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How the CCP is Closing China
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The Fallen Angels of Enoch: Vicious Villains or Virtuous Victims?
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How Does Street Art Shape Cities?
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An Ottoman Winter in Toulon
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‘Forbidden Desire in Early Modern Europe’ by Noel Malcolm review
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‘Forbidden Desire in Early Modern Europe’ by Noel Malcolm review
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On the Spot: Alice Hunt
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Tue, 09/03/2024 - 10:40
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an African portrait of an African society
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Discover the Lost Culture of San Agustín in Colombia
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Babylon’s Mystery Goddess
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The Lebanese Civil War: A Complex & Devastating Conflict
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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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6 Aspects of the Egyptian God Thoth
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What Is the Origin of Tarot Cards?
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The Death of a Mnemonist
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Wed, 05/01/2024 - 10:07
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The Death of a Mnemonist
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‘The Life & Death of States’ and ‘Vienna’ reviews
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‘The Life & Death of States’ and ‘Vienna’ reviews
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Machu Picchu Unveiled: Why Hiram Bingham Didn’t “Discover” It
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Why Did Plato Think that Education Could Replace Law?
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Columbine 25 Years On
Columbine 25 Years On
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Wed, 04/17/2024 - 09:42
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Columbine 25 Years On
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Wed, 04/17/2024 - 09:42
TheCollector
Who is Ana Mendieta? An Icon of Environmental Art
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A Collection of...
Collections: Teaching Paradox, Imperator, Part I: Divisa in Partes Tres
This is the first part of a three-part (if I can keep it) series, examining the historical...
5 months ago
This is the first part of a three-part (if I can keep it) series, examining the historical assumptions of Imperator: Rome, a historical grand strategy game by Paradox Interactive, set during the rise and collapse of the Roman Republic from 304-27 BC and covering the broader...
Flashbak
One Last Look at the Hotel where ‘Trainspotting’, ‘The Big Man’, ‘Taggart’ and Other Shows Were...
You may have never heard of the George Hotel, which once sat at the top of Buchanan Street in...
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You may have never heard of the George Hotel, which once sat at the top of Buchanan Street in Glasgow like a ‘great carbuncle’, but you have probably seen parts of its interiors from films like Trainspotting (the circular room used as a backdrop for the drug scene with Keith...
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4 Roman Emperors Who Died in Battle
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5 Features of Qing Dynasty Art
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The Ballad of the Inquisition’s Greatest Witch Trial
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Thu, 10/17/2024 - 08:56
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The Ballad of the Inquisition’s Greatest Witch Trial
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The Death of A New Jersey Shopping Mall
There are about 1,000 malls in the US, and it’s estimated that one in four will close in the next...
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There are about 1,000 malls in the US, and it’s estimated that one in four will close in the next few years as vacancy rates are increasing due to the pandemic, a slowed economy and increased online shopping. Photographer Phillip Buehler captured the death of the Wayne Hills mall...
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What Did Americans Eat During the Great Depression?
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How Divisionism Shaped Modern Painting and Art History
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Eugene Von Bruenchenhein And His Wife Marie: A Love Story
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Classical Wisdom
The Mother Goddess of Rome
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And Her Controversial Religion
TheCollector
10 Curious Facts About Johnny Cash
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Trying to Understand...
Unlike For Like.
BRICS and how international institutions work.
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weird medieval guys
Why is medieval art so weird?
Listen now (73 min) | In this inaugural episode of the Weird Medieval Guys podcast, Olivia and Aran...
a year ago
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13 English Words with Greek Origins
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Peter Hujar’s Portraits of Life and Death: A Somberly Beautiful Photography Collection (1976)
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Shown at the Venice Biennale 2024, Peter Hujar’s Portraits in Life And Death exhibition features his 1970s portraits of artists on New York’s Lower East Side and images from the 1960s of the dead in Palermo’s catacombs. Peter Hujar’s (October 11, 1934 – November 26, 1987) black...
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The Image in The Machine: Typewriter Art in the 1960 and 1970s
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TheCollector
FBI Returns Nazi-Looted Monet to Jewish Collector’s Heirs
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History Today Feed
André Rigaud: Napoleon’s Man in Haiti
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Thu, 02/22/2024 - 00:00
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André Rigaud: Napoleon’s Man in Haiti
JamesHoare
Thu, 02/22/2024 - 00:00
TheCollector
Harry Houdini’s Death: Was It Really by Sucker Punch?
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Flashbak
Creating Hokusai’s The Great Wave off Kanagawa – An Illustrated History
“At 110, everything I create; a dot, a line, will jump to life as never before. To all of you who...
