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Of Bookish Things<p>Bart-Ender Simpson's Game Tales by Orson Scott Card</p><p><a href="https://c.im/tags/HashtagGames" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HashtagGames</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/SpeculativeFiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SpeculativeFiction</span></a><br><a href="https://c.im/tags/BartenderTales" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BartenderTales</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/AlternativeHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AlternativeHistory</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/AlternativeHistoryofLiterature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AlternativeHistoryofLiterature</span></a></p>
UFO FEED<p><a href="https://www.ufofeed.com/137889/how-architecture-evolves/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">ufofeed.com/137889/how-archite</span><span class="invisible">cture-evolves/</span></a> how architecture evolves <a href="https://channels.im/tags/AlternativeHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AlternativeHistory</span></a> <a href="https://channels.im/tags/History" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>History</span></a></p>
UFO FEED<p><a href="https://www.ufofeed.com/137012/the-largest-prehistoric-art-in-the-world-tassili-najjer/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">ufofeed.com/137012/the-largest</span><span class="invisible">-prehistoric-art-in-the-world-tassili-najjer/</span></a> The Largest Prehistoric Art in the World: Tassili n’Ajjer <a href="https://channels.im/tags/AlternativeHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AlternativeHistory</span></a> <a href="https://channels.im/tags/History" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>History</span></a></p>
Jeff Horton :canada:<p>Reminded of Archie comics while buying groceries today. Trying to imagine what that series would look like trying to address today's issues.. Who is being deported? Who lost their degree for speaking up? Who voted for idiocracy?</p><p>(edit: spelling fix)</p><p><a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/archie" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>archie</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/comics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>comics</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/alternativehistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>alternativehistory</span></a></p>
UFO FEED<p><a href="https://www.ufofeed.com/134818/archaeology-and-exodus/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">ufofeed.com/134818/archaeology</span><span class="invisible">-and-exodus/</span></a> Archaeology and Exodus <a href="https://channels.im/tags/AlternativeHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AlternativeHistory</span></a> <a href="https://channels.im/tags/History" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>History</span></a></p>
UFO FEED<p><a href="https://www.ufofeed.com/126896/there-used-to-be-a-really-big-continent-worth-of-landmass-during-the-previous-ice-age-if-anything-like-a-lost-civilizations-exists-its-going-to-be-off-the-coast-of-many-countries-subdaland/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">ufofeed.com/126896/there-used-</span><span class="invisible">to-be-a-really-big-continent-worth-of-landmass-during-the-previous-ice-age-if-anything-like-a-lost-civilizations-exists-its-going-to-be-off-the-coast-of-many-countries-subdaland/</span></a> There used to be a really big continent worth of landmass during the previous Ice Age. If anything like a lost civilizations exists. It’s going to be off the coast of many countries. Subdaland. <a href="https://channels.im/tags/AlternativeHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AlternativeHistory</span></a> <a href="https://channels.im/tags/History" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>History</span></a></p>
Of Bookish Things<p>asemic map: 120</p><p>Soviet-era space probe crashes to Earth: Location – Best Estimated Configuration</p><p><a href="https://c.im/tags/AsemicMap" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AsemicMap</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/SovietEraSpaceProbe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SovietEraSpaceProbe</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Asemic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Asemic</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/AsemicArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AsemicArt</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/AsemicWriting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AsemicWriting</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Maps" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Maps</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/DeconstructedText" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DeconstructedText</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Map" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Map</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Absurdist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Absurdist</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/DigitalArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DigitalArt</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Art" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Art</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Dadaism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Dadaism</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/AlternativeGeography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AlternativeGeography</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Dadaist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Dadaist</span></a><br><a href="https://c.im/tags/AlternativeHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AlternativeHistory</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/AlternativeReality" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AlternativeReality</span></a></p>
