia"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Arnold_Platon/status/2019400768785375661)  2026-02-05T13:20Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"Excellent 😅 @BirthGauge They issue visas to third-country nationals who then work in another EU country while paying social security contributions in Romania. In Slovenia [--] Nepali nationals were caught last week using A1 forms from Romania. @BirthGauge They issue visas to third-country nationals who then work in another EU country while paying social security contributions in Romania. In Slovenia [--] Nepali nationals were caught last week using A1 forms from Romania"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Arnold_Platon/status/2020417430611529767)  2026-02-08T08:40Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"@The_Davos_Man Actually European integration defused a lot of tensions between Hungary and its neighbours to the extent that Orban can say whatever at Tusvnyos in Transylvania and Romanians generally don't give a f. All the Greater Hungary stuff is now seen as "virtue signaling" more than"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Arnold_Platon/status/2020806945188245988)  2026-02-09T10:28Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"@The_Davos_Man .any kind of policy of irredentism. The HU/RO relations are incomparably better than anything we had in the 90s and even the 00s. I see it more as a stalled process during Orban than actually degrading with many smaller actors actually doing the work Budapest isn't doing"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Arnold_Platon/status/2020807517287166217)  2026-02-09T10:30Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"@Miyhnea @SorinMelenciuc Mai trebe tras un pic. 🧐"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Arnold_Platon/status/2021534145198067744)  2026-02-11T10:37Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"@Miyhnea @SorinMelenciuc"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Arnold_Platon/status/2021535430039286118)  2026-02-11T10:42Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"@JuanBuann @The_Davos_Man @Muninnreserve Reminds me of this scene about Kennedy (turn on subtitles) https://youtu.be/gczkM8cL2hssi=pbXq9IEOhfNABYnR https://youtu.be/gczkM8cL2hssi=pbXq9IEOhfNABYnR"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Arnold_Platon/status/2021613773413368289)  2026-02-11T15:54Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"@Ilovecandies92 @The_Davos_Man Do we know (yet) when the tape was made How long ago"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Arnold_Platon/status/2021618247645180142)  2026-02-11T16:12Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"I love that this "upgrade" did nothing to the 12m (40ft) wide street (that width is just the bit for the cars). The waste of space is just mind-boggling. You could easily add more trees and even bike lanes on every one of these streets. @aakashgupta imagine if all people did was to plant some flowers and paint their homes white/blue. that's all.and the city invested in some better side walks. There's NO reason for that ugliness when paying tens of thousands of tax dollars and $1.6M home prices https://t.co/N6ZHfjBeXz @aakashgupta imagine if all people did was to plant some flowers and paint"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Arnold_Platon/status/2021869448919957942)  2026-02-12T08:50Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"@wagarrwal @avzaagzonunaada @m_yosafzai Cool. So etymologically related to Margaret https://www.behindthename.com/name/margaret https://www.behindthename.com/name/margaret"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Arnold_Platon/status/2022220863555391906)  2026-02-13T08:06Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"@AlisonFisk I bought a copy set (middle size) of pieces this summer from the museum shop this summer. They are marvelous. Also thoroughly enjoyed this short but informative book on them"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Arnold_Platon/status/1967638376959578246)  2025-09-15T17:15Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"@WarrenPlatts @AlisonFisk There are [--] sizes available at the museum shop at the National Museum in Edimburgh. You should see if they ship online. We bought the medium size on site (without the board though just the pieces)"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Arnold_Platon/status/1967639060203417607)  2025-09-15T17:18Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"@WarrenPlatts @AlisonFisk Edinburgh seems to not have an online shop but the British Museum does https://www.britishmuseumshoponline.org/inspired-by/lewis-chessmen-collection.html https://www.britishmuseumshoponline.org/inspired-by/lewis-chessmen-collection.html"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Arnold_Platon/status/1967642694093791514)  2025-09-15T17:32Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"@BastonMihaita @Miyhnea Tbh even communism was somewhat less of an occupation than we like to pretend. It was at first but after [----] we had no Russian troops compared to other brotherly nations"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Arnold_Platon/status/1967879050015457390)  2025-09-16T09:11Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"Also from Kiribati: coconut fiber armor and shark teeth weapons In the 19th century the warriors of Kiribati wore a striking form of headgear known as te barantauti helmets crafted from the dried skins of porcupinefish. This piece is not part of the museums collection but it's certainly very interesting. https://t.co/EjTFEDNB7d In the 19th century the warriors of Kiribati wore a striking form of headgear known as te barantauti helmets crafted from the dried skins of porcupinefish. This piece is not part of the museums collection but it's certainly very interesting. https://t.co/EjTFEDNB7d"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Arnold_Platon/status/1967928678702256567)  2025-09-16T12:28Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"@redbeard_ice @jonwithno_h @kamilkazani It's about Poland too. Read the paper. https://x.com/Cerberus1848/status/1967926936627450355t=dJLbL2k6TWbOXdCrtKxQWA&s=19 @kamilkazani . Our data demonstrate large-scale population movement from Eastern Europe during the sixth to eighth centuries replacing more than 80% of the local gene pool in Eastern Germany Poland and Croatia. . https://t.co/9glDv0lokT https://x.com/Cerberus1848/status/1967926936627450355t=dJLbL2k6TWbOXdCrtKxQWA&s=19 @kamilkazani . Our data demonstrate large-scale population movement from Eastern Europe during the sixth to eighth"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Arnold_Platon/status/1968070743104819644)  2025-09-16T21:53Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"@ASPertierra Romania sold Germans to West Germany and Jews to Israel. Half of the German minority in Romania left in this way pre-89. (The other half as soon as communism fell) Jewish permission to emigrate to Israel was also facilitated via foreign curency"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Arnold_Platon/status/1968274475998433379)  2025-09-17T11:22Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"@ASPertierra Some links: Germans: Jews: https://news.google.com/newspapersnid=1346&dat=19911024&id=Q4UwAAAAIBAJ&pg=49501122723 https://forward.com/culture/2923/the-cold-war-e2-80-99s-strangest-bedfellows-how-romania/ https://www.dw.com/en/play-explores-dark-chapter-of-germanromanian-history/a-69388728 https://news.google.com/newspapersnid=1346&dat=19911024&id=Q4UwAAAAIBAJ&pg=49501122723 https://forward.com/culture/2923/the-cold-war-e2-80-99s-strangest-bedfellows-how-romania/ https://www.dw.com/en/play-explores-dark-chapter-of-germanromanian-history/a-69388728"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Arnold_Platon/status/1968275389228482917)  2025-09-17T11:26Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"@SpicyGaullism @ASPertierra Commie Romania too and not just with the German minority. https://x.com/Arnold_Platon/status/1968274475998433379t=E1PqAGw21wheA2PqJVhOcw&s=19 @ASPertierra Romania sold Germans to West Germany and Jews to Israel. Half of the German minority in Romania left in this way pre-89. (The other half as soon as communism fell) Jewish permission to emigrate to Israel was also facilitated via foreign curency. https://x.com/Arnold_Platon/status/1968274475998433379t=E1PqAGw21wheA2PqJVhOcw&s=19 @ASPertierra Romania sold Germans to West Germany and Jews to Israel. Half of the"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Arnold_Platon/status/1968277791016878272)  2025-09-17T11:36Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"@SwissSebastian Late Chinese president Jiang Zemin spoke Romanian as does most likely the PM of Vietnam Phm Minh Chnh https://x.com/Arnold_Platon/status/1597991796654514178t=k_rMc-JXSvIBhSi1HNmI-g&s=19 And a lesser known fact: he could speak Romanian. As an engineer he spent a few months in [----] in Cmpulung-Muscel where he supervised the installation of heavy Chinese machinery at a Romanian plant. https://x.com/Arnold_Platon/status/1597991796654514178t=k_rMc-JXSvIBhSi1HNmI-g&s=19 And a lesser known fact: he could speak Romanian. As an engineer he spent a few months in [----] in Cmpulung-Muscel"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Arnold_Platon/status/1968368904742535504)  2025-09-17T17:38Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"@BogdanMateescu3 Big Bad Magic Eagle https://ro.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turul https://ro.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turul"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Arnold_Platon/status/1968425430894903359)  2025-09-17T21:22Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"Sailboat activity in Marseille with coworkers for team-building purposes Chat with skipper Tell him I'm Romanian "It's horrible what they did cancelling the election" "The EU making you do that." mfw"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Arnold_Platon/status/1969082342246318262)  2025-09-19T16:53Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"@texasgermanbre Some are Cambodian (Radio Genoa)"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Arnold_Platon/status/1969637295440740806)  2025-09-21T05:38Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"@turan_explorer A great feature exported to neighbours as well. (I wonder when this appeared.) https://x.com/Arnold_Platon/status/1696127862665888078t=K7kh8XcmbqPer7FY3LTNpA&s=19 It's used especially in Western dialects of Romanian (spelled "ceau") but one interesting feature (at least in my native city of Oradea) is that it has a plural form a feature borrowed by analogy with Hungarian "szervusz(tok)": "ceau" - for [--] person "ceaustoc" - for a group https://x.com/Arnold_Platon/status/1696127862665888078t=K7kh8XcmbqPer7FY3LTNpA&s=19 It's used especially in Western dialects of Romanian (spelled"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Arnold_Platon/status/1970078240246206609)  2025-09-22T10:50Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"Jesus Christ never mind France's spending by student look at Romania 😱 Alors que nous devons diminuer nos dpenses publiques je vous prierais de bien vouloir regarder ce graphique. 🙏 @libe https://t.co/2b2nzsQnb2 Alors que nous devons diminuer nos dpenses publiques je vous prierais de bien vouloir regarder ce graphique. 