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Overcoming Bias
Beware Policy Abstraction The recent US presidential election should be fresh enough in your memory to let you directly...
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The recent US presidential election should be fresh enough in your memory to let you directly confirm that the issues focused on there were biased in two key ways.
African History...
A political history of the Kotoko city states (ca. 1000-1900) Urbanism and state building in the lake chad basin..
a year ago
Flashbak
Woodstock Festival Comics from the 1970s In October 1970s, the 1969 Woodstock Festival was immortalised in a comic book. The romance story “I...
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In October 1970s, the 1969 Woodstock Festival was immortalised in a comic book. The romance story “I Found My Love at the Woodstock Festival!” appeared in Falling in Love #118.     Comics and Woodstock were a good match. Charles M. Schulz’s didn’t name the little yellow bird and...
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What Is Henry Darger’s In The Realms of the Unreal? undefined
7 months ago
A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, January 10, 2025 Hey folks, Fireside this week! I’m currently working on a post “On the Gracchi” taking a somewhat...
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Hey folks, Fireside this week! I’m currently working on a post “On the Gracchi” taking a somewhat darker look at everyone’s favorite Roman reformers (though hardly the same black takedowns Alexander and Cleopatra got) , which will hopefully be ready for next week. Before we dive...
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Peter (Simon) of the Twelve Disciples: Bio, Death, Legacy undefined
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Monstrous Births: Artistically Understanding the Mystery of Birth undefined
a year ago
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“The Whole World Is Watching”: The 1968 Chicago Riots at the DNC undefined
11 months ago
Trying to Understand...
Le Missile passera toujours ... mais qui est prêt à l’admettre ? Another of my essays in French.
3 weeks ago
Trying to Understand...
A Short Service Announcement. From this week, and on an experimental basis, I’m enabling paid subscriptions for those who may be...
a year ago
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From this week, and on an experimental basis, I’m enabling paid subscriptions for those who may be interested. The essays themselves will continue to be entirely free, and I don’t have plans to produce subscriber-only material. I’ve also set up a Buy Me a Coffee cup.
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Is Anarchism a Bad Idea? 3 Main Objections undefined
a year ago
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Was Angkor Ever Lost? The Myth of French “Discovery” undefined
5 months ago
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8 Famous Impressionist Paintings You Should Know undefined
6 months ago
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Jean Cocteau: A Complete Insight (Bio & Art) undefined
8 months ago
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Secrets of the Deep: What Is the History of the Mary Celeste? undefined
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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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It has been a while but here is a strange Christmas post for you.  Something about Santa and Flying Saucers seems to go together like White wine and Cracker Jack. Sort of sweet and tangy and gets your attention. Santa and the Space Men is a play for children about how Santa is...
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5 Artworks by John Baldessari You Should Know undefined
3 months ago
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Abstract Expressionist Alfred Leslie Through 7 Paintings undefined
a year ago
Classical Wisdom
Cicero and Leadership Philosophy in Action?
2 weeks ago
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Is Fear Driving Contemporary Politics? Hobbes’ Leviathan Revisited undefined
a year ago
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What Are the Most Interesting Facts About Scotland? undefined
a year ago
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Street Art Murals in Los Angeles: 7 Iconic Works and Their Artists undefined
6 months ago
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5 Illustrated Stories by Shaun Tan That You Should Know undefined
a year ago
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The Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882: Racism on a Federal Level undefined
9 months ago
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What is Neoliberalism? David Harvey’s Philosophy undefined
a year ago
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9 Interesting Facts About Claude Monet undefined
8 months ago
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Angels in the Bible: Ambassadors From Another World? undefined
2 months ago
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Is Plato’s Republic a Feminist Work? undefined
2 weeks ago
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Was Flavius Aetius “Last of the Romans”? undefined
a year ago
Global Inequality...
The order of inequality Review of Tongdong Bai’s “Against political equality: The Confucian case"
9 months ago
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What Is Pierre Bourdieu’s Theory of Taste? undefined
5 months ago
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How Did Aristotle Define Happiness & Good Life? undefined
9 months ago
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10 Discoveries from Sutton Hoo’s Anglo-Saxon Ship Burial undefined
10 months ago
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Çatalhöyük: One of the Oldest Recorded Cities in History undefined
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5 Horrific Stories from the Old Testament undefined
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7 Facts You Need to Know About Brutalism undefined
10 months ago
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How One Tiny Island Took on the Ottoman Empire and Won undefined
7 months ago
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George Lindemann Family Returned Looted Items to Cambodia undefined
a year ago
Classical Wisdom
The Immortals ...and the feared Persian Army
a year ago
Trying to Understand...
