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The US Treasury’s Money Laundering Machine
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A Minority Stake Acquisition at Sotheby’s
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Blast Off (1973)
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This is also one of my favorite picture books, very hard to find, so I would like to share the full book with you. And Blast Off!
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How French Was Medieval England?
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How Did Nero Become the Emperor of Rome?
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Where Is Alexander the Great Buried?
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How Did Emperor Nero treat Christians During His Reign?
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Things Don't Always Get Better.
And "Against Recentism," while we're at it.
3 months ago
And "Against Recentism," while we're at it.
TheCollector
Hitler in Politics: From the Nazi Party to the Reichstag
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Trying to Understand...
The Machine Stops.
And fiddling won't fix it.
4 months ago
And fiddling won't fix it.
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
A pride of lions, a paddling of ducks, and....a herd of harlots?
TheCollector
The Incredible Story of Cadmus: The First Hero of Greek Mythology
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Hitler’s Gamble: Where Did the Battle of the Bulge Take Place?
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Mary Magdalene Portrait Attributed to Raphael on View in France
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Trying to Understand...
Macron is Safe for the Moment
But the future worries me.
a year ago
But the future worries me.
TheCollector
The Story of the Antichrist Pope
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The Holodomor, Ukraine’s Great Famine
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Rodney King & The LA Riots: A Terrible Episode of Violence
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The Rise & Fall of Pompeii and Herculaneum: A Tale of Two Cities
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What Are the Best-known Post-Impressionist Paintings?
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TheCollector
Albert Speer: Architect, Minister, and Hitler’s Closest Friend
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Flashbak
Cruising New York City With Video Blogger Nelson Sullivan In The 1980s
“Thanks to his scrupulous attention, Nelson’s left behind a treasure trove of late-night videos...
10 months ago
“Thanks to his scrupulous attention, Nelson’s left behind a treasure trove of late-night videos that, even more than the Warhol diaries, trenchantly capture the party years in all their gleeful decadent fun.” – Michael Musto on New York City video blogger (vlogging) Nelson...
TheCollector
Abraham Lincoln’s Early Life: From Rural Kentucky to the White House
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7 of the Most Iconic Monuments in Russia
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TheCollector
The Anat Ebgi Gallery Expands to Tribeca
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10 Historical Places to Visit in Hampshire
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TheCollector
Face to Face Exhibit Offers Face Time With Fayum Portraits
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History Today Feed
‘Sparta and the Commemoration of War’ and ‘The Killing Ground’ review
‘Sparta and the Commemoration of War’ and ‘The Killing Ground’ review
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Mon, 03/11/2024 -...
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‘Sparta and the Commemoration of War’ and ‘The Killing Ground’ review
JamesHoare
Mon, 03/11/2024 - 15:56
History Today Feed
On the Spot: William Dalrymple
On the Spot: William Dalrymple
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Tue, 09/24/2024 - 08:00
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On the Spot: William Dalrymple
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Tue, 09/24/2024 - 08:00
African History...
a brief note on African travel literature in history
a Swahili document on south-central Africa.
7 months ago
a Swahili document on south-central Africa.
TheCollector
6 Facts About Johannes Itten, the Famous Bauhaus Teacher
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TheCollector
Why Do People Love or Hate John Calvin?
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TheCollector
Remedios Varo: The Surrealist Artist in 7 Works and 7 Facts
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TheCollector
What Is the Leviathan in the Bible?
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TheCollector
Sigyn: Get to Know Loki’s Mysterious and Dutiful Wife
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TheCollector
Art Basel Miami Beach Opens 2024 Fair
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A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, November 15, 2024
Hey folks, Fireside this week! For the musing this week, I want to talk about, at least for a...
a month ago
Hey folks, Fireside this week! For the musing this week, I want to talk about, at least for a humanities field, what ‘research support’ from a university means and why it is valuable, but before we get to that, I just want to make a note going forward. In particular, there have...
TheCollector
What Are Carl Jung’s Anima and Animus Archetypes?
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TheCollector
10 Interesting Facts About Haruki Murakami You Should Know
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TheCollector
What Was the War of Jenkins’ Ear?
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TheCollector
Was Minoan Crete a Matriarchal Society?
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TheCollector
Battle of Kursk: The Largest Tank Battle in History
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TheCollector
What Are Patricia Piccinini’s Works About?
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TheCollector
Is Right & Wrong a Matter of Perspective? Moral Relativism Explained
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Global Inequality...
Living through another great transformation…
A review of Karl Polanyi's "Great transformation"
5 months ago
A review of Karl Polanyi's "Great transformation"
TheCollector
Was Emperor Nero Universally Hated During His Reign?
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10 months ago
A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, June 28, 2024
Fireside this week! My hope in terms of the upcoming schedule is to have my usual July 4th post next...
