Max Buccini
@maxabuccini.bsky.social
📍NYC 🗽 Boston Bred 🦪 Globalist 🌍, Traveller DNA ✈️, Unabashed Broadway 🎭 Fanatic, Cher Crazed, History Steeped📚, Mediterranean 🌊 🍇Veins, Old Soul 🤓 In The Wrong Century🕯️. Author.
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“The walls bristled with hired courage. Mercenaries lined the battlements. Averardo’s men sallied out, torched siege engines, poisoned horses, whispered through camps that the gold had run out. For Hell, was rehearsing itself in the fields of Tuscany… reroutedbyhistory.substack.com/p/part-ii-th...
Part II: The Siege, the Dowry, and the Disappearing Bride—Florence Marries Empire, Betrays the Church, and Births a Dynasty in Shadow
The ReRoute of a Rivalry Even Shakespeare Would Have Dreamt Of
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November 10, 2025 at 4:59 AM
“The walls bristled with hired courage. Mercenaries lined the battlements. Averardo’s men sallied out, torched siege engines, poisoned horses, whispered through camps that the gold had run out. For Hell, was rehearsing itself in the fields of Tuscany… reroutedbyhistory.substack.com/p/part-ii-th...
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You won’t want to miss tonight’s EPIC: FROM PETER’S PURSE TO CAESAR’S CHEST
Part II — The Siege, the Dowry, and the Disappearing Bride
Florence Marries the Empire, Betrays the Church, and Births a Dynasty in Shadow reroutedbyhistory.substack.com
Part II — The Siege, the Dowry, and the Disappearing Bride
Florence Marries the Empire, Betrays the Church, and Births a Dynasty in Shadow reroutedbyhistory.substack.com
November 9, 2025 at 8:35 PM
You won’t want to miss tonight’s EPIC: FROM PETER’S PURSE TO CAESAR’S CHEST
Part II — The Siege, the Dowry, and the Disappearing Bride
Florence Marries the Empire, Betrays the Church, and Births a Dynasty in Shadow reroutedbyhistory.substack.com
Part II — The Siege, the Dowry, and the Disappearing Bride
Florence Marries the Empire, Betrays the Church, and Births a Dynasty in Shadow reroutedbyhistory.substack.com
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That night they divide Gaul like partners in an inheritance. Rome will keep her scribes and seals. The Franks will keep their swords. Together they form a realm neither barbarian nor imperial, but both. A monarchy founded not on divine destiny, but on the idea that… open.substack.com/pub/rerouted...
ReRouted By History | Zeitgeist Media Artisans | Substack
Counterfactuals for the geopolitically curious. What if the script flipped? The GPS of alternate timelines. Because history doesn’t repeat—it remixes. Let’s imagine the tracks that never dropped. Ins...
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November 8, 2025 at 11:29 PM
That night they divide Gaul like partners in an inheritance. Rome will keep her scribes and seals. The Franks will keep their swords. Together they form a realm neither barbarian nor imperial, but both. A monarchy founded not on divine destiny, but on the idea that… open.substack.com/pub/rerouted...
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“Florence teaches when the firm forgets its humanism, the city pays the bill. The Medici built their fortune in cloth, credit, and culture. They built their legitimacy in people. They financed work as a civic act. They treated skill as a public asset reboottherenaissance.substack.com/p/the-fall-o...
The Fall of the Humanist Firm: How Florence Hired Its Future While We Fire Ours
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November 7, 2025 at 9:08 PM
“Florence teaches when the firm forgets its humanism, the city pays the bill. The Medici built their fortune in cloth, credit, and culture. They built their legitimacy in people. They financed work as a civic act. They treated skill as a public asset reboottherenaissance.substack.com/p/the-fall-o...
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“Suppose the ice cracked differently that winter. Suppose Charles lived through the melee: carried from the field to the sound of Margaret’s orders, her letters already riding toward London. In this rerouted by history, the phoenix of Flanders rises… reroutedbyhistory.substack.com/p/the-phoeni...
The Phoenix of Flanders: How Margaret of York Could Have Built the First Global Court of Gold & Grace
Because history doesn’t repeat itself—it remixes.
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November 7, 2025 at 1:43 AM
“Suppose the ice cracked differently that winter. Suppose Charles lived through the melee: carried from the field to the sound of Margaret’s orders, her letters already riding toward London. In this rerouted by history, the phoenix of Flanders rises… reroutedbyhistory.substack.com/p/the-phoeni...
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“A republic revives where reason returns.