🙏 @libe https://t.co/2b2nzsQnb2"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Arnold_Platon/status/1970424511385477445)  2025-09-23T09:46Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"Belief in reincarnation: Romanians: 24% (2013 & [----] IRES) French people: 32% (2023 IFOP) Britons: 16% (2021 YouGov) Italians: 17% of believers (2012 Univ. Cattolica) Also found this PEW research from [----]. Seems this belief might fluctuate a bit"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Arnold_Platon/status/1970468635199275174)  2025-09-23T12:41Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"@Irminsul1337 @nrken19 It also reminds me of the Visigothiceagle-shaped fibulae (6th c.) found atTierra de Barros Spain made of sheet gold over bronzedisplayed at the Walters Art Museum Baltimore"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Arnold_Platon/status/1970532313894408317)  2025-09-23T16:54Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"Love the Ukrainian branch of 🚫 "Just Stop Oil" 🛢. Very effective. (Reuters) - The attacks have reduced Russian oil refining by almost a fifth on certain days and cut exports from key ports. Russia is seeing shortages of certain fuel grades such as Ai [--] and Ai [--]. Private petrol stations are suffering the most and are forced to close due to https://t.co/9kkjNXuVlv (Reuters) - The attacks have reduced Russian oil refining by almost a fifth on certain days and cut exports from key ports. Russia is seeing shortages of certain fuel grades such as Ai [--] and Ai [--]. Private petrol stations are"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Arnold_Platon/status/1970543712515100910)  2025-09-23T17:40Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"Portuguese written in Arabic letters in [----] by a Muslim Berber allied with Christian Portugal 📜 Cette lettre de [----] est crite en aljamiado : une langue romane (portugais ici) transcrite en caractres arabes. L'auteur un berbre alli au Portugal se plaint : "les musulmans disent que je suis un chrtien les chrtiens disent que je suis un musulman " https://t.co/3cLlMRyV57 Cette lettre de [----] est crite en aljamiado : une langue romane (portugais ici) transcrite en caractres arabes. L'auteur un berbre alli au Portugal se plaint : "les musulmans disent que je suis un chrtien les chrtiens disent"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Arnold_Platon/status/1970750364438999200)  2025-09-24T07:21Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"More and more Hungarian citizens are looking for work in Bihor county (Western Romania) taking advantage of Romania's accession to Schengen rising wages and the lack of jobs in the border towns. A thread 1/🧵"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Arnold_Platon/status/1970821267071889854)  2025-09-24T12:03Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"Over [---] commuters come to work in Oradea every day attracted by the industrial parks competitive after the minimum wage increase to [----] lei (780) just [--] min. commute the possibility of using Hungarian freely but also the lower prices in supermarkets & markets 2/"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Arnold_Platon/status/1970822579540959340)  2025-09-24T12:08Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"After [----] with the opening of the borders many (often ethnic Hungarians) from Bihor began to go to Hungary to study or to work for higher salaries Adrian worked for [--] years in Hungary for a construction company in Szolnok until the '00s Late '90s min. wage was 3x 's 3/"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Arnold_Platon/status/1970824548447871440)  2025-09-24T12:16Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"In mid-2000s when property prices exploded people bought houses just across the border at most [--] km away. Unlike western the border area with was poorer and older so housing was cheap You could sell a apartment for 50k and buy a house for 15k even. 4/"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Arnold_Platon/status/1970826411876467055)  2025-09-24T12:23Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"Officially no one knows today how many employees commute on both sides of the border. However there are somewhere in a thousand Romanians who go to to work. Salaries in Hungary are lower for unskilled jobs but higher for those with higher ed. 5/"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Arnold_Platon/status/1970827762375299493)  2025-09-24T12:28Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"With 's accession to Schengen and the end of border controls more and more Hungarians from border towns are choosing for the first time to work in Oradea. "In the town I come from there is no work" says Andrea Kozma (📷) who commutes from with several colleagues /6"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Arnold_Platon/status/1970829727507116245)  2025-09-24T12:36Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"Each morning she leaves Biharkeresztes with her family. Her husband works at a metalworks company in Oradea and the children go to the Szacsvay Imre school where teaching is done in Hungarian. Last year we'd spend 2-3 hours at the botder. Now we get there in [--] minutes 7/"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Arnold_Platon/status/1970832525372326222)  2025-09-24T12:47Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"Employees integrate easily: At first I was afraid because I dont know the Romanian. I didnt know how I'd cope but the company helped me with all the papers my colleagues explained to me (in Hungarian) what to do and got used to it quickly says Lukts Erika (📷) 7/"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Arnold_Platon/status/1970833399079391320)  2025-09-24T12:51Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"On the way home the Kozma family stops at the hypermarkets in Oradea. It has become their routine as prices are at least 10% lower than in Hungary. Admittedly the increasing inflation in Romania threatens to erase this advantage. /9"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Arnold_Platon/status/1970835815430566137)  2025-09-24T13:00Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


