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Will it Bend or Will it Break?
The international system, that is.
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CrimethInc.
Insurgent Survival : Reflections on the Fight Against Sweeps Targeting the Homeless in Austin, Texas
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In 2019, militants in Austin, Texas started an organization with the aim of defending homeless camps against sweeps—forced removals disguised as “cleanups” carried out by cops and work crews. This organization, Stop the Sweeps, intervened in a cycle of struggles that included the...
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Summary of changes for February
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the...
over 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 February. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Uxn, started working on a fantasy console called Uxn, and...
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What Makes a Celt & Did They Ever Inhabit Britannia?
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Res Obscura
I talked to Terry Gross!
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Automata & AI: A Historical & Cultural Comparison
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Papa To The Rescue.
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And stop saying "it's not fair!"
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A Greek Hoplite’s Day in Ancient Greece: A Spear of Greece
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London Continues to Dominate the European Art Market
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4 Works Inspired By Da Vinci’s The Last Supper
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Why Is Joan of Arc a Feminist Icon in Modern Times?
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How Did Carl Jung’s Dream Birth “Man and His Symbols”?
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World’s Oldest Egyptian Museum Unveils New Galleries
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Operation Paperclip: What the US Did With Nazi Scientists After WWII
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What Is Berlin Science Week? Everything You Need to Know
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Norman Lear’s Collection to Sell at Christie’s
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Pearl Harbor: “A Date Which Will Live in Infamy!”
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What Did Francis Bacon Mean by “Knowledge Is Power”?
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What Are the 8 Best Art Attractions in Budapest? (local tips)
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Sex Before Sex Education
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over a year ago
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Dürer Print Found in a Dump Could Fetch $26,000
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Jacksonville Confederate Monument Removed
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Isaac Asimov’s Books of Dirty Limericks
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Isaac Asimov (c. January 2, 1920 – April 6, 1992) is remembered for his prolific science fiction writing, impressive ‘lamb chops’ – of which he said: “They became a permanent feature of my face, and it is now difficult to believe early photographs that show me without sideburns”...
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The Merchant’s House Museum Fears ‘Irreparable Damage’
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Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream: A Story of Magic & Heartbreak
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Dreams of Space -...
Looking Into Science (1965)
Here is a re-post, with new scans, of one of my most popular series of books. There was a 1965...
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Here is a re-post, with new scans, of one of my most popular series of books. There was a 1965 textbook for children call Looking Into Science. They reused the contents in a series of booklets that I would like to share with you. There were a large number of these booklets...
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The DAM Rejects Return Request from Native Alaskan Tribes
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How Did Christianity Conquer an Empire in 300 Years?
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rainy with a chance of mosquitoes
Nuku Hiva, a green mountainous island in the Pacific, straight out of Jurassic Park. Just as foreign...
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Nuku Hiva, a green mountainous island in the Pacific, straight out of Jurassic Park. Just as foreign and just as wild, except instead of hungry lizards there are mosquitoes, also known as the vampires of the Marquesas.
Before arriving, we didn't know what it was going to be like...
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Operation Unthinkable: The Military Plan That Was Never Used
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Jackie Wang’s Carceral Capitalism: Is Capitalism Compulsory?
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4 Feminist Paintings by Artemisia Gentileschi
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What Did Fascist Architecture Look Like?
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Service to what nation?
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11 months ago
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The Stolen Generations: The Mass Removal of Aboriginal Children
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Antonio Gramsci on Cultural Hegemony: What Is It and How Does It Work?
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Arguing with the Dead
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Rare Leonora Carrington Sculpture Heads to Auction
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New York City In Color – Garry Winogrand’s Street Shots
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The Art of Collage and Assemblage in Modern Art
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Who Exactly Were the Hospitallers?
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A History of Phantom Pain
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Hidden History
The Story of the Cow
The history of the domestic cattle goes back at least 10,000 years. There are well over 1000...
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The history of the domestic cattle goes back at least 10,000 years. There are well over 1000 distinct breeds of Cattle in the world today, and somewhere between 1 and 1.5 billion individual animals, making them, by some counts, the fourth most numerous mammal in existence behind...
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10 Curious and Strange Laws From Around the World
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Joseph Kony & the Lord’s Resistance Army in Uganda
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Who Were the Top Allied Commanders of World War II?
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Once Upon a Time in Brick Lane: 1970s East London Before Gentrification
Brick Lane in London’s East End is in area of flux. From the road where they used mark bricks and...
