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The Powers of Soviet Puppetry
The Powers of Soviet Puppetry
JamesHoare
Tue, 08/06/2024 - 10:35
5 months ago
The Powers of Soviet Puppetry
JamesHoare
Tue, 08/06/2024 - 10:35
Trying to Understand...
The Third World War Has Been Cancelled.
It was all too difficult, finally.
6 months ago
It was all too difficult, finally.
TheCollector
Ron’s Place Becomes First Outsider Art with Listed Status in England
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9 months ago
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What Is Panpsychism?
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Classical Wisdom
The World's First Computer
The Antikythera Mechanism
10 months ago
The Antikythera Mechanism
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Siege of Tyre: How Alexander the Great Captured the Phoenician City
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Giorgio Agamben’s Notes on Dante’s Divine Comedy
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The Famous Mummies of the Inca and the Chinchorro
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10 Ancient Sites in New Mexico You Should Visit
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Calm in the Face of Crisis
Putting the Greek Back into Stoicism
2 weeks ago
Putting the Greek Back into Stoicism
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The Louvre As a Civil Party in the Case Against Its Former Director
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Overcoming Bias
The Two Big Games
Imagine a business meeting which will decide if a new project goes forward, or decide key priorities...
a month ago
Imagine a business meeting which will decide if a new project goes forward, or decide key priorities about it.
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Scientism and Anti-Scientism: What Is the Difference?
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What Can You Do When You Don't Have A Culture?
Not that much, actually.
4 months ago
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What Animals Appear in Shakespeare’s Plays?
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A Brief History of the Aboriginal Lands Right Movement
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When Was the Fall of the Byzantine Empire?
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Weekend Roundup
Ancient Advice on Health & Fitness
5 months ago
Ancient Advice on Health & Fitness
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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...
2 months ago
We’re back on the road though the former Soviet Union. This time our guide is French photographer Jason Guilbeau whose pointing out objects along the roadside, like tractors stuck atop poles, a pavement that turns into a jet’s trail, a tank on a plinth and more reminders of...
Patterns in Humanity
The Dark Ages
A quantitative assessment of Europe's decline, slumber and awakening
2 months ago
A quantitative assessment of Europe's decline, slumber and awakening
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British Museum to Digitalize Its Collection
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How Jazz Became a Secret Weapon in Cold War Berlin
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Classical Wisdom
How important are dreams?
Should we pay attention to them?
11 months ago
Should we pay attention to them?
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Why Was the Beat Generation Called So?
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5 Top Fighter Aces of World War I
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The Sweet Flypaper of Life by Roy DeCarava and Langston Hughes
“We’ve had so many books about how bad life is, maybe it’s time to have one showing how good it is”...
2 months ago
“We’ve had so many books about how bad life is, maybe it’s time to have one showing how good it is” – Langston Hughes, The Sweet Flypaper of Life The Sweet Flypaper of Life (1955), a collaboration between photographer Roy DeCarava and poet Langston Hughes (February 1, 1902 –...
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Mazes and Labyrinths: An Illustrated History (1922)
“There is no route out of the maze. The maze shifts as you move through it, because it is alive.” –...
a week ago
“There is no route out of the maze. The maze shifts as you move through it, because it is alive.” – Philip K. Dick, VALIS William H. Matthews leads us through his 1922 book Mazes and Labyrinths from his home in Ruislip in the English county of Middlesex. Compiled shortly...
Global Inequality...
Living through another great transformation…
A review of Karl Polanyi's "Great transformation"
5 months ago
A review of Karl Polanyi's "Great transformation"
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5 Autobiographical Paintings by Frida Kahlo
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Philip II of Macedon: The Man Who Made Alexander “Great”
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The First Provenance Research Head at the Met
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Margaret Fuller’s Dazzling Life: Interview with Dr. John T. Matteson
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Here Are Alfred Hitchcock’s 20 Greatest Films
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The Mystical Drawings of William Thomas Horton (1864-1919)
William Thomas Horton (1864–1919) was one of the Smithers People, a number of artists sponsored by...
a year ago
William Thomas Horton (1864–1919) was one of the Smithers People, a number of artists sponsored by Leonard Smithers (1861–1907),a leading light of the Decadent movement and publisher of upscale pornography. Some starry names were in his orbit, including Max Beerbohm, Aleister...
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What Were the Main Aims of Fauvism?
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The Russo-Turkish War of 1877-1878 (History & Aftermath)
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Did the French Revolution Spark Modern Democracy?
