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RussianHacker (Marklin) @russianhacker.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Luv spending less than 30 bucks at used book sales. But holy fuck do I regret parking at the end of the parking lot on the other side of the mall. What a damn workout 😭

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RussianHacker (Marklin) @russianhacker.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

A bit of a hard choice here and there, but I feel like I got a good mix of games with the most (re)playtime and the ones that have left the biggest imprint on me.

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RussianHacker (Marklin) @russianhacker.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

From Kim Ghattas "Black Wave." In a sense, the last paragraph before the mark feels kinda relevant to our situation rn.

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RussianHacker (Marklin) @russianhacker.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

My fbi agent won't stop making noise in the tree. I'm trying to read my book goddammit.

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RussianHacker (Marklin) @russianhacker.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

The two best 9/11 movies imo, and I will not hear otherwise

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RussianHacker (Marklin) @russianhacker.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

Never forget what Bin Laden took from us.

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RussianHacker (Marklin) @russianhacker.bsky.social · 05/07/2026

Not looking good for the mandate of heaven boys.

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RussianHacker (Marklin) @russianhacker.bsky.social · 26/04/2026

And as of now, I am currently reading Court of the Red Tsar and Road to 1914 side by side. Anyways, see y'all May 18th or so!

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RussianHacker (Marklin) @russianhacker.bsky.social · 26/04/2026

Goodbye, Eastern Europe: An Intimate History of a Divided Land: A nice book that goes into an overview of Eastern European history through the stories of various people living there throughout history. Really hit me at home.

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RussianHacker (Marklin) @russianhacker.bsky.social · 26/04/2026

The Russian Revolution 1917-1932: Well I read post-revisionist Figes and Orthodox Pipes, it only made sense I read Fitzpatrick. This one felt like it got a bit too technical for me, but it was a nice corrective that filled the gap very well. Not my favorite book of hers though.

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RussianHacker (Marklin) @russianhacker.bsky.social · 26/04/2026

A Concise History of the Russian Revolution: A very readable and concise history of the Russian Revolution. It would be my favorite if not for the obvious cold warrior slant and hatred of intellectuals by Pipes lmao. Still, definitely worth reading if you want that old school perspective.

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RussianHacker (Marklin) @russianhacker.bsky.social · 26/04/2026

Death Or Glory: The Legacy Of The Crimean War: Going a bit out of order with this one, but I did like this one a bit more as a Crimean War book than the Figes one, mostly because it focuses on the human aspect of the war while also being relatively short.

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RussianHacker (Marklin) @russianhacker.bsky.social · 26/04/2026

the Crimean War: Honestly, this one was hit or miss. I'm not all into big war books unless they're very human focused. This book had moments of that, but my attention span wavered with this one.

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RussianHacker (Marklin) @russianhacker.bsky.social · 26/04/2026

Brothers at War: The Unending Conflict in Korea: THIS on the other hand, is a really great read. It doesn't go over the history before the split like the Victor Cha one does and also stops as Kim Jong Un takes power, but so far its my favorite book on the Korean conflict. I highly reccomend it!

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RussianHacker (Marklin) @russianhacker.bsky.social · 26/04/2026

Korea: A New History of South and North: Took a brief break to give this a read because it was cheap. It's alright, essentially a very short history of the Korean penninsula, but aside from being up to date, it's not my favorite on the topic.

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RussianHacker (Marklin) @russianhacker.bsky.social · 26/04/2026

The Story of Russia: Great for the same reasons as above, except its a history of ALL of Russia. Very solid and not too long.

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RussianHacker (Marklin) @russianhacker.bsky.social · 26/04/2026

Revolutionary Russia, 1891 - 1991: A History: A great overview of Soviet history and the Russian Revolution. Probably my favorite book on the topic as of this point in terms of conciseness and up to date info

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RussianHacker (Marklin) @russianhacker.bsky.social · 26/04/2026

LESSONS FROM THE GREAT DEPRESSION FOR DUMMIES: Yeah yeah, it's a simpletons read, but it was still very interesting and got its points across very well.

