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The Gleiwitz Incident: When Nazis Faked an Attack on Germany
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What Is the History of Constitution Day in the US?
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Rocketry Though the Ages (1959)
This book has really nice rocket illustrations. Each painted images takes you through history and...
a year ago
This book has really nice rocket illustrations. Each painted images takes you through history and into the anticipated near future. I blogged about this in 2010, so a more complete scan seemed good. Also having the text that goes with each page is a plus, yea for flatbed...
Trying to Understand...
Everything is (Somewhat) Connected.
But some things are more connected than others.
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But some things are more connected than others.
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Baroque Obsession: What Was So Innovative About Caravaggio?
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Four Common(ly misunderstood) Latin Proverbs
Factoids From the Ancient World
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Magic, Marcus Aurelius, and the End of the World
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Magic, Marcus Aurelius, and the End of the World
TheCollector
What Is the Leviathan in the Bible?
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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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Did Marcel Duchamp Plagiarize His Most Famous Work?
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Who Were the Ancient Israelites? A Brief History
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Pablo Picasso’s Composition Techniques Explained Through 6 Works
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Immoral Art: Hume’s “Rough Heroes” Problem
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5 Important Stories From the Aboriginal Dreamtime
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A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, August 16, 2024
Fireside this week! I find I have my thoughts more or less together for the last part of the...
5 months ago
Fireside this week! I find I have my thoughts more or less together for the last part of the Imperator series, but I have not yet gotten them into a satisfying order – a common hazard of writing – so they will have to wait for next week. It’s not yet clear to me if … Continue...
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When Did the Korean War Start?
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Flashbak
Woodstock Festival Comics from the 1970s
In October 1970s, the 1969 Woodstock Festival was immortalised in a comic book. The romance story “I...
5 months ago
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...
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Ancient Philosophy for Children
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Ancient Philosophy for Children
TheCollector
Spanish Museums To Distance Themselves From Colonial Framing
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Get to Know Palazzo Doria Pamphilj & Its Fascinating History
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What Is First Thessalonians About?
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Flashbak
Watch The Alphabet, David Lynch’s horrific 1968 short,
“There’s a connection between music, film, painting, writing, everything, you’re into, the more...
4 days ago
“There’s a connection between music, film, painting, writing, everything, you’re into, the more they’re going to help each other” – David Lynch David Lynch’s 1968 short The Alphabet was inspired by his first wife Peggy’s niece reciting her ABCs during a nightmare then waking...
TheCollector
Giants in the Bible and Other Writings: From Genesis to Mythology
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Dreams of Space -...
The Young Adventurer's Pocket Book of Space Travel (1954)
Another illustration intensive book. This one is only 3" tall and 2 " wide so you might have missed...
a year ago
Another illustration intensive book. This one is only 3" tall and 2 " wide so you might have missed it :) . It was a premium with Mickey Mouse Weekly magazine. Evidently the magazine came with some pages that you could fold up into a tiny book. The others I have found evidence of...
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Get to Know Meret Oppenheim Through 7 Works
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Wrong Side of...
Who speaks of the Armenians?
Britain is in bed with Putin's friends
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Britain is in bed with Putin's friends
TheCollector
Who Am I, Really? A Philosophical Quest for Self-Discovery
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6 of Katherine Mansfield’s Short Stories You Need to Read
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The Beatles Created a Painting While Touring in Japan
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Who Are the Young British Artists? An Overview of the Movement
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London Olympics and Tony Blair’s Decision on Parthenon Marbles
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When Did Operation Husky Take Place?
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Can Any Good Come From War?
The Tragedy of the Trenches
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The Tragedy of the Trenches
TheCollector
Renovations Continue at Houston’s Rothko Chapel
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9 months ago
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,...
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Fiction vs Fantasy: What’s the Difference?
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Flashbak
Cute and Sickly Sweet – 24 Vintage Snapshots That Invite a Reaction
The girl presenting her pet lizard toad at the Children’s Pets show held on Venice Beach,...
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The girl presenting her pet lizard toad at the Children’s Pets show held on Venice Beach, California, in the mid 1930s makes for a cute photograph. Walter Chandoha’s 1955 picture of his daughter Paula with a kitten in 1955 is also cute. Angie Cook’s school photo from 1978 when...
TheCollector
How Bayonets Revolutionized Warfare
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African History...
a brief note on African agency in its historical contacts with the rest of the world.
the indigenous and the foreign in Benin art
8 months ago
the indigenous and the foreign in Benin art
History Today Feed
‘The Lost Queen’ by Sophie Shorland review
‘The Lost Queen’ by Sophie Shorland review
JamesHoare
Mon, 08/12/2024 - 10:19
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‘The Lost Queen’ by Sophie Shorland review
JamesHoare
Mon, 08/12/2024 - 10:19
TheCollector
The Mythical Green Anaconda of the Amazon Rainforest
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The Birthplace of Renaissance Art: Must-Visit Galleries in Florence
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King Stephen of Blois: England’s Anarchist King
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5 Iconic Quotes by the Duke of Wellington
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Who Was Walt Whitman?
