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cynrical @cynrical.bsky.social · 2d

excited for the pro Butlerian Jihad stance of my favourite history podcast

cynrical @cynrical.bsky.social · 26d

groypers are, in fact, not based. Bella Ciao has been appropriated by them, and the "hey fascist" arrows bit is from Helldivers

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cynrical @cynrical.bsky.social · 27d

and yet he claimed to be pro-life 🤔🤔🤔

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cynrical @cynrical.bsky.social · 28d

HWÆÆÆÆÆÆT

A medieval frog with an old English caption, "hit sy Woduesdæg mín cynn" which translates very roughly to "It is Wednesday my kin [dudes]"

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cynrical @cynrical.bsky.social · Aug 30

the suspense is terrible, I hope it won't last

Disco Elysium Quotes @discoelysiumbot.bsky.social · Aug 29

SOMETHING BEAUTIFUL IS GOING TO HAPPEN

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cynrical @cynrical.bsky.social · Aug 9

the only algorithm I trust is Al Gore's Eurythmics cover band: The Al Gore Rhythms

Sweet dreams are made of the internet, a series of tubes!

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Dr. Davey F. Wright ⛏️🦕🧬 @daveyfwright.bsky.social · Jul 18

"i asked grok" "i asked chatgpt" yeah well i asked carl sagan and he said the greatest enemy of knowledge is not ignorance but the illusion of knowledge 🧪

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cynrical @cynrical.bsky.social · Jul 3

as an undergrad who wrote a literature review on Napoleon's memory in 19th c. Europe last semester, my favourite episode so far. all the big notes were hit and my only critique is it needed another hour at least

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C. E. Aubin @ceaubin.bsky.social · May 29

Instagram got this, and you can have it too!

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cynrical @cynrical.bsky.social · May 13

happy 44th anniversary of the day a Turkish fascist shot Pope John Paul II
open.spotify.com/track/6pQnF1...

Transverberation

Ulver · The Assassination of Julius Caesar (Five-Year Anniversary Edition) · Song · 2017

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cynrical @cynrical.bsky.social · May 12

How have historians been doing over time?

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AskHistorians @askhistorians.bsky.social · May 12

Despite being called ask historians, no one ever asks how historians are doing today :(

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Ed Zitron @edzitron.com · Apr 23

Happy one year anniversary to the Man Who Killed Google Search

Ed Zitron @edzitron.com · Apr 23

Today's newsletter is the story of how Prabhakar Raghavan, Google's former head of ads - led a coup so that he could run Google Search, and how an email chain from 2019 began a cascade of events that would lead to him running it into the ground.
www.wheresyoured.at/the-men-who-...

The Man Who Killed Google Search

This is the story of how Google Search died, and the people responsible for killing it. The story begins on February 5th 2019, when Ben Gomes, Google’s head of search, had a problem. Jerry Dischler, ...

www.wheresyoured.at

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cynrical @cynrical.bsky.social · Apr 16

HWÆÆÆÆT

A depiction of a goofy looking frog in a medieval manuscript that says roughly in Old English, "it is Wednesday my dudes"

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cynrical @cynrical.bsky.social · Apr 9

this is how you radicalize white women, the true vanguard of the revolution (see: Women's March on Versailles in 1789; Int'l Women's Day march in Petrograd on February 23 1917 O.S.)

Natalie Wynn @contrapoints.bsky.social · Apr 9

liberalism has failed, revolution now

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The Serfs (youtube.com/theserfstv) @theserfstv.bsky.social · Apr 6

It's never just about trans people.

Holocaust denier JK Rowling demonstrates that daily

@jk_rowling
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Happy International Fake Oppression Day to everyone who wants complete strangers to know they don't fancy a shag.

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Ed Zitron @edzitron.com · Apr 3

Donald Trump's 55% tariff on ASUS' Republic of Gamers has many politicians questioning his sanity

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NY Times Pitchbot @nytpitchbot.bsky.social · Apr 1

Sorry, liberals, the United States is not an oligarchic democracy, it’s an oligarchic republic.

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Joe Kassabian @jkass99.bsky.social · Mar 29

The UK has entered the Meiji Restoration

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Andrew Rakich @atunshei.bsky.social · Mar 26

"Generally speaking, American conservatives prioritize liberty over equality. They understand liberty as a set of privileges; a major part of the value of liberty comes from the fact that others are denied those privileges. Equality is an inherent threat to liberty." – Hattem, The Memory of '76

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cynrical @cynrical.bsky.social · Mar 17

it's just...so outside of his character! it's too goofy!!!

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cynrical @cynrical.bsky.social · Mar 16

how the heck did I forget the title of my favorite album until 11:10pm

cynrical @cynrical.bsky.social · Mar 16

happy ides of march
open.spotify.com/album/3YBhj9...

The Assassination of Julius Caesar (Five-Year Anniversary Edition)

Ulver · Album · 2017 · 13 songs

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Chris Kempshall @chriskempshall.bsky.social · Feb 28

Resurrecting a classic from The Other Place. The right time to recognise and call out fascism is always now. If you want to hear from a historian ask them now. Don’t wait for the books.

An image of an old tweet. The text is:

People: 'Historians in the future will judge this harshly'
Historians: 'We already have thoughts.'
People: 'I wonder how the history books will explain this?'
Historians: 'Well actually-'
People: 'We'll have to wait and see...
Historians: 'Oh for the love of God.'

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The French Republican Calendar @sansculottid.es · Feb 27

Today is Décadi the 10th of Ventôse in the year 233.
Ventôse is the month of wind.
Today we celebrate the spade.#JacobinDay

More information on the spade

An old time-y illustration of a the Spade.

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cynrical @cynrical.bsky.social · Feb 24

a week of doing less than the bare minimum was exactly what I needed to thrust myself into the gaping maw of school for the next six weeks. godspeed