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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for July Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the...
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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 July. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans. Summary Of Changes Adelie, added image maps, animation controls, and wrote a guide....
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The Mongrel Mob of Aotearoa New Zealand Photographer Jono Rotman’s arresting portraits of the Mongrel Mob of Aotearoa New Zealand show us...
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Photographer Jono Rotman’s arresting portraits of the Mongrel Mob of Aotearoa New Zealand show us the gang’s members in isolation. To avoid controlling the narrative and anaesthetising their spirit, while “still letting them retain their mystery and privacy”, Rotman took the...
TheCollector
What Did Fascist Architecture Look Like? undefined
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Trees are Sanctuaries: Wandering – Notes and Sketches by Hermann Hesse, 1920 “For me, trees have always been the most penetrating preachers” – Herman Hesse, Wandering: Notes and...
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“For me, trees have always been the most penetrating preachers” – Herman Hesse, Wandering: Notes and Sketches     Hermann Hesse (July 2, 1877–August 9, 1962) speaks of the search for truth and that sense of escaping into the natural world in this 1920 collection of his pros,...
History Today Feed
‘After the Flying Saucers Came’, ‘Think to New Worlds’ and ‘How to Think Impossibly’ review ‘After the Flying Saucers Came’, ‘Think to New Worlds’ and ‘How to Think Impossibly’...
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Helter Skelter: Who Was Charles Manson? undefined
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‘Just Stop Oil’ Protestors Cover Stonehenge in Powder Paint undefined
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Classical Wisdom
Ancient Greek Art Through the Ages
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What Is Trompe L’Oeil? undefined
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The ERR: How the Nazis Plundered France’s Priceless Art undefined
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Joris Hoefnagel: The Emperor’s Best Artist Who Drew Insects That Told of Love And Death Illustrations from the Mira calligraphiae monumenta (The Model Book of Calligraphy) were created by...
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Illustrations from the Mira calligraphiae monumenta (The Model Book of Calligraphy) were created by Croatian scribe Georg Bocskay (died 1575) and Flemish artist Joris Hoefnagel (1542–1601). There is no evidence the two artists ever met, but their collaboration was decades in the...
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See The Rolling Stones 1966 Tour Program In 1966, The Rolling Stones were on tour, supported by The Yardbirds, Long John Baldry and Peter Jay...
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In 1966, The Rolling Stones were on tour, supported by The Yardbirds, Long John Baldry and Peter Jay and the New Jaywalkers and Ike & Tina Turner. Formed in 1962, The Stones had their first number one in ‘64 and in 1966 had released what was to be their breakthrough album an...
TheCollector
Ancient Greece and Persia: Foes, Friends, or Both? undefined
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What Is Original Sin for St Augustine? undefined
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Who Were ‘The Cambridge Five’? undefined
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Civil Rights & Social Change: The Fight for Equality in US Elections undefined
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Once Upon a Time in Brick Lane: 1970s East London Before Gentrification Brick Lane in London’s East End is in area of flux. From the road where they used mark bricks and...
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Brick Lane in London’s East End is in area of flux. From the road where they used mark bricks and brew beer, the place has been sanctuary to immigrants for centuries and is now home to a large Bangladeshi community. In the 17th century, French Huguenots arrived and brought with...
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
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Kalimantan: Indonesia’s Hidden Gem for Animal Lovers undefined
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History Today Feed
The Vienna Secession is Founded The Vienna Secession is Founded JamesHoare Wed, 04/03/2024 - 10:30
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Serop Simonian Art Dealer Arrested by German Polica undefined
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Grand Egyptian Museum Partially Opens to the Public undefined
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History Today Feed
On the Spot: Chris Clark On the Spot: Chris Clark j.hoare Wed, 12/27/2023 - 00:00
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Snapshots of London Going Mad For Christmas In the 1980s When they unpacked the 76h Christmas tree sent to the people of London from the City of Oslo as a...
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When they unpacked the 76h Christmas tree sent to the people of London from the City of Oslo as a token of gratitude for British support to Norway during the Second World War, it looked bedraggled. So before it went up on Trafalgar Square, the decorators nailed some of the...