Another Of My Essays in French And some bits and pieces of news.
12 months ago
Trying to Understand...
L'Étrange défaite: Réalité et réalisme Another of my essays in French.
a month ago
TheCollector
Lisa Schiff Art Collection Could Hit the Auction Block undefined
a year ago
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Artemisia Gentileschi Lost Painting in The U.K.’s Royal Collection undefined
a year ago
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Emily Brontë: Misanthrope or Literary Genius (or Both)? undefined
8 months ago
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Philosophy 101: What Are The 5 Major Branches of Philosophy? undefined
a year ago
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
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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
Centaurs and Snake-Kings A Halloween event for the Mythologically inclined...
3 months ago
History Today Feed
Beware the Lides of March Beware the Lides of March JamesHoare Wed, 02/28/2024 - 09:52
10 months ago
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New Woman: The Concept that Challenged Victorian Norms undefined
5 months ago
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Why Is Boston Called Beantown? undefined
5 months ago
A Collection of...
Collections: How to Roman Republic, Part V: The Courts This is the fifth part of our five part series (I, II, IIIa, IIIb, IIIc, IV) on the structure of the...
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This is the fifth part of our five part series (I, II, IIIa, IIIb, IIIc, IV) on the structure of the Roman Republic during the third and second centuries BC, the ‘Middle Republic.’ Last time we looked at the odd but very important role played by the ROman Senate as the central...
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Antonio Gramsci on Cultural Hegemony: What Is It and How Does It Work? undefined
a year ago
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Were Anglo-Saxon Pagans a Threat to Medieval Christian Society? undefined
3 weeks ago
Open Culture
The Night When Miles Davis Opened for the Grateful Dead (1970) What’s that, you ask? Did Miles Davis open for the Grateful Dead at the Fillmore West? In what world...
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What’s that, you ask? Did Miles Davis open for the Grateful Dead at the Fillmore West? In what world could such a thing happen? In the world of the late sixties/early seventies, when jazz fused with acid rock, acid rock with country, and pop culture took a long strange trip. The...
Classical Wisdom
Does Karma Exist? Does what goes around come around?
9 months ago
History Today Feed
‘Hitler’s People’ by Richard Evans review ‘Hitler’s People’ by Richard Evans review JamesHoare Tue, 08/27/2024 - 09:31
4 months ago
TheCollector
The Man-Eating Lions of Tsavo: A Dark & Strange Story undefined
a year ago
Trying to Understand...
Ukraine and the end of "Europe." Nation-states were the problem: supranationality was not the answer.
over a year ago
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Which Famous Artworks Have Inspired Filmmakers? undefined
6 months ago
Hidden History
The Albuquerque “Broken Arrow” Nuclear Accident In 1957, a B-36 nuclear bomber accidentally dropped a Mark 17 hydrogen bomb while landing at...
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In 1957, a B-36 nuclear bomber accidentally dropped a Mark 17 hydrogen bomb while landing at Kirtland Air Force Base just outside of Albuquerque NM. In January 1950, President Harry Truman announced that the United States would begin a crash program to develop and deploy a weapon...
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Marxism And Literature: 3 Key Ideas undefined
a year ago
Classical Wisdom
Last Call for Classical Gifts Shipping Cutoff imminent
a year ago
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The Life of Lu Xun: Writing on China at a Crossroads undefined
3 months ago
Flashbak
Bob Pepper Art: Adult Fantasy And You can see American artist Bob Pepper’s (October 23, 1938—January 16, 2019) illustrations on record...
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You can see American artist Bob Pepper’s (October 23, 1938—January 16, 2019) illustrations on record and paperback covers for Elektra Records’ Nonesuch and Checkmate labels, notably on Love’s 1967 Forever Changes album. Ballentine books’ Adult Fantasy series and game artwork made...
Classical Wisdom
On the Obscenity of Ovid & Gorgeous George's Self-censorship
4 months ago
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4 Key Works by Mordecai Richler You Should Be Reading undefined
3 months ago
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Who Was Michel Foucault? Power, Knowledge, and Legacy undefined
10 months ago
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Who Was Douglas Adams? The Iconic Science Fiction Writer undefined
a year ago
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Who Was Julius Caesar? undefined
8 months ago
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10 Facts About the Surreal Life of Antonio López de Santa Anna undefined
6 months ago
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Father of Emperor Caligula: Who Was Germanicus? undefined
11 months ago
Global Inequality...