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6 Ways to Pass the Time in the Middle Ages
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Discover Philip Johnson’s Famous Glass House
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a brief note on the African exploration of Asia
plus; the African presence in Japan (1543-1639)
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plus; the African presence in Japan (1543-1639)
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Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin and the Making of Stars
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Can Art Be Harmful? Art and Image from Plato to Modernity
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Marina Abramović Leads 7-Minute Silence at Glastonbury Festival
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Benedict Cumberbatch Reads Kurt Vonnegut’s Letter of Advice to People Living in the Year 2088
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There was a time when a company like Volkswagen could commission various luminaries to write letters to the future, then publish them in Time magazine as part of an ad campaign. In fact, that time wasn’t so very long ago: it was the year 1988, to be precise, when no less an...
Flashbak
Found Photos: Mid-Century Soviets Standing By Their TVs
In case of fire, 82% of 20th Century Americans surveyed in the pre-Internet era would rescue the TV...
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In case of fire, 82% of 20th Century Americans surveyed in the pre-Internet era would rescue the TV set. In the Soviet Union, the figure could well have been higher. When we shared found photos of Americans by their TVs (here and here). And now thanks to collectors Anna Pilipyuk...
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What Was Baruch Spinoza’s Concept of Freedom?
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12 Most Important Art Techniques of Modern Times
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The Statue of Liberty: 9 Facts about the New York City Monument
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Rudolf Koppitz Nudes And Other Studies Photographs That Capture The Fluidity Of Nature
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10 months ago
Austrian photographer Rudolf Koppitz (4 January 1884 – 8 July 1936) was a Photo-Secessionist in Vienna, Austria, best known for his 1925 work Bewegungsstudie (“Motion Study”) and his use of the nude in natural settings. Working with Claudia Issachenko’s dance group – the troupe...
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9 Iconic Minimalist Works by Women Artists
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Eva Perón: Is She Really a Feminist Icon?
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Summary of changes for February 2024
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
10 months ago
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of February.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, added gimballed stove, open pantry, Little Ninj and LPG fume detection system. Updated galley refit and Western Canada(includes tidal/current...
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Who Are the Young British Artists? An Overview of the Movement
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What Are the Six Labors of Theseus?
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Trees at Night: Art Young’s Haunting Silhouettes, 1927
“The tree which moves some to tears of joy is in the eyes of others only a green thing which stands...
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Venice Locals Oppose the City’s New Entry Fee
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7 Iconic Works of the De Stijl Movement
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How Do Europe’s Cold War Divisions Persist?
How Do Europe’s Cold War Divisions Persist?
JamesHoare
Thu, 08/01/2024 - 07:00
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Thu, 08/01/2024 - 07:00
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7 Real Characters from Arthurian Legends
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A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, June 28, 2024
Fireside this week! My hope in terms of the upcoming schedule is to have my usual July 4th post next...
6 months ago
Fireside this week! My hope in terms of the upcoming schedule is to have my usual July 4th post next week (we’re discussing political philosophy in an election year, so I am sure everyone will be very chill; regardless let me repeat you will be civil) and then after that to dive...
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Luck and Cheating in Roman Gambling: The Die is Cast
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Open Culture
Watch the Sex Pistols’ Christmas Party for Kids–Which Happened to Be Their Final Gig in the UK...
I’m not sure the Sex Pistols had “available for children’s parties” on their press release, but on a...
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I’m not sure the Sex Pistols had “available for children’s parties” on their press release, but on a cold and grim Christmas in 1977, that’s exactly what happened. While many Britons were settling in for a warm yuletide, the Pistols decided to host a party/benefit for the...
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The Origins of the Democratic Party: A Comprehensive Guide
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Photographing The Invisible: Things are Queer by Duane Michals (1973)
“I think photographs should be provocative and not tell you what you already know. It takes no great...
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“I think photographs should be provocative and not tell you what you already know. It takes no great powers or magic to reproduce somebody’s face in a photograph. The magic is in seeing people in new ways.” —Duane Michals Through image sequences, framing, multiple exposures,...
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Consumerism in Pop Art: Was It Celebrated or Criticized?
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Boycotts of the Olympic Games: A History of Sports & Politics
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Will The West Eat Itself?
Yes. It's derivatives all the way down.
a year ago
Yes. It's derivatives all the way down.
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When Birds Outsmarted the Army: What Was the Emu War?
