Gas Station Curiosities
@dubblay.bsky.social
Expert at not reading the room.
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“Ancient boundaries were more ambiguous than what is often shown in historical maps.
While the modern understanding of borders relies on recent concepts of territorial sovereignty, the frontiers of pre-modern states were fluid and frequently contested.”
www.africanhistoryextra.com/p/african-ot...
While the modern understanding of borders relies on recent concepts of territorial sovereignty, the frontiers of pre-modern states were fluid and frequently contested.”
www.africanhistoryextra.com/p/african-ot...
African-Ottoman borderlands during the early modern period: stories from the frontier.
In 1574, the first of two embassies from the kingdom of Bornu in the Lake Chad basin arrived at the Ottoman sultan’s court in Istanbul, seeking, among other aims, to delineate the frontier between the...
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December 17, 2025 at 12:32 PM
“Ancient boundaries were more ambiguous than what is often shown in historical maps.
While the modern understanding of borders relies on recent concepts of territorial sovereignty, the frontiers of pre-modern states were fluid and frequently contested.”
www.africanhistoryextra.com/p/african-ot...
While the modern understanding of borders relies on recent concepts of territorial sovereignty, the frontiers of pre-modern states were fluid and frequently contested.”
www.africanhistoryextra.com/p/african-ot...
The different in leftist opinion between Bluesky and Twitter on the Compact mag article is night & day...
December 17, 2025 at 1:30 PM
The different in leftist opinion between Bluesky and Twitter on the Compact mag article is night & day...
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Platner turning into a real litmus test for virtue signaling wokescolds.
October 24, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Platner turning into a real litmus test for virtue signaling wokescolds.
Sorry - Twitter is still better
August 23, 2025 at 8:25 AM
Sorry - Twitter is still better
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Never forget the operative principle of social media: if something sounds savvy to a large-enough group of savvy people, it automatically becomes true! All facts are socially created and socially validated! Reality itself bends to the power of cool-kid consensus.
April 30, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Never forget the operative principle of social media: if something sounds savvy to a large-enough group of savvy people, it automatically becomes true! All facts are socially created and socially validated! Reality itself bends to the power of cool-kid consensus.
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Hello Bluesky, I am looking forward to becoming a drain on your shitpost community.
October 28, 2023 at 6:44 AM
Hello Bluesky, I am looking forward to becoming a drain on your shitpost community.