NeoTiamat
@neotiamat99.bsky.social
Russian-speaking Ukrainian-American
Diplomatic Historian of late Imperial Russia
Published Author, Alt-AC (Secondary Education)
Diplomatic Historian of late Imperial Russia
Published Author, Alt-AC (Secondary Education)
If you see this, post one image from your device with no context.
November 8, 2025 at 11:36 PM
If you see this, post one image from your device with no context.
One of the Tzimisce ones, I think.
October 14, 2025 at 9:55 PM
One of the Tzimisce ones, I think.
...I was so excited when I saw that because like, I wrote a book on Russian-Bulgarian relations in the 1880s (politics rather than war, alas).
September 15, 2025 at 10:50 PM
...I was so excited when I saw that because like, I wrote a book on Russian-Bulgarian relations in the 1880s (politics rather than war, alas).
We have all these attempts to make the game safer with better helmets and padding. What if, I propose, we go the other way...?
August 22, 2025 at 1:57 AM
We have all these attempts to make the game safer with better helmets and padding. What if, I propose, we go the other way...?
I can only imagine what the Dems could accomplish with that.
July 3, 2025 at 11:03 AM
I can only imagine what the Dems could accomplish with that.
If music is your therapy, who is your therapist?
June 9, 2025 at 1:02 AM
If music is your therapy, who is your therapist?
[looks at Charles II]
[looks at spaniel]
....yep.
[looks at spaniel]
....yep.
May 28, 2025 at 10:29 AM
[looks at Charles II]
[looks at spaniel]
....yep.
[looks at spaniel]
....yep.
The very next post in the thread talks about this!
May 19, 2025 at 6:29 AM
The very next post in the thread talks about this!
quote this with the energy you bring to Bluesky
May 16, 2025 at 6:35 PM
quote this with the energy you bring to Bluesky
As succinct eviscerations go, this is one of the modern greats.
May 3, 2025 at 6:43 PM
As succinct eviscerations go, this is one of the modern greats.
That is some ratio:
February 15, 2025 at 5:20 PM
That is some ratio:
5. Bujold's Curse of Chalion is a load-bearing element of my psyche. I read it as a kid, and the idea that the hero might not be a Chosen One blessed by destiny, but just a guy doing his job to make someone *else* succeed... that felt like a model of heroism I could aspire to.
February 13, 2025 at 10:39 AM
5. Bujold's Curse of Chalion is a load-bearing element of my psyche. I read it as a kid, and the idea that the hero might not be a Chosen One blessed by destiny, but just a guy doing his job to make someone *else* succeed... that felt like a model of heroism I could aspire to.
4. Cantero's Meddling Kids is basically Scooby Doo meets H. P. Lovecraft. It's one of those books that *shouldn't* work, but somehow, Cantero makes it work, with incredible humor, great world-building, and probably the only cosmic horror antagonist with a motivation that makes actual sense.
February 13, 2025 at 10:39 AM
4. Cantero's Meddling Kids is basically Scooby Doo meets H. P. Lovecraft. It's one of those books that *shouldn't* work, but somehow, Cantero makes it work, with incredible humor, great world-building, and probably the only cosmic horror antagonist with a motivation that makes actual sense.
3. The Goblin Emperor, by Katherine Addison / Sarah Monette, is quite possibly one of the best stories of court intrigue I have ever read. On paper, it's mostly a story of our protagonist having a bunch of meetings, but it manages to be an absolutely gripping character study. Also love the language.
February 13, 2025 at 10:39 AM
3. The Goblin Emperor, by Katherine Addison / Sarah Monette, is quite possibly one of the best stories of court intrigue I have ever read. On paper, it's mostly a story of our protagonist having a bunch of meetings, but it manages to be an absolutely gripping character study. Also love the language.