""This is the new normal. There are no more borders. People migrate for better-paid jobs" says Bksi Csaba Bihor Employment Office director. He doesn't expect a massive exodus: Employees will come mainly for manual jobs. For skilled jobs salaries are better in the West /10"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Arnold_Platon/status/1970836512528036154)  2025-09-24T13:03Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"Thread 🧵 source (including some of the photos) is this article by the local journal Bihoreanul https://m.ebihoreanul.ro/stiri/oradea-venim-tot-mai-multi-cetateni-maghiari-isi-cauta-de-lucru-in-bihor-profitand-de-deschiderea-frontierelor-196705.html#img-1 https://m.ebihoreanul.ro/stiri/oradea-venim-tot-mai-multi-cetateni-maghiari-isi-cauta-de-lucru-in-bihor-profitand-de-deschiderea-frontierelor-196705.html#img-1"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Arnold_Platon/status/1970836870792978930)  2025-09-24T13:05Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"For other Schengen accession related phenomenon I did another thread in the summer https://x.com/Arnold_Platon/status/1940494856486637981t=fbPA1EBvAnbBOKC8PYux_g&s=19 Six months have now passed since Romania and Bulgaria have finally joined the Schengen area and border infrastructure between them and the other EU member states has been made obsolete. Here is a thread of what that meant in practice and the changes we've seen 1/🧵 https://t.co/s5IOVhfpTq https://x.com/Arnold_Platon/status/1940494856486637981t=fbPA1EBvAnbBOKC8PYux_g&s=19 Six months have now passed since Romania and Bulgaria have"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Arnold_Platon/status/1970837068730585373)  2025-09-24T13:05Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"Rep. Don Bacon: We have a company that makes combines. They are moving all their manufacturing to Europe because of the tariffs. That's hundreds of jobs right there. The President speaks of trade deals but not a single country has bought more corn or soybeans. Tariffs aren't https://t.co/kPWdBP02bL Rep. Don Bacon: We have a company that makes combines. They are moving all their manufacturing to Europe because of the tariffs. That's hundreds of jobs right there. The President speaks of trade deals but not a single country has bought more corn or soybeans. Tariffs aren't https://t.co/kPWdBP02bL"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Arnold_Platon/status/1970865209112994147)  2025-09-24T14:57Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"@Miyhnea See also tweet above and below this one https://x.com/Arnold_Platon/status/1179636984568074240t=Ayiz4jOsfPYOojl5-3ddJQ&s=19 @DimitarBechev From further up north 🙃: [--] "Gospel of the Dacians or the life of Jesus the great sage of Dacia" [--] "Thracian-Dacian language - basis of Indo-European languages" (❗Aromanian) [--] "The solution to the Sumerian-Hingarian question" [--] "Hungarian Jesus" https://t.co/XNGL3ZbYoj https://x.com/Arnold_Platon/status/1179636984568074240t=Ayiz4jOsfPYOojl5-3ddJQ&s=19 @DimitarBechev From further up north 🙃: [--] "Gospel of the Dacians or the life of Jesus the great"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Arnold_Platon/status/1971212432275312771)  2025-09-25T13:57Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"@Miyhnea "The Pyramid-building-Romanian fighting the Sumerian-Magyar" March [----] colorised"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Arnold_Platon/status/1971213591278960789)  2025-09-25T14:01Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"@WryCritic There was also a myth in 1990's Romania that Roma had eaten the swans in Vienna (and embarrassed the country). Widespread enough that the "Roma King" jokingly threatened that they'll be no swans left in after vetoed 's Schengen accession in [----] https://www.antena3.ro/actualitate/apel-lebede-austria-regele-cioaba-659708.html https://www.antena3.ro/actualitate/apel-lebede-austria-regele-cioaba-659708.html"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Arnold_Platon/status/1971259182964933063)  2025-09-25T17:03Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"Benzina nyet ⛽ The fuel crisis is rapidly spreading to more and more cities and regions across Russia. Every day one can find not just one not a few but dozens of reports that the fuel crisis is spreading or worsening. At many gas stations where fuel is still available gasoline is being https://t.co/PIQhQgssf3 The fuel crisis is rapidly spreading to more and more cities and regions across Russia. Every day one can find not just one not a few but dozens of reports that the fuel crisis is spreading or worsening. At many gas stations where fuel is still available gasoline is being"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Arnold_Platon/status/1971530342424256625)  2025-09-26T11:00Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"Zaharia Cunir Yes 👹 in [----] a film student exploring a rural moldovan village found over [----] soviet-era photographs in the attic of an abandoned house. they were all taken by zaharia cusnir in the 1950s-60s an unknown alcoholic who died forgotten. he captured the life of an entire community: https://t.co/8VgdDKupPT in [----] a film student exploring a rural moldovan village found over [----] soviet-era photographs in the attic of an abandoned house. they were all taken by zaharia cusnir in the 1950s-60s an unknown alcoholic who died forgotten. he captured the life of an entire community:"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Arnold_Platon/status/1971828261169909987)  2025-09-27T06:44Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"If this is true this is above and beyond anything Orbn did up until now and warrants some serious consequences from fellow EU and NATO countries. Hungarian drones guided "Kaliber" missiles to the American "Flex" factory recently destroyed in Mukachevo. Next week evidence will be published and sent to Washington. Orbn get ready. https://t.co/VQ811U6gGN Hungarian drones guided "Kaliber" missiles to the American "Flex" factory recently destroyed in Mukachevo. Next week evidence will be published and sent to Washington. Orbn get ready. https://t.co/VQ811U6gGN"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Arnold_Platon/status/1971978693619995089)  2025-09-27T16:42Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"Man living in the future is wild"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Arnold_Platon/status/1971979926409715735)  2025-09-27T16:47Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"@PicturesUssr Hydra Lenin https://x.com/Arnold_Platon/status/1267916940091305988t=inFXkScsrTcYIFPaaMvP4w&s=19 A somewhat interesting 🧵 by @b_judah on what to