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Baruch Spinoza’s Political Philosophy: Rights & Normativity
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Alhambra Palace: A Testament to Spain’s Rich Islamic Heritage
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Why Is Blues Music More Than a Genre?
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for March 2024
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
8 months ago
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of March.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, added chainplates, knots, washing dishes, receiving mail, updated our notes on diy carbonation system, and refrigeration.
Uxn, added 2 new commands...
TheCollector
Paul Feyerabend: How Should Science Ideally Be?
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Banned Book Week Begins...
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What Was a Peasant’s Life in Medieval England Like?
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Enuma Elish: Discover the Babylonian Poem of Creation
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Indiana University’s Plan for Selling Art to Fund Dorm Renovations
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What Is the Role of the Changeling in Western Literature?
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What Was the Gran Sasso Raid?
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Rembrandt Used Arsenic to Paint “The Night Watch”
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5 Creatures from Slavic Mythology Represented in Art
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History Today Feed
The Prophecies of Merlin
The Prophecies of Merlin
JamesHoare
Mon, 04/22/2024 - 11:22
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The Prophecies of Merlin
JamesHoare
Mon, 04/22/2024 - 11:22
Flashbak
1970s Graffiti in Dirty Old Boston
British bands were big in 1970s Boston. Fans of X-Ray Secs, Billy Idol, Sham 69 and the Buzzcocks...
8 months ago
British bands were big in 1970s Boston. Fans of X-Ray Secs, Billy Idol, Sham 69 and the Buzzcocks sprayed the bands’ names on the city’s walls. The stories behind other graffiti photographed by Meredith Jacobson Marciano is less obvious. Were the Lesbian Turds a band? The New...
Dreams of Space -...
The Conquest of Space (1962?)
I last blogged about this book in 2015 so it is time for a revisit. I got a second copy that has a...
a year ago
I last blogged about this book in 2015 so it is time for a revisit. I got a second copy that has a couple of things I had not seen before. The Conquest of Space is a 1962 (?) Australian stamp album. It is intended for children to collect paper stamps they get in Nestle chocolate...
TheCollector
What Animals Appear in Shakespeare’s Plays?
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How Was Mussolini Removed From Power?
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Çatalhöyük: One of the Oldest Recorded Cities in History
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Weekend Roundup
Last Chance!
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Top 9 Places to Visit in South Africa
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Dreams of Space -...
The Boy Who Discovered the Earth (1955)
Continuing with a bit of a flying saucer theme today is The Boy Who Discovered The Earth. It is a...
3 months ago
Continuing with a bit of a flying saucer theme today is The Boy Who Discovered The Earth. It is a pleasant science fiction novel for kids about an alien boy who is left behind on Earth. He makes friends with the locals and learns about dogs, baseball, and the life of children on...
Flashbak
16 Characters From A Film Never Made : Found Photos From The American Dream
Film noir was coined in 1946 by the Italian-born French critic Nino Frank to describe the crime...
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Film noir was coined in 1946 by the Italian-born French critic Nino Frank to describe the crime thrillers laced with smoky cynicism, femme fatales and amoral ambiguity first produced by Hollywood in the 1940s. “These ‘dark’ films, these films noirs, no longer have anything in...
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10 Amazing Facts About Elvis Presley
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5 Female Canadian Authors You Should Read
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Aspasia of Miletus: More Than Pericles’ Romantic Partner?
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Who Was the First President to Live in the White House?
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History Today Feed
Babylon’s Mystery Goddess
Babylon’s Mystery Goddess
JamesHoare
Thu, 06/20/2024 - 10:20
6 months ago
Babylon’s Mystery Goddess
JamesHoare
Thu, 06/20/2024 - 10:20
Trying to Understand...
I Hate My Job And I Want To Cry.
Tried chopping wood and carrying water?
11 months ago
Tried chopping wood and carrying water?
TheCollector
Who Is Kiki Smith?
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History Today Feed
The Fisk Jubilee Singers Across the Atlantic
The Fisk Jubilee Singers Across the Atlantic
JamesHoare
Thu, 09/19/2024 - 06:00
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The Fisk Jubilee Singers Across the Atlantic
JamesHoare
Thu, 09/19/2024 - 06:00
TheCollector
The Russo-Turkish War of 1877-1878 (History & Aftermath)
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TheCollector
Pablo Picasso’s Composition Techniques Explained Through 6 Works
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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...