UFO FEED<p><a href="https://www.ufofeed.com/126086/dating-to-the-4th-century-the-lycurgus-cup-is-an-ancient-roman-cage-cup-that-depicts-the-mythical-king-lycurgus-the-color-of-the-cup-changes-depending-on-the-light-passing-through-it-and-its-the-on/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">ufofeed.com/126086/dating-to-t</span><span class="invisible">he-4th-century-the-lycurgus-cup-is-an-ancient-roman-cage-cup-that-depicts-the-mythical-king-lycurgus-the-color-of-the-cup-changes-depending-on-the-light-passing-through-it-and-its-the-on/</span></a> Dating to the 4th century, the Lycurgus cup is an ancient Roman cage cup that depicts the mythical King Lycurgus. The color of the cup changes depending on the light passing through it and it’s the only surviving Roman artifact made of this type of glass. <a href="https://channels.im/tags/AlternativeHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AlternativeHistory</span></a> <a href="https://channels.im/tags/History" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>History</span></a></p>
Jennifer<p>I've decided to rewatch For All Mankind because I want to be immersed in the future we should have had. Plus it's phenomenal storytelling. <a href="https://m.ai6yr.org/tags/ForAllMankind" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ForAllMankind</span></a> <a href="https://m.ai6yr.org/tags/AlternativeHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AlternativeHistory</span></a> <a href="https://m.ai6yr.org/tags/AppleTV" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AppleTV</span></a></p>
earthling<p>Virtual History: Alternatives and Counterfactuals by Niall Ferguson, 2011</p><p>What if Britain had stayed out of the First World War? What if Germany had won the Second? How would England look if there had been no Cromwell? What would the world be like if Communism had never collapsed? And what if John F. Kennedy had lived?</p><p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/bookstodon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>bookstodon</span></a></span> <br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/books" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>books</span></a> <br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AlternativeHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AlternativeHistory</span></a> <br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/WhatIf" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WhatIf</span></a></p>
Her Doing<p>Hello Lovely Peeps!</p><p>I thought this was interesting* &amp; will be a springboard down a rabbit trail, I can already tell! 😄 </p><p>What if all the states in America (or anywhere, really) were configured around principal watersheds?</p><p>How would this increase efficient use of water? Of land spaces? Developing urban &amp; agricultural areas? Determining what food can be grown?</p><p>I love how this map put things so immediately in context for me &amp; how I 'get' the concept so much more.</p><p>This will definitely be a springboard of research for me.</p><p>Relatedly, I am currently <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://wandering.shop/@r_emrys" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>r_emrys</span></a></span> 's 'A Half-Built Garden' (which seems structured around watersheds) &amp; I am seeing things in a whole new light.</p><p>(It is a story of first contact with an alien species, &amp; while I am only a few chapters in, I am *loving* it so far! 🤩)</p><p><a href="https://nextcity.org/urbanist-news/what-if-states-had-developed-around-watersheds" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">nextcity.org/urbanist-news/wha</span><span class="invisible">t-if-states-had-developed-around-watersheds</span></a></p><p>(* Written by <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://urbanists.social/@sgoodyear" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>sgoodyear</span></a></span> who is no longer here, but am tagging in case she comes back.)</p><p><a href="https://sunny.garden/tags/Watershed" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Watershed</span></a> <a href="https://sunny.garden/tags/Water" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Water</span></a> <a href="https://sunny.garden/tags/Agriculture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Agriculture</span></a> <a href="https://sunny.garden/tags/AlternativeHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AlternativeHistory</span></a> <a href="https://sunny.garden/tags/Sustainability" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Sustainability</span></a></p>
Hedgewizard 🐈<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://beige.party/@Lana" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>Lana</span></a></span> </p><p>You know, as I watched the footage of Al Green remaining on his feet and that shit-eating grin slowly crawling across Trump's smug face, it occurred to me: </p><p>In a parallel universe, another Democrat is standing up right now. And then another, and another after that. Within a minute half the Democrats and a couple of Republicans are on their feet, and Trump's grin freezes as he realizes they can't eject them all. </p><p>In that Universe they paper over the dissent, but it's too late: his bubble of invulnerability has been pierced. </p><p><a href="https://beige.party/tags/AlternativeHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AlternativeHistory</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/algreen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>algreen</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>trump</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/theresistance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>theresistance</span></a></p>
