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Summary Of Changes
Uxn, improved the Uxntal reference sheet and improved the Uxntal...
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Why Did Socrates Never Write Down His Teachings?
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Summary Of Changes
donsol, ported our Famicom(6502) code to Varvara(uxn).
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over a year ago
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Summary Of Changes
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A Minority Stake Acquisition at Sotheby’s
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How Did Henry VIII Find a Bride through Portraits?
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Der Struwwelpeter: Heinrich Hoffmann’s Deadly Book For Naughty Children
Just look at him! There he stands, With his nasty hair and hands. See! His nails are never cut; They...
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How Did Johannes Vermeer Depict Women?
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5 of George Washington’s Right Hands: All the General’s Men (& Woman)
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Louis Pasteur: The Scientist Who Discovered Vaccines & Pasteurization
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‘Man-Devil’ by John J. Callanan review
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The Prophecies of Merlin
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What is TIME? And Dates?
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Charles Darwin: 5 Key Facts About His Life and Work
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“All Part of Nature”: Radclyffe Hall’s Life
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Why Did Vincent van Gogh Cut Off His Ear?
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Did Spirituality Shape the Art of Ana Mendieta?
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What Is the Symbolism in Whitman’s Leaves of Grass?
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Why Visit Northumberland? : Britain’s Historic Hidden Gem
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A Trip To Butlin’s In 1982
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The Top 10 Museums to Visit in Madrid
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Apologies for running a fireside so quickly after the gap week, but with the end of the semester...
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Who Were the Kuomintang?
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Alexander Hamilton: From Orphan to Founding Father
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Who Were the Utopian Socialists?
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Elizabeth Anderson: What is the Point of Equality?
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over a year ago
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The Indian Citizenship Act
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What’s the Best Time of the Year to Visit Cairo, Egypt?
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‘As Gods Among Men’ by Guido Alfani review
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What Are the Iconographic Elements of Japanese Esoteric Buddhism?
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Borrowing from a book-seller...
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Borrowing from a book-seller description:
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Does Might Make Right? The Melian Dialogue of Thucydides
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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 May. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
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Possible ‘Salvator Mundi’ Location and Exhibition Plans Revealed
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Hey folks! Year is coming to a close, so once again I’m going to offer a bit of an end-of-year...
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Hey folks! Year is coming to a close, so once again I’m going to offer a bit of an end-of-year reflection on the state of the project, along with a brief ‘what’s on the stove’ coverage of what may be coming up. Also, here’s a cat picture: In terms of the project itself, 2024 was,...
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6 Ways to Pass the Time in the Middle Ages
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Dreams of Space -...
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My first Greek space book. This is a fun pop-up book I found recently. It is pretty basic but I really like space pop-up books for their design and impact.
Adelva. The Solar System Pop-up Book. Greece: Dotam International. 12 pp. 1978
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5 Masterpieces of Early Irish Art
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The Getty Museum Returns a Bronze Head to Turkey
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‘F*ck You, Philadelphia’ – When Blondie Opened For Rush In 1979
When on January 21st, 1979, Rush needed an opening act for the Philadelphia leg of their Hemispheres...
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When on January 21st, 1979, Rush needed an opening act for the Philadelphia leg of their Hemispheres tour, Blondie got the call. Georgia-based southern rockers Stillwater couldn’t play. So would the New Yorkers deliver what 18,000 fans of the Canadian rockers packed into the...
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What Is the History of April Fools’ Day?
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“I approached my subjects with a sense of urgency. I believed that my world, as I knew it, was...
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“I approached my subjects with a sense of urgency. I believed that my world, as I knew it, was drawing to a close” – Kathryn McCool on life in New Zealand in the 1980s Kathryn McCool was 18 when her father gave her a camera (a Ricoh SLR) he’d bought at auction. As Kathryn …...
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Jock of the Bushveld: An Enduring Tale of Friendship
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Weekend Roundup
Petra and Passports
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Discover Caral-Supe: Cradle of Civilization in the Americas
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Exploring Silves: The Algarve’s Medieval Capital
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‘Impossible Monsters’ by Michael Taylor review
‘Impossible Monsters’ by Michael Taylor review
JamesHoare
Tue, 04/02/2024 - 10:24
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‘Impossible Monsters’ by Michael Taylor review
JamesHoare
Tue, 04/02/2024 - 10:24
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for May 2024
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
7 months ago
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of May.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, added Frances Bay, Yuculta and Dent Rapids, Shoal Bay, Port Neville, Telegraph Cove, Port McNeill, Fury Cove, Prince Rupert, B.C. north coast...