10 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...
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How One Tiny Island Took on the Ottoman Empire and Won
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10 Must-Visit Utah Ghost Towns With a Rich History
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6 Female Pre-Raphaelite Artists You Should Know
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Rare Ancient Roman Dolphin Mosaic Found in England
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African History...
A complete history of Jenne: 250BC-1893AD
Journal of African cities chapter 6
a year ago
Journal of African cities chapter 6
TheCollector
What Was the Gospel of Thomas?
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CrimethInc.
Festivals of Resistance : A Call for Gatherings the Weekend Before Trump Takes Office
Along with others around the country, we invite you to join us in organizing festivals of resistance...
2 weeks ago
Along with others around the country, we invite you to join us in organizing festivals of resistance on the weekend of January 18, immediately before Donald Trump takes office. This is a crucial opportunity to engage in outreach, education, and action ahead of what it is sure to...
Classical Wisdom
Does FREE WILL Exist?
And if not, what are the consequences?
a week ago
And if not, what are the consequences?
Patterns in Humanity
Where parents make a difference
Where is the shared environment effect larger than zero?
9 months ago
Where is the shared environment effect larger than zero?
History Today Feed
Why the Organ Split the Church
Why the Organ Split the Church
JamesHoare
Thu, 11/21/2024 - 09:05
a month ago
Why the Organ Split the Church
JamesHoare
Thu, 11/21/2024 - 09:05
History Today Feed
‘Straight Acting’ by Will Tosh review
‘Straight Acting’ by Will Tosh review
JamesHoare
Wed, 09/11/2024 - 07:00
3 months ago
‘Straight Acting’ by Will Tosh review
JamesHoare
Wed, 09/11/2024 - 07:00
TheCollector
Francisco Goya’s Descent Into Madness: The Disturbing Black Paintings
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TheCollector
How Did Hannah Arendt Define Evil?
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Classical Wisdom
Early Christian Poetry
A Forgotten Genre?
8 months ago
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for January
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 January. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Left, re-wrote documentation, redesigned the UX for...
TheCollector
Afghanistan Historic Monuments Destroyed in Earthquakes
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TheCollector
11 Amazing Rooms & Artworks in the Galleria Doria Pamphilj
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Classical Wisdom
The Killing Grounds: Thermopylae
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What Was Négritude?
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What Are the 5 Greatest Protest Songs of the 20th Century?
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The Book of Job and the Case for Women’s Rights in the Bible
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African History...
The intellectual history of Ethiopia and Eritrea: Ge'ez manuscripts and scholars (ca. 200-1900CE)
The unique manuscript collections of Ethiopia and Eritrea written in the Ge'ez script are arguably...
a week ago
The unique manuscript collections of Ethiopia and Eritrea written in the Ge'ez script are arguably the best-known works of literature produced in pre-colonial Africa.
TheCollector
William II: The English King…Who Was Murdered by His Brother?
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Empress of the Blues: Who Was Bessie Smith?
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What Is the History of the Blues?
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Why Is the Ship of Theseus Paradox Still Relevant Today?
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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...
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for October
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 October. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
donsol, ported our Famicom(6502) code to Varvara(uxn).
uxn,...
TheCollector
Who Was Oscar Wilde?
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TheCollector
Alexander the Great’s Legendary Horse: Who Was Bucephalus?
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What Are the Origins of Santa Claus?
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A Collection of...
Collections: Teaching Paradox, Imperator, Part IIIb:
This is the second half of the third and final part of our three-part (I, IIa, IIb, IIIa) look at...
3 months ago
This is the second half of the third and final part of our three-part (I, IIa, IIb, IIIa) look at Paradox Interactives ancient grand strategy game, Imperator: Rome, which covers (inter alia) the period of the collapse of the Roman Republic, which we generally call the Late...
Patterns in Humanity
Immigration and crime: Sweden
Worrying crime trends in the land of Pippi Longstocking
4 months ago
Worrying crime trends in the land of Pippi Longstocking
TheCollector
How Fur Trade Resulted in All-Out War: The Algonquin vs. The Iroquois
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Who Were Charlemagne’s Daughters
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3 Modern Christian Ethicists You Must Know
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What Are The Most Popular Myths About the Council of Nicaea?
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What Are the Key Influences That Shaped the French New Wave?
