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It's War, Josep, But Not As We Know It Trying to understand what Ukraine is all about.
23rd Nov 2022
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It's War, Josep, But Not As We Know It

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23rd Nov 2022
Trying to understand what Ukraine is all about.
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Thoth and Khepri Thoth and Khepri Dean Nicholas Tue, 10/30/2018 - 00:00
30th Oct 2018
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Thoth and Khepri

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30th Oct 2018
Thoth and Khepri Dean Nicholas Tue, 10/30/2018 - 00:00
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Are Beards Over? A Historical Perspective. Recently I spoke with the Guardian journalist Tim Dowling for an excellent article he was writing...
25th Apr 2022
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Are Beards Over? A Historical Perspective.

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25th Apr 2022
Recently I spoke with the Guardian journalist Tim Dowling for an excellent article he was writing (published last week) about whether beards are finally ‘over’, and I thought it would be interesting to reflect on some of this. Since re-emerging around 2014, gaining popularity...
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Where parents make a difference Where is the shared environment effect larger than zero?
20th Mar 2024
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Where parents make a difference

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20th Mar 2024
Where is the shared environment effect larger than zero?
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Summary of changes for April 2024 Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
2nd May 2024
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Summary of changes for April 2024

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2nd May 2024
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of April. Summary Of Changes 100r.ca, added Twilight, updated our notes on chainplates, wheel to tiller conversion, cabin lights standing rigging replacement, Princess Louisa Inlet(added...
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Rise of Podcasting: Spotify and Google Make Moves Podcasting has been a growth industry this year, particularly after Spotify announced its intentions...
20th May 2019
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Rise of Podcasting: Spotify and Google Make Moves

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20th May 2019
Podcasting has been a growth industry this year, particularly after Spotify announced its intentions to rapidly expand into podcasting back in February. Podcasting is still a tiny industry compared to radio, but recent moves by both Spotify and Google are beginning to lay the...
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internet in paradise Huahine, one of the many grouped islands in French Polynesia. Our plans for future ocean voyaging...
1st Jul 2017
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internet in paradise

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1st Jul 2017
Huahine, one of the many grouped islands in French Polynesia. Our plans for future ocean voyaging could have ended here, because we almost crashed onto a reef. Because we always time our arrival with the morning sun, I always get the first look of every island. Huahine stood in...
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My Interview With Tim Berners-Lee, June 2009 Tim Berners-Lee and Richard MacManus, June 2009. During my recent trip to Boston, I had the...
8th Jul 2009
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My Interview With Tim Berners-Lee, June 2009

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8th Jul 2009
Tim Berners-Lee and Richard MacManus, June 2009. During my recent trip to Boston, I had the opportunity to visit MIT. At the end of a long day of meetings with various MIT tech masterminds, I made my way to the funny shaped building where the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) and...
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To all the newspapers I loved The decline and fall of the print media.
2nd Feb 2024
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To all the newspapers I loved

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2nd Feb 2024
The decline and fall of the print media.
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Jonathan Chait [ Content warning: angry, contemptuous ranting that accomplishes nothing. ] I didn't really know who...
1st Dec 2024
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Jonathan Chait

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1st Dec 2024
[ Content warning: angry, contemptuous ranting that accomplishes nothing. ] I didn't really know who Jonathan Chait was until last week when I unfortunately read this essay of his (from February 2016) on “Why Liberals Should Support a Trump Republican Nomination”. I've said a lot...
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Summary of changes for August 2026 Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
2 weeks ago
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Summary of changes for August 2026

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2 weeks ago
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of August. Wiki, updated various sections in solar cooking experiment. Donsol, putting some final touches to the new release. Hakum, completed Recharge. Rabbit Waves, added an image for...
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The Most Dangerous Line: Behind the Hawker stall test crashes
18th Feb 2026
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The Most Dangerous Line: Behind the Hawker stall test crashes

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18th Feb 2026
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Y Viva Espana: The Great British Package Holiday In Photos When in June 1987, Shirley Baker photographed passengers at England’s Manchester Airport, many of...
2nd Jun 2024
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Y Viva Espana: The Great British Package Holiday In Photos

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2nd Jun 2024
When in June 1987, Shirley Baker photographed passengers at England’s Manchester Airport, many of them would have been on their way to sunny Spain as part of their package holiday. Jake Clark first arrived there in the late 1960s when his parents moved to a fishing village in...
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A puzzle about balancing test tubes in a centrifuge Suppose a centrifuge has slots, arranged in a circle around the center, and we have test tubes we...
1st May 2025
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A puzzle about balancing test tubes in a centrifuge

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1st May 2025
Suppose a centrifuge has slots, arranged in a circle around the center, and we have test tubes we wish to place into the slots. If the tubes are not arranged symmetrically around the center, the centrifuge will explode. (By "arranged symmetrically around the center, I mean that...
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How the Ancient Game of Chess Spread Across the World Virtually everyone is familiar with chess, even if they are not avid players themselves. The game is...
1st Mar 2026
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How the Ancient Game of Chess Spread Across the World

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1st Mar 2026
Virtually everyone is familiar with chess, even if they are not avid players themselves. The game is a recurring motif in many of our films, TV shows, stories, and other media. Every year, thousands of chess players compete for prestige at the international level to secure their...
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A Historic Pixel Art Exhibition In 1981, a groundbreaking show featuring digital art on monitors connected to framebuffers and a...
10th Apr 2026
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A Historic Pixel Art Exhibition

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10th Apr 2026
In 1981, a groundbreaking show featuring digital art on monitors connected to framebuffers and a computer made history. This is the story of the small team that pulled it off. The post A Historic Pixel Art Exhibition appeared first on CHM.
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FREE Obsolete Sony book for paid subscribers A DRM-free digital copy of Sony Year by Year, and a thank-you for year one.
3rd May 2026
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FREE Obsolete Sony book for paid subscribers

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3rd May 2026
A DRM-free digital copy of Sony Year by Year, and a thank-you for year one.
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Books To Help Us Understand The World? Well, a few, anyway. And a bit.
1st Nov 2023
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Books To Help Us Understand The World?

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1st Nov 2023
Well, a few, anyway. And a bit.
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Nightmare at the Edge of the World: The crash of Panarctic Oils flight 416
24th Sep 2024
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Nightmare at the Edge of the World: The crash of Panarctic Oils flight 416

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24th Sep 2024
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Summary of changes for January Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the...
31st Jan 2022
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Summary of changes for January

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31st Jan 2022
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the month of January. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans. Summary Of Changes Left, re-wrote documentation, redesigned the UX for...
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Age and infertility Facts and misconceptions about maternal age-related infertility
29th Dec 2024
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Age and infertility

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29th Dec 2024
Facts and misconceptions about maternal age-related infertility
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Drawing the Future The ingenuity of industrial designers like Jerry Nichols helped Silicon Valley embrace mass...
16th Jan 2026
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Drawing the Future

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16th Jan 2026
The ingenuity of industrial designers like Jerry Nichols helped Silicon Valley embrace mass production in the 1960s and early 1970s, transforming the Valley and the world. The post Drawing the Future appeared first on CHM.
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Babar's Moon Trip (1968) Babar's Moon Trip was a pop-up book I had never come across before. It seems influenced a little by...
13th Sep 2025
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Babar's Moon Trip (1968)

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13th Sep 2025
Babar's Moon Trip was a pop-up book I had never come across before. It seems influenced a little by the space race and the American efforts to get to the Moon.  They face problems like: not achieving escape velocity for the Moon, failure of stage separation, failure to adjust...
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News Just In: Dr W Joins TikTok – @dralun7 Yes, it’s true – I’ve finally joined the 21st century and decided to try something new. I am still...
12th Dec 2024
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News Just In: Dr W Joins TikTok – @dralun7

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12th Dec 2024
Yes, it’s true – I’ve finally joined the 21st century and decided to try something new. I am still only setting things up, so please be patient with the extremely cheesy and clunky vids as I try to work out what I’m doing! I’ve only got a couple of videos up at the moment too, …...
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Collections: Life, Work, Death and the Peasant, Part IVb: Working Days This is the continuation – the first of several – of the fourth part of our series looking at the...
5th Sep 2025
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Collections: Life, Work, Death and the Peasant, Part IVb: Working Days