TheCollector
The Elgin Marbles: 5 of the Parthenon’s Incredible Sculptures undefined
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Classical Wisdom
Sophocles' Swansong Oedipus at Colonus
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What Is Assemblage? A Look Into 3D Collage Techniques undefined
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African History...
The Dahlak islands and the African dynasty of Yemen a complete history of a cosmopolitan archipelago in the red sea (4th-19th century)
a year ago
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5 Actions of the American Indian Movement undefined
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5 Transformative Leaders That Shaped British History undefined
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for June Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the...
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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 June. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans. Summary Of Changes Uxn, improved the Uxntal reference sheet and improved the Uxntal...
Overcoming Bias
Beware Policy Abstraction The recent US presidential election should be fresh enough in your memory to let you directly...
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The recent US presidential election should be fresh enough in your memory to let you directly confirm that the issues focused on there were biased in two key ways.
TheCollector
How Did People Get Paid in the Pre-Columbian Americas? (Not in Gold) undefined
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Hidden History
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...
TheCollector
Who Invented the First Motion Picture Camera? undefined
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Dreams of Space -...
Man-Made Moons (1960) Another book re-scanned. This one has some wonderful graphics and book design. The design is meant...
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Another book re-scanned. This one has some wonderful graphics and book design. The design is meant to be an example of isotype graphic design. This was a visual language created to unite the world without using words at all: International System Of Typographic Picture Education,...
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What Are Salvador Dalí’s Composition Techniques? undefined
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Basil Zaharoff: How to Play Both Sides, Sell Weapons and Get Rich undefined
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Limpieza de Sangre: Blood Purity in Spain and Mexico undefined
11 months ago
Classical Wisdom
The Death of Literary Fiction.... And its Resurrection? A New -different- Event
a year ago
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Iakim Volkov’s Wedding: An Illustration of a Complicated History undefined
10 months ago
Flashbak
The Coming of the Unconscious: JG Ballard’s Guide To Surrealism In Science Fiction In 1966, readers of issue 164 of New Worlds magazine (1946 – 1997) could enjoy writer JG Ballard’s...
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In 1966, readers of issue 164 of New Worlds magazine (1946 – 1997) could enjoy writer JG Ballard’s (15 November 1930 – 19 April 2009)review of La Jetée, the time-travel short by Chris Marker about time and memory which was receiving its first London screenings and his essay ‘The...
TheCollector
Plato’s Phaedo: Is The Soul Immortal? undefined
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Who Was Martin Luther? (Bio, Ideas, Legacy) undefined
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‘A Priori’ and ‘A Posteriori’ Knowledge: What Are They? undefined
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Who Was Louise Bourgeois? 7 Facts About the Surrealist Artist undefined
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Who Won the Battle of Fredericksburg? undefined
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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...
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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.
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for January 2024 Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
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Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of January. Summary Of Changes 100r.co, added galley refit, updated lifelines, seamed box cushions, and moisture prevention underliner. Permacomputing, revamped the page. Flappy Bird,...
TheCollector
Gandhi in South Africa: The Formation of the World-Famous Pacifist undefined
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5 Unique Gods & Goddesses Worshipped in the Incan Empire undefined
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Who Were the Most Famous Symbolists? undefined
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Rome’s Greatest Defeat? Hannibal’s Victory at Cannae undefined
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Was War Really Necessary? Law and the July Crisis undefined
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5 Illustrated Stories by Shaun Tan That You Should Know undefined
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8 Women Artists You Should Check Out in London’s National Gallery undefined
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7 Facts You Need to Know About Brutalism undefined
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Trying to Understand...
Bringing It All Back Home If we can't patronise them over there, we'll do it over here.
a year ago
TheCollector
5 Facts About Ukko, Finland’s Axe-Wielding God of Thunder undefined
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Who Won the Battle of New Orleans (US Civil War)? undefined
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Who Was Judah Maccabee? The Ancient Jewish Resistance Leader undefined
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Magritte Sets $121 Million Auction Record undefined
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Glasgow Museum Retrieved Robert Gemmell Hutchison Piece undefined
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Laser Surveys Reveal Ancient Maya City in Mexico undefined
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The Orlando Museum of Art Faces Financial Distress undefined
11 months ago
History Today Feed
Northern Ireland’s Sex Scandal that Wasn’t Northern Ireland’s Sex Scandal that Wasn’t JamesHoare Thu, 03/21/2024 - 10:17
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Classical Wisdom
Sappho Fragments of Poetry
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TheCollector
5 Quotes by Thomas Hobbes Explained undefined
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Flashbak
Dust And Decadence In Weimar Berlin: Gustav Wunderwald’s Paintings Of Another City Weimar Berlin wasn’t all cabaret, sex, drugs and lots of fun. The set designer and artist Gustav...
