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Popehat@kenwhite.bsky.social |
Listening to The Rest is History’s new series on the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand and it’s as good as I hoped. Humanizes the guy, reveals the shitbirdery of his family and Hapsburg colleagues, and also explains why his assassination saved millions of birds.
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PsTeq1993
@psteq1993.bsky.social
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Anti wind power? I knew it
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Problematic Otter
@problematicotter.bsky.social
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This seems like a good time to post the excellent @hooks.bsky.social article detailing his day with Hapsburg folks in Texas
thebaffler.com/latest/feeli...
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D.M. Schmeyer
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Pretty amazing that he ended up the man killed for a lot of anger that he probably empathized with more than any single person in the government that he was representing.
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Crazy Cat Lady Abroad
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Franz Josef is truly under-rated as one of the absolute assholes in history. Franz Ferdinand was just trying to show his wife the kind of pomp and ceremony he thought the woman he loved deserved (monarchical critiques aside) and deserves a better rap.
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DW
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One of history's great accidental meetings. Neither the assassin nor the Archduke had any idea they would meet at this location. One (the assassin) missed the original meeting site and the other (the Archduke) missed a turn i.e. was lost.
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Tim Shea
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Has anyone run the numbers to compare on how many birds were killed during WW1 versus how many would of been killed between the Kaiser and Archduke if the Archduke would of lived?
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Popehat
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/2 Now really looking forward to them covering the slow-motion car crash that is July 1914 which is an absolutely terrifying story of our inability to stop terrible things from happening
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Mitch Solomon
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Have you checked this one out? The audiobook version is super worthy www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/105817...
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Pete
@petetjh.bsky.social
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Is that the Tom Holland project? I like his work on the Caesars but I'm reticent to go further because I fear that he'd romanticise imperialist monarchies
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81
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Binge their 11-episode series that starts with Custer and ends with Sitting Bull. They’ve never done better work.
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Frode Nygaard
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«The Rest is History» is just getting better and better after they started making longer multi-episode series. Probably the best history-podcast at the moment, and the Franz Ferdinand-episodes have been superb…
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Your Pal in Ypsi
@ypsidoodle.bsky.social
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Most people don't know, but questionable feathers were found at the scene of the shooting.
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Stephen Kiskamp
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You got me hooked on this podcast, just like Fall of Civilization, and (I think) This Day in Esoteric Political History. Just wanted to say Thanks! 👍
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Pearlmania500
@pearlmania500.bsky.social
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It’s my favorite podcast, I just bought tickets to see them live in Philly this November.
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McKeen Photos (I shoot people and things for money. And fun.)
@mckeenphotos.bsky.social
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Was not expecting that last sentence
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Jawn Gyatti
@sloveniesta.bsky.social
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The craziest part is how it nearly didn't happen. Netflix used to have a great movie about the investigation of the assassination, but I can't remember the title....
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Eponymous for now
@polyeclectic.bsky.social
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Saw the car where he met his fate in the Heeresgeschichtliches Museum in Vienna.
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Ann Laabs 🏳️🌈
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📌
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Joan Hunter Dunn
@velfille.bsky.social
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My fave podcast and so interesting about Princip’s historical and social context.
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Stephen Leahy
@skilleahy.bsky.social
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Taught a couple of blocks from this spot. One of the best photos that I have ever taken.
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Tracey Henley
@tghenley.bsky.social
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Such a great podcast.
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Robin Bobcat
@robinbobcat.bsky.social
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My favorite explanation of WWI:
"I heard that it started when a bloke called Archie Duke shot an ostrich 'cause he was hungry."
youtu.be/tGxAYeeyoIc
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Reallysarah
@reallysarahha.bsky.social
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You’ve read Guns of August, right?
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K* Smith
@ksmithmi.bsky.social
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Thanks for the "recommendation" of The Rest is History podcast. I'm currently enjoying their series about JFK. I'm enjoying the back and forth of the two hosts. Reminds me of another podcast ... hmm ...
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