Overcoming Bias
Futarchy Futurism
I have often taken on the role of econ futurist, analyzing the social consequences of particular...
3 weeks ago
I have often taken on the role of econ futurist, analyzing the social consequences of particular future techs.
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for April
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 April. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Bicycle, released an Uxntal playground. See Varvara riding a...
TheCollector
Belgium’s Collectible Design Fair Debuts in NYC
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3 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Respect the Spartan Woman!
How was it for the ancient ladies?
a year ago
How was it for the ancient ladies?
TheCollector
How to Understand the Book of Revelation: 4 Common Readings
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TheCollector
Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream: A Story of Magic & Heartbreak
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for March 2023
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
a year 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
Donsol, added 100r logo to splash screen on the rom.
100r.co, added a new page: diy carbonation system. Updated Saving fuel, Engine rebuild and...
TheCollector
How Did People Get Paid in the Pre-Columbian Americas? (Not in Gold)
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TheCollector
Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz: From Nun to Feminist & Literary Icon
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A Collection of...
New Acquisitions: 1933 and the Definition of Fascism
Today we’re going to look at definitions of fascism and ask the question – you may have guessed – if...
a month ago
Today we’re going to look at definitions of fascism and ask the question – you may have guessed – if Donald Trump is running for President as a fascist. Worry not, this isn’t me shifting to full-time political pundit, nor is this the formal end of the hiatus (which will happen on...
TheCollector
Did Bruce Lee Invent Mixed Martial Art?
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Hidden History
Museum Ship Destroyer USS Kidd
The Fletcher-class destroyer USS Kidd was named, not after the famous British pirate, but after a...
a month ago
The Fletcher-class destroyer USS Kidd was named, not after the famous British pirate, but after a Rear Admiral who was killed on board the Arizona during the attack on Pearl Harbor. The Kidd served in both the Second World War and the Korean War. The destroyer USS Kidd was...
TheCollector
The “New” Norman Rockwell Turns Toward Civil Rights
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TheCollector
King Sennacherib: The Warrior King of the Neo-Assyrian Empire
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a year ago
Classical Wisdom
What to do with Columbus?
Should We Learn “Outdated” History?
2 months ago
Should We Learn “Outdated” History?
TheCollector
Brutus: The Rise & Fall of the Senator Who Assassinated Julius Caesar
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Trying to Understand...
People, States and Borders.
And other dubious ideas.
4 months ago
TheCollector
The Horrors of “Rubber Fever” in the Amazon Rainforest
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TheCollector
Was George Washington Nearly Killed During the American Revolution?
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TheCollector
6 Magical Realists to Read after Borges
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Flashbak
Eat Me! Recipes From The Alice in Wonderland Cookbook and Lewis Carroll’s Hints for Etiquette
Eat me. Drink me. The Mad Hatter’s tea party. The Queen of Hearts’ jam tarts. Alice in Wonderland an...
11 months ago
Eat me. Drink me. The Mad Hatter’s tea party. The Queen of Hearts’ jam tarts. Alice in Wonderland an Alice Thr0ugh The Looking Glass are so much about the food. Little surprise then to discover The Alice in Wonderland Cookbook: A Culinary Diversion by John Fisher, first published...
TheCollector
Cj Hendry Lands in Miami With HOOPS Tree Installation
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History Today Feed
James I: A Foreign King on the English Throne
James I: A Foreign King on the English Throne
JamesHoare
Tue, 05/21/2024 - 08:46
7 months ago
James I: A Foreign King on the English Throne
JamesHoare
Tue, 05/21/2024 - 08:46
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...
7 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
What Is an Existential Crisis?
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TheCollector
5 Celebrities Accused of Being Communists During the Second Red Scare
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Trying to Understand...
They Say They Want Rearmament ....
We-ell, you know ....
a year ago
TheCollector
Who Was the Fifth Beatle?
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Trying to Understand...
Understanding What's Happening in France.
The kinetic phase may come next.
a year ago
The kinetic phase may come next.
TheCollector
What Were the Seven Ecumenical Councils?
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TheCollector
The History of Humans in the Antarctic
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History Today Feed
‘Reading It Wrong’ by Abigail Williams review
‘Reading It Wrong’ by Abigail Williams review
JamesHoare
Tue, 02/13/2024 - 08:20
10 months ago
‘Reading It Wrong’ by Abigail Williams review
JamesHoare
Tue, 02/13/2024 - 08:20
TheCollector
10 Famous Saints Associated With Christmas
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CrimethInc.
