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lorem ipsum πŸ‡§πŸ‡·πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ @whiskeynachos.bsky.social

Where the fuck is Astana?

sep 2, 2025, 1:25 am β€’ 2 0

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Matthew Downhour @matthewdownhour.bsky.social

Capital of Kazakhstan (I was looking up Eurasian steppe cities to compare to high plains ones)

sep 2, 2025, 1:29 am β€’ 3 0 β€’ view
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lorem ipsum πŸ‡§πŸ‡·πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ @whiskeynachos.bsky.social

Isn't that Almaty?

sep 2, 2025, 1:29 am β€’ 1 0 β€’ view
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lorem ipsum πŸ‡§πŸ‡·πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ @whiskeynachos.bsky.social

Oh, I'm 28 years out of date, apparently.

sep 2, 2025, 1:30 am β€’ 4 0 β€’ view
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Matthew Downhour @matthewdownhour.bsky.social

Almaty is still the biggest but it's too far towards the edge I think so they took their natural gas money and moved the capital to the middle

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sep 2, 2025, 2:05 am β€’ 4 0 β€’ view
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lorem ipsum πŸ‡§πŸ‡·πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ @whiskeynachos.bsky.social

They is an unusual pronoun to apply to Dictator Nursultan Nazarbayev, but I otherwise concur.

sep 2, 2025, 2:09 am β€’ 1 0 β€’ view