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Cecilia Beaux: Esteemed American Portraitist
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Paul Klee: The Life & Work of an Iconic Artist
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What Is the Hill of the Buddha?
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Res Obscura
Wilfrid Voynich: Bookseller, Revolutionary, Amateur Cryptologist... Suspected Spy?
The first in a series on the extraordinary lives of the Voyniches
a year ago
The first in a series on the extraordinary lives of the Voyniches
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Memorial Day Weekend Sale
7 months ago
Memorial Day Weekend Sale
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7 Shocking Animal Attacks You’ve Never Heard Of
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7 months ago
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Is the Q Source the Origin of the Gospels?
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Sea Monsters in Renaissance Maps: Tales From Unknown Waters
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Res Obscura
Before psychedelic therapy for wartime trauma, there was narcosynthesis
Notes on using AI to analyze three World War II-era films about drugs and PTSD
a year ago
Notes on using AI to analyze three World War II-era films about drugs and PTSD
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Who Was Jane Addams? The First Female Nobel Peace Prize Winner
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Human Sacrifice in the Pre-Columbian Americas: Fact vs Fiction
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The Lost Years of Jesus
The Lost Years of Jesus
j.hoare
Wed, 11/29/2023 - 09:48
a year ago
The Lost Years of Jesus
j.hoare
Wed, 11/29/2023 - 09:48
Flashbak
Writing Templates From A Beautiful German Printing Book, c. 1880
Created by Peter Federmann, these writing templates were for painters, stonemasons, architects and...
3 months ago
Created by Peter Federmann, these writing templates were for painters, stonemasons, architects and drawing schools. They were printed and published by J. Veith of Karlsruhe, Germany around 1880 as ‘Schriften Vorlagen zum Praktischen Gebrauche für Maler, Steinhauer, Architecten...
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Italian Police Thwart “Tomb Raiders” at Etruscan Burial Site
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What Was the Underground Railroad?
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Flashbak
Max Thalmann: Passion, Cathedrals And America In Woodcuts
Max Thalmann was a German Expressionist (1890 – 1944) who produced three main portfolios of black...
2 months ago
Max Thalmann was a German Expressionist (1890 – 1944) who produced three main portfolios of black and white woodcut prints: Cathedral (Der Dom), Passion, and America in Woodcuts (Amerika im Holzschnitt). A bookbinder by trade having been trained as such under Henry Van De Velde...
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4 Nazi Massacres in Italy (and Their Memory)
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African History...
A political history of the Kotoko city states (ca. 1000-1900)
Urbanism and state building in the lake chad basin..
a year ago
Urbanism and state building in the lake chad basin..
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Paracelsus: Revolutionary or Mystic?
Paracelsus: Revolutionary or Mystic?
JamesHoare
Thu, 11/07/2024 - 09:38
a month ago
Paracelsus: Revolutionary or Mystic?
JamesHoare
Thu, 11/07/2024 - 09:38
TheCollector
10 Historic Sites to Visit in Los Angeles
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Who Is the Mystery Mummy of Tomb KV55? (4 Theories)
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Presidential Impeachment: An Effective Check on Executive Power?
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Trying to Understand...
China And Russia Walk Into A Room.
And don't say a word about Europe.
7 months ago
And don't say a word about Europe.
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The Expanding Nation: How Westward Expansion Shaped Early US Elections
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Classical Wisdom
James Joyce's Ulysses
Retelling of the Odyssey
a year ago
African History...
A complete history of Dogon country: Bandiagara from 1900BC to 1900AD
demystifying an ancient African society
a year ago
demystifying an ancient African society
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What Is Magical Realism in Literature?
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Can Violence Be Justified? A Philosophical Approach
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How Does Friedrich Hayek’s The Road to Serfdom Criticize Socialism?
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Rococo Art & Architecture: Definition, Characteristics, Artists
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The Philosopher Poet: Who Was Lucretius?
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Does Free Will Exist?
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6 Must-See Spanish Castles
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Dreams of Space -...
I See The Earth! (1968)
I See The Earth! was a young adult/adult book about what technology would be like in the future. It...
over a year ago
I See The Earth! was a young adult/adult book about what technology would be like in the future. It included exploring and farming the ocean, monorails, huge cities and space exploration. The illustration in the margins are small but I rather enjoyed the space flight...