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5th Sep 2025
This is the continuation – the first of several – of the fourth part of our series looking at the lives of pre-modern peasant farmers – a majority of all of the humans who have ever lived. Last time we discussed the survival requirements (in food and textiles) of a peasant...
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Historical Accounts of African Cannibalism A short chronology of references to cannibalism in Africa
13th Feb 2024
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Historical Accounts of African Cannibalism

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13th Feb 2024
A short chronology of references to cannibalism in Africa
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Swearing and the Japanese Language It is sometimes said that the Japanese language does not have any swear words—no direct equivalents...
7th Oct 2025
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Swearing and the Japanese Language

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7th Oct 2025
It is sometimes said that the Japanese language does not have any swear words—no direct equivalents to English cursing like “fuck you” or “piece of shit”. That is technically true, mostly. For deep historical and cultural reasons, swearing in Japanese is entirely different from...
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David Bowie’s 1999 Gaming Adventure and Virtual Album One of David Bowie's characters in the 1999 3D game, Omikron: The Nomad Soul. On May 12, 1999, a...
5th Aug 2025
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David Bowie’s 1999 Gaming Adventure and Virtual Album

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5th Aug 2025
One of David Bowie's characters in the 1999 3D game, Omikron: The Nomad Soul. On May 12, 1999, a surprising announcement came over the wires. “Eidos Interactive, a leading worldwide developer and publisher of interactive entertainment, today announced a collaboration with...
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A history of the Gonja Kingdom: (1550-1899) State and society in nothern ghana after the Mali empire's decline.
2nd Jul 2023
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A history of the Gonja Kingdom: (1550-1899)

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2nd Jul 2023
State and society in nothern ghana after the Mali empire's decline.
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99 percent Utopia and money For full happiness is possible only in stagnation.
6th May 2026
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99 percent Utopia and money

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6th May 2026
For full happiness is possible only in stagnation.
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where is the turtle farm Pino spent a long time in Savusavu, but by then, we were growing tired of this scenery, not of the...
20th Aug 2018
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where is the turtle farm

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20th Aug 2018
Pino spent a long time in Savusavu, but by then, we were growing tired of this scenery, not of the market, or of the company to be found here, but just of having that same view every morning. We love this city, but when it's time to go, it's time to go! We left our mooring at...
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Summary of changes for June 2023 Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the...
1st Jun 2023
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Summary of changes for June 2023

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1st Jun 2023
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the month of June. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans. Summary Of Changes 100r.ca, added propeller maintenance, Maple Bay, Telegraph Cove,...
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Nature in Greek Myth Magical and Medicinal
1st Mar 2024
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Nature in Greek Myth

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1st Mar 2024
Magical and Medicinal
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Do painters subconsciously paint themselves into their work? The Renaissance history of automimesis, and a proposal for research
11th Jul 2023
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Do painters subconsciously paint themselves into their work?

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11th Jul 2023
The Renaissance history of automimesis, and a proposal for research
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Working offgrid efficiently Our traveling studio has operated off-the-grid for 4 1/2 years. For the first 3 years we tested the...
13th Oct 2020
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Working offgrid efficiently

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13th Oct 2020
Our traveling studio has operated off-the-grid for 4 1/2 years. For the first 3 years we tested the limits of our space, and at first, it was difficult to create new things, as we had to make time to learn how to solve underlying problems. Our boat was not just an office, it was...
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BowieNet: The Inside Story of Its Creation David Bowie's website circa August-September 1998. In late 1996, just before his 50th birthday...
10th Jan 2023
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BowieNet: The Inside Story of Its Creation

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10th Jan 2023
David Bowie's website circa August-September 1998. In late 1996, just before his 50th birthday concert at Madison Square Garden and before his latest album ‘Earthling’ was released, David Bowie had quietly approved the development of what was to become his biggest internet...
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Are We Doing Enough To Archive Digital Culture? Have you ever had any of these issues lately while trying to access content? You wrote a blog in the...
14th Aug 2019
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Are We Doing Enough To Archive Digital Culture?

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14th Aug 2019
Have you ever had any of these issues lately while trying to access content? You wrote a blog in the early to late 2000s, but it’s long since gone (or changed irrevocably, in my case). Can you still experience that blog in all its noughties HTML glory, via the Wayback Machine?...
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Respect The Social Wild While most foragers had great respect for nature, our farmer-era ancestors had less resepct.
3rd Mar 2025
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Respect The Social Wild

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3rd Mar 2025
While most foragers had great respect for nature, our farmer-era ancestors had less resepct.
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Summary of changes for July 2023 Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the...
1st Jul 2023
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Summary of changes for July 2023

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1st Jul 2023
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the month of July. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans. Summary Of Changes Slide Rule, released a little slide rule toy(Mastodon). 100r.ca,...
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Socrates' Wayward Student ...and the Philosophy of Pleasure
2nd Jun 2023
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Socrates' Wayward Student

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2nd Jun 2023
...and the Philosophy of Pleasure
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Weekly Wisdom Quiz Ancient Secrets of Success?
1st Mar 2026
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Weekly Wisdom Quiz

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1st Mar 2026
Ancient Secrets of Success?
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The first Africanists: Intellectual Collaboration and the Origins of African Studies in the late... The first Africanists (specialists who study African languages, societies, and history) were not...
5th Apr 2026
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The first Africanists: Intellectual Collaboration and the Origins of African Studies in the late 19th to early 20th century.

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5th Apr 2026
The first Africanists (specialists who study African languages, societies, and history) were not colonial researchers, as is often assumed, but African intellectuals who were actively engaged in the production of knowledge about their own societies.
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2,000-year-old wine and the uncanny immediacy of the past Why artifacts like the Carmona Wine Urn, the Pazyryk Rug, and the Sword of Goujian are so important
15th Jan 2025
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2,000-year-old wine and the uncanny immediacy of the past

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15th Jan 2025
Why artifacts like the Carmona Wine Urn, the Pazyryk Rug, and the Sword of Goujian are so important
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Summary of changes for May 2026 Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
31st May 2026
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Summary of changes for May 2026

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31st May 2026
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of May. Wiki, documented the installation of Pino's water tank, added thermostat to engine care, and updated woodstove installation. Grimgrains, added a solar-roasted kinako recipe. Uxn,...
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Insidious Truths: The crashes of Birgenair flight 301 and Aeroperú flight 603
30th Jun 2025
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Insidious Truths: The crashes of Birgenair flight 301 and Aeroperú flight 603

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30th Jun 2025
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Collections: How to Roman Republic 101, Part I: SPQR This is the first of a planned five-part series looking at the structure of the Roman Republic as...
21st Jul 2023
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Collections: How to Roman Republic 101, Part I: SPQR

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21st Jul 2023
This is the first of a planned five-part series looking at the structure of the Roman Republic as another example of civic governance structures in antiquity, to match our series on the Greek polis. As with that series, we’re going to start by defining our community and its...
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Voices from the Uprising in Indonesia : Affan Kurniawan Lives on in the Streets A wave of protest exploded across Indonesia at the end of August 2025. In this report, we present an...
4th Sep 2025
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Voices from the Uprising in Indonesia : Affan Kurniawan Lives on in the Streets

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4th Sep 2025
A wave of protest exploded across Indonesia at the end of August 2025. In this report, we present an interview with an imprisoned Indonesian anarchist author along with various statements from anarchist groups that have reached English-speaking outlets since the uprising...
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1995: MySQL Debuts and Web Databases Slowly Emerge The LAMP stack (Linux, Apache, MySQL, PHP/Perl/Python) would not be coined as an acronym for another...
15th Sep 2021
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1995: MySQL Debuts and Web Databases Slowly Emerge

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15th Sep 2021
The LAMP stack (Linux, Apache, MySQL, PHP/Perl/Python) would not be coined as an acronym for another few years, but all the pieces were in place by the end of 1995 — albeit at varying stages of maturity and adoption. Version 1.0 of Linux had been released in 1994 and commercial...
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Bubble Blog, My Web 2.0 Book: Table of Contents My book, Bubble Blog: From Outsider to Insider in Silicon Valley's Web 2.0 Revolution, was...
1st Nov 2023
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Bubble Blog, My Web 2.0 Book: Table of Contents

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1st Nov 2023
My book, Bubble Blog: From Outsider to Insider in Silicon Valley's Web 2.0 Revolution, was serialized on Cybercultural over 2024 and is now available to purchase: Paperback, US$19.99: Amazon; Bookshop.org eBook, US$9.99: Amazon Kindle Store; Apple Books; Google Play Or search for...
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When The Music's Over ... Turn out the lights.
6th Mar 2024
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When The Music's Over ...