How to Organize an Assembly : Preparing to Respond in an Era of Disasters and Despotism
There are times when people who have kept to themselves, counting on politicians and specialists to...
a month ago
There are times when people who have kept to themselves, counting on politicians and specialists to solve their problems, suddenly realize that their only hope is to make contact with others like themselves and work together. Perhaps a hurricane has just torn through the state,...
TheCollector
The African Mask: From Worthless to Priceless
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Overcoming Bias
Culture Drift Predicts Decadence
Babies are naturally pretty selfish, lazy, and present-oriented.
2 months ago
Babies are naturally pretty selfish, lazy, and present-oriented.
TheCollector
What’s the Meaning of Life for Confucianism?
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Global Inequality...
Freedom to be “wrong”: the only real advantage of democracy
Why the liberal project will fail
10 months ago
Why the liberal project will fail
Classical Wisdom
Should We Be More Naked?
Is modesty too modern?
a year ago
TheCollector
Who Was Josiah Wedgwood? Potter, Innovator, Entrepreneurial Genius
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TheCollector
What Are the Abraham Tapestries?
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Flashbak
Charles Green Shaw Cocktail Book of Rhymed Recipes (1930s)
This great little book created by Charles Green Shaw in the 1930s features black and white...
a week ago
This great little book created by Charles Green Shaw in the 1930s features black and white illustrations and poetic recipes for various cocktails. A leading figure in early American abstraction, Charles Green Shaw (May 1, 1892 – April 2, 1974) was an American painter, poet,...
TheCollector
What Was the Great Schism of 1054?
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Global Inequality...
The abolition of paper and the pompous rule of the present
China is considered to have been the first country (civilization) to have created the modern version...
11 months ago
China is considered to have been the first country (civilization) to have created the modern version of paper. Paper is listed as one among the four big Chinese inventions (the other three are compass, gun powder and printing). Perhaps it will be the first country to desinvent...
TheCollector
What Is the History of the Guitar?
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TheCollector
When Was the First U.S. Presidential Election?
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TheCollector
Niko Pirosmani: Get to Know the Tragic Hero of Georgian Art
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TheCollector
How Did Claude Monet Capture the Passing of Time?
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a year ago
Wrong Side of...
Will the last young professional to leave Britain turn off the lights?
'Get out as early as you can, And don’t have any kids yourself’
2 days ago
'Get out as early as you can, And don’t have any kids yourself’
TheCollector
Warfare in the Bronze Age: Tactics, Weapons, Battles
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TheCollector
HEMA: The Modern Study of Historical European Martial Arts
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11 months ago
TheCollector
Serpentine Installs 19-Foot Pumpkin Sculpture by Yayoi Kusama
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TheCollector
Principality of Sealand: The Smallest Nation in the World?
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TheCollector
How Does Stoicism Differ from Other Philosophies?
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TheCollector
What Defined the Roaring Twenties?
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TheCollector
The Sociocultural Effects of the 1979 Iranian Revolution
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TheCollector
How Did Switzerland Become a Country?
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TheCollector
Edward VII: The Rebel Prince Who Became a Popular King
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TheCollector
Impeachment: What Does It Take to Remove a US Politician From Power?
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TheCollector
8 Works of Art & Architecture Commissioned by the Medicis
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TheCollector
6 Lesser-Known Geoglyphs Outside of Nazca
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TheCollector
The Statue of Liberty: 9 Facts about the New York City Monument
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TheCollector
Diego: The First Escaped Slave to Almost Circumnavigate the World
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a year ago
Classical Wisdom
Aristotle's Poetics
The Science of Art
6 months ago
Classical Wisdom
The First Stoic
Zeno of Citium
5 months ago
TheCollector
Egyptian Sun-god: Who Is Ra?
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TheCollector
NY Denny Gallery Shuts Down After Ten Years
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a year ago
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
4 months ago
How Do Europe’s Cold War Divisions Persist?
JamesHoare
Thu, 08/01/2024 - 07:00
Flashbak
Find the Girls on the Negatives: The Shocking Origins of Beautiful Photos Found in a Thrift Store
In 2015, Meagan Abell was shopping in Richmond, Virginia when she spotted four sets of medium-format...
5 months ago
In 2015, Meagan Abell was shopping in Richmond, Virginia when she spotted four sets of medium-format negatives protected in plastic sleeves in a box of vintage photographs. Abell bought the negatives, scanned them and saw the beautiful pictures of two young women standing on a...
TheCollector
The Remarkable Life of Charles Dickens: Hard Times & Great Expectations
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TheCollector
Who Was Sayed Idries Shah?
