Classical Wisdom
Why Aren’t We Happy?
Count no man happy until the end is known
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Count no man happy until the end is known
TheCollector
What’s the Biblical Background to the Sword in the Stone?
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Understanding Gnostic Salvation in Christian Gnosticism
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Argue Like a Philosopher: How to Win a Debate
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Liberalism, Democracy, and Pragmatism in John Dewey’s Philosophy
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Who Was Dorothy Day? The Radical Life of a Catholic Anarchist
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Pope Visits Venice Biennale For First Time
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Classical Wisdom
Do you need to be Good to be a Good leader?
is it really necessary to be a “paragon of virtue” to rule?
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is it really necessary to be a “paragon of virtue” to rule?
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.
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How Did the Kingdom of Aksum Give Birth to Ethiopian Christianity?
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Venice’s Nordic Pavilion Receives a Massive Chinese Dragon
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Who Is the Father of Pentecostalism?
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Classical Wisdom
Artemisia of Caria
Commander, Queen, and Eva Green
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Commander, Queen, and Eva Green
TheCollector
The Statue of Liberty: 9 Facts about the New York City Monument
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Beneath the Waves...
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TheCollector
10 English Words Borrowed from Indigenous Languages of the Americas
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History Today Feed
New Year, Old Books
New Year, Old Books
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Tue, 12/17/2024 - 09:14
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TheCollector
6 Appalachian Folk Stories That Will Keep You Up at Night
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What Is Friluftsliv, The Norwegian Way of Life in Harmony with Nature?
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TheCollector
Drug Use in the Third Reich: Mass Addiction & Scientific Progress
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Overcoming Bias
Culture Status Report
I’ve been focused on cultural drift for about nine months now, and the probability estimates in my...
a month ago
I’ve been focused on cultural drift for about nine months now, and the probability estimates in my last post make this a good time to take stock.
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
The Essential Greeks
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TheCollector
10 Heartbreaking Facts About the Rwandan Genocide
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American Dream Revisited: Affluence & Turbulence in 1950s America
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Did Andy Warhol Immortalize Marilyn Monroe?
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Eastern Enchantment: The Impact of the Arabian Nights on the West
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The Battle of Grunwald: A Gamechanger for Eastern Europe
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When Did the Korean War Start?
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Quetzalcoatl: The Feathered Serpent’s Myth & History
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Wrong Side of...
On the Tory Cult of Personality and its Consequences
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TheCollector
The Anat Ebgi Gallery Expands to Tribeca
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How (& Why) Is Kaliningrad Part of Russia?
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Central African Republic: A History of the Wildest State in Africa
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What Is the History of the Piggy Bank? (Curious Origins)
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7 Unanswered Questions about Minoan Bull-Leaping
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6 Facts About Johannes Itten, the Famous Bauhaus Teacher
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African History...
The radical philosophy of the Hatata: a 17th century treatise by the Ethiopian thinker Zara Yacob
the historical context of the Hatata in African philosophy.
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the historical context of the Hatata in African philosophy.
TheCollector
What Is the Significance of the Carnegie Libraries?
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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
The Extraordinary Story of Dido Elizabeth Belle
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Trying to Understand...
It's War, Josep, But Not As We Know It
Trying to understand what Ukraine is all about.
over a year ago
Trying to understand what Ukraine is all about.
Classical Wisdom
What is the Soul?
Putting the Psyche back in Psychology...
10 months ago
Putting the Psyche back in Psychology...
TheCollector
What Is Pierre Bourdieu’s Theory of Taste?
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What Was the Un-American Activities Committee?
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Guimarães: 9 Historic Sites in Portugal’s Cradle City
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4 Key Works by Mordecai Richler You Should Be Reading
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TheCollector
Who Was Oscar Wilde?
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Overcoming Bias
What Culture Can You Trust?
Star Wars came out when I was 17, and made a big impression on me; I loved it.
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Star Wars came out when I was 17, and made a big impression on me; I loved it.
Dreams of Space -...
Space Ship to the Moon (1952)
Happy New Year!
A "Space Ship to the Moon" is your present for a new year. I really like the...
2 days ago
Happy New Year!
A "Space Ship to the Moon" is your present for a new year. I really like the illustrations in this book. The story is OK but the visions of spacecraft, a space station and mining on the Moon are worth seeing. This is a relatively low cost book used so if you like...