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6th Mar 2024
Turn out the lights.
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The Discman Era How Sony Carried the Compact Disc Into the Streets
6th Oct 2025
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The Discman Era

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6th Oct 2025
How Sony Carried the Compact Disc Into the Streets
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On the Spot: Annabel Teh Gallop On the Spot: Annabel Teh Gallop JamesHoare Mon, 03/17/2025 - 08:24
17th Mar 2025
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On the Spot: Annabel Teh Gallop

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17th Mar 2025
On the Spot: Annabel Teh Gallop JamesHoare Mon, 03/17/2025 - 08:24
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The World Turned Upside Down : Bizarro Illustrations From An 18th Century Chapbook The World Turned Upside Down or The Folly of Man Exemplified in Twelve Comical Relations upon...
1st Oct 2024
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The World Turned Upside Down : Bizarro Illustrations From An 18th Century Chapbook

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1st Oct 2024
The World Turned Upside Down or The Folly of Man Exemplified in Twelve Comical Relations upon Uncommon Subjects is Illustrated with Twelve Curious Cuts Truly Adapted to Each Story. The witty woodcuts show various role reversals. A cow becomes a butcher and the butcher his meat. A...
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The Daily Shame (耻) UK News Report #8: August 2026
2 weeks ago
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The Daily Shame (耻)

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2 weeks ago
UK News Report #8: August 2026
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Res Obscura Newsletter: December, 2019 Note: this was exported from Mailchimp. That's a 1909 painting called "Altar." It's by someone I...
5th Dec 2019
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Res Obscura Newsletter: December, 2019

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5th Dec 2019
Note: this was exported from Mailchimp. That's a 1909 painting called "Altar." It's by someone I learned about just this month: the Lithuanian composer and artist Mikalojus Konstantinas Čiurlionis (1875-1911). His paintings and music evoke a mysterious feeling that has stuck with...
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The Five Rivers of Hades in Greek Mythology and Beyond The Greek afterlife wasn’t simply a shadowy realm of nothingness. Over time, from Homer to Hesiod,...
1st May 2026
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The Five Rivers of Hades in Greek Mythology and Beyond

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1st May 2026
The Greek afterlife wasn’t simply a shadowy realm of nothingness. Over time, from Homer to Hesiod, Plato, and Virgil, through stories and poetry, it developed features of its own, with forests, mountains, cities, and lakes being considered as part of its geography. Of great...
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7 Historical Places to Visit On Your Way to the Isle of Skye Scotland draws tourists year-round to discover its stunning nature, fantastic views, and rich...
1st Aug 2025
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7 Historical Places to Visit On Your Way to the Isle of Skye

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1st Aug 2025
Scotland draws tourists year-round to discover its stunning nature, fantastic views, and rich history. The Isle of Skye is the largest of the Inner Hebrides islands and is famous for its breathtaking views. You can discover the top places to visit on the Isle of Skye here. If...
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WannaCry: The Ransomware Attack That Shut Down Hospitals It was 3 PM on a Friday. A doctor at an NHS hospital in the UK tries to check his email. Instead,...
2nd Jun 2026
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WannaCry: The Ransomware Attack That Shut Down Hospitals

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2nd Jun 2026
It was 3 PM on a Friday. A doctor at an NHS hospital in the UK tries to check his email. Instead, one of the PCs in the room reboots into a scary red screen demanding $300 in Bitcoin [23].
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Summary of changes for July Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the...
2nd Jul 2022
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Summary of changes for July

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Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the month of July. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans. Summary Of Changes Adelie, added image maps, animation controls, and wrote a guide....
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Repression and Resistance in Russia : An Overview Across three decades, Russia has been at the forefront of the worldwide descent into...
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Repression and Resistance in Russia : An Overview

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Across three decades, Russia has been at the forefront of the worldwide descent into authoritarianism. Vladimir Putin’s government has suppressed opposition in ways that aspiring autocrats like Donald Trump are still striving to emulate. Yet despite widespread repression, there...
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The three German fears Historical origins of the malaise
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The three German fears

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Historical origins of the malaise
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Pensioners for war Many years ago when I lived in Belgrade, just before the beginning of the “Yugoslav Wars of...
5th Jul 2025
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Pensioners for war

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5th Jul 2025
Many years ago when I lived in Belgrade, just before the beginning of the “Yugoslav Wars of Succession”, I noticed an interesting phenomenon.
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Collections: Coinage and the Tyranny of Fantasy ‘Gold’ This week on the blog I want to take a brief detour into discussing historical coinage, particularly...
3rd Jan 2025
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Collections: Coinage and the Tyranny of Fantasy ‘Gold’

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3rd Jan 2025
This week on the blog I want to take a brief detour into discussing historical coinage, particularly in the context of modern fantasy and roleplaying settings. In particular, the notions I want to tackle are first how did ancient currency systems work in terms of value (what...
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Browse A Fabulous Archive of England’s North-West (1885 – 1970) From 1885 to the 1970s, Edward Sankey and his sons, Raymond and Eric Sankey, photographed the...
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Browse A Fabulous Archive of England’s North-West (1885 – 1970)

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From 1885 to the 1970s, Edward Sankey and his sons, Raymond and Eric Sankey, photographed the north-west of England. Based at their studio on Duke Street, in Barrow-in-Furness, they captured everyday and extraordinary events. Their archive of more than 10,000 photographs is now...
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Dr. Morell and the Patient A A review of Normal Ohler’s "Blitzed: Drugs in Nazi Germany"
9th Aug 2025
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Dr. Morell and the Patient A

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A review of Normal Ohler’s "Blitzed: Drugs in Nazi Germany"
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My Weekly Reader February 4, 1962 Happy 4th of July! Here is your My Weekly Reader for "Happy 4th of February, 1962."
5th Jul 2025
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My Weekly Reader February 4, 1962

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Happy 4th of July! Here is your My Weekly Reader for "Happy 4th of February, 1962."
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Wool Aliens of the British Empire Wool Aliens of the British Empire JamesHoare Tue, 04/01/2025 - 09:07
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Wool Aliens of the British Empire

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Wool Aliens of the British Empire JamesHoare Tue, 04/01/2025 - 09:07
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The Ocarina The Ocarina, also sometimes called the “sweet potato flute”, is an ancient instrument that was...
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The Ocarina

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The Ocarina, also sometimes called the “sweet potato flute”, is an ancient instrument that was developed in Meso-America, and was resurrected in 19th century Europe. When we hear the word “flute”, most of us think of a long thin wooden or metal tube with holes along its length...
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May Day Black Blocs and a Car Bombing : Spring comes to Portland, Oregon On May Day, anarchists in Portland participated in two black blocs, adding a confrontational edge to...
3rd May 2026
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May Day Black Blocs and a Car Bombing : Spring comes to Portland, Oregon

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3rd May 2026
On May Day, anarchists in Portland participated in two black blocs, adding a confrontational edge to public protests. As anger against the economy and the government spreads alongside desperation and despair, it’s up to us to create opportunities for collective action. Anarchists...
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Xi said every woman is a star on the journey of Chinese modernization "We should jointly nurture an environment that respects women, and morph gender equality into a...
14th Oct 2025
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Xi said every woman is a star on the journey of Chinese modernization

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"We should jointly nurture an environment that respects women, and morph gender equality into a common value and a code of conduct embraced by everyone in our society."
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Progress Update: New article coming soon, and a teaser
18th Jul 2026
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Progress Update: New article coming soon, and a teaser

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The case for bundling substacks No man but a blockhead ever wrote, except for money
3rd Mar 2026
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The case for bundling substacks

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No man but a blockhead ever wrote, except for money
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Acquisition Talks: Two Suitors Emerge for ReadWriteWeb 'Intro to RWW' slide from a March 2008 presentation. I hadn’t seriously thought of selling...
3rd Apr 2024
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Acquisition Talks: Two Suitors Emerge for ReadWriteWeb

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'Intro to RWW' slide from a March 2008 presentation. I hadn’t seriously thought of selling ReadWriteWeb before 2008, but I knew I needed help to expand the business. Early in the new year Sean Ammirati put me in touch with Bob Evans, a senior executive at CMP Technology, a media...
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China’s cross-Strait integration experiment in Xiamen and Kinmen Nearly three years have passed since Chinese authorities unveiled a plan in September 2023 to...
19th Jun 2026
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China’s cross-Strait integration experiment in Xiamen and Kinmen

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Nearly three years have passed since Chinese authorities unveiled a plan in September 2023 to support its eastern Fujian Province in exploring new approaches for integrated development across the Taiwan Strait.
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The most interesting things I read in 2023 Most of them are not from 2023
5th Dec 2023
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The most interesting things I read in 2023

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5th Dec 2023
Most of them are not from 2023
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Why is the Serbia-Kosovo situation globally serious? I learned about the newest dispute between Serbia and Kosovo in a New York café when I overheard a...
30th Sep 2023
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Why is the Serbia-Kosovo situation globally serious?