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Van Gogh ‘Sunflowers’ Targeted Again After Protestors Jailed
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How Accurate Were the Fight Scenes in Gladiator?
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4 Works by Franz Kafka That You Should Know
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Who Was Origen of Alexandria?
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7 Great Paris Museums Beyond the Louvre
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What Was Baruch Spinoza’s Concept of Freedom?
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The AIDS Epidemic: A Heartbreaking Story
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Unlikely Politics: The History of the World Chess Championship
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Secret of the Stoics
3 months ago
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The Life of Tadeusz Kościuszko: A Revolutionary on 2 Continents
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Res Obscura
Experiencing scientific revolutions: the 1660s and the 2020s
Lessons from Boyle's scientific desiderata and the Midgley Effect
a year ago
Lessons from Boyle's scientific desiderata and the Midgley Effect
TheCollector
Ancient Papyrus Reveals Plato’s Final Hours
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Flashbak
Painting The Celestial Afterglow after Krakatoa, 1888
On the 27th August 1883, the Krakatoa (Krakatau) volcano exploded and the sky changed colour. Lying...
5 months ago
On the 27th August 1883, the Krakatoa (Krakatau) volcano exploded and the sky changed colour. Lying on the Sunda Strait between the islands of Java and Sumatra in the Indonesian province of Lampung, Krakatoa was hit by a series of four massive eruptions – the equivalent to 200...
TheCollector
6 Aspects of the Egyptian God Thoth
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Faith Ringgold, Storytelling Quilt Artist, Dies at 93
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8 months ago
Dreams of Space -...
Women's Day -August (1953) Part 3
From the same 1953 Women's Day issue comes my final posting from this "space packed" issue. For an...
over a year ago
From the same 1953 Women's Day issue comes my final posting from this "space packed" issue. For an early Christmas present to yourself or a craft project to make the perfect present for someone else, here are the plans for making some nifty space helmets!
Trying to Understand...
The Sense Of An Ending.
But right back where we started from.
4 months ago
But right back where we started from.
Classical Wisdom
Plato On Knowledge
What is True?
8 months ago
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The Political Effects of the Vietnam War
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A Brief History of the Rahbani Music Family
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1968 in America: One of the Most Tumultuous Years in US History?
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7 Largest Cities in the Ancient World
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What Are the Abraham Tapestries?
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Tom Thomson Painting Attacked by Protesters in Canada
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Diego: The First Escaped Slave to Almost Circumnavigate the World
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Was He Really “The Great Emancipator”? A Look at Lincoln’s Presidency
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7 Dickensian Locations: In the Footsteps of Charles Dickens
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5 Artworks by John Baldessari You Should Know
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Dreams of Space -...
Bozo and His Rocket Ship -Capitol Record-Reader (1947)
Here an old piece of "rocket" ephemera. Back when there were these big black round things called...
9 months ago
Here an old piece of "rocket" ephemera. Back when there were these big black round things called "records," there were children's record-readers. My mom had some of these from here childhood so I actually read some of them. You would put a stack of records on (this one had 4...
TheCollector
Harvey Milk: Champion of LGBTQ & Civil Rights
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Flashbak
A Look Inside London Cafes and Greasy Spoons In the Early 1990s
We’ve seen the outside of many London cafes in the 1980s and 1990s, first here then more. Now Peter...
6 months ago
We’ve seen the outside of many London cafes in the 1980s and 1990s, first here then more. Now Peter Marshall pokes his camera inside London’s lost cafes and shows us around. We see lots of formica counters, brightly coloured chairs, the stainless steel urns for ready-made coffee...
TheCollector
The Two Slayings of Holofernes: Artemisia vs. Caravaggio
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Medieval Anglo-French Wars (1076-1453): A Brief History
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Who Were the Most Significant Post-Impressionists?
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Why Did Socrates Never Write Down His Teachings?
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What Are Djinn? (Powers, Tales, & Etymology)
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Classical Wisdom
Aristotle on Luck
Do You Feel Lucky?
a year ago
TheCollector
Understanding Lacan’s ‘The Four Fundamental Concepts of Psychoanalysis’
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Trying to Understand...
Things Are Falling Apart ...
And the centre's not looking too good, either.
a year ago
And the centre's not looking too good, either.