TheCollector
The Myth of Deucalion and Pyrrha: The Great Flood in Greek Mythology
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Over 1,000 Artifacts Unearthed Beneath Notre Dame
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How Did Descartes View Animals?
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TheCollector
7-Foot Hermes Statue Found in Ancient Roman Sewer
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Flashbak
The Death of A New Jersey Shopping Mall
There are about 1,000 malls in the US, and it’s estimated that one in four will close in the next...
7 months ago
There are about 1,000 malls in the US, and it’s estimated that one in four will close in the next few years as vacancy rates are increasing due to the pandemic, a slowed economy and increased online shopping. Photographer Phillip Buehler captured the death of the Wayne Hills mall...
TheCollector
What Was the Pilgrimage of Grace?
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The Remarkable Life of Charles Dickens: Hard Times & Great Expectations
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Overcoming Bias
No Meta Status Orgs
In health and medicine, we have many government agencies, and private philanthropies, devoted to...
a month ago
In health and medicine, we have many government agencies, and private philanthropies, devoted to many specific medical conditions, and also to studying and reforming medicine in general, at a meta level.
African History...
Acemoglu in Kongo: a critique of 'Why Nations Fail' and its wilful ignorance of African history.
There aren’t many Africans on the list of Nobel laureates, nor does research on African societies...
2 months ago
There aren’t many Africans on the list of Nobel laureates, nor does research on African societies show up in the selection committees of Stockholm.
TheCollector
Bordeaux Wine in France: A Historical Primer
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A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, February 2, 2024 (On City Building Games)
Fireside this week! I have just finished up a draft of a chapter (to be in one of those...
11 months ago
Fireside this week! I have just finished up a draft of a chapter (to be in one of those multi-multi-author companion volumes) on how video games (particularly more abstract simulation games) depict the ancient world. Writing that chapter led me to reengage with ancient city...
History Today Feed
On the Spot: Courtney J. Campbell
On the Spot: Courtney J. Campbell
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Wed, 02/21/2024 - 13:10
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On the Spot: Courtney J. Campbell
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TheCollector
Remedios Varo: A Female Surrealist Painter Who Isn’t Frida Kahlo
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TheCollector
Impeachment: What Does It Take to Remove a US Politician From Power?
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Flashbak
William S. Burroughs: Love is The Painkiller and Cats Are the Cure
“We are the cats inside. We are the cats who cannot walk alone, and for us there is only one place”...
10 months ago
“We are the cats inside. We are the cats who cannot walk alone, and for us there is only one place” – William S. Burroughs It wasn’t all writing, drug taking, walks among the mysteries, cut ups, fomenting revolution, guns and launching assaults on Soho coffee bars in a typical...
TheCollector
London’s Old Master Sales Squeak by Expectations
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TheCollector
4 Egyptian Myths That Inspired Cinema
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Classical Wisdom
Oops! I did it again...
Getting our events straight...
a year ago
Getting our events straight...
Classical Wisdom
How important are dreams?
Should we pay attention to them?
11 months ago
Should we pay attention to them?
TheCollector
5 Key Myths About the Greek God Hades
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TheCollector
Who Was Achilles? Greek Mythology’s Greatest Warrior
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Classical Wisdom
Classics Friday
Gifts for Wisdom Lovers
a year ago
TheCollector
Nietzsche’s Crusade Against the Philosophers
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A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, May 10, 2024
Fireside this week! Next week, with luck, I’ll have my ‘On the Reign of Alexander III of Macedon’ up...
7 months ago
Fireside this week! Next week, with luck, I’ll have my ‘On the Reign of Alexander III of Macedon’ up as an addendum to our discussion of Hellenistic armies. But in the meantime, it is a fireside, and I thought, since it was just recently May the Fourth, we might talk some Star...
Flashbak
A Tour of The Westwood Mall, Michigan, 1972 – 1984
We’re off to the Westwood Mall in Michigan in the 1970s and early 1980s. Most of the images here are...
2 months ago
We’re off to the Westwood Mall in Michigan in the 1970s and early 1980s. Most of the images here are from the store’s opening on August 3 1972. We see shopper browsing for music in Recordland beneath a poster for the singer Cyndi Lauper, buying into the ‘grapefruit diet’, getting...
TheCollector
What Are Patricia Piccinini’s Works About?
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Who Were Charlemagne’s Daughters
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What Are the Most Iconic ‘Original’ Photos of Yellowstone?