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Weimar Berlin wasn’t all cabaret, sex, drugs and lots of fun. The set designer and artist Gustav Wunderwald (1 January 1882 – 24 June 1945) liked to look at the other side of life in Germany’s biggest city. He avoided the decadence and any obvious comment and conspicuous...
TheCollector
How Did Comuna 13 Transform Medellín? undefined
7 months ago
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A History Lover’s Guide to Rio de Janeiro undefined
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The Shining Path Insurgency: Modern Peru’s Darkest Hour undefined
a year ago
Dreams of Space -...
Out of This World (1953) Happy Friday the 13th (in October too). Don't worry, you have gotten really lucky today. Out of...
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Happy Friday the 13th (in October too). Don't worry, you have gotten really lucky today. Out of this World was one of my favorite "discoveries" when I first started collecting these books. It is a massive 160 pages of games, jokes, riddles, and space facts. I last blogged about...
TheCollector
What Is the History of April Fools’ Day? undefined
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What Is George Orwell Best Known For? undefined
a year ago
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Medieval Do’s and Don’ts of Dating: Complexities of Courtly Love undefined
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A Collection of...
Collections: Phalanx’s Twilight, Legion’s Triumph, Part IVb: Antiochus III This is the second part of the fourth part of our four(ish) part (Ia, Ib, IIa, IIb, IIIa, IIIb, IVa)...
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This is the second part of the fourth part of our four(ish) part (Ia, Ib, IIa, IIb, IIIa, IIIb, IVa) look at the context between the Roman military system based on the manipular legion and the Hellenistic military system structured around the Macedonian sarisa phalanx in the...
TheCollector
What Did Adorno Think of Beckett’s Endgame? undefined
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Who is Mierle Laderman Ukeles? undefined
a year ago
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What Is the History of Halloween? undefined
a year ago
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for October 2024 Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
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Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of October. Summary Of Changes 100r.co, added Rabbit Waves and Logbooks. Updated woodstove installation, no windlass with 1 photo, mini dodger and Victoria to Sitka logbook with Week 3...
TheCollector
Joachim Murat: First Horseman of Napoleon’s Empire undefined
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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
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The History and Beauty of the Moscow Metro undefined
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UK Gallery to Recreate “Groundbreaking” 1907 Exhibition undefined
3 months ago
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How Did Johannes Vermeer Depict Women? undefined
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Archaeologists Unearth a Building in the Valley of the Temples undefined
9 months ago
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How One Tiny Island Took on the Ottoman Empire and Won undefined
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Lucian Freud Nude to Make $20 Million Auction Debut undefined
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History Today Feed
The Roman Catholic War on Wigs The Roman Catholic War on Wigs JamesHoare Thu, 09/19/2024 - 08:00
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Alicia Keys Art Show at The Brooklyn Museum undefined
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Shakespeare’s Taming of the Shrew: Sexist or Subversive? undefined
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Franklin Delano Roosevelt: Who is the Real FDR? undefined
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup Was Alexander Great?
3 months ago
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8 Facts About Tamara de Lempicka’s Dark Glamour undefined
a year ago
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What Are Nietzsche’s 4 Most Famous Quotes? undefined
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A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, May 31, 2024 (Academic Departments) Fireside this week! I am spinning up to write a Teaching Paradox series on Imperator later this...
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Fireside this week! I am spinning up to write a Teaching Paradox series on Imperator later this week, but not quite ready to get started yet. I’m also thinking, perhaps before that, of doing a short post or set of posts on the organization of non-state ‘tribal’ societies in...
