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Gortius Octavo

@gortius.bsky.social

Published vexillologist and vexillographer from the Canary Islands | Student of history and passionate about books & sci-fi | Progressive Democratic Socialist & many other things 🇺🇳🇽🇰🇺🇦🇬🇪🇦🇲🇵🇸🇪🇭🇹🇼 | He/Him https://linktr.ee/gortius_viii

253 Followers  |  1,342 Following  |  30 Posts  |  Joined: 22.08.2023  |  1.9263

Latest posts by gortius.bsky.social on Bluesky

Mi experiencia como profe de inglés a adolescentes incluye explicarles (esto en el último mes):

-cómo hacer una captura de pantalla
-cómo seleccionar una palabra y reescribirla
-cómo usar ctrl + loquesea
-cómo cambiar el tamaño de letra en word
-cómo copiar y pegar
-cómo escribir @

10.04.2025 08:24 — 👍 449    🔁 144    💬 21    📌 1
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"Hey, 'scuse me, bartender, can I please get another one for my friend here? He's 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 goin' through it lately..."

#DOOM #MarathonTheGame

27.05.2025 11:57 — 👍 101    🔁 26    💬 1    📌 2

I am looking forward to seeing just how different the board game will be from the video game. In the sense of what things may be changed, for good or for bad... how "dlc content" may be implemented and so on...

17.01.2025 09:36 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Soldiers!

The Command and Quartermasters have arranged for some of you to win your very own HOI Board Game.

Reply to this post and tell us what you’re looking forward to most about the HOI Board Game to enter the giveaway!

More about the giveaway here!👇
https://pdxint.at/4g3zmQX

17.01.2025 09:00 — 👍 136    🔁 30    💬 463    📌 13
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Bluesky… microwaves?

08.12.2024 07:56 — 👍 6    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

So @romanmars.bsky.social, some *very* powerful people (& also Michael over at @flagsforgood.com) recommended you as a guest for my flag podcast, for reasons that should be clear.

Hit me back; I'd love to have the progenitor of "how bout better city flags" on the show + I know listeners would too 👍

26.11.2024 03:13 — 👍 14    🔁 8    💬 1    📌 1
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Fly high with Vexiupdate! 🚩 We’re on Twitter and IG too, sharing all things vexillology across the web. 🌍 Want us to land on another platform? Your suggestions are always welcome—let us know! 🌟
Links here >>> linktr.ee/vexiupdate
#vexillology #flag

22.11.2024 09:00 — 👍 10    🔁 3    💬 0    📌 0
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Here's a bonus puzzle I sometimes give to my #astronomy students if they finish a quiz early.

A twist on #star identification; can you ID the #flag using only the stars?

(Countries are paired with letters to make it easier for students & for me; the answer spells a phrase.)

#edusky #vexillology

16.11.2024 14:07 — 👍 8    🔁 3    💬 1    📌 1

How does breaking bad manage to make all the gun trafficker characters so funny?

20.11.2024 20:20 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Wow! I have recently gained a whole lotta followers, so I guess an introduction is in order.

Hi! I’m Gortius Octavo

I am a published vexillologist and amateur vexillographer from the Canary Islands, Spain. I love books, Sci-fi, history, and specially: flags!

(Here’s my personal flag)

19.11.2024 22:05 — 👍 8    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

¿Por que aquellos historiadores extranjeros que investigan la historia de España son denominados "hispanistas" pero no se da un tratamiento similar a los especialistas en otros países o regiones?

19.11.2024 17:02 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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President Eisenhower sketches a buff version of himself on a memo about how the CIA had just overthrown the Guatemalan government (1954)

19.11.2024 16:44 — 👍 63    🔁 14    💬 1    📌 3
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Bon dia i putos sionistes.

19.11.2024 06:55 — 👍 48    🔁 11    💬 0    📌 0
a QR code to join the Vexillology Starter Pack.

a QR code to join the Vexillology Starter Pack.

You should be able to add yourself here! Feel free to direct any other VexHeads this way too 🔥🎙️

go.bsky.app/9QjnmJy

18.11.2024 17:11 — 👍 6    🔁 1    💬 1    📌 1

Yes! If you enjoyed the MN Flag Referendum and need more flags in your life, I recommend this starter pack from @flagged4content.bsky.social

bsky.app/starter-pack...

15.11.2024 18:46 — 👍 12    🔁 4    💬 2    📌 0

1/ This masterpiece is free.
2/ An audio commentary has been added to Half-Life 2!
3/ A one-hour documentary is available! (next post)
4/The "Raising the Bar" artbook, which I've never been able to buy because it was far too expensive second-hand, WILL BE EXPANDED AND RE-RELEASED IN 2025!

15.11.2024 23:24 — 👍 223    🔁 83    💬 6    📌 8
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for years scholars wondered how many toddlers you can run over with tanks before your country is considered "Bad" . probably about 4 million

26.10.2024 17:20 — 👍 12723    🔁 2696    💬 75    📌 30
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Moomin discovered that there is no toxicity over Bluesky.

24.10.2024 14:34 — 👍 34862    🔁 5993    💬 192    📌 70
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Bluesky Announces Series A to Grow Network of 13M+ Users - Bluesky Bluesky now exceeds 13 million users, the AT Protocol developer ecosystem continues to grow, and we’ve shipped highly requested features like direct messages and video.

Bluesky now has 13M+ users, the @atproto.com developer ecosystem continues to grow, and we’ve shipped features like DMs and video!

We’re excited to announce that we’ve raised a $15M Series A to continue growing the community, investing in Trust and Safety, and supporting the dev ecosystem.

