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The Alternate Historian

@althistorian.bsky.social

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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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The Alternate Historian @althistorian.bsky.social · 25d

NEW VIDEO: The Coming War With Japan...That Never Came youtu.be/jX7TH5JfdfE

The Coming War With Japan...That Never Came

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The Alternate Historian @althistorian.bsky.social · 5h

Various articles. I've linked to them occasionally. bsky.app/profile/alth...

The Alternate Historian @althistorian.bsky.social · 18d

Source: www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

As always, if you are aware of changes I should make to the map, please let me know. I'm not an expert on this.

States rally to offset fracturing of federal healthcare agencies: ‘Diseases don’t see state lines’

Changes to regulatory or information environments will help states decouple from federal health recommendations

www.theguardian.com

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🏳️‍⚧️🇵🇸🇺🇦🇨🇦🇲🇽🇬🇱🇵🇦 Femininomicon ex Mortis @ofvick.bsky.social · 5h

Anyways, with MMWR riffed out, this map seems relevant moreso than ever before

The Alternate Historian @althistorian.bsky.social · 15d

Updating the health alliance map because there are people who want Nevada to join the WCHA. Additionally it seems Alabama should be classified as a plot in Nurgle's Garden.

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🏳️‍⚧️🇵🇸🇺🇦🇨🇦🇲🇽🇬🇱🇵🇦 Femininomicon ex Mortis @ofvick.bsky.social · 6h

Umbrella Corporation is more committed to public health than this regime of Nurgle worshippers

Sheryl Gay Stolberg @sherylnyt.bsky.social · 6h

BREAKING: Friday night massacre underway at CDC. Doznes of "disease detectives," high-level scientists, entire Washington staff and editors of the MMWR (Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report) have all been RIFed and received the following notice:

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Ed @notdred.bsky.social · 6h

He got the shots that his own HHS is telling you are not necessary

Meg Tirrell @megtirrell.bsky.social · 6h

President Trump got an updated Covid vaccine & flu shot at Walter Reed today www.cnn.com/2025/10/10/p...

Trump received Covid vaccine and flu shot during second physical of the year | CNN Politics

President Donald Trump received a Covid vaccine and flu shot during his visit to Walter Reed Medical Center on Friday, his physician said in a memo released by the White House.

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toastface killah @toasty.cx · 7h

listen if you think you both have a 160 IQ and need all of it to understand Severance what you actually have is seventeen IQ points

performative male @milesklee.bsky.social · Feb 11

Silicon Valley guy who feels intellectually maxed out by the cubicle version of Lost is such a funny concept. “this speculative fiction is dealing me sustained HP damage!!”

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Sam (ABeardedPanda) @abeardedpanda.bsky.social · 6h

My "Trump has the heart of a 65 year old" shirt has people asking lots of questions that should be answered by my shirt

Reuters @reuters.com · 7h

Trump, 79, has "cardiac age" of 65-year-old, doctor says reut.rs/4mZNZbu

Trump, 79, has "cardiac age" of 65-year-old, doctor says

Donald Trump was found to be in "exceptional health" in a medical evaluation, the U.S. president's doctor said in a memo released by the White House on Friday, with his "cardiac age" 14 years younger than in "chronological age."

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Doc Revan @docrevan.bsky.social · 7h

Your reminder that everything bad you heard about Dooku is Coruscanti propaganda because they can’t handle a true Outer Rim patriot

ellie lockhart (she/they) @eleanor.lockhart.contact · 7h

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Harebrained @harebrained.bsky.social · 16h

Preorder now! $8 per screenprinted shirt is going to the ICIRR (Illinois Coalition for Immigrant and Refugee Rights)

www.harebraineddesign.com

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Joey Politano🏳️‍🌈 @josephpolitano.bsky.social · 11h

A meme saying “EMERGENCY ALERT SYSTEM: TARIFF GRANDPA HAS AWOKEN, TARIFFS TO 10000%”

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NPR @npr.org · 11h

In just four months, Trump has suggested or ordered sending federal intervention to nearly a dozen cities. n.pr/4h0Wh1g

Where has Trump suggested sending troops? In cities run by Democratic mayors

In just four months, Trump has suggested or ordered sending federal intervention to nearly a dozen cities.

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Chicago Sun-Times @chicago.suntimes.com · 11h

Federal immigration authorities made multiple arrests, including a WGN employee, after apparently targeting a small group of landscapers in Lincoln Square.

Feds arrest WGN staffer, slam into resident’s car in Lincoln Square

Federal immigration authorities rear-ended a car while the driver was still inside after making arrests in Lincoln Square on Chicago’s North Side.

