TheCollector
The Rise and Fall of Behaviorism: Are We More Than Machines?
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10 Must-See Archaeological Sites in the US
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The Handwriting of 12 Famous Authors
“My spelling is Wobbly. It’s good spelling but it Wobbles, and the letters get in the wrong places.”...
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“My spelling is Wobbly. It’s good spelling but it Wobbles, and the letters get in the wrong places.” ― A.A. Milne, Winnie-the-Pooh In The Handwriting of 12 Famous Authors we look at writers who communicated in long hand, and sometimes wrote their books in the same manner. For...
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Davy Crockett: The Life of the American Folk Hero
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Why Do People Give Gifts at Christmas?
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How Fritz the Cat Deconstructed 1960s America
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Can You ‘Believe In The Science’?
The Pre-Socratic Atomists: Pioneers of Modern Science
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The Pre-Socratic Atomists: Pioneers of Modern Science
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An Exhibition on Rational Dress for Victorian Women
An Exhibition on Rational Dress for Victorian Women
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An Exhibition on Rational Dress for Victorian Women
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TheCollector
What Can History and Archaeology Tell Us About the Druids?
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How Did the Anglo-Saxons Gain Supremacy Over the Britons?
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Sappho, Latin Literature, and more...
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Sappho, Latin Literature, and more...
Trying to Understand...
Stop Making Sense.
There are no "why"s in our world.
9 months ago
There are no "why"s in our world.
TheCollector
Who Was Osama bin Laden?
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What is Plagiarism?
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Is it possible to have a TRULY original thought?
TheCollector
Amun: The Egyptian God of Creation & King of the Gods
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Patterns in Humanity
Racial Homicide Disparities Since 1910
Drawing from uniform crime reports since 1933 and vital statistics since 1910, I document the...
a year ago
Drawing from uniform crime reports since 1933 and vital statistics since 1910, I document the evolution of black-white homicide disparities in the United States since the early 20th century.
TheCollector
Expressionists Exhibition to Open This Week at Tate Modern
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Lisa Schiff Art Collection Could Hit the Auction Block
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People of the Twentieth Century: the Ideal German, the Nazi and the Persecuted Jew
“If we can create portraits of subjects that are true, we thereby in effect create a mirror of the...
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“If we can create portraits of subjects that are true, we thereby in effect create a mirror of the times.” – August Sander, creator of Menschen des 20 Jahrhunderts (People of The 20th Century) What you see above is a picture of Arnold Katz and Benjamin (Benno) Katz being...
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Why Did the Allies Occupy Germany?
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HEMA: The Modern Study of Historical European Martial Arts
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The Night of the Long Knives: How the Nazis Purged the SA
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6 (In)Famous Gunslingers of the Wild West
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Res Obscura
"He spoke of computers with some awe"
Margaret Mead, John von Neumann, and the prehistory of AI
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Margaret Mead, John von Neumann, and the prehistory of AI
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Shays’ Rebellion Explained: A New Governing System for the New US
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Interview with Giulio Dalvit: TheCollector Chats with Frick Curator
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6 Lesser-Known Geoglyphs Outside of Nazca
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Summary of changes for October 2024
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
2 months ago
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of October.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, added Rabbit Waves and Logbooks. Updated woodstove installation, no windlass with 1 photo, mini dodger and Victoria to Sitka logbook with Week 3...
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6 Things You Didn’t Know About Emblemata
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What Is Second Timothy About?
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What Are the 5 Greatest Protest Songs of the 20th Century?
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Who Were the Landsknechts?
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How Medieval Islamic Engineering Brought Water to the Alhambra
Between 711 and 1492, much of the Iberian Peninsula, including modern-day Spain, was under Muslim...
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Between 711 and 1492, much of the Iberian Peninsula, including modern-day Spain, was under Muslim rule. Not that it was easy to hold on to the place for that length of time: after the fall of Toledo in 1085, Al-Andalus, as the territory was called, continued to lose cities over...
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A History of the United States Supreme Court
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Delian League vs Persian Empire: The Greeks on the Offensive
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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
TheCollector
Battle of Himera: Carthage vs. Ancient Greeks of Sicily
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Bull of Nimrud Replica Goes Back to Iraq
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The Art of Arranging Flowers: A 1960s Guide for Achieving Harmony Through Art and Nature
The Art of Arranging Flowers (1965) by Shozo Sato is a comprehensive guide to the Japanese art of...
3 months ago
The Art of Arranging Flowers (1965) by Shozo Sato is a comprehensive guide to the Japanese art of ikebana. The practice, which roughly translates to “making flowers come alive”, “the way of flowers” or the less poetic “flowers kept alive” uses flora to create specific human...
