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If you are willing to go outside of Europe there are all sorts of possibilities. Its possible many colonies could have been integrated like France did with French Guyana. Suriname was forced to become independent, so integrating it should be doable. If South Africa remains Dutch it...

Any possibility of the great depression ending self-rule like in Newfoundland?

If we are focusing on the US, maybe there is a way to get the churches onside. The rhythm method was formalized in 1930s by the Catholics, maybe have the protestants react to that.

I definitely think we've had this one before, but okay, lets try. Post-1900 means its too late by-pass the invention of sexual identity as a concept, so no evolution of warrior cultures like Japan or Greece who didnt much care who you preferred to sleep with. In the modern era I would point...

Hyperbole aside, with early enough and detailed enough PODs most of the world is probably possible. Keep the rest of Europe from colonizing. A surviving Iberian Union and the reconquista continuing into Morocco would keep the two main early colonizers occupied. An earlier Suez Canal might...

Anything is possible, but this is unlikely without a lot of help. First you would need a reason for the Anglo-Saxons to migrate that direction, and then continue in that direction, then you would need the actual ability to make the journey in that time period, and all of this would need to be...

My understanding is that the mathematics of the first past the post system means that in the long run a two-party system is the only stable configuration.

Assuming the canal was a european project, either through venetian investors, crusaders states or egypt simply becoming a colony, then ethiopia might be in a good position to provide tug services to european trade ships. The red sea's winds arnt the best for sailing from what I recall, and...

Do you want him to have a chance of winning? A lot of his appeal is based on name recognition, and his father Pierre Trudeau was a Liberal. Switching parties might be seen as bold enough to get the leadership of the NDP, if they were struggling, but since it would probably be seen as a power...

What about a monarch holding a newly 'discovered' area as a personal domain. Such as the monarch of Britain declaring Tasmania to be their personal dominion (ala Belgian Congo maybe?). With delayed development they could end up seeing such land as their personal island sized zoo. Though they...

Tricky There were several moderate leaders in the region early in the century that would make good starting points. Faisal I bin Hussein of Iraq comes to mind. The problem is the British, like the Americans after them, always seem to support the obviously worse side. Seriously, how could they...

Earlier radio/radar tech usually isnt too hard. The usual way is to have Henry Cavendish actually publish his works. This leads to James Clerk Maxwell developing relativity and quantum theory in the 1880s. This then allows Tesla to create point transistors in the 1890s. This could potentiality...

Im sure it could happen, but coming up with a specific example might be difficult. Lets give it a try though. Say around 900 AD the vikings are colonizing Iceland and they encounter the Papar monks. If their meetings go well it might be the start of long term cooperation. Now, the Papar are...

The novel The Difference Engine is of course the go to source for this idea. Its a fun read. Lord Byron was Lovelace's father and in the book he becomes the leader of the Radical Liberals and win parliament. If Byron doesnt die in Greece that might be a way to secure funding for Lovelace...

Lots of possibilities here. Not sure how likely any of them are though. The navy was already getting tired of Babbage at this point. Maybe Lovelace could have convinced him to sit down and just finish one of his machines for once. The British navy with better tide charts and artillery tables...

That might be interesting. A culture that sees itself supported by the spirits of its ancestors and its rivals as pawns of demons calling themselves gods. They might need to imagine that the world has always existed, thus no need for the idea of a creator god. Was there any culture that had...

Have Britain successfully create an Imperial Federation, thus maintaining superpower status until the present. Probably need to avoid world wars. A close knit alliance via the build up of trade treaties with the US should be easy enough. With no British involvement in any would be world wars the...

Maybe if you could push Lenin into a Anarcho-syndicalist direction. It has a lot of overlaps with communism so it might not be too far of a stretch. Though a more precise definition of what type of anarchism you are looking for might help. Best of luck.

A previous thread was a result of something like this POD. No comic code The general consensus seems to have been more diversity in comics, not just mainly superheros. I cant help but imagine that individual companies would specialize into specific genres, sci-fi, fantasy, western, horror...

If thats all it takes you might have it as early as Fahrenheit's time. If it existed as a long establish technology it could have a lot of spin off effects. I wonder what Newton would do with a vacuum?