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The “New” Norman Rockwell Turns Toward Civil Rights
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Who Was Josiah Wedgwood? Potter, Innovator, Entrepreneurial Genius
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‘Straight Acting’ by Will Tosh review
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Wed, 09/11/2024 - 07:00
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‘Straight Acting’ by Will Tosh review
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4 Founding Fathers who Signed the Declaration of Independence
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The Khrushchev Thaw: Relaxation of Soviet Repressions
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African History...
Life and works of Africa's most famous Woman scholar: Nana Asmau (1793-1864)
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On the contribution of Muslim women in African history.
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How Did Belgium Become a Country?
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What Is a Film Auteur?
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Ukiyo-e Prints of Beautiful Women: What Are Bijin-ga?
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Stuck in God’s Knowledge: Foreknowledge & Free Will
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Titanic Rescue Mission at Risk
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The Women’s War Breaks Out
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Fri, 11/22/2024 - 09:30
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The Women’s War Breaks Out
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New Roman Frescoes Discovered at Pompeii
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10 Facts About the Temples of Angkor
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The Coming of the Unconscious: JG Ballard’s Guide To Surrealism In Science Fiction
In 1966, readers of issue 164 of New Worlds magazine (1946 – 1997) could enjoy writer JG Ballard’s...
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In 1966, readers of issue 164 of New Worlds magazine (1946 – 1997) could enjoy writer JG Ballard’s (15 November 1930 – 19 April 2009)review of La Jetée, the time-travel short by Chris Marker about time and memory which was receiving its first London screenings and his essay ‘The...
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7 Key Beliefs and Practices From Hasidic Judaism
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Roadside Relics of the USSR
We’re back on the road though the former Soviet Union. This time our guide is French photographer...
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Who Are the Most Famous Sorceresses of Greek Mythology?
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10 Things to Do in London if You Love History
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Women Portraitists of the Renaissance: A League of Their Own
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Painting The Celestial Afterglow after Krakatoa, 1888
On the 27th August 1883, the Krakatoa (Krakatau) volcano exploded and the sky changed colour. Lying...
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On the 27th August 1883, the Krakatoa (Krakatau) volcano exploded and the sky changed colour. Lying on the Sunda Strait between the islands of Java and Sumatra in the Indonesian province of Lampung, Krakatoa was hit by a series of four massive eruptions – the equivalent to 200...
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10 Historic Christmas Towns in the US to Visit
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The History of Esperanto: A Modern Lingua Franca?
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Global Inequality...
Sodom and Gomorrah
Le hasard is a capricious master. When I recently travelled to China, I knew that I would read there...
11 months ago
Le hasard is a capricious master. When I recently travelled to China, I knew that I would read there books printed in China and about China. So I took none of them with me. The only book that I took there was a book that has nothing to do with China: Proust’s
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How Did Hokusai & Hiroshige Become so Famous?
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Should you be Skeptical of Ads? Pyrrhonian Skepticism and Consumerism
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5 Important Examples of Religious Art From Christian History
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Marcel Breuer’s Iconic Work: From Bauhaus to Brutalism
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Thomas Gainsborough: 7 Facts You Need to Know
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How Did Comuna 13 Transform Medellín?
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Who Is the Real Banksy? Rumors Behind the Street Artist
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How Keith Jarrett Played on a Broken Piano & Turned a Potentially Disastrous Concert Into the...
Nearly fifty years ago, the celebrated young pianist Keith Jarrett arrived in the West German city...
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Nearly fifty years ago, the celebrated young pianist Keith Jarrett arrived in the West German city of Köln (better known in English as Cologne). Having just come off a 500-mile-long road trip from Switzerland, where he’d played a concert the previous day, he was left with barely...
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Grey Art Gallery at NYU Gets New Space and Name
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History Today Feed
‘The End of Enlightenment’ by Richard Whatmore review
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j.hoare
Tue, 12/19/2023 - 10:39
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Piero della Francesca in 3 Works: Perspective, Politics, and Symbols
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What’s the Best Time to Visit Niagara Falls?
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How Did George Orwell’s Life Influence his Literature?
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Evolutionary Success, from the Top of the Food Chain
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How Did Henri Matisse’s Travels Influence His Art?
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How to Win an Election in Ancient Rome
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Flashbak
William S. Burroughs: Love is The Painkiller and Cats Are the Cure
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What to See if You Only Have a Day at the Boston Museum of Fine Arts
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Global Art Sales Dropped 4 Percent to $65 B. in 2023
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The African diaspora in Portuguese India: 1500-1800.
Sailors, Merchants and Priests.
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Sailors, Merchants and Priests.