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8 Spots for Exploring Indigenous Art in the American Southwest
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Healthy Skepticism for Better Debates
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Get ‘Em In! Portraits of Drinkers in London Pubs
He drinks a Whiskey drink, he drinks a Vodka drink He drinks a Lager drink, he drinks a Cider drink...
a year ago
He drinks a Whiskey drink, he drinks a Vodka drink He drinks a Lager drink, he drinks a Cider drink He sings the songs that remind him of the good times He sings the songs that remind him of the better times – Tubthumping by Chumbawumba Pub? Go on, then. Let’s go. And …...
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A Historical Overview: What Was Japan’s Tokaido Road?
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3 Mexican Artists Who Painted Political Murals
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Hygge, Lagom, Wabi-Sabi: Life Philosophies To Help You Find Harmony
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Who Was William Wallace? Fact vs. Fiction
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Aristotle’s Rhetoric: A Brief Overview
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What Are Henri Matisse’s Most Vivid Paintings?
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Unveiling Romeo and Juliet: A Guide to Shakespeare’s Timeless Tragedy
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Stolen Rubens Returns to Germany After 80 Years
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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...
TheCollector
The Rembrandt Painting to Sell For $18.4 M. at Auction
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The Rise and Death of a ‘Mad Monk’: Who Was Grigori Rasputin?
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A Day In The Life Of C.S. Lewis – Author of The Chronicle of Narnia
“I am a product of long corridors, empty sunlit rooms, upstairs indoor silences, attics explored in...
11 months ago
“I am a product of long corridors, empty sunlit rooms, upstairs indoor silences, attics explored in solitude, distant noises of gurgling cisterns and pipes, and the noise of wind under the tiles. Also, of endless books.” ― C.S. Lewis In his 1955 book Surprised by joy : the...
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for April
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 April. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Uxn, improved documentation, implemented MIDI and sound chip, and...
TheCollector
How Were the Twelve Tribes of Israel Formed?
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What Are Slavoj Žižek’s Most Intriguing Ideas?
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10 Must-Visit Museums in Massachusetts
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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.
Open Culture
Watch Winsor McCay’s Little Nemo and Gertie the Dinosaur, and Witness the Birth of Modern Animation...
“Considering that, in a cartoon, anything can happen that the mind can imagine, the comics have...
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“Considering that, in a cartoon, anything can happen that the mind can imagine, the comics have generally depicted pretty mundane worlds,” writes Calvin and Hobbes creator Bill Watterson. “Sure, there have been talking animals, a few spaceships and whatnot, but the comics have...
Dreams of Space -...
Skyjets for Fliers of Tomorrow (1954)
So this is one of the stranger books I have found over the years. It is about a future in which...
a year ago
So this is one of the stranger books I have found over the years. It is about a future in which people will get individual jet-powered wings to fly. It is set a little like a fantasy and a little like a dream. It has "perfect" 1950s illustrations about how the future might...
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...
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‘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;...
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
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TheCollector
Can War Be Justified? A Philosophical View
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The Declaration of Independence: History & Overview
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Who is Ana Mendieta? An Icon of Environmental Art
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Dreams of Space -...
Out of This World (1953)
Happy Friday the 13th (in October too). Don't worry, you have gotten really lucky today.
Out of...
a year ago
Happy Friday the 13th (in October too). Don't worry, you have gotten really lucky today.
Out of this World was one of my favorite "discoveries" when I first started collecting these books. It is a massive 160 pages of games, jokes, riddles, and space facts. I last blogged about...
TheCollector
4 Roman Emperors Who Died in Battle
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Muslim Modernisers on the Silk Road
Muslim Modernisers on the Silk Road
JamesHoare
Fri, 09/20/2024 - 06:00
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Muslim Modernisers on the Silk Road
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Fri, 09/20/2024 - 06:00
TheCollector
What Is Trompe L’Oeil?
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for January 2024
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
11 months ago
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of January.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, added galley refit, updated lifelines, seamed box cushions, and moisture prevention underliner.
Permacomputing, revamped the page.
Flappy Bird,...
TheCollector
History of Gunpowder: An In-Depth Overview
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Classical Wisdom
Euripides
The Greatest Writer of Greek Tragedy?
a year ago
The Greatest Writer of Greek Tragedy?
Trying to Understand...
Macron is Safe for the Moment
But the future worries me.
a year ago
But the future worries me.
