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Will the last young professional to leave Britain turn off the lights?
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2 days ago
'Get out as early as you can, And don’t have any kids yourself’
Classical Wisdom
What is Love? And From Where did it Come?
All the ways to say LOVE, according to the Greeks
10 months ago
All the ways to say LOVE, according to the Greeks
TheCollector
What Are the 4 Main Jewish Sects?
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10 months ago
TheCollector
The True History of Illtud of the Arthurian Legends
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a year ago
TheCollector
The Truth and Reconciliation Commission: Moving Past Apartheid?
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7 months ago
TheCollector
Anarchism & Revolution: Who was Mikhail Bakunin?
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a year ago
African History...
Historical links between the Ottoman empire and Sudanic Africa (1574-1880)
travel and exchanges between Istanbul and the states of; Bornu, Funj, Darfur and Massina.
a year ago
travel and exchanges between Istanbul and the states of; Bornu, Funj, Darfur and Massina.
History Today Feed
Putting Pirates on Trial
Putting Pirates on Trial
JamesHoare
Wed, 02/21/2024 - 00:00
10 months ago
Putting Pirates on Trial
JamesHoare
Wed, 02/21/2024 - 00:00
TheCollector
What Did Francis Bacon Mean by “Knowledge Is Power”?
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a year ago
TheCollector
What Was the Warsaw Pact?
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2 weeks ago
TheCollector
The Philosopher Poet: Who Was Lucretius?
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7 months ago
TheCollector
How Slavery in Ancient Rome Drove Farmers to Poverty
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7 months ago
TheCollector
10 Shocking Facts About King Philip’s War
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a year ago
TheCollector
Tom Thomson Painting Attacked by Protesters in Canada
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a year ago
TheCollector
The Life of Aldous Huxley — Author of “Brave New World”
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11 months ago
TheCollector
The Meidias Hydria Vase Landed to Greece by The British Museum
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a year ago
TheCollector
The Kitchen Debate: Khrushchev vs. Nixon
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8 months ago
Res Obscura
Do painters subconsciously paint themselves into their work?
The Renaissance history of automimesis, and a proposal for research
a year ago
The Renaissance history of automimesis, and a proposal for research
Dreams of Space -...
Bozo and His Rocket Ship -Capitol Record-Reader (1947)
Here an old piece of "rocket" ephemera. Back when there were these big black round things called...
9 months ago
Here an old piece of "rocket" ephemera. Back when there were these big black round things called "records," there were children's record-readers. My mom had some of these from here childhood so I actually read some of them. You would put a stack of records on (this one had 4...
TheCollector
A Luta Continua! Mozambique’s Struggle for Independence
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6 months ago
Global Inequality...
Universities as factories
I have seen, and read about, of many instances when the police would clear universities of students...
7 months ago
I have seen, and read about, of many instances when the police would clear universities of students who were demonstrating. The police would come in on the orders of the authorities unhappy with student-created oases of freedom. It would come, armed, beat up students, and end the...
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Prometheus and AI?
a month ago
TheCollector
Architectural Wizardry: 4 Fascinating Works by Antoni Gaudi
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a year ago
TheCollector
8 Unmissable UNESCO World Heritage Sites in Southeast Asia
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7 months ago
History Today Feed
Fear, Friendship and the Channel Tunnel
Fear, Friendship and the Channel Tunnel
JamesHoare
Thu, 11/14/2024 - 09:09
a month ago
Fear, Friendship and the Channel Tunnel
JamesHoare
Thu, 11/14/2024 - 09:09
TheCollector
Presidential Impeachment: An Effective Check on Executive Power?
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3 months ago
Wrong Side of...
The case for a Global Sanctuary City
What if the Syrians can’t return home?
a week ago
What if the Syrians can’t return home?
TheCollector
8 Facts about The Book of Enoch and its Content
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12 months ago
TheCollector
What Countries Joined the Axis Powers?
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10 months ago
TheCollector
Who Are the Most Important Christian Figures After the Bible?
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a year ago
TheCollector
Patron Saint of Ireland: Who Was St. Patrick?
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9 months ago
TheCollector
What Are the Characteristics of Italian Renaissance Art?
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3 months ago
TheCollector
10 Terrible Catholic Popes
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a year ago
TheCollector
When Was the Battle of Little Bighorn?
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3 months ago
TheCollector
The Electoral College Explained
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2 months ago
Overcoming Bias
Tension-Filled Black Holes
Most matter pushes against nearby matter, via a positive “pressure.” That’s why Earth holds its...
a month ago
Most matter pushes against nearby matter, via a positive “pressure.” That’s why Earth holds its shape, instead of collapsing down to a point mass.
TheCollector
How Did Mesopotamia Become the Cradle of Civilization?