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History Today Feed
Robert Fergusson: Scotia’s Bard
Robert Fergusson: Scotia’s Bard
JamesHoare
Mon, 10/21/2024 - 10:14
2 months ago
Robert Fergusson: Scotia’s Bard
JamesHoare
Mon, 10/21/2024 - 10:14
TheCollector
Grand Palais to Reopen for the Paris Summer Olympics
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8 months ago
History Today Feed
‘American Journey’ by Wes Davis review
‘American Journey’ by Wes Davis review
j.hoare
Wed, 01/17/2024 - 09:43
11 months ago
‘American Journey’ by Wes Davis review
j.hoare
Wed, 01/17/2024 - 09:43
TheCollector
Spencer Perceval: The Only British Prime Minister to Be Assassinated
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TheCollector
Who Are Hecate’s Parents?
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Classical Wisdom
Is an unjust peace better than a just war?
Or does war have its virtues?
10 months ago
Or does war have its virtues?
TheCollector
The Major Battle of the American Revolution That Never Happened
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6 months ago
Flashbak
British Grub: A Psychedelic Tribute To British Food From 1960s San Francisco
Food, glorious food! Hot sausage and mustard While we’re in the mood, cold jelly and custard Pease...
7 months ago
Food, glorious food! Hot sausage and mustard While we’re in the mood, cold jelly and custard Pease pudding and saveloys, what next is the question? Rich gentlemen have it boys – in-di-gestion! – Food Glorious Food from the muscial oliver by Lionel Bart, 1968 You didn’t need...
Flashbak
Teenagers at Home In the 1980s and 90s In 38 Photos
“As a teenager you are at the last stage in your life when you will be happy to hear that the phone...
9 months ago
“As a teenager you are at the last stage in your life when you will be happy to hear that the phone is for you.” ― Fran Lebowitz We’re back looking at teenagers at home and in their bedrooms in the 1980 an 1990s. We’ve been back there before, checking our the snapshot …...
TheCollector
What Is Marcel Duchamp’s Most Famous Painting?
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A Book of Dreams: 25 Vintage Visions To Awaken Your Mind
We’re dreaming today with collector Robert E Jackson. Triggered by the undertow of memory and fed by...
7 months ago
We’re dreaming today with collector Robert E Jackson. Triggered by the undertow of memory and fed by desire, our dreams are visions of other lives, possible clues to the future. “The interpretation of dreams is the royal road to a knowledge of the unconscious activities of the...
TheCollector
Capitalist Countries vs. Socialist Countries, Explained
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Dreams of Space -...
Women's Day -August (1953) Part 2
Another article that appeared in this August 1953 issue is about the current fictional space flight...
over a year ago
Another article that appeared in this August 1953 issue is about the current fictional space flight programs on TV: Rocket-Bye Baby.
Flashbak
12 Perfect Christmas Gifts From Dianne B, A Postcard Set from 1983
In 1983, photographer Peter Hujar (1934–87) created Twelve Perfect Christmas Gifts from Dianne B, a...
a month ago
In 1983, photographer Peter Hujar (1934–87) created Twelve Perfect Christmas Gifts from Dianne B, a mini-portfolio of 12 postcards. Eight are by Huja, plus four in colour by Neil Winokur and a sleeve by Ken Tisa. The postcards for maverick boutique owner Dianne Benson are lovely...
TheCollector
Battle of the Granicus (334 BCE): Alexander’s Conquest Begins
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8 months ago
A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, February 23, 2024 (On the Military Failures of Fascism)
Fireside this week! We’ll pick up looking at some of the successes of Hellenistic armies next week....
10 months ago
Fireside this week! We’ll pick up looking at some of the successes of Hellenistic armies next week. For this week’s musing, I wanted to take the opportunity to expand a bit on a topic that I raised on Twitter which draw a fair bit of commentary: that fascists and fascist...
TheCollector
Who Was Jack the Ripper? 6 Likely Suspects
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Trying to Understand...
A Clash Of Symbols
They are quite serious, actually.
a year ago
They are quite serious, actually.
TheCollector
The Liberation of Dachau, the First Concentration Camp in Nazi Germany
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TheCollector
What Was the Mandate of Heaven in Imperial China?
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TheCollector
Get to Know Claudius Ptolemy & His Geocentric Model of the Universe
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Flashbak
Street Scenes of NYC in the 1970s
We’re back to New York City in the q970. Stories of that time in the city are legend. Copper Gangs...
10 months ago
We’re back to New York City in the q970. Stories of that time in the city are legend. Copper Gangs and truants, playing on the streets of Brooklyn, big cars, tight-knit neighborhoods on the Lower East Side, subterranean fury, police on the furious beat, music and dancing with...
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...
9 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...
TheCollector
The American Patriot War: “The Americans Are Coming!”