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The World’s Most Prestigious Art Fairs (By Continent/Region)
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A Fabulous Collection of Antique Espresso Coffee Machines
“I saw an ‘historical’ espresso machine for the first time in Arezzo in 1988 whilst visiting the...
a month ago
“I saw an ‘historical’ espresso machine for the first time in Arezzo in 1988 whilst visiting the oldest antiques market in Italy,” says collector Enrico Maltoni. His interest in antique espresso coffee makers became a labour of love means. He’s written extensively on the subject...
Wrong Side of...
Who speaks of the Armenians?
Britain is in bed with Putin's friends
a month ago
Britain is in bed with Putin's friends
Flashbak
The Devil’s Dictionary: The 50-ish Best Descriptions From The Cynic’s Word Book, 1906
Written by American journalist Ambrose Bierce (24 June 1842 – c.1914), The Devil’s Dictionary, aka...
6 months ago
Written by American journalist Ambrose Bierce (24 June 1842 – c.1914), The Devil’s Dictionary, aka The Cynic’s Word Book, consists of common words followed by humorous and satirical definitions. The book was a compilation of Bierce’s columns for The Wasp (1881–1860 plus) and The...
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The Word Renaissance: Its Meaning, History, and Cultural Impact
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Weekend Roundup
Augustus and Ancient Religion
a year ago
Augustus and Ancient Religion
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Stéphane Breitwieser: The Tragic Story of the Most Successful Art Thief
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Classical Wisdom
How Can We Handle Anxiety?
Practicing the Stoic Skill: Premeditatio Malorum
11 months ago
Practicing the Stoic Skill: Premeditatio Malorum
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6 Mythological Creatures Found on Tarot Cards and Their Meaning
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5 Timeless Financial Tips from Greek and Roman Philosophers
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The Book of Job and the Case for Women’s Rights in the Bible
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When Was D-Day?
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The Tripartite Pact: How Were the Axis Powers Created?
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An Introduction to the Ethics of Care
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Flashbak
Finding Mom in 1970s New York City – Rich Allen’s Portraits Roll Back The Years
Thanks to Rich Allen and his brilliant pictures of New York City in the 1970s, Lisa Murray got to...
6 months ago
Thanks to Rich Allen and his brilliant pictures of New York City in the 1970s, Lisa Murray got to see a picture of her late mother. We’re going to share some more of Rich’s portraits of people of 1970s NYC after we’ve heard from Lisa. “I am so grateful for Rich Allen for taking...
Flashbak
Take Your Best Shot: Vintage Fairground Shooting Gallery Photos
During their first participation in Paris-Photo in 2006, Lumiere des Roses shared a series of...
3 weeks ago
During their first participation in Paris-Photo in 2006, Lumiere des Roses shared a series of fairground photos of men with guns at the shooting gallery. These snapshots were taken mostly in the 1920s and 1930s. Many looks remarkably fresh. When I was just a baby my mama told...
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How Did Railways Help Standardize Time in Britain?
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Italy to Open Its Largest-Ever Presentation of Willem de Kooning
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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...
8 months ago
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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The Boxer Rebellion Explained: Uprising in China
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10 Facts About the Temples of Angkor
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Who Was Winston Churchill? The Dark Side of Britain’s Great Hero
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What Are Anton Chekhov’s Most Important Works?
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Classical Wisdom
Centaurs and Snake-Kings
A Halloween event for the Mythologically inclined...
3 months ago
A Halloween event for the Mythologically inclined...
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Roman Military Ranks: From Legionary to General
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Coach Rusty’s Art Goes Interactive With Top Tier Authentics
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Tadeusz Kościuszko: 6 Facts You Didn’t Know
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The Problem of Evil: If God Exists, Why Aren’t We All in Heaven?
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History Today Feed
Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin and the Making of Stars
Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin and the Making of Stars
JamesHoare
Tue, 05/07/2024 - 12:09
8 months ago
Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin and the Making of Stars
JamesHoare
Tue, 05/07/2024 - 12:09
History Today Feed
The Indian Citizenship Act
The Indian Citizenship Act
JamesHoare
Tue, 05/28/2024 - 11:42
7 months ago
The Indian Citizenship Act
JamesHoare
Tue, 05/28/2024 - 11:42
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When Was the First Crusade?