do with controversial statues (in his case colonialists). In Bucharest I've always been a huge fan of replacing Lenin's with Costin Ioni's superb (albeit temporary) hydra version not the abomination the eventually chose https://t.co/So5wJYcSnm https://x.com/Arnold_Platon/status/1267916940091305988t=inFXkScsrTcYIFPaaMvP4w&s=19 A somewhat interesting 🧵 by @b_judah on what to do with controversial statues (in his case colonialists). In"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Arnold_Platon/status/1972170123864953098)  2025-09-28T05:22Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"@carolemadge Until Trajan built that bridge 🫡"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Arnold_Platon/status/1972277671720792308)  2025-09-28T12:30Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"@avzaagzonunaada They remind me of Edinburgh"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Arnold_Platon/status/1972401689643909554)  2025-09-28T20:43Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"@avzaagzonunaada Romania has ot in the Danube Delta where reed is abundant but I have no idea how widespread it was outside that area historically. I think most of the country would have had wood or ceramic tiles"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Arnold_Platon/status/1972404913599840413)  2025-09-28T20:55Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"@BastonMihaita Like a drunken master"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Arnold_Platon/status/1972593477767856540)  2025-09-29T09:25Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"@ASPertierra Brittany too https://www.ouest-france.fr/economie/agriculture/agriculture-du-riz-100-breton-dans-les-cotes-d-armor-6465068 https://www.ouest-france.fr/economie/agriculture/agriculture-du-riz-100-breton-dans-les-cotes-d-armor-6465068"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Arnold_Platon/status/1972598405533925719)  2025-09-29T09:44Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"Obscure Romanian word of the day: "steatopigie" - (Med) An excessive fat deposition in the sacro-gluteal region especially for women. From Greek ""(statos) ""(starhard fat suet) + ""(pygtail rump) via French. https://dexonline.ro/definitie/steatopigie/1241966 More detailed images of the Venus of Zuan (Romania). It's a Starevo / Vina culture figurine from perhaps [----] - [----] BC https://t.co/063bTWd0iy https://dexonline.ro/definitie/steatopigie/1241966 More detailed images of the Venus of Zuan (Romania). It's a Starevo / Vina culture figurine from perhaps [----] - [----] BC https://t.co/063bTWd0iy"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Arnold_Platon/status/1972633742662574482)  2025-09-29T12:05Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"@simongerman600 *Taps sign* https://x.com/Arnold_Platon/status/1226178335602020352t=60EIgleBFsXdKECDyTXdNA&s=19 @k8thek8 @pburka @ChynelRose In Romania the standard wish when someone has a child is "May they live" ("S v triasc") and although it's sort of automatic today it does testify to time when infant mortality was waaaay higher. https://x.com/Arnold_Platon/status/1226178335602020352t=60EIgleBFsXdKECDyTXdNA&s=19 @k8thek8 @pburka @ChynelRose In Romania the standard wish when someone has a child is "May they live" ("S v triasc") and although it's sort of automatic today it does testify to"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Arnold_Platon/status/1972638951698727372)  2025-09-29T12:25Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"@BastonMihaita https://x.com/Arnold_Platon/status/1972638235424936102t=Y5zzpcxlCYfscrhnmaSpWQ&s=19 @SlavitescuEuseb This should not be viewed as a statement of fact. It's a statement of "power". He knows he's in the wrong so he plays the arrogant belittling the other side. Orban is best understood when read as a gangster. https://x.com/Arnold_Platon/status/1972638235424936102t=Y5zzpcxlCYfscrhnmaSpWQ&s=19 @SlavitescuEuseb This should not be viewed as a statement of fact. It's a statement of "power". He knows he's in the wrong so he plays the arrogant belittling the other side. Orban is best"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Arnold_Platon/status/1972643625780809748)  2025-09-29T12:44Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"A non-paywalled link to the plan. https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c70155nked7o If Trump can pull this off - even if just remotely - he should get the Nobel Peace Prize. I'm not kidding. It would be an actual way out of this horrible situation with a chance to actually bring stability and a better life for so many people. https://t.co/2wI5ebVupm https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c70155nked7o If Trump can pull this off - even if just remotely - he should get the Nobel Peace Prize. I'm not kidding. It would be an actual way out of this horrible situation with a chance to actually bring"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Arnold_Platon/status/1972954650291884432)  2025-09-30T09:20Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"@shervetsel Prima mea dentista se chema asa"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Arnold_Platon/status/1972955212068663568)  2025-09-30T09:22Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"The winter festivities aren't there to summon monster but to scare them away as darkness descends upon the land 👺. 