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A Modern Sacred Band? Homosexuality in Nazi Germany
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8 Women Artists You Should Check Out in London’s National Gallery
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A Colossal Ramses II Statue Pieces Uncovered
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Jormungandr: Get to Know the Midgard Serpent
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What Did Adorno Think of Beckett’s Endgame?
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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...
a year ago
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...
Overcoming Bias
Betrayed By Culture
Like most humans ever, I love my culture.
3 months ago
Like most humans ever, I love my culture.
Flashbak
AREA: Cards and Invitations from the Fabulous New York Nightclub, 1983–1986
From 1983 to 1987, 157 Hudson Street in Manhattan, New York City, was home to Area. Frequented by he...
a year ago
From 1983 to 1987, 157 Hudson Street in Manhattan, New York City, was home to Area. Frequented by he great and good, the club was known for its changing themes (every six weeks the place got a new look – an approach inspired by Zurich’s 1916 Dadaist club Cabaret Voltaire) and...
Flashbak
Cynthia The Celebrity Mannequin (1932)
Cynthia was a mannequin who looked remarkably human, in a sort of unusual way before extreme...
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Cynthia was a mannequin who looked remarkably human, in a sort of unusual way before extreme cosmetic surgery became a fashion choice. Created in 1932 by sculptor and retail display designer Lester Gaba (1907-1987) for Saks Fifth Avenue, New York, Cynthia caused a stir. When...
TheCollector
What Was the Council of Chalcedon?
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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,...
TheCollector
Orange Free State, South Africa: A History
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African History...
a brief note on the history of Music in Africa
plus an overview of Ethiopian musical traditions
a year ago
plus an overview of Ethiopian musical traditions
Wrong Side of...
The Phantom of Polarisation
Do people actually disagree that much?
2 months ago
Do people actually disagree that much?
TheCollector
6 of the Greatest Latin American Writers of All Time
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History of the Ancient Greek Olympics: 30 Fascinating Facts About the Legendary Games
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Who Was Johann Gottlieb Fichte?
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Who Was Oscar Wilde?
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Ancient Jerusalem: From the Bronze Age to the Roman Era
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What Can Psychoanalysis Tell Us About Hamlet?
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Capturing Alaska: Who Are 6 of Alaska’s Most Celebrated Painters?
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What Was Little Turtle’s War?
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What Is Samsara in Hinduism?
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African History...
The ancient city of Meroe: the capital of Kush (ca. 950 BC-350 CE)
Journal of African cities: chapter 15
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Journal of African cities: chapter 15
TheCollector
Discover Caravaggio’s Saint Matthew Series
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Dreams of Space -...
A Journey to the Moon: A science fiction poem for children (1954)
An unusual children's book consisting of a long poem about Konstantin Tsiolkovsky and an imaginary...
a year ago
An unusual children's book consisting of a long poem about Konstantin Tsiolkovsky and an imaginary trip to the Moon. It is highly illustrated and worth a look if you have not seen it. It was colored in places in crayon by a child but that sort of adds to the charm of someone who...
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How Did Nils Bohlin Change the Auto Industry? (Inventor of the Three-Point Seatbelt)
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Ancient Pathways: What Are Ley Lines?
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The Story of King Tewdrig & His Role in Arthurian Legend
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History Today Feed
‘With Her Own Hair’: A Victorian Prisoner’s Art
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JamesHoare
Thu, 01/18/2024 - 10:25
a year ago
‘With Her Own Hair’: A Victorian Prisoner’s Art
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Thu, 01/18/2024 - 10:25
TheCollector
The Silla Burial Mounds: Treasures of Korea’s Ancient Past
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Classical Wisdom
Magna Graecia
Greek or Roman?
3 months ago
TheCollector
What Was the Golden Ratio & Did the Greeks Actually Use It?
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When Was the First Crusade?
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A Collection of...
Collections: Teaching Paradox, Imperator, Part IIIa: De Re Publica
This is the first half of the third part of our three-part (I, IIa, IIb) look at Paradox...
5 months ago
This is the first half of the third part of our three-part (I, IIa, IIb) look at Paradox Interactive’s ancient grand strategy game Imperator: Rome, running from the late fourth through the first century BCE, a period that, relevant for today’s discussion, covers the Middle and...
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5 Quotes from Marcus Aurelius’ Meditations Explained
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5 Things You Can Learn From Cynic Philosophers
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History Today Feed
On the Spot: Levi Roach
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JamesHoare
Mon, 02/05/2024 - 11:25
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On the Spot: Levi Roach
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Mon, 02/05/2024 - 11:25
TheCollector
What Are the Origins of Santa Claus?