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4 Roman Emperors Who Died in Battle
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Understanding Gnostic Salvation in Christian Gnosticism
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“Four Dead in Ohio”: The Kent State Shootings
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7 Historical Places to Visit on the Isle of Skye
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5 Most Hated Famous Artists
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Çatalhöyük: One of the Oldest Recorded Cities in History
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Pizan’s The Book of the City of Ladies: The West’s 1st Feminist Text?
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The Story of Billy Sipple: The Price of Heroism
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Who Was Lorenzo de’ Medici (The Magnificent)?
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Alive! The Incredible Story of Hugh Glass
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8 Things You Should Know About Wangechi Mutu
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What Does Alice Represent in Alice in Wonderland?
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History Today Feed
‘Shakespeare’s Sisters’ by Ramie Targoff review
‘Shakespeare’s Sisters’ by Ramie Targoff review
JamesHoare
Tue, 04/16/2024 - 07:00
8 months ago
‘Shakespeare’s Sisters’ by Ramie Targoff review
JamesHoare
Tue, 04/16/2024 - 07:00
TheCollector
When Was the First Flight in History?
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Leonora Carrington Painting Set to Quadruple Auction Record
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A Historical Overview: What Was Japan’s Tokaido Road?
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Classical Wisdom
Odysseus in the Underworld
Real or Fantasy?
a year ago
TheCollector
What Were The Pentagon Papers?
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Flashbak
Hanging Out With Rock And Pop Stars at The Zenith of Their Careers In The 1980s
Jim Laspesa, musician and rock archivist has shared sharing some photos on his Facebook page that he...
11 months ago
Jim Laspesa, musician and rock archivist has shared sharing some photos on his Facebook page that he first spotted at a swap meet in Pasadena, California. We don’t know who took these photographs of David Bowie backstage, James Brown meeting and greeting the fans and many other...
TheCollector
Emma Of Normandy: The Unsung Queen of the Medieval World
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Dreams of Space -...
Some Day I'll Be an Aerospace Engineer (1967)
A "career book' today to inspire young people to pursue engineering. This is a little later in the...
a year ago
A "career book' today to inspire young people to pursue engineering. This is a little later in the space race but they did have a clear plan laid out for creating the engineers they might need. The school library was usually full of these career books to inspire academic...
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7 of the Most Iconic Monuments in Russia
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When Did Operation Husky Take Place?
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Weekend Roundup
Celebrate Cicero!
12 months ago
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How Socrates Perceive Life, Death, and the Afterlife?
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LIVE Event: What is Plagiarism?
With Harvard Professor James Hankins and 'History of Philosophy without any gaps' Peter Adamson.
11 months ago
With Harvard Professor James Hankins and 'History of Philosophy without any gaps' Peter Adamson.
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10 Must-Visit Historic Ski Towns in the US
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How Did the Islamic Golden Age Shape Knowledge and Discovery?
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Global Inequality...
Freedom by North-West
The obscurantist nature of East European nationalisms
3 months ago
The obscurantist nature of East European nationalisms
TheCollector
The Metropolitan to Return Pieces to Cambodia
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Barbara Kruger: Verbalized Resistance in 6 Works
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Serpentine Installs 19-Foot Pumpkin Sculpture by Yayoi Kusama
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Street Art Murals in Los Angeles: 7 Iconic Works and Their Artists
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Flashbak
A Tour of The Westwood Mall, Michigan, 1972 – 1984
We’re off to the Westwood Mall in Michigan in the 1970s and early 1980s. Most of the images here are...
2 months ago
We’re off to the Westwood Mall in Michigan in the 1970s and early 1980s. Most of the images here are from the store’s opening on August 3 1972. We see shopper browsing for music in Recordland beneath a poster for the singer Cyndi Lauper, buying into the ‘grapefruit diet’, getting...
Flashbak
A Look at London in 1975 with English Eccentrics and Mr Whippy
It’s 1975 on Flashbak. We’re in and around London in the company of David Rostance. Let’s begin by...
7 months ago
It’s 1975 on Flashbak. We’re in and around London in the company of David Rostance. Let’s begin by shopping for a Mr Whippy ice cream on Gypsy Hill, south of the River Thames. Or maybe a cider or Brandy Alexander lolly is more to your taste? You can see the full range of British...
TheCollector
5 Naval Battles That Defined Russian History
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for December
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 December. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, added a new page: electrical refit, fuel sensor,...
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What Did the Beat Generation Want?
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Flashbak
Why James Bond Gave Up His Lady’s Gun For A Walther PPK
Geoffrey Boothroyd (1925 – 20 October 2001) enjoyed reading spy novels and writing about guns in...
