They have a good number of stuff on their Wikipedia entry before LoTR.

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It’s ok, I accidentally called him Greg earlier.

You’re thinking of the Bluesky client. It’s just their version of a client for the open protocol they created. One of many clients. The protocol itself is decentralized by design and available to everyone

https://atproto.com/guides/overview

Not everyone, but it’s surely most. Those posts are gaining traction because people think it’s humorous. At least that’s the best I can tell from the replies and quote reposts

I believe that’s what they were alluding to. I don’t think the meaning is lost on anyone. People are doing it for the meme

this place is 7-9 devs and 1 everything-else person. we are so, so early that it's actually insane we have these users.

we are hiring through our general email inbox, hello@blueskyweb.xyz

In probably 2009, my friend and I were at the park on a low volume day and were allowed to stay on the ride as many times as we’d like. We rode it 21 times in a row. We only got off because someone took his souvenir cup.

As for history, I haven’t yet finished it but Powers and Thrones by Dan Jones does a good job of covering the Middle Ages from ~410AD-1527, Rome to Protestant reformation. It’s quite dense covering 1000yr in 500 pages, but it’s a good springboard for finding interests in western history.