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Warfare in the Bronze Age: Tactics, Weapons, Battles
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Victoria Woodhull: The Women’s Rights Activist Who Ran for President
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How Foreshadowing Shapes Cinema and Storytelling
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The Julio-Claudians
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A History Lover’s Guide to Mexico City
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Classical Wisdom
Why Read Modern Books?
Now Available: Night Drew Her Sable Cloak
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Now Available: Night Drew Her Sable Cloak
TheCollector
How Did the Roman Empire Affect Christianity?
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Daedalus and Icarus: What Is the Main Message?
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The Artist Winston Churchill: A Political Leader’s Side Hustle?
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Çatalhöyük: One of the Oldest Recorded Cities in History
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10 of Judith Leyster’s Best Dutch Golden Age Paintings
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Why Is Socrates’ Legacy Vital?
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What Criticisms Are Directed Towards Anti-Natalism?
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7 Great Historical Attractions in the Netherlands
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What Was Aristotle’s Opinion on Metaphysics?
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Who Won the Second Battle of Bull Run?
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Paintings & Their Cinematic Counterparts: Film Inspired by Art
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Who Won the Battle of Perryville?
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“Singular” Spanish Painting Reappears After Vanishing in 1890
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History Today Feed
‘American Journey’ by Wes Davis review
‘American Journey’ by Wes Davis review
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Wed, 01/17/2024 - 09:43
a year ago
‘American Journey’ by Wes Davis review
j.hoare
Wed, 01/17/2024 - 09:43
TheCollector
Sequoyah: The Man Who Created the Cherokee Written Language
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Flashbak
Highlights of Colour Theory: Illustrating The Mysteries of Light In Colour Whels, Tables, Charts And...
Wavelengths of light between 400 and 700 nanometers on the electromagnetic spectrum (EM) are known...
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Wavelengths of light between 400 and 700 nanometers on the electromagnetic spectrum (EM) are known as visible light, or light that can be processed and seen by the human eye. It’s a little fraction of all the EM radiation around us. There are many other parts of the EM spectrum...
TheCollector
Who Painted it? Dutch Women Artists and Misattribution
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TheCollector
Why Are Aristotle’s “Categories” Fundamental to Logic?
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9 months ago
Dreams of Space -...
Let's Fly to the Universe (1962)
A rescan project, but a rescan of a reprint. I blogged about this book in 2012...
a year ago
A rescan project, but a rescan of a reprint. I blogged about this book in 2012 here:
https://dreamsofspace.blogspot.com/2012/12/flying-in-space-1961.html
I think it is Czech, but may be a difference Russian language. I got a Russian reprint of this and still find it a very...
History Today Feed
On the Spot: Ali Ansari
On the Spot: Ali Ansari
JamesHoare
Mon, 04/08/2024 - 12:28
9 months ago
On the Spot: Ali Ansari
JamesHoare
Mon, 04/08/2024 - 12:28
TheCollector
6 Astounding Achievements by Maya Lin
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Dreams of Space -...
The Man Who Sold The Moon (1951 edition)
This is a 1951 paperback collection of 4 Robert Heinlein stories. Normally I would not blog about a...
a year ago
This is a 1951 paperback collection of 4 Robert Heinlein stories. Normally I would not blog about a science fiction collection but I found this charming. I imagined some older avid child finding this collection and devouring it. Both the title and cover have a lot of appeal and...
TheCollector
Georgian Wine: The World’s Oldest Wine Producer in 4 Great Wineries
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Patterns in Humanity
Race, economics and homicide in the United States: a summary
Why economic factors cannot explain homicide disparities in the United States
3 months ago
Why economic factors cannot explain homicide disparities in the United States
History Today Feed
‘Churchill’s American Network’ and ‘Mirrors of Greatness’ review
‘Churchill’s American Network’ and ‘Mirrors of Greatness’ review
JamesHoare
Wed, 05/08/2024 - 11:16
8 months ago
‘Churchill’s American Network’ and ‘Mirrors of Greatness’ review
JamesHoare
Wed, 05/08/2024 - 11:16
TheCollector
Why Did Damien Hirst Build a Pharmacy?
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Global Inequality...
The world according to Garegnani
I have not thought of this until I had lunch with Anwar Shaikh today. I have personally known Anwar...
9 months ago
I have not thought of this until I had lunch with Anwar Shaikh today. I have personally known Anwar for at least ten years. But only today it struck me that I was meeting a hero of my early intellectual life, although the difference in age between Anwar and me is not that great....
TheCollector
The MoMA Became the Latest Target of Climate Activists
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TheCollector
Animal Rights vs Animal Welfare: What’s the Difference?
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TheCollector
Pastel Purchased For $1,000 Identified as Lost Degas
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TheCollector
What is Digital Art? A Brief History and Tips for Collecting
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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...
African History...
A history of the Loango kingdom (ca.1500-1883) : Power, Ivory and Art in west-central Africa.
