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How Did Babylon Shape the History of the Ancient Near East?
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James I: A Foreign King on the English Throne
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Alexandre Dumas: The Life & Legacy of a Great Novelist
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Manhattan in 1990 – NYC Before the Clean-Up
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a brief note on contacts between ancient African kingdoms and Rome.
finding the lost city of Rhapta on the east African coast.
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Against Liberalism: What is Communitarianism?
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How Did Caligula Rise to Power in the Roman Empire?
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John Cassavetes: Who Was The Godfather of American Independent Cinema?
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‘Straight Acting’ by Will Tosh review
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Wed, 09/11/2024 - 07:00
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Why Did Bruno Latour Claim that “We Have Never Been Modern”?
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‘The Tame and the Wild’ by Marcy Norton review
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Flashbak
Magnifying The Moment: Joni Sternbach’s Pictures of NYC Subway Passengers 1976–1981
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7 Museums to Visit in Athens
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Chicago’s Union League Club to Sell Monet Painting
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Egyptian Demons: Guardians and Wanders
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President Johnson Orders Trousers from Joe Haggar – big enough for his ‘nuts’, ‘bunghole’ and knife
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On August 9 1964, President Lyndon Baines Johnson (August 27, 1908 – January 22, 1973) ordered a pair of trousers from Joe Haggar of the Haggar Clothing Co. based in Dallas, Texas. Not a shy man, Johnson was known for conducting official business whilst sat on the toilet and...
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10 Historic Towns in Nevada Worth Visiting
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‘Spiral Jetty’ Added to National Register of Historic Places
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Odysseus in the Underworld
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An In-Depth Guide to the Army of the Seleucid Empire
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The Anglo-Zanzibar War (AKA The Shortest War in History)
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Urbanism in the forest region.
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Did This Psychoanalytical Cult Kill Jackson Pollock?
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What Is the History and Meaning of Music?
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How Did a Priest’s Day at the Temple of Ra Look?
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How Important Was Theseus for Athens? Theseus: Get to Know the Mythical King of Athens
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Medieval Icelandic Feasts
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What is the Role of Law in Aristotle’s Politics?
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How Did Averroes Influence the West?
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Walter Benjamin on Charles Baudelaire: Guilt, Modernity, and The Crowd
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The FBI Repatriates Looted Japan Artifacts
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Van Gogh’s Sunflowers: 11 Works Featuring the Artist’s Favorite Flower
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The Unknown Artworks of Kahlil Gibran
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Margaret Fuller’s Dazzling Life: Interview with Dr. John T. Matteson
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Who Invented the Refrigerator?
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A History of Phantom Pain
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Mon, 01/15/2024 - 12:44
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Chicago’s Field Museum Alters Native Displays Due to Regulations
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Rosemaling in America: Norwegian-American Folk Art (Origins & History)
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‘Broken Archangel’ by Roland Philipps review
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Mon, 06/24/2024 - 10:22
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‘Broken Archangel’ by Roland Philipps review
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Hundred Rabbits
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...
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Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of October.
Summary Of Changes
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Flashbak
Gods From Space: When London Taxi Diver George King Met Jesus And Other Aliens
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Len Deighton’s Action Cookbook : How To Seduce With An Omelette (1965)
Len Deighton’s Action Cookbook (1965) began life as cookery strips (aka ‘cookstrips’) when Leighton...
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Len Deighton’s Action Cookbook (1965) began life as cookery strips (aka ‘cookstrips’) when Leighton was a student at London’s Royal Academy and St Martin’s art school, and living with classmate Bob Hyde. Aimed at “an audience of men unskilled at knowing their way around the...
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Scottish Independence Movements Through the Ages
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A Collection of...
Gap Week: April 19, 2024 (Manor Lords First Impression)
Hey folks, this week is a bit of a gap week as I am heading out to the annual meeting of the Society...
