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10hobo10 @10hobo10.bsky.social

….wait, *those* Goya engravings? Well damn, uh…that’s depressing. Man, if you were in Central Europe during the 1600s, you were just fucked, huh? Marauding armies AND you don’t even get enough grub

aug 27, 2025, 10:29 am • 0 0

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Marble Liberal @marbleliberal.bsky.social

Here is a firing squad in Callot. Examine the officers in the foreground. Don't worry; the condemned deserve it

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aug 30, 2025, 1:10 am • 2 0 • view
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Marble Liberal @marbleliberal.bsky.social

Here is a firing squad in Goya. These condemned do not.

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aug 30, 2025, 1:12 am • 1 0 • view
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Gluten-free Seitan @davidjorgonson.bsky.social

The marauding armies ate your grub

aug 30, 2025, 1:20 am • 1 0 • view
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Marble Liberal @marbleliberal.bsky.social

There wasn't enough so they're starving too

aug 30, 2025, 2:09 am • 1 0 • view
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10hobo10 @10hobo10.bsky.social

This is SLANDER from enemies of the Holy Roman Emperor; his most leal servant Wallenstein kept the imperial armies well fed, its the foreign loving rebels who were starving brigands* *source: Ferdinand II’s Privy Council before they decided to off the guy

aug 30, 2025, 4:59 am • 2 0 • view
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Marble Liberal @marbleliberal.bsky.social

Oh man, his bread stats were insane. 20,000 pounds of bread a day left Gitschin

aug 30, 2025, 6:44 am • 1 0 • view