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Rudolf Otto and His Revolutionary “Idea of the Holy”
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The Spartan Revolution: The Unlikely Revival of Hellenistic Sparta
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8 Unsolved Disappearances From History
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What Makes Jean-Luc Godard An Iconic Film Director?
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Who Were the Most Famous Symbolists?
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What Is the Gospel of Truth?
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What Is Nestorianism?
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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...
a month 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...
TheCollector
The Dutch Throne in an Exhibition for the First Time
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TheCollector
What Was the Golden Ratio & Did the Greeks Actually Use It?
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History Today Feed
Free French Bombers Over France
Free French Bombers Over France
JamesHoare
Mon, 09/16/2024 - 07:00
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Free French Bombers Over France
JamesHoare
Mon, 09/16/2024 - 07:00
Dreams of Space -...
One, Two (1965)
The next few posts are some of my favorite picture books. The 1st from 1965 is a very basic counting...
a year ago
The next few posts are some of my favorite picture books. The 1st from 1965 is a very basic counting book about spaceflight. I hope that you find it as charming as I do.
DeCaprio, Annie and David Krieger. Illustrated by Nydorf, Seymour. One, Two. New York: Wonder Books. (24 p.)...
TheCollector
How Did the Tet Offensive Impact American Morale?
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TheCollector
History of the Berlin Wall: From Its Construction to Its Destruction
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TheCollector
10 Famous Saints Associated With Christmas
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Classical Wisdom
For the Love of the Classics
Valentine's Gifts
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TheCollector
Art Basel Renames and Relocates Third Edition of Paris Show
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History Today Feed
How Iran Won the West
How Iran Won the West
JamesHoare
Tue, 11/26/2024 - 09:40
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How Iran Won the West
JamesHoare
Tue, 11/26/2024 - 09:40
TheCollector
The Early Anarchism of William Godwin
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Flashbak
Beautiful Birds from Isaac Sprague’s Natural History 1839-1842
The images below are watercolour sketches by Isaac Sprague from the 1840s. “Isaac...
a year ago
The images below are watercolour sketches by Isaac Sprague from the 1840s. “Isaac Sprague (1811–1895) was born in Hingham, Massachusetts, and apprenticed with his uncle as a carriage painter. He was a self-taught landscape, botanical and ornithological painter. Sprague served...
TheCollector
What Is Timothy Morton’s Dark Ecology?
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Hecate vs. Persephone: What’s the Difference?
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4 Places You Must See in Delhi (If You Love Art & History)
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6 (In)Famous Gunslingers of the Wild West
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What Was Robert Mapplethorpe Inspired By?
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Wrong Side of...
American polarisation
The menace of bipartisanship has been defeated
2 months ago
The menace of bipartisanship has been defeated
TheCollector
Who are the Pioneers of the Beat Generation?
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Sixth-Century Sword Unearthed in Anglo-Saxon Cemetery
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African History...
The desert town of Southern Africa: A history of Khauxanas 1780-1906
A view of pre-colonial Namibia from the khoisan town of ||Khauxa!nas.
a year ago
A view of pre-colonial Namibia from the khoisan town of ||Khauxa!nas.
TheCollector
The Dark History of Australia’s Blackbirding
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Flashbak
Clubbers And Youth Tribes in Post-Punk London : 1978-1986
“As a photographer, I go as the casual observer and stand in the shadows. When I first went to those...
8 months ago
“As a photographer, I go as the casual observer and stand in the shadows. When I first went to those Tuesday nights at Billy’s [1978] it was like walking into a Hieronymous Bosch painting – furtive but lively, very decadent reflecting what they were into, and yet with a sense of...
TheCollector
Amsterdam’s Stedelijk Museum Restitutes Matisse Painting
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Free Will: A Fairy Tale?
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Global Inequality...
2x2 geopolitics
Wars and ideology simplified
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Wars and ideology simplified
TheCollector
Interview with Dr. Mark Solms on Freud & Surrealism
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for January 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 January. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, added electrical refit(portal for AC & DC...
Flashbak
Snapshots of Cars On The Streets of London in the 1980s
Peter Marshall has taken us around London the 1980s, showing us graffiti in London, garages, sex...
a month ago
Peter Marshall has taken us around London the 1980s, showing us graffiti in London, garages, sex shops, the West End, the East End and all parts between. Our focus here is in the cars on London’s roads in the 1980s. David Rostance took his pictures of London cars in the 1970s....
TheCollector
Where Is Alexander the Great Buried?