Africa's past carved in ivory
a year ago
Africa's past carved in ivory
CrimethInc.
Resisting Local Authoritarianism and Multipolar Imperialisms in Georgia : A Deeper Look into the...
On the one-hundred-year anniversary of the uprising in Georgia against Soviet annexation, the...
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On the one-hundred-year anniversary of the uprising in Georgia against Soviet annexation, the struggle for independence from Russian rule remains the chief force driving the popular mobilization that has been growing over the past several months. Yet today’s movement points to a...
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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TheCollector
Lou Salomé: Friedrich Nietzsche’s Über-Woman
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a year ago
History Today Feed
Doc Holliday: The Perennial Sidekick
Doc Holliday: The Perennial Sidekick
JamesHoare
Tue, 10/29/2024 - 09:42
2 months ago
Doc Holliday: The Perennial Sidekick
JamesHoare
Tue, 10/29/2024 - 09:42
TheCollector
Egyptian Sun-god: Who Is Ra?
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TheCollector
William II: The English King…Who Was Murdered by His Brother?
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TheCollector
Archaeologists Excavate Ancient City Destroyed by Romans
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TheCollector
4 Surprising Things You Didn’t Know About the Catholic Catechism
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4 months ago
Dreams of Space -...
Telstar: Communication Break-through by Satellite (1962)
Sorry to skip a week, it may happen again next week.
Here is a straight history book of an current...
a year ago
Sorry to skip a week, it may happen again next week.
Here is a straight history book of an current (at the time) and wonderful event in global communication. We has lost track of how satellites have changed our lives and made the earth a smaller place. It is a little dull in...
TheCollector
Jansenism: The 17th Century Heresy That Divided the Church
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Can Perfumes Be Art? Famous Artists Who Designed Perfume Bottles
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What Are the Top 9 Historical Sites in Budapest?
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TheCollector
World War II’s Unbreakable Code: How Did the Navajo Code Talkers Win the Pacific?
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9 months 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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When Leonardo da Vinci was 42 years old, he hadn’t yet completed any major publicly viewable work. Not that he’d been idle: in that same era, while working for the Duke of Milan, Ludovico Sforza, he “developed, organized, and directed productions for festival pageants, triumphal...
TheCollector
Study Shows ‘Starry Night’ Swirls Are Scientifically Accurate
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The History of Method Acting in Hollywood in 8 Lessons
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Wisdom for the New Year
2 weeks ago
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
Once Overlooked Painting From Botticelli’s Studio Rediscovered
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for October 2023
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the...
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 October. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Thousand Rooms, added a Brazilian Portuguese version.
Wunderland...
TheCollector
What Is Ephesians About?
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Trying to Understand...
Books To Help Us Understand The World?
Well, a few, anyway. And a bit.
a year ago
Well, a few, anyway. And a bit.
TheCollector
How Did Mesopotamia Become the Cradle of Civilization?
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a year ago
History Today Feed
What is Modernity?
What is Modernity?
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Thu, 01/02/2025 - 09:09
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What is Modernity?
JamesHoare
Thu, 01/02/2025 - 09:09
TheCollector
How did Mao Lead China, and What did He Leave Behind?
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TheCollector
What Is the Tallest Wonder of the World?
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TheCollector
Ayn Rand: The Female Founder of Objectivism
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Dr Alun Withey
Victorian Swappers! Adverts for exchange in the 19th century.
Victorians were inveterate 'swappers' (NB: this might not be what you think!). Newspapers and...
2 months ago
Victorians were inveterate 'swappers' (NB: this might not be what you think!). Newspapers and journals were full of ads for objects sought and to be exchanged. These offer a fascinating insight into what was considered desirable, the value of objects, and the processes of...
Flashbak
Jean And Rose – A Paris Photo Love Story From 1929
In 1929, Jean, 20, was living on rue Clairault, Paris. He worked at a brokerage house on rue de la...
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In 1929, Jean, 20, was living on rue Clairault, Paris. He worked at a brokerage house on rue de la Grange Batelière. On December 11, Jean met Rose, 18, at the city’s Saint-Lazare metro station. She lived in the 15th arrondissement, and took classes in hairdressing at the École...
History Today Feed
The Election That Caused the Boer War
The Election That Caused the Boer War
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Thu, 06/20/2024 - 10:19
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JamesHoare
Thu, 06/20/2024 - 10:19
TheCollector
Thanatos: The Greek God of Death
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Classical Wisdom
Do You Believe in Magic?
Marcus Aurelius and Ephesia Grammata
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Marcus Aurelius and Ephesia Grammata
Classical Wisdom
Can We Choose NOT to Be Harmed?
How can we train Resilience?
a year ago
How can we train Resilience?
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
The Early Years of Jesus
a year ago
TheCollector
Non-alignment: A Third Foreign Policy Option During the Cold War?
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TheCollector
Gala Dalí: Salvador Dali’s Mysterious Muse
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How Did Babylon Shape the History of the Ancient Near East?