TheCollector
Cappadocia’s Hidden Cities and Rock-Cut Churches
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What Is Skepticism? (A Philosophical Approach)
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François Brunery’s Portraits of Pontificating, Pissed and Pouting Priests – c. 1890-1926
These photographs of priests and cardinals were taken by Francesco Bruneri, known as François...
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These photographs of priests and cardinals were taken by Francesco Bruneri, known as François Brunery (1849 – 1926), and used as the basis for his work as a painter of so-called “Cardinal Paintings”. His work depicting cardinals of the Catholic church in comical or embarrassing...
Flashbak
Animals Behaving Horribly On Vintage Christmas Cards
The British love for animals is clear in this weird and wonderful collection of Christmas cards...
a year ago
The British love for animals is clear in this weird and wonderful collection of Christmas cards produced during the Victorian era. There are dead birds, massive insects being tortured by small children and any number of humanised animals eating each other, eating people and...
A Collection of...
Collections: How to Roman Republic 101, Addenda: The Provinces
This is the second and (in theory) last addendum to our series on Roman civic governance (I, II,...
a year ago
This is the second and (in theory) last addendum to our series on Roman civic governance (I, II, IIIa, IIIb, IIIc, IV, V, A1). Having discussed how Rome handles those parts of Italy it controls but which were not part of the Roman Republic itself, we now look at how the Romans...
TheCollector
Derrida’s Deconstruction in Literary Analysis: A Detailed Guide
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Ancient Papyrus Reveals Plato’s Final Hours
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How Did Railways Help Standardize Time in Britain?
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What’s the Meaning of Life for Confucianism?
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New York City In Color – Garry Winogrand’s Street Shots
“I photograph to find out what something will look like photographed” – Gary Winogrand In Garry...
10 months ago
“I photograph to find out what something will look like photographed” – Gary Winogrand In Garry Winogrand: Winogrand Color we look at some of the New York-born photographer’s 45,000 early colour street photographs in 1950s and 1960s America. In 1970 and Winogrand visited the...
TheCollector
How Indigenous Peoples Turned Language into a Post-Colonial Tool
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Why Do the Rastafari Believe That Haile Selassie Was a God?
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5 Quotes by Karl Marx Explained
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Open Culture
Coursera Offers $200 Off of Coursera Plus (Until January 27), Giving You Unlimited Access to Courses...
A new deal to start a new year: Coursera is offering a $200 discount on its annual subscription plan...
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A new deal to start a new year: Coursera is offering a $200 discount on its annual subscription plan called “Coursera Plus.” Normally priced at $399, Coursera Plus (now available for $199) gives you access to 90% of Coursera’s courses, Guided Projects, Specializations, and...
TheCollector
What Is the Message Behind Hip-Hop?
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Who Were the Samaritans?
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A History of the Free City of Danzig (Now Gdansk)
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5 Famous Women Still-Life Painters
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10 Must-See Historic Sites in Arizona
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The First Provenance Research Head at the Met
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Trying to Understand...
The Evils Of Professionalism
In politics, anyway.
7 months ago
History Today Feed
‘Catland’ by Kathryn Hughes review
‘Catland’ by Kathryn Hughes review
JamesHoare
Mon, 05/20/2024 - 12:54
8 months ago
‘Catland’ by Kathryn Hughes review
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Mon, 05/20/2024 - 12:54
TheCollector
Is IQ a Sham? Jay Gould on the Mismeasure of Man
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Is Nietzsche Associated with Moral Nihilism?
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Exploring Francis Bacon’s Black Triptych Series
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Here Are Alfred Hitchcock’s 20 Greatest Films
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Architectural Wizardry: 4 Fascinating Works by Antoni Gaudi
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Conservative Resurgence in the US: Traditional, New Right, & Tea Party
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African History...
Roads and wheeled transport in African history.
Why the kingdoms of Kush and Dahomey used wheels while Asante did not.
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Why the kingdoms of Kush and Dahomey used wheels while Asante did not.
A Collection of...
Collections: Phalanx’s Twilight, Legion’s Triumph, Part IVb: Antiochus III
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9 months ago
This is the second part of the fourth part of our four(ish) part (Ia, Ib, IIa, IIb, IIIa, IIIb, IVa) look at the context between the Roman military system based on the manipular legion and the Hellenistic military system structured around the Macedonian sarisa phalanx in the...
Open Culture
Richard Feynman Enthusiastically Explains How to Think Like a Physicist in His Series Fun to Imagine...
“It’s interesting that some people find science so easy, and others find it kind of dull and...