And reason is returning: in the measured, mission-driven rise of three women who remind America what public service once meant. During 2025’s election, it was Abigail Spanberger in VA and Mikie Sherrill in NJ. In 2024, it … open.substack.com/pub/rebootth...
And reason is returning: in the measured, mission-driven rise of three women who remind America what public service once meant. During 2025’s election, it was Abigail Spanberger in VA and Mikie Sherrill in NJ. In 2024, it … open.substack.com/pub/rebootth...
Reengineering Integrity in a Broken Republic: The Spanberger–Sherrill–Slotkin Stratagem for Competence, Character, and Civic Restoration
Cultural Updates Now Available Brought to you by HumanistFreeAudio
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November 5, 2025 at 9:31 PM
“A republic revives where reason returns.
And reason is returning: in the measured, mission-driven rise of three women who remind America what public service once meant. During 2025’s election, it was Abigail Spanberger in VA and Mikie Sherrill in NJ. In 2024, it … open.substack.com/pub/rebootth...
And reason is returning: in the measured, mission-driven rise of three women who remind America what public service once meant. During 2025’s election, it was Abigail Spanberger in VA and Mikie Sherrill in NJ. In 2024, it … open.substack.com/pub/rebootth...
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“Between 1140- 220, the Church of the Bons Hommes and Bonas Femnas flourished quietly from Albi to Alès, from Toulouse to Lombardy. It was a parallel Christianity—organized, literate, astonishingly humane. Its records survive in chronicles… reroutedbyhistory.substack.com/p/the-hereti...
The Heretic Knight: When Bertrand of Forcalquier Broke the Church
Because history doesn’t repeat itself—it remixes.
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November 5, 2025 at 3:22 AM
“Between 1140- 220, the Church of the Bons Hommes and Bonas Femnas flourished quietly from Albi to Alès, from Toulouse to Lombardy. It was a parallel Christianity—organized, literate, astonishingly humane. Its records survive in chronicles… reroutedbyhistory.substack.com/p/the-hereti...
To LD: #lauradern miss you and so incredibly sorry for your loss apple.news/AdSBJkcFRSUa...
Laura Dern Pays Tribute to Her Late Mother, Diane Ladd — Town & Country
“She was the greatest daughter, mother, grandmother, actress, artist and empathetic spirit that only dreams could have seemingly created.”
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November 3, 2025 at 10:06 PM
To LD: #lauradern miss you and so incredibly sorry for your loss apple.news/AdSBJkcFRSUa...
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“Like Macron in his first ascent, Rob Jetten enters as restorer, not rebel, but restorer of purpose. Restoration does not necissarily mean reactionary when the principles and prescriptions align with innovation. He stands where decency and daring converge: courage… open.substack.com/pub/rebootth...
The Dutch Dauphin: Rob Jetten & Europe's Next Chance At Continental Consensus
Europe Edition: Cultural Updates Now Available Brought to you by HumanistFreeAudio
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November 3, 2025 at 7:53 PM
“Like Macron in his first ascent, Rob Jetten enters as restorer, not rebel, but restorer of purpose. Restoration does not necissarily mean reactionary when the principles and prescriptions align with innovation. He stands where decency and daring converge: courage… open.substack.com/pub/rebootth...
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“Rivalry Worthy of the Bard: Shakespeare’s Verona was only a dress rehearsal. Romeo+Juliet, that immortal quarrel between love and lineage, took its cue from real Italian vendettas—wars of blood and banner that tore through the 13th & 14th centuries, this rerouted… open.substack.com/pub/rerouted...
Part I: From Peter’s Purse to Caesar’s Chest: Florence Is Purged, Purchased, Then Princely
The ReRoute of a Rivalry Even Shakespeare Would Have Dreamt Of
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November 2, 2025 at 7:24 PM
“Rivalry Worthy of the Bard: Shakespeare’s Verona was only a dress rehearsal. Romeo+Juliet, that immortal quarrel between love and lineage, took its cue from real Italian vendettas—wars of blood and banner that tore through the 13th & 14th centuries, this rerouted… open.substack.com/pub/rerouted...
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“Before both armies—legionaries, Franks, foederati—Childeric draws a dagger and cuts off his own long hair, the sacred Merovingian divinity badge. The crowd gasps. Warriors beat their shields in horror. He lifts the golden braid skyward. Romans, stunned reroutedbyhistory.substack.com/p/the-long-h...