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William B. Fuckley @opinionhaver.bsky.social · 12h

So many bizarre pseduo-scammy AI startup adds that serve no business niche that is even remotely comprehensible to me, likely AI generated themselves, like advertisements from an alternate universe. “Have the chromatodes extrapolated your feel-glands? Now, with Ai…”

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The Alternate Historian @althistorian.bsky.social · 16h

Did you know British horror author James Herbert wrote a book that's perfect for #AlternateHistoween? In '48 the Nazis unleash the Blood Death that kills everyone except those with the AB negative blood type. The few people still dying from the disease now hunt the immune for their blood!

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The Alternate Historian @althistorian.bsky.social · 12h

To be honest, I think Andy's point is the correct one. Making a big deal out of something that is fairly common (but nevertheless Qatar really got their money's worth for that damn plane). bsky.app/profile/andy...

Andy Craig @andycraig.bsky.social · 17h

This is Hegseth trying to make it sound like a bigger deal than it is. We have friendly foreign air forces in the US for training exercises and the like all the time, especially ones that use US equipment. That's what this is. It's not like an operational deployment or giving them a whole airbase.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 18h

Hegseth: "I'm also proud that today we're signing a letter of acceptance to build a Qatari Emeri air force facility at the Mountain Home Airbase in Idaho."

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The Alternate Historian @althistorian.bsky.social · 12h

You'd be surprised what foreign military forces might find themselves involved in CWII.

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The Alternate Historian @althistorian.bsky.social · 13h

Sorry not that I'm aware of.

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Monica Maalouf, MD @maaloufmd.bsky.social · 16h

So this IL Hospital Association memo describes an incident where ICE detained a US citizen, gave them HEART PROBLEMS, took them to a hospital where the fought with medical personnel, then left when they realized they detained a CITIZEN.

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Asher Hellbein @asherelbein.bsky.social · 14h

The thing about this that's worth recalling is that it *wouldn't* even offend most Americans: just the group of reactionary grifters who make money by being professionally offended online.

Mark Lemley @marklemley.bsky.social · 19h

Assassin's Creed pulls planned game about the Civil War, apparently because having a black protagonist fighting the KKK would offend too many Americans

www.polygon.com/assassins-cr...

The canceled Assassin's Creed Civil War game was a powder keg waiting to explode

Ubisoft was reportedly working on a game set after the Civil War era, but canceled it due to politics and Assassins Creed Shadows backlash.

www.polygon.com

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The Alternate Historian @althistorian.bsky.social · 14h

This woman is a good example of what I'm talking about. Like we can chisel off bits of support, but the MAGA coalition isn't breaking anytime soon.

The Alternate Historian @althistorian.bsky.social · 10d

Republicans: "Look just because we disagree, it doesn't mean we still can't be friends."

Also Republicans: "I rather burn my house down then watch another Democrat get elected."

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The Alternate Historian @althistorian.bsky.social · 14h

Are there ICE agents suffering because they aren't getting paid? Sure, but folks I don't think they are in this for the money.

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The Alternate Historian @althistorian.bsky.social · 14h

Unfortunately I think there is a not insignificant number of Trump supporters who are OK with their lives getting worse if it helps Trump win. Like that husband whose wife got deported and yet could not bring himself to be angry at Trump.

James @gravitysra1nbow.bsky.social · 15h

“We refuse to pay the troops and also we’re doing indiscriminate firings of people for no reason”

I’ve never seen an administration so faithfully committed to self-immolation in my entire life

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Karl Bode @karlbode.com · 1d

papers like the New York Times actively help right wing propagandists by introducing false claims as something that's open to debate and interpretation, instead of clearly framing them up front as lies pushed by unreliable operators

Turning Point USA is a right wing propaganda op aimed at kids

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The Alternate Historian @althistorian.bsky.social · 14h

For what it's worth I don't recommend anyone obsess over daily changes in the market (unless that's your job).

Trust me, if a market collapse happens, you'll know about it as soon as many of the "experts" do.

Craig Harrington @craigipedia.bsky.social · 14h

Remember when stuff was normal?

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rev. howard arson @theophite.bsky.social · 14h

i think that the best way to use the police as Pritzker would be to figure out how to associate them with protests such that the protesters don't mess with them but they get gassed or shot if the feds fire

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The Alternate Historian @althistorian.bsky.social · 14h

The good timeline.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 16h

Thune: "If the Democrats had won the majority, they probably would've tried to nuke the filibuster. And then you'd have four new senators from Puerto Rico and DC, you'd have a packed Supreme Court, you'd have abortion on demand ... "

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