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Hey folks, this week is a bit of a gap week as I am heading out to the annual meeting of the Society for Military History (and, indeed, by the time you read this, I will be there). Normally, I post the abstract of my conference talk for these sorts of things, but since I …...
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Should Death Concern Us?
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a year ago
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What Does It Take to Become a US President?
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10 Surprising Facts About the Great Beaver Wars
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Tirzah Garwood – A Very British Vision of Marriage, Lovers And Work
Tirzah Garwood was an exceptional artist but had the disadvantage of plying her trade at a time when...
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Tirzah Garwood was an exceptional artist but had the disadvantage of plying her trade at a time when female artists struggled for recognition, writes Graham Bennison. Having married Eric Ravilious in 1930 she followed the conventions of the time, giving up her wood engraving to...
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Breaking Through To The Other Side: The Flammarion Engraving, c.1888
The so-called ‘Flammarion engraving’ is a wood engraving by an unknown artist that first appeared in...
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The so-called ‘Flammarion engraving’ is a wood engraving by an unknown artist that first appeared in French writer Camille Flammarion’s L’Atmosphère: Météorologie populaire (1888) in a chapter called ‘The Shape of the Sky’. The image is of a man crawling under the edge of the...
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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...
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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.
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The Roman Question: The Pope vs. the New Nation of Italy
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The Hatfield-McCoy Rivalry of Appalachia: What Started the Feud?
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Convents as a Refuge in Early Modern Lisbon
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Thu, 01/25/2024 - 12:26
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Ancient Remains of Two More Victims Discovered at Pompeii
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The Brigantaggio: How Did Southern Italy Respond to Unification?
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The ‘Celebrated Inventions’ of Alexander Ross.
One thing that has continually fascinated me throughout all of my research on medical practitioners,...
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‘The World at War’ and the Holocaust at 50
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Thu, 03/07/2024 - 09:43
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‘Naples 1343’ by Amedeo Feniello review
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Tue, 01/14/2025 - 09:23
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6 Famous Musicians at the Center of Big Mysteries
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Teenagers at Home In the 1980s and 90s In 38 Photos
“As a teenager you are at the last stage in your life when you will be happy to hear that the phone...
10 months ago
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Summary of changes for August 2023
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the...
a year ago
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Max Thalmann: Passion, Cathedrals And America In Woodcuts
Max Thalmann was a German Expressionist (1890 – 1944) who produced three main portfolios of black...
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Max Thalmann was a German Expressionist (1890 – 1944) who produced three main portfolios of black and white woodcut prints: Cathedral (Der Dom), Passion, and America in Woodcuts (Amerika im Holzschnitt). A bookbinder by trade having been trained as such under Henry Van De Velde...
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6 Must-See Spanish Castles
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The Myth of the Minotaur
Journey Into the Labyrinth
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Hear Orson Welles’ War of the Worlds Radio Broadcast from 1938: The Original Tale of Mysterious...
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A month ago, drones were spotted near Morris County, New Jersey. Since then, reports of further sightings in various locations in the region have been lodged on a daily basis, and anxieties about the origin and purpose of these unidentified flying objects have grown apace. “We...
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Hygge, Lagom, Wabi-Sabi: Life Philosophies To Help You Find Harmony
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What Are Monads? Leibniz On the Most Fundamental Substance
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4 Novels by John Steinbeck You Should Read
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What Was the Purpose of Mesopotamian Ziggurats?
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9 Revelations from Viking Runes
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6 Inquisition Cases From Colonial Mexico
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The Original Bonfire of the Vanities
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Wed, 02/07/2024 - 09:45
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Jacksonville Confederate Monument Removed
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Kurt Vonnegut’s drawings and other doodles
“My own means of making a living is essentially clerical, and hence tedious and constipating. The...
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Racial Homicide Disparities Since 1910
Drawing from uniform crime reports since 1933 and vital statistics since 1910, I document the...
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Get to Know Meret Oppenheim Through 7 Works
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FBI Returns Nazi-Looted Monet to Jewish Collector’s Heirs
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What Are Carl Jung’s Anima and Animus Archetypes?