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Madame de Pompadour: History’s Greatest Mistress
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Delian League vs Persian Empire: The Greeks on the Offensive
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5 Ancient Roman Medical Practices Still in Use Today
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Flashbak
Found Vintage Photobooth Pictures
“Collecting the photobooth strip (approximate size 8 inches by 1.5 inches) has been an adventure,”...
5 months ago
“Collecting the photobooth strip (approximate size 8 inches by 1.5 inches) has been an adventure,” says vintage photography collector Robert E. Jackson. “If you see or own an amazing photobooth, you can pretty much figure it used to be part of a 4-pose strip. The individual...
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Why Did Plato Think that Education Could Replace Law?
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What Are the 5 Greatest Protest Songs of the 20th Century?
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How Did the Roman Empire Affect Christianity?
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Flashbak
Manhattan in 1990 – NYC Before the Clean-Up
At the start of the 1990s, New York City was tired and rough By the decade’s end it had lost of some...
11 months ago
At the start of the 1990s, New York City was tired and rough By the decade’s end it had lost of some of its edge – and maybe a little of its spark – but was cleaner, safer and more tourist friendly. These photograph of the city – via Watchman – show us Manhattan in … Continue...
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10 Interesting Facts About Arthur Miller
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8 Things You Didn’t Know About Eva Perón
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Who Was Hilma af Klint? 7 Facts About the Pioneer of Abstract Art
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5 Key Takeaways from Susan Sontag’s Famous Essay On Style
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Res Obscura
I talked to Terry Gross!
A brief update about the publication of "Tripping on Utopia" before we return to regularly scheduled...
a year ago
A brief update about the publication of "Tripping on Utopia" before we return to regularly scheduled posting
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9 Interesting Facts About Claude Monet
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Archaeologists Find Colorful Still Life Frescoes at Pompeii
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What Makes Salvador Dali So Famous?
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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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10 Must-Visit Historic Towns in New York
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Rigoberta Menchú: Fighting for Indigenous Rights in Guatemala
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The 3 Partitions of Poland (& Lithuania): Polarized Peoples
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What’s the Difference Between Goth and Punk?
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History Today Feed
How Ancient Greece Shaped the British Raj
How Ancient Greece Shaped the British Raj
JamesHoare
Tue, 11/19/2024 - 08:35
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How Ancient Greece Shaped the British Raj
JamesHoare
Tue, 11/19/2024 - 08:35
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Who Is Hecate in Macbeth?
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Global Inequality...
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”
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What Are the Unconditional Biblical Prophecies?
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‘The Picnic’ by Matthew Longo review
‘The Picnic’ by Matthew Longo review
JamesHoare
Mon, 04/22/2024 - 15:00
9 months ago
‘The Picnic’ by Matthew Longo review
JamesHoare
Mon, 04/22/2024 - 15:00
Flashbak
The World Turned Upside Down : Bizarro Illustrations From An 18th Century Chapbook
The World Turned Upside Down or The Folly of Man Exemplified in Twelve Comical Relations upon...
3 months ago
The World Turned Upside Down or The Folly of Man Exemplified in Twelve Comical Relations upon Uncommon Subjects is Illustrated with Twelve Curious Cuts Truly Adapted to Each Story. The witty woodcuts show various role reversals. A cow becomes a butcher and the butcher his meat. A...
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‘Deterring Armageddon’ by Peter Apps and ‘NATO’ by Sten Rynning review
‘Deterring Armageddon’ by Peter Apps and ‘NATO’ by Sten Rynning review
JamesHoare
Tue, 03/26/2024 -...
10 months ago
‘Deterring Armageddon’ by Peter Apps and ‘NATO’ by Sten Rynning review
JamesHoare
Tue, 03/26/2024 - 09:54
TheCollector
3 Modern Christian Ethicists You Must Know
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African History...
a brief note on African travel literature in history
a Swahili document on south-central Africa.
8 months ago
a Swahili document on south-central Africa.