🎥 alexandran.elena68 (via @Sarahhuniverse ) The problem with evil Halloween decorations is that they are real they summon real monsters they bring forth real beings. Its not a game. Festivities matter. The problem with evil Halloween decorations is that they are real they summon real monsters they bring forth real beings. Its not a game. Festivities matter"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Arnold_Platon/status/1972967008993247566)  2025-09-30T10:09Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"Fun fact: the Sardinian word ("jana") for "fairy" 🧚 comes from the name of the Roman goddess Diana. The same thing happened in a few other Romance languages (Romanian "zn" Aromanian "dzn Asturian "xana" all mean fairy) These are some of the many Neolithic tombs at the Necropolis of Montessu South-western Sardinia. They belong to a late Stone Age tomb group known as Domus de Janas literally translated as house of the fairies. The second tomb has a number of horns carved onto the roof of https://t.co/KrrYExmAzM These are some of the many Neolithic tombs at the Necropolis of Montessu"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Arnold_Platon/status/1972977537690308686)  2025-09-30T10:51Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"@polidemitolog Would be interesting to know how much the AfD gained between the two rounds in each city"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Arnold_Platon/status/1972993707201974500)  2025-09-30T11:55Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"@polidemitolog AfD Round [--] - Round [--] () Duisburg: 197%-212% (+15) Gelsenkirchen: 298%-331% (+33) Hagen: 212%-283% (+71) Dortmund: 146% (3rd place)"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Arnold_Platon/status/1973000488162558431)  2025-09-30T12:22Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"@BastonMihaita Quite better than expected. https://x.com/Arnold_Platon/status/1973000488162558431t=SRBnJFlp1EbgiIQu7pxpLA&s=19 @polidemitolog AfD Round [--] - Round [--] () Duisburg: 197%-212% (+15) Gelsenkirchen: 298%-331% (+33) Hagen: 212%-283% (+71) Dortmund: 146% (3rd place) https://x.com/Arnold_Platon/status/1973000488162558431t=SRBnJFlp1EbgiIQu7pxpLA&s=19 @polidemitolog AfD Round [--] - Round [--] () Duisburg: 197%-212% (+15) Gelsenkirchen: 298%-331% (+33) Hagen: 212%-283% (+71) Dortmund: 146% (3rd place)"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Arnold_Platon/status/1973000907576197331)  2025-09-30T12:24Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"@cobbaltt Seems like . maybe (First commentary) https://uralonet.nytud.hu/eintrag.cgikmelang=hu_HU&locale=en_GB&id_eintrag=1006 https://uralonet.nytud.hu/eintrag.cgikmelang=hu_HU&locale=en_GB&id_eintrag=1006"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Arnold_Platon/status/1973149886595080277)  2025-09-30T22:16Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"@shervetsel Gomboi"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Arnold_Platon/status/1973409796968595536)  2025-10-01T15:28Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"@NOELreports"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Arnold_Platon/status/1973718167827714094)  2025-10-02T11:54Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"Genetic study on Hungarians from Hungary Slovakia Transylvania Szkelys (various groups) Csngos and Danube Swabians. I wonder if I have any close relatives among the [--] Nyradmenti (Niraj Valley 🗺👇) Szkelys featured in this study given it's my maternal side's heritage. Comparative Analysis of the Genetic Composition of Minorities in the Carpathian Basin Through Genome-Wide Autosomal Data https://t.co/Ab8t47e6Qt Comparative Analysis of the Genetic Composition of Minorities in the Carpathian Basin Through Genome-Wide Autosomal Data https://t.co/Ab8t47e6Qt"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Arnold_Platon/status/1973817142694027659)  2025-10-02T18:27Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"So technical/theological question: Would this make it "frozen holy water" or just "blessed ice" because holy water needs to be by definition in liquid state 🤔 .@Pontifex blesses a block of ice at Vatican CLIMATE CHANGE event. https://t.co/gk9J2OVmVf .@Pontifex blesses a block of ice at Vatican CLIMATE CHANGE event. https://t.co/gk9J2OVmVf"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Arnold_Platon/status/1973986392465342835)  2025-10-03T05:40Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"Lol lmao. Cartoonish levels of evil 🎩 🥸 This is so fucking illegal I dont even know where to start. https://t.co/2S3hkD9h8n This is so fucking illegal I dont even know where to start. https://t.co/2S3hkD9h8n"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Arnold_Platon/status/1974048934206095735)  2025-10-03T09:48Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"@polidemitolog @Ania_In_UA Wait really 😅"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Arnold_Platon/status/1974065483021172852)  2025-10-03T10:54Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"The kind of composition one would see in a japanese woodblock print. Like. Robin and hawthorn branch Katsushika Hokusai I don't think many of my followers are seeing my posts anymore. 😔 The algorithm doesn't seem to promote photographers like it used to a few years ago. If you see this tweet of a Robin dropping from a berry laden branch please can you let me know in the comments. 🙏🐦♥ https://t.co/QdG5jk9w2Q I don't think many of my followers are seeing my posts anymore. 😔 The algorithm doesn't seem to promote photographers like it used to a few years ago. If you see this tweet of a Robin"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Arnold_Platon/status/1974130099323875647)  2025-10-03T15:11Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"The Dacia (formerly Pannonia) Hotel was completed in [----] inViennese Secession style by Hungarian architectsZoltn Blint(Bleyer) andLajos Jmbor (Frommer) both of Jewish origin. It won a prize in [----] in Vienna for its beauty. Dacia Hotel in Satu Mare looks stunning after its faade renovation ✨ https://t.co/5BfMj9ORxy Dacia Hotel in Satu Mare looks stunning after its faade renovation ✨ https://t.co/5BfMj9ORxy"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Arnold_Platon/status/1974367548327268601)  2025-10-04T06:54Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"@cart0graf Oh how cool Just a small remark on the legend: I would have clustered all the leftwing legends together as they are all related. Same with the center-right (EPR / LR) ones"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Arnold_Platon/status/1974392331622404151)  2025-10-04T08:33Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"An interesting example of difference in political culture. While most of the world speaks of "turnout" when measuring participation in a vote the French usually talk about the "abstention rate" that is the exact opposite metric. 