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TheCollector
Who Are the Samaritans in the Bible?
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TheCollector
What Are the Most Spoken Indigenous Languages in Canada?
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TheCollector
7 Important Works by Cindy Sherman
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Flashbak
New York City In Kodachrome – Color Photos Found In A Trashcan From the 1950s and 1960s
One day, Jan Wein found some photographs.”For those of you who may not know the back story,” he...
a year ago
One day, Jan Wein found some photographs.”For those of you who may not know the back story,” he tells us, “I lived in Manhattan in the 1980s when Ed Koch was mayor, before decamping to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, where I remain to this day.At that time you could find many...
Open Culture
How Marcel Marceau Used Mime to Save Children During the Holocaust
In 1972, Jerry Lewis made the ill-considered decision to write, direct, and star in a film about a...
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In 1972, Jerry Lewis made the ill-considered decision to write, direct, and star in a film about a German clown in Auschwitz. The result was so awful that he never allowed its release, and it quickly acquired the reputation—along with disasters like George Lucas’ Star Wars...
TheCollector
A Guide to Madrid for Art Enthusiasts (10 Things to Do)
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Trying to Understand...
They Say They Want Rearmament ....
We-ell, you know ....
a year ago
TheCollector
Who Were the Most Important Women of the Bible?
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TheCollector
Who Were the Most Famous Symbolists?
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Dreams of Space -...
Man-Made Moons (1960)
Another book re-scanned. This one has some wonderful graphics and book design. The design is meant...
a year ago
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,...
TheCollector
Who Is the Egyptian God Thoth?
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TheCollector
A Brief History of Blackface (& Its Legacy)
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TheCollector
Looted Van Gogh Artwork Retrieved in Ikea Sack
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TheCollector
How to Understand the Book of Revelation: 4 Common Readings
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TheCollector
The 5 Most Significant Queens and Kings of Jerusalem
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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
Classical Wisdom
Should We Be Afraid of Technology?
Lessons from Prometheus and Frankenstein
2 months ago
Lessons from Prometheus and Frankenstein
TheCollector
What Was the Salon des Refusés?
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What is Theodor Adorno’s Negative Dialectics?
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7 Historical Places to Visit in Wiltshire
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10 Must-See Archaeological Sites in the US
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10 Pieces of Legislation Affecting America’s Indigenous People
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Overcoming Bias
Love And War And Status
“All is Fair in Love and War” - common saying
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“All is Fair in Love and War” - common saying
History Today Feed
King John’s Lost Treasure
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JamesHoare
Thu, 08/15/2024 - 09:28
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King John’s Lost Treasure
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Thu, 08/15/2024 - 09:28
CrimethInc.
Announcing The Beautiful Idea : A New Podcast
Participants in CrimethInc. projects are collaborating with veterans of other anarchist media...
a month ago
Participants in CrimethInc. projects are collaborating with veterans of other anarchist media platforms on a new podcast, The Beautiful Idea, which will offer reporting and analysis of current events. The first episode of The Beautiful Idea has just been released!
In their own...
TheCollector
The Evolution of Socialism and Its Influence in the US
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TheCollector
Why Is Mount Rushmore in South Dakota?
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African History...
Acemoglu in Kongo: a critique of 'Why Nations Fail' and its wilful ignorance of African history.
There aren’t many Africans on the list of Nobel laureates, nor does research on African societies...
2 months ago
There aren’t many Africans on the list of Nobel laureates, nor does research on African societies show up in the selection committees of Stockholm.
TheCollector
6 Things You Should Know about Sculptor Augusta Savage
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History Today Feed
Brushing for Britain
Brushing for Britain
JamesHoare
Wed, 11/06/2024 - 10:37
2 months ago
Brushing for Britain
JamesHoare
Wed, 11/06/2024 - 10:37
TheCollector
Is IQ a Sham? Jay Gould on the Mismeasure of Man
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Flashbak
In The Living Room: At Home With The Working Class in The 1980s
“Everything centred on the living room – it’s where everyone met and congregated” – Nick Walpington...
3 months ago
“Everything centred on the living room – it’s where everyone met and congregated” – Nick Walpington on his Living Room project Time to step back inside British homes in the late 1980s with photographer Nick Waplington’s Living Room series. Published as a book in 1991, the...
TheCollector
What Is Year 1 of History? Comparing Jewish, Christian, and Muslim Conventions
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History Today Feed
The US Treasury’s Money Laundering Machine
The US Treasury’s Money Laundering Machine
JamesHoare
Wed, 03/20/2024 - 10:20
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The US Treasury’s Money Laundering Machine
JamesHoare
Wed, 03/20/2024 - 10:20
TheCollector
5 Quotes by Friedrich Nietzsche Explained
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TheCollector
World Monuments Fund Lists Moon as Endangered Heritage Site
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A Collection of...