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The Macedonian Wars: Rome vs the Macedonian Phalanx
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Edward VII: The Rebel Prince Who Became a Popular King
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How Does Epistemology Address Memory as a Source of Knowledge?
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What Are the Tallest Trees in the United States?
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Eating At The Montreal Restaurant ‘Famous for Its Little Pig’ – 1938-1972
For nearly four decades from 1938, Jean-Paul Cuerrier (1918-1997) took pictures of diners feeding a...
4 months ago
For nearly four decades from 1938, Jean-Paul Cuerrier (1918-1997) took pictures of diners feeding a pig at the table at Au Lutin Qui Bouffe restaurant in Montreal, Canada. Patrons would take home the photo as a souvenir. The typical posse was for one diner to feed the piglet milk...
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What Is the History and Meaning of Music?
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Who Were the Important Jewish Philosophers of the Medieval Period?
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Open Culture
Watch an Avant-Garde Bauhaus Ballet in Brilliant Color, First Staged in 1922
We credit the Bauhaus school, founded by German architect Walter Gropius in 1919, for the aesthetic...
an hour ago
We credit the Bauhaus school, founded by German architect Walter Gropius in 1919, for the aesthetic principles that have guided so much modern design and architecture in the 20th and 21st centuries. The school’s relationships with artists like Paul Klee, Wassily Kandinsky, Laszlo...
African History...
The kingdom of Ndongo and the Portuguese: Queen Njinga and the dynasty of women sovereigns...
The effects of early colonial warfare in central Africa
over a year ago
The effects of early colonial warfare in central Africa
TheCollector
Quipu: How Did the Inca Record Information with Cords & Knots?
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Homo Habilis: The First Humans?
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African History...
a brief note on the history of indigenous and foreign religions in African history, and the Kimpasi...
The majority of Africans today primarily identify as Christians and Muslims of various...
5 months ago
The majority of Africans today primarily identify as Christians and Muslims of various denominations, with a relatively small fraction adhering to other belief systems often referred to as 'indigenous' or 'traditional' religions.
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What’s the Best Time to Visit the Colosseum?
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Why Do Anti-Natalists Oppose Birth?
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Line in the Sand: 5 Defenders of the Alamo
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Classical Wisdom
Empedocles
The Philosopher God?
a year ago
Global Inequality...
To be young, perchance to dream
A review of Miloš Vojinović's “The political ideas of the Young Bosnia”
3 weeks ago
A review of Miloš Vojinović's “The political ideas of the Young Bosnia”
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
History Today Feed
How the British Council Made a Soft Power Superpower
How the British Council Made a Soft Power Superpower
j.hoare
Mon, 12/11/2023 - 11:26
a year ago
How the British Council Made a Soft Power Superpower
j.hoare
Mon, 12/11/2023 - 11:26
TheCollector
British Museum Recovers More Missing Artifacts
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Classical Wisdom
The Killing Grounds: Thermopylae
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10 months ago
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History of the Berlin Wall: From Its Construction to Its Destruction
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What Is the Leviathan in the Bible?
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Tiffany Stained Glass Window Poised to Set New Auction Record
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Pearl Harbor: “A Date Which Will Live in Infamy!”
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The Two Slayings of Holofernes: Artemisia vs. Caravaggio
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Banksy Mural to Be Sold with the Building It’s Painted On
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Apelles: Antiquity’s Greatest Painter
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TheCollector
Who Was Averroes?
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Trying to Understand...
Out Of Control.
Fear the worst, hope for the best.
3 months ago
Fear the worst, hope for the best.
Hundred Rabbits
leleuvia
We've never been on a tiny island, a place you can run the width of under just a few minutes. We...
over a year ago
We've never been on a tiny island, a place you can run the width of under just a few minutes. We found a place like this, Leleuvia, an island in the Lomaitivi archipelago in Fiji.
This island went through many hands over the years, it now belongs to a resort that too bears the...
History Today Feed
New Year, Old Books
New Year, Old Books
JamesHoare
Tue, 12/17/2024 - 09:14
a month ago
New Year, Old Books
JamesHoare
Tue, 12/17/2024 - 09:14
TheCollector
Why Is There One Caryatid at the British Museum and Five in Athens?
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5 Most Beautiful Greek Islands You Should Visit
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African History...