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a year ago
TheCollector
How the Iroquois Confederacy Inspired the US Women’s Rights Movement
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8 months ago
TheCollector
Where Did Paul Cezanne Live?
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8 months ago
TheCollector
How Can We View Tecumseh From an Indigenous Perspective?
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7 months ago
TheCollector
Ancient Rome Vs Pontus: The Mithridatic Wars (88-63 BCE)
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a year ago
TheCollector
Vincent and Theo Van Gogh: A Tale of Brotherly Love
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3 months ago
TheCollector
What Are Anton Chekhov’s Most Important Works?
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6 months ago
TheCollector
7 Famous Artists Who Turned to Crime
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9 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Secret of the Stoics
3 months ago
Overcoming Bias
Love And War And Status
“All is Fair in Love and War” - common saying
3 weeks ago
“All is Fair in Love and War” - common saying
TheCollector
Who Were the United States Indian Scouts?
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2 months ago
TheCollector
7 of Elsa Schiaparelli’s Greatest Artistic Collaborations
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11 months ago
TheCollector
What Are the Four Waves of Feminism?
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4 months ago
Flashbak
Saul Leiter In Colour And Before – Photographs from A Centenary Special
Photographer Saul Leiter (1923 – 2013) is remembered in Saul Leiter: The Centennial Retrospective,...
6 months ago
Photographer Saul Leiter (1923 – 2013) is remembered in Saul Leiter: The Centennial Retrospective, a monograph from Thames and Hudson. The books features many of Leiter’s most gorgeous pictures, not least of all the street photograph above of a woman sat at a cafe in Paris in...
TheCollector
How Did King Tut Die? (5 Theories)
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a year ago
History Today Feed
What Makes Good Historical Fiction?
What Makes Good Historical Fiction?
JamesHoare
Tue, 10/15/2024 - 10:18
2 months ago
What Makes Good Historical Fiction?
JamesHoare
Tue, 10/15/2024 - 10:18
TheCollector
Marina Abramović Leads 7-Minute Silence at Glastonbury Festival
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5 months ago
TheCollector
What Happened When Vesuvius Erupted in 79 CE?
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3 months ago
Overcoming Bias
Our Authoritarian Default
Many intellectuals, and intellectual wannabes, would, if pressed accept that UFOs seem sufficiently...
2 months ago
Many intellectuals, and intellectual wannabes, would, if pressed accept that UFOs seem sufficiently puzzling to justify more careful study.
A Collection of...
Collections: Ancient Greek and Phoenician Colonization
Davis senatum consuluit a.d. III Idus Octobris apud aedem Patreontis; de colonis Graecis et Punicis...
a year ago
Davis senatum consuluit a.d. III Idus Octobris apud aedem Patreontis; de colonis Graecis et Punicis verba fecit… This week we’re taking a brief look, by ACOUP Senate request, at Greek and Phoenician colonization in the ancient Mediterranean. In particular, the focus requested was...
TheCollector
Aristophanes: Get to Know the Master of Ancient Greek Comedy
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8 months ago
Wrong Side of...
Soothing the injured spirit of the Temple
The case for giving back the Elgin Marbles
2 weeks ago
The case for giving back the Elgin Marbles
TheCollector
Casta Paintings in Colonial Mexico: How Accurate Were They?
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10 months ago
Patterns in Humanity
When Lightning Strikes... Literally
A quantification of the risk of dying from a lightning strike and other external sources of harm
a year ago
A quantification of the risk of dying from a lightning strike and other external sources of harm
Classical Wisdom
Gaius Marius
... and the Fall of the Republic
11 months ago
... and the Fall of the Republic
TheCollector
A George Washington Portrait Goes on Sale, Held at the Met
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11 months ago
TheCollector
Who Is Zeus? The King of the Greek Gods
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11 months ago
TheCollector
The History of Esperanto: A Modern Lingua Franca?
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11 months ago
TheCollector
Shaka Zulu: The Life of Africa’s Legendary Warrior King
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10 months ago
TheCollector
Anarchism Explained: Why Should the State be Abolished?
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a year ago
History Today Feed
André Rigaud: Napoleon’s Man in Haiti
André Rigaud: Napoleon’s Man in Haiti
JamesHoare
Thu, 02/22/2024 - 00:00
10 months ago
André Rigaud: Napoleon’s Man in Haiti
JamesHoare
Thu, 02/22/2024 - 00:00
TheCollector
Top 10 Historic Sites You Should See in Paris
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4 months ago
Flashbak
Waiting For A Miracle: Kiev in 1998
In 1998, Juri Nesterov was in Kiev, the capital and most populous city of Ukraine. It was a city of...
7 months ago
In 1998, Juri Nesterov was in Kiev, the capital and most populous city of Ukraine. It was a city of hope. In 1991, After 57 years as the capital of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic of the Soviet Union, the city became the capital of independent Ukraine. In the picture...