8 months ago
Geoffrey Boothroyd (1925 – 20 October 2001) enjoyed reading spy novels and writing about guns in over a dozen books on the subject, including A Guide to Gun Collecting (1961), Guns Through the Ages (also 1961) and The British Over and Under Shotgun. In 1956 Boothoyd had read...
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Marcus Aurelius' Birthday Celebrations
a year ago
Marcus Aurelius' Birthday Celebrations
History Today Feed
‘Catland’ by Kathryn Hughes review
‘Catland’ by Kathryn Hughes review
JamesHoare
Mon, 05/20/2024 - 12:54
7 months ago
‘Catland’ by Kathryn Hughes review
JamesHoare
Mon, 05/20/2024 - 12:54
African History...
a brief note on the history of Music in Africa
plus an overview of Ethiopian musical traditions
a year ago
plus an overview of Ethiopian musical traditions
A Collection of...
Collections: How to Roman Republic, Part V: The Courts
This is the fifth part of our five part series (I, II, IIIa, IIIb, IIIc, IV) on the structure of the...
a year ago
This is the fifth part of our five part series (I, II, IIIa, IIIb, IIIc, IV) on the structure of the Roman Republic during the third and second centuries BC, the ‘Middle Republic.’ Last time we looked at the odd but very important role played by the ROman Senate as the central...
TheCollector
5 Illustrated Stories by Shaun Tan That You Should Know
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A History Lover’s Guide to Bangkok
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Did Jesus Teach Stoic Philosophy?
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African History...
The stone ruins of South Africa: a history of Mapungubwe, Thulamela and Dzata. ca. 1000-1750CE.
The dzimbabwe ruins of south-eastern Africa are often described as the largest collection of stone...
4 months ago
The dzimbabwe ruins of south-eastern Africa are often described as the largest collection of stone monuments in Africa south of Nubia.
History Today Feed
‘With Her Own Hair’: A Victorian Prisoner’s Art
‘With Her Own Hair’: A Victorian Prisoner’s Art
JamesHoare
Thu, 01/18/2024 - 10:25
11 months ago
‘With Her Own Hair’: A Victorian Prisoner’s Art
JamesHoare
Thu, 01/18/2024 - 10:25
TheCollector
Bim-Bom: How a Soviet Clown Duo Defied the Soviets
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A Collection of...
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...
a year 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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Norman Rockwell’s “Four Freedoms” That Almost Weren’t
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Cy Twombly: Get to Know His Sculpture
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Polyphemus: Who Was the Cyclops That Was Tricked by Odysseus?
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Constantine and the Queen of Carthage
a year ago
Constantine and the Queen of Carthage
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The Secret Life of Queen Victoria You Didn’t Know
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Was Vincent van Gogh Religious?
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Voices from Chinese Christianity: Between Christ and Confucius
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Flashbak
President Johnson Orders Trousers from Joe Haggar – big enough for his ‘nuts’, ‘bunghole’ and knife
On August 9 1964, President Lyndon Baines Johnson (August 27, 1908 – January 22, 1973) ordered a...
2 months ago
On August 9 1964, President Lyndon Baines Johnson (August 27, 1908 – January 22, 1973) ordered a pair of trousers from Joe Haggar of the Haggar Clothing Co. based in Dallas, Texas. Not a shy man, Johnson was known for conducting official business whilst sat on the toilet and...
TheCollector
What Was the War of Jenkins’ Ear?
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The Mexican Escape of European Surrealists During World War II
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Trying to Understand...
The Wrong Stuff
Don't even think about rebuilding western militaries.
11 months ago
Don't even think about rebuilding western militaries.
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Lucid Dreaming: Can You Wake Up in Your Dreams?
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Who Was Averroes?
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A Collection of...
Gap Week: August 2, 2024
Hey folks. We’re talking a mulligan this week, as the pedant household has gotten (one by one)...
5 months ago
Hey folks. We’re talking a mulligan this week, as the pedant household has gotten (one by one) whatever fresh COVID-19 variant is going around. Everyone is fine, but being sick left me pretty exhausted over the past few days with fewer productive writing hours available. Since I...
Trying to Understand...
Another Of My Essays In French
And some odds and ends.
5 months ago
TheCollector
Frida Kahlo: 6 Facts About Her Life, Art, & Legacy
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What is the Role of Law in Aristotle’s Politics?