UFO FEED<p><a href="https://www.ufofeed.com/112152/top-5-people-who-claimed-to-time-travel/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">ufofeed.com/112152/top-5-peopl</span><span class="invisible">e-who-claimed-to-time-travel/</span></a> Top 5 People Who Claimed to Time Travel <a href="https://channels.im/tags/AlternativeHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AlternativeHistory</span></a> <a href="https://channels.im/tags/History" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>History</span></a></p>
Licho<p>300k years of <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/HomoSapiens" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HomoSapiens</span></a> and not a single civilization? </p><p>How about this piece of <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/alternativeHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>alternativeHistory</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/microfition" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>microfition</span></a></p><p>The phenomenon of <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/UncannyValley" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UncannyValley</span></a> is our ancestor's defense against <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AI</span></a>, that destroyed our first, long forgotten civilization, back during the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Toba" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Toba</span></a> catastrophe populational bottleneck, when humanity got reduced down to 1000 ppl. We had a great digital civilization based on plant-derived conductive polymers instead of silicon. The Thousand who survived the Raise of the Machines have won only because they all shared an instinct to recognize the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/AISlop" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AISlop</span></a> at first glance just like we can easily recognize a snake on the ground. The reaction of disgust is why they won after a long and bloody war. Their heritage is in our veins now. It's our turn.</p>
Tales From Progress City<p><strong>The Oldest Part of the Progress Plan: The Pink and Purple Zones.</strong></p> <p><a href="https://write.as/tales-from-progress-city/the-oldest-part-of-the-progress-plan-the-pink-and-purple-zones" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">write.as/tales-from-progress-c</span><span class="invisible">ity/the-oldest-part-of-the-progress-plan-the-pink-and-purple-zones</span></a></p>
Eckes :mastodon:<p>Die Frau referiert gerade über Napoleon, der patriotische Führer der korsischen Freiheitsbewegung <a href="https://zusammenkunft.net/tags/alternativehistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>alternativehistory</span></a> <a href="https://zusammenkunft.net/tags/daumendr%C3%BCck" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>daumendrück</span></a></p>
UFO FEED<p><a href="https://www.ufofeed.com/102934/star-forts-hedgehogs-more-washington-proof/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">ufofeed.com/102934/star-forts-</span><span class="invisible">hedgehogs-more-washington-proof/</span></a> Star Forts – “Hedgehogs” &amp; more Washington proof <a href="https://channels.im/tags/AlternativeHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AlternativeHistory</span></a> <a href="https://channels.im/tags/History" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>History</span></a></p>
UFO FEED<p><a href="https://www.ufofeed.com/92925/strange-carvings-at-worlds-oldest-monument-suggest-civilisation-began-after-devastating-comet-strike/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">ufofeed.com/92925/strange-carv</span><span class="invisible">ings-at-worlds-oldest-monument-suggest-civilisation-began-after-devastating-comet-strike/</span></a> Strange carvings at world’s oldest monument suggest civilisation began after devastating comet strike <a href="https://channels.im/tags/AlternativeHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AlternativeHistory</span></a> <a href="https://channels.im/tags/History" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>History</span></a></p>
Of Bookish Things<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@nocontexttrek" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>nocontexttrek</span></a></span> <br>Ah. Yes, the holding, the touching -<br>The Hairspray, the fussing.</p><p>Memories of Future Past was a great Concept Album by David Shatner and William Bowie.<br><a href="https://c.im/tags/AlternativeHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AlternativeHistory</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/AlternativeHistoryOfTheatre" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AlternativeHistoryOfTheatre</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/AlternativeHistoryofMusic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AlternativeHistoryofMusic</span></a></p>
UFO FEED<p><a href="https://www.ufofeed.com/89685/evolution-is-bs-2/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">ufofeed.com/89685/evolution-is</span><span class="invisible">-bs-2/</span></a> Evolution is BS <a href="https://channels.im/tags/AlternativeHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AlternativeHistory</span></a> <a href="https://channels.im/tags/History" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>History</span></a></p>
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