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“It’s interesting that some people find science so easy, and others find it kind of dull and difficult,” says Richard Feynman at the beginning of his 1983 BBC series Fun to Imagine. “One of the things that makes it very difficult is that it takes a lot of imagination. It’s very...
TheCollector
How (& Why) Is Kaliningrad Part of Russia?
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What Is First Corinthians About?
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The Tragic Life of Kermit Roosevelt & the Burden of Legacy
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The Strange Story of How Greece Joined the Entente in WWI
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The Merchant’s House Museum Fears ‘Irreparable Damage’
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What Were the Salem Witch Trials of 1692?
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for September 2024
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
3 months ago
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of September.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, added a new page: Victoria to Sitka logbook.
M291, added support for Cyrillic glyphs.
Fractran, released what might be the most in-depth...
TheCollector
What Was the Beatles’ First Hit?
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Classical Wisdom
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Maths, Art, and the Moon
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How George Washington Used the Fabian Strategy During the Revolution
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Margaret Fuller’s Dazzling Life: Interview with Dr. John T. Matteson
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Father of Emperor Caligula: Who Was Germanicus?
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The Essential Greeks
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The Image in The Machine: Typewriter Art in the 1960 and 1970s
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TheCollector
British Grand Strategy & the European Balance of Power: 1815-1914
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The History of Communism in Vietnam: From the 1920s to Today
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UK Exhibition to Pair Pre-Raphaelite Art and Aromas
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Dragons Across Cultures & Mythologies: Here Be Dragons!
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Discover Pompeii’s Famous Mosaics
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Is Calligraphy Considered Art?
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History Today Feed
Sarah Mae Flemming and the Forgotten Women of Civil Rights
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JamesHoare
Mon, 12/09/2024 - 09:58
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Dreams of Space -...
What the Moon Is Like (1963)
Happy 2023, this book is 60 years old this year and still seems as fresh as ever since we are...
over a year ago
Happy 2023, this book is 60 years old this year and still seems as fresh as ever since we are exploring the Moon again.
What the Moon is Like is another book by the children's science writer Franklyn Branley. He wrote many children's non-fiction books with a variety of...
TheCollector
How Did Gnosticism Influence Early Christianity?
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CrimethInc.
Capitalism Thrives on Death—Death to Capitalism : Two Posters
Ahead of Halloween, on the heels of several months of forest fires, hurricanes, and heat waves, we...
2 months ago
Ahead of Halloween, on the heels of several months of forest fires, hurricanes, and heat waves, we present two posters—”Capitalism Is the Dance of Death” and “Capitalism Thrives on Death.” Learn how to make wheatpaste and cover the walls of your community in these!
Capitalism Is...
History Today Feed
The True Knights Templar
The True Knights Templar
j.hoare
Wed, 01/10/2024 - 09:54
a year ago
The True Knights Templar
j.hoare
Wed, 01/10/2024 - 09:54
History Today Feed
‘Patria’ by Laurence Blair review
‘Patria’ by Laurence Blair review
JamesHoare
Mon, 11/04/2024 - 11:32
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‘Patria’ by Laurence Blair review
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Mon, 11/04/2024 - 11:32
TheCollector
How Does Aristotle Conceptualize the Soul?
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Why Did Damien Hirst Build a Pharmacy?
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What Were the Main Achievements of the New Deal?
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Hidden Figure Identified in Michelangelo’s Sistine Chapel Fresco
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Who Was the Real Good King Wenceslas Behind the Christmas Carol?
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Hidden History
The Story of the Cow
The history of the domestic cattle goes back at least 10,000 years. There are well over 1000...
2 weeks ago
The history of the domestic cattle goes back at least 10,000 years. There are well over 1000 distinct breeds of Cattle in the world today, and somewhere between 1 and 1.5 billion individual animals, making them, by some counts, the fourth most numerous mammal in existence behind...
TheCollector
Who Was Margery Kempe? The Medieval Mystic Who Couldn’t Stop Crying
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The Powers of Soviet Puppetry
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JamesHoare
Tue, 08/06/2024 - 10:35
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The Powers of Soviet Puppetry
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Tue, 08/06/2024 - 10:35
Hidden History
Museum Ship Destroyer USS Kidd
The Fletcher-class destroyer USS Kidd was named, not after the famous British pirate, but after a...
2 months ago
The Fletcher-class destroyer USS Kidd was named, not after the famous British pirate, but after a Rear Admiral who was killed on board the Arizona during the attack on Pearl Harbor. The Kidd served in both the Second World War and the Korean War. The destroyer USS Kidd was...