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‘Revolusi’ by David Van Reybrouck review
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Pompeii: Frozen in Time or an Ever-Evolving Landscape?
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What Came First, Blues or Jazz?
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Candles and Kalshnikovs.
Please help us not to understand.
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Can Catharsis Help... or Harm?
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Can Catharsis Help... or Harm?
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Charles Baudelaire’s Theory of Art: Is Beauty Universal?
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The Mongrel Mob of Aotearoa New Zealand
Photographer Jono Rotman’s arresting portraits of the Mongrel Mob of Aotearoa New Zealand show us...
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Photographer Jono Rotman’s arresting portraits of the Mongrel Mob of Aotearoa New Zealand show us the gang’s members in isolation. To avoid controlling the narrative and anaesthetising their spirit, while “still letting them retain their mystery and privacy”, Rotman took the...
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The British Museum to Tighten Security and Collection Records
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What Is the Gift of Tongues in the Bible?
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A Collection of...
Collections: Teaching Paradox, Imperator, Part IIIb:
This is the second half of the third and final part of our three-part (I, IIa, IIb, IIIa) look at...
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This is the second half of the third and final part of our three-part (I, IIa, IIb, IIIa) look at Paradox Interactives ancient grand strategy game, Imperator: Rome, which covers (inter alia) the period of the collapse of the Roman Republic, which we generally call the Late...
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What Criticisms Are Directed Towards Anti-Natalism?
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The Best of the Best
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The Life of Aristotle
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6 Facts About Hilla von Rebay: The Mastermind Behind the Guggenheim
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Henri Matisse: Outstanding Paintings by the French Fauvist Master
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How Accurate Were Aristotle’s Views on Science?
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The Myth of Midas and the Golden Touch: A Story of Riches and Regret
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Why Is Pompeii So Important?
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Patterns in Humanity
Mental Health and Social Stratification
In this post I summarize some research on the importance of mental health for social outcomes and...
a year ago
In this post I summarize some research on the importance of mental health for social outcomes and discuss some of the implications for social stratification.
History Today Feed
Who was Thorkell the Tall?
Who was Thorkell the Tall?
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Wed, 11/27/2024 - 10:20
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Who was Thorkell the Tall?
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Wed, 11/27/2024 - 10:20
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‘Ain Ghazal: One of the Oldest Places in Human Civilization
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Flashbak
The Horny Monkey And A Nose Pick: Humorous Japanese Postcards by Kokkei Shinbun Sha – 1907-1909
The postcard above is over an ‘Amorous Monkey (Iroke zaru)’ attempting to undress a Japanese woman...
2 months ago
The postcard above is over an ‘Amorous Monkey (Iroke zaru)’ attempting to undress a Japanese woman against her will. It’s an unusual tableaux. But then a lot about Japanese portrayals of sex is unfamiliar to all but the most adventurous Westerner (this Japanese sex guide and rope...
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Harold Lloyd’s Amazing Christmas Tree
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Friends, Readers, Countrymen, lend me your eyes! As sadly expected, the hiatus is going to continue through October. I am making good progress on my writing, but still need to keep focusing. I am currently, I believe, on track for us to go back to normally scheduled posts in...
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The Rockets Journal was a post-war publication of the United States Rocket Society. There are several online issues here
https://fanac.org/fanzines/Rockets/
Here is a biography of the controversial editor:
https://www.joshuablubuhs.com/blog/robert-l-farnsworth-as-a-fortean
I...
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‘How Finland Survived Stalin’ by Kimmo Rentola review
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When Did Britain’s Age of Deference End – and Why?
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Cronus: The Titan Leader in Greek Mythology
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Here is wishing you Happy Journeys (1961) in 2024.
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Here is wishing you Happy Journeys (1961) in 2024.
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Seeking vintage photographs as a source of inspiration for her work, British artist Emily Loveridge came upon this album of pictures. “I find images that resonate with me and then with that I try to bring their characters to life in my work,” she tells us. “I bought the slides on...
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One, Two (1965)
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The next few posts are some of my favorite picture books. The 1st from 1965 is a very basic counting book about spaceflight. I hope that you find it as charming as I do.
DeCaprio, Annie and David Krieger. Illustrated by Nydorf, Seymour. One, Two. New York: Wonder Books. (24 p.)...
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Bruno Latour’s Irreductions: The World as a Network of Relations
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Terragni’s Danteum: An Architectural Masterpiece on Paper
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What Supernatural Creatures Appear in the Works of Shakespeare?
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