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http://dreamsofspace.blogspot.com/2010/02/russian-space-book-1959.html
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Dreams of Space -...
Judy Space Puzzles (1970s)
Here is another quick post for you. Space puzzles!
I last shared these in 2016 so it is about time...
a month ago
Here is another quick post for you. Space puzzles!
I last shared these in 2016 so it is about time to bring them back.
These were classroom puzzles (although they were probably owned by kids at home too). They were mostly for Kindergarten-2nd grade kids and were "educational" as...
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The Water Is Rising.
But slowly ...
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Beauty That Kills: Was Renaissance Makeup Deadly?
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Who Was Saint Polycarp of Smyrna?
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Rijksmuseum Begins Restoration of Rembrandt’s ‘The Night Watch’
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The Death of Clive of India
The Death of Clive of India
JamesHoare
Mon, 11/11/2024 - 10:55
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The Death of Clive of India
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Mon, 11/11/2024 - 10:55
A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, July 12, 2024
Fireside this week! I had hoped to have the start of the Imperator Teaching Paradox series ready for...
5 months ago
Fireside this week! I had hoped to have the start of the Imperator Teaching Paradox series ready for this week, but it has been a bit stubborn and I do not want to derail my book writing/revising schedule in order to push it out before it is ready. So that will almost certainly...
Res Obscura
I talked to Terry Gross!
A brief update about the publication of "Tripping on Utopia" before we return to regularly scheduled...
11 months ago
A brief update about the publication of "Tripping on Utopia" before we return to regularly scheduled posting
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The Whore of Babylon & Prostitution in the Bible
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10 Facts About the Extraordinary Choreographer Pina Bausch
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What Was Little Turtle’s War?
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What Is the History of Mother’s Day in the United States?
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Middle Kingdom Pyramids: The Lesser Known Pyramids of Ancient Egypt
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Who Invented the First Motion Picture Camera?
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Weekend Roundup
Blindspots and Biographies
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Blindspots and Biographies
African History...
a brief note on the intellectual contributions of African scholars in the diaspora
the biography of a West African mathematician in Cairo.
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the biography of a West African mathematician in Cairo.
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Why Did Friedrich Nietzsche Say ‘God Is Dead’?
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What Is Hegel’s Dialectic Method?
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What Countries Joined the Axis Powers?
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How Did the Opium Wars Impact China?
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What Is David Hammons Best Known For?
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Why Was The Well of Loneliness by Radclyffe Hall Put on Trial?
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Weekend Roundup
The Ancient Novel
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A History of Alaska’s Indigenous People
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Role-playing with AI will be a powerful tool for writers and educators
Or, how well can GPT-4 simulate an acid trip in 1963?
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Or, how well can GPT-4 simulate an acid trip in 1963?
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Who Was Carl Gustav Jung?
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Newell Convers Wyeth Painting: From $4 to $191,000
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Who Were the 6 Most Famous Artists of the Protestant Reformation?
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Pope Visits Venice Biennale For First Time
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Frank Film: Watch the Oscar-Winning Animation That Peers Inside Your Head, 1973
Frank Film is a 1973 American animated short by husband-and-wife animators Caroline and Frank...
10 months ago
Frank Film is a 1973 American animated short by husband-and-wife animators Caroline and Frank Mouris. The film won an Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film and was inducted into the National Film Registry in 1996. It’s an autobiographical narrative – Mouris narrates his path...
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When Is St Patrick’s Day? (Traditions & Festivities Around the World)
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Trying to Understand...
Games Nations Play.
But they forget the people and the Street.
7 months ago
But they forget the people and the Street.
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The Eritrean War of Independence: How Eritrea Won its Freedom
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Dreams of Space -...
Mole Rocket (1965)
Mole Rocket is a Czechoslovakian children's book about a mole finding a rocket. It is a silly piece...
over a year ago
Mole Rocket is a Czechoslovakian children's book about a mole finding a rocket. It is a silly piece of fiction but since it does have adventuring in a rocket it seemed worth sharing.