Gap Week: December 29, 2023 (Year In Review)
Hey folks! I had planned to do a Fireside for this week with a sort of ‘year-in-review’ musing, but...
a year ago
Hey folks! I had planned to do a Fireside for this week with a sort of ‘year-in-review’ musing, but between the holidays and the whole pedant household coming down with a nasty cold, I’m a bit short of the time and energy to put together a full fireside with...
TheCollector
The Cold War & the Rise of Superpowers: US Elections in a Divided World (1945-91)
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TheCollector
10 Crazy Facts About the History of Syphilis
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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....
3 weeks ago
It’s time to take stock of the year have just lived through and get oriented for the year ahead. Here, we review the events of 2024 and our own contributions to the fight for a better world.
A year that began amid genocide in Palestine and war in Ukraine and Sudan is concluding...
Wrong Side of...
Truth in the old myths
On Troy, King Arthur and the Flood of Noah
2 weeks ago
On Troy, King Arthur and the Flood of Noah
TheCollector
The Celtic Invasion of Greece & The Unknown Battle of Thermopylae
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African History...
a brief note on European pirates and African states during the 'golden age of piracy.'
a pirate stronghold and kingdom in 18th century Madagascar.
10 months ago
a pirate stronghold and kingdom in 18th century Madagascar.
TheCollector
Who Was Geoffrey of Monmouth? The Man Who Made Arthur and Merlin
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TheCollector
What Was the Rhodesian Bush War?
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History Today Feed
The Scandalous Success of the Daily Mail
The Scandalous Success of the Daily Mail
j.hoare
Mon, 01/01/2024 - 13:07
a year ago
The Scandalous Success of the Daily Mail
j.hoare
Mon, 01/01/2024 - 13:07
TheCollector
What’s the Best Time of the Year to Visit the Pyramids?
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6 months ago
History Today Feed
The End of Britain’s Weeks-Long General Elections
The End of Britain’s Weeks-Long General Elections
JamesHoare
Mon, 02/12/2024 - 10:39
11 months ago
The End of Britain’s Weeks-Long General Elections
JamesHoare
Mon, 02/12/2024 - 10:39
TheCollector
5 Female Philosophers That You Should Know
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TheCollector
What Was the Korean Conflict of 1968?
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TheCollector
A Brief History of Mount Everest
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TheCollector
Is Oedipus Rex the Mother of All Drama?
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Res Obscura
Res Obscura is now on Substack
Three years late, but historians are always late
a year ago
Three years late, but historians are always late
African History...
The colonial myth of 'Sub-Saharan Africa' in medieval Islamic geography: the view from Egypt and...
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11 months ago
TheCollector
The Rembrandt Painting to Sell For $18.4 M. at Auction
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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
Gandhi in South Africa: The Formation of the World-Famous Pacifist
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TheCollector
Where Did Paul Cezanne Live?
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9 months ago
Trying to Understand...
Unlike For Like.
BRICS and how international institutions work.
2 months ago
BRICS and how international institutions work.
History Today Feed
Ireland and Palestine: United by Partition?
Ireland and Palestine: United by Partition?
JamesHoare
Wed, 05/22/2024 - 09:47
8 months ago
Ireland and Palestine: United by Partition?
JamesHoare
Wed, 05/22/2024 - 09:47
TheCollector
7 Facts You Need to Know About Brutalism
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10 months ago
History Today Feed
On the Spot: Chris Clark
On the Spot: Chris Clark
j.hoare
Wed, 12/27/2023 - 00:00
a year ago
On the Spot: Chris Clark
j.hoare
Wed, 12/27/2023 - 00:00
TheCollector
Colonial Mexican Art: 4 Key Formats and Themes
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TheCollector
The Lost Cause Philosophy of the American Civil War: Fact vs. Fiction
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TheCollector
Why Is Edward Hopper Cinema’s Favorite Painter?
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TheCollector
3 of the World’s Oldest Inhabited Cities
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Flashbak
Dr Martin Luther King Jr. Was A Trekkie Who Convinced Nichelle Nichols To Stay On The Show
Actress Nichelle Nichols (December 28, 1932 – July 30, 2022) once recalled how Dr. Martin Luther...
12 months ago
Actress Nichelle Nichols (December 28, 1932 – July 30, 2022) once recalled how Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. (January 15, 1929 – April 4, 1968) convinced her to remain on Star Trek after she had decided to leave the series for a starring role on Broadway. In 1966, Star Trek creator...
TheCollector
10 Most Historic Cities to Visit Around the World
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Classical Wisdom
The Mystery of Morpheus
Who is the God of Dreams?
a year ago
Who is the God of Dreams?
TheCollector
11 Facts About The Unique State of Maine
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Classical Wisdom
Centaurs and Snake-Kings
A Halloween event for the Mythologically inclined...
3 months ago
A Halloween event for the Mythologically inclined...
