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Kaiserlich und königlich @kakanien.bsky.social · 12/12/2024

The poster child for "make love not war" 😌

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pixelatedboat aka “mr bluesky” @pixelatedboat.bsky.social · 10/12/2024

Guy who gets his news from Threads: “They’ve just arrested the shooter. His name is Gavrilo Princip”

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People's Government of the Pelargir Commune 🇺🇦🇱🇹🇵🇸🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @dov.bsky.social · 10/12/2024

the term for a preemptive strike in normal person is "unprompted aggression"

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ceej @ceej.online · 24/10/2024

hey dude, I noticed you thriving unburdened by the weight of history, have you considered inevitably repeating the painful mistakes of the past?

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Nicolai Eberholst (Pike Grey 1914-1918) @pikegrey1418.bsky.social · 08/06/2024

Spot on! - Demonstration of an Austro-Hungarian 60 cm Scheinwerfer (Searchlight) M.15a, May 1916. The church tower being lit up by the powerful light beam is 1.5 kilometers away.

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Kaiserlich und königlich @kakanien.bsky.social · 15/03/2024

Partaking in habsburg material culture is delicious

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Kaiserlich und königlich @kakanien.bsky.social · 02/11/2023

that whole discussion on historical memory started by @beijingpalmer.bsky.social reminded me of how the early Habsburgs (mostly Maximilian I) faked like their entire family tree to claim they were descended from King Arthur, Hector of Troy, AND Noah (as in the Noah from the Bible) 🫠

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Kaiserlich und königlich @kakanien.bsky.social · 02/11/2023

So much of habsburg history is just various scams and forgeries 😍 nothing but respect for MY kings (of jerusalem)

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Nicolai Eberholst (Pike Grey 1914-1918) @pikegrey1418.bsky.social · 29/10/2023

Have you plugged in your soldiers today? Soldiers' humor: Electric heating in a trench at 2000m altitude! "Patented" by Austro-Hungarian Karl Schmidt, a corporal of the illumination detachment of a Fortress Artillery Batallion. (Not with these days' electricity prices!)

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Kaiserlich und königlich @kakanien.bsky.social · 28/10/2023

Ethnic breakdown of the population of Austria-Hungary in 1869: Germans: 25.4% Slavs: 45.6% Romance groups [Romanians, Italians etc.]: 9.5% Hungarians: 15.4% smaller ethnicities: 4.1% (Jews; 3.8%)

From: Klun, VInzenz Ferrer, Statistik von Oesterreich-Ungarn, Vienna 1876, p. 58

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Kaiserlich und königlich @kakanien.bsky.social · 27/10/2023

Apparently a catalog of one thousand miniature nudes would only cost you K2.20 in 1909 Vienna (which I think is like 10-15 bucks in 2023 dollars), if I'm understanding this correctly (am I?) Seems like a pretty sweet deal!

advert for Viennese nude studies from a 1909 issue of Wiener Caricaturen. A prepaid catalogue with appox. 1000 miniatures cost K 2.20 (delivery included).

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Kaiserlich und königlich @kakanien.bsky.social · 24/10/2023

I just learned that Claudio Zanier JUST published a paper in Eurasian Studies about how Jacopo Serravallo's pharmacy was able to export iron wine tonic to the Middle East by claiming it basically counted as medicine but I don't have access because Brill sucks LIFE IS SO UNFAIRRRRRRR

a 1909 advert for Serravallo's "Chinese wine with iron", apparently only available in pharmacies

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Kaiserlich und königlich @kakanien.bsky.social · 24/10/2023

there is something really magical about turn-of-the-century newspaper adverts. just real mad scientist solutions to the world's unlikeliest problems for example: Do you hate your flat feet? Why not try Dr. Högyes' ASBESTOS INSOLES?

a newspaper advert advertising asbestos insoles as a cure for flat feet, from Das interessante Blatt, 21 October 1909

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Kaiserlich und königlich @kakanien.bsky.social · 20/10/2023

"Illustrated warning to the gym goers who like to use weights that are too heavy for them," from Kikeriki! from 29 December 1864 (!)

A drawing of a man with comically long, thin noodle-like arms holding two dumbbells over his head with the following text: "Illustrirte Warnung für solche Turner, welche sich gerne übermäßigschwere Turnkugeln bedienen." From Kikeriki!, Humoristisches Volksblatt, 29 Dec 1864

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Kaiserlich und königlich @kakanien.bsky.social · 20/10/2023

List invalid unless Austria-Hungary is first

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Kaiserlich und königlich @kakanien.bsky.social · 16/10/2023

Worst routing error since Franz Ferdinand's driver missed a turn in Sarajevo #toosoon?

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Luka Ivan Jukic @ljukic.bsky.social · 11/10/2023

Beautiful and extremely detailed map of Austro-Hungarian railways in 1911

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Kaiserlich und königlich @kakanien.bsky.social · 15/10/2023

When the people of Milan decided to collectively give up smoking for New Year's in 1848, the campaign led to 5 deaths, left dozens more wounded and, in a way, contributed to the unification of Italy. A thread on the Milan smokers' strike /1

An illustration of the smokers' strike depicting three smoking officers, one quarrelling with a civillian, taken from: 1861/1961 Centenario Dell' Unità D'italia, p. 9

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Kaiserlich und königlich @kakanien.bsky.social · 15/10/2023

First preliminary session of the Imperial Diet in Vienna on 10 July 1848, by Franz Kollarz (Kolář), Wien Museum (sammlung.wienmuseum.at/en/object/26...). The session was a bit of a letdown because only 186 of the 383 deputies showed up, so the quorum wasn't reached (for very k.k. reasons): /1

lithograph of the first preliminary session of the Imperial Diet in Vienna on 10 July 1848, by Franz Kollarz (Kolář), Wien Museum (https://sammlung.wienmuseum.at/en/object/2638/)

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Nedad Memić @nedadmemic.bsky.social · 12/10/2023

"Der Hass tötet die Seele, und der Krieg, aus Hass geboren, tötet den Körper. Nur die Liebe belebt und heilt." Stefan Zweig

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Kaiserlich und königlich @kakanien.bsky.social · 08/10/2023

So here's an interesting story I learned today about the introduction of coffee in Habsburg lands

the domino effect meme with the first tile reading "1670 expulsion of Jews from Vienna" and the last tile reading "my caffeine addiction"

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Kaiserlich und königlich @kakanien.bsky.social · 08/10/2023

No disrespect to the doubtlessly hardworking Viennese hairdresser from 1891 behind this look but I would be absolutely livid if he made my hair cone-shaped

Drawing from the Neue Wiener Friseur-Zeitung of 1 May 1891 of a very conical arrangement of curls

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Kaiserlich und königlich @kakanien.bsky.social · 08/10/2023

Super intrigued about why this 1908 Rüger advert is in Esperanto but I am afraid to ask because asking Esperantists about Esperanto is like asking a Jehova's Witness about Jesus

advert for Rüger chocolates in Esperanto featuring the famous Hansi character. Source: ÖNB (https://search.onb.ac.at/permalink/f/sb7jht/ONB_alma21445347090003338)

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