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osdiletantes.bsky.social
Anthropologist, intermittent futbol power-viewer, red lipstick enthusiast
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I took this picture of #BasharAlAssad and his framed buddies in a #Damascus shop window in September 2008. Very different times. WIshing the people of #Syria good things in 2025 #HappyNewYear

submitted 59 days ago • 0 comments

Really enjoyed listening to #JohnMcManus talk about #TurkishFootball with @peterjcherry.bsky.social & #IsilayGursu on #HeritageTurkiye, the new podcast from @thebiaankara.bsky.social. John’s 2018 book on the topic, ‘Welcome to Hell?’, is even better (a.co/d/0mYWBc3) youtu.be/tPi659UVkbI?...

submitted 88 days ago • 0 comments

Match Day 5: #HakanCalhanoglu & #InterMilan win; #KeremAkturkoglu, #OrkunKokcu & #Benfica win; #KenanYildiz & #Juventus draw; #ArdaGuler & #RealMadrid lose. Just keeping tabs. I know it's a weird way to mentally frame it but I'm rooting for the #MilliTakimlar diaspora in #ChampionsLeague

submitted 93 days ago • 0 comments

I’m trying to put together a starter pack for historians of the Ottoman Empire. Who should be added? go.bsky.app/3G4pxss

submitted 107 days ago • 12 comments

Hi new Bluesky users! You might hear that Bluesky "doesn't have an algorithm", which is kind of true, kind of not. Bluesky has the concept of "feeds", which are tabs that provide you different algorithms of content that you can subscribe to and view. I'll talk a little bit about that here: 🧵

submitted 113 days ago • 25 comments

Bat Macumba ê ê, Bat Macumba obá

submitted 98 days ago • 0 comments