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10 Pieces of Legislation Affecting America’s Indigenous People
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Who Is Hecate in Macbeth?
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Who Won the Siege of Vicksburg?
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The Theft of the Ghent Altarpiece
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‘Hitler’s People’ by Richard Evans review
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What Do We Get Wrong About the Byzantine Empire?
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Dreams of Space -...
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A rescan project, but a rescan of a reprint. I blogged about this book in 2012...
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A rescan project, but a rescan of a reprint. I blogged about this book in 2012 here:
https://dreamsofspace.blogspot.com/2012/12/flying-in-space-1961.html
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10 Things to See on Your Artistic Expedition Through Los Angeles
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Dreams of Space -...
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Another children's magazine from Russia. I enjoy the space pictures and the simple art. This issue has a nice space story comic.
Весёлые Картинки (Funny Pictures.) ( Komsomol “Veselye Kartinki”.) nr. 4, April 1976.
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5 Unique Gods & Goddesses Worshipped in the Incan Empire
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a revolution with a contested legacy.
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Flashbak
New York City In The 1960s – A Photographer’s Love story
For New Yorker Ronnie Ginnever, photography is a passion. “Fortunately, I was born in the city that...
a month ago
For New Yorker Ronnie Ginnever, photography is a passion. “Fortunately, I was born in the city that I love – New York City,” she says. ” On a good day, I move with the rhythms of the city and feel connected to its soul, spirit and people. The camera is the tool that allows me …...
TheCollector
4 Controversial Films: What Horrifies Movie Critics?
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African History...
A history of the Gonja Kingdom: (1550-1899)
State and society in nothern ghana after the Mali empire's decline.
a year ago
State and society in nothern ghana after the Mali empire's decline.
TheCollector
Is Oedipus Rex the Mother of All Drama?
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Cannister Shells’ Devastating Effect: Nightmare of the Infantry
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Is Divorce in Christianity Really Allowed?
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TheCollector
The Rise & Fall of Pre-Columbian Empires & Their Cultures
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TheCollector
Marcel Breuer’s Iconic Work: From Bauhaus to Brutalism
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Wrong Side of...
The case for a Global Sanctuary City
What if the Syrians can’t return home?
4 weeks ago
What if the Syrians can’t return home?
TheCollector
What Is the History of April Fools’ Day?
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TheCollector
The Famous Mummies of the Inca and the Chinchorro
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TheCollector
What Was the Beatles’ First Hit?
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Classical Wisdom
Why Don’t We WANT To Be Wrong?
How can we develop our Many-sidedness?
10 months ago
How can we develop our Many-sidedness?
TheCollector
Why Are Aristotle’s “Categories” Fundamental to Logic?
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TheCollector
Igniting the Cold War: The Berlin Blockade and Airlift
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Classical Wisdom
Important Notification
New Cabins *NOW* Available
8 months ago
New Cabins *NOW* Available
History Today Feed
‘How Finland Survived Stalin’ by Kimmo Rentola review
‘How Finland Survived Stalin’ by Kimmo Rentola review
JamesHoare
Tue, 04/09/2024 - 10:06
9 months ago
‘How Finland Survived Stalin’ by Kimmo Rentola review
JamesHoare
Tue, 04/09/2024 - 10:06
TheCollector
Empress of the Blues: Who Was Bessie Smith?
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TheCollector
Symbolism and Identity in Northern Renaissance Portraiture
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TheCollector
Was the Neolithic Revolution Really a Revolution?
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History Today Feed
The End of Britain’s Weeks-Long General Elections
The End of Britain’s Weeks-Long General Elections
JamesHoare
Mon, 02/12/2024 - 10:39
11 months ago
The End of Britain’s Weeks-Long General Elections
JamesHoare
Mon, 02/12/2024 - 10:39
TheCollector
Who Is Zeus? The King of the Greek Gods
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TheCollector
What Pets Did the Ancient Romans Have?
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TheCollector
4 Egyptian Myths That Inspired Cinema
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TheCollector
Edward Longshanks & the Conquest of Wales
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TheCollector
Giorgio Agamben’s Notes on Dante’s Divine Comedy
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TheCollector
How Did Aristotle Influence Western Thought?
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Hundred Rabbits
Working offgrid efficiently
Our traveling studio has operated off-the-grid for 4 1/2 years.
For the first 3 years we tested the...
over a year ago
Our traveling studio has operated off-the-grid for 4 1/2 years.