Powerful, but within the orbit of the empire A review of Clinton Fernandes’ “Subimperial power“
a year ago
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Which Reforms Shaped Ancient Sparta? undefined
8 months ago
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What Are the Top 7 Sights to See in Milan? undefined
2 months ago
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What Are Salvador Dalí’s Composition Techniques? undefined
a month ago
African History...
Anti-slavery laws and Abolitionist thought in pre-colonial Africa the view from Benin, Kongo, Songhai and Ethiopia.
9 months ago
History Today Feed
The Original Bonfire of the Vanities The Original Bonfire of the Vanities JamesHoare Wed, 02/07/2024 - 09:45
11 months ago
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‘A Priori’ and ‘A Posteriori’ Knowledge: What Are They? undefined
9 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Less than ONE Week Left In Search of Homer Trip Opening
2 months ago
African History...
a brief note on the Intellectual history of Africa the Jabarti diaspora of North-Eastern Africa.
11 months ago
Patterns in Humanity
Sweden's immigration taboo Immigration data kept behind closed doors
5 months ago
Flashbak
On The Streets of America in the Early 1980s : Relaxing WIth Cigarettes And No AC ‘These photographs were made between 1979 and 1985 in a pre-digital, largely non-air-conditioned...
10 months ago
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10 months ago
‘These photographs were made between 1979 and 1985 in a pre-digital, largely non-air-conditioned era, when people fled the heat of their houses to hang out in their yards and on the street. I notice a kind of relaxed sensuality in many of the pictures. Time moved more slowly;...
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Was Spinoza an Atheist? The Theological-Political Treatise undefined
10 months ago
Classical Wisdom
The First Philosopher? And the Boundless Universe
7 months ago
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7 Famous Cubist Artists Who Achieved Greatness undefined
9 months ago
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Paul Cézanne Work Sold by Christie’s undefined
a year ago
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Rijksmuseum Begins Restoration of Rembrandt’s ‘The Night Watch’ undefined
2 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup Blindspots and Biographies
a year ago
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Who Was Louise Bourgeois? 7 Facts About the Surrealist Artist undefined
6 months ago
Wrong Side of...
Europe's absent-minded revolution Christopher Caldwell's 'Reflections on the Revolution in Europe', 15 years on
a month ago
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Chicago’s Union League Club to Sell Monet Painting undefined
10 months ago
A Collection of...
New Acquisitions: 1933 and the Definition of Fascism Today we’re going to look at definitions of fascism and ask the question – you may have guessed – if...
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2 months ago
Today we’re going to look at definitions of fascism and ask the question – you may have guessed – if Donald Trump is running for President as a fascist. Worry not, this isn’t me shifting to full-time political pundit, nor is this the formal end of the hiatus (which will happen on...
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4 Samurai Swords that Defined an Era undefined
a year ago
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Why Were So Many Women Artists Still Life Painters? undefined
11 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup Homer, Heracles, and Virgil
a month ago
History Today Feed
Sabbatai Sevi: The Lost Messiah Sabbatai Sevi: The Lost Messiah JamesHoare Mon, 03/25/2024 - 11:22
10 months ago
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What Can Psychoanalysis Tell Us About Hamlet? undefined
a year ago
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Why Do the Rastafari Believe That Haile Selassie Was a God? undefined
10 months ago
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Aristotle’s Model of Communication: 3 Key Elements of Persuasion undefined
a year ago
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5 Quotes by Karl Marx Explained undefined
6 months ago
History Today Feed
Ronald Reagan’s European Tour Ronald Reagan’s European Tour JamesHoare Tue, 06/04/2024 - 10:11
7 months ago
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Who Was Aleister Crowley? undefined
a year ago
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What Is Ockham’s Razor? undefined
a month ago
History Today Feed
Putting Pirates on Trial Putting Pirates on Trial JamesHoare Wed, 02/21/2024 - 00:00
11 months ago
weird medieval guys
Why did medieval people invent so many collective nouns? A pride of lions, a paddling of ducks, and....a herd of harlots?
a year ago
TheCollector
How Does Nan Goldin’s Work Challenge Conventional Photography? undefined
10 months ago
Dreams of Space -...