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Naumachia: The Gladiatorial Naval Battles of Ancient Rome
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Stolen Van Gogh Anonymously Returned to Dutch Museum
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Operation Paperclip: What the US Did With Nazi Scientists After WWII
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Open Culture
Francis Ford Coppola Picks His Favorite Criterion Movies & Gives Advice to Filmmakers
Upon stepping into the hallowed Criterion Closet, stocked with hundreds of that cinephile video...
a week ago
Upon stepping into the hallowed Criterion Closet, stocked with hundreds of that cinephile video label’s finest releases, Francis Ford Coppola speaks of a director who “believed in a film he wanted to make, and used his entire fortune, because the financing system of the time...
Patterns in Humanity
Immigration and crime: Denmark
Are immigrants overrepresented in crime? If so, which immigrants? And why?
5 months ago
Are immigrants overrepresented in crime? If so, which immigrants? And why?
TheCollector
The Mysterious Tale of the Mary Celeste: What Happened?
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Flashbak
London Markets In The 1960s an 1970s
“As long as I am alive, I will be a photographer. I will never retire” – Dorothy Bohm Dorothy Bohm...
9 months ago
“As long as I am alive, I will be a photographer. I will never retire” – Dorothy Bohm Dorothy Bohm (22 June 1924 – 15 March 2023) was born Dorothea Israelit in June 1924 in Königsberg, East Prussia (now Kaliningrad, Russia), to a Jewish German-speaking family. In 1939 she was...
Classical Wisdom
Dido: Queen of Carthage
Doomed Lover of Ancient Myth
a year ago
Doomed Lover of Ancient Myth
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Danish Unknown Royal Family Discovered Thanks to Ring
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What Is the Easiest Language to Learn?
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What’s the Best Time of the Year to Visit the Pyramids?
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A Travel Guide to Pompeii: Visiting the City in One Day
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What’s the Difference Between Goth and Punk?
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Paris Announces Notre Dame Reopening Plus Potential Entry Fee
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An In-Depth History of Health Insurance in the United States
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Battle of Kursk: The Largest Tank Battle in History
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What Was Dante’s Political Philosophy?
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7 Famous Cubist Artists Who Achieved Greatness
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Who Was Jack the Ripper? 6 Likely Suspects
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A Shagtastic Tour of Swinging Britain in 1967
Among British Pathé’s newsreel films made for UK cinemas up until 1970 vis this wonderful time of...
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Among British Pathé’s newsreel films made for UK cinemas up until 1970 vis this wonderful time of Swinging Britain capsule from 1967. Shot on 35mm film and backed by the lilting holiday camp music, a narrator these videos are not a little kitsch. In Swinging Britain we take an...
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7 Models of Henri Matisse You Should Know About
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Parmigianino Altarpiece Back On View After 10-Year Conservation
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10 Iconic Historic Landmarks in California You Should Visit
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6 Outrageous Judicial Errors in the Trial of Jesus Christ
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How Does Stoicism Differ from Other Philosophies?
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Did Marcel Duchamp Plagiarize His Most Famous Work?
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An indispensable organization
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What Are the 5 Longest Rivers in the World?
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Simon the Zealot of the Twelve Disciples: Bio, Legacy, and Death
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The Women’s War Breaks Out
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Henri Van Der Stok’s Zodiac Stars And Gods
Dutch artist Henri van der Stok (1870-1946) was born in Indonesia and settled in the Hague, where he...
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Dutch artist Henri van der Stok (1870-1946) was born in Indonesia and settled in the Hague, where he was a member of the city’s Pulchri Studio. He created these brilliant woodcuts of planetary gods and zodiac signs. As John Couthlart notes, van der Stok’s work trails that of...
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What Was the Most Notorious Trial of the 20th Century? 4 Possible Contenders
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Top 7 Dutch Golden Age Artists to Know
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Paul Cézanne Work Sold by Christie’s
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‘Spiral Jetty’ Added to National Register of Historic Places
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Ronald Reagan’s European Tour
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Ronald Reagan’s European Tour
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Tue, 06/04/2024 - 10:11
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Automata & AI: A Historical & Cultural Comparison
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Istanbul’s Top 7 Historic Gems
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Trying to Understand...
War in Dreamland
Against mythology, reality itself contends in vain.
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Against mythology, reality itself contends in vain.
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Dr Martin Luther King Jr. Was A Trekkie Who Convinced Nichelle Nichols To Stay On The Show
Actress Nichelle Nichols (December 28, 1932 – July 30, 2022) once recalled how Dr. Martin Luther...