6 months ago
“At 110, everything I create; a dot, a line, will jump to life as never before. To all of you who are going to live as long as I do, I promise to keep my word. I am writing this in my old age. I used to call myself Hokusai, but today I sign my … Continue reading "Creating...
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The “Arch”: Who Was Desmond Tutu?
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History Today Feed
Beware the Lides of March
Beware the Lides of March
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Wed, 02/28/2024 - 09:52
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Beware the Lides of March
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Wed, 02/28/2024 - 09:52
TheCollector
Just How Christian Was the Kingdom of Kongo?
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Classical Wisdom
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Blindspots and Biographies
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15 Surprising Facts about Adolf Hitler, The World’s Most Hated Man
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10 Must-See Monuments & Memorials on the National Mall in DC
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Role-playing with AI will be a powerful tool for writers and educators
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a year ago
Or, how well can GPT-4 simulate an acid trip in 1963?
TheCollector
German Museum Returns Ancient Marble Head to Greece
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Beautiful Birds from Isaac Sprague’s Natural History 1839-1842
The images below are watercolour sketches by Isaac Sprague from the 1840s. “Isaac...
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What Happened at the Battle of Kyiv in WWII?
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What Is Anti-Natalism?
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Why Is Socrates’ Legacy Vital?
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for July 2024
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
4 months ago
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of July.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, added Sitka, and completed route in {us se alaska}.
Left, can now paste binary directly from programs like Nasu.
Hakum, added two drawings to the...
TheCollector
Exploring the Troubles in Belfast and Derry (Monuments & History)
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Who Was Gabriele D’Annunzio?
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Classical Wisdom
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James Joyce and Jewish Philosophy
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James Joyce and Jewish Philosophy
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Fireside Friday, December 8, 2023
Apologies for running a fireside so quickly after the gap week, but with the end of the semester...
a year ago
Apologies for running a fireside so quickly after the gap week, but with the end of the semester coming as the job market gets busier, I haven’t had time to finish the next post on shield walls just yet. That will come out next week for sure though, as it is close to done. For …...
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Previously Unknown Giorgione Painting Found in Germany
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The Last Great Pharaoh? The Story of Ramesses III
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When Gilbert Shelton’s Fabulous Furry Freaks And Poddy Ruled The World!
Gilbert Shelton (born May 31, 1940) is an American cartoonist and a key member of the underground...
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Gilbert Shelton (born May 31, 1940) is an American cartoonist and a key member of the underground comix movement. He is the creator of the characters The Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers and Fat Freddy’s Cat, and a co-founder of Rip Off Press in San Francisco in 1969. Shelton...
A Collection of...
Collections: Roman Infantry Tactics: Why the Pilum and not a Spear?
This week’s post is intended to answer a question which came up in response to the last post looking...
a year ago
This week’s post is intended to answer a question which came up in response to the last post looking at the most common type of Mediterranean spear, which to put it simply is: what is up with the odd Roman heavy infantry kit built around a sword and two javelins (albeit two...
TheCollector
7 Famous Surrealist Artists Who Achieved Greatness
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African History...
a brief note on African travel literature in history
a Swahili document on south-central Africa.
7 months ago
a Swahili document on south-central Africa.
TheCollector
Why Is Boston Called Beantown?
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The Avicenna Canon Medicinae – An Illustrated Medical Book From 13th Century Paris
First published in 13th Century Paris, the Avicenna, Canon Medicinae is an illustrated medical text...
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First published in 13th Century Paris, the Avicenna, Canon Medicinae is an illustrated medical text book made from tempera and gold leaf on parchment. Shelf marked Besançon, Bibliothèque municipale, MS 0457, the work is a Latin translation of Avicenna’s Canon medicinae, one of...
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What's it going to be, then?
History Today Feed
Why Do Civil Wars Happen?
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Hundred Rabbits
hello fujisan
It's 8h00 pm on a cold dark winter night, we are outside of Shimizu harbor motoring in circles and...
over a year ago
It's 8h00 pm on a cold dark winter night, we are outside of Shimizu harbor motoring in circles and waiting for a response from Shimizu Port Control. The temperature is 4 °C, the wind is blowing hard and our clothes are wet and caked with salt. We’re tired and hungry, waiting for...
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How Does Friedrich Hayek’s The Road to Serfdom Criticize Socialism?
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Abraham Lincoln’s Assassination: Here’s Everything You Need to Know
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Investors Trying to Acquire Ex San Francisco Art Institute Building
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African History...
Economic growth and social transformation in 19th century Somalia.