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TheCollector
The Truth and Reconciliation Commission: Moving Past Apartheid?
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Classical Wisdom
The Ancient World's Greatest Disaster
And Most Mysterious...
2 months ago
Dr Alun Withey
Beard Fashions and Class
Over the past few centuries, fashions in facial hair have changed substantially. In the mid...
over a year ago
Over the past few centuries, fashions in facial hair have changed substantially. In the mid seventeenth century many men wore the ‘Van Dyke’ style of a small, pointy beard and moustaches. By the end of the 1600s, beards were in decline, leaving many men with just moustaches. The...
TheCollector
Give All to Love: A New Documentary on Ralph Waldo Emerson Debuts
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a year ago
History Today Feed
‘The Tame and the Wild’ by Marcy Norton review
‘The Tame and the Wild’ by Marcy Norton review
JamesHoare
Tue, 08/20/2024 - 09:18
4 months ago
‘The Tame and the Wild’ by Marcy Norton review
JamesHoare
Tue, 08/20/2024 - 09:18
TheCollector
The Second Italo-Ethiopian War: A Step Toward Toppling the World Order
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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
TheCollector
Marcel Breuer’s Iconic Work: From Bauhaus to Brutalism
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History Today Feed
Measuring the Shape of the Earth
Measuring the Shape of the Earth
JamesHoare
Tue, 02/27/2024 - 10:20
9 months ago
Measuring the Shape of the Earth
JamesHoare
Tue, 02/27/2024 - 10:20
TheCollector
Banksy’s ‘Girl with Balloon’ Is Stolen, Then Recovered
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TheCollector
Huacas and Apus: Sacred Landscapes of the Inca
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TheCollector
New Exhibition Examines Rembrandt’s Relationship with Star Pupil
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TheCollector
Toxic Walls: Why Was Victorian Green Wallpaper So Deadly?
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TheCollector
How Has Modern Philosophy Built on Aristotle’s Ideas?
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TheCollector
Anglo-Saxon England’s Last 50 Years: A True Game of Thrones
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Dreams of Space -...
Moon Fleet Log Book (1966)
The Moon Fleet Log Book was a book distributed by Wall's Ice Cream to collect space cards that came...
over a year ago
The Moon Fleet Log Book was a book distributed by Wall's Ice Cream to collect space cards that came with the ice cream. There were spaces for 24 cards. This book was incomplete but still worth sharing with you.
Flashbak
Peter Hujar’s Portraits of Life and Death: A Somberly Beautiful Photography Collection (1976)
Shown at the Venice Biennale 2024, Peter Hujar’s Portraits in Life And Death exhibition features his...
4 months ago
Shown at the Venice Biennale 2024, Peter Hujar’s Portraits in Life And Death exhibition features his 1970s portraits of artists on New York’s Lower East Side and images from the 1960s of the dead in Palermo’s catacombs. Peter Hujar’s (October 11, 1934 – November 26, 1987) black...
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Heavy Metal: West Midlands Industry In the Late 1970s
“The noise was deafening. The heat was intense. I’d never seen anything like it” – American...
2 months ago
“The noise was deafening. The heat was intense. I’d never seen anything like it” – American photographer Janine Wiedel on her first visit to the industrial West Midlands The Vulcan’s Forge photobook shows us faces of late 1970s industry in England’s West Midlands. Based on...
TheCollector
The Psychology of Drawing: What Is the HTP Test?
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Flashbak
A Fabulous Collection of Antique Espresso Coffee Machines
“I saw an ‘historical’ espresso machine for the first time in Arezzo in 1988 whilst visiting the...
4 weeks ago
“I saw an ‘historical’ espresso machine for the first time in Arezzo in 1988 whilst visiting the oldest antiques market in Italy,” says collector Enrico Maltoni. His interest in antique espresso coffee makers became a labour of love means. He’s written extensively on the subject...
TheCollector
History of the Origin of Manned Flight: More than Just Planes
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Trying to Understand...
Unlike For Like.
BRICS and how international institutions work.
a month ago
BRICS and how international institutions work.
TheCollector
What Was the Un-American Activities Committee?
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4 months ago
History Today Feed
Orkney’s Saga: the Islands between Kingdoms
Orkney’s Saga: the Islands between Kingdoms
JamesHoare
Wed, 04/24/2024 - 08:00
8 months ago
Orkney’s Saga: the Islands between Kingdoms
JamesHoare
Wed, 04/24/2024 - 08:00
TheCollector
Is Divorce in Christianity Really Allowed?
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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...
Dreams of Space -...
Robert Goddard: Father of the Space Age (1963)
After a Thanksgiving break I am back with Robert Goddard: Father of the Space Age. Even if there...