History Today Feed
Saint Nicholas Becomes a Myth
Saint Nicholas Becomes a Myth
j.hoare
Wed, 12/06/2023 - 10:52
a year ago
Saint Nicholas Becomes a Myth
j.hoare
Wed, 12/06/2023 - 10:52
History Today Feed
Inventing Cyrillic
Inventing Cyrillic
JamesHoare
Thu, 05/23/2024 - 11:21
7 months ago
Inventing Cyrillic
JamesHoare
Thu, 05/23/2024 - 11:21
African History...
On Hegel's ignorance of African History
*my article for ROAPE journal
a year ago
*my article for ROAPE journal
TheCollector
Who Were the 43 Group?
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New Roman Frescoes Discovered at Pompeii
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6 Key Battles of the Wars of the Roses
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What Can History and Archaeology Tell Us About the Druids?
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Battle of the Persian Gate: An Achaemenid Thermopylae, 330 BCE
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TheCollector
The West African Squadron: Hunting Slave Ships on the High Seas
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History Today Feed
Paracelsus: Revolutionary or Mystic?
Paracelsus: Revolutionary or Mystic?
JamesHoare
Thu, 11/07/2024 - 09:38
a month ago
Paracelsus: Revolutionary or Mystic?
JamesHoare
Thu, 11/07/2024 - 09:38
TheCollector
How Were Plato and Aristotle Interpreted During the Renaissance?
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Pascal’s Wager: Should you Bet on God’s Existence?
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A Collection of...
Collections: How to Raise a Tribal Army in Pre-Roman Europe, Part I: Aristocrats, Retainers and...
For the next few posts, I want to take a look at how some ‘tribal’ peoples raised armies, in...
6 months ago
For the next few posts, I want to take a look at how some ‘tribal’ peoples raised armies, in contrast to the way that ancient (or later) states raised armies. As moderns, we are so familiar with the way that states function that the far older systems of non-state organization and...
TheCollector
How Does the Electoral College Work?
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Hegel’s Master-Slave Dialectic Explained
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What Were the Strategic Objectives During the Battle of Narvik?
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What Did Ralph Waldo Emerson Think of Poetry?
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Hundred Rabbits
tools ecosystem
How did the Hundredrabbits ecosystem come into being? It's a long story, but here's a summary.
In...
over a year ago
How did the Hundredrabbits ecosystem come into being? It's a long story, but here's a summary.
In 2016, we left Canada, armed with our two iPhones and 2 MacBooks Pros. We didn't know the wattage of any of the devices we owned, and even less about the amount of solar needed to...
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
6 Must-See National Trust Properties in the UK
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Open Culture
The Sinking of the Britannic: An Animated Introduction to the Titanic’s Forgotten Sister Ship
We all know about the Titanic. Less often do we hear about the Britannic—the sister passenger liner...
a week ago
We all know about the Titanic. Less often do we hear about the Britannic—the sister passenger liner that the British turned into a hospital ship during World War I. Launched in 1914, two years after the Titanic sank in the North Atlantic Ocean, the Britannic featured a number of...
TheCollector
Battle of the Granicus (334 BCE): Alexander’s Conquest Begins
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10 Artists and Their Indispensable Canine Companions
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How George Washington Used the Fabian Strategy During the Revolution
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Tate Modern Reopens Its 10th Floor Viewing Platform
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What Is the History of Hipster Culture?
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Isaiah Berlin’s Two Concepts of Liberty: Negative and Positive Liberty
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Classical Wisdom
The Many Roads to Rome
The Ancient Romans VS the Modern Chinese
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The Ancient Romans VS the Modern Chinese
TheCollector
What Is the Message Behind Hip-Hop?
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What Were the Seven Ecumenical Councils?
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Ancient Marble Floor Restored Underwater in Italy
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Trying to Understand...
The Modern World Is Boring.
Where are the heroes and the adventures now?
6 months ago
Where are the heroes and the adventures now?
TheCollector
7 Scottish Inventors & Their Inventions
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6 Lesser-Known Strange Ancient Olympic Sports
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The Anat Ebgi Gallery Expands to Tribeca
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TheCollector
New Leonora Carrington Record Set at Sotheby’s
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TheCollector
Is Calvinism a Religion or a Philosophy?
