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Juhan Raud 🇺🇦
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I have a habit of using thematically appropriate Magic cards as bookmarks, even if the connection only makes sense to me. For whatever reason, "Konda, Lord of Eiganjo" seemed right for "Inventing the Renaissance" by @adapalmer.bsky.social, even though Konda is from a Japanese-inspired fantasy world.
A book ("Inventing the Renaissance" by Ada Palmer) open on a chapter titled "Lorenzo de Medici: Hero or Villain?" with a legendary Magic: The Gathering card (Konda, Lord of Eiganjo, who is another ambivalent ruler in the lore) used as a bookmark.
November 10, 2025 at 12:15 PM
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Funniest victory ever. Everybody's plans got messed up, including mine! #oathboardgame
A close up of the world map of the boardgame "Oath: Chronicles of Empire and Exile", showing a six-sided purple "victory die" in the foreground, showing six, which in the game, means that a player has won. In the case of this particular session, the result was very unexpected and rather comical.
November 8, 2025 at 9:27 PM
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Poké della Mirandola
The phrase "Poké della Mirandola" is a pun evoking both the Renaissance philosopher Pico della Mirandola and Pokémon, the popular Japanese franchise of cute pocket monsters. Below the phrase is a picture with the question "On a scale of fantastical creatire from renaissance art, how are you feeling today?" as well as 9 detailed depictions of various hellish creatures by Hieronymus Bosch, jokingly suggesting a point of comparison between supernatural Renaissance entities & Pokémon.
September 22, 2025 at 2:55 PM
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Oathing in Tallinn. Tried a new character and won. We'll see what this will bring down the line ... #oathboardgame 🦊
A table with the board game Oath laid out on it.
July 3, 2025 at 10:26 PM
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Playing OATH again with friends. Great game! #oathboardgame
People playing the boardgame OATH.
April 17, 2025 at 2:51 PM
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My copy of INVENTING THE RENAISSANCE by @adapalmer.bsky.social now sits neatly between VIRTUE POLITICS by James Hankins & MAGIC AND THE DIGNITY OF MAN by Brian Copenhaver. A powerful combination!
A bookshelf displaying the monographs INVENTING THE RENAISSANCE by Ada Palmer, VIRTUE POLITICS by James Hankins & MAGIC AND THE DIGNITY OF MAN.
February 16, 2025 at 9:40 PM
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It is finally here! Thank you, @adapalmer.bsky.social ! 🚀 Cheers from snowy Tallinn!
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A copy of historian & SF writer Ada Palmer's new monograph "Inventing the Renaissance" with snowy Tallinn old town visible through a kitchen window.
February 13, 2025 at 10:51 AM
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Played another session of #OathBoardGame with friends. Thank you @colewehrle.bsky.social and @d20plusmodifier.bsky.social for this amazing game. 🦊🌀🌲🗡️🌙
November 24, 2024 at 5:16 PM