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4 months ago
An apology to my long time followers. I had stopped posting months ago when I got too busy. I am also having to work much harder to find /create new posts. So let me try every 2 weeks for a while and see how I do.
A Visit to the New York World's Fair was the official World's Fair...
Flashbak
Libby Hall: Remembering The Photographer and Collector of Dog Photography
Libby Hall (1941-2023) was a friend. When she died last year at age 81, she let behind an archive...
8 months ago
Libby Hall (1941-2023) was a friend. When she died last year at age 81, she let behind an archive that speaks of her talent as a street and press photographer, writer and collector, most notably of vintage dog photographs which now live at London’s Bishopsgate Institute. “Mine...
TheCollector
How Did the Babylonian Exile Shape Judaism?
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TheCollector
Why Is Emperor Caligula’s Reign Notorious?
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TheCollector
Plato’s Phaedo: Is The Soul Immortal?
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TheCollector
Who Invented the Ukulele?
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TheCollector
Is Plato’s Republic a Feminist Work?
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TheCollector
Hokusai’s ‘Great Wave’ Heads to Auction
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TheCollector
Maurizio Cattelan’s Duct-Taped Banana Auctioned for $6 Million
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Patterns in Humanity
The Rise of the West
I track the historical rise of West Europe by quantitatively analyzing the birth of notable people...
a year ago
I track the historical rise of West Europe by quantitatively analyzing the birth of notable people of science, and then I put it in context with other indicators of historical development. The data together show that West Europe had developmentally surpassed the rest of the world...
TheCollector
Johnny Cash: A Bio of Country Ballads & Boisterous Song
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TheCollector
German Museum Returns Ancient Marble Head to Greece
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
The Early Years of Jesus
a year ago
TheCollector
How Did Near Eastern Cultures Influence Greek Art?
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9 months ago
TheCollector
The Baroque in Latin America: From Colonial Times to the Present
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TheCollector
7 Museums to Visit in Athens
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TheCollector
19 Surprising Facts about the History of Potatoes
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11 months ago
A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, July 12, 2024
Fireside this week! I had hoped to have the start of the Imperator Teaching Paradox series ready for...
5 months ago
Fireside this week! I had hoped to have the start of the Imperator Teaching Paradox series ready for this week, but it has been a bit stubborn and I do not want to derail my book writing/revising schedule in order to push it out before it is ready. So that will almost certainly...
TheCollector
7 of Elsa Schiaparelli’s Greatest Artistic Collaborations
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TheCollector
Exploring Silves: The Algarve’s Medieval Capital
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TheCollector
What Is Banksy’s Real Identity? (5 Scenarios)
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Classical Wisdom
Seneca On Clemency
A Letter To Emperor Nero
a year ago
TheCollector
What Is the History of the Guitar?
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TheCollector
What Is Anti-Natalism?
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TheCollector
Why Are There So Many Different Translations of the Christian Bible?
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TheCollector
Artist Seals Himself in Glass Bottle at Paris Olympic Stadium
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TheCollector
Why Should You Seek Ignorance?
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4 months ago
History Today Feed
Bad Omens: When the Astrologers Got it Wrong
Bad Omens: When the Astrologers Got it Wrong
JamesHoare
Thu, 02/08/2024 - 09:44
11 months ago
Bad Omens: When the Astrologers Got it Wrong
JamesHoare
Thu, 02/08/2024 - 09:44
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
The Essential Greeks Starts Tomorrow!
6 months ago
The Essential Greeks Starts Tomorrow!
TheCollector
What Are the Characteristics of Italian Renaissance Art?
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TheCollector
What is Virtue According to Nietzsche?
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TheCollector
How Did German Expressionism Shape Film Noir?
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TheCollector
What Is the History of the Blues?
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TheCollector
The Many Faces of King David: Warrior, Poet, Adulterer
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TheCollector
Siege of Yorktown: The Final Battle of the American Revolution
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TheCollector
Who Was Michel Foucault? Power, Knowledge, and Legacy
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TheCollector
Why Are There Only Four Gospels?
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TheCollector
Top 10 Museums to Visit in New York City
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TheCollector
4 Founding Fathers who Signed the Declaration of Independence
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TheCollector
The 5 Most Influential Modern Political Philosophers
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Who Were the Most Significant Post-Impressionists?
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TheCollector
6 Micronations You Should Know
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TheCollector
Ferdinand Magellan & The First Voyage Around the World
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9 months ago
Trying to Understand...
Another Of My Essays In French
And some odds and ends.
5 months ago
Global Inequality...