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Cairo Widens Access to Famous Saladin Citadel
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Marcus Garvey: A Leader in the Pan-Africanist Movement
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Songhai Empire: The Rise & Fall of Africa’s Biggest Empire
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7 Works That Define Thomas Gainsborough’s Legacy
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On the Spot: Gina Anne Tam
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Mon, 11/18/2024 - 10:08
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Possible ‘Salvator Mundi’ Location and Exhibition Plans Revealed
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10 Crazy Facts About the History of Syphilis
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The Devil’s Dictionary: The 50-ish Best Descriptions From The Cynic’s Word Book, 1906
Written by American journalist Ambrose Bierce (24 June 1842 – c.1914), The Devil’s Dictionary, aka...
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CrimethInc.
2024: Out of the Frying Pan, into the Fire : The Year in Review
It’s time to take stock of the year have just lived through and get oriented for the year ahead....
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A year that began amid genocide in Palestine and war in Ukraine and Sudan is concluding...
Classical Wisdom
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Myths and Metamorphoses
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Summary of changes for July 2023
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a year ago
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Summary Of Changes
Slide Rule, released a little slide rule toy(Mastodon).
100r.co,...
TheCollector
7 Ways in Which Ancient Egypt Influenced Greece
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History Today Feed
Highwaymen: The Road to Infamy
Highwaymen: The Road to Infamy
JamesHoare
Wed, 06/19/2024 - 09:50
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Wed, 06/19/2024 - 09:50
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9 Fascinating Facts About the Eastern Front in WWII
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What Countries Joined the Axis Powers?
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Who Was England’s Black Prince?
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How Did Frederick the Great Transform Prussia?
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5 Female Hispanic Artists That You Should Know About
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the sucessor of Songhai
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What Is the Didache?
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Trying to Understand...
The Threat of Back to Normal
Global power has always been distributed.
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A Strange Defeat.
A failure of understanding in Ukraine.
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A failure of understanding in Ukraine.
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How Tall Is Mount Rushmore?
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What’s the Best Time to Visit Chichen Itza?
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Evolutionary Success, from the Top of the Food Chain
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Andy Warhol’s Mother: Who Was Julia Warhola?
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Investors Trying to Acquire Ex San Francisco Art Institute Building
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What Was Voltaire’s Philosophy?
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The Skeletons of Shanidar Cave: What Can They Tell Us About the Past?
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What Are Plato’s Arguments Against Democracy?
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5 Feminine Beauty Ideals in Art History
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How to Rescue the Reputation of the Nasty Normans
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Mon, 09/09/2024 - 00:00
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The Rise of the Minamoto: Japan’s First Shogunate
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Citizen of the World: TheCollector Interviews Composer Omar Rahbany
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What Were the Seven Ecumenical Councils?
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6 American Film Noirs Influenced by German Expressionism
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Herodotus Versus Thucydides?
Which Historian Wins?... and Why?
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a brief note on the African exploration of Asia
plus; the African presence in Japan (1543-1639)
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plus; the African presence in Japan (1543-1639)
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Stanley Kubrick’s Photos of Chicago (Volume 2), 1949
In 1949, Look magazine sent its young photojournalist Stanley Kubrick on assignment to shoot...
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In 1949, Look magazine sent its young photojournalist Stanley Kubrick on assignment to shoot pictures for a story documenting people’s life in the city of Chicago. You can see Volume 1 of his photos here. The series of photographs was accompanied by an essay from the Chicago...
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5 Women in Logic You Should Know
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Breaking the Fourth Wall: What Does It Mean?
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Peter Hujar’s Portraits of Life and Death: A Somberly Beautiful Photography Collection (1976)
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Dürer Print Found in a Dump Could Fetch $26,000
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Study Shows Real Art Stimulates the Brain More Than a Copy
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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...
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How Did Johannes Vermeer Depict Women?