6 months ago
Fireside this week! My hope in terms of the upcoming schedule is to have my usual July 4th post next week (we’re discussing political philosophy in an election year, so I am sure everyone will be very chill; regardless let me repeat you will be civil) and then after that to dive...
TheCollector
What Was the Carnation Revolution?
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TheCollector
How Did Japanese Prints Inspire Vincent van Gogh?
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Dreams of Space -...
Valentina Tereshkova (Mujeres Celebres) (1967)
Celebrating 60 years ago when the first woman went into space.
This is a 1967 Spanish comic book...
a year ago
Celebrating 60 years ago when the first woman went into space.
This is a 1967 Spanish comic book highlighting famous women, in this case: Valentina Tereshkova. I last blogged about this in 2009 so it was time for an expansion. It is unusual to find a biographical comic book...
TheCollector
What Is the (Delicious) History of Pizza?
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Flashbak
Roadside Relics of the USSR
We’re back on the road though the former Soviet Union. This time our guide is French photographer...
2 months ago
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...
TheCollector
Sotheby’s Sells Harry Potter Watercolor For Record $1.9 Million
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Classical Wisdom
The Fall of a Republic
Cato and Caesar
a year ago
TheCollector
Three Early Basquiats to Sell at Phillips This Spring
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TheCollector
Words and Worlds: Does Language Shape Our Reality?
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Classical Wisdom
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In Search of Homer Trip Opening
2 months ago
In Search of Homer Trip Opening
TheCollector
Is Oedipus Rex the Mother of All Drama?
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TheCollector
Why Did Lord Byron Die in Greece?
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TheCollector
Yemen Is Getting Back Two Sculptures From the Met
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TheCollector
Who Was Saint Patrick of Ireland?
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TheCollector
King Tut: The Life & Afterlife of the Boy Pharaoh
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TheCollector
Who are the Yazidis & What Are Their Beliefs?
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for June
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 June. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Nasu, released a nasu guide, and updated the look of the icon. We...
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for August
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 August. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Nasu, implemented a way to shift multiple tiles at once, and...
Flashbak
William Blake, The Great Red Dragon Paintings
“And behold a great red dragon, having seven heads and ten horns, and seven crowns upon his heads....
10 months ago
“And behold a great red dragon, having seven heads and ten horns, and seven crowns upon his heads. And his tail drew the third part of the stars of heaven, and did cast them to the earth” — Revelations 12:3-4, King James Bible The Red Dragon Paintings are four watercolours by...
TheCollector
What Are the 8 Best Art Attractions in Budapest? (local tips)
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TheCollector
Cimabue Fresco Restored to its Original Glory
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TheCollector
How Can You Overcome Self-Censorship?
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Is Divorce in Christianity Really Allowed?
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6 Crazy Facts about Cape Town
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Giorgio Agamben’s Notes on Dante’s Divine Comedy
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Global Inequality...
Is “neo-imperialism” the only path to development?
On Bill Warren's "Imperialism: Pioneer of Capitalism"
a year ago
On Bill Warren's "Imperialism: Pioneer of Capitalism"
TheCollector
5 Strangest Art Movements You Need to Know
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TheCollector
What Was Procopius’ “Secret History”? (& Why You Shouldn’t Trust It)
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TheCollector
Aristotle’s Model of Communication: 3 Key Elements of Persuasion
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Classical Wisdom
Happy Birthday Marcus Aurelius!
A Celebration of Virtue
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TheCollector
7 Most Impressive Villas and Palaces to Visit in Rome
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TheCollector
How Did Muscovy Become Russia?
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Who Is Kiki Smith?
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From Wartime Reserve to Pop Culture: What Is the History of ‘Keep Calm and Carry On?’
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Who are the Pioneers of the Beat Generation?
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TheCollector Interviews Artist Inna Levinson: From Paint to Pixels
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The Devastating Dust Bowl of the Great Depression
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Patterns in Humanity
Genes and social stratification
How genes affect socioeconomic success, and its consequences for society's structure.
8 months ago
How genes affect socioeconomic success, and its consequences for society's structure.
Open Culture
When Christmas Was Legally Banned for 22 Years by the Puritans in Colonial Massachusetts
Complaints about the commercial-age corruption of Christmas miss one critical fact: as a mass public...
3 weeks ago
Complaints about the commercial-age corruption of Christmas miss one critical fact: as a mass public celebration, the holiday is a rather recent invention. Whether we credit Charles Dickens, Bing Crosby, or Frank Capra—men not opposed to marketing—we must reckon with Christmas as...
TheCollector
The Shining Path Insurgency: Modern Peru’s Darkest Hour
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TheCollector
A George Washington Portrait Goes on Sale, Held at the Met
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TheCollector
How Did the English Longbow Win So Many Battles?
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Flashbak
SoHo And New York City In The 1980s
Gérard Monger has been taking photos for more than 56 years. “I wanted to become a photojournalist,”...