24.10.2024 16:33 — 👍 35381    🔁 4440    💬 812    📌 732
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Gortius Gortius has 899 books on Goodreads, and is currently reading El Libro de los Condenados by Charles Fort

Hello my dear Blueskyers (?), I have been told to post some things in here to make my account more legit, so if anyone following me here has a Goodreads account, I'd be delighted to follow them.

Here's mine: www.goodreads.com/gortius

21.10.2024 15:27 — 👍 5    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Now that you are on Bluesky with us,
please stay, Don't leave ❤️

20.10.2024 15:09 — 👍 34127    🔁 4762    💬 161    📌 65
Question: Is it true that Bluesky doesn't use algorithms?
Sky-tan answers.. 
Not quite! Bluesky actually has many algorithmic feeds but it gives you the right to choose and create them! Currently they can be categorized like this: Following (Posts from people you follow in a chronological order without algorithm), Discover (Official feed from Bluesky that acts like a For You page. Can be fine tuned!), Custom Feeds (Feeds created by the community. You can create your own too!)
Bonus tip: In settings > Following Feed Preferences you can enable posts from custom feeds to show up in your following feed!

Question: Is it true that Bluesky doesn't use algorithms? Sky-tan answers.. Not quite! Bluesky actually has many algorithmic feeds but it gives you the right to choose and create them! Currently they can be categorized like this: Following (Posts from people you follow in a chronological order without algorithm), Discover (Official feed from Bluesky that acts like a For You page. Can be fine tuned!), Custom Feeds (Feeds created by the community. You can create your own too!) Bonus tip: In settings > Following Feed Preferences you can enable posts from custom feeds to show up in your following feed!

Q: Is it true that Bluesky doesn't use algorithms?
A: Not quite!

#sky-tan #QaA

17.10.2024 18:15 — 👍 2432    🔁 1089    💬 22    📌 46
Question: Which custom feeds do you recommend to follow?
Sky-tan answers:
Many custom feeds cater to specific interests. For example Game Dev shows all things game dev, Vtuber Fightclub shows all things vtubers etc. Find feeds for your interests in the Feeds menu!
Recommended feeds for general use are:
Mentions (This feed shows mentions, comments and quote reposts. Basically a way to filter notifications!)
Popular with Friends (Content that your follows like. Good for discovery, especially after following a lot of people.)
Quiet posters (Some follows don't post often. This feed makes sure you see their posts when they do!)
The 'Gram (Only shows pictures by people you follow. Good for those who just want to see art.)
Share your fav feeds in the replies!

Question: Which custom feeds do you recommend to follow? Sky-tan answers: Many custom feeds cater to specific interests. For example Game Dev shows all things game dev, Vtuber Fightclub shows all things vtubers etc. Find feeds for your interests in the Feeds menu! Recommended feeds for general use are: Mentions (This feed shows mentions, comments and quote reposts. Basically a way to filter notifications!) Popular with Friends (Content that your follows like. Good for discovery, especially after following a lot of people.) Quiet posters (Some follows don't post often. This feed makes sure you see their posts when they do!) The 'Gram (Only shows pictures by people you follow. Good for those who just want to see art.) Share your fav feeds in the replies!

Q: Which custom feed do you recommend to follow?
A: Find some about your interests. General use feeds are linked below!
#sky-tan #QaA

17.10.2024 18:26 — 👍 1208    🔁 493    💬 33    📌 29
Bluesky tutorial
How to make links prettier.

Follow these steps:

1. Log into deck.blue, a third party client akin to what Tweet Deck was for Twitter.

2. Compose a new post by clicking the button on the top left.

3. Copy your link, select text you want to turn into a link and hit paste (CTRL+V)

4. Your links should look this in the composer:  [Text](https://link.com)

5. Hit Post! 

Bonus tip

Hit "Win + ." in the deck.blue post composer to open an emoji selector. Alternatively you can type ":" and it opens an emoji drop down selector like in Discord.

Bluesky tutorial How to make links prettier. Follow these steps: 1. Log into deck.blue, a third party client akin to what Tweet Deck was for Twitter. 2. Compose a new post by clicking the button on the top left. 3. Copy your link, select text you want to turn into a link and hit paste (CTRL+V) 4. Your links should look this in the composer: [Text](https://link.com) 5. Hit Post! Bonus tip Hit "Win + ." in the deck.blue post composer to open an emoji selector. Alternatively you can type ":" and it opens an emoji drop down selector like in Discord.

Learn how to make links prettier! ✨

You will need to use the third party client deck.blue. You can log into it with your Bluesky account and an app password

#sky-tan #tutorial

18.10.2024 21:50 — 👍 11389    🔁 4601    💬 1038    📌 211
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Autocrítica y seguimos avanzando

19.10.2024 12:08 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

congratulations everyone, we have now passed 12 million people total on bluesky!!! 🦋

over 1.2M new people have joined bluesky in the last two days — welcome!! 💙🕺🪩

18.10.2024 17:42 — 👍 86074    🔁 11908    💬 2169    📌 1847

Sabes de alguien más que haya hecho el cambio?

18.10.2024 13:29 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

she waving on my pole till i flag

18.10.2024 12:38 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

👋 Bluesky is an open social network that gives creators independence from platforms, developers the freedom to build, and users a choice in their experience. We're so excited to have you here!

We share Bluesky updates & news from this account. A quick orientation thread: 🧵✨

17.10.2024 07:06 — 👍 62439    🔁 9336    💬 3849    📌 669

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