Desert caravans, coastal cities and population movements
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Desert caravans, coastal cities and population movements
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Lower Manhattan in 1973
These Documerica photographs by Wil Blanche of lower Manhattan, New York City, were taken in May...
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What Are the Main Themes of Modern Essentialism?
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Dreams of Space -...
Valentina Tereshkova (Mujeres Celebres) (1967)
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This is a 1967 Spanish comic book...
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Celebrating 60 years ago when the first woman went into space.
This is a 1967 Spanish comic book highlighting famous women, in this case: Valentina Tereshkova. I last blogged about this in 2009 so it was time for an expansion. It is unusual to find a biographical comic book...
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Who Is Kiki Smith?
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6 Micronations You Should Know
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What’s the Difference Between Goth and Punk?
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Who Were the Most Important Disciples of Jesus Christ?
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Was Vincent van Gogh Religious?
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History Today Feed
China’s Communist Comic Books
China’s Communist Comic Books
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Thu, 12/05/2024 - 09:29
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China’s Communist Comic Books
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TheCollector
The History and Beauty of the Moscow Metro
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a year ago
A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, February 2, 2024 (On City Building Games)
Fireside this week! I have just finished up a draft of a chapter (to be in one of those...
10 months ago
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5 (or More?) of Jack the Ripper’s Victims
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Who Are Russia’s Old Believers? The Raskol in Russian History
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How Did Bob Dylan Win the Nobel Prize in Literature?
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6 of the Greatest Latin American Writers of All Time
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Maurice Sendak Illustrates William Blake’s Songs of Innocence
In 1967, Maurice Sendak (June 10, 1928–May 8, 2012) created eight illustrations for William Blake’s...
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In 1967, Maurice Sendak (June 10, 1928–May 8, 2012) created eight illustrations for William Blake’s Songs of Innocence (1789). The booklet’s 275 copies were given to friends of the publisher, The Bodley Head, as Christmas gifts to mark the company’s 80th anniversary. The idea...
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Why Was Marcel Duchamp Obsessed With Chess?
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How to Steal From Homer
Duplicative Language in Ancient Greece and Rome
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Duplicative Language in Ancient Greece and Rome
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Levina Teerlinc: A Woman Artist of the Tudor Court
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10 Surrealist Sculptors You Should Know
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Overcoming Bias
The Two Big Games
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2 weeks ago
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TheCollector
What’s the Best Time to Visit the Colosseum?
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Plutarch and Pleasure
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10 Times Ivan the Terrible Really Was Terrible
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6 Female Pre-Raphaelite Artists You Should Know
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5 Unique Gods & Goddesses Worshipped in the Incan Empire
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Napoleon’s Hundred Days: The French Emperor’s Brief Return to Power
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Citizen of the World: TheCollector Interviews Composer Omar Rahbany
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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
TheCollector
Plato’s Dialogue Crito: Should Socrates Have Escaped His Execution?
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Classical Wisdom
The Death of Literary Fiction.... And its Resurrection?
A New -different- Event
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On the Spot: William Dalrymple
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Tue, 09/24/2024 - 08:00
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On the Spot: William Dalrymple
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Tue, 09/24/2024 - 08:00
TheCollector
What is Appalachian Culture?
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Are We All Actors? Erving Goffman’s Analysis of Social Interactions
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Sufism: Mystical Islam in Africa
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Battle of Kursk: The Largest Tank Battle in History
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Here are several examples of the many groovy psychedelic adverts produced in the 1960s to promote...
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The Disaster That Was Napoleon’s Russian Campaign: An Overview
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Armand Henrion: The Artist Who Always Painted Himself As A Clown
Armand Henrion (1875 – 1958) was a Belgian-born artist. He contributed to the Expressionist...
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Armand Henrion (1875 – 1958) was a Belgian-born artist. He contributed to the Expressionist movement, worked in France and became a French citizen. And he liked to paint self-portraits – hundreds of them – in which he is dressed as a clown (more Pierrot than Bozo). Pierrot...
Hundred Rabbits
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...
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 June. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, added propeller maintenance, Maple Bay, Telegraph Cove,...
TheCollector
Phillips 2023 Sales Dropped Down 15 Percent from 2022
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Flashbak
Snapshots of People Meeting Abraham Lincoln
“I see you have erected a very fine and handsome platform here for me, and I presume you expected me...
10 months ago
“I see you have erected a very fine and handsome platform here for me, and I presume you expected me to speak from it.” ― Abraham Lincoln The most famous statue of Abraham Lincoln (12 February 1809 – 15 April 1865) is the ginormous one sculpted by Daniel Chester French...
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What Was the Sturmabteilung?