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TheCollector
The Dallas Art Fair Decides on 2024 Exhibitions
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11 months ago
History Today Feed
An Ottoman Winter in Toulon
An Ottoman Winter in Toulon
JamesHoare
Tue, 08/27/2024 - 09:30
3 months ago
An Ottoman Winter in Toulon
JamesHoare
Tue, 08/27/2024 - 09:30
TheCollector
Understanding Modern Art in 5 Artworks
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weird medieval guys
No, the King doesn't own all the swans in Britain
So who does?
a year ago
TheCollector
The Good and Bad in Nolan’s Oppenheimer (Critic’s Review)
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TheCollector
8 Great Depression Foods That Defined 1930s America
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History Today Feed
Books of the Year 2024: Part 1
Books of the Year 2024: Part 1
JamesHoare
Thu, 11/28/2024 - 09:32
3 weeks ago
Books of the Year 2024: Part 1
JamesHoare
Thu, 11/28/2024 - 09:32
Classical Wisdom
Happy Holidays
From Anya, Joel and Frida
12 months ago
From Anya, Joel and Frida
TheCollector
Spice Wars: The European Fight for the Spice Trade
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TheCollector
Who Was Walt Whitman?
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for September 2024
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
2 months ago
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of September.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, added a new page: Victoria to Sitka logbook.
M291, added support for Cyrillic glyphs.
Fractran, released what might be the most in-depth...
TheCollector
Einstein vs. Bergson: A Historic Debate About Time
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TheCollector
The Mystery of the Lost Colony of Roanoke
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Flashbak
Katsushika Hokusai: Thirty-Six Views of Mount Fuji
Thirty-Six Views of Mount Fuji by Katsushika Hokusai (1760–1849) features the fabulous painting...
2 months ago
Thirty-Six Views of Mount Fuji by Katsushika Hokusai (1760–1849) features the fabulous painting Under the Wave off Kanagawa, better known as the Great Wave. First published for the New Year of 1831, the ukiyo-e series of large, colour woodblock prints was, due its immense...
TheCollector
Who Was Dorothy Day? The Radical Life of a Catholic Anarchist
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The Unification of England & the Death of the Kingdom of Mercia
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7 Shocking Animal Attacks You’ve Never Heard Of
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TheCollector
Who Were the Most Famous Models in Modern Painting?
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Vyacheslav Molotov: 6 Facts about Stalin’s Closest Confidant
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TheCollector
Place of Gold: The Complex Story of Johannesburg
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How Slavery in Ancient Rome Drove Farmers to Poverty
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TheCollector
8 Techniques in Persuasion from Antiquity
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TheCollector
Jackie Wang’s Carceral Capitalism: Is Capitalism Compulsory?
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TheCollector
Was Ambrosius Aurelianus the Real King Arthur?
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a year ago
A Collection of...
Collections: How to Roman Republic 101, Part I: SPQR
This is the first of a planned five-part series looking at the structure of the Roman Republic as...
a year ago
This is the first of a planned five-part series looking at the structure of the Roman Republic as another example of civic governance structures in antiquity, to match our series on the Greek polis. As with that series, we’re going to start by defining our community and its...
TheCollector
Hypnosis: Is it Magic or Science?
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Wrong Side of...
Soothing the injured spirit of the Temple
The case for giving back the Elgin Marbles
2 weeks ago
The case for giving back the Elgin Marbles
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...
4 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.
TheCollector
Banksy’s ‘Girl with Balloon’ Is Stolen, Then Recovered
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What’s the Difference Between Goth and Punk?
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TheCollector
Cinema’s Epic History: From Then to Now
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Flashbak
American Noir: Mugshots And Crimes From A Small Pennsylvanian Town (1930s – 1950s)
Small Town Noir is a study of life and crime in New Castle, western Pennsylvania. The site compiles...
7 months ago
Small Town Noir is a study of life and crime in New Castle, western Pennsylvania. The site compiles the mugshots of criminals who lived in the town in the 1930, 40s and 50s, with notes on their offences. The mugshots were pulled from the rubbish when the town’s police department...
TheCollector
6 Facts About Hilla von Rebay: The Mastermind Behind the Guggenheim
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Has the Christian Bible Been Corrupted?
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The Rise and Fall of the Akkadian Empire
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10 Interesting Facts About Haruki Murakami You Should Know
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TheCollector
London’s National Portrait Gallery Opens First Francis Bacon Show
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Flashbak
Theory of Colours: James Sowerby’s ‘A New Elucidation’ (1809)
These illustrations are from Theory of Colours: James Sowerby’s ‘A New Elucidation’ (1809). Sowerby...
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