🗳In a context of high political intensity abstention (31.8%) is rather low for a legislative election in France. Its map reflects a class divide particularly in terms of educational attainment with disadvantaged social housing estates often exceeding 40% or even 50% abstention https://t.co/BW122yl8Hy 🗳In a context of high political intensity abstention (31.8%) is"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Arnold_Platon/status/1974393090678133037)  2025-10-04T08:36Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"@avzaagzonunaada Surely you will like this if you're not already familiar with it"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Arnold_Platon/status/1974397203209941205)  2025-10-04T08:52Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"@shervetsel La Orady n'ar fi neobinuit. Very poc tho"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Arnold_Platon/status/1974401966777475193)  2025-10-04T09:11Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"@shervetsel @necrofilling Neoprotestanii au o tendin de a da nume din Vechiul Testament ce nu sunt folosite la alte culte (Sara Debora Sefora Natanael Beniamin) sau variante mai "ebraice" (Ben-Oni n loc de neaoul Benone)"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Arnold_Platon/status/1974407250275160463)  2025-10-04T09:32Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"@shervetsel Apropo de Serafim un nume similar din familia soiei care mi s-o parut original: Rusalim"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Arnold_Platon/status/1974409383598784751)  2025-10-04T09:40Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"@DrHughT Gestures towards Egyptian art"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Arnold_Platon/status/1974411892023279791)  2025-10-04T09:50Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"@turan_explorer Relevant https://x.com/Arnold_Platon/status/1376654368162856962t=h43x41qsrKbR4WMn5yXpUA&s=19 @TheHungarianFor Best combo: Farkas Piroska. Apparently therr is at least one person whose parents thought that combo is a great idea. https://x.com/Arnold_Platon/status/1376654368162856962t=h43x41qsrKbR4WMn5yXpUA&s=19 @TheHungarianFor Best combo: Farkas Piroska. Apparently therr is at least one person whose parents thought that combo is a great idea"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Arnold_Platon/status/1974566885716074661)  2025-10-04T20:06Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"@TrueSlazac CC @shervetsel your nemesis"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Arnold_Platon/status/1974570524471877790)  2025-10-04T20:21Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"@AnaLaCamarade i rasa secret nr. [--] https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/R%C3%A2ul_Cri%C8%99ul_Pietros https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/R%C3%A2ul_Cri%C8%99ul_Pietros"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Arnold_Platon/status/1974731064175137044)  2025-10-05T06:59Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"Monument to dumbassery The majestic National Cathedral in Bucharest stands tall as a testament to Romanias spiritual heritage blending awe-inspiring architecture with national pride. It will open in [----] marking [---] years of the Patriarchy. https://t.co/fICTNRLBz6 The majestic National Cathedral in Bucharest stands tall as a testament to Romanias spiritual heritage blending awe-inspiring architecture with national pride. It will open in [----] marking [---] years of the Patriarchy. https://t.co/fICTNRLBz6"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Arnold_Platon/status/1974795176846717376)  2025-10-05T11:13Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"Omg why didn't I know about the existence of a Transylvanian embassy in [----] when I visited 😭 Had to check out the ruins of the Embassy of Transylvania in Istanbul. After Transylvania passed to the Hapsburgs it was used by Thklys and then Rkczis rebels in exile Located on Macarlar Yokuu/Hungarian Street https://t.co/CQ5vPCFy39 Had to check out the ruins of the Embassy of Transylvania in Istanbul. After Transylvania passed to the Hapsburgs it was used by Thklys and then Rkczis rebels in exile Located on Macarlar Yokuu/Hungarian Street https://t.co/CQ5vPCFy39"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Arnold_Platon/status/1974824496885297270)  2025-10-05T13:10Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"@Miyhnea We really need an update on how we talk about certain elections on this continent. The "pro-Russian" label too. I've seen everything from "pro-russians won in Czechia" to "pro-russians only got 14% of the vote""  
[X Link](https://x.com/Arnold_Platon/status/1974856409918619977)  2025-10-05T15:17Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"@hun_dailywords Etymologically related to "Kroly""  
[X Link](https://x.com/Arnold_Platon/status/1974861848479674624)  2025-10-05T15:38Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"@BastonMihaita Quite. He should be staring at a map of Greater Hungary"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Arnold_Platon/status/1974941541723685052)  2025-10-05T20:55Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"Moldova joins SEPA 💱"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Arnold_Platon/status/1975108238917161441)  2025-10-06T07:57Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"@BastonMihaita A new world record"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Arnold_Platon/status/1975116479009022371)  2025-10-06T08:30Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"@BastonMihaita Reminds me when I got a promotion years ago at an old job and realized I didn't want to be there and rage-quit 😅 This feels very much like that"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Arnold_Platon/status/1975120341954601204)  2025-10-06T08:46Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"@EU_Propaganda "We're all living in Amerikaaaa.""  