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The Footsteps of Finn MacCool: The Landscape of Giants in Ireland
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for May
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 May. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Noodle, released Uxn version. Improved UX to resize the canvas and...
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5 Iconic Photographs by Ansel Adams
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How Can Stoicism Help Overcome Adversity?
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The Trevi Fountain: Inside the History of Rome’s Iconic Tourist Site
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Real Family Photos: A Mother of Photographs Her Seven Children’s Chaotic Coming Of Age
“These photographs are mostly not posed: I just butted into my kids’ personal business and, a lot of...
3 months ago
“These photographs are mostly not posed: I just butted into my kids’ personal business and, a lot of times, they weren’t that happy about it. I went to three or four Lollapalooza concerts with my camera when they were there – I busted into things not to supervise them but to take...
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Happy Easter! What Are the Origins of Easter?
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Trailblazing Women: 22 Female Photographers Who Redefined Photography
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Egyptian Sun-god: Who Is Ra?
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MFA Boston Returns a Looted Egyptian Coffin to Sweden
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‘Hitler’s People’ by Richard Evans review
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Painting America’s Great Divide : Horace Pippin And Mr. Prejudice
“The pictures which I have already painted come to me in my mind, and if to me it is a worth while...
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“The pictures which I have already painted come to me in my mind, and if to me it is a worth while picture, I paint it” – Horace Pippin Winston Churchill waved his fingers in a V for Victory and the united British went to war against a common enemy. When the United States …...
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You And Whose Army?
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NATO would do well to stay out of Ukraine.
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Why Is the Symbol of Flowers Associated with Femininity?
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Politics, Guns, and Trade in the pre-colonial Sahel
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Blast Off (1973)
This is also one of my favorite picture books, very hard to find, so I would like to share the full...
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This is also one of my favorite picture books, very hard to find, so I would like to share the full book with you. And Blast Off!
Cain, Linda C. and Susan Rosenbaum. Illustrated by Dillon, Leo and Diane. Blast Off. Lexington, MA: Ginn. (24 p.) 1973.
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The Myth of Deucalion and Pyrrha: The Great Flood in Greek Mythology
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5 of D.H. Lawrence’s Most Notable Novels
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Did Anne Boleyn Really Ruin Wolsey?
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Before psychedelic therapy for wartime trauma, there was narcosynthesis
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Did Pliny the Younger Attempt to Rig the Vote in the Roman Senate?
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Cars of Britain in the 1970s
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In the 1970s, David Rostance was photographing life in the UK. Inevitably, his pictures of Birmingham, The Black Country, London and Wolverhampton included cars. He took the above picture of the Ford Cortina Mk.1 parked on the roadside on 5th February 1978. It could be seen a...
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Scientism and Anti-Scientism: What Is the Difference?
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Telstar: Communication Break-through by Satellite (1962)
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Sorry to skip a week, it may happen again next week.
Here is a straight history book of an current (at the time) and wonderful event in global communication. We has lost track of how satellites have changed our lives and made the earth a smaller place. It is a little dull in...
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British Punks in the 1980s by Shirley Baker
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British photographer Shirley Baker captured these fabulous portraits of punks on the streets of Manchester, Stockport and London’s Camden Town in the early 1980s. Shirley’s daughter, Nan Levy, spoke to the Museum of of Youth Culture about her mother’s work as part of an...
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leleuvia
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We've never been on a tiny island, a place you can run the width of under just a few minutes. We found a place like this, Leleuvia, an island in the Lomaitivi archipelago in Fiji.
This island went through many hands over the years, it now belongs to a resort that too bears the...
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Bodies in the Blitz: The Murder of Rachel Dobkin
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Roadside Relics of the USSR
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What’s the History of the Rugby World Cup?
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Saul Leiter In Colour And Before – Photographs from A Centenary Special
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Fireside Friday, August 16, 2024
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Fireside this week! I find I have my thoughts more or less together for the last part of the Imperator series, but I have not yet gotten them into a satisfying order – a common hazard of writing – so they will have to wait for next week. It’s not yet clear to me if … Continue...
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Who Won the Battle of New Orleans (US Civil War)?
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How Did Impressionism Get Its Name?
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What is the WORD? How can we understand Logos?
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What Is the History Behind Hanukkah?
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On the Spot: Courtney J. Campbell
On the Spot: Courtney J. Campbell
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Wed, 02/21/2024 - 13:10
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On the Spot: Courtney J. Campbell
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10 Historic Towns in the US Where You’ll Travel Back in Time
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In...
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How did the Hundredrabbits ecosystem come into being? It's a long story, but here's a summary.