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5 Controversies Surrounding Marina Abramović
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What Is Transcendentalism?
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What Are the Six Labors of Theseus?
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Modernism vs. Postmodernism: Two Genres Explained in 6 Facts and 13 Artworks
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Was Henry VIII Really a Protestant?
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What Are the Five French Republics?
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What Is the Gettier Problem?
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The Evolution of Socialism and Its Influence in the US
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What Are the Oldest Books in the Bible?
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Global Inequality...
Powerful, but within the orbit of the empire
A review of Clinton Fernandes’ “Subimperial power“
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A review of Clinton Fernandes’ “Subimperial power“
TheCollector
Who Are the Masterminds Behind Chicago’s Iconic Architecture?
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Martha Graham: 15 Facts About the Mother of Modern Dance
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Front Triennial Canceled Due to Lack of Funding
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Bob Ross’s First Completed Work Is Up for Sale for $9.85 M.
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The Baroque in Latin America: From Colonial Times to the Present
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How Were Plato and Aristotle Interpreted During the Renaissance?
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9 Queer Artists Who Changed the History of Modern Art Forever
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Abkhazia’s National Art Gallery Works Destroyed by Fire
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Everything You Need To Know About Hecate (Maiden, Mother, Crone)
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Cinco de Mayo: 5 Facts About the Mexican Celebration
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Dreams of Space -...
Beyond Mars (1960)
Here is the last book in the "space quartet", Beyond Mars. It takes a large survey of the next steps...
a year ago
Here is the last book in the "space quartet", Beyond Mars. It takes a large survey of the next steps in space including: solar sailing, travel to Saturn via long distance trips to the outer solar system, multi-year hibernation travel, hydroponics, and visiting other solar...
TheCollector
What Are the Iconographic Elements of Japanese Esoteric Buddhism?
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TheCollector
It’s Complicated: Edward VIII & Wallis Simpson’s Scandalous Romance
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Trying to Understand...
Another Of My Essays in French
Le choc des symboles; ils sont vraiment sérieux.
a year ago
Le choc des symboles; ils sont vraiment sérieux.
History Today Feed
Petticoat Alley: London’s Forgotten Women’s Clubs
Petticoat Alley: London’s Forgotten Women’s Clubs
JamesHoare
Thu, 05/02/2024 - 11:09
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Petticoat Alley: London’s Forgotten Women’s Clubs
JamesHoare
Thu, 05/02/2024 - 11:09
Classical Wisdom
Who cares about Homer, anyway?
What the legendary blind bard tells us about ourselves in the here and now
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What the legendary blind bard tells us about ourselves in the here and now
Classical Wisdom
The Furies
Vengeance or Justice?
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TheCollector
Sufism in the Ottoman Balkans
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The Problem with Catholic Popes: Linus and the Petrine Succession
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7 Rules For Collecting Paintings
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A Rediscovered Guercino Painting on View in Paris
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Pre-Columbian Writing Systems (And How They Worked)
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10 Small but Historic Countries You Didn’t Know About
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
The Mother of Rome
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TheCollector
Dutch & Flemish Vanitas Paintings: A Theme for the North’s Golden Age
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5 Autobiographical Paintings by Frida Kahlo
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What Was the Oregon Trail? History and Legacy
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What Was the Importance of Caesarea in Christianity?
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Classical Wisdom
The Life of Terence
Slave turned Playwright
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TheCollector
A Brief History of Collecting Art
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TheCollector
The Great Emu War: When Australians Lost to Flightless Birds
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Flashbak
Street Walker: Dynamic America In The 1970s
“My surroundings always influence my life and artwork. It’s where I am and what makes me smile” –...
3 months ago
“My surroundings always influence my life and artwork. It’s where I am and what makes me smile” – Meryl Meisler Before cameras became ubiquitous and the billions of instantly sharable and instantly forgettable pictures formed the backdrop to our more insular digital lives,...
History Today Feed
Saving Southeast Asia’s Sunken Warships
Saving Southeast Asia’s Sunken Warships
JamesHoare
Mon, 09/02/2024 - 10:00
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Saving Southeast Asia’s Sunken Warships
JamesHoare
Mon, 09/02/2024 - 10:00
Classical Wisdom
The Myth of the Minotaur
Journey Into the Labyrinth
a year ago
Journey Into the Labyrinth
TheCollector
Giorgio Vasari: 11 Facts About The Father of Art History
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TheCollector
New Pompeii Excavations Reveal Decorated “Tiny House”
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10 Self-Portraits of Vincent Van Gogh You Should Know
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Who Was Martin Luther? (Bio, Ideas, Legacy)
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Do We Want What We Think We Want? Jacques Lacan on Desire
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Flashbak
Found Vintage Photobooth Pictures
“Collecting the photobooth strip (approximate size 8 inches by 1.5 inches) has been an adventure,”...