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RussianHacker (Marklin) @russianhacker.bsky.social · 20/03/2026

Taking a short break from my Russian/eastern Europe history binge to read some revisionism

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RussianHacker (Marklin) @russianhacker.bsky.social · 20/03/2026

And with this done, I have now finished every Orlando Figes book in my library, of which there are four

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RussianHacker (Marklin) @russianhacker.bsky.social · 14/03/2026

For me, it has to be South Vietnam surviving. For a war with such a huge impact on US culture, it has surprisingly little focus in AH.

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RussianHacker (Marklin) @russianhacker.bsky.social · 13/03/2026

The T2 script does indicate that the Global South is still under human control and doing a lot of lifting against skynet, with my headcanon being that most of the US resistance's success owing to Skyney placing most of its big bruisers in other fronts.

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RussianHacker (Marklin) @russianhacker.bsky.social · 13/03/2026

I mean...they technically weren't wrong...sorta?

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RussianHacker (Marklin) @russianhacker.bsky.social · 12/03/2026

Holy shit. I can't tell because of the hat, but I think that might be him.

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RussianHacker (Marklin) @russianhacker.bsky.social · 10/03/2026

Quite a wholesome mod unironically (I got points for mudslinging everytime, but tried to be nice to Cooper, because being mean to him is like bullying a puppy)

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RussianHacker (Marklin) @russianhacker.bsky.social · 10/03/2026

A bit late, but I started this a bit ago.

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RussianHacker (Marklin) @russianhacker.bsky.social · 26/02/2026

Well, my adhd wouldn't let me finish the mussolini book, so I guess it's about time I finally read American Carnage.

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RussianHacker (Marklin) @russianhacker.bsky.social · 23/02/2026

Starting this today. Here's to hoping I finish it too!

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RussianHacker (Marklin) @russianhacker.bsky.social · 19/02/2026

Alternate historians of Bluesky, lend me your hot takes. Mine is that Theodore Roosevelt winning in 1912 probably doesn't end WW1 significantly earlier than OTL. If anything he probably pulls a donald and attempts to mediate the war while failing miserably.

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RussianHacker (Marklin) @russianhacker.bsky.social · 18/02/2026

Dustbowl 2.0 incoming www.msn.com/en-us/weathe...

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RussianHacker (Marklin) @russianhacker.bsky.social · 17/02/2026

Unsurprising www.quotev.com/quiz/1234335...

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RussianHacker (Marklin) @russianhacker.bsky.social · 12/02/2026

Crazy how a man can go his whole life thinking Studs Terkel and WWZ were the only oral histories in existence.

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RussianHacker (Marklin) @russianhacker.bsky.social · 09/02/2026

TFW the eugenicist American deep state one timeline over also does terrible things to children for the hell of it

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RussianHacker (Marklin) @russianhacker.bsky.social · 07/01/2026

Still waiting for this book to get here in the mail, but needless to say, this is hardly a new issue.

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RussianHacker (Marklin) @russianhacker.bsky.social · 07/01/2026

The body isn't even cold yet and the heartless fuckers up top are trying to claim they were terrorists. Expected, but god damn it.

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RussianHacker (Marklin) @russianhacker.bsky.social · 07/01/2026

Yeah so this wasn't an accident or a "he was coming right at me" thing, it was just straight up an execution, and these chucklefucks were probably waiting for the opportunity. These are the kinds of people who back the Admin.

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RussianHacker (Marklin) @russianhacker.bsky.social · 03/01/2026

Book haul is 99% done. Organized my new US history shelf with other Oxford history books I already have plus Fault Lines, and I had Shirer there on the end already, but I didn't realize until right as I was taking this pic the irony behind its placement

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RussianHacker (Marklin) @russianhacker.bsky.social · 02/01/2026

Not much to discern from this, or maybe there's a lot idk. I just want quiet and hope this year tbh.

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