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The provinces of the Kingdom of Scandinavia
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The provinces of the Kingdom of Scandinavia

Alt-History, I guess? I'm not sure what the point of divergence would be, maybe Cnut successfully invades and conquers Sweden in the 1020s and then ensures an undisputed succession? I actually made this a couple of years ago and had completely forgotten about it, so I don't really remember what my intentions were with this. I do remember though that I had imagined the country having one unified orthography, so I made a compromise between Swedish and Dano-Norwegian spelling conventions: hence "ø" and "ä" instead of "ö" and "æ".

u/C0smicM0nkey — 4 days ago
▲ 206 r/Cities+2 crossposts

Introducing GUPPI - the Global Urban Power and Prestige Index (OC)

I'm unemployed atm, so with all my spare time, I decided to make an index ranking the most powerful and influential urban areas on the planet. Sure, there's already several "global city" rankings out there, but the problem I have with most of them is is that they focus heavily on economics, finance, and corporate strength, while under-representing cultural, political, and other forms of power.

GUPPI is an attempt to address that and create a more balanced index, that considers not only financial/economic strength, but also global connectivity, institutional prestige, cultural influence, academic output, political strength, and diplomatic presence. Scores are normalised so that NYC=100.

The urban-area definitions are mostly based on Demographia’s urban agglomeration definitions. The one major exception is that Demographia lists Guangzhou-Shenzhen as a single agglomeration, while I separated them here because most source datasets treat them separately, and I'm pretty sure that most people still think of them as distinct cities, anyways.

I actually have fully calculated the scores of 143 cities. I've only included the top 100 here because, besides being a nice round number, it's roughly around the limit where I'm certain that I'm not missing any cities, and that any cities that I have not yet calculated would fall outside the top 100. (There's a sizable drop off in the scores between #99-#102). If anyone wants though, I can post the rest of the cities beyond #100 in the comments below.

I am not a professional graphic designer or geographer/economist, so I'm open to feedback the presentation, or if any cities might be missing or misplaced.

EDIT: I've posted the full list of cities after #100 in the comments.

u/C0smicM0nkey — 8 days ago
▲ 22 r/JellesMarbleRuns

  • Savage Speeders - Loves being the Villain: The team believes it performs better when being disrespected. They lean into boos, dramatic quotes, and love to say “you need us to hate.” Sports writers intentionally insult them before important events as a service.
  • O'Rangers - The Coach's Lucky Chair: Rango refuses to sit anywhere else. The chair travels by private security and gets post-game interviews.
  • Team Galactic - The Fifth Place Cult: Their fans have made peace with mediocrity by turning fifth place into a sacred cosmic alignment, calling it a “a statistically elegant orbital position."
  • Raspberry Racers - The Jam Factory Discipline System: Poor performances result in players being “sent to the jam factory,” which may be metaphorical, but no one really knows for sure.
  • Oceanics - Only Win When a Certain Fan Is Late: The fan becomes a celebrity and is now asked to deliberately miss the first heat/lap/event etc.
  • Team Momo: - Tactics are Named after Dishes: “The Lasagna Press” is layered defense. “Emergency Miso” is a chaotic late-match strategy. During home games, a certain concession vendor at their stadium can predict final match results based on which food items sell out first with near-perfect accuracy.
  • Crazy Cat's Eyes - The Internal Staring Contest: Rumour says lineup decisions are settled through silent eye contact. No one has ever confirmed this.
  • Green Ducks - The Prophetic Eggs: Their captain keeps laying “prophetic eggs” with predictions inside. The predictions are usually vague and extremely biased.
  • Midnight Wisps - Their Stadium is Slightly Haunted: Lights flicker when fans boo. The scoreboard corrects announcers. Visiting teams swear the tunnels move. Trophies mysteriously disappear from cabinets and re-appear weeks later.
  • Hazers - The Secret Mountain Training Camp: Nobody knows where it is. Team members return with weird stamina, cryptic sayings, and an intense hatred of goats.
  • Mellow Yellow - The Yellow Warning System: Their season is tracked in escalating alert levels: Lemon, Mustard, Banana, Complete Canary Chaos.
  • Pinkies - Mysterious Benefactor: Random facility upgrades appear overnight. Nobody knows who paid for the new sauna, statue, or underground bowling alley.
  • Balls of Chaos - The Anti-Analytics Department: Their data team exists only to prove numbers are “a tool of cowardice.” Somehow, this occasionally works.
  • Bumblebees - Takes Team Bonding Waaaaaay Too Far: Escape rooms, synchronized breakfasts, mandatory pottery, group vision boards, etc. Most of their off-season training is actually just extensive multi-week retreats in the wilderness.
  • Kobalts - The Pirate Radio Station: Their local media operation is semi-underground. Unconfirmed rumours, bizarre late-night call-in shows, and anonymous “sources in the equipment room.”
  • Snowballs - Cannot win on Tuesdays: Nobody knows why.
  • Shining Swarm - The Vibe Index: Their home-field advantage is allegedly “vibes.” Fans and analysts try to measure it with charts called The Vibe Index.
  • Limers - The Documentary Crew Never Left: A behind-the-scenes crew started filming their redemption season years ago and is still waiting for the ending.
  • Blackjacks - Suspiciously Good at Coin Tosses: Opponents accuse them of “coin whispering.” They release a training video called Respect the Flip.
  • Rojo Rollers - Public Service Announcement: Once accidentally started a wildfire when a victory celebration got out of hand, now, every year, through court order, they must film and release a "fire safety" video to the public.
  • Jungle Jumpers - Wandering Captain: Their captain keeps “getting lost in the woods” and returning weeks later with new tactical insights.
  • Indigo Stars - Stellar Alignment: Have an astrologist on their payroll full-time. No important decisions are made without consulting the astrologer first.
  • Wolfpack - The New Expansion Team That Treats Every Other Team Like Ancient Lore: They refer to the older clubs as “the old gods” and talk about normal rivalries as if they are mythic prophecy.