Miler. Mole Rocket, 1965.
When the mole crash lands, the rocket breaks apart in...
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...
7 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...
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What Role Did the Sea Peoples Play in the Bronze Age Collapse?
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The History of the Metropolitan Museum of Art (& Its Collection)
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What Supernatural Creatures Appear in the Works of Shakespeare?
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Bragi Boddason: The Viking Skald Who Became a God
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Glasgow Museum Retrieved Robert Gemmell Hutchison Piece
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Henry I: The Life & Reign of a Notorious English King
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The First Italo-Ethiopian War: When the Colonizers Lost
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Why Visit Aqaba? Jordan’s City of Contrasts
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French Antique Art Dealers Against New E.U. Import Restrictions
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Tom Thomson Painting Attacked by Protesters in Canada
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Baruch Spinoza’s Political Philosophy: Rights & Normativity
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FDR: How Roosevelt Won Unprecedented Four Presidential Elections
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LLM-based educational games will be a big deal
For the first time, digital games can make qualitative assessments of learning. Here's what that...
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For the first time, digital games can make qualitative assessments of learning. Here's what that might look like.
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Interview With Joseph A. Miller on Figurative Art
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10 Unmissable Masterpieces in the Louvre
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What Came First, Blues or Jazz?
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Two Major Native Rebellions Against Hellenistic Kings
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On the Spot: Kristin Semmens
On the Spot: Kristin Semmens
JamesHoare
Mon, 06/17/2024 - 11:14
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On the Spot: Kristin Semmens
JamesHoare
Mon, 06/17/2024 - 11:14
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...
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Decoding Titian’s Poesie Series
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How Does Friedrich Hayek’s The Road to Serfdom Criticize Socialism?
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13 English Words with Greek Origins
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Iroquois Confederacy: A Brief History of Haudenosaunee
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How Can We Love Ourselves?
Finding some Aristotelian Self-love, or Philautia...
10 months ago
Finding some Aristotelian Self-love, or Philautia...
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How Georgia O’Keeffe Went Against Gender Expectations
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7 of the Most Popular Hats in History
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4 Ways Indigenous Cultures Survived Colonialism in Latin America
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5 Tips on How to Approach Conceptual Art
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Dreams of Space -...
I Want To Be A Space Pilot (1961)
Happy People on the Moon day! (54 years since 1st landing)
I Want To Be A Space Pilot is part of a...
a year ago
Happy People on the Moon day! (54 years since 1st landing)
I Want To Be A Space Pilot is part of a series of children's books called "I want to be..." They are essentially a beginning to read career book. I like the very basic illustrations and the straightforward text. I also...
A Collection of...
Collections: The Afterlife of the Roman Republic
This week we are taking a look at what ended up being the ‘runner-up’ in the latest ACOUP Senate...
a month ago
This week we are taking a look at what ended up being the ‘runner-up’ in the latest ACOUP Senate poll (we’ll also do the winner, “The Problem with Sci-Fi Body armor” before year’s end, worry not), the “Afterlife of the Roman Republic,” which is to say a look at the continued...
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Get to Know Audrey Flack, Icon of Photorealism
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Oskar Kokoschka’s Strange Obsession With Alma Mahler
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Lisa Schiff Art Collection Could Hit the Auction Block
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The Curse of the Tower of Babel & the Gift of Tongues
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Trying to Understand...
Getting Used To Being Weak.
It's worse than you probably imagine.
a year ago
It's worse than you probably imagine.
African History...
Seafaring, trade and travel in the African Atlantic. ca. 1100-1900.
historical links between West Africa and Central Africa. (Africans exploring Africa chapter 4)
11 months ago
historical links between West Africa and Central Africa. (Africans exploring Africa chapter 4)
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...
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Mothers of the Ancient World
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Mothers of the Ancient World
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Who Was Benjamin Disraeli?