3 weeks ago
After a Thanksgiving break I am back with Robert Goddard: Father of the Space Age. Even if there are not a lot of illustrations of space flight this book was very important to me at the time. I remember finding it in the school library and then getting my own paperback copy...
TheCollector
Who Won the Battle of Fort Sumter?
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Dr Alun Withey
Creams, Clothes and Cases: The material culture of pre-modern travel.
I am currently on study leave, getting on with research for my new project on the history of travel...
10 months ago
I am currently on study leave, getting on with research for my new project on the history of travel preparations. One thing that I’m particularly interested in is the material culture of travel, and what sorts of things were available for travellers as they got ready for their...
TheCollector
What Did the Art of the Third Reich Look Like?
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TheCollector
Rome Considers Entry Fee for Famed Trevi Fountain
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TheCollector
What Are the 5 Tallest Statues in the USA?
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TheCollector
Who Are the Most Famous Sorceresses of Greek Mythology?
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History Today Feed
On the Spot: Levi Roach
On the Spot: Levi Roach
JamesHoare
Mon, 02/05/2024 - 11:25
10 months ago
On the Spot: Levi Roach
JamesHoare
Mon, 02/05/2024 - 11:25
TheCollector
Was Vincent van Gogh Religious?
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for August 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 August. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, added Heriot Bay, Ballet Bay Octopus Islands, and...
TheCollector
Adolf Hitler: The Life of One of the Most Reviled & Notorious Humans
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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
Classical Wisdom
Would You Kill the Fat Man?
Ethical Philosophy for Fun
2 weeks ago
Ethical Philosophy for Fun
History Today Feed
Saving Southeast Asia’s Sunken Warships
Saving Southeast Asia’s Sunken Warships
JamesHoare
Mon, 09/02/2024 - 10:00
3 months ago
Saving Southeast Asia’s Sunken Warships
JamesHoare
Mon, 09/02/2024 - 10:00
TheCollector
10 Ghost Towns in California You Need to Explore
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Dreams of Space -...
Skyjets for Fliers of Tomorrow (1954)
So this is one of the stranger books I have found over the years. It is about a future in which...
11 months ago
So this is one of the stranger books I have found over the years. It is about a future in which people will get individual jet-powered wings to fly. It is set a little like a fantasy and a little like a dream. It has "perfect" 1950s illustrations about how the future might...
History Today Feed
The St Brice’s Day Massacre
The St Brice’s Day Massacre
JamesHoare
Wed, 11/13/2024 - 09:53
a month ago
The St Brice’s Day Massacre
JamesHoare
Wed, 11/13/2024 - 09:53
TheCollector
Why Is Oktoberfest a Vital Part of German Culture?
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Animals of the Ancient World
6 months ago
Animals of the Ancient World
Classical Wisdom
Are Protests the Best Way to Say Nay?
Can Mobs Make the Change They Want to See?
7 months ago
Can Mobs Make the Change They Want to See?
TheCollector
10 Historic Small Towns in the Rockies You Should Visit
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TheCollector
Aristotle’s Poetics: A Brief Overview
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Trying to Understand...
My Substack in Other Languages.
Starting with Spanish.
a year ago
TheCollector
How Did Belgium Become a Country?
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TheCollector
Why Did Lot Sacrifice His Daughters? (4 Possible Justifications)
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TheCollector
How Indigenous Peoples Turned Language into a Post-Colonial Tool
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TheCollector
The Infancy Gospel of Thomas & the Childhood of Jesus Christ
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Classical Wisdom
How to Celebrate the Love of Learning
Give a Graduate the Greatest Gift!
a year ago
Give a Graduate the Greatest Gift!
TheCollector
The Great Wall of Amazonian Pictographs Nobody Knows About
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TheCollector
Who Won the Battle of Cold Harbor?
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Flashbak
Chris Killip and Graham Smith Photographs of England Erased (1975-1987)
“I wanted to record people’s lives because I valued them. I wanted them to be remembered. If you...
8 months ago
“I wanted to record people’s lives because I valued them. I wanted them to be remembered. If you take a photograph of someone they are immortalised, they’re there forever. For me that was important, that you’re acknowledging people’s lives, and also contextualising people’s...
TheCollector
What Was the Purpose of Mesopotamian Ziggurats?
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History Today Feed
‘With Her Own Hair’: A Victorian Prisoner’s Art
‘With Her Own Hair’: A Victorian Prisoner’s Art
JamesHoare
Thu, 01/18/2024 - 10:25
11 months ago
‘With Her Own Hair’: A Victorian Prisoner’s Art
JamesHoare
Thu, 01/18/2024 - 10:25
Classical Wisdom
Ovid's Dating Advice
Love Lessons from a Roman Poet
10 months ago
Love Lessons from a Roman Poet
Trying to Understand...