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I learned about the newest dispute between Serbia and Kosovo in a New York café when I overheard a very animated conversation between a lady who seemed to blame Serbia for World War I (and perhaps World War III?) and the well-dressed maitre d’ who was so excited that he kept on...
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War In Our Time? We need the men in white coats.
3rd Sep 2025
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War In Our Time?

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3rd Sep 2025
We need the men in white coats.
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State building in pre-colonial Somalia: the Sultanate of Geledi (ca. 1750-1908) For much of Somalia’s pre-colonial history, political organization was structured along clan and...
2nd Nov 2025
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State building in pre-colonial Somalia: the Sultanate of Geledi (ca. 1750-1908)

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2nd Nov 2025
For much of Somalia’s pre-colonial history, political organization was structured along clan and lineage divisions within largely acephalous societies.
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Centuries of Childhood The history of childhood is one of multiplicity — so why do we tell parents such simplistic stories...
11th Jun 2024
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Centuries of Childhood

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The history of childhood is one of multiplicity — so why do we tell parents such simplistic stories about it?
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Internet Amnesia: Clive James & His Website The writer and cultural critic Clive James died last November, at the age of 80. I mainly knew of...
26th Feb 2020
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Internet Amnesia: Clive James & His Website

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26th Feb 2020
The writer and cultural critic Clive James died last November, at the age of 80. I mainly knew of James from his 1980s and 1990s tv shows, such as Clive James on Television and Saturday Night Clive. I’d also read some of his essays and books before. He was one of those humorous...
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African Revolutions and External Influences during the Long Nineteenth Century In the opening decades of the 19th century, Africa witnessed the emergence of new economic and...
3rd May 2026
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African Revolutions and External Influences during the Long Nineteenth Century

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3rd May 2026
In the opening decades of the 19th century, Africa witnessed the emergence of new economic and political dynamics that intersected with, and were in some areas the outcome of, external influences.
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Summary of changes for July Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the...
1st Aug 2021
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Summary of changes for July

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1st Aug 2021
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the month of July. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans. Summary Of Changes Nasu, implemented the export of .theme files, and theme...
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Summary of changes for August Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the...
31st Aug 2022
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Summary of changes for August

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31st Aug 2022
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the month of August. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans. Summary Of Changes Left, added a navigation bar to navigate larger...
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Collections: What Do Historians Do? For this week, I want to take a step back (we’ll be back to our series on Rings of Power next week!)...
7th Mar 2025
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Collections: What Do Historians Do?

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7th Mar 2025
For this week, I want to take a step back (we’ll be back to our series on Rings of Power next week!) and talk about the craft of history: we’ve talked about “How Your History Gets Made” from the perspective of the different people who do it – research historians, public...
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No More Heroes. Pity the nation that needs someone else's.
6th Nov 2024
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No More Heroes.

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6th Nov 2024
Pity the nation that needs someone else's.
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Best Web 2.0 Companies of 2004 This post as it looked in 2004. In 2005 I'll be sharpening my blog's focus some more, onto the topic...
30th Dec 2004
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Best Web 2.0 Companies of 2004

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30th Dec 2004
This post as it looked in 2004. In 2005 I'll be sharpening my blog's focus some more, onto the topic of Web 2.0. I'll explore what Web 2.0 means in detail in later posts, but for now a quick definition of Web 2.0 is: using the Web as a platform. A good way for me to launch into...
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What the Internet Was Like in 1999 1999 Napster software running on Windows 98; photo by Christiaan Colen. When AOL completed its...
3rd Sep 2025
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What the Internet Was Like in 1999

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3rd Sep 2025
1999 Napster software running on Windows 98; photo by Christiaan Colen. When AOL completed its acquisition of Netscape in March 1999, a part of the old web died forever. By the end of the year (and the century), Netscape's share of the browser market had shrunk to about 20% and...
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The Euthyphro problem 'Is that which is moral moral because God commands it?, or does God command that which is moral...
1st Oct 2025
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The Euthyphro problem

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1st Oct 2025
'Is that which is moral moral because God commands it?, or does God command that which is moral because it is moral?'
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Africa's Poor Numbers How much do we really know about African state of affairs?
22nd Jun 2025
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Africa's Poor Numbers

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How much do we really know about African state of affairs?
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The End of Egypt How the first cataract of the Nile has shaped millennia of history
4th Jan 2026
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The End of Egypt

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How the first cataract of the Nile has shaped millennia of history
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Why Early Modern Books Are So Beautiful Three theories
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Why Early Modern Books Are So Beautiful

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Three theories
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Crowd Control: Appeasement, Vanguardism, and the General Strike : An Analysis from the Twin Cities In the following analysis, participants in the resistance to Immigration and Customs Enforcement...
1st Feb 2026
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Crowd Control: Appeasement, Vanguardism, and the General Strike : An Analysis from the Twin Cities

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1st Feb 2026
In the following analysis, participants in the resistance to Immigration and Customs Enforcement operations in the Twin Cities reflect on the lessons of the strikes of January 23 and January 30, looking for ways to expand and strengthen the movement. On January 23, 2026, a...
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One Year On: 1-Year Anniversary of ReadWriteWeb This post as it looked in 2004. Here goes another self-referencing post about blogging. A couple of...
22nd Apr 2004
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One Year On: 1-Year Anniversary of ReadWriteWeb

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22nd Apr 2004
This post as it looked in 2004. Here goes another self-referencing post about blogging. A couple of days ago I clocked up 1 year on this weblog, having started Read/Write Web on 20 April 2003, with an introductory essay called (of course) The Read/Write Web. Looking back on the...
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What Happened to Streetcar Suburbs? Thank streetcars for making cities nice
3rd Jun 2026
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What Happened to Streetcar Suburbs?

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Thank streetcars for making cities nice
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Washington DC is Not a Popularity Contest IN 2009 PAUL GRAHAM WROTE A THOUGHTFUL ESSAY titled “Cities and Ambition.” There he proposes that a...
27th Sep 2024
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Washington DC is Not a Popularity Contest

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IN 2009 PAUL GRAHAM WROTE A THOUGHTFUL ESSAY titled “Cities and Ambition.” There he proposes that a great city is defined by the sort of ambitions it kindles—or perhaps more accurately, the sort of ambitious it gathers. As Graham puts it:
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Crucible of the Cascade: The crash of Gazpromavia flight 9608
14th Sep 2025
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Crucible of the Cascade: The crash of Gazpromavia flight 9608

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The Seven Deadly Sins Under Death’s Dominion by James Ensor, 1904 “…the eternal black night, death under the colourless earth” – James Ensor on his dread of death    ...
1st Feb 2025
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The Seven Deadly Sins Under Death’s Dominion by James Ensor, 1904

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“…the eternal black night, death under the colourless earth” – James Ensor on his dread of death     Belgian painter and printmaker James Ensor (13 April 1860 – 19 November 1949) etched his Seven Deadly Sins in 1904. To hammer home the message of human foolishness, malice and the...
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16 Characters From A Film Never Made : Found Photos From The American Dream Film noir was coined in 1946 by the Italian-born French critic Nino Frank to describe the crime...
2nd Nov 2024
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16 Characters From A Film Never Made : Found Photos From The American Dream

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Film noir was coined in 1946 by the Italian-born French critic Nino Frank to describe the crime thrillers laced with smoky cynicism, femme fatales and amoral ambiguity first produced by Hollywood in the 1940s. “These ‘dark’ films, these films noirs, no longer have anything in...
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Why I have been writing a niche history blog for 15 years A special appeal to support Res Obscura on its Crystal Anniversary
4th Dec 2025
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Why I have been writing a niche history blog for 15 years

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4th Dec 2025
A special appeal to support Res Obscura on its Crystal Anniversary
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Summary of changes for September Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the...
3rd Sep 2022
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Summary of changes for September

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Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the month of September. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans. Summary Of Changes Uxn, updated Playdate implementation to the latest core,...
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Cuts, Rashes & Chatter! The Pain of the 18th-century Shave! Unless there are particular reasons, for example a skin condition, or a faulty razor, shaving today...
21st May 2021
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Cuts, Rashes & Chatter! The Pain of the 18th-century Shave!

