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@mustachiomusketeer.bsky.social

PhD Student in medieval history at UW Madison. Games, sports, and competition in the medieval Mediterranean and the Mamluk Sultanate. Medievalism and Medieval Joy No AI Do not @me about chess. Hazard Yet Forward

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If you had any interest in playing GTA 6 or giving this company money in any other forum, please don't. At least not until they make this right and do one hell of an apology tour. And voluntarily recognize their employee union.
There are other games you can play on the meantime.
#fuckpinkertons

12.11.2025 12:56 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

- Doge Enrico Dandalo, 1204

09.10.2025 13:26 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

That's just it. I don't think there is one.

28.09.2025 15:10 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Ah man how could I have forgotten?!

27.09.2025 16:23 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

By my reckoning, no historical figures have 'come back' since Martin Guerre or perhaps Russian Emperor Peter III

27.09.2025 15:38 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I wonder if this is a consequence of the question wording. I can see a scenario in which those 17% responded as they did bc they believe Jesus was a historical figure who actually existed, but since they're atheists obviously he's not coming back.

27.09.2025 15:38 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
23.09.2025 21:30 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Ψ§Ω„Ψ΄ΨΉΨ¨ يريد Ψ₯Ψ³Ω‚Ψ§Ψ· Ψ§Ω„Ω†ΨΈΨ§Ω…

18.09.2025 21:55 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

#medievalsky

14.09.2025 15:12 β€” πŸ‘ 83    πŸ” 12    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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I wish I'd brought snacks.
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06.09.2025 21:18 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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echo down here
down here
here
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04.09.2025 12:22 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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I wonder if there's an echo down here.
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04.09.2025 01:11 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

A copy*

03.09.2025 02:23 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

If I can get a full scan through my university's library, you want copy copy?

03.09.2025 02:22 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Li indicated there was a new translation of al-Mutayyim and al-Yutayyam coming out soon, and apparently he's been working on a stage-ready translation, which i would love to see performed

03.09.2025 02:18 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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I don't even know if I've got enough pixels left to feel cute!
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02.09.2025 18:17 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
A page from a bg3 in-universe text justifying the academic study of eels

A page from a bg3 in-universe text justifying the academic study of eels

@greenleejw.bsky.social I didn't know you you were a canonical npc in the Baldur's Gate world!

02.09.2025 17:54 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Well, at least the elevator music down here is pleasant.
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01.09.2025 12:58 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Almost every important research conversation I've ever had began accidentally and unscheduled: just two people catching up in the hallway during some downtime.
In the same way that you need to go to the library in person to find unexpected books, it's impossible to have a serendipitous zoom meeting

01.09.2025 10:35 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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... damn.
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31.08.2025 13:32 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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...feeling cute, might ASCEND out of an infinite recursion later?
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30.08.2025 03:56 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Feeling cute, might descend into an infinite recursion later.
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28.08.2025 17:45 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

You can tell this is a serious, scientific treatise on medieval sport bc the author keeps reiterating that the size of the field, number of players, etc. should remain consistent with current astrological conditions.

28.08.2025 17:28 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Dr. Tom Sawyer's Medievalists Design Games event at UChicago seems like a good model for things like this

28.08.2025 01:43 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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...right?
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27.08.2025 18:21 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

All hail the mighty Ouse!

26.08.2025 22:07 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Ok, I realize I said "infinite" recursion, but there's gotta be a bottom here somewhere.
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26.08.2025 12:28 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Art

26.08.2025 03:15 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

A Death of Stalin-style film about Shajjar al-Durr and the Mamluks covering up al-Salih Ayyub's death and then figuring out how they're going to overthrow Turanshah.
The Mamluks are consistently such petty little mobsters in all their politicking, I don't know why we haven't mined that for comedy.

25.08.2025 14:35 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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I don't suppose anyone up there could throw me, like, a rope or something?
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25.08.2025 11:37 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

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