Everything is (Somewhat) Connected.
But some things are more connected than others.
a year ago
But some things are more connected than others.
TheCollector
Latest Pompeii Discovery is a Rare Blue Room
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6 months ago
Trying to Understand...
The Third World War Has Been Cancelled.
It was all too difficult, finally.
5 months ago
It was all too difficult, finally.
TheCollector
Glass Delusion: Why Did People Think They Were Made of Glass?
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TheCollector
Artists Rejected from Polish Pavilion at the Venice Biennale
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What Was the Mason-Dixon Line?
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What Is the Main Rule of Life Taught by Kant’s Philosophy?
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Ragnarök: What Does the Prophecy of the Norse Apocalypse Actually Say?
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What Are the 10 Most Noteworthy Museums in Venice?
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7 Women Artists Fighting Climate Change
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Presidential Impeachment: An Effective Check on Executive Power?
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British Museum Recovers More Missing Artifacts
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The Father of Art History: Who Was Johann Joachim Winckelmann?
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Battle of Thebes: How Alexander the Great Destroyed the Great City
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Who Were the Disciples James, John and Andrew?
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Why Is the Matterhorn So Famous?
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The Female Detectives of Victorian Britain
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The Female Detectives of Victorian Britain
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How Did Bruegel the Elder Depict the Seasons?
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Brussels Statue Supposedly Damaged by Irish Tourist
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Medieval Do’s and Don’ts of Dating: Complexities of Courtly Love
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5 Influential African Leaders of the 20th Century
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Why Is Blues Music More Than a Genre?
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The Cold War & the Rise of Superpowers: US Elections in a Divided World (1945-91)
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French Culture Minister Calls For Climate Activism Penalties
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What Animals Appear in Shakespeare’s Plays?
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Who Was Saint Basil of Caesarea?
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How did Alexander the Great Untangle the Gordian Knot?
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Why Did King James I Attempt to Take Over the Church of Scotland?
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How Did the Protestant Reformation Influence European Art?
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Overcoming Bias
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Over the last day, I did two sets of polls comparing 16 cultural drift scenarios (detailed here) re...
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Over the last day, I did two sets of polls comparing 16 cultural drift scenarios (detailed here) re their likelihood and desirability. (I later added influence.) Here are best fit priorities (relative to 100 max), sorted by priority sum:
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Denim: The Fabric That Built America
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Denim was G.I. in wartime America. Originally used as heavy industry, utility workwear, these images mostly from the 1940s, show how the fabric became synonymous with American grit and productivity. The look was born in 18th Century Europe. Bleu de Gênes was the rough fabric...
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What Are the Most Interesting Facts About England?
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Thai Fortune-Telling Manuscript, Before 1844
A beautiful paper accordion manuscript from Thailand that features hand-painted illustrations of...
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A beautiful paper accordion manuscript from Thailand that features hand-painted illustrations of zodiac figures accompanied with text. It was made before 1844. “Maria Revere Balestier (daughter of Paul Revere and wife to the first American consulate to Singapore) was the...
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The Philosophy of the Oxford Group: Vegetarianism & Animal Rights
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Polyphemus: Who Was the Cyclops That Was Tricked by Odysseus?
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Sybil Ludington: The Girl Who Rode Twice As Far As Paul Revere?
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Bob Dylan’s Odyssey: A Deep Dive into the Life of a Music Legend
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Francis Bacon Portrait of George Dyer to Sell at Sotheby’s
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Patterns in Humanity
The Dark Ages
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Anger & Sadness: How Do Stoics Handle These Emotions?
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10 Curious and Strange Laws From Around the World
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The Declaration of Independence: History & Overview
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Walter Benjamin: What are the Connections Between Language and Theology?
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How Did Henri Matisse Evolve as an Artist?
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World’s Largest Banksy Exhibition to Reopen in London
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Why Does the UK Celebrate Guy Fawkes Night?
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What Is the History of the Hudson’s Bay Company?
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Who Were the Black Panther Party?
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5 Famous Assassins Who Changed History
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Who Were the Most Significant Post-Impressionists?
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The Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum Closes Due to Protests
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Who Is the Mystery Mummy of Tomb KV55? (4 Theories)
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8 of the Greatest Fighter Planes of World War II
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Battle of Issus (333 BCE): Alexander the Great vs. Darius III
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Open Culture
Binge-Watch Classic Television Programs Free: The Dick Van Dyke Show, The Lone Ranger, Dragnet, That...