The Long-Haired King Who Cut The Scissors First: A Merovingian Tale Of Bloodline to Bureaucracy
Because history doesn’t repeat itself—it remixes.
reroutedbyhistory.substack.com
November 1, 2025 at 7:38 PM
“Before both armies—legionaries, Franks, foederati—Childeric draws a dagger and cuts off his own long hair, the sacred Merovingian divinity badge. The crowd gasps. Warriors beat their shields in horror. He lifts the golden braid skyward. Romans, stunned reroutedbyhistory.substack.com/p/the-long-h...
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Stay tuned Sunday for a ReRoute of real life history that would have swooned over! substack.com/@zeitgeistme...
Zeitgeist Media Artisans (@zeitgeistmediaartisans)
The Guelph and Ghibelline conflict ravaged northern Italy for more than two centuries as the embers of the Renaissance began to flicker. So much so, that Shakespeare modeled his Romeo & Juliet rival f...
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November 1, 2025 at 1:58 AM
Stay tuned Sunday for a ReRoute of real life history that would have swooned over! substack.com/@zeitgeistme...
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“History remembers kneeling men in her presence before it remembers her name. Yet, before emperors bowed in snow, Matilda of Canossa had already built the Italy they begged upon. Daughter of the powerful House of Canossa: la Gran Contessa was just that… reroutedbyhistory.substack.com/p/the-counte...
The Countess’s Gates That Held Heaven Hostage: Matilda Canossa’s Italian Century
Because history doesn’t repeat itself—it remixes.
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October 29, 2025 at 11:41 PM
“History remembers kneeling men in her presence before it remembers her name. Yet, before emperors bowed in snow, Matilda of Canossa had already built the Italy they begged upon. Daughter of the powerful House of Canossa: la Gran Contessa was just that… reroutedbyhistory.substack.com/p/the-counte...
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“She wore mourning black trimmed in garnet thread, the color of ripe Nebbiolo grapes pressed thin. Her veil was gauze. Her expression, folio-flat. She walked through the hall as tables gleamed like a cruciform mirror—crossed arms of hospitality & trap… reroutedbyhistory.substack.com/p/the-wine-t...
The Wine, The Widow, And The War Ledger: When Donna Beatrice Solaro of Asti Opened Up Heaven & Hell To Balance the Books
Because history doesn’t repeat itself—it remixes.
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October 28, 2025 at 12:07 AM
“She wore mourning black trimmed in garnet thread, the color of ripe Nebbiolo grapes pressed thin. Her veil was gauze. Her expression, folio-flat. She walked through the hall as tables gleamed like a cruciform mirror—crossed arms of hospitality & trap… reroutedbyhistory.substack.com/p/the-wine-t...
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“Modern consumers do the same. They wield withdrawal as their weapon. They create equilibrium through absence. When millions cancel subscriptions or shift spending, they are practicing Medici statecraft without knowing it. Economic unity creates political clarity… open.substack.com/pub/rebootth...
Proof The Market Can Have a Mind: How the Consumer Can Become the Citizen Again
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October 26, 2025 at 8:21 PM
“Modern consumers do the same. They wield withdrawal as their weapon. They create equilibrium through absence. When millions cancel subscriptions or shift spending, they are practicing Medici statecraft without knowing it. Economic unity creates political clarity… open.substack.com/pub/rebootth...
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The earnings report is in for Disney and the Kimmel backlash was more seismic than originally thought! Stay tuned for another Reboot to demonstrate how The Medici illustrated how the consumer can become the citizen again in an oppressive oligarchy!
October 26, 2025 at 4:59 PM
The earnings report is in for Disney and the Kimmel backlash was more seismic than originally thought! Stay tuned for another Reboot to demonstrate how The Medici illustrated how the consumer can become the citizen again in an oppressive oligarchy!
I had the privilege and honor of seeing first-run films: The Merchant of Venice, Million Dollar Baby, and The Phantom of the Opera there with the then-FLOTUS, Mrs. Laura Bush. It was an awe inspiring experience. It’s truly horrific what’s happened.
The vintage movie venue was destroyed this week as part of the Trump administration's plan to build a new $300 million ballroom. Former President Bill Clinton called it the office's "best perk." n.pr/4oAgPQC
The White House movie theater demolition ends a storied era in presidential history
The vintage movie venue was destroyed this week as part of the Trump administration's plan to build a new $300 million ballroom. Former President Bill Clinton called it the office's "best perk."
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October 26, 2025 at 1:40 AM
I had the privilege and honor of seeing first-run films: The Merchant of Venice, Million Dollar Baby, and The Phantom of the Opera there with the then-FLOTUS, Mrs. Laura Bush. It was an awe inspiring experience. It’s truly horrific what’s happened.