Flashbak
Libby Hall: Remembering The Photographer and Collector of Dog Photography
Libby Hall (1941-2023) was a friend. When she died last year at age 81, she let behind an archive...
8 months ago
Libby Hall (1941-2023) was a friend. When she died last year at age 81, she let behind an archive that speaks of her talent as a street and press photographer, writer and collector, most notably of vintage dog photographs which now live at London’s Bishopsgate Institute. “Mine...
Classical Wisdom
Secrets of the Odyssey
Homer's Homecoming
a week ago
TheCollector
4 Theocracies That Exist in the World Today
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a year ago
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for September
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 September. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Uxn, updated Playdate implementation to the latest core,...
History Today Feed
China’s Communist Comic Books
China’s Communist Comic Books
JamesHoare
Thu, 12/05/2024 - 09:29
a month ago
China’s Communist Comic Books
JamesHoare
Thu, 12/05/2024 - 09:29
TheCollector
J.S. Bach’s Life and Travels in Germany
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TheCollector
Louis Wain’s Cat Paintings Head to Auction
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a year ago
TheCollector
5 Naval Battles That Defined Russian History
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TheCollector
The Orlando Museum of Art Faces Financial Distress
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TheCollector
A (Brief) History of the IRA
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TheCollector
What Are the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World?
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TheCollector
What Are the Recurring Symbols in Hilma af Klint’s Work?
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TheCollector
Who Are Some Key Figures in Epistemology?
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Flashbak
Before Banksy: London Graffiti in the 1980s
It’s not all Banksy. In the 1980s, graffiti in London was less well organised and loved by all the...
a year ago
It’s not all Banksy. In the 1980s, graffiti in London was less well organised and loved by all the right people. Most of of it got washed off walls or knocked down as the buildings it decorated made way for flats. Most of it wasn’t all that good. And because London graffiti was a...
TheCollector
The Life of St. Francis of Assisi: Patron of Animals
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11 months ago
TheCollector
Christie’s Presents Two Latin American Art Sales, Starting Friday
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3 months ago
Overcoming Bias
Beware Policy Abstraction
The recent US presidential election should be fresh enough in your memory to let you directly...
2 months ago
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.
TheCollector
How Did the Opium Wars Impact China?
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TheCollector
7 Famous Dutch Artists Who Achieved Greatness
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TheCollector
10 Interesting Facts About Haruki Murakami You Should Know
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8 months ago
TheCollector
The History of the Metropolitan Museum of Art (& Its Collection)
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5 months ago
Flashbak
Snapshots of People Meeting Abraham Lincoln
“I see you have erected a very fine and handsome platform here for me, and I presume you expected me...
11 months ago
“I see you have erected a very fine and handsome platform here for me, and I presume you expected me to speak from it.” ― Abraham Lincoln The most famous statue of Abraham Lincoln (12 February 1809 – 15 April 1865) is the ginormous one sculpted by Daniel Chester French...
TheCollector
What Is the Correspondence Theory of Truth?
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TheCollector
The Anarchist Prince: Who was Peter Alekseyevich Kropotkin?
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a year ago
Flashbak
Momoyogusa (A World of Things) by Kamisaka Sekka (1909-1910)
Kamisaka Sekka (Japanese 1866 – 1942) produced his woodblock print masterpiece Momoyogusa (A World...
yesterday
Kamisaka Sekka (Japanese 1866 – 1942) produced his woodblock print masterpiece Momoyogusa (A World of Things) between 1909 and 1910. The three-volume set of 60 images, commissioned by the publishing firm Unsōdō of Kyoto, borrows its name from the eighth-century poetic text...
TheCollector
Bull of Nimrud Replica Goes Back to Iraq
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TheCollector
Who Was Rosalba Carriera?
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a year ago
TheCollector
Cj Hendry Lands in Miami With HOOPS Tree Installation
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a year ago
TheCollector
What Is Alice in Wonderland Syndrome?
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TheCollector
The History of Social Welfare Programs (& Current Debates)
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a year ago
Trying to Understand...
Candles and Kalshnikovs.
Please help us not to understand.
a month ago
Please help us not to understand.
TheCollector
Martha Graham: 15 Facts About the Mother of Modern Dance
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6 months ago
Flashbak
Photographing The Invisible: Things are Queer by Duane Michals (1973)
“I think photographs should be provocative and not tell you what you already know. It takes no great...
10 months ago
“I think photographs should be provocative and not tell you what you already know. It takes no great powers or magic to reproduce somebody’s face in a photograph. The magic is in seeing people in new ways.” —Duane Michals Through image sequences, framing, multiple exposures,...
Trying to Understand...
Going to Pieces Slowly...
And then what?
a year ago
TheCollector
4,000-Year-Old Temple and Theater Discovered in Peru
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6 months ago
History Today Feed
The Prophecies of Merlin
The Prophecies of Merlin
JamesHoare
Mon, 04/22/2024 - 11:22
9 months ago
The Prophecies of Merlin
JamesHoare
Mon, 04/22/2024 - 11:22
Classical Wisdom
Would You Kill the Fat Man?