Beyond Mars (1960) Here is the last book in the "space quartet", Beyond Mars. It takes a large survey of the next steps...
a year ago
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a year ago
Here is the last book in the "space quartet", Beyond Mars. It takes a large survey of the next steps in space including: solar sailing, travel to Saturn via long distance trips to the outer solar system, multi-year hibernation travel, hydroponics, and visiting other solar...
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Why Is Oktoberfest a Vital Part of German Culture? undefined
3 months ago
A Collection of...
Collections: The Afterlife of the Roman Republic This week we are taking a look at what ended up being the ‘runner-up’ in the latest ACOUP Senate...
2 months ago
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This week we are taking a look at what ended up being the ‘runner-up’ in the latest ACOUP Senate poll (we’ll also do the winner, “The Problem with Sci-Fi Body armor” before year’s end, worry not), the “Afterlife of the Roman Republic,” which is to say a look at the continued...
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Who Is the Egyptian God Thoth? undefined
a year ago
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Is Christine de Pizan the Western World’s First Feminist Author? undefined
a year ago
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Where Was Ancient Greece Located? undefined
7 months ago
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Who Were the Legendary Mountain Men of the Old West? undefined
2 months ago
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10 Self-Portraits of Vincent Van Gogh You Should Know undefined
8 months ago
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Is the Flood Myth Universal? Flood Myths From Around the World undefined
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Overcoming Bias
Prioritizing Concrete Proposals I think often about the non-immediate future, and wonder how to best allocate effort to make that...
2 months ago
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I think often about the non-immediate future, and wonder how to best allocate effort to make that future better. And the first steps in this process are often to identify interesting classes of scenarios, and then estimate their desirability, chances, and ease of influence.
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10 Must-Visit Historic Buildings in the US undefined
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Fra Angelico’s Theology & Aesthetics in 3 Extraordinary Paintings undefined
4 months ago
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Limpieza de Sangre: Blood Purity in Spain and Mexico undefined
a year ago
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Civil Rights & Social Change: The Fight for Equality in US Elections undefined
2 months ago
Open Culture
Watch The Insects’ Christmas from 1913: A Stop Motion Film Starring a Cast of Dead Bugs Kind Reader, Will you do us the honor of accepting our holiday invitation? Carve five minutes from...
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Kind Reader, Will you do us the honor of accepting our holiday invitation? Carve five minutes from your holiday schedule to spend time celebrating The Insects’ Christmas, above. In addition to offering brief respite from the chaos of consumerism and modern expectations, this...
Flashbak
Lightning Strikes: William Jennings’ Early Photographs of Elusive Electricity Anglo-American photographer William Jennings (1860–1946) is best known for his aerial pictures of...
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Anglo-American photographer William Jennings (1860–1946) is best known for his aerial pictures of his adopted city of Philadelphia and the aeronautical industry, and photographs of lightning. Setting out to prove “lightning bolts were not of the zig-zag form pictured by artists”,...
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What Is Second Timothy About? undefined
a week ago
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
Global Inequality...
Before the police arrives: Bookstores on Saturdays I always loved Saturdays. When I was a college student, quite improbably, my parents decided that I...
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I always loved Saturdays. When I was a college student, quite improbably, my parents decided that I would be a “technical executor” of our family’s monthly budget. My family was part of the red bourgeoisie and we had enough, and probably more than enough, for a comfortable life;...
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Who Are the Young British Artists? An Overview of the Movement undefined
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Overcoming Bias
Cultural Scenario Probabilities On Oct 25 I posted on the rankings given by polls on 16 cultural drift scenarios re their relative...
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On Oct 25 I posted on the rankings given by polls on 16 cultural drift scenarios re their relative likelihood, desirability, and ease of influence.
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What Was Emerson’s Vision for the American Scholar? undefined
a year ago
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Martha Graham: 15 Facts About the Mother of Modern Dance undefined
6 months ago
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7 Models of Henri Matisse You Should Know About undefined
6 months ago
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Philip II of Macedon: The Man Who Made Alexander “Great” undefined
a year ago
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Victorian Fashion: Were Corsets Really That Uncomfortable? undefined
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What to Expect from Art Market Budapest undefined
3 months ago
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10 Countries With the Best Second-Language English Proficiency to Relocate To undefined
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Catholicism: The 10 Most Unusual Patron Saints undefined
5 months ago
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La Malinche: The Treachery and Tragedy of Cortés’s Native Interpreter undefined
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Overcoming Bias
Who You Are Vs. What You Control If people can't think clearly about anything that has become part of their identity, then all other...