TheCollector
7 Important Baroque Paintings You Should Know
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Love and Death
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Flashbak
Charles Green Shaw Cocktail Book of Rhymed Recipes (1930s)
This great little book created by Charles Green Shaw in the 1930s features black and white...
a month ago
This great little book created by Charles Green Shaw in the 1930s features black and white illustrations and poetic recipes for various cocktails. A leading figure in early American abstraction, Charles Green Shaw (May 1, 1892 – April 2, 1974) was an American painter, poet,...
TheCollector
How Economist John Maynard Keynes Essentially Predicted World War II
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Plato On Knowledge
What is True?
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Pablo Picasso’s Composition Techniques Explained Through 6 Works
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What Is Mithraism? The Secretive Cult That Swept the Roman World
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Who Was Carl Linnaeus? (Life, Works, & Legacy)
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The Philosophy of Doomsday Preppers: What Would You Do to Survive?
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History Today Feed
Orkney’s Saga: the Islands between Kingdoms
Orkney’s Saga: the Islands between Kingdoms
JamesHoare
Wed, 04/24/2024 - 08:00
9 months ago
Orkney’s Saga: the Islands between Kingdoms
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Wed, 04/24/2024 - 08:00
History Today Feed
How French Was Medieval England?
How French Was Medieval England?
JamesHoare
Thu, 01/25/2024 - 09:36
12 months ago
How French Was Medieval England?
JamesHoare
Thu, 01/25/2024 - 09:36
TheCollector
5 Women in Logic You Should Know
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Classical Wisdom
Happy Holidays!
Merry Christmas and Happy Hanukkah from Anya, Joel and Frida at the End of the World!
3 weeks ago
Merry Christmas and Happy Hanukkah from Anya, Joel and Frida at the End of the World!
TheCollector
The Earliest Trade Networks Between Europe, Asia, & the Pacific
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Dr Alun Withey
Are Beards Over? A Historical Perspective.
Recently I spoke with the Guardian journalist Tim Dowling for an excellent article he was writing...
over a year ago
Recently I spoke with the Guardian journalist Tim Dowling for an excellent article he was writing (published last week) about whether beards are finally ‘over’, and I thought it would be interesting to reflect on some of this. Since re-emerging around 2014, gaining popularity...
TheCollector
Have You Heard of These 5 Unusual Musical Instruments?
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TheCollector
Ruthless Emperor & Granter of Citizenship: Who was Caracalla?
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Flashbak
Gritty 1980’s NYC and the Glorious Intuition of Richard Sandler
“Street photography is very difficult. The number of really good pictures that you get is very small...
10 months ago
“Street photography is very difficult. The number of really good pictures that you get is very small in comparison to the number of pictures taken. You’re better off, I think, letting your intuition completely run wild…” – Richard Sandler on his photographs of NYC Richard...
Classical Wisdom
Calm in the Face of Crisis
Putting the Greek Back into Stoicism
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Putting the Greek Back into Stoicism
TheCollector
The Italian Social Republic: What was the Republic of Salò?
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The Macedonian Wars: Rome vs the Macedonian Phalanx
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TheCollector
Maurizio Cattelan’s Duct-Taped Banana Could Fetch $1 Million
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Preston’s Banana Boat Stowaways
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Preston’s Banana Boat Stowaways
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Wed, 12/20/2023 - 07:00
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How did the Plague of Athens Revolutionize Carthage?
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What Was Pope Innocent III’s Role in the Medieval Crusades?
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How Did the Israelites Escape Egypt?
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What Is the Philosophy of Artificial Intelligence? From Descartes to Turing
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How the Nazis Captured the Minds of Germany’s Youth
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Wittgenstein’s Solipsism: Where Language & Limits Collide
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Ming Dynasty Artefacts Found in South China Shipwreck
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7 Dickensian Locations: In the Footsteps of Charles Dickens
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Collections: How to Roman Republic, Part IV: The Senate
This is the the fourth part of our our planned five part series (I, II, IIIa, IIIb, IIIc) on the...
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This is the the fourth part of our our planned five part series (I, II, IIIa, IIIb, IIIc) on the structure of the Roman Republic during the third and second centuries, the ‘Middle’ Republic.’ Over the last few posts we looked at the role of Roman magistrates who carried out a...
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Number 2 in Nephew and Chester’s space quartet.: Moon Base. Just saying the phrase "moon base"...
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Number 2 in Nephew and Chester’s space quartet.: Moon Base. Just saying the phrase "moon base" brings me a sense of excitement and nostalgia. In fact one of my treasures is my talking Dr. Evil Doll that says "Welcome to my moon base".