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3 Most Notable Republican Presidents in US History
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Repatriation Efforts Across Europe and the US
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Healthy Skepticism for Better Debates
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A Kodachrome Trip To Lord Howe Island in 1961
in 1961, a groud of freinds took a flight to Lord Howe Island, an irregularly crescent-shaped...
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in 1961, a groud of freinds took a flight to Lord Howe Island, an irregularly crescent-shaped volcanic remnant in the Tasman Sea between Australia and New Zealand, part of the Australian state of New South Wales. Many decades later the album of kodachrome photos they took were...
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What Are the Conservation Challenges at Mount Rushmore?
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Cj Hendry Lands in Miami With HOOPS Tree Installation
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Dreams of Space -...
Santa and The Space Men
It has been a while but here is a strange Christmas post for you. Something about Santa and Flying...
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Quechua: A Dead Language? Not at All
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Lee Balterman’s Chicago in the 1950s
Lee Balterman (1920 – March 16, 2012) was born in Chicago, took night classes in drawing and...
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What Was the Beatles’ First Hit?
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What is the Relationship Between Politics and Art? 3 Answers
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The Missile Will Always Get Through.
But who is prepared to admit it?
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‘Shakespeare’s Sisters’ by Ramie Targoff review
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Artist Frank Auerbach Dies at 93
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How Should We Treat Our Enemies?
And how does it reflect on us?
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Giacomo Casanova’s Legendary Swashbuckling Travels
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Dreams of Space -...
A Book of Moon Rockets for You (1959
Happy People on the Moon day! (54 years since 1st landing)
Here is a great story of how we WANTED to...
a year ago
Happy People on the Moon day! (54 years since 1st landing)
Here is a great story of how we WANTED to land on the Moon. It has wonderful illustrations and I am happy to share on this day of celebration of a landing.
Branley, Franklyn M. Illustrated by Kessler, Leonard. A Book of...
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What Pets Did the Ancient Romans Have?
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6 Politicians & World Leaders Who Are Artists
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Consumerism in Pop Art: Was It Celebrated or Criticized?
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France’s Long March Against Racism
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j.hoare
Sun, 12/03/2023 - 01:01
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France’s Long March Against Racism
j.hoare
Sun, 12/03/2023 - 01:01
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India’s Kuka Revolt Ends in Death
India’s Kuka Revolt Ends in Death
j.hoare
Tue, 01/16/2024 - 09:58
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India’s Kuka Revolt Ends in Death
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TheCollector
How Did the Pyramid of Giza Become an Ancient Wonder?
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Who Won the Siege of Vicksburg?
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African History...
A history of the south-western Saharan towns of Tichitt, Walata, Wadan and Chinguetti (800-1912)
Trade and civilization on west-africa's desert frontier
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Trade and civilization on west-africa's desert frontier
TheCollector
Why Is the Ship of Theseus Paradox Still Relevant Today?
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College Culture in the US & The Vietnam War: An Unlikely Connection
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Franz von Stuck: German Symbolist Painter & “Prince of Art”
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Discover Caravaggio’s Saint Matthew Series
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Landslide Victories: A Look at Pivotal Elections in US History
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A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, February 2, 2024 (On City Building Games)
Fireside this week! I have just finished up a draft of a chapter (to be in one of those...
11 months ago
Fireside this week! I have just finished up a draft of a chapter (to be in one of those multi-multi-author companion volumes) on how video games (particularly more abstract simulation games) depict the ancient world. Writing that chapter led me to reengage with ancient city...
Classical Wisdom
Io Saturnalia!
Celebrate the “Best of Days”
a year ago
Celebrate the “Best of Days”
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Real Family Photos: A Mother of Photographs Her Seven Children’s Chaotic Coming Of Age
“These photographs are mostly not posed: I just butted into my kids’ personal business and, a lot of...
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TheCollector
The Eiffel Tower: 12 Facts About the Iconic Parisian Landmark
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Which Insects Have Humans Domesticated Throughout History?