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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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Women Portraitists of the Renaissance: A League of Their Own
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The Life of Plato
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Is There a Life After Death? A Philosophical Approach
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Cappadocia’s Hidden Cities and Rock-Cut Churches
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What Does It Mean to Be a Critical Thinker?
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Who Were the Samaritans?
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Washburn Gallery in NY Permanently Closes After Half a Century
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6 Revolutionary Works by H. G. Wells
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Top 11 Film Noir Masterpieces You Should Know
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Dreams of Space -...
Техника Молодежи (Youth Technology) Issue 4 (1973 )
“ХОРОВОД КОСМИЧЕСКИХ ЛАБОРАТОРИЙ ‘Round Dance of Space Laboratories’
A re-run from a few years ago....
a year ago
“ХОРОВОД КОСМИЧЕСКИХ ЛАБОРАТОРИЙ ‘Round Dance of Space Laboratories’
A re-run from a few years ago. I really like this 1973 issue of Youth Technology. The issue was dedicated to Soviet past and future in space. It has some great illustration of what they had done and what they...
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Henri Matisse and Pablo Picasso: 6 Notes on Friendship and Rivalry
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Dr Alun Withey
The Health Risks of Travel in Early-Modern Britain
As I start to make some progress on my new research project on travel, health and risk I am turning...
a year ago
As I start to make some progress on my new research project on travel, health and risk I am turning my attention to the sorts of things that early modern travellers were fearful of. As a bit of a nervous traveller myself, it’s quite comforting to know that there is actually a...
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Who Was Carolee Schneemann? 8 Facts About the Legendary Performance Artist
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Immigration and crime: Sweden
Worrying crime trends in the land of Pippi Longstocking
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Worrying crime trends in the land of Pippi Longstocking
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What Is Timothy Morton’s Dark Ecology?
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8 Fun Facts About Montezuma — Starting with His Real Name
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Who Was Hilma af Klint? 7 Facts About the Pioneer of Abstract Art
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How Mexico Fought Franco
How Mexico Fought Franco
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Mon, 03/18/2024 - 11:21
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How Mexico Fought Franco
JamesHoare
Mon, 03/18/2024 - 11:21
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A History of the House of Savoy: From Its Origins to Its End
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The Meidias Hydria Vase Landed to Greece by The British Museum
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Quipu: How Did the Inca Record Information with Cords & Knots?
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Trying to Understand...
My Substack in Other Languages.
Starting with Spanish.
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‘The Writers’ Castle’ by Uwe Neumahr review
‘The Writers’ Castle’ by Uwe Neumahr review
JamesHoare
Wed, 10/23/2024 - 09:34
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‘The Writers’ Castle’ by Uwe Neumahr review
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Wed, 10/23/2024 - 09:34
Overcoming Bias
Decision Selection Bias
As futarchy interest and activity are way up lately, this seems a good time to elaborate on one of...
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As futarchy interest and activity are way up lately, this seems a good time to elaborate on one of its most technical issues, one that @metaproph3t also discussed recently: decision selection bias.
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7 Historical Places to Visit in Wiltshire
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Get to Know Yoshimoto Nara and the Japanese Neo-Pop Movement
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What Are the Best Museums in Trieste, Italy?
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Ukiyo-e Prints of Beautiful Women: What Are Bijin-ga?
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5 Iconic Photographs by Ansel Adams
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Residential Schools in the US & Canada: The Lost Children
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Open Culture
A Simple, Down-to-Earth Christmas Card from the Great Depression (1933)
The Smithsonian sets the scene for this Christmas card sent in 1933, a few years into the Great...
2 weeks ago
The Smithsonian sets the scene for this Christmas card sent in 1933, a few years into the Great Depression. They write: Despite the glum economic situation, the Pinero family used a brown paper bag to fashion an inexpensive holiday greeting card. They penned a clever rhyme and...
Open Culture
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...
African History...
A history of the Rozvi kingdom (1680-1830)
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From Changamire's expulsion of the Portuguese to the ruined cities of Zimbabwe.
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Understanding Post-War Australian History in 3 Artworks
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Ludwig Wittgenstein vs. Gottlob Frege: Between Logic and Language
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Why the Oracle of Delphi Still Beguiles
Why the Oracle of Delphi Still Beguiles
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Why the Oracle of Delphi Still Beguiles
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Classical Wisdom
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What Is Marie Antoinette Syndrome?