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21st May 2021
Unless there are particular reasons, for example a skin condition, or a faulty razor, shaving today is usually a pretty mundane – if not a pleasant – experience. Indeed, the rise of traditional barbershops over the past few years, offering shaving as an experience, together with...
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What Is Rudolf Steiner’s Philosophy of Freedom? Do you want to learn about philosophy and how it affects our idea of freedom? If you do, then Rudolf...
17th Feb 2025
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What Is Rudolf Steiner’s Philosophy of Freedom?

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17th Feb 2025
Do you want to learn about philosophy and how it affects our idea of freedom? If you do, then Rudolf Steiner’s philosophy of freedom is something you’ll find incredibly interesting. In his famous book The Philosophy of Freedom, Steiner, an Austrian philosopher, anthroposophist,...
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Trial by Fire: The crash of Aeroflot flight 1492
13th May 2025
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Trial by Fire: The crash of Aeroflot flight 1492

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The order of inequality Review of Tongdong Bai’s “Against political equality: The Confucian case"
12th Apr 2024
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The order of inequality

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12th Apr 2024
Review of Tongdong Bai’s “Against political equality: The Confucian case"
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What If Museums Were Full of Copies? Victorians once tried to make it happen
1st Jul 2026
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What If Museums Were Full of Copies?

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1st Jul 2026
Victorians once tried to make it happen
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Inside the Clashes at Delaney Hall Detention Center : A Timeline from a Mutual Aid Volunteer On May 22, 2026, amid a surge of hunger strikes in immigration detention prisons across the United...
4th Jun 2026
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Inside the Clashes at Delaney Hall Detention Center : A Timeline from a Mutual Aid Volunteer

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4th Jun 2026
On May 22, 2026, amid a surge of hunger strikes in immigration detention prisons across the United States, 300 detainees announced from their cells in Newark, New Jersey that they would not eat and would not toil for their captors until their demands were met. This sparked ten...
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Starting From Zero. Finlandisation 2,0?
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Starting From Zero.

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Finlandisation 2,0?
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Star Trek’s Space Babes: Vintage Photos of the Women Who Captivated 1960s Audiences When Star Trek premiered in 1966, it introduced audiences to a vision of the future filled with...
2 weeks ago
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Star Trek’s Space Babes: Vintage Photos of the Women Who Captivated 1960s Audiences

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When Star Trek premiered in 1966, it introduced audiences to a vision of the future filled with advanced technology, distant worlds, and a diverse crew working together aboard the USS Enterprise. Alongside its groundbreaking ideas about space exploration and human progress, the...
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Summary of changes for November 2024 Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
30th Nov 2024
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Summary of changes for November 2024

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30th Nov 2024
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of November. Summary Of Changes 100r.ca, added an article named A Shining Place Built Upon The Sand, and Week 6 to the Victoria to Sitka Logbook. Rabbit Waves, added a page on Morse Code...
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ReadWriteWeb on Wayback Machine vs. Old Screenshots While preparing for the publication of my “Web 2.0 memoir” here on Cybercultural, I was fortunate to...
4th Oct 2023
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ReadWriteWeb on Wayback Machine vs. Old Screenshots

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4th Oct 2023
While preparing for the publication of my “Web 2.0 memoir” here on Cybercultural, I was fortunate to discover a screenshot of ReadWriteWeb from 24 September 2005 (US). I was thrilled to come across this, for several reasons: It’s a rare screenshot of what RWW looked like at that...
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Empire building and Government in the Yorubaland: a history of Oyo (1600-1836) Why Africa's internal political processes explain African history better than external actors.
18th Dec 2022
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Empire building and Government in the Yorubaland: a history of Oyo (1600-1836)

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18th Dec 2022
Why Africa's internal political processes explain African history better than external actors.
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ReadWriteWeb Mistaken for Facebook Login — Hilarity Ensues As internet culture continued to go mainstream over 2010, sometimes we at ReadWriteWeb got caught in...
4th Sep 2024
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ReadWriteWeb Mistaken for Facebook Login — Hilarity Ensues

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4th Sep 2024
As internet culture continued to go mainstream over 2010, sometimes we at ReadWriteWeb got caught in the crosshairs. In February, our website was hilariously mistaken for the Facebook login page by thousands of people. We’d published a post entitled “Facebook Wants to Be Your One...
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Summary of changes for August 2023 Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the...
1st Sep 2023
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Summary of changes for August 2023

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1st Sep 2023
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the month of August. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans. Summary Of Changes 100r.ca, added Heriot Bay, Ballet Bay Octopus Islands, and...
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How China sees the world — and plans to respond Insights drawn directly from newly released internal-style guides written by China’s top...
7th Nov 2025
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How China sees the world — and plans to respond

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7th Nov 2025
Insights drawn directly from newly released internal-style guides written by China’s top policymakers.
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Saturday discussion post
1st Aug 2026
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Saturday discussion post

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1st Aug 2026
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The Age of Books and the Age of Brainrot A semi-optimistic take on the future of reading and thinking
2nd Oct 2025
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The Age of Books and the Age of Brainrot

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2nd Oct 2025
A semi-optimistic take on the future of reading and thinking
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Florida’s Barker Gang Shootout In January 1935, gangster “Ma” Barker and her son Fred were killed by the FBI in a multi-hour...
6th May 2025
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Florida’s Barker Gang Shootout

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6th May 2025
In January 1935, gangster “Ma” Barker and her son Fred were killed by the FBI in a multi-hour shootout in the little town of Ocklawaha FL. Arizona “Arrie” Clark was born in the rural town of Ash Grove MO in October 1873, where she played the fiddle and sang in the local church...
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A Demonstrator's Guide to Lockdowns and Blockades A complete guide to assembling and employing lockboxes and other means of blockading. There is a...
3rd Apr 2025
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A Demonstrator's Guide to Lockdowns and Blockades

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3rd Apr 2025
A complete guide to assembling and employing lockboxes and other means of blockading. There is a broad spectrum of tactics to choose from between simply holding up a protest sign and setting things on fire. If you are looking to intensify a pressure campaign or to stand your...
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It all started in 1948 Featuring my recent appearance on Louise Perry's podcast
1st Jun 2026
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It all started in 1948

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1st Jun 2026
Featuring my recent appearance on Louise Perry's podcast
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Translating Latin demonology manuals with GPT-4 and Claude At long last, a real-world use case for AI!
3rd Oct 2023
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Translating Latin demonology manuals with GPT-4 and Claude

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3rd Oct 2023
At long last, a real-world use case for AI!
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Immigrant assimilation in Denmark A brief overview of the school performance of 1st, 2nd and 3rd generation immigrants in Denmark
17th May 2024
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Immigrant assimilation in Denmark

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17th May 2024
A brief overview of the school performance of 1st, 2nd and 3rd generation immigrants in Denmark
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Can't Do, Won't Do! But striking poses is fun and easy.
3rd Jan 2024
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Can't Do, Won't Do!

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3rd Jan 2024
But striking poses is fun and easy.
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A complex bug with a ⸢simple⸣ fix Last month I did a fairly complex piece of systems programming that worked surprisingly well. But...
19th Sep 2024
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A complex bug with a ⸢simple⸣ fix

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19th Sep 2024
Last month I did a fairly complex piece of systems programming that worked surprisingly well. But it had one big bug that took me a day to track down. One reason I find the bug interesting is that it exemplifies the sort of challenges that come up in systems programming. The...
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Will The West Eat Itself? Yes. It's derivatives all the way down.
5th Jul 2023
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Will The West Eat Itself?