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Which Archeological Finds Support the Bible?
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Trying to Understand...
Another Of My Essays in French
Le choc des symboles; ils sont vraiment sérieux.
a year ago
Le choc des symboles; ils sont vraiment sérieux.
History Today Feed
‘A Revolutionary Friendship’ by Francis D. Cogliano review
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JamesHoare
Wed, 08/21/2024 - 09:18
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‘A Revolutionary Friendship’ by Francis D. Cogliano review
JamesHoare
Wed, 08/21/2024 - 09:18
Trying to Understand...
Ukraine: A Guide For The Perplexed
Part One, anyway. More next week.
9 months ago
Part One, anyway. More next week.
History Today Feed
50 Years of Cyprus Divided
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JamesHoare
Thu, 07/18/2024 - 09:24
6 months ago
50 Years of Cyprus Divided
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TheCollector
How Did Lucas Cranach the Elder Support the Protestant Reformation?
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Antinous: The Tragic Life of Emperor Hadrian’s Lover
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World Monuments Fund Lists Moon as Endangered Heritage Site
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A Collection of...
Collections: The Gap in the Armor of Baldur’s Gate and 5e
This week we’re taking a bit of a detour to critique some video-game armor, in this case the armor...
a year ago
This week we’re taking a bit of a detour to critique some video-game armor, in this case the armor of Baldur’s Gate III. I have been meaning to do a general critique of the Dungeons and Dragons 5th edition armor system from a historical perspective for a while, and the massive...
Trying to Understand...
The Long Run.
The future belongs to them.
a week ago
The future belongs to them.
TheCollector
Was Ambrosius Aurelianus the Real King Arthur?
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Cruising New York City With Video Blogger Nelson Sullivan In The 1980s
“Thanks to his scrupulous attention, Nelson’s left behind a treasure trove of late-night videos...
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“Thanks to his scrupulous attention, Nelson’s left behind a treasure trove of late-night videos that, even more than the Warhol diaries, trenchantly capture the party years in all their gleeful decadent fun.” – Michael Musto on New York City video blogger (vlogging) Nelson...
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Who Were the 4 Key Players of the Risorgimento?
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Amun: The Egyptian God of Creation & King of the Gods
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Overcoming Bias
Culture Drift Predicts Decadence
Babies are naturally pretty selfish, lazy, and present-oriented.
3 months ago
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Classical Wisdom
Final Call
Class Begins Tomorrow
a year ago
TheCollector
Cannister Shells’ Devastating Effect: Nightmare of the Infantry
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Hundred Rabbits
projects and pain
We arrived in New Zealand with a long scary list of things to fix or replace on Pino. We needed new...
over a year ago
We arrived in New Zealand with a long scary list of things to fix or replace on Pino. We needed new batteries, a new mainsail, a fresh coat of bottom-paint, galley plumbing, new intermediates shrouds, new backstay, new top hatch, new windows, new control cables etc.
'If we can't...
History Today Feed
A Widow’s Vengeance in the Wars of Religion
A Widow’s Vengeance in the Wars of Religion
j.hoare
Wed, 12/20/2023 - 00:00
a year ago
A Widow’s Vengeance in the Wars of Religion
j.hoare
Wed, 12/20/2023 - 00:00
Open Culture
Famous Architects Dress as Their Famous New York City Buildings (1931)
On January 13, 1931, the Society of Beaux-Arts Architects held a ball at the Hotel Astor in New York...
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On January 13, 1931, the Society of Beaux-Arts Architects held a ball at the Hotel Astor in New York City. According to an advertisement for the event, anyone who paid $15 per ticket (big money during the Depression) could see a “hilarious modern art exhibition” and things...
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10 Banned Literary Classics You Might Not Know
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What Are the Most Spoken Indigenous Languages in Mexico?
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A Collection of...
Collections: Coinage and the Tyranny of Fantasy ‘Gold’
This week on the blog I want to take a brief detour into discussing historical coinage, particularly...