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Earlier this week, we featured the 99-year-old Dick Van Dyke’s performance in Coldplay’s new music video, full of visual references to the sitcom that made him a household name in the early nineteen-sixties. And a household name he remains these six decades later, though one does...
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Who Was Gertrude Stein? More Than a Poet & Collector
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Gandhi in South Africa: The Formation of the World-Famous Pacifist
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Who Are the Major Prophets in the Bible?
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9 Historical Places to Visit in Cornwall
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Fisher Landau Sale at Sotheby’s Brought $406 M.
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Has the Christian Bible Been Corrupted?
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Which Biblical Scriptures Present Gratitude at Thanksgiving?
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Has Depression Always Been Around? The History of a Timeless Disorder
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First Nations of the Canadian Plateau: A Brief History
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Is Anarchism a Bad Idea? 3 Main Objections
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World’s Oldest Egyptian Museum Unveils New Galleries
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Celebrate Cicero!
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Summary Of Changes
Uxn, started working on a fantasy console called Uxn, and...
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Don't Confuse Me With Facts.
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They know what they think.
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Egyptian Temples: How the Egyptians Depicted the Universe in Microcosm
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The ancient city of Meroe: the capital of Kush (ca. 950 BC-350 CE)
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Tyrannical Hell or Harmonious Utopia?
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Plato’s Vision of an Ideal State
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Jock of the Bushveld: An Enduring Tale of Friendship
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A Guide to Madrid for Art Enthusiasts (10 Things to Do)
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What Was Kristallnacht? The Horrors of the Night of Broken Glass
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The Silla Burial Mounds: Treasures of Korea’s Ancient Past
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Emily Brontë: Misanthrope or Literary Genius (or Both)?
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What Is the History and Significance of May Day?
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Christie’s Presents Two Latin American Art Sales, Starting Friday
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Religion in the Olympics
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The Olympics: Do they Unite or Divide Us?
Dreams of Space -...
Funny Pictures Magazine May (1976)
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Another children's magazine from Russia. I enjoy the space pictures and the simple art. This issue has a nice space story comic.
Весёлые Картинки (Funny Pictures.) ( Komsomol “Veselye Kartinki”.) nr. 4, April 1976.
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Can Stoicism Improve Personal and Professional Relationships?
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How Did German Expressionism Shape Film Noir?
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Sparta and… Scotland?
Laconic wit through the centuries
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Laconic wit through the centuries
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Why Has Stoicism Gained Popularity in Modern Times?
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J.S. Bach & Sons: The Composer’s Legacy and Family
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What Are Henri Matisse’s Most Vivid Paintings?
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How Did Carl Jung’s Dream Birth “Man and His Symbols”?
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How Did Socrates Die?
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Rules, Rules Rules
Because that's all they can do.
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Because that's all they can do.
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What Are Plato’s Arguments Against Democracy?
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‘All His Spies’ and ‘Spycraft’ review
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Sarah Mae Flemming and the Forgotten Women of Civil Rights
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What Ancient Rituals Do We Still Celebrate at Halloween?
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Rome’s Greatest Defeat? Hannibal’s Victory at Cannae
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Is Oedipus Rex the Mother of All Drama?
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How to Deal with Change: Advice from the Stoics
Everything changes and nothing stands still.
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Everything changes and nothing stands still.
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Bernhard Leitner’s Soundcube, 1969 – The Art of Seeing Sound And Hearing With Your Whole Body
In 1969 Bernhard Leitner (born 1938) created his Soundcube, an experiment into how sound moves in a...
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In 1969 Bernhard Leitner (born 1938) created his Soundcube, an experiment into how sound moves in a defined space and its effects on the human body. The Soundcube, a “sound-space object”, is a room of 64 loudspeakers in which the sound becomes a form of architecture. For Leitner,...
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Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the month of February. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Wiktopher, added back corrected chapters 1-7 to...
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Napoleon’s Hundred Days: The French Emperor’s Brief Return to Power
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‘Daughter of the Dragon’ by Yunte Huang review
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‘Daughter of the Dragon’ by Yunte Huang review
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Global Inequality...
Devant la guerre
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End of an Era: Why Did the Beatles Break Up?
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Ancient Robots and Other Inventions
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Ancient Robots and Other Inventions
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7 Important Members of the Black Panthers You Need to Know
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Wrong Side of...
Your favourite half-British president
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We could win bigly by courting Donald Trump
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We are lost in a haunted wood.
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Research Reveals True Original Color of Van Gogh’s Irises
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How Did the Guggenheim Museum Emerge as an Iconic Art Institution?
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A Collection of...