A complete history of Dogon country: Bandiagara from 1900BC to 1900AD
demystifying an ancient African society
a year ago
demystifying an ancient African society
CrimethInc.
The Case for Resistance : What We’re Up Against—and What It Could Look Like to Fight
In the following analysis, we explore what we can expect from Donald Trump’s second term and how we...
2 months ago
In the following analysis, we explore what we can expect from Donald Trump’s second term and how we can prepare to confront it. If you only have time to read one part, read the proposals for what we can do to resist.
It’s understandable that many people feel exhausted at the...
TheCollector
Top 10 Museums to Visit in New York City
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Classical Wisdom
Why Aren’t We Happy?
Count no man happy until the end is known
6 months ago
Count no man happy until the end is known
TheCollector
What Are the Four Waves of Feminism?
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The Harrowing History of the Trail of Tears
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a year ago
Flashbak
Going Underground: gasping for life on the Tokyo Subway
Tokyo is busy. The city’s subway caught the eye of photographer Michael Wolf. In ‘Tokyo...
a year ago
Tokyo is busy. The city’s subway caught the eye of photographer Michael Wolf. In ‘Tokyo Compression’, we see people riding the trains. As he writes: “The images create a sense of discomfort as his victims attempt to squirm out of view or simply close their eyes, wishing the...
TheCollector
6 Micronations You Should Know
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Love and Death
a year ago
African History...
A history of Horses in the southern half of Africa ca. 1498-1900.
Horses and humans have shared a long history in Africa since the emergence of equestrian societies...
2 months ago
Horses and humans have shared a long history in Africa since the emergence of equestrian societies across the continent during the bronze age.
Flashbak
Magnifying The Moment: Joni Sternbach’s Pictures of NYC Subway Passengers 1976–1981
“Part of the reason I was drawn to the Subway was that it was a perfect unchoreographed stage....
2 months ago
“Part of the reason I was drawn to the Subway was that it was a perfect unchoreographed stage. Chance brought me together with a crowd of unknowns. It was up to me to parse them out and magnify the moment.” – Joni Sternbach on her pictures of NYC Subway Passengers in the 1970s ...
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Should We Interpret Literature in Its Social Context? Adorno’s Answer
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What Is David Hammons Best Known For?
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11 months ago
TheCollector
5 Inspirational Women From the Second World War
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9 months ago
History Today Feed
The Tudor War on Libel
The Tudor War on Libel
JamesHoare
Thu, 10/24/2024 - 09:19
3 months ago
The Tudor War on Libel
JamesHoare
Thu, 10/24/2024 - 09:19
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
The Julio-Claudians
6 months ago
TheCollector
Pope Visits Venice Biennale For First Time
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How Slavery in Ancient Rome Drove Farmers to Poverty
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When Was the Battle of Little Bighorn?
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9 Interesting Facts about Medusa
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8 months ago
Overcoming Bias
Futarchy Futurism
I have often taken on the role of econ futurist, analyzing the social consequences of particular...
a month ago
I have often taken on the role of econ futurist, analyzing the social consequences of particular future techs.
Flashbak
Things To Come : The 1950s Science Fiction Book Club Newsletter
Things To Come was the monthly newsletter (originally bi-monthly) of publisher Doubleday’s Science...
7 months ago
Things To Come was the monthly newsletter (originally bi-monthly) of publisher Doubleday’s Science Fiction Book Club (SFBC). The short, typically four-page issues promoted the book club’s coming selections and best of volumes from Galaxy and The Magazine of Fantasy and Science...
TheCollector
5 Important Stories From the Aboriginal Dreamtime
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Why Did Friedrich Nietzsche Say ‘God Is Dead’?
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a year ago
History Today Feed
‘Forbidden Desire in Early Modern Europe’ by Noel Malcolm review
‘Forbidden Desire in Early Modern Europe’ by Noel Malcolm review
JamesHoare
Tue, 02/20/2024 - 11:50
11 months ago
‘Forbidden Desire in Early Modern Europe’ by Noel Malcolm review
JamesHoare
Tue, 02/20/2024 - 11:50
TheCollector
Landslide Victories: A Look at Pivotal Elections in US History
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Flashbak
Posters From London’s Psychedelic UFO Club – 1966-1967
“In the Roundhouse, the UFO, and the Middle Earth Club in London everyone seems to get it, and it’s...
a year ago
“In the Roundhouse, the UFO, and the Middle Earth Club in London everyone seems to get it, and it’s as if we are all in on the same joke” – Andy Summer on London’s UFO Club Founded by Joe Boyd and John Hopkins, London’s psychedelic UFO Club was small and short-lived, running...