Trying to Understand...
Ukraine and the end of "Europe."
Nation-states were the problem: supranationality was not the answer.
over a year ago
Nation-states were the problem: supranationality was not the answer.
TheCollector
Who Assassinated Julius Caesar?
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7 months ago
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for September 2023
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the...
a year ago
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
Wiktopher, adapted Solresol, edited other conlangs.
Niju,...
TheCollector
Which Famous Artworks Have Inspired Filmmakers?
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5 months ago
Trying to Understand...
The Performance is Over
Even if the artists don't realise it.
a year ago
Even if the artists don't realise it.
TheCollector
Banksy’s Latest Artwork Is a Goat on a Ledge in London
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4 months ago
Flashbak
American Noir: Mugshots And Crimes From A Small Pennsylvanian Town (1930s – 1950s)
Small Town Noir is a study of life and crime in New Castle, western Pennsylvania. The site compiles...
7 months ago
Small Town Noir is a study of life and crime in New Castle, western Pennsylvania. The site compiles the mugshots of criminals who lived in the town in the 1930, 40s and 50s, with notes on their offences. The mugshots were pulled from the rubbish when the town’s police department...
Patterns in Humanity
Out-of-Europe: History of Migrations to the United States
Following the Renaissance period, a transition started occurring in West Europe, with rapid...
a year ago
Following the Renaissance period, a transition started occurring in West Europe, with rapid advancements in science and technology happening in the 1400s. With improvements in cartography, ship and other maritime technology, and an increased desire to understand and discover...
Hundred Rabbits
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...
3 weeks ago
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.co, 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...
TheCollector
What Is the Will to Power?
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a year ago
TheCollector
Chiaroscuro: The Dramatic Play of Light and Shadow
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2 weeks ago
TheCollector
The Lebanese Civil War: A Complex & Devastating Conflict
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5 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Should We Glorify Caesar?
And Those Like Him?
9 months ago
History Today Feed
‘Spice’ by Roger Crowley review
‘Spice’ by Roger Crowley review
JamesHoare
Tue, 06/18/2024 - 09:03
6 months ago
‘Spice’ by Roger Crowley review
JamesHoare
Tue, 06/18/2024 - 09:03
TheCollector
7 of the Most Historically Important Sites in Japan
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5 months ago
Classical Wisdom
What is Plagiarism?
Is it possible to have a TRULY original thought?
11 months ago
Is it possible to have a TRULY original thought?
TheCollector
Olafur Eliasson to Turn Urban Billboards into Abstract Art
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2 months ago
TheCollector
Empress of the Blues: Who Was Bessie Smith?
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6 months ago
Flashbak
A Book of Dreams: 25 Vintage Visions To Awaken Your Mind
We’re dreaming today with collector Robert E Jackson. Triggered by the undertow of memory and fed by...
7 months ago
We’re dreaming today with collector Robert E Jackson. Triggered by the undertow of memory and fed by desire, our dreams are visions of other lives, possible clues to the future. “The interpretation of dreams is the royal road to a knowledge of the unconscious activities of the...
TheCollector
The Rise of Television & The Power of Images in US Elections
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2 months ago
TheCollector
What Makes Yinka Shonibare’s African Fabrics Unique?
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9 months ago
TheCollector
Battle of Gaugamela (331 BCE): Alexander’s Achaemenid Armageddon
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6 months ago
History Today Feed
‘American Journey’ by Wes Davis review
‘American Journey’ by Wes Davis review
j.hoare
Wed, 01/17/2024 - 09:43
11 months ago
‘American Journey’ by Wes Davis review
j.hoare
Wed, 01/17/2024 - 09:43
TheCollector
10 Terrifying Japanese Yōkai (Supernatural Creatures)
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a year ago
TheCollector
Gandhi in South Africa: The Formation of the World-Famous Pacifist
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11 months ago
TheCollector
Top 5 Places to See the Northern Lights
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5 months ago
TheCollector
Who Won the Battle of the Wilderness?
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a month ago
TheCollector
Understanding Henri Cartier-Bresson Through 7 Photographs
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a year ago
TheCollector
8 Famous Dada Artists Who Achieved Greatness
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a year ago
Trying to Understand...
A Week Off And A New Language
See you again soon
a year ago
TheCollector
When Did World War II Start and End?
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a year ago
Classical Wisdom
Can We Choose NOT to Be Harmed?
How can we train Resilience?
a year ago
How can we train Resilience?
History Today Feed
Petticoat Alley: London’s Forgotten Women’s Clubs
Petticoat Alley: London’s Forgotten Women’s Clubs
JamesHoare
Thu, 05/02/2024 - 11:09
7 months ago
Petticoat Alley: London’s Forgotten Women’s Clubs
JamesHoare
Thu, 05/02/2024 - 11:09
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