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#alternatehistory

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#alternatehistory is an active hashtag on Bluesky. In the last 30 days, 52 people shared 142 posts with it — around 5 a day. Activity is down 24% versus the previous week, peaking on Sep 2 with 10 posts.

#alternatehistory posts per day (last 30 days)

Posts with #alternatehistory

Nakamudra🌹
@nakamudra.bsky.social
5 days ago
"A Nation No More" I don't usually make alternate history of the real world, but this has been sitting in my mind for a while. The premise being, what would happen if the 1960s political crisis in Indonesia culminated in a civil war that broke up the country? #map #cartography #alternatehistory
"A Nation No More: The Nusantaran Islands in 1992," a map featuring an alternate historical scenario of Indonesia.
Indonesia, A Nation No More

Following the assassination of M.H. Lukman and Sudisman, two communist officials, Indonesia fell into a civil war (1965-1970). Originally, the conflict was between Army loyalists (ABRI) and the leftist People's Army of Indonesia (PAI). However, it degenerated into separatist wars outside the Javanese domain. ABRI units in Sulawesi became entrenched in warlordism. South Moluccas returned from exile. Jakarta lost legitimacy of Papua. In Halmahera, the local ABRI commander defected to the Ternatean monarchy.
 
By 1969, the conflict became stuck in a bloody stalemate. Fearing overextension, especially due to the ongoing Vietnam War, the US refused to support the ABRI any further. The USSR rejected to support 
the communists as the PAI were vehemently anti-revisionist. China struggled to support the Viet Cong, let alone the larger PAI. Meanwhile, Indonesian nationalists were driven out of Atjeh and eastern Indonesia. Collateral deaths aside, half a million civilians died from deportations and summary executions. 
 
In 1970, all sides signed the Singapore Agreement, ending the war. ABRI and PAI were reluctant, unlike the separatists. The 1945 Republic was dissolved, replaced by the anti-communist ISRI and communist IDR, as well as the recognition of the sovereignties of the separatist states. 
 
When the Berlin Wall fell in 1989, there were hopes that Indonesia might reunify. In 1990-1991 ISRI and IDR began talks in Tunis for that matter, but it was all but a wishful thinking. Representatives from the 
eastern states were quick to shoot down the idea, as ISRI-IDR wanted the whole of the 1945 Republic.
 
The Republic of Indonesia is all but a bittersweet memory at this point.
Flags of Nusantaran countries post-Singapore Agreement.

Countries included:
- Independent State of the Republic of Indonesia
- Indonesian Democratic Republic
- Republic of Atjeh Darussalam
- State of Minahasa
- Hulontalo
- Negeri-Badjo
- Sultanate of Halmahera
- Republic of the South Moluccas
- Kaili Raja
- Mandarese Republic (Mandaresia)
- Tana Toradja
- Macassan Republic
- State of East Celebes
- Republic of Buton
- Republic of West Papua
Map of eastern Indonesia in this alternate historical scenario.
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Sean McKnight
@ynot1989.bsky.social
almost 2 years ago
Happy #MapMonday What if Ulysses S. Grant accepted Lincoln's invitation to join him at Ford's Theater, resulting in his death at the hands of John Wilkes Booth instead of the President? What would America look like without Andrew Johnson kneecapping Reconstruction? #alternatehistory #cartography
Reconstruction in a world where Grant was shot at Ford's Theater. https://www.deviantart.com/ynot1989/art/Alternate-Reconstruction-1108918143
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Thom Cote ☎️ Get my game "COLD CALLING" today!
@thomcote.bsky.social
7 months ago
The game my friends and I spent 8 years working on outside work is finally done! We're proud to present COLD CALLING, a real time puzzle game where you man the White House switchboard during a satirical, alternate history Cold War. #indiegame #alternatehistory #comedygame #majorupdate
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