Nephew, William and Chester, Michael....
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Curator Rediscovers Ancient Caligula Bust in England
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What Is Colossians About?
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The Scariest Sermon Ever? Jonathan Edwards & the Great Awakening
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Secrets of the Deep: What Is the History of the Mary Celeste?
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Was David Gulpilil Australia’s Most Important Actor?
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4 Founding Fathers who Signed the Declaration of Independence
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Which Insects Have Humans Domesticated Throughout History?
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‘F*ck You, Philadelphia’ – When Blondie Opened For Rush In 1979
When on January 21st, 1979, Rush needed an opening act for the Philadelphia leg of their Hemispheres...
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When on January 21st, 1979, Rush needed an opening act for the Philadelphia leg of their Hemispheres tour, Blondie got the call. Georgia-based southern rockers Stillwater couldn’t play. So would the New Yorkers deliver what 18,000 fans of the Canadian rockers packed into the...
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The Khrushchev Thaw: Relaxation of Soviet Repressions
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Dutch & Flemish Vanitas Paintings: A Theme for the North’s Golden Age
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When Was the Battle of Iwo Jima?
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Three Cabins Left
Emperors, Conquerors, and Saints
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Emperors, Conquerors, and Saints
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Should We Navel Gaze?
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Omphaloskepsis...and What is a Hero?
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11 Facts About Glenn Miller: The Musician Who Disappeared
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Patterns in Humanity
When Lightning Strikes... Literally
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Historic Copenhagen Stock Exchange Catches Fire
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What Is The Kuleshov Effect & Why Is It So Efficient?
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Confessions from a Classics Lover
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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...
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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...
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5 (or More?) of Jack the Ripper’s Victims
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Who Were the Disciples Thomas, Judas and Simon?
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Henry I: The Life & Reign of a Notorious English King
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September 1, 1939: The Invasion of Poland
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African History...
The complete history of Gondar: Africa's city of castles (1636-1900)
Journal of African cities chapter 8
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Journal of African cities chapter 8
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How Did Bebop Influence Jazz?
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Measuring the Shape of the Earth
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Tue, 02/27/2024 - 10:20
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Measuring the Shape of the Earth
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Tue, 02/27/2024 - 10:20
Flashbak
Taking A Subway Ride Through New York City In 1981
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1970s New York City was where Fernando played truant, chopper gangs hogged the sidewalks, sex was sold, women raged in raucous nightclubs, gay rights found its voice, Madonna joined her first band, BLADE used trains as his canvas and In 1981, 22-year-old Christopher Morris was...
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Visualising The Revolution: A Gallery of Posters from the Paris Uprising of May 1968
The politics of anarchists and communists was marked in hundreds of posters and flyers distributed...
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The politics of anarchists and communists was marked in hundreds of posters and flyers distributed around France in May 1968. The movement’s visual culture is key to its understanding. These artworks and others like them were distributed in Paris and parts of the country amid...
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Romania in WWII: An Important Part of the Eastern Front
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Machu Picchu Unveiled: Why Hiram Bingham Didn’t “Discover” It
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No Women Allowed?
Greek Theater and Gender
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What Is the Philosopher’s Stone?
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‘Who Really Wrote the Bible’ by William M. Schniedewind review
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Tue, 11/12/2024 - 09:16
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‘Who Really Wrote the Bible’ by William M. Schniedewind review
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Tue, 11/12/2024 - 09:16
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What Is the Gift of Tongues in the Bible?
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Finding Odysseus’ Homeland
There is no time like the present to truly understand the past...
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There is no time like the present to truly understand the past...
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4 Techniques of 19th-Century Photography You Should Know
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What Is Thatcherism?
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Flashbak
That Time Kenneth Anger Wanted to Make a Film about Cricket – Exclusive
St. Patrick’s Day, 2003, Kenneth Anger wrote a letter asking me if I wanted to line-produce his next...
11 months ago
St. Patrick’s Day, 2003, Kenneth Anger wrote a letter asking me if I wanted to line-produce his next film Arrangement in White on Green. It was to be a film about cricket. A sports film was the last thing I ever imagined the director of Lucifer Rising would make. I was intrigued....
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What Was the Ancient Greek Pankration?
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What Does It Mean to Be a Critical Thinker?
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6 Facts About Hilla von Rebay: The Mastermind Behind the Guggenheim
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What Is the History Behind Hanukkah?
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David Roberts & Frederick Catherwood: Artists of Ancient Egypt & Maya
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What Is the Book of Galatians About?