[X Link](https://x.com/Arnold_Platon/status/1975170983188152336)  2025-10-06T12:07Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"@BastonMihaita When this comes home to roost it's gonna be vicious"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Arnold_Platon/status/1975238350941651194)  2025-10-06T16:34Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


""Belisaurus" 😅 October Histober #6 - Flavius Belisaurus [---] Certainly one of the greatest Roman general. However I think I might have made a mistake in the drawingthe spangenhelm maybe https://t.co/rgXTTZ95u7 October Histober #6 - Flavius Belisaurus [---] Certainly one of the greatest Roman general. However I think I might have made a mistake in the drawingthe spangenhelm maybe https://t.co/rgXTTZ95u7"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Arnold_Platon/status/1975441395281482096)  2025-10-07T06:01Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"@maps_crafting Forgot Turkmenistan"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Arnold_Platon/status/1975799674473943366)  2025-10-08T05:45Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"The claim that the Latin name for Gyr "Arrabona" comes from "Arab castle" sounds a bit like folk etymology. I've also seen "Ara bonna" (=good altar) which also seems like folk ety. Most plausible seems it coming from a Celtic hydronym of its river (still called "Rba" btw) My European friends do not want to admit this but the Roman Empire settled thousands of Syrian soldiers in the Balkans. Kastell Arrabona roughly meaning "Fortress of the Arabs" was located in modern day Hungary and has many Arabic names of its soldiers such as "Acrabanis https://t.co/salkoN2UGk My European friends do not"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Arnold_Platon/status/1975839168522821688)  2025-10-08T08:22Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"Fun fact: one myth I heard as to why the Romanians in Oltenia (south-western Romania) are of a slightly darker completion than people in Transylvania is because supposedly the Roman Empire settled Syrian veterans there 😅 Probably BS though. https://x.com/Khopesh_Wielder/status/1919088825348845655t=AtHFmvYJYLHiNZ81-xsKjQ&s=19 My European friends do not want to admit this but the Roman Empire settled thousands of Syrian soldiers in the Balkans. Kastell Arrabona roughly meaning "Fortress of the Arabs" was located in modern day Hungary and has many Arabic names of its soldiers such as "Acrabanis"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Arnold_Platon/status/1975839834930548836)  2025-10-08T08:25Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"@NoCalNAFO @other_europe Not since [----]. While Denmark proper is in the EU Greenland and Faroe Islands both autonomous are not. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Withdrawal_of_Greenland_from_the_European_Communities https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Withdrawal_of_Greenland_from_the_European_Communities"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Arnold_Platon/status/1976052609292411046)  2025-10-08T22:30Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"@shinobu_books @scarecrowEng Oceanographic Museum of Monaco"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Arnold_Platon/status/1976540097362190498)  2025-10-10T06:47Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"@KEBuHCAH Romanian: unsalted = bad boring https://dexonline.ro/definitie/nes%C4%83rat/883915 https://dexonline.ro/definitie/nes%C4%83rat/883915"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Arnold_Platon/status/1976666932079403265)  2025-10-10T15:11Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"I know I'm way too online because I understood the tweet below. These people are genuinely so so pathetic. The soylennial goonig over TexMex is *enjoying his life* while all pseuds like this guy want to do is people for eating anything other than a Corded Ware meal of oat gruel and goat leg. https://t.co/4Kar5WyhJ6 These people are genuinely so so pathetic. The soylennial goonig over TexMex is *enjoying his life* while all pseuds like this guy want to do is people for eating anything other than a Corded Ware meal of oat gruel and goat leg. https://t.co/4Kar5WyhJ6"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Arnold_Platon/status/1977466051269988725)  2025-10-12T20:07Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"@turan_explorer @ctrlf4e Tbh today during work I've been listening to a playlist of poems by Knydi Sndor (recited by Havas Judit) https://youtube.com/playlistlist=PLci4sfpOV9adwGFOQpvnQWewsAxY-mosR&si=hkuEIk8NqMHncend https://youtube.com/playlistlist=PLci4sfpOV9adwGFOQpvnQWewsAxY-mosR&si=hkuEIk8NqMHncend"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Arnold_Platon/status/1977858001798078694)  2025-10-13T22:04Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"Historic #capitals of the #medieval states that make up today's #Romania - #map"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Arnold_Platon/status/800296096157278208)  2016-11-20T11:13Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"The story of one of #Romania's many minorities: the #Hungarian-speaking #Armenians of 🏰Transylvania // #infographic"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Arnold_Platon/status/942447771889659905)  2017-12-17T17:33Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"European parties on the political compass (1999-2017 by group) - first incursion into awesome @ches_data surveys ( found via @alexandreafonso ) https://arnoldplaton.wordpress.com/2018/04/12/european-parties-on-the-political-compass/ https://arnoldplaton.wordpress.com/2018/04/12/european-parties-on-the-political-compass/"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Arnold_Platon/status/984683744043905025)  2018-04-13T06:44Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"@albertocairo Teleki Pl's Red Map.Ethnic map of pre-WWI Hungary used by Hungarian delegation at Trianon peace talks. Regions w/ pop. density below [--] ppl/km2are left blank and the corresponding population is represented in the nearest region with pop. density above that limit"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Arnold_Platon/status/985175733168459777)  2018-04-14T15:19Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"A cool viz on the EU's budget spending from a recent @POLITICOEurope article. #MFF"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Arnold_Platon/status/989114959492796422)  2018-04-25T12:12Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"While not strictly a "chart" here is my choice for #InternationalChartDay #SWDchallenge 📊. Love it because it's: - an old map - an ethnic map - propaganda - information-rich but well layered and not overwhelming - so damn pretty"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Arnold_Platon/status/989619540605702144)  2018-04-26T21:37Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"Each country's share of the European Parliament throughout the years 📉 - a history. Quick marimekko chart made last evening"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Arnold_Platon/status/999893718269227009)  2018-05-25T06:03Z [----] followers, [--] engagements

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