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NeoTiamat

@neotiamat99.bsky.social

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Russian-speaking Ukrainian-American Diplomatic Historian of late Imperial Russia Published Author, Alt-AC (Secondary Education)

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NeoTiamat @neotiamat99.bsky.social · 1h

It's really fascinating, all the more so because he clearly had moral courage at least some of the time - writing the Declaration of Independence was a plenty dangerous act.

And yet.

NeoTiamat @neotiamat99.bsky.social · 10h

That was fast.

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PMC Vanguardist @tylerboschert.bsky.social · 1d

THEY DO NOT BREAK US

THEY BREAK UPON THE CONTRAPTION IN JAY JONES' REC ROOM

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SPOOKY Mistress Usili (Sage) 🏳️‍⚧️ @usili.bsky.social · 1d

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Dr. Samantha Hancox-Li @sjshancoxli.liberalcurrents.com · 2d

ah, america

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NeoTiamat @neotiamat99.bsky.social · 1d

Okay, I absolutely cackled when I saw this.

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BeijingPalmer @beijingpalmer.bsky.social · 2d

this is the most successful a CIA officer has been at toppling a government in years.

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NeoTiamat @neotiamat99.bsky.social · 2d

The impression I get is that in the primary, it was still plausible that Cuomo might remain a power player in NYC.

In the general, it's both clear he's lost his power, and also has stooped to ever lower lows.

I don't think anyone of significance on the Dem side has endorsed Cuomo?

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NeoTiamat @neotiamat99.bsky.social · 2d

Oh god. I remember BFME1 bases. Noooot the best experience.

I never played the sequel that much, don't even recall why at this point.

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NeoTiamat @neotiamat99.bsky.social · 2d

I'm not sure it was that great as an actual *game,* precisely, but damn if it didn't do the Big Cinematic Setpieces well.

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NeoTiamat @neotiamat99.bsky.social · 3d

[long-suffering sigh]

...James...

NeoTiamat @neotiamat99.bsky.social · 3d

Through the Hedgerows is both very much a theater kid game, while having one of the most intriguing and solid mechanical bodies I've seen in years.

NeoTiamat @neotiamat99.bsky.social · 3d

....

Alright to Wikipedia I go.

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NeoTiamat @neotiamat99.bsky.social · 3d

I was about to make a comment, and then realized I was mixing up Jonathan Franzen and Jonathan Safran Foer.

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NeoTiamat @neotiamat99.bsky.social · 3d

Oh no doubt.

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Dr. Heather Hinam 🍁 🇨🇦 @secondnaturemb.bsky.social · 4d

Coming through! Important ptarmigan stuff to do!
#birds 🌿

A white willow ptarmigan with reddish-brown mottling on the back and head walks with purpose over the rocky ground, it's long, fluffy legs eating up the distance with each stride.

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NeoTiamat @neotiamat99.bsky.social · 3d

Those are African Wild Dogs! Also called Painted Dogs. Absolutely beautiful, sadly pretty endangered: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/African...

African wild dog - Wikipedia

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NeoTiamat @neotiamat99.bsky.social · 3d

I like Mamdani, but I would like him about 150% more if he weren't shackled to the DSA and all their idiocy.

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NeoTiamat @neotiamat99.bsky.social · 3d

Let's be fair. Marianne isn't notably *more* Extra than the rest of Team Timekeeper.

Vertin just has a vibe.

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NeoTiamat @neotiamat99.bsky.social · 4d

I've seen some pretty disastrous campaigns, and this is clearly up in the rankings.

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NeoTiamat @neotiamat99.bsky.social · 4d

Always a classic, *especially* if you can blame one of the participants.

NeoTiamat @neotiamat99.bsky.social · 4d

I can only assume that these people hate that one of Hamilton's themes is that the United States is in fact a good thing.

NeoTiamat @neotiamat99.bsky.social · 4d

(Case in point: I am a teacher. There is a fair amount of drudgery and bull**** involved in being a teacher. Nevertheless, I do actually believe that I am making the world a tiny bit better by teaching kids.)

NeoTiamat @neotiamat99.bsky.social · 4d

Correct. Useful work here subbing in for, I think, "what am I contributing to society as a whole? / How is the world being made *better* by my participation?"

Which is a fairly core psychological need, and often (though not necessarily) fulfilled by a day job of some sort.

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NeoTiamat @neotiamat99.bsky.social · 4d

This stuff always struck me as a particular subcategory of "games meant to be read, not run".

Which, like, no shade. Everyone goes crazy in their own special way.

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