Ethical Philosophy for Fun
a month ago
Ethical Philosophy for Fun
TheCollector
Who Were the Utopian Socialists?
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9 months ago
TheCollector
Breaking the Fourth Wall: What Does It Mean?
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a year ago
TheCollector
What Is Relational Aesthetics?
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a year ago
A Collection of...
Collections: Phalanx’s Twilight, Legion’s Triumph, Part IIIb: Pyrrhus
This is the second part of the third part of our four(ish) part (Ia, Ib, IIa, IIb, IIIa) look at the...
10 months ago
This is the second part of the third part of our four(ish) part (Ia, Ib, IIa, IIb, IIIa) look at the performance of the Roman army and its legions in the third and second century BC against the Hellenistic armies of the heirs of Alexander. Last time, we sought to assess some of...
Open Culture
The Skeleton Dance, Voted the 18th Best Cartoon of All Time, Is Now in the Public Domain (1929)
The July 17, 1929 issue of Variety carried a notice about a laugh-filled new short film in which...
2 weeks ago
The July 17, 1929 issue of Variety carried a notice about a laugh-filled new short film in which “skeletons hoof and frolic,” the peak of whose hilarity “is reached when one skeleton plays the spine of another in xylophone fashion, using a pair of thigh bones as hammers.” The...
TheCollector
What Were Julius Caesar’s Greatest Achievements
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TheCollector
7 Great Paris Museums Beyond the Louvre
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8 months ago
TheCollector
Did the Suffragettes Know Martial Arts?
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11 months ago
Flashbak
Identipop, Build Your Own Popstar, 1969
With Identipops you could fashion 74 press-out pieces to make ‘thousands of faces – stars and...
11 months ago
With Identipops you could fashion 74 press-out pieces to make ‘thousands of faces – stars and unknowns’. The unknowns are easy to spot – but can you identify all the popstars on the game’s box design? Made in the UKL by Play Value Ltd – they produced similar games, also from the...
Dreams of Space -...
Some Day I'll Be an Aerospace Engineer (1967)
A "career book' today to inspire young people to pursue engineering. This is a little later in the...
a year ago
A "career book' today to inspire young people to pursue engineering. This is a little later in the space race but they did have a clear plan laid out for creating the engineers they might need. The school library was usually full of these career books to inspire academic...
TheCollector
Norse Pantheon: 10 Fascinating Gods and Goddesses
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a year 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...
11 months ago
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;...
Open Culture
10,000+ Free Online Certificates & Badges: A Resource for Lifelong Learners
For those looking to boost their skills or explore new fields without breaking the bank, Class...
6 days ago
For those looking to boost their skills or explore new fields without breaking the bank, Class Central has done the heavy lifting. Known as a search engine for online courses, Class Central has compiled what might be the largest collection of free online certificates and badges...
Classical Wisdom
Gladiator Combat
Fact or Hollywood Fiction?
2 months ago
Fact or Hollywood Fiction?
History Today Feed
The Capetians: Medieval France’s Greatest Dynasty
The Capetians: Medieval France’s Greatest Dynasty
JamesHoare
Wed, 03/20/2024 - 10:17
10 months ago
The Capetians: Medieval France’s Greatest Dynasty
JamesHoare
Wed, 03/20/2024 - 10:17
TheCollector
Jock of the Bushveld: An Enduring Tale of Friendship
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12 months ago
TheCollector
9 Artists Influenced by Marcel Duchamp
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3 months ago
TheCollector
What Practices Did the Puritans Enjoy?
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TheCollector
Christie’s Nets $413 Million in 20th Century Evening Sale
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8 months ago
TheCollector
How Do I Know I’m Not the Only Conscious Being in the Universe?
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a year ago
History Today Feed
‘Reading It Wrong’ by Abigail Williams review
‘Reading It Wrong’ by Abigail Williams review
JamesHoare
Tue, 02/13/2024 - 08:20
11 months ago
‘Reading It Wrong’ by Abigail Williams review
JamesHoare
Tue, 02/13/2024 - 08:20
TheCollector
When Picasso Crossed the Iron Curtain: The 1st USSR Picasso Exhibition
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9 months ago
TheCollector
What Is an Existential Crisis?
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a year ago
TheCollector
8 Facts About Tamara de Lempicka’s Dark Glamour
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a year ago
TheCollector
7 Depictions of War by Famous Artists Everyone Should Know
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2 weeks ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Plato on Political Polarization
3 months ago
Plato on Political Polarization
TheCollector
13 Logical Fallacies from Aristotle’s ‘Sophistical Refutations’
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a year ago
TheCollector
Everything You Need to Know About the Moai
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10 months ago
TheCollector
10 Must-Visit East Coast Historic Landmarks
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