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Dr Martin Luther King Jr. Was A Trekkie Who Convinced Nichelle Nichols To Stay On The Show
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Actress Nichelle Nichols (December 28, 1932 – July 30, 2022) once recalled how Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. (January 15, 1929 – April 4, 1968) convinced her to remain on Star Trek after she had decided to leave the series for a starring role on Broadway. In 1966, Star Trek creator...
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A complete history of Madagascar and the island kingdom of Merina.
State and society on Africa's largest island.
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State and society on Africa's largest island.
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How Iran Won the West
How Iran Won the West
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The Capture of the Ceryneian Hind: The Third Labor of Heracles
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A Civil War Vateran Created The Esoteric Fraternity and the Cult of Solar Biology in 1890s ...
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Who Won the Battle of Chickamauga?
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‘Jane Austen’s Wardrobe’ by Hilary Davidson review
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The Economy & The Vote: How Financial Fluctuations Impact Presidential Races
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History Today Review of the Year
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Van Gogh & Gauguin: A Fiery Friendship Between Two Post-Impressionists
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Shopping The Puces de Paris Saint-Ouen Flea Market in 1990
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We’re browsing the stalls at Puces de Paris Saint-Ouen, the wold’s largest antiques and second-hand goods market, in Paris, France. Peter Marshall was staying in Noisy-le-Grand in the city’s eastern suburbs when he mooched to the market. Taken on walks around the area and...
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The Amy Carter ‘Love Doll’ – Playing With The President’s Daughter In 1977
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How Has Nan Goldin Addressed LGBTQ+ Narratives in Her Work?
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Polyphemus: Who Was the Cyclops That Was Tricked by Odysseus?
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Magna Graecia
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Do you need to be Good to be a Good leader?
is it really necessary to be a “paragon of virtue” to rule?
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is it really necessary to be a “paragon of virtue” to rule?
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Is Subjective Equal to Objective?
Dear Classical Wisdom Reader, I remember the day vividly. I had moved to Moscow unwisely in the...
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Dear Classical Wisdom Reader, I remember the day vividly. I had moved to Moscow unwisely in the middle of winter, and finally, around four months later, the first real spring day had arrived. The sun bore her rays magnificently, forcing the city’s residents into an ant-like...
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Here Are the 3 Etruscan Kings of Rome (and Lars Porsenna)
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Should We Be Skeptics?
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Is it good to question everything?
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Voices of Africa's past: a brief note on the autobiographies of itinerant scholars.
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an african description of turn-of-the-century Europe.
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World War II in Africa: The North African Campaign
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Understanding Post-War Australian History in 3 Artworks
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5 Controversies Surrounding Marina Abramović
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The Boy Who Discovered the Earth (1955)
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The Colombia Banana Massacre of 1928: The Shocking Story
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5 Celebrities Accused of Being Communists During the Second Red Scare
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Edward VIII: The Worst Monarch in British History?
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Who Invented the First Motion Picture Camera?
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What Did the Vikings Really Look Like?
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What Are the Main Sources of Knowledge?
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99-Year-Old Dick Van Dyke Sings & Dances in a Touching New Coldplay Video, Directed by Spike Jonze
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Fear, Friendship and the Channel Tunnel
Fear, Friendship and the Channel Tunnel
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Fear, Friendship and the Channel Tunnel
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A Colossal Ramses II Statue Pieces Uncovered
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The Case for LLMs as Hallucination Engines
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Face to Face Exhibit Offers Face Time With Fayum Portraits
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Cool in the Shade: One Man’s Photographs with the Stars
Shade Rupe is a writer, filmmaker and actor. He has written for various film and culture magazines....
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Shade Rupe is a writer, filmmaker and actor. He has written for various film and culture magazines. A collection of his interviews, with the likes of Udo Kier, Divine, Alejandro Jodorowsky and Tura Satana, was published in the volume Dark Stars Rising: Conversations from the...
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Climate Activists Targeted Dinosaur Skeleton at London’s NHM
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Was Minoan Crete a Matriarchal Society?
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Isaac Asimov’s Books of Dirty Limericks
Isaac Asimov (c. January 2, 1920 – April 6, 1992) is remembered for his prolific science fiction...
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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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Henri Matisse: Outstanding Paintings by the French Fauvist Master
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The Boxer Rebellion Explained: Uprising in China
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Gap Week: December 29, 2023 (Year In Review)
Hey folks! I had planned to do a Fireside for this week with a sort of ‘year-in-review’ musing, but...
11 months ago
Hey folks! I had planned to do a Fireside for this week with a sort of ‘year-in-review’ musing, but between the holidays and the whole pedant household coming down with a nasty cold, I’m a bit short of the time and energy to put together a full fireside with...
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