5 months ago
“Collecting the photobooth strip (approximate size 8 inches by 1.5 inches) has been an adventure,” says vintage photography collector Robert E. Jackson. “If you see or own an amazing photobooth, you can pretty much figure it used to be part of a 4-pose strip. The individual...
Patterns in Humanity
Immigrant assimilation in Denmark
A brief overview of the school performance of 1st, 2nd and 3rd generation immigrants in Denmark
7 months ago
A brief overview of the school performance of 1st, 2nd and 3rd generation immigrants in Denmark
TheCollector
Spanish Museums To Distance Themselves From Colonial Framing
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Classical Wisdom
Ancient Atomists
The Origins of Oppenheimer?
a year ago
The Origins of Oppenheimer?
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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...
TheCollector
Norse Pantheon: 10 Fascinating Gods and Goddesses
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History Today Feed
The French Resistance: Fantasy and Failure
The French Resistance: Fantasy and Failure
JamesHoare
Tue, 09/17/2024 - 06:00
3 months ago
The French Resistance: Fantasy and Failure
JamesHoare
Tue, 09/17/2024 - 06:00
TheCollector
What Is Agnes Pelton Best Known For?
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A Collection of...
Collections: Phalanx’s Twilight, Legion’s Triumph, Part IVc: Perseus
This is the third part of the fourth part of our four(ish) part (Ia, Ib, IIa, IIb, IIIa, IIIb, IVa,...
8 months ago
This is the third part of the fourth part of our four(ish) part (Ia, Ib, IIa, IIb, IIIa, IIIb, IVa, IVb) look at the how the Roman military system and its manipular legion were able to defeat the Hellenistic military system and its Macedonian sarisa phalanx in the third and...
TheCollector
Discover Philip Johnson’s Famous Glass House
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Dreams of Space -...
Johnny's Space Trip (1954)
A re-run--
Back to the imaginative past and Johnny's Space Trip. This 1954 fictional book captures...
a year ago
A re-run--
Back to the imaginative past and Johnny's Space Trip. This 1954 fictional book captures the spirit of doing it for yourself as Johnny and his friends build (and dream of) a spaceship for a journey from their backyard. It is pure fantasy but as you will see there is a...
TheCollector
The Gleiwitz Incident: When Nazis Faked an Attack on Germany
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A Collection of...
Collections: How to Roman Republic, Part V: The Courts
This is the fifth part of our five part series (I, II, IIIa, IIIb, IIIc, IV) on the structure of the...
a year ago
This is the fifth part of our five part series (I, II, IIIa, IIIb, IIIc, IV) on the structure of the Roman Republic during the third and second centuries BC, the ‘Middle Republic.’ Last time we looked at the odd but very important role played by the ROman Senate as the central...
TheCollector
11 Facts About The Unique State of Maine
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10 Art Techniques You Should Know
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What Is the Historical Context of Psalms?
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What Is the Day of the Dead (Día de los Muertos)? Origins & History
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How Socrates Perceive Life, Death, and the Afterlife?
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TheCollector
Why Is the Ship of Theseus Paradox Still Relevant Today?
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TheCollector
Rare Leonora Carrington Sculpture Heads to Auction
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Classical Wisdom
Sparta and… Scotland?
Laconic wit through the centuries
a year ago
Laconic wit through the centuries
TheCollector
Viking Ship Technology: Daring and Dangerous Innovations
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TheCollector
Collectible Toys Worth $1000s: Rare Finds With High Prices
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TheCollector
What Were the Casta Paintings of 18th Century Mexico?
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TheCollector
Did the Anglo-Saxon Invasion of Britain Really Happen?
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A Collection of...
Collections: How to Roman Republic 101, Part II: Romans, Assemble!
This is the second of our planned five-part look (I) at the nature and structure of the Roman...
a year ago
This is the second of our planned five-part look (I) at the nature and structure of the Roman Republic, particularly the governing institutions of the Middle Republic, the period of the republic’s height from c. 287-100 BC. Last time we discussed the component parts and nature of...