Cultural revolution in the land of Kafka and Borges
On Peter Kropotkin's Memoirs
3 months ago
On Peter Kropotkin's Memoirs
TheCollector
A History of the Free City of Danzig (Now Gdansk)
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TheCollector
7 African Myths About Animals
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History Today Feed
Queen Victoria’s Stalker
Queen Victoria’s Stalker
j.hoare
Thu, 01/11/2024 - 09:45
11 months ago
Queen Victoria’s Stalker
j.hoare
Thu, 01/11/2024 - 09:45
TheCollector
Did Humans and Neanderthals Interbreed?
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TheCollector
7 Modern Artists Who Worked in Advertising
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Patterns in Humanity
Genes and social stratification
How genes affect socioeconomic success, and its consequences for society's structure.
8 months ago
How genes affect socioeconomic success, and its consequences for society's structure.
TheCollector
Night Witches: The Female Russian Combat Unions of the Sky
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TheCollector
What Is BRICS and Why Is it Important?
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a year ago
History Today Feed
The Lost Tudor Domesday Book
The Lost Tudor Domesday Book
JamesHoare
Tue, 02/20/2024 - 00:00
10 months ago
The Lost Tudor Domesday Book
JamesHoare
Tue, 02/20/2024 - 00:00
TheCollector
Who Won the Battle of Perryville?
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Classical Wisdom
The Mother Goddess of Rome
And Her Controversial Religion
7 months ago
And Her Controversial Religion
TheCollector
Brother of Jesus: Who Was Saint James?
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TheCollector
What Is the History of the Piggy Bank? (Curious Origins)
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5 Celebrities Accused of Being Communists During the Second Red Scare
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Did the Anglo-Saxon Invasion of Britain Really Happen?
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TheCollector
A Travel Guide to Pompeii: Visiting the City in One Day
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TheCollector
The Art of Fear: What Is Italian Giallo?
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TheCollector
10 Must-Visit Utah Ghost Towns With a Rich History
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Philip Marlowe: The Rise & Fall of The Private Detective
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Why Visit Northumberland? : Britain’s Historic Hidden Gem
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Why Were So Many Women Artists Still Life Painters?
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TheCollector
7 Rules of Art Collecting: How to Collect Sculptures
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Who Was Carolee Schneemann? 8 Facts About the Legendary Performance Artist
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The Mystery of Agnes Martin in 7 Facts
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TheCollector
5 Important Examples of Religious Art From Christian History
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What Are Three Theories of Animal Ethics?
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TheCollector
The Story of Atlas and His Eternal Burden: The God Who Holds the World
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TheCollector
An In-Depth History of Health Insurance in the United States
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Classical Wisdom
The Art of Pompeii
Plato, Alexander the Great and more!
5 months ago
Plato, Alexander the Great and more!
History Today Feed
How to Win an Election in Ancient Rome
How to Win an Election in Ancient Rome
JamesHoare
Fri, 10/25/2024 - 12:22
2 months ago
How to Win an Election in Ancient Rome
JamesHoare
Fri, 10/25/2024 - 12:22
TheCollector
What Was the Lend-Lease Program?
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TheCollector
6 Interpretative Copies of Édouard Manet’s Luncheon on the Grass
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11 months ago
A Collection of...
Collections: Teaching Paradox, Imperator, Part IIb: Built in a Day
This is the second half of the second part of our three part (I, IIa) look at Paradox Interactive’s...
4 months ago
This is the second half of the second part of our three part (I, IIa) look at Paradox Interactive’s ancient grand strategy game Imperator: Rome which covers the broader Mediterranean and South Asia from the very late fourth century through to the end of the first century BC, the...
Flashbak
Watch TV-CBGB – A Punk Sitcom From 1981
In November 1982, Billboard reviewed a CBGB-produced cable access show to “include interviews,...
8 months ago
In November 1982, Billboard reviewed a CBGB-produced cable access show to “include interviews, comedy skits, and live performances”. Stuart Newman, a member of the The Roustabouts, one of the groups featured on the show – along with Idiot Savant, The Hard, Jo Marshall, Shrapnel...
Flashbak
Groovy Ads That Sold Woolworths’ UK Line of Baby Doll Cosmetics
Here are several examples of the many groovy psychedelic adverts produced in the 1960s to promote...
6 months ago
Here are several examples of the many groovy psychedelic adverts produced in the 1960s to promote Woolworths’ UK line of “Baby Doll” cosmetics in the late 1960s. These “pop-style” adverts appeared in the country’s magazines for teenagers, like Jackie, RAVE, Flair, Queen and...
TheCollector
Who Was the First President to Live in the White House?
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TheCollector
Is Christine de Pizan the Western World’s First Feminist Author?
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TheCollector
Does Might Make Right? The Melian Dialogue of Thucydides
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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...
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for March 2024
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
9 months ago
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of March.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, added chainplates, knots, washing dishes, receiving mail, updated our notes on diy carbonation system, and refrigeration.