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Battle of Thebes: How Alexander the Great Destroyed the Great City
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How the South Became Republican
How the South Became Republican
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How the South Became Republican
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Thu, 08/29/2024 - 09:34
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What Was the Council of Chalcedon?
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What Is Henry Darger’s In The Realms of the Unreal?
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10 Pieces of Legislation Affecting America’s Indigenous People
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The West African Squadron: Hunting Slave Ships on the High Seas
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Secrets of the Sirens
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The Original Femme Fatales?
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The Siege of Budapest in WWII: Everything You Need to Know
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Who Were the Landsknechts?
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Alexander the Not-Feeling-Great: How Did Alexander the Great Die?
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Sequoyah: The Man Who Created the Cherokee Written Language
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5 Celebrities Accused of Being Communists During the Second Red Scare
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How Can We View Tecumseh From an Indigenous Perspective?
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Happy Holidays!
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A History of the United States Supreme Court
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5 Facts About Perun, the Slavic God of Thunder
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What Was the First Triumvirate?
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Theodor Morell: Hitler’s Particularly Odious Physician
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How King Alfred Nearly Lost Everything (But Didn’t)
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What’s the Historical Background of Tristan and Isolde’s Legend?
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5 Women in Logic You Should Know
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10 Must-Read Magical Realist Novels
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Does FREE WILL Exist?
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And if not, what are the consequences?
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The Many Faces of King David: Warrior, Poet, Adulterer
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The Role of Money in US Elections: Can We Achieve Fair Campaign Finance?
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6 Unsolved Murder Mysteries Involving Historical Figures
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Who Was Saint Patrick of Ireland?
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Bob Pepper Art: Adult Fantasy And Vinyl Covers
You can see American artist Bob Pepper’s (October 23, 1938—January 16, 2019) illustrations on record...
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You can see American artist Bob Pepper’s (October 23, 1938—January 16, 2019) illustrations on record and paperback covers for Elektra Records’ Nonesuch and Checkmate labels, notably on Love’s 1967 Forever Changes album. Ballentine books’ Adult Fantasy series and game artwork made...
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Immigrant assimilation in Denmark
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A brief overview of the school performance of 1st, 2nd and 3rd generation immigrants in Denmark
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10 of Judith Leyster’s Best Dutch Golden Age Paintings
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The Ancient Ozempic
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Was Theriac a Miracle Drug?
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No Women Allowed?
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8 Unsolved Disappearances From History
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A Guide to Santa Fe’s Museum Hill (5 Museums to Explore)
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The Stranger by Albert Camus: The Life of an Absurd Man
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A muslim kingdom in the Ethiopian highlands: the history of Ifat and Adal ca. 1285-1520.
During the late Middle Ages, the northern Horn of Africa was home to some of the continent's most...
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During the late Middle Ages, the northern Horn of Africa was home to some of the continent's most powerful dynasties, whose history significantly shaped the region's social landscape. The history of one of these dynasties, often referred to as the Solomonids, has been...
Hundred Rabbits
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After 15 days on the water, we were to get into port. It was the 27th of June, and we'd left Opua on...
over a year ago
After 15 days on the water, we were to get into port. It was the 27th of June, and we'd left Opua on the 12th. We hove-to for the night, waiting for sunrise before entering Savusavu bay. 'Entering a strange harbor at night is for morons and fools,' people told us. We didn't...
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Anarchism & Revolution: Who was Mikhail Bakunin?
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When Did the Soviet Union Declare War on Japan?
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Who Were the Twelve Disciples & What Happened to Them?
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Sokol: An Exercise in Czech Nation-Building
Sokol: An Exercise in Czech Nation-Building
j.hoare
Thu, 11/23/2023 - 10:33
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Sokol: An Exercise in Czech Nation-Building
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Thu, 11/23/2023 - 10:33
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The Vienna Secession is Founded
The Vienna Secession is Founded
JamesHoare
Wed, 04/03/2024 - 10:30
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The Vienna Secession is Founded
JamesHoare
Wed, 04/03/2024 - 10:30
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7 Women Artists Fighting Climate Change
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Which US President Served the Shortest Time in Office?
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How the Nazis Looted Art in the Netherlands: Dienststelle Mühlmann
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Discover Philip Johnson’s Famous Glass House
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A Roman Sarcophagus Discovered by French Archaeologists
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