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Fireside Friday, November 22, 2024 (Roman Naming Conventions)
Hey, folks. Another Fireside this week! I had hoped to have the science fiction body armor post...
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Hey, folks. Another Fireside this week! I had hoped to have the science fiction body armor post ready to go this week, but in addition to the continued work on the book project, I was asked to write a review of the now-out-in-the-USA Gladiator II and that consumed a fair bit of...
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Was Cardinal Wolsey an Animal Lover?
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What Are the Conservation Challenges at Mount Rushmore?
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Historic Copenhagen Stock Exchange Catches Fire
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Alan Turing: The Genius Who Cracked the Enigma Code
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Who Was Vernon Lee?
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‘Church Going’ by Andrew Ziminski review
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Homo Floresiensis: What Do We Know about the Hobbit People?
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4 Samurai Swords that Defined an Era
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7 Fascinating Facts About the Vestal Virgins
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How ASEAN Lost its Way
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“I aim to make the illustrations for children’s books as much a work of art as anything I would send to an art exhibition. I strive to make them completely accurate in relation to the text. I try to make them warmly human, imaginative, or humourous — not coldly decorative — and...
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10 Small but Historic Countries You Didn’t Know About
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Who Painted it? Dutch Women Artists and Misattribution
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10 Must-Visit East Coast Historic Landmarks
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‘Jane Austen’s Wardrobe’ by Hilary Davidson review
‘Jane Austen’s Wardrobe’ by Hilary Davidson review
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Tue, 12/12/2023 - 08:59
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‘Jane Austen’s Wardrobe’ by Hilary Davidson review
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On the Spot: Ali Ansari
On the Spot: Ali Ansari
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Mon, 04/08/2024 - 12:28
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On the Spot: Ali Ansari
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Mon, 04/08/2024 - 12:28
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When Philosophy Meets Oppression: Who Was Baruch Spinoza?
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Dolly Wilde: The Tragic Story of Oscar Wilde’s Niece
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The Electoral College Explained
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Remedios Varo: The Surrealist Artist in 7 Works and 7 Facts
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What Defined the Roaring Twenties?
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10 Architectural Landmarks You Must See in Valencia
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Fireside Friday, March 22, 2024
Fireside this week! The ACOUP schedule might end up being a little unstable for the next few weeks...
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Fireside this week! The ACOUP schedule might end up being a little unstable for the next few weeks as the coincidence of illness, the dense part of the teaching semester and unexpected travel are playing havoc on my schedule. I can only promise that we will finish the series on...
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Greco-Scythian Artifacts Seized by Spanish Police
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Picasso to Lead Emily Fisher Landau’s Collection at Sotheby’s
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Reforming England’s Divorce Law
Reforming England’s Divorce Law
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Tue, 03/12/2024 - 08:48
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Tue, 03/12/2024 - 08:48
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How Did the Ancient Greeks and Romans Conduct Banking?
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Teach Your Children ....
Not to be afraid of moral relativism.
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Not to be afraid of moral relativism.
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‘The House Divided’ by Barnaby Rogerson
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Mon, 06/03/2024 - 10:51
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What Are Conlangs?
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Hannah Arendt’s The Human Condition: What is an Active Life?
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Summary of changes for December
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 December. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
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Grimgrains, published a tofu from soy flour recipe, and reduced...
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Trailblazing Women: 22 Female Photographers Who Redefined Photography
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The Expanding Nation: How Westward Expansion Shaped Early US Elections
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The Vela Incident: Nuclear Bombs vs. Asteroid Collisions
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Who Were the Toughest Women in the Old West?
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Eris: Goddess of Strife and Discord in Greek Mythology
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"He spoke of computers with some awe"
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Dune and Greek Mythology: What’s in Common?
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Existential Crisis: What Is It and How Can We Overcome It?
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Urbanism in the forest region.
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What Is Traditional Lakota Art of the Great Plains?
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The Spartan Revolution: The Unlikely Revival of Hellenistic Sparta
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What Is the Ides of March?
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Jericho: An Ancient City Filled with Secrets
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‘The End of Enlightenment’ by Richard Whatmore review
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Tue, 12/19/2023 - 10:39
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‘The End of Enlightenment’ by Richard Whatmore review
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Tue, 12/19/2023 - 10:39
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What Did Francis Bacon Mean by “Knowledge Is Power”?
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China’s Communist Comic Books
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Thu, 12/05/2024 - 09:29
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King Sennacherib: The Warrior King of the Neo-Assyrian Empire
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What Is Assemblage? A Look Into 3D Collage Techniques
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Merging East and West: Who Was Alan Watts?
