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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
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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

Bluesky… microwaves?

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 👍

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

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

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

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)

¿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?

President Eisenhower sketches a buff version of himself on a memo about how the CIA had just overthrown the Guatemalan government (1954)

Bon dia i putos sionistes.

You should be able to add yourself here! Feel free to direct any other VexHeads this way too 🔥🎙️ go.bsky.app/9QjnmJy

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...

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!

for years scholars wondered how many toddlers you can run over with tanks before your country is considered "Bad" . probably about 4 million

Moomin discovered that there is no toxicity over Bluesky.

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.

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

Now that you are on Bluesky with us, please stay, Don't leave ❤️

Q: Is it true that Bluesky doesn't use algorithms? A: Not quite! #sky-tan #QaA

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

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

Autocrítica y seguimos avanzando

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!! 💙🕺🪩

👋 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: 🧵✨

welcome to the 100k+ people who have joined Bluesky in the last 12 hours!!! 🦋 🎉

Me arriving in Mongolia: Customs: Name? Me: Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin Customs: Occupation? Me: No, just a short visit.

That explains a lot. patreon.com/lowqualityfa...

Hey! Long time no see. Just so you know, I’m more active on twitter, if you would like to see some more flag content. But anyways, I’m here to tell you that I have a new website! Lots of flags, essays and preserved threads wait for you there! gorteanflags.wordpress.com

I made this Pride flag using only NASA images and our team thought it would be cool to share on social (I work on the NASA heliophysics communications team), but it's getting all sorts of hate on the bird app and Fbook. Thought y'all might be more appreciative of it here. ☺️🏳️‍🌈💖

Aparentemente ya se puedes poner gifs en BSky!

My latest flag-related meme

Since I like their watches so much, I made a flag for CASIO

No. This has to be satire. It HAS to be.

New Zealand Railways: Co-operate to eliminate waste. Issued by Publicity Branch, N.Z.R., Railways Studios, 1936

I wrote this book in bits and pieces but almost entirely post egg-crack. It goes deep into my transition anxieties, through living through the Posie Parker protests and the waves of hate and love that rose up around them. I worry it's too weird, and too personal, but I'm proud of it.

New flag just dropped!

#Flagle #721 2/6 🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟥 www.flagle.io

Another mystery solved. patreon.com/lowqualityfa...

Fascinated by the sheer matter-of-factness of this story buried on page 8 of The Liverpool Daily Post, 29 March 1937 – “Ellen the barmaid is now Alan the barman.” Please update your address books. Now, what’ll you have?

We made a comic about fun facts.

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Bro why does the new bluesky logo have to be ugly?

Today's flag is the flag of Y Wladfa which is a group of Welsh settlements in southern Argentina. An obvious combination of the Welsh and Argentine national flags, there are several versions that can be found with different dragons and blues.