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This week on the blog I want to take a brief detour into discussing historical coinage, particularly in the context of modern fantasy and roleplaying settings. In particular, the notions I want to tackle are first how did ancient currency systems work in terms of value (what...
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Bacon and Monet Landscapes to Lead Christie’s Evening Sale
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Theodore Roosevelt: Life & Accomplishments of this American President
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Classical Wisdom
The Killing Grounds: Thermopylae
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10 months ago
Dreams of Space -...
Moon Trip (1958)
Some of you are familiar with the Ley-Polgreen 4 book "Adventures in Space series (Man-Made...
a year ago
Some of you are familiar with the Ley-Polgreen 4 book "Adventures in Space series (Man-Made Satellites, Space Pilots, Space Stations and Space Travel)."
This is about a 4 book space series you may never have seen. Michael Chester and William Nephew also did a great series of...
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Colonization of the Philippines: Strategic Lands Wanted by Many
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Sorites Paradox: Why Traditional Logic Is Not Omnipotent
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for December
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the...
over a year ago
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the month of December. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, added a new page: electrical refit, fuel sensor,...
TheCollector
Delian League: Rise & Fall of the Empire of Athens
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Classical Wisdom
Essential Greeks LIVE Webinar Times
Join this year's course for a strong foundation in the Classics
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Join this year's course for a strong foundation in the Classics
Res Obscura
How to use generative AI for historical research
Four real-world case studies, and some thoughts on what not to do
a year ago
Four real-world case studies, and some thoughts on what not to do
TheCollector
Was David Gulpilil Australia’s Most Important Actor?
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Classical Wisdom
What Makes a Hero a HERO?
Both in the ancient world... and today?
a year ago
Both in the ancient world... and today?
Trying to Understand...
My Substack in Other Languages.
Starting with Spanish.
a year ago
TheCollector
Great or the Greatest? F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby
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3 Mexican Artists Who Painted Political Murals
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Aristotle's Rhetoric
The Power of Persuasion
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What Government Governs Best?
Is Democracy Still Our Best Bet?
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Is Democracy Still Our Best Bet?
Patterns in Humanity
Historical Accounts of African Cannibalism
A short chronology of references to cannibalism in Africa
11 months ago
A short chronology of references to cannibalism in Africa
African History...
a brief note on African travel literature in history
a Swahili document on south-central Africa.
7 months ago
a Swahili document on south-central Africa.
TheCollector
What Was Robert Mapplethorpe Inspired By?
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The Boxer Rebellion Explained: Uprising in China
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Strange Magic: Belgium In Colour by Harry Gruyaert
‘Belgium is much more aesthetic. I’m making fun of my people and my own upbringing; colour here also...
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TheCollector
4 Celtic Hillforts and Oppida from the Iron Age
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Trying to Understand...
The Coming Of Neo-Tribalism.
Of honour, gangsters, nomadic tribes and of course identity politics.
7 months ago
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TheCollector
Did Humans and Neanderthals Interbreed?
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a year ago
Overcoming Bias
No Meta Status Orgs
In health and medicine, we have many government agencies, and private philanthropies, devoted to...
2 months ago
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What Is Marcel Duchamp’s Most Famous Painting?
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Bim-Bom: How a Soviet Clown Duo Defied the Soviets
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6 Interpretative Copies of Édouard Manet’s Luncheon on the Grass
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How Did Socrates Shape Classical Greek Philosophy?
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England’s Museum Collections Missing More Than 1,700 Objects
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Mobutu Sese Seko: The Rise and Fall of Congo’s Infamous Dictator
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The Controversial Death of Ana Mendieta: Here’s What We Know
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A Collection of...
Collections: Teaching Paradox, Imperator, Part IIa: Pops and Chains
This is the first half of the second part of our three part look at Paradox Interactive’s...
5 months ago
This is the first half of the second part of our three part look at Paradox Interactive’s Hellenistic-era grand strategy game Imperator: Rome. I had hoped to do this part in a single post, but my book writing schedule intervened and so it became necessary to split it up. Last...