Uxn, added 2 new commands...
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Sacred Flames and Divine Philosophers
a year ago
Sacred Flames and Divine Philosophers
TheCollector
Understanding JS Bach in 5 Compositions
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Flashbak
Postcards From The First Bauhaus Exhibition, 1923
To promote their first major exhibition, from 15 August to 30 September 1923, members of Germany’s...
a month ago
To promote their first major exhibition, from 15 August to 30 September 1923, members of Germany’s Bauhaus design school (der Bauhäusler) produced a set of postcards. Fellow lovers of collecting postcards (deltiology) understand the joy of holding these small picturesque moments...
TheCollector
The Economy & The Vote: How Financial Fluctuations Impact Presidential Races
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TheCollector
Do We Want What We Think We Want? Jacques Lacan on Desire
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a year ago
A Collection of...
Referenda ad Senatum: November 1, 2024: Ancient Weapons, Lost Works and Roman Spooky-Stuff!
Welcome back! At last, the hiatus has ended and we are back to regular weekly posts. As we’ve done a...
2 months ago
Welcome back! At last, the hiatus has ended and we are back to regular weekly posts. As we’ve done a few times before, this week I am breaking the hiatus by taking a chance to answer a few shorter questions posed by my patrons over at Patreon who are the Patres et Matres...
TheCollector
From Legends to Ballads: What Is Folklore?
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TheCollector
Who Was Vernon Lee?
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Flashbak
Identipop, Build Your Own Popstar, 1969
With Identipops you could fashion 74 press-out pieces to make ‘thousands of faces – stars and...
10 months ago
With Identipops you could fashion 74 press-out pieces to make ‘thousands of faces – stars and unknowns’. The unknowns are easy to spot – but can you identify all the popstars on the game’s box design? Made in the UKL by Play Value Ltd – they produced similar games, also from the...
TheCollector
Yayoi Kusama Unveils New Public Sculpture in London
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Classical Wisdom
Who’s in the Tomb?
A Macedonian Mystery: The Tombs of Aigai
8 months ago
A Macedonian Mystery: The Tombs of Aigai
TheCollector
Self-Employed Creatives and US New Anti-Money Laundering Law
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What Is the Gift of Tongues in the Bible?
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6 months ago
TheCollector
What Is Friluftsliv, The Norwegian Way of Life in Harmony with Nature?
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9 months ago
A Collection of...
Collections: The Problem with Sci-Fi Body Armor
This week we’re covering the winning topic from the latest ACOUP Senate poll, which is a look at...
a month ago
This week we’re covering the winning topic from the latest ACOUP Senate poll, which is a look at some of the odd designs and mechanics for futuristic science fiction body armor, particularly rigid ‘hardsuits.’ Naturally, this post isn’t going to cover every variety of armor that...
TheCollector
6 Famous Artists Who Loved Cats
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The Whore of Babylon & Prostitution in the Bible
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What Is the Origin of Cowpox (& How Did It Cure Smallpox)?
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Plato’s Meno: What is Virtue, and Can it Be Taught?
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TheCollector
What Happened at the Constitutional Convention of 1787?
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Citizen of the World: TheCollector Interviews Composer Omar Rahbany
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10 months ago
Overcoming Bias
Conquest and Liberation of Academia
During my graduate studies (’93-97), I looked at the history of prizes in science.
3 weeks ago
During my graduate studies (’93-97), I looked at the history of prizes in science.
TheCollector
A History Lover’s Guide to Santa Fe
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6 months ago
Trying to Understand...
Teach Your Children ....
Not to be afraid of moral relativism.
a year ago
Not to be afraid of moral relativism.
History Today Feed
‘Broken Archangel’ by Roland Philipps review
‘Broken Archangel’ by Roland Philipps review
JamesHoare
Mon, 06/24/2024 - 10:22
6 months ago
‘Broken Archangel’ by Roland Philipps review
JamesHoare
Mon, 06/24/2024 - 10:22
TheCollector
Street Artist JR Installs Optical Illusion at Milan Train Station
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TheCollector
Yayoi Kusama Debuts New Infinity Room in Australia Retrospective
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TheCollector
Niko Pirosmani: Get to Know the Tragic Hero of Georgian Art
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10 months ago
TheCollector
8 Women Artists Who Were Inspired by Conceptual Art
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2 months ago
Patterns in Humanity
Recidivism in Norway
Did rehabilitation reforms dramatically reduce Norwegian recidivism?
6 months ago
Did rehabilitation reforms dramatically reduce Norwegian recidivism?
Global Inequality...
Why not Keynes?
Keynes’ uneasy relationship with income distribution
8 months ago
Keynes’ uneasy relationship with income distribution
TheCollector
The Role of Women in 1950s America: Conformity or Change?
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4 months ago
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