For the first 3 years we tested the limits of our space, and at first, it was difficult to create new things, as we had to make time to learn how to solve underlying problems. Our boat was not just an office, it was...
TheCollector
6 Works by Mexican Muralists You Should Know
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TheCollector
Expressionism: 12 Iconic Paintings & Their Artists
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TheCollector
What Are the Romance Languages?
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African History...
Africa and Europe during the age of mutual exploration: a Swahili traveler's description of 19th...
The late modern period that began in the early 19th century was the height of mutual exploration on...
3 months ago
The late modern period that began in the early 19th century was the height of mutual exploration on a global scale in which African travelers were active agents.
TheCollector
The Story of the Calydonian Boar Hunt in Greek Mythology
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Trying to Understand...
That's The Truth?
In politics, well, it depends.
a year ago
In politics, well, it depends.
TheCollector
Contemporary Art and Sports Come Together at SFMOMA
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Dreams of Space -...
Hombres Del Espacio (1960)
So a fun one today. This is so silly and dated that I almost feel like apologizing, but I won't....
a year ago
So a fun one today. This is so silly and dated that I almost feel like apologizing, but I won't. This is the story of the exploration of space and has to be seen! It might have been assembled from stills from a Spanish film (I don't recognize it so feel free to tell me). But...
TheCollector
What Caused the First Opium War in China?
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TheCollector
6 Most Common Ethical Dilemmas of the 21st Century
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A Collection of...
New Acquisitions: 1933 and the Definition of Fascism
Today we’re going to look at definitions of fascism and ask the question – you may have guessed – if...
2 months ago
Today we’re going to look at definitions of fascism and ask the question – you may have guessed – if Donald Trump is running for President as a fascist. Worry not, this isn’t me shifting to full-time political pundit, nor is this the formal end of the hiatus (which will happen on...
TheCollector
What Was the Un-American Activities Committee?
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TheCollector
The Role of Money in US Elections: Can We Achieve Fair Campaign Finance?
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TheCollector
Mangal Pandey: The Spark That Ignited the Sepoy Mutiny
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History Today Feed
Measuring the Shape of the Earth
Measuring the Shape of the Earth
JamesHoare
Tue, 02/27/2024 - 10:20
10 months ago
Measuring the Shape of the Earth
JamesHoare
Tue, 02/27/2024 - 10:20
A Collection of...
Collections: Phalanx’s Twilight, Legion’s Triump, Part IIb: Handfuls of Maniples
This is the second part of the second part of the second part of our four part look at the great...
10 months ago
This is the second part of the second part of the second part of our four part look at the great third and second century BC contest between the Romans and the heirs of Alexander, asking the question, “What can defeat a Macedonian sarisa-phalanx?” Last time, we started looking at...
Flashbak
In Your Face: Photographer Shoots Londoners Up Close And Personal
Using the skills he learned as a table tennis champ, Londoner Paul Trevor wandered through the...
7 months ago
Using the skills he learned as a table tennis champ, Londoner Paul Trevor wandered through the city’s financial district and its money markets and Brick Lane market getting in people’s faces. These spontaneous closeups appeared in the book and show In Your Face. Like Mark...
TheCollector
Dolly Wilde: The Tragic Story of Oscar Wilde’s Niece
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African History...
A brief history of Gold in Africa and the emporium of Sofala.
It was copper, not Gold, that was considered the most important metal in most African societies,...
4 months ago
It was copper, not Gold, that was considered the most important metal in most African societies, according to an authoritative study by Eugenia Herbert.
TheCollector
What Do Anti-Natalists Say About Existence and Consent?
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Dreams of Space -...
Looking Into Science (1965)
Here is a re-post, with new scans, of one of my most popular series of books. There was a 1965...
over a year ago
Here is a re-post, with new scans, of one of my most popular series of books. There was a 1965 textbook for children call Looking Into Science. They reused the contents in a series of booklets that I would like to share with you. There were a large number of these booklets...
TheCollector
Norman Rockwell’s “Four Freedoms” That Almost Weren’t
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Flashbak
Painting The Celestial Afterglow after Krakatoa, 1888
On the 27th August 1883, the Krakatoa (Krakatau) volcano exploded and the sky changed colour. Lying...
5 months ago
On the 27th August 1883, the Krakatoa (Krakatau) volcano exploded and the sky changed colour. Lying on the Sunda Strait between the islands of Java and Sumatra in the Indonesian province of Lampung, Krakatoa was hit by a series of four massive eruptions – the equivalent to 200...