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If people can't think clearly about anything that has become part of their identity, then all other things being equal, the best plan is to let as few things into your identity as possible.
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup Classical Wisdom Books
a year ago
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The ERR: How the Nazis Plundered France’s Priceless Art undefined
9 months ago
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The Harrowing History of the Trail of Tears undefined
a year ago
Flashbak
Roadside Relics of the USSR We’re back on the road though the former Soviet Union. This time our guide is French photographer...
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We’re back on the road though the former Soviet Union. This time our guide is French photographer Jason Guilbeau whose pointing out objects along the roadside, like tractors stuck atop poles, a pavement that turns into a jet’s trail, a tank on a plinth and more reminders of...
Classical Wisdom
Oops! I did it again... Getting our events straight...
a year ago
TheCollector
Is Ancient Greece Really the Cradle of Western Civilization? undefined
a year ago
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How Did German Expressionism Shape Film Noir? undefined
a year ago
Wrong Side of...
The great 2024 vibe shift (and other stories) Wrong Side of History Newsletter #58
a month ago
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for November Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the...
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Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the month of November. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans. Summary Of Changes Donsol, designed a donsol turnip. Uxn, wrote a file browser...
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for November Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the...
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Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the month of November. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans. Continue Reading
TheCollector
The Bumpy Ride to Yerevan: What Can a Road Trip in Armenia Teach You? undefined
5 months ago
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Who Are the Jotun? Giants in Norse Mythology undefined
7 months ago
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Why Is Socrates’ Legacy Vital? undefined
a year ago
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Complete Kelmscott Press Book Collection Sells Out at Auction undefined
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Mummification: The Ancient Egyptian Art of Embalming the Dead undefined
a year ago
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10 Historical Places to Visit in Sussex undefined
7 months ago
African History...
The General History of Africa a comprehensive look at states and societies across the continent's entire history.
9 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup Essential Greeks Course Begins Tomorrow!
a year ago
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Plato’s Philebus: What Is False Pleasure? undefined
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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...
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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,...
Classical Wisdom
Athena Myths of Wisdom
7 months ago
Dreams of Space -...
The Jolly Jump-ups Journey Through Space (1952) Sorry for the delays in posting, I have been on a short vacation. So today is one of my favorite...
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Sorry for the delays in posting, I have been on a short vacation. So today is one of my favorite (and obscure) fictional pop-up books about space. A really beautifully illustrated 1952 book with some amazing text to accompany it, The Jolly Jump-ups Journey Through Space! Clyne,...
Wrong Side of...
Your favourite half-British president We could win bigly by courting Donald Trump
2 months ago
Trying to Understand...
The Diversity Paradox. It's about dignity, efficiency, and things like that.
11 months ago
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Who Are Hecate’s Parents? undefined
a year ago
Classical Wisdom
Rome's Worst General? And the Mystery of the Cursed Gold
10 months ago
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19 Surprising Facts about the History of Potatoes undefined
11 months ago
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Hendrik Verwoerd’s Life & Death: The Architect of Apartheid undefined
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Russian Civil War Propaganda: Posters & Propaganda Trains undefined
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6 American Film Noirs Influenced by German Expressionism undefined
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The 5 Most Beautiful Buildings in Valencia undefined
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The Historically Accurate Greek Armors of Dimitrios Katsikis (Interview) undefined
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African History...
A history of Women's political power and matriliny in the kingdom of Kongo. In the 19th century, anthropologists were fascinated by the concept of matrilineal descent in which...
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In the 19th century, anthropologists were fascinated by the concept of matrilineal descent in which kinship is traced through the female line. Matriliny was often confounded with matriarchy as a supposedly earlier stage of social evolution than patriarchy. Matriliny thus became a...
Flashbak
Groovy Ads That Sold Woolworths’ UK Line of Baby Doll Cosmetics Here are several examples of the many groovy psychedelic adverts produced in the 1960s to promote...
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Here are several examples of the many groovy psychedelic adverts produced in the 1960s to promote Woolworths’ UK line of “Baby Doll” cosmetics in the late 1960s. These “pop-style” adverts appeared in the country’s magazines for teenagers, like Jackie, RAVE, Flair, Queen and...