Open Culture
Compare the “It Ain’t Me Babe” Scene from A Complete Unknown to the Real Bob Dylan & Joan Baez...
A Complete Unknown, the new movie about Bob Dylan’s rise in the folk-music scene of the early...
2 weeks ago
A Complete Unknown, the new movie about Bob Dylan’s rise in the folk-music scene of the early nineteen-sixties and subsequent electrified break with it, has been praised for not taking excessive liberties, at least by the standards of popular music biopics. Its conversion of a...
Classical Wisdom
The Pompeii Mosaics
Frozen by Fire
3 weeks ago
TheCollector
What Made Sir Joshua Reynolds an Iconic Portrait Artist?
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10 Representations of Judith Slaying Holofernes in Painting
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Why Is Edward Hopper Cinema’s Favorite Painter?
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Deadly Wildfires Devastate Los Angeles Art Community
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Dreams of Space -...
Sky-Hi: A Trip Into Space with Terry (1952)
Mara. Sky-Hi: A Trip Into Space With Terry. Personal History Agency : NY. 22 p. 1952
It came in a...
a year ago
Mara. Sky-Hi: A Trip Into Space With Terry. Personal History Agency : NY. 22 p. 1952
It came in a nice gift box with a space quiz. It is a little bit of an odd astronomy book. The illustration are very beautiful and if you notice each planet has smaller people in the picture to...
Trying to Understand...
Ukraine: A Further Guide for the Perplexed.
They didn't know. But they know now.
8 months ago
They didn't know. But they know now.
TheCollector
The Origins of the Republican Party: A Comprehensive Guide
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3 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...
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;...
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Anne of Cleves: The Wife King Henry Loved Most?
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Who Were the Telchines? The Malevolent Wizards From Greek Mythology
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3 months ago
Trying to Understand...
Bringing It All Back Home
If we can't patronise them over there, we'll do it over here.
a year ago
If we can't patronise them over there, we'll do it over here.
TheCollector
7 Artists of The Nouveau Réalisme Movement You Should Know
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First Nations of the Canadian Atlantic Provinces: A Brief History
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5 months ago
Flashbak
A Shagtastic Tour of Swinging Britain in 1967
Among British Pathé’s newsreel films made for UK cinemas up until 1970 vis this wonderful time of...
8 months ago
Among British Pathé’s newsreel films made for UK cinemas up until 1970 vis this wonderful time of Swinging Britain capsule from 1967. Shot on 35mm film and backed by the lilting holiday camp music, a narrator these videos are not a little kitsch. In Swinging Britain we take an...
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Love, love, love
11 months ago
TheCollector
Did Climate Change Cause the Collapse of Egypt’s New Kingdom?
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10 Baroque Artists You Should Know
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Davy Crockett: The Life of the American Folk Hero
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11 months ago
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The Role of Women in 1950s America: Conformity or Change?
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4 months ago
History Today Feed
Pasternak and Stalin: What Was Said?
Pasternak and Stalin: What Was Said?
JamesHoare
Mon, 01/29/2024 - 11:56
11 months ago
Pasternak and Stalin: What Was Said?
JamesHoare
Mon, 01/29/2024 - 11:56
TheCollector
What Was the Siege of Jerusalem?
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What Five Philosophers Have to Say About Physical Exercise
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Florida Museum Fires Curator After Issues With Object Provenance
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Lou Salomé: Friedrich Nietzsche’s Über-Woman
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What Was the Mandate of Heaven in Imperial China?
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7 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
Flashbak
Why Jimi Hendrix Preferred Linda McCartney To 19 Naked Women
Jimi Hendrix was a megastar. At his short-lived peak, he was the world’s highest earning musician....
a year ago
Jimi Hendrix was a megastar. At his short-lived peak, he was the world’s highest earning musician. But record companies were uncertain how to sell the man behind the music who was banned by the BBC. For the album Are You Experienced, photographer Karl Ferris snapped the band with...
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The Tripartite Pact: How Were the Axis Powers Created?
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What Was Little Turtle’s War?
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