The Alternate Historian
@althistorian.bsky.social
I use alternate history and fake maps to talk about real history. Hosted by Matt Mitrovich (he/him). Proud Chicagoan.
Channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/thealternatehistorian
Email: ahwupdate at gmail dot com
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Email: ahwupdate at gmail dot com
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NEW VIDEO on #AlternateHistoween?!?! Today we ask: what If the Illuminati Conquered the World? youtu.be/x_4yCAtAQ7w
One of those just perfect casting moments.
still can't get over jk simmons's j. jonah jameson
November 28, 2025 at 4:24 AM
One of those just perfect casting moments.
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"... there is so much—so many conflicting hates and jealousies and envies and meannesses. It is like a cloud of flies, buzzing, buzzing..."
Darkly fascinating.
November 28, 2025 at 3:22 AM
"... there is so much—so many conflicting hates and jealousies and envies and meannesses. It is like a cloud of flies, buzzing, buzzing..."
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They'll build a statue to the first reporter who tells this old dumbass to eat shit on camera
“You’re a stupid person” — Trump lashes out at a reporter who presses him on the fact that the suspected DC shooter was actually thoroughly vetted before he was let in the US from Afghanistan
November 28, 2025 at 1:50 AM
They'll build a statue to the first reporter who tells this old dumbass to eat shit on camera
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The CDC has turned off its vaccine search tool.
The vaccines.gov site now gives an error when you enter a valid zip code.
They also removed text saying “Vaccines can help you stay healthy” and added a banner saying the site is being updated.
The vaccines.gov site now gives an error when you enter a valid zip code.
They also removed text saying “Vaccines can help you stay healthy” and added a banner saying the site is being updated.
November 26, 2025 at 5:50 AM
The CDC has turned off its vaccine search tool.
The vaccines.gov site now gives an error when you enter a valid zip code.
They also removed text saying “Vaccines can help you stay healthy” and added a banner saying the site is being updated.
The vaccines.gov site now gives an error when you enter a valid zip code.
They also removed text saying “Vaccines can help you stay healthy” and added a banner saying the site is being updated.
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There is no line where major media outlets will start talking about his racism as a matter of fact, not opinion.
TRUMP: If you look at Somalia, they are taking over Minnesota.
REPORTER: What do the Somalians have to do with this Afghan guy who shot the National Guard members?
TRUMP: Ah, nothing. But Somalians have caused a lot of trouble. They're ripping us off.
REPORTER: What do the Somalians have to do with this Afghan guy who shot the National Guard members?
TRUMP: Ah, nothing. But Somalians have caused a lot of trouble. They're ripping us off.
November 28, 2025 at 12:53 AM
There is no line where major media outlets will start talking about his racism as a matter of fact, not opinion.
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Try America Offline, friend.
November 28, 2025 at 2:49 AM
Try America Offline, friend.
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Considering that humans will literally manufacture genocides, politicides, etc. to whatever goal they desire (and have done so since antiquity) I think "[E]nd phase...odd belives...[A]n orgy of violence. Then it stops..." fits the pattern I would expect for society-wiping mass violence.
Darkly fascinating.
November 28, 2025 at 2:41 AM
Considering that humans will literally manufacture genocides, politicides, etc. to whatever goal they desire (and have done so since antiquity) I think "[E]nd phase...odd belives...[A]n orgy of violence. Then it stops..." fits the pattern I would expect for society-wiping mass violence.
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In the long term this is what will kill what's left of America's miniscule credibility in MENA: US-backed ceasefires are when the Arab ceases and Israel continues to fire.
And this is not a Trump problem, but a bipartisan problem. This "ceasefire" was achieved by the previous president.
And this is not a Trump problem, but a bipartisan problem. This "ceasefire" was achieved by the previous president.
A ceasefire between Israel and Lebanon took effect a year ago today.
Since then, Israel has violated the ceasefire nearly 10,000 times: 7,500 violations of Lebanese airspace and almost 2,500 ground violations, according to the UN.
Since then, Israel has violated the ceasefire nearly 10,000 times: 7,500 violations of Lebanese airspace and almost 2,500 ground violations, according to the UN.
Lebanon: Israel’s attacks continue one year into "ceasefire"
www.nrc.no
November 28, 2025 at 2:22 AM
In the long term this is what will kill what's left of America's miniscule credibility in MENA: US-backed ceasefires are when the Arab ceases and Israel continues to fire.
And this is not a Trump problem, but a bipartisan problem. This "ceasefire" was achieved by the previous president.
And this is not a Trump problem, but a bipartisan problem. This "ceasefire" was achieved by the previous president.
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I would simply not ever talk to my parents again if they were even remotely like this.
November 28, 2025 at 2:26 AM
I would simply not ever talk to my parents again if they were even remotely like this.
Darkly fascinating.
November 28, 2025 at 2:20 AM
Darkly fascinating.
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I found this terribly sad. A young woman with her life ahead of her, and she becomes one of the last American victims of the Long War.
November 28, 2025 at 2:07 AM
I found this terribly sad. A young woman with her life ahead of her, and she becomes one of the last American victims of the Long War.
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Having seen this, I’ve got to say, the KPop Demon Hunter fans need to re-discover Final Fantasy X-2, where you play a girl band who changes fighting classes by changing dresses and has no less than two concerts on the way to saving the world from a giant weapon.