Res Obscura
Historical maps probably helped cause World War I
On cartography as historical argument
a year ago
On cartography as historical argument
TheCollector
What Was the Berlin Conference?
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Res Obscura
Experiencing scientific revolutions: the 1660s and the 2020s
Lessons from Boyle's scientific desiderata and the Midgley Effect
a year ago
Lessons from Boyle's scientific desiderata and the Midgley Effect
TheCollector
Did Pliny the Younger Attempt to Rig the Vote in the Roman Senate?
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TheCollector
Top 10 Historic Sites You Should See in Paris
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TheCollector
Can the Real King Arthur Be Identified as Athrwys of Gwent?
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TheCollector
Celebrating Diversity at The National Mall’s Outdoor Show
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TheCollector
What’s the Best Time of Year to Visit the Parthenon?
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Trying to Understand...
So Where Do We Go From Here?
That's a good question.
a year ago
TheCollector
Lucid Dreaming: Can You Wake Up in Your Dreams?
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TheCollector
4 Russian Leaders Who Actually Weren’t Russian
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African History...
The complete history of Brava (ca. 1000-1900): a Swahili enclave in southern Somalia
Tucked along the southern coast of Somalia, the old city of Brava preserves the remains of a once...
9 months ago
Tucked along the southern coast of Somalia, the old city of Brava preserves the remains of a once bustling cosmopolitan enclave whose influence features prominently in the history of the East African coast. Located more than 500 km north of the Swahili heartland, Brava retained a...
TheCollector
What Were The Pentagon Papers?
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TheCollector
The First Punic War: A Clash of Cultures
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TheCollector
The DAM Rejects Return Request from Native Alaskan Tribes
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TheCollector
9 Iconic Minimalist Works by Women Artists
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TheCollector
What Was Kantai Kessen?
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TheCollector
The Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882: Racism on a Federal Level
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Hidden History
The Assassination of Malcolm X
Martin Luther King and the Southern Christian Leadership Conference based their strategy on two...
a month ago
Martin Luther King and the Southern Christian Leadership Conference based their strategy on two ideas; the idea that nonviolent civil disobedience, in the tradition of Thoreau and Gandhi, was the only method that the civil rights movement should use, and the idea that white...
TheCollector
The Cold War & the Rise of Superpowers: US Elections in a Divided World (1945-91)
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TheCollector
George Herbert Mead on the Birth & Evolution of the Self
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TheCollector
George Lindemann Family Returned Looted Items to Cambodia
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TheCollector
The Anne of Cleves Louvre Portrait Got a Makeover
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TheCollector
The Horrors of “Rubber Fever” in the Amazon Rainforest
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4 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Sparta and… Scotland?
Laconic wit through the centuries
a year ago
Laconic wit through the centuries
TheCollector
The Treaty of Versailles: An Overview of Its Contents & Effects
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TheCollector
What Makes the City of London Unique?
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a year ago
Flashbak
At Large in Leyton – A Walk Around The East London Manor 1989-1994
On Monday November 28th, 1994, the police riot squad arrived to evacuate Claremont Road in the...
11 months ago
On Monday November 28th, 1994, the police riot squad arrived to evacuate Claremont Road in the so-called “autonomous republic” of “Wanstonia”. The protest against the demolition of housing to make way for the M11 Link Road was lost. Harry Cohen, MP for Leyton said “the Department...
TheCollector
How Nazi Propaganda Appropriated the Vikings
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for March
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 March. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Uxn, lots of progress on Uxn, started documenting the assembly...
TheCollector
6 Appalachian Folk Stories That Will Keep You Up at Night
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a year ago
Flashbak
Dear Goldprick: Ian Fleming’s James Bond Letters
“This, dear boy, not to put too fine a point on it, is a f***ing lie. When it is 11am in Jamaica, it...
8 months ago
“This, dear boy, not to put too fine a point on it, is a f***ing lie. When it is 11am in Jamaica, it is 4pm in dear old England and it is carelessness of this kind that makes my eyes steel slits of blue. – Letter to James Bond author Ian Fleming Many … Continue reading "Dear...
Open Culture
How A Charlie Brown Christmas, and Its Beloved Soundtrack Album, Almost Never Happened
A Charlie Brown Christmas uses a cast of amateur child voice actors, deals with the theme of...
2 weeks ago
A Charlie Brown Christmas uses a cast of amateur child voice actors, deals with the theme of seasonal depression, and culminates in the recitation of a Bible verse, all to a jazz score. It was not, safe to say, the special that CBS had expected, to say nothing of its sponsor, the...