Collections: The Mediterranean Iron Omni-Spear
This week, on a bit of a lark, we’re going to discuss the most common weapon, by far, in the Iron...
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This week, on a bit of a lark, we’re going to discuss the most common weapon, by far, in the Iron Age Mediterranean (focusing on the period from the 8th to the 1st centuries BC): the humble, effective and ubiquitous thrusting spear. In particular, I want to discuss the striking...
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6 Key Artists of the New Objectivity Movement
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The Wonder Of Soviet Bus Stops
“The bus stops are disappearing so fast. If I come back a year from now, they could be gone,...
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“The bus stops are disappearing so fast. If I come back a year from now, they could be gone, demolished, or rebuilt. These pictures may be all that’s left in the end. I want to give them some kind of immortality.” — Christopher Herwig, Photographer and Soviet Bus Stop Hunter ...
African History...
on the Nubian priests of Rome and the Moors of Spain
When the 12th-century West African scholar Ibrahim al-Kanemi moved to the city of Seville in Spain...
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When the 12th-century West African scholar Ibrahim al-Kanemi moved to the city of Seville in Spain and became one of the most celebrated Andalusian poets, he wasn't the first from his region to visit the Moorish kingdom.
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Fernando’s Story – The life And Times of A Boy Growing Up In NYC’s East Village in the 1970s
In the mid-1970s, Rich Allen began taking pictures of children playing truant and messing about in...
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In the mid-1970s, Rich Allen began taking pictures of children playing truant and messing about in the empty lot a New York City’s 76 E. 3rd St. The Hell’s Angels lived directly across the street. They wanted the lot for themselves. (You can read more about that here.) One of the...
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8 Women Artists Who Were Inspired by Conceptual Art
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James Burnham’s managerialism eighty years later
Like everybody who has studied Marxism from a relatively young age I encountered many quotes of, or...
10 months ago
Like everybody who has studied Marxism from a relatively young age I encountered many quotes of, or comments on, James Burnham's “The Managerial Revolution”. I was quite familiar with Burnham’s ideas but I have not read the book. I don't think that I would have read it, now in...
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Banksy’s Animal Series Continues at London Zoo
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6 Facts About Hilla von Rebay: The Mastermind Behind the Guggenheim
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How Did Andy Warhol Change the History of Cinema?
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What Is the Day of the Dead (Día de los Muertos)? Origins & History
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4 Samurai Swords that Defined an Era
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The Origins of the Democratic Party: A Comprehensive Guide
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Yuefenpai: 8 Facts About the Iconic Chinese Calendar Advertisements
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Stéphane Breitwieser: The Tragic Story of the Most Successful Art Thief
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The Inuit and the Canadian Arctic: A Brief History
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President Johnson Orders Trousers from Joe Haggar – big enough for his ‘nuts’, ‘bunghole’ and knife
On August 9 1964, President Lyndon Baines Johnson (August 27, 1908 – January 22, 1973) ordered a...
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On August 9 1964, President Lyndon Baines Johnson (August 27, 1908 – January 22, 1973) ordered a pair of trousers from Joe Haggar of the Haggar Clothing Co. based in Dallas, Texas. Not a shy man, Johnson was known for conducting official business whilst sat on the toilet and...
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Eugene Von Bruenchenhein And His Wife Marie: A Love Story
Eugene Von Bruenchenhein (1910–1983) was an American self-taught artist from Milwaukee, Wisconsin....
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Eugene Von Bruenchenhein (1910–1983) was an American self-taught artist from Milwaukee, Wisconsin. He left a vast archive of poetry, apocalyptic paintings, paintbrushes made with his wife’s hair, drawings, notebooks, audio tapes and hundreds of sculptures made from chicken bones,...
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8 Facts About the Norse Goddess Freyja
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What Is Voguing?
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UFOs in Art History: Is It a Spaceship or a Cloud?
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Did Climate Change Cause the Collapse of Egypt’s New Kingdom?
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The Expanding Nation: How Westward Expansion Shaped Early US Elections
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Art Philanthropy in the US Depends on Prestige
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What’s the Historical Background of Tristan and Isolde’s Legend?
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Great or the Greatest? F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby
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Magritte Sets $121 Million Auction Record
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The First Italo-Ethiopian War: When the Colonizers Lost
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African History...
A political history of the Kotoko city states (ca. 1000-1900)
Urbanism and state building in the lake chad basin..
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Urbanism and state building in the lake chad basin..
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Who Painted it? Dutch Women Artists and Misattribution
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The Congress of Vienna: How Europe Was Redrawn
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Plotinus’ Theory of Emanations: How Do Things Come into Being?
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