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Edward Colston Statue to be Lastingly Installed in Bristol Museum
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Patterns in Humanity
Where parents make a difference
Where is the shared environment effect larger than zero?
10 months ago
Where is the shared environment effect larger than zero?
TheCollector
How Romanticism Set the Stage for Darwin’s Theory of Evolution
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‘Catherine de’ Medici’ by Mary Hollingsworth review
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Tue, 09/10/2024 - 00:00
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How ASEAN Lost its Way
How ASEAN Lost its Way
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How ASEAN Lost its Way
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Wed, 01/24/2024 - 09:53
TheCollector
What is Virtue According to Nietzsche?
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A Collection of...
Collections: The Mediterranean Iron Omni-Spear
This week, on a bit of a lark, we’re going to discuss the most common weapon, by far, in the Iron...
a year ago
This week, on a bit of a lark, we’re going to discuss the most common weapon, by far, in the Iron Age Mediterranean (focusing on the period from the 8th to the 1st centuries BC): the humble, effective and ubiquitous thrusting spear. In particular, I want to discuss the striking...
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Was War Really Necessary? Law and the July Crisis
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Why Is Oktoberfest a Vital Part of German Culture?
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How Did a Priest’s Day at the Temple of Ra Look?
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Classical Wisdom
What is the Tall Poppy Syndrome?
Is it good, bad or relative?
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Is it good, bad or relative?
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A social history of the Lamu city-state (1370-1885)
Journal of African cities chapter 5
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Journal of African cities chapter 5
TheCollector
A Brief History of the Aboriginal Lands Right Movement
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Luc Tuymans Mural Exhibition to Open Wednesday at Louvre
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Classical Wisdom
What makes a good friend?
'Birds of a feather’? Or 'the proverbial potters'?
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'Birds of a feather’? Or 'the proverbial potters'?
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10 Forgotten US Presidents
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King John’s Lost Treasure
King John’s Lost Treasure
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King John’s Lost Treasure
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Thu, 08/15/2024 - 09:28
TheCollector
The Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum Closes Due to Protests
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Hannah Arendt’s The Human Condition: What is an Active Life?
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Classical Wisdom
How Can We Prevent Character Assassination?
Corruption in the Ancient World
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Corruption in the Ancient World
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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...
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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...
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Questions raised by Nikolai Berdyaev
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$18-Million Monet Heads to Auction
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The Troubled History of the Polish-Ukrainian Friendship in the 20th Century
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Can you REALLY be offended on behalf of someone else??
Lessons from Borat
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UK Gallery to Recreate “Groundbreaking” 1907 Exhibition
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Words and Worlds: Does Language Shape Our Reality?
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Travels, murders, and......eels?!!
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The Real Bjorn Ironside: Ragnar Lodbrok’s Most Famous Son
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Millions of Cats: Wanda Gag’s Beautifully Illustrated Children’s Book
“I aim to make the illustrations for children’s books as much a work of art as anything I would send...
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“I aim to make the illustrations for children’s books as much a work of art as anything I would send to an art exhibition. I strive to make them completely accurate in relation to the text. I try to make them warmly human, imaginative, or humourous — not coldly decorative — and...
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Could the “Year Without a Summer” Happen Again? Here’s What Experts Say
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42 Various Apocalyptic Scenes from Raphael’s Prophetic Messenger of Astrology (1827–61)
The future is portrayed as dramatic, dangerous and dynamic in these visions published in the...
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The future is portrayed as dramatic, dangerous and dynamic in these visions published in the astrological magazine The Prophetic Messenger (1827 to 1861). More commonly known as Raphael’s Almanac in a nod to the Jewish archangel Raphael, the name was used a nom de plume by a...
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Why Did Lord Byron Die in Greece?
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CrimethInc.
History Repeats Itself: First as Farce, Then as Tragedy : Why the Democrats Are Responsible for...
Donald Trump has won the 2024 presidential election. That means that we will have to fight many of...
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Donald Trump has won the 2024 presidential election. That means that we will have to fight many of the battles of 2017-2020 all over again. But first, in order to understand the scale of what we’re up against, let’s look at how we got here.
The Hot Potato Changes Hands Again
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Magritte Sets $121 Million Auction Record
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What Was Kantai Kessen?
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Hidden History
Antarctic Snow Cruiser
In 1939, the United States began work on a colossal motor vehicle to be used for exploration and...
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In 1939, the United States began work on a colossal motor vehicle to be used for exploration and field work in Antarctica. By 1939 Antarctica remained as one of the last unexplored regions on the planet. Norwegian adventurer Roald Amundsen had been the first human to reach the...