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Undersea Base (1974)
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So a large change for today, instead of Outer Space books we are going to Inner Space with Undersea Base. I have blogged about Mae Freeman's book Space Base (1974) several times. In it she showed children visiting a space station in the future. I recently found she had also...
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5 Fables by Jean de la Fontaine
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Patterns in Humanity
Crime in the USA
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A short primer and collection of basic descriptive facts
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How Fritz the Cat Deconstructed 1960s America
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What Are the Oldest Copies of the Bible?
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5 Interesting Aspects of Medieval Mongol Culture
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The Great Depression in Europe: Here’s What Happened
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Hey everyone!
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a year ago
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of November.
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Wiktopher, drew some new art(Mastodon), finalized a few translations(Mastodon), and released it the project on Itchio!
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Trench Warfare in World War I: Rot, Rats, Ruin
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Why Was the Beat Generation Called So?
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The Future of US Elections: Potential Changes and Emerging Issues
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Brooklyn Museum Adds Art by Black and Asian-American Artists
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The Missile Will Always Get Through.
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Two New York Museums Face Climate Protests
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Walter Benjamin: What are the Connections Between Language and Theology?
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8 Things to See in Tokyo: A Guide For Art Enthusiasts
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‘Catherine de’ Medici’ by Mary Hollingsworth review
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Tue, 09/10/2024 - 00:00
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Victorian Romantic Rituals and Charms
Victorian Romantic Rituals and Charms
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Thu, 12/14/2023 - 09:33
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Victorian Romantic Rituals and Charms
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Thu, 12/14/2023 - 09:33
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Jock of the Bushveld: An Enduring Tale of Friendship
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Fascism vs. Modernism: Clash in Art & Design
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Post-postal
What did we lose when we stopped writing letters?
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Moon Base (1959)
Number 2 in Nephew and Chester’s space quartet.: Moon Base. Just saying the phrase "moon base"...
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Number 2 in Nephew and Chester’s space quartet.: Moon Base. Just saying the phrase "moon base" brings me a sense of excitement and nostalgia. In fact one of my treasures is my talking Dr. Evil Doll that says "Welcome to my moon base".
Nephew, William and Chester, Michael....
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Umberto Boccioni: 11 Facts About the Italian Futurist
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Encaustic Painting: An Ancient Art Form Explained
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Who Were the Kuomintang?
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Maui Native Cultural Center Demolished in Fire
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12 Ancient Greek Terms that Should Totally Make a Comeback
Eudaimonia, Arete, and much more...
a year ago
Eudaimonia, Arete, and much more...
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Jean Cocteau: A Complete Insight (Bio & Art)
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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.
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Prioritizing Concrete Proposals
I think often about the non-immediate future, and wonder how to best allocate effort to make that...
a month ago
I think often about the non-immediate future, and wonder how to best allocate effort to make that future better. And the first steps in this process are often to identify interesting classes of scenarios, and then estimate their desirability, chances, and ease of influence.
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Three Men Convicted of Stealing Ming Dynasty Vase
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5 Famous Women Still-Life Painters
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Celebrate MLK with 'Agape'
How Dr. King was inspired by the Classics...
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How Dr. King was inspired by the Classics...
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The most interesting things I read in 2023
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a year ago
Most of them are not from 2023
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Who Was Henri Cartier Bresson?
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Do We Need Dress Codes?
Are standards elevating or elitist?
a year ago
Are standards elevating or elitist?
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The Mennour Institute Launched at Paris’s Mennour Gallery
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Tunisian Bardo Museum Reopened Recently
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The complete history of Brava (ca. 1000-1900): a Swahili enclave in southern Somalia
Tucked along the southern coast of Somalia, the old city of Brava preserves the remains of a once...
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Tucked along the southern coast of Somalia, the old city of Brava preserves the remains of a once bustling cosmopolitan enclave whose influence features prominently in the history of the East African coast. Located more than 500 km north of the Swahili heartland, Brava retained a...
Classical Wisdom
[Video] Roundtable Discussion with Mary Naples
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Watch now (60 min) | Cult of the Capture Bride: How Ancient Women Took Power
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Collections: Teaching Paradox, Imperator, Part IIb: Built in a Day
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This is the second half of the second part of our three part (I, IIa) look at Paradox Interactive’s ancient grand strategy game Imperator: Rome which covers the broader Mediterranean and South Asia from the very late fourth century through to the end of the first century BC, the...
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10 Historic Small Towns in Upstate New York Worth Exploring
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Fellow believers or fellow citizens?
Liberalism dies in darkness
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Liberalism dies in darkness
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5 Strange Election Systems Around the World
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11 Facts About The Unique State of Maine
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10 Historic Towns in the US Where You’ll Travel Back in Time
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The Mystery of the Lost Colony of Roanoke
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