4 months ago
Gérard Monger has been taking photos for more than 56 years. “I wanted to become a photojournalist,” he tells us, “but I became a computer scientist. I lived for a long time in the suburbs of Paris, Colombes and then Maisons Laffitte. Now I live in the center of France in Nevers....
Overcoming Bias
Decision Selection Bias
As futarchy interest and activity are way up lately, this seems a good time to elaborate on one of...
6 days ago
As futarchy interest and activity are way up lately, this seems a good time to elaborate on one of its most technical issues, one that @metaproph3t also discussed recently: decision selection bias.
TheCollector
5 Famous Women Still-Life Painters
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TheCollector
Wittgenstein & Mysticism: Grasping What Cannot Be Said
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a year ago
Overcoming Bias
Tension-Filled Black Holes
Most matter pushes against nearby matter, via a positive “pressure.” That’s why Earth holds its...
a month ago
Most matter pushes against nearby matter, via a positive “pressure.” That’s why Earth holds its shape, instead of collapsing down to a point mass.
TheCollector
Rudolf Otto and His Revolutionary “Idea of the Holy”
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TheCollector
Ancient Town Beneath London’s National Gallery Revealed
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TheCollector
11 Facts About The Unique State of Maine
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Free Will Vs Determinism
2 months ago
Flashbak
Frank Film: Watch the Oscar-Winning Animation That Peers Inside Your Head, 1973
Frank Film is a 1973 American animated short by husband-and-wife animators Caroline and Frank...
11 months ago
Frank Film is a 1973 American animated short by husband-and-wife animators Caroline and Frank Mouris. The film won an Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film and was inducted into the National Film Registry in 1996. It’s an autobiographical narrative – Mouris narrates his path...
TheCollector
The Myth of Midas and the Golden Touch: A Story of Riches and Regret
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10 months ago
Classical Wisdom
The Mystery of Morpheus
Who is the God of Dreams?
a year ago
Who is the God of Dreams?
Patterns in Humanity
The Rise of the West
I track the historical rise of West Europe by quantitatively analyzing the birth of notable people...
a year ago
I track the historical rise of West Europe by quantitatively analyzing the birth of notable people of science, and then I put it in context with other indicators of historical development. The data together show that West Europe had developmentally surpassed the rest of the world...
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Ancient Robots and Other Inventions
8 months ago
Ancient Robots and Other Inventions
TheCollector
The History of Method Acting in Hollywood in 8 Lessons
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TheCollector
New Alphonse Mucha Museum to Open in Prague
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TheCollector
Archaeologists Excavate Ancient City Destroyed by Romans
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3 months ago
TheCollector
Mansa Musa: The Golden Ruler of the Mali Empire
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7 months ago
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for May 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 May. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, updated jib cars, and added new recommendations on the...
TheCollector
How Did Henri Matisse’s Travels Influence His Art?
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5 months ago
Trying to Understand...
The Power Of Absent Things.
It explains a lot about Ukraine.
10 months ago
It explains a lot about Ukraine.
TheCollector
Ludwig Wittgenstein vs. Gottlob Frege: Between Logic and Language
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TheCollector
How Frans Hals Revolutionized Dutch Portrait Painting
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a year ago
Flashbak
Welcome to the Country Club: Prison Life in Four Different Nations
Dutch photographer Jan Banning turned his lens on prisons and prisoners for his book Law & Order:...
3 months ago
Dutch photographer Jan Banning turned his lens on prisons and prisoners for his book Law & Order: The World of Criminal Justice,. Below we see photographs pictures of prison life in Colombia, France, Uganda and the United States. “I’m interested in these aspects of society that...
TheCollector
3 Modern Christian Ethicists You Must Know
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a year ago
Flashbak
Dear Goldprick: Ian Fleming’s James Bond Letters
“This, dear boy, not to put too fine a point on it, is a f***ing lie. When it is 11am in Jamaica, it...
8 months ago
“This, dear boy, not to put too fine a point on it, is a f***ing lie. When it is 11am in Jamaica, it is 4pm in dear old England and it is carelessness of this kind that makes my eyes steel slits of blue. – Letter to James Bond author Ian Fleming Many … Continue reading "Dear...
TheCollector
Principality of Sealand: The Smallest Nation in the World?
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TheCollector
Bim-Bom: How a Soviet Clown Duo Defied the Soviets
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TheCollector
Top 5 Places to See the Northern Lights
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TheCollector
The Getty Museum Returns a Bronze Head to Turkey
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TheCollector
Rococo Art & Architecture: Definition, Characteristics, Artists
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a year ago
Classical Wisdom
Does FREE WILL Exist?
And if not, what are the consequences?
3 weeks ago
And if not, what are the consequences?
TheCollector
What Were Julius Caesar’s Greatest Achievements
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