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England’s Medieval Angevin Empire Explained
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Napoleon’s 5 Greatest Marshals: The Best of the Best
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What Was the Ancient Greek Pankration?
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Augusto Pinochet’s Brutal Rule: A Look Inside His Regime
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How to Rescue the Reputation of the Nasty Normans
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‘Look at Me’: Scot Sothern’s powerful photographs of life on LA’s streets
In amongst the crowds drifting along Hollywood Boulevard there’s an old guy sitting on an orange...
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In amongst the crowds drifting along Hollywood Boulevard there’s an old guy sitting on an orange bucket. He’s wearing dirty jeans and a grey hoodie. The guy’s in his seventies. Weather-worn. Grizzled beard. Walking stick. Back trouble caused by “old spinal injuries and bad...
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New Exhibition to Show Art Saved From Notre Dame Fire
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‘Bystander Society’ by Mary Fulbrook review
‘Bystander Society’ by Mary Fulbrook review
j.hoare
Fri, 01/05/2024 - 09:39
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‘Bystander Society’ by Mary Fulbrook review
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Dreams of Space -...
Rockets - The Magazine of Space Flight (May 1947)
Continuing with my post from last week, some excerpts from the May 1947 issue of Rockets - The...
over a year ago
Continuing with my post from last week, some excerpts from the May 1947 issue of Rockets - The Magazine of Space Flight.
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Are Beards Over? A Historical Perspective.
Recently I spoke with the Guardian journalist Tim Dowling for an excellent article he was writing...
over a year ago
Recently I spoke with the Guardian journalist Tim Dowling for an excellent article he was writing (published last week) about whether beards are finally ‘over’, and I thought it would be interesting to reflect on some of this. Since re-emerging around 2014, gaining popularity...
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How to Organize an Assembly : Preparing to Respond in an Era of Disasters and Despotism
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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,...
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Sappho, Latin Literature, and more...
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What Is the Gift of Tongues in the Bible?
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Richard Feynman Enthusiastically Explains How to Think Like a Physicist in His Series Fun to Imagine...
“It’s interesting that some people find science so easy, and others find it kind of dull and...
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“It’s interesting that some people find science so easy, and others find it kind of dull and difficult,” says Richard Feynman at the beginning of his 1983 BBC series Fun to Imagine. “One of the things that makes it very difficult is that it takes a lot of imagination. It’s very...
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The End of Britain’s Weeks-Long General Elections
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JamesHoare
Mon, 02/12/2024 - 10:39
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The End of Britain’s Weeks-Long General Elections
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New York City In Kodachrome – Color Photos Found In A Trashcan From the 1950s and 1960s
One day, Jan Wein found some photographs.”For those of you who may not know the back story,” he...
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One day, Jan Wein found some photographs.”For those of you who may not know the back story,” he tells us, “I lived in Manhattan in the 1980s when Ed Koch was mayor, before decamping to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, where I remain to this day.At that time you could find many...
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An Art Lover’s Guide to Rio de Janeiro (7 Things to Do)
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The Prophecies of Merlin
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The Prophecies of Merlin
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7 Incredible Wartime Advancements From World War I
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NY Denny Gallery Shuts Down After Ten Years
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What Was Operation Downfall?
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The Rise of Television & The Power of Images in US Elections
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The Man Who Became Santa: Who Was Saint Nicholas?
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Hidden Gospels: What Books Were Removed from the Bible (and Why)?
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What Five Philosophers Have to Say About Physical Exercise
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Battle of Poitiers, by Charles de Steuben, 1837, via Wikimedia Commons
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Ben Franklin in Politics: The Founding Father Who Was Never President
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Is Anarchism a Bad Idea? 3 Main Objections
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The Albuquerque “Broken Arrow” Nuclear Accident
In 1957, a B-36 nuclear bomber accidentally dropped a Mark 17 hydrogen bomb while landing at...
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In 1957, a B-36 nuclear bomber accidentally dropped a Mark 17 hydrogen bomb while landing at Kirtland Air Force Base just outside of Albuquerque NM. In January 1950, President Harry Truman announced that the United States would begin a crash program to develop and deploy a weapon...
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How Did the Crusades Affect Christianity?
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Wittgenstein’s Solipsism: Where Language & Limits Collide
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Why Don’t We WANT To Be Wrong?
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How can we develop our Many-sidedness?
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10 Must-Visit Historic Towns in New York
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Paracelsus in the Ottoman Empire: Adoption or Adaptation?