Okay, the crowd going nuts like someone just scored a touchdown at the Super Bowl all *through* the KDH performance is a hell of a thing to see hear/see:
November 27, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Having seen this, I’ve got to say, the KPop Demon Hunter fans need to re-discover Final Fantasy X-2, where you play a girl band who changes fighting classes by changing dresses and has no less than two concerts on the way to saving the world from a giant weapon.
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I mean this with all due respect: nobody’s making him be Speaker. He almost didn’t get the necessary support. He can literally step down any time and take ask the vacation he wants.
Mike Johnson: “I haven’t had a vacation day in two years. I haven’t been off in two years, literally.”
November 28, 2025 at 12:56 AM
I mean this with all due respect: nobody’s making him be Speaker. He almost didn’t get the necessary support. He can literally step down any time and take ask the vacation he wants.
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RIP Martin Luther, you would have loved Papal Audience Black Friday deals.
November 27, 2025 at 10:08 PM
RIP Martin Luther, you would have loved Papal Audience Black Friday deals.
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Treasure Planet was released 23 years ago today... and literally takes us off in this magnificent shot. ✨
November 27, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Treasure Planet was released 23 years ago today... and literally takes us off in this magnificent shot. ✨
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as always, transphobia consumes your entire personality until there is nothing left but deeply offputting garbage
November 27, 2025 at 9:28 PM
as always, transphobia consumes your entire personality until there is nothing left but deeply offputting garbage
Boy it would have been funny if he ran into Eric Adams there.
Pope Leo XIV embarked on his first international trip as pontiff on Thursday, traveling to Turkey to start a six-day tour that will also include Lebanon. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/27/w...
November 27, 2025 at 8:09 PM
Boy it would have been funny if he ran into Eric Adams there.
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In a way, aren’t we all traveling to turkey today?
Pope Leo XIV embarked on his first international trip as pontiff on Thursday, traveling to Turkey to start a six-day tour that will also include Lebanon. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/27/w...
November 27, 2025 at 7:58 PM
In a way, aren’t we all traveling to turkey today?
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The four horsemen of the apocalypse are nostalgia, ressentiment, conspiracism, and indulgent bigotry
November 27, 2025 at 6:59 PM
The four horsemen of the apocalypse are nostalgia, ressentiment, conspiracism, and indulgent bigotry
That's the prob with arguing that something isn't historically plausible. If the story is good people will ignore the implausible parts.
It was just such a startlingly stupid use of intellectual effort! It would be like critiquing Shanghai Noon for its Western setting being more analogous to the late 1860s rather than its stated 1880s.
November 27, 2025 at 7:49 PM
That's the prob with arguing that something isn't historically plausible. If the story is good people will ignore the implausible parts.
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i am curious what these people think financing *is.* they think imma loan you $100k and then over the span of 5 years you're gonna pay me back $100k with zero interest. why would i even do that. what is my incentive
November 27, 2025 at 7:44 PM
i am curious what these people think financing *is.* they think imma loan you $100k and then over the span of 5 years you're gonna pay me back $100k with zero interest. why would i even do that. what is my incentive
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Labor gaining just the tiniest amount of power relative to capital a few years back absolutely broke employers' brains
While work-life balance may give you a sense of happiness and fulfillment, it isn’t always realistic, says Walmart executive vice president and chief people officer Donna Morris.
Walmart exec: ‘I’ve never believed in the term work-life balance’—this is the mantra that made her highly successful instead
Many professionals see work-life balance as a non-negotiable. Walmart CPO Donna Morris says people should practice work-life integration instead. Here's why.
cnb.cx
November 27, 2025 at 7:13 PM
Labor gaining just the tiniest amount of power relative to capital a few years back absolutely broke employers' brains
The thing about woke is that most people don't care and don't have strong opinions about any of the below.
But America's politicians, journalists and tech elite are all on Twitter which must assuredly does care about woke and have fooled them into believing the average American is against this.
But America's politicians, journalists and tech elite are all on Twitter which must assuredly does care about woke and have fooled them into believing the average American is against this.
November 27, 2025 at 6:30 PM
The thing about woke is that most people don't care and don't have strong opinions about any of the below.
But America's politicians, journalists and tech elite are all on Twitter which must assuredly does care about woke and have fooled them into believing the average American is against this.
But America's politicians, journalists and tech elite are all on Twitter which must assuredly does care about woke and have fooled them into believing the average American is against this.
Great I'm seeing deportation ads on YouTube. Really cool guys.
November 27, 2025 at 6:22 PM
Great I'm seeing deportation ads on YouTube. Really cool guys.
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This is why OpenAI is selling so aggressively to education at all levels—they want to create entire generations of users incapable of reading, writing and thinking without ChatGPT to hold their hands
And teachers and professors should call this out for what it actually is
And teachers and professors should call this out for what it actually is
To bear out this rosy projection, HSBC assumes that OpenAI will become "as ubiquitous [...] as Microsoft 365" (345mm users worldwide) while bringing in 10x the number of users (3bn).
November 25, 2025 at 11:11 PM
This is why OpenAI is selling so aggressively to education at all levels—they want to create entire generations of users incapable of reading, writing and thinking without ChatGPT to hold their hands
And teachers and professors should call this out for what it actually is
And teachers and professors should call this out for what it actually is