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5th Jul 2023
Yes. It's derivatives all the way down.
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It must be nice to have Washington on our side Thomas Jefferson and the American genius
3rd Jan 2026
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It must be nice to have Washington on our side

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3rd Jan 2026
Thomas Jefferson and the American genius
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Macron is Safe for the Moment But the future worries me.
5th Apr 2023
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Macron is Safe for the Moment

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5th Apr 2023
But the future worries me.
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Buster Brown Goes to Mars (1958) This comic is a promotional comic from Buster Brown shoes. If you went into a shoe store and tried...
3rd Jul 2026
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Buster Brown Goes to Mars (1958)

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3rd Jul 2026
This comic is a promotional comic from Buster Brown shoes. If you went into a shoe store and tried on Buster Brown shoes you would get a comic book with the name of the store stamped/printed on it. Buster Brown  (and his dog Tag) were a feature of 1950s and 1960s shoe store. In...
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Living by Numbers How we learned to quantify ourselves
3rd Sep 2025
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Living by Numbers

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3rd Sep 2025
How we learned to quantify ourselves
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The Assassination of Malcolm X Martin Luther King and the Southern Christian Leadership Conference based their strategy on two...
3rd Dec 2024
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The Assassination of Malcolm X

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3rd Dec 2024
Martin Luther King and the Southern Christian Leadership Conference based their strategy on two ideas; the idea that nonviolent civil disobedience, in the tradition of Thoreau and Gandhi, was the only method that the civil rights movement should use, and the idea that white...
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How Not to Run an Airline: The 2024 Saurya Airlines CRJ-200 crash
1st Aug 2025
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How Not to Run an Airline: The 2024 Saurya Airlines CRJ-200 crash

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Rare 1960s Photos Offer a Fascinating Look at Swimsuit Fashion of the Era Fashion has a way of reflecting the world around it, and in the 1960s, the world was moving fast....
3rd Jun 2026
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Rare 1960s Photos Offer a Fascinating Look at Swimsuit Fashion of the Era

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3rd Jun 2026
Fashion has a way of reflecting the world around it, and in the 1960s, the world was moving fast. The postwar economic boom had put more disposable income in more pockets than any previous generation had known. Vacation culture was expanding, domestic air travel was becoming...
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The Only Illustrated Manuscript of Homer’s Iliad from Antiquity Despite its status as one of the most widely known and studied epic poems of all time, Homer’s Iliad...
1st Apr 2025
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The Only Illustrated Manuscript of Homer’s Iliad from Antiquity

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1st Apr 2025
Despite its status as one of the most widely known and studied epic poems of all time, Homer’s Iliad has proven surprisingly resistant to adaptation. However much inspiration it has provided to modern-day novelists working in a variety of different traditions, it’s translated...
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6 Empires That Conquered Ancient Egypt Ancient Egypt flourished for over three millennia, maintaining its unique culture and political...
1st Jun 2026
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6 Empires That Conquered Ancient Egypt

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1st Jun 2026
Ancient Egypt flourished for over three millennia, maintaining its unique culture and political identity. But that does not mean that Egypt was never impacted by external threats. The Egyptians were conquered several times by foreign powers, who brought their own culture and...
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Telling Lies: Bowie and Online Music Distribution in 1996 The CD version of David Bowie's online single, 'Telling Lies', 1996; via kupindo.com. In an...
7th May 2025
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Telling Lies: Bowie and Online Music Distribution in 1996

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7th May 2025
The CD version of David Bowie's online single, 'Telling Lies', 1996; via kupindo.com. In an interview featured in the 1998 book “The Interactive Music Handbook,” Larry Rosen — CEO of an online music services company called N2K — provided his theory on how the internet would...
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‘Central Europe’ by Luka Ivan Jukic review ‘Central Europe’ by Luka Ivan Jukic review JamesHoare Mon, 09/01/2025 - 09:10
1st Sep 2025
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‘Central Europe’ by Luka Ivan Jukic review

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1st Sep 2025
‘Central Europe’ by Luka Ivan Jukic review JamesHoare Mon, 09/01/2025 - 09:10
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Manufactured Betrayal : A Statement from Fire Ant Movement Defense on Solidarity and Betrayal in the... On July 4, 2025, roughly a dozen people participated in a demonstration at the Prairieland Detention...
7th Jul 2026
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Manufactured Betrayal : A Statement from Fire Ant Movement Defense on Solidarity and Betrayal in the Prairieland Trials

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7th Jul 2026
On July 4, 2025, roughly a dozen people participated in a demonstration at the Prairieland Detention Center, a facility serving Immigration and Customs Enforcement. At the conclusion of the demonstration, a participant named Benjamin Song saw a police officer aim a gun at a...
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Summary of changes for June Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the...
1st Jul 2021
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Summary of changes for June

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1st Jul 2021
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the month of June. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans. Summary Of Changes Nasu, released a nasu guide, and updated the look of the icon. We...
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Euler, enlightenment genius The talents and personality of the most prolific mathematician in history
23rd Apr 2026
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Euler, enlightenment genius

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23rd Apr 2026
The talents and personality of the most prolific mathematician in history
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The UK Is Getting Even Crazier In Defense Of Israel Reading by Tim Foley:
1st Jun 2026
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The UK Is Getting Even Crazier In Defense Of Israel

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Reading by Tim Foley:
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The rise of life expectancy Illustrated and explained
2nd Jul 2025
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The rise of life expectancy

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2nd Jul 2025
Illustrated and explained
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The abolition of paper and the pompous rule of the present China is considered to have been the first country (civilization) to have created the modern version...
2nd Jan 2024
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The abolition of paper and the pompous rule of the present

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2nd Jan 2024
China is considered to have been the first country (civilization) to have created the modern version of paper. Paper is listed as one among the four big Chinese inventions (the other three are compass, gun powder and printing). Perhaps it will be the first country to desinvent...
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Health and the Habitual Traveller in the 19th Century Recently I’ve been contributing to a new series of stories, drawing on the archives of Lloyds’...
10th Nov 2021
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Health and the Habitual Traveller in the 19th Century

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10th Nov 2021
Recently I’ve been contributing to a new series of stories, drawing on the archives of Lloyds’ Register – a fantastic archive, with a wealth of sources on many aspects of maritime, but also broader social, history. The full series can be found here:...
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The Limits Of Our World. And the prisons we make for ourselves.
5th Aug 2026
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The Limits Of Our World.

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5th Aug 2026
And the prisons we make for ourselves.
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Summary of changes for September Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the...
3rd Oct 2021
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Summary of changes for September

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3rd Oct 2021
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the month of September. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans. Summary Of Changes Orca, added way for instances of Orca to talk to each...
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Cicero and Leadership Philosophy in Action?
3rd Jan 2025
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Cicero and Leadership

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3rd Jan 2025
Philosophy in Action?
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Just ANSWER THE QUESTION Here's a Math SE pathology that bugs me. OP will ask "I'm trying to prove that groups and are...
5th Nov 2024
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Just ANSWER THE QUESTION

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5th Nov 2024
Here's a Math SE pathology that bugs me. OP will ask "I'm trying to prove that groups and are isomorphic, I constructed this bijection but I see that it's not a homomorphism. Is it sufficient, or do I need to find a bijective homomorphism?" And respondent will reply in the...
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12 Ancient Greek Terms that Should Totally Make a Comeback Eudaimonia, Arete, and much more...
2nd May 2023
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12 Ancient Greek Terms that Should Totally Make a Comeback

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2nd May 2023
Eudaimonia, Arete, and much more...
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Ukraine, Lenin and Sultan-Galiev Re-reading Richard Pipes’ "The Formation of the Soviet Union"
6th Aug 2026
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Ukraine, Lenin and Sultan-Galiev

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Re-reading Richard Pipes’ "The Formation of the Soviet Union"
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The most lied-about place on earth Depth against slogans: what we saw in 6 weeks driving through Xinjiang
4 weeks ago
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The most lied-about place on earth

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4 weeks ago
Depth against slogans: what we saw in 6 weeks driving through Xinjiang
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ReadWriteWeb Turns 20: Writing to the Web Then and Now Twenty years ago, on 20 April 2003, I published the first post on a blog I had just started....
20th Apr 2023
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ReadWriteWeb Turns 20: Writing to the Web Then and Now

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20th Apr 2023
Twenty years ago, on 20 April 2003, I published the first post on a blog I had just started. Entitled The Read/Write Web, it was a manifesto of sorts. The post was filled with optimism for the web and made the case that a new era was just beginning. A “Web 2.0,” if you will...
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Summary of changes for January Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the...
31st Jan 2021
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Summary of changes for January

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31st Jan 2021
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the month of January. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans. Continue Reading
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Collections: Phalanx’s Twilight, Legion’s Triumph, Part IVb: Antiochus III This is the second part of the fourth part of our four(ish) part (Ia, Ib, IIa, IIb, IIIa, IIIb, IVa)...
6th Apr 2024
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Collections: Phalanx’s Twilight, Legion’s Triumph, Part IVb: Antiochus III

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6th Apr 2024
This is the second part of the fourth part of our four(ish) part (Ia, Ib, IIa, IIb, IIIa, IIIb, IVa) look at the context between the Roman military system based on the manipular legion and the Hellenistic military system structured around the Macedonian sarisa phalanx in the...
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The forgotten ruins of Botswana: stone towns at the desert's edge. At its height in the 17th century, the stone towns of the ‘zimbabwe culture’ encompassed an area the...
2nd Jun 2024
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The forgotten ruins of Botswana: stone towns at the desert's edge.