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Beer Hall Putsch: What Was Hitler’s Failed Attempt to Seize Power?
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Franz von Stuck: German Symbolist Painter & “Prince of Art”
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Carl Jung’s Theory of Archetypes: Major Archetypes, History, Criticism
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7 of the Biggest Palaces Ever Built
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The Battle of Oriskany: A Civil War in New York
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Fall of Berlin: How WWII Ended in Europe
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Who Were the Important Jewish Philosophers of the Medieval Period?
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Insurgent Survival : Reflections on the Fight Against Sweeps Targeting the Homeless in Austin, Texas
In 2019, militants in Austin, Texas started an organization with the aim of defending homeless camps...
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In 2019, militants in Austin, Texas started an organization with the aim of defending homeless camps against sweeps—forced removals disguised as “cleanups” carried out by cops and work crews. This organization, Stop the Sweeps, intervened in a cycle of struggles that included the...
Flashbak
Erich Sokol For Playboy : Beautiful Women And Desperate Men (NSFW)
“Modern art is what happens when painters stop looking at girls and persuade themselves they have a...
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“Modern art is what happens when painters stop looking at girls and persuade themselves they have a better idea.” – John Ciardi, American poet (24 June 1916 – 30 March 1986) Erich Sokol (31 March 1933 – 20 February 2003) was an Austrian illustrator and caricaturist best known...
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for February
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 February. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Uxn, started working on a fantasy console called Uxn, and...
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Barbara Kruger: Verbalized Resistance in 6 Works
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New York’s Rubin Museum Makes Big Changes
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Is My Life Just a Cosmic Accident? Finding Meaning in a Meaningless Universe
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Lou Salomé: Friedrich Nietzsche’s Über-Woman
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Trying to Understand...
It's All About Them.
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But the Western Security Complex thinks it's all about Us.
TheCollector
Albert Speer: Architect, Minister, and Hitler’s Closest Friend
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10 Things to Do in London if You Love History
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‘The Scapegoat’ by Lucy Hughes-Hallett review
‘The Scapegoat’ by Lucy Hughes-Hallett review
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Mon, 09/30/2024 - 10:39
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‘The Scapegoat’ by Lucy Hughes-Hallett review
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What Was the Italian Risorgimento?
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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...
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An Uyghur Chieftain in China’s Civil War
An Uyghur Chieftain in China’s Civil War
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Thu, 12/21/2023 - 00:00
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An Uyghur Chieftain in China’s Civil War
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Thu, 12/21/2023 - 00:00
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The East African Campaign of WWI: Germany vs The Allies in East Africa
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Night Witches: The Female Russian Combat Unions of the Sky
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After 15 days on the water, we were to get into port. It was the 27th of June, and we'd left Opua on...
over a year ago
After 15 days on the water, we were to get into port. It was the 27th of June, and we'd left Opua on the 12th. We hove-to for the night, waiting for sunrise before entering Savusavu bay. 'Entering a strange harbor at night is for morons and fools,' people told us. We didn't...
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10 Interesting Facts About Haruki Murakami You Should Know
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20 Roman Emperors Who Defined Ancient Rome
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5 Famous Artworks of Medusa: Monstrous, Misunderstood, or Moving?
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7 Facts about Francis Drake, the English Pirate-Hero
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Audrey Flack, Pioneer of Photorealism, Dies at 93
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‘The Specter of the Archive’ by Nicholas Popper review
‘The Specter of the Archive’ by Nicholas Popper review
JamesHoare
Wed, 05/15/2024 - 10:16
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‘The Specter of the Archive’ by Nicholas Popper review
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Wed, 05/15/2024 - 10:16
TheCollector
Who Is Pina Bausch?
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A Collection of...
Collections: How to Roman Republic 101, Addenda: The Socii
This week, as an addendum to our series on Roman civic governance (I, II, IIIa, IIIb, IIIc, IV, V),...
a year ago
This week, as an addendum to our series on Roman civic governance (I, II, IIIa, IIIb, IIIc, IV, V), we’re going to take a look at how Rome handles those parts of Italy it controls but which it does not inhabit. These are Rome’s ‘allies’ (socii), a euphemistic label for the...
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‘Spiral Jetty’ Added to National Register of Historic Places
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9 Revelations from Viking Runes
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Sacrificial Violence and Retribution
In the following analysis, we explore the responses to two different extrajudicial killings as a way...