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The Famous Mummies of the Inca and the Chinchorro
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10 Historic Cities in Massachusetts That Are Great Alternatives to Boston
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The Killing Grounds: Thermopylae
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Trying to Understand...
The Power Of Absent Things.
It explains a lot about Ukraine.
9 months ago
It explains a lot about Ukraine.
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What Are the Abraham Tapestries?
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Florida Museum Fires Curator After Issues With Object Provenance
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Classical Wisdom
Early Christian Poetry
A Forgotten Genre?
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What is the Tall Poppy Syndrome?
Is it good, bad or relative?
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Is it good, bad or relative?
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Capturing Alaska: Who Are 6 of Alaska’s Most Celebrated Painters?
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Prehistoric Art Examples Found in Turkey
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Variety is the Spice of Ancient Life
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Variety is the Spice of Ancient Life
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Who Won the Battle of the Wilderness?
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Why Are Aristotle’s “Categories” Fundamental to Logic?
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Delian League vs Persian Empire: The Greeks on the Offensive
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Trying to Understand...
That's The Truth?
In politics, well, it depends.
a year ago
In politics, well, it depends.
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The Merchant’s House Museum Fears ‘Irreparable Damage’
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Repatriation Efforts Across Europe and the US
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Contemporary Artist to Recreate Missing Piece of Bayeux Tapestry
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The 8 Largest Cities of the Medieval World
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Was Saint Augustine the First Philosopher of History?
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Finding Odysseus’ Homeland
There is no time like the present to truly understand the past...
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There is no time like the present to truly understand the past...
History Today Feed
The Lost Tudor Domesday Book
The Lost Tudor Domesday Book
JamesHoare
Tue, 02/20/2024 - 00:00
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The Lost Tudor Domesday Book
JamesHoare
Tue, 02/20/2024 - 00:00
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8 Historical Places to Visit in Devon
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4 Techniques of 19th-Century Photography You Should Know
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4 Key Techniques of 20th-Century Photography
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How Did Socrates Influence His Contemporaries?
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Paul Feyerabend: How Should Science Ideally Be?
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The Publication of Nineteen Eighty-Four
The Publication of Nineteen Eighty-Four
JamesHoare
Fri, 06/07/2024 - 09:29
6 months ago
The Publication of Nineteen Eighty-Four
JamesHoare
Fri, 06/07/2024 - 09:29
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The Ballad of the Inquisition’s Greatest Witch Trial
The Ballad of the Inquisition’s Greatest Witch Trial
JamesHoare
Thu, 10/17/2024 - 08:56
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The Ballad of the Inquisition’s Greatest Witch Trial
JamesHoare
Thu, 10/17/2024 - 08:56
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Prometheus and AI?
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It’s About Time: The Forgotten Song That Made The Beach Boys Cool Again
The Beach Boys were no longer a hit band when Bob Burchman sat in his car in early July 1970,...
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The Beach Boys were no longer a hit band when Bob Burchman sat in his car in early July 1970, listening to a tape that Dennis Wilson had given him. Bob wasn’t a Beach Boys fan — he preferred Sly Stone or Marvin Gaye or Bob Dylan or Joni Mitchell or The Beatles — but Dennis, an...
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Who Is Theatrical Artist Augusto Boal?
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for October
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the...
over a year ago
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the month of October. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
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U.S. Submarines: How Did the ‘Silent Service’ Win WWII in the Pacific?
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Erté’s Naked Alphabet, 1967
It took Erté decades to complete his naked, somewhat erotic Alphabet – began in the late 1920s and...
4 months ago
It took Erté decades to complete his naked, somewhat erotic Alphabet – began in the late 1920s and not finished until 1967. All 26 letters are created in individual gouaches on paper, in exotic human form (and later formed print editions). This exhibit was a hit when it was first...
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...
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How Did Henry VIII Find a Bride through Portraits?
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