Flashbak
On The Streets of America in the Early 1980s : Relaxing WIth Cigarettes And No AC
‘These photographs were made between 1979 and 1985 in a pre-digital, largely non-air-conditioned...
10 months ago
‘These photographs were made between 1979 and 1985 in a pre-digital, largely non-air-conditioned era, when people fled the heat of their houses to hang out in their yards and on the street. I notice a kind of relaxed sensuality in many of the pictures. Time moved more slowly;...
TheCollector
The Phoenician Spoken & Written Language: What You Need to Know
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TheCollector
The Infamous Nanjing Massacre: Here’s What Happened
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10 months ago
TheCollector
10 Historic Small Towns in Georgia You Should Visit
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TheCollector
Who Was Muhyiddin Ibn Arabi?
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10 months ago
Overcoming Bias
Drift Poll Winner: Rational Culture
Over the last day, I did two sets of polls comparing 16 cultural drift scenarios (detailed here) re...
2 months ago
Over the last day, I did two sets of polls comparing 16 cultural drift scenarios (detailed here) re their likelihood and desirability. (I later added influence.) Here are best fit priorities (relative to 100 max), sorted by priority sum:
TheCollector
Aspasia of Miletus: More Than Pericles’ Romantic Partner?
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TheCollector
What Were the Casta Paintings of 18th Century Mexico?
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4 months ago
TheCollector
Chicago’s Union League Club to Sell Monet Painting
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9 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Do You Need Children to Care About the Future?
Shady Trees or Empty Branches?
5 months ago
Shady Trees or Empty Branches?
History Today Feed
Kapo Trials: How Israel Judged the Jewish Collaborators
Kapo Trials: How Israel Judged the Jewish Collaborators
JamesHoare
Thu, 04/25/2024 - 08:00
8 months ago
Kapo Trials: How Israel Judged the Jewish Collaborators
JamesHoare
Thu, 04/25/2024 - 08:00
TheCollector
8 Women Artists Who Were Inspired by Conceptual Art
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2 months ago
TheCollector
Neon: The Cool History of the Enigmatic Noble Gas
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6 months ago
History Today Feed
Ancient Rome’s Failed Building Projects
Ancient Rome’s Failed Building Projects
JamesHoare
Thu, 02/15/2024 - 09:26
10 months ago
Ancient Rome’s Failed Building Projects
JamesHoare
Thu, 02/15/2024 - 09:26
TheCollector
Exploring the Troubles in Belfast and Derry (Monuments & History)
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7 months ago
Res Obscura
On 17th century "cocaine"
A new analysis of mummified brains pushes back the timeline for the globalization of coca
3 months ago
A new analysis of mummified brains pushes back the timeline for the globalization of coca
TheCollector
9 Unskippable Memorials in Washington DC
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TheCollector
How Did Artists Learn About Anatomy During the Renaissance?
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3 months ago
History Today Feed
The Fight for Mary, Queen of Scots’ Jewels
The Fight for Mary, Queen of Scots’ Jewels
JamesHoare
Wed, 09/18/2024 - 06:00
3 months ago
The Fight for Mary, Queen of Scots’ Jewels
JamesHoare
Wed, 09/18/2024 - 06:00
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...
CrimethInc.
Georgia: The Firework Protests : A Report and Video Footage from the Streets of Tbilisi
Tuesday, December 3 marked the sixth consecutive night of clashes between police and anti-government...
a month ago
Tuesday, December 3 marked the sixth consecutive night of clashes between police and anti-government protesters in Tbilisi, the capital of Georgia. We offer the following short report and video footage courtesy of Georgian anarchists.
The demonstrators are responding to the...
Classical Wisdom
Why Should We Care About Children?
Bringing History to the Future
a year ago
Bringing History to the Future
Flashbak
Dust And Decadence In Weimar Berlin: Gustav Wunderwald’s Paintings Of Another City
Weimar Berlin wasn’t all cabaret, sex, drugs and lots of fun. The set designer and artist Gustav...
4 months ago
Weimar Berlin wasn’t all cabaret, sex, drugs and lots of fun. The set designer and artist Gustav Wunderwald (1 January 1882 – 24 June 1945) liked to look at the other side of life in Germany’s biggest city. He avoided the decadence and any obvious comment and conspicuous...
TheCollector
How Did Frederick the Great Transform Prussia?
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TheCollector
Who Am I, Really? A Philosophical Quest for Self-Discovery
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2 months ago
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