Thoughts? I'm missing a few teams, anyone have idea on how to finish off the set? Anyone have their own lore they want to add?

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u/C0smicM0nkey — 20 days ago
▲ 29 r/JellesMarbleRuns

Full Stats in Comments.

I started tracking these numbers in November 2023. The idea was to provide an annual update every year, in early November. While I did provide an update in Nov. 2024, I spent all of November and December 2025 backpacking in Latin America and didn't have a chance to post an update. My plan was then to just delay the update from 12 to 18 months, which means it would have been posted on May 6, however, I didn't want to update it in the middle of Marble League, so I went with the numbers as of the day before the opening ceremony (Apr. 28). So basically 18 months minus a week.

Numbers are as of yesterday, Apr. 28, 2026. Any and all noted changes in numbers are relative to November 6, 2024.

u/C0smicM0nkey — 23 days ago
▲ 2 r/whatsthatbook

I'm trying to remember the title of this picture book that I had growing up as a kid in the 90s. It was sort of similar to Where's Waldo (Wally) in that there were these large detailed illustrations of crowded scenes in exotic locations that spanned 2 pages, although the artstyle was more realistic and less cartoonish than Waldo. The story involved the narrator's Aunt travelling around the world and collecting souvenirs to bring back home. I remember one scene was on a cruise ship, one was in Siberia (or maybe Lappland) in the winter with reindeers and balalaikas, there was one on a beach in Australia, and I think there was another at one of those floating markets in South-East Asia. Hidden somewhere in each scene was the aunt and the souvenir she got from that location, so part of the experience of the book was looking for her in each of the crowd scenes, like in Where's Waldo. Probably published Late 80s/Early 90s. Book was in English, hardcover. I might be misremembering a couple of the details, but hopefully it should still sound recognizable. Does anybody have any idea what I'm referring to?

EDIT: Solved - The Great World Tour by Kamini Khanduri

u/C0smicM0nkey — 25 days ago
▲ 168 r/startrek

- I had reservations about them promoting Morn to Head of Station Security, but it ended up being the stand-out story arc of the season. The episode where he becomes a stand-up comic at Vic's is the straight-up funniest in the entire franchise.

- Tuvix being the Prime Minister of the Mirror Universe Borg was a nice touch.

- Great to see Ensign Ro back! The sexual tension between her and Kira was just...💋🔥🔥🎆

- Not sure how I feel about the reveal of what the Breen look like under their helmets. Making every single one of them look exactly like Steve Buscemi was definitely uh... a choice.

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u/C0smicM0nkey — 26 days ago