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2nd Jun 2024
At its height in the 17th century, the stone towns of the ‘zimbabwe culture’ encompassed an area the size of France. The hundreds of ruins spread across three countries in south-eastern Africa are among the continent’s best-preserved historical monuments and have been the subject...
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Seven books I keep close because I love them The bookshelf by my elbow, the one that I can reach without getting up, has seven books on it, not...
3rd Aug 2026
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Seven books I keep close because I love them

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3rd Aug 2026
The bookshelf by my elbow, the one that I can reach without getting up, has seven books on it, not necessarily the ones I look in the most, but the ones whose emanations I most hope will infuse me as I write. Roget's Thesaurus (4th edition) The one I actually refer to most often...
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Global crime How do crime rates vary around the world? And how reliable is the data?
25th Nov 2024
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Global crime

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25th Nov 2024
How do crime rates vary around the world? And how reliable is the data?
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Summary of changes for September 2024 Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
1st Oct 2024
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Summary of changes for September 2024

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1st Oct 2024
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of September. Summary Of Changes 100r.ca, added a new page: Victoria to Sitka logbook. M291, added support for Cyrillic glyphs. Fractran, released what might be the most in-depth...
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My Weekly Reader 1958-1959 March 3, 1958   Happy New Year's! I picked up a set of My Weekly Reader so I thought I would share...
1st Jan 2026
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My Weekly Reader 1958-1959

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1st Jan 2026
March 3, 1958   Happy New Year's! I picked up a set of My Weekly Reader so I thought I would share some with you as I have a chance to scan them. Some of these are from My Weekly Reader Picture Reader. This was the version for 1st graders. The next is from the My Weekly reader...
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The end of the great order under the Heaven A review of Gary Gerstle’s “The Rise and Fall of the Neoliberal Order”
22nd Aug 2024
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The end of the great order under the Heaven

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22nd Aug 2024
A review of Gary Gerstle’s “The Rise and Fall of the Neoliberal Order”
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An Apology And A Few Suggestions. More next week.
2nd Jul 2025
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An Apology And A Few Suggestions.

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2nd Jul 2025
More next week.
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The Dark Ages A quantitative assessment of Europe's decline, slumber and awakening
13th Oct 2024
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The Dark Ages

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13th Oct 2024
A quantitative assessment of Europe's decline, slumber and awakening
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Collections: Nitpicking Gladiator’s Iconic Opening Battle, Part I This week, we’re going to take a close look at arguably the most famous and recognizable Roman...
6th Jun 2025
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Collections: Nitpicking Gladiator’s Iconic Opening Battle, Part I

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6th Jun 2025
This week, we’re going to take a close look at arguably the most famous and recognizable Roman battle sequence in film: the iconic opening battle from Gladiator (2000). Despite being a relatively short sequence (about ten minutes), there’s actually enough to talk about here that...
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What the Internet Was Like in 2005 By 2005, Web 2.0 — the Web as platform — was the driving trend of Silicon Valley. It was a new tech...
1st Jun 2024
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What the Internet Was Like in 2005

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1st Jun 2024
By 2005, Web 2.0 — the Web as platform — was the driving trend of Silicon Valley. It was a new tech bubble, and that meant startup launches galore. YouTube and Reddit were just a couple of the future all-star web products launched in 2005. There were also plenty of acquisitions...
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Sony 80 Is Almost Here On June 23rd, the next ObsoleteSony book launches on Kickstarter.
16th Jun 2026
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Sony 80 Is Almost Here

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16th Jun 2026
On June 23rd, the next ObsoleteSony book launches on Kickstarter.
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The life of Maynard K. A review of Zach Carter’s “The Price of Peace”
9th Jun 2024
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The life of Maynard K.

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9th Jun 2024
A review of Zach Carter’s “The Price of Peace”
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Packing the Essentials!: Preparing to Travel in the 18th Century. Now that Covid restrictions have finally been lifted, and summer is at least theoretically here –...
8th Jun 2022
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Packing the Essentials!: Preparing to Travel in the 18th Century.

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8th Jun 2022
Now that Covid restrictions have finally been lifted, and summer is at least theoretically here – it’s raining outside as I write! – many people are returning to travel and undertaking the holidays that have had to be postponed over the past couple of years. The pandemic aside,...
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Stone, Scissors, Paper. Or, Europe after Ukraine.
5th Feb 2025
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Stone, Scissors, Paper.

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5th Feb 2025
Or, Europe after Ukraine.
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Democracy The Greeks' Greatest Gift?
1st Nov 2024
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Democracy

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1st Nov 2024
The Greeks' Greatest Gift?
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No, the war on Iran is not about China. Europe should be much more worried. The big talking point in the West these days to justify the illegal war of aggression against Iran...
11th Mar 2026
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No, the war on Iran is not about China. Europe should be much more worried.

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11th Mar 2026
The big talking point in the West these days to justify the illegal war of aggression against Iran is to say that it is, in fact, all about China - part of a strategy to encircle China energetically and deprive them of a geopolitical partner.
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Nothing In Common... Is all we have left.
3rd Jun 2026
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Nothing In Common...

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3rd Jun 2026
Is all we have left.
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Cultural Scenario Probabilities On Oct 25 I posted on the rankings given by polls on 16 cultural drift scenarios re their relative...
1st Dec 2024
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Cultural Scenario Probabilities

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1st Dec 2024
On Oct 25 I posted on the rankings given by polls on 16 cultural drift scenarios re their relative likelihood, desirability, and ease of influence.
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“To the Finland Station” Trump as a tool of history
7th Jan 2025
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“To the Finland Station”

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7th Jan 2025
Trump as a tool of history
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Why Sheep Need Pigs in Sheepdog’s Clothing Your success in life will be determined largely by your ability to speak, your ability to write, and...
2nd Aug 2026
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Why Sheep Need Pigs in Sheepdog’s Clothing

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2nd Aug 2026
Your success in life will be determined largely by your ability to speak, your ability to write, and the quality of your ideas.
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Photos from my time in Iran, 2017 Travels through Tehran, Isfahan, Shiraz, Persepolis, and Yazd
31st Mar 2026
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Photos from my time in Iran, 2017

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31st Mar 2026
Travels through Tehran, Isfahan, Shiraz, Persepolis, and Yazd
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Perspectives and outcomes of Africa's age of exploration Nearly a century after the Kushite envoys of Queen Amanirenas visited the court of Augustus in...
3rd Aug 2025
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Perspectives and outcomes of Africa's age of exploration

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3rd Aug 2025
Nearly a century after the Kushite envoys of Queen Amanirenas visited the court of Augustus in 22-20BC, a pair of Roman centurions was sent on a reconnaissance mission to Kush in 61-63 CE to gather intelligence for a planned campaign against the kingdom by the Emperor Nero.
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Electra: Powerful or Pathetic? Which Playwright did it better?
1st Jul 2024
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Electra: Powerful or Pathetic?