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“Snow presses the cloister like penance. Friars whisper behind doors too thin to hide tremors of rumor: a disguised French queen has crossed the border. Her retinue carries no crest, only sealed letters marked with Florentine scent. Catherine steps from her carriage open.substack.com/pub/rerouted...
The Emperor’s Widowmaker: When Charles V Rose Again and Catherine Bent France Toward Empire
Because history doesn’t repeat itself—it remixes.
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October 25, 2025 at 6:31 PM
“Snow presses the cloister like penance. Friars whisper behind doors too thin to hide tremors of rumor: a disguised French queen has crossed the border. Her retinue carries no crest, only sealed letters marked with Florentine scent. Catherine steps from her carriage open.substack.com/pub/rerouted...
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“This is meant to be applied like a feudal system: consumers are not an afterthought. They’re the revenue base. The car, the cart, the closing table—they all lie on the same extraction field. The market is no longer “for us.” Consumers are just the means to an end…. open.substack.com/pub/rebootth...
The Cartelization of the Consumer: The Real Agenda Behind Trump’s Profit Politburo Making Everything Unaffordable
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October 22, 2025 at 8:01 PM
“This is meant to be applied like a feudal system: consumers are not an afterthought. They’re the revenue base. The car, the cart, the closing table—they all lie on the same extraction field. The market is no longer “for us.” Consumers are just the means to an end…. open.substack.com/pub/rebootth...
@awscloud.bsky.social goes down an WOT fans…
the wheel weaves as the wheel wills is written above a woman
ALT: the wheel weaves as the wheel wills is written above a woman
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October 20, 2025 at 8:43 PM
@awscloud.bsky.social goes down an WOT fans…
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“When history advances, mediocrity always bands together for warmth. And in every Renaissance, the first to shout “degeneracy” are those who’ve done nothing worth remembering. Every rebirth has been met with reaction, it just depends how long the dark is accepted… open.substack.com/pub/rebootth...
The Pretenders of Greatness: When the Unaccomplished Declare Themselves the Elect
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October 19, 2025 at 2:47 AM
“When history advances, mediocrity always bands together for warmth. And in every Renaissance, the first to shout “degeneracy” are those who’ve done nothing worth remembering. Every rebirth has been met with reaction, it just depends how long the dark is accepted… open.substack.com/pub/rebootth...
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“By 1388, the Swabian League of Cities was the most ambitious experiment in collective governance Europe had seen since Rome fell. Free Imperial cities: Ulm, Augsburg, Nördlingen, Heilbronn. They had bound themselves against robber knights and predatory princes… open.substack.com/pub/rerouted...
The Compact of Sword and Scale: Free Imperial Cities Strike Out Independently in The Republic of The Rhine
Because history doesn’t repeat itself—it remixes.
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October 17, 2025 at 11:56 AM
“By 1388, the Swabian League of Cities was the most ambitious experiment in collective governance Europe had seen since Rome fell. Free Imperial cities: Ulm, Augsburg, Nördlingen, Heilbronn. They had bound themselves against robber knights and predatory princes… open.substack.com/pub/rerouted...
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“If the party that once unleashed supply now hoards it behind tariff walls and data silos, it no longer serves enterprise. It serves one authority. And unitary authority, as every Florentine accounting book warns, ends when the people stop believing the numbers... open.substack.com/pub/rebootth...
Weren’t Republicans Supposed to Be Supply-Siders? Businesses Bear the Brunt of Trump’s Cartel Profit Politburo
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October 15, 2025 at 7:18 PM
“If the party that once unleashed supply now hoards it behind tariff walls and data silos, it no longer serves enterprise. It serves one authority. And unitary authority, as every Florentine accounting book warns, ends when the people stop believing the numbers... open.substack.com/pub/rebootth...
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“History, ever uncomfortable with competence, let the March of Cilicia fade like mist after prayer. By the 1140s, scribes wrote of a Latin fort in the hills once ruled by a woman of the cross. The Byzantines folded her enclave into their maps as a dot without name… open.substack.com/pub/rerouted...
The Margravine and the Mountain: When Ida of Austria Survived the Ambush and Forged the March of Cilicia
Because history doesn’t repeat itself—it remixes.
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October 14, 2025 at 11:44 PM
“History, ever uncomfortable with competence, let the March of Cilicia fade like mist after prayer. By the 1140s, scribes wrote of a Latin fort in the hills once ruled by a woman of the cross. The Byzantines folded her enclave into their maps as a dot without name… open.substack.com/pub/rerouted...