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How Can We View Tecumseh From an Indigenous Perspective?
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What Happened When Vesuvius Erupted in 79 CE?
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4 months ago
Wrong Side of...
On the Tory Cult of Personality and its Consequences
Badenoch will need to denounce Boris
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Badenoch will need to denounce Boris
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Changes in income distributions in China, India and the United States, 2018-23
The effects of covid and the return to “normalcy”
3 months ago
The effects of covid and the return to “normalcy”
TheCollector
Study Reveals Origins of the Knight’s Tombstone in Jamestown
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5 of D.H. Lawrence’s Most Notable Novels
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The Fountainhead: Ayn Rand’s Ode to Individualism
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African History...
The empire of Kong (ca. 1710-1915): a cultural legacy of medieval Mali.
At the close of the 18th century, the West African hosts of the Scottish traveler Mungo Park...
5 months ago
At the close of the 18th century, the West African hosts of the Scottish traveler Mungo Park informed him of a range of mountains situated in "a large and powerful kingdom called Kong".
TheCollector
What Was Emerson’s Vision for the American Scholar?
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History Today Feed
How Do Europe’s Cold War Divisions Persist?
How Do Europe’s Cold War Divisions Persist?
JamesHoare
Thu, 08/01/2024 - 07:00
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How Do Europe’s Cold War Divisions Persist?
JamesHoare
Thu, 08/01/2024 - 07:00
TheCollector
Pearl Harbor: “A Date Which Will Live in Infamy!”
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10 Great London Theaters Worth Visiting
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Venice Locals Oppose the City’s New Entry Fee
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First Nations of the Canadian Atlantic Provinces: A Brief History
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History Today Feed
The Theft of the Ghent Altarpiece
The Theft of the Ghent Altarpiece
JamesHoare
Thu, 06/13/2024 - 09:20
7 months ago
The Theft of the Ghent Altarpiece
JamesHoare
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Classical Wisdom
Where to Stay While in Search of Homer?
***Only 15 Seats Left
2 months ago
TheCollector
What is the Eye of Ra?
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Is My Life Just a Cosmic Accident? Finding Meaning in a Meaningless Universe
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How The Charlie Brown Christmas Special Got Jazz And Came Alive
“We’re living in times where so much is done to manipulate us. And things last for, what, a news...
a year ago
“We’re living in times where so much is done to manipulate us. And things last for, what, a news cycle? A few minutes? This [album] is something that’s lasted 50 years. And not only lasted, but grown … I think there’s just a humanness” — Jerry Granelli, drummer with the Vince...
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Who Was the Real Good King Wenceslas Behind the Christmas Carol?
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Who Was the Terrifying Ottoman Sultan Selim “the Grim?”
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Yuefenpai: 8 Facts About the Iconic Chinese Calendar Advertisements
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How Mexico Fought Franco
How Mexico Fought Franco
JamesHoare
Mon, 03/18/2024 - 11:21
10 months ago
How Mexico Fought Franco
JamesHoare
Mon, 03/18/2024 - 11:21
TheCollector
A History of Speakeasies in the USA: In the Spirit of Secrecy
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History Today Feed
The Death of Clive of India
The Death of Clive of India
JamesHoare
Mon, 11/11/2024 - 10:55
2 months ago
The Death of Clive of India
JamesHoare
Mon, 11/11/2024 - 10:55
Flashbak
Street Scenes of NYC in the 1970s
We’re back to New York City in the q970. Stories of that time in the city are legend. Copper Gangs...
11 months ago
We’re back to New York City in the q970. Stories of that time in the city are legend. Copper Gangs and truants, playing on the streets of Brooklyn, big cars, tight-knit neighborhoods on the Lower East Side, subterranean fury, police on the furious beat, music and dancing with...
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What Is the Philosophy of Artificial Intelligence? From Descartes to Turing
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