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What Was Operation Ichi-Go?
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7 Historical Places to Visit on the Isle of Skye
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Sea Monsters in Renaissance Maps: Tales From Unknown Waters
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The First Anarchist: Who was Pierre-Joseph Proudhon?
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4 Ancient Greek Sculptors You Need to Know
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Do My Dreams Mean Anything? A Philosophical Look at the Unconscious Mind
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What Is the Didache?
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Sybil Ludington: The Girl Who Rode Twice As Far As Paul Revere?
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The Secret SS Mission to Tibet You’ve Never Heard Of
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10 Oldest National Parks in the United States
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Cold Snapshots – Vintage Holiday Fun in the Snow and Ice
If you’ve not seen little people on vintage Christmas cards, please do. It’s a terrific collection...
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If you’ve not seen little people on vintage Christmas cards, please do. It’s a terrific collection of images. A dip into Robert E. Jackson’s sublime collection of snapshots never disappoints. And when you’ve seen the cards, you should enjoy his pictures of revellers rocking...
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10 Can’t-Miss South American Films
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The Year's Midnight.
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Did rehabilitation reforms dramatically reduce Norwegian recidivism?
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Banksy’s Latest Artwork Is a Goat on a Ledge in London
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Exploring Open Primaries: How They Work and Which States Use Them
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The KGB After Stalin
The KGB After Stalin
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Mon, 12/18/2023 - 10:36
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The KGB After Stalin
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Journal of African cities chapter 7
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for February 2024
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
10 months ago
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of February.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, added gimballed stove, open pantry, Little Ninj and LPG fume detection system. Updated galley refit and Western Canada(includes tidal/current...
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The Last Great Pharaoh? The Story of Ramesses III
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What Are the Principal Sources of Emperor Caligula’s Reign?
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Çatalhöyük: One of the Oldest Recorded Cities in History
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Serpentine Installs 19-Foot Pumpkin Sculpture by Yayoi Kusama
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History of Tobacco: A Lucrative Vice
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Open Culture
Bob Dylan Reads “ ‘Twas the Night Before Christmas” On His Holiday Radio Show (2006)
Allow me to name just a few of the people I want to hear hosting and curating radio shows—former Sex...
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Allow me to name just a few of the people I want to hear hosting and curating radio shows—former Sex Pistols’ singer John Lydon, former Clash frontman Joe Strummer, former Woody Guthrie impersonator Bob Dylan.… Luckily for me, this ain’t just fantasy baseball; at various times,...
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5 Quotes from Marcus Aurelius’ Meditations Explained
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Overcoming Bias
Hail Jeffrey Wernick
I started to write about prediction markets in 1988, and not until 1999 about using conditional...
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I started to write about prediction markets in 1988, and not until 1999 about using conditional markets to make org decisions.
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The 5 Most Influential Modern Political Philosophers
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How Can Stoicism Influence Decision-Making?
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7 African Myths About Animals
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First Nations of the Canadian Plateau: A Brief History
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Glasgow Museum Retrieved Robert Gemmell Hutchison Piece
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Henri Matisse: Outstanding Paintings by the French Fauvist Master
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Facade: Bill Cunningham’s Tribute To New York Style
In 1968, American fashion photographer Bill Cunningham (March 13, 1929 – June 25, 2016) started a...
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In 1968, American fashion photographer Bill Cunningham (March 13, 1929 – June 25, 2016) started a project to document New York City’s rich history of architecture and fashion. Cunningham dressed his friend and fellow photographer Editta Sherman (July 9, 1912 – November 1, 2013)...
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Once Upon a Time in Brick Lane: 1970s East London Before Gentrification
Brick Lane in London’s East End is in area of flux. From the road where they used mark bricks and...
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Brick Lane in London’s East End is in area of flux. From the road where they used mark bricks and brew beer, the place has been sanctuary to immigrants for centuries and is now home to a large Bangladeshi community. In the 17th century, French Huguenots arrived and brought with...
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10 Amazing Facts About Elvis Presley
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Classical Wisdom
Are Propaganda and Politics Inevitable Bedfellows?
And Does Democracy Make It Worse?
2 months ago
And Does Democracy Make It Worse?
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How Did the Megali Idea Shape Greece Until the Balkan Wars?
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10 Must-Visit Utah Ghost Towns With a Rich History
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Did the Suffragettes Know Martial Arts?
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5 Contemporary Artists Inspired by Baroque
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Trying to Understand...
Let's Hear It For The "Underlying Causes."
Here's the answer. What was the question again?
a year ago
Here's the answer. What was the question again?
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