History Today Feed
‘Rites of Passage’ by Judith Flanders review ‘Rites of Passage’ by Judith Flanders review JamesHoare Mon, 02/26/2024 - 11:07
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6 Interpretative Copies of Édouard Manet’s Luncheon on the Grass undefined
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Are There Still Lepers? The History of Leprosy in 5 Chapters undefined
a year ago
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Religious Symbolism & Traditions of Easter Beyond the Bunny undefined
9 months ago
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What Can We Learn from Genre Paintings of the Northern Renaissance? undefined
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Daedalus and Icarus: What Is the Main Message? undefined
a year ago
Dreams of Space -...
Man-Made Moons (1960) Another book re-scanned. This one has some wonderful graphics and book design. The design is meant...
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Another book re-scanned. This one has some wonderful graphics and book design. The design is meant to be an example of isotype graphic design. This was a visual language created to unite the world without using words at all: International System Of Typographic Picture Education,...
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UK Gallery to Recreate “Groundbreaking” 1907 Exhibition undefined
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Flashbak
Armand Henrion: The Artist Who Always Painted Himself As A Clown Armand Henrion (1875 – 1958) was a Belgian-born artist. He contributed to the Expressionist...
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Armand Henrion (1875 – 1958) was a Belgian-born artist. He contributed to the Expressionist movement, worked in France and became a French citizen. And he liked to paint self-portraits – hundreds of them – in which he is dressed as a clown (more Pierrot than Bozo).     Pierrot...
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7 Historical Places to Visit On Your Way to the Isle of Skye undefined
10 months ago
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Hungary in WWII: A Lesser Axis Power undefined
10 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Dionysus The God of Wine!
3 months ago
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How Did Andy Warhol Change the History of Cinema? undefined
7 months ago
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Lipka Tatars: Muslims in Poland? undefined
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Classical Wisdom
Should We Be Afraid of Technology? Lessons from Prometheus and Frankenstein
2 months ago
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Rise of Abraham Lincoln: The Road to the 1860 Election undefined
3 months ago
Wrong Side of...
Hearing the language of Christ on the road to Damascus Notes on Christian Syria
3 weeks ago
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Met Announces First Major Caspar David Friedrich Exhibition in the US undefined
9 months ago
African History...
Guns and Spears: a military history of the Zulu kingdom. Popular history of Africa before the colonial era often divides the continent’s military systems...
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Popular history of Africa before the colonial era often divides the continent’s military systems into two broad categories —the relatively modern armies along the Atlantic coast which used firearms, versus the 'traditional' armies in the interior that fought with arrows and...
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Why Did the Allies Occupy Germany? undefined
6 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup St. Nick and Saturnalia
4 weeks ago
Open Culture
How Leonardo da Vinci Painted The Last Supper: A Deep Dive Into a Masterpiece When Leonardo da Vinci was 42 years old, he hadn’t yet completed any major publicly viewable work....
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Mole Rocket is a Czechoslovakian children's book about a mole finding a rocket. It is a silly piece of fiction but since it does have adventuring in a rocket it seemed worth sharing. Miler. Mole Rocket, 1965. When the mole crash lands, the rocket breaks apart in...
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The next few posts are some of my favorite picture books. The 1st from 1965 is a very basic counting book about spaceflight. I hope that you find it as charming as I do. DeCaprio, Annie and David Krieger. Illustrated by Nydorf, Seymour. One, Two. New York: Wonder Books. (24 p.)...
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Huahine, one of the many grouped islands in French Polynesia. Our plans for future ocean voyaging could have ended here, because we almost crashed onto a reef. Because we always time our arrival with the morning sun, I always get the first look of every island. Huahine stood in...
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“ХОРОВОД КОСМИЧЕСКИХ ЛАБОРАТОРИЙ ‘Round Dance of Space Laboratories’ A re-run from a few years ago. I really like this 1973 issue of Youth Technology. The issue was dedicated to Soviet past and future in space. It has some great illustration of what they had done and what they...
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Cosmonaut-2 was a Russian pamphlet for older children about Gherman Titov. It has some lovely illustration about the 2nd manned Russian space launch. At age 25 Titov remains the youngest man to fly in Earth orbit. Vostok 2 was launched on August 6, 1961. Cosmonaut-2, 1964. 38 p....
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A very pictorial Russian book, Dream to Meet, is basically the size of a paperback book but loaded with illustrations. I thought you would enjoy these images. Lyapunov, B. Illustrated by Seleznev, E. Навстречу Мечте (Dream to Meet.) Moscow: All-Union Educational Pedagogical...
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