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In the following analysis, we explore the responses to two different extrajudicial killings as a way to understand the different forms of violence that are coming to the fore in our society right now. In the appendix, we offer an incomplete roundup of various responses to the...
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The Zimmermann Telegram: Mexico & Germany as WWI Allies?
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Progressive realism and Perfidious Albion
Britain's foreign policy is woefully naive and self-defeating
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Britain's foreign policy is woefully naive and self-defeating
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Who Were the Disciples James, John and Andrew?
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First Major Survey of Georgia O’Keeffe Cityscapes Opens June 2
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The US Museum Directors Salary Data
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What Is Anti-Natalism?
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What Treaty Ended World War II?
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Jack the Ripper: Dark Tourism and the Gutter Press
Jack the Ripper: Dark Tourism and the Gutter Press
JamesHoare
Thu, 05/23/2024 - 11:14
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Jack the Ripper: Dark Tourism and the Gutter Press
JamesHoare
Thu, 05/23/2024 - 11:14
TheCollector
How Did Aristotle Define Happiness & Good Life?
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What Are the 5 Longest Bridges in the World?
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Self-Employed Creatives and US New Anti-Money Laundering Law
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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...
Overcoming Bias
Tension-Filled Black Holes
Most matter pushes against nearby matter, via a positive “pressure.” That’s why Earth holds its...
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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.
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Persian myths and realities on the Swahili coast: contextualizing the 'Shirazi' civilization.
Why geneticists found what archeologists and historians had failed to locate.
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Why geneticists found what archeologists and historians had failed to locate.
TheCollector
How Accurate Were the Fight Scenes in Gladiator?
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Open Culture
Watch the Sex Pistols’ Christmas Party for Kids–Which Happened to Be Their Final Gig in the UK...
I’m not sure the Sex Pistols had “available for children’s parties” on their press release, but on a...
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I’m not sure the Sex Pistols had “available for children’s parties” on their press release, but on a cold and grim Christmas in 1977, that’s exactly what happened. While many Britons were settling in for a warm yuletide, the Pistols decided to host a party/benefit for the...
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4 Techniques of 19th-Century Photography You Should Know
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Classical Wisdom
Have We Become Anti-Human?
Is this a problem? And Can/Should it be Helped?
a year ago
Is this a problem? And Can/Should it be Helped?
TheCollector
Joachim Murat: First Horseman of Napoleon’s Empire
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Flashbak
A Day At New York City’s Off-Track Betting in 1982
In 2010, around 50 Off-Track Betting (OTB) parlors around New York City were shuttered. 1,000...
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In 2010, around 50 Off-Track Betting (OTB) parlors around New York City were shuttered. 1,000 employees lost their jobs. And another part of old New York went the way of the Automat and the Times Square peep show. The New York State Legislature enacted its first off-track betting...
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‘Judgement at Tokyo’ by Gary J. Bass review
‘Judgement at Tokyo’ by Gary J. Bass review
JamesHoare
Mon, 01/22/2024 - 11:07
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‘Judgement at Tokyo’ by Gary J. Bass review
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Mon, 01/22/2024 - 11:07
TheCollector
What is Peter Singer’s Principle of Equal Consideration?
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How Did Bob Dylan Win the Nobel Prize in Literature?
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The Death of Literary Fiction.... And its Resurrection?
A New -different- Event
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An Introduction to the History of LGBTQIA+ Art
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6 Misconceptions About Biblical Angels
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Frank Stewart’s Portraits of The American Journey – A Story of Jazz And Justice
“Just how somebody in photographs can treat black people with dignity. That I’d never seen before” –...
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“Just how somebody in photographs can treat black people with dignity. That I’d never seen before” – Frank Stewart Frank Stewart (born 1949) was 14 when he took his trained his Kodak Brownie on the March on Washington for Jobs in Freedom, otherwise known as the Great March in...
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Heracles and the Lernaean Hydra: The Hero’s Second Labor
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Investors Trying to Acquire Ex San Francisco Art Institute Building
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What Are the Origins of the True Crime Genre?
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6 American Film Noirs Influenced by German Expressionism
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Mimir: Get to Know the Wisest God of Norse Mythology
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Aristotle's Politics
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The Philosophy of Doomsday Preppers: What Would You Do to Survive?
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How the Nazis Rescued Benito Mussolini: The Gran Sasso Raid
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What Was the Biggest Art Theft in History?
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First Nations of the Canadian Subarctic: A Brief History
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