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1st Jul 2024
Which Playwright did it better?
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Melt the ICE: The Fight Continues : Twin Cities Protesters Blockade ICE Inside the Federal Building On March 1, 2026, at the conclusion of a week of action against the Immigration and Customs...
5th Mar 2026
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Melt the ICE: The Fight Continues : Twin Cities Protesters Blockade ICE Inside the Federal Building

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5th Mar 2026
On March 1, 2026, at the conclusion of a week of action against the Immigration and Customs Enforcement occupation of the Twin Cities, protesters converged on the Bishop Henry Whipple Federal Building in Fort Snelling, Minnesota. At least four hundred people marched on the...
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Then They Came for the Palestinians : How to Respond to the Kidnapping of Mahmoud Khalil On March 8, Department of Homeland Security agents kidnapped Mahmoud Khalil, a Palestinian organizer...
11th Mar 2025
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Then They Came for the Palestinians : How to Respond to the Kidnapping of Mahmoud Khalil

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11th Mar 2025
On March 8, Department of Homeland Security agents kidnapped Mahmoud Khalil, a Palestinian organizer and graduate student at Columbia University who had permanent residency in the United States. Donald Trump’s State Department arbitrarily revoked his residency. They are holding...
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Medicine on the Move: Early Modern Travel and Remedies As my new project on the history of travel, health risk and preparation begins to get underway, one...
8th Sep 2023
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Medicine on the Move: Early Modern Travel and Remedies

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8th Sep 2023
As my new project on the history of travel, health risk and preparation begins to get underway, one of the things that I am thinking about is the place of travel within early modern medical remedy culture. What kinds of conditions could befall travellers? What did early modern...
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OpenAI's "Study Mode" and the risks of flattery Serious learning requires friction, frustration... and other humans
31st Jul 2025
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OpenAI's "Study Mode" and the risks of flattery

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31st Jul 2025
Serious learning requires friction, frustration... and other humans
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The End Is Not the End Seneca on Death, Dignity, and Inner Freedom
2nd Sep 2025
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The End Is Not the End

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Seneca on Death, Dignity, and Inner Freedom
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How Blogs and Newsletters Can Fight Back at Social Media Tumblr was founded early 2007, around the same time Twitter was spun off into its own company. At...
4th Sep 2019
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How Blogs and Newsletters Can Fight Back at Social Media

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4th Sep 2019
Tumblr was founded early 2007, around the same time Twitter was spun off into its own company. At the time, both were labelled “microblogging” — a clumsy term that tried to bridge the existing blogging world with the still nascent trend of social networking. Of the two products,...
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My favourite etymologies: the dog days of summer Let’s get canicular
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My favourite etymologies: the dog days of summer

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Let’s get canicular
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Sandinista! To Our Friends, 20 Years Later : In Memory of Timur Kacharava, Russian Anti-Fascist Twenty years ago, on November 13, 2005, Timur Kacharava, an anti-fascist and a hardcore musician,...
17th Nov 2025
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Sandinista! To Our Friends, 20 Years Later : In Memory of Timur Kacharava, Russian Anti-Fascist

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17th Nov 2025
Twenty years ago, on November 13, 2005, Timur Kacharava, an anti-fascist and a hardcore musician, was murdered in a barbaric attack by neo-Nazis in the very center of St. Petersburg, Russia. Although for us, his death was not only a huge personal loss, but also an event that...
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A self-absorbed giant Dearth of Chinese lessons for the rest of the world
12th Jul 2026
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A self-absorbed giant

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12th Jul 2026
Dearth of Chinese lessons for the rest of the world
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Summary of changes for November 2023 Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
1st Dec 2023
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Summary of changes for November 2023

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1st Dec 2023
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of November. Summary Of Changes Wiktopher, drew some new art(Mastodon), finalized a few translations(Mastodon), and released it the project on Itchio! Thousand Rooms, translated the...
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an island to oneself Traveling to New Zealand, after a year of unknown, was a great comfort to us. There are a few things...
1st Jun 2018
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an island to oneself

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1st Jun 2018
Traveling to New Zealand, after a year of unknown, was a great comfort to us. There are a few things Devine and I were really looking forward to, like a good latte, craft beer, a fresh food market and a bulk food store. I found a city that checked all of the boxes. Many of the...
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‘Smock-Faced’ and ‘Imperbicke: The Shame of Beardlessness’ This week I had the wonderful message from WordPress that my blog has now had more than 500,000...
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‘Smock-Faced’ and ‘Imperbicke: The Shame of Beardlessness’

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This week I had the wonderful message from WordPress that my blog has now had more than 500,000 views, from over 120 countries. When I started the blog more than a decade ago I had no expectation that anyone would read the posts, so thank you to everyone for your support. As you...
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What did Xi, Modi and Putin really discuss in Tianjin? Here are Xi Jinping’s concluding words to the speech he just gave in front of Narendra Modi,...
4th Sep 2025
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What did Xi, Modi and Putin really discuss in Tianjin?

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4th Sep 2025
Here are Xi Jinping’s concluding words to the speech he just gave in front of Narendra Modi, Vladimir Putin and some 24 other heads of states representing almost half the world’s population: "Where will prevails, no boundary holds" (basically the Chinese version of “when there’s...
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Color Photos Capture Life and Pollution Along the Ohio River in the Early 1970s In the early 1970s, the Ohio River was both a vital economic artery and a stark reminder of the...
2nd Jul 2026
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Color Photos Capture Life and Pollution Along the Ohio River in the Early 1970s

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2nd Jul 2026
In the early 1970s, the Ohio River was both a vital economic artery and a stark reminder of the environmental costs of industrial growth. Barges carried coal, steel, chemicals, and other goods through the heart of the Midwest, while millions of people depended on the river for...
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REM, Nirvana and More From ‘America’s Poster Champion’ Mike King Portland-based artist Mike King has been creating gig posters for bands since the mid 1970s. What...
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REM, Nirvana and More From ‘America’s Poster Champion’ Mike King

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1st Oct 2025
Portland-based artist Mike King has been creating gig posters for bands since the mid 1970s. What began as a means of promoting his own bands’ shows turned into a prolific career. He gets paid now, but to begin he worked “in exchange for tickets to the shows, and for beers”. King...
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The Man Behind The History Thucydides' Life & Legacy
1st May 2026
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The Man Behind The History

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1st May 2026
Thucydides' Life & Legacy
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Fiction is truer than fact Willing suspension of disbelief is not a good basis for lawmaking
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Fiction is truer than fact

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2nd Apr 2025
Willing suspension of disbelief is not a good basis for lawmaking
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Beyond The Appearances. The joys of an Ideal world.
4th Feb 2026
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Beyond The Appearances.

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4th Feb 2026
The joys of an Ideal world.
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The Road Not Taken. And some sacrifices along the way.
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The Road Not Taken.

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And some sacrifices along the way.
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Watch the First 2+ Hours of MTV’s Inaugural Broadcast (August 1, 1981) Not everyone on August 1, 1981 had a VCR at their disposal, and not everybody stayed up until...
3rd Feb 2025
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Watch the First 2+ Hours of MTV’s Inaugural Broadcast (August 1, 1981)

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3rd Feb 2025
Not everyone on August 1, 1981 had a VCR at their disposal, and not everybody stayed up until midnight. But fortunately at least one person did, in order to tape the first two hours of a new cable channel called MTV: Music Television. Did they know it would be historic? MTV...
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Texts from the Periphery: Manuscript cultures in West Africa's frontier regions. At the turn of the 20th century, one of the most remarkable contributions to African ethnography was...
7th Dec 2025
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Texts from the Periphery: Manuscript cultures in West Africa's frontier regions.

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7th Dec 2025
At the turn of the 20th century, one of the most remarkable contributions to African ethnography was produced by Umaru al-Kanawi, a Hausa scholar born in Kano (Nigeria), who, after a brief stay in Salaga (Ghana), settled in Kete-Krachi (*Ghana) in 1896 and composed his...
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Meet Queen Cat, Secret Cat and Dunce Cat From Kittens and Cats: A First Reader (1911) The cat is regal in Kittens and Cats: A First Reader, 1911. The premise is simple: dress up your...
2nd Dec 2024
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Meet Queen Cat, Secret Cat and Dunce Cat From Kittens and Cats: A First Reader (1911)

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2nd Dec 2024
The cat is regal in Kittens and Cats: A First Reader, 1911. The premise is simple: dress up your cat, take a picture and give it a witty caption. So we get to meet Hero Cat, Queen Cat, Party Cat and the very much of its time Dunce Cat. Author Eulalie Osgood Grover … Continue...
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Don't Expect Respect. All we have left now is money.
1st Jul 2026
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Don't Expect Respect.

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1st Jul 2026
All we have left now is money.
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The myth of the Nordic rehabilitative paradise Interpreting recidivism rates and understanding their causes
3rd Jun 2024
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The myth of the Nordic rehabilitative paradise

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3rd Jun 2024
Interpreting recidivism rates and understanding their causes
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Three types of literature regarding the world of AI Economics, politics and philosophy for a new era
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Three types of literature regarding the world of AI

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Economics, politics and philosophy for a new era
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