TheCollector
Ancient Remains of Two More Victims Discovered at Pompeii undefined
4 months ago
History Today Feed
Who was Thorkell the Tall? Who was Thorkell the Tall? JamesHoare Wed, 11/27/2024 - 10:20
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Hidden History
The Last Day of World War One At 5am on November 11, 1918, the French, British, American and German representatives signed the...
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At 5am on November 11, 1918, the French, British, American and German representatives signed the armistice treaty that formally ended hostilities in the First World War. Under the terms of the Armistice, the war would officially end at 11am that day. All the troops in the...
Dreams of Space -...
Техника Молодежи (Youth Technology) Issue 4 (1973 ) “ХОРОВОД КОСМИЧЕСКИХ ЛАБОРАТОРИЙ ‘Round Dance of Space Laboratories’ A re-run from a few years ago....
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“ХОРОВОД КОСМИЧЕСКИХ ЛАБОРАТОРИЙ ‘Round Dance of Space Laboratories’ A re-run from a few years ago. I really like this 1973 issue of Youth Technology. The issue was dedicated to Soviet past and future in space. It has some great illustration of what they had done and what they...
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...
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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
The 3 Partitions of Poland (& Lithuania): Polarized Peoples undefined
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How Were Plato and Aristotle Interpreted During the Renaissance? undefined
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African History...
The empire of Samori Ture on the eve of colonialism (1870-1898) a revolution with a contested legacy.
a year ago
Patterns in Humanity
When Lightning Strikes... Literally A quantification of the risk of dying from a lightning strike and other external sources of harm
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TheCollector
5 Artworks by John Baldessari You Should Know undefined
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Why Did Vincent van Gogh Cut Off His Ear? undefined
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What Are the 4 Main Jewish Sects? undefined
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10 Ancient Cities Around the World to Visit undefined
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Aristotle’s Poetics: A Brief Overview undefined
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What Can We Learn from Genre Paintings of the Northern Renaissance? undefined
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The Dallas Art Fair Decides on 2024 Exhibitions undefined
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Climate Vandal Painted Words in Red Next to a Civil War Exhibit undefined
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London’s National Portrait Gallery Opens First Francis Bacon Show undefined
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How Fur Trade Resulted in All-Out War: The Algonquin vs. The Iroquois undefined
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What Is Freud’s Superego & What Does It Have to Do With Society? undefined
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Neil Gaiman’s Collection Sale Surpasses Expectations undefined
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How Ancient Writing Was Developed For Use in Religion & Magic undefined
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What Are the Recurring Symbols in Hilma af Klint’s Work? undefined
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The 6 Finest Gothic Cathedrals in France undefined
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A Brief Timeline of Ancient Egyptian Art undefined
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Global Inequality...
Changes in income distributions in China, India and the United States, 2018-23 The effects of covid and the return to “normalcy”
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Flashbak
When Gilbert Shelton’s Fabulous Furry Freaks And Poddy Ruled The World! Gilbert Shelton (born May 31, 1940) is an American cartoonist and a key member of the underground...
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Gilbert Shelton (born May 31, 1940) is an American cartoonist and a key member of the underground comix movement. He is the creator of the characters The Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers and Fat Freddy’s Cat, and a co-founder of Rip Off Press in San Francisco in 1969.   Shelton...
TheCollector
Top Aces of World War II: 7 Talented Fighter Pilots undefined
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The Anne of Cleves Louvre Portrait Got a Makeover undefined
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Global Inequality...
The third framing Can an international economic system exist in the world of nationalisms?
3 months ago
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for March Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the...
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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 March. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans. Summary Of Changes Uxn, lots of progress on Uxn, started documenting the assembly...
TheCollector
The Footsteps of Finn MacCool: The Landscape of Giants in Ireland undefined
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10 Historical Places to Visit in Hampshire undefined
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Josephine Baker: An American Dancer in the French Resistance undefined
a year ago
History Today Feed
How the Lisbon Earthquake Shook the Enlightenment How the Lisbon Earthquake Shook the Enlightenment JamesHoare Fri, 06/21/2024 - 08:00
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Pascal’s Wager: Should you Bet on God’s Existence? undefined
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The Liberation of Dachau, the First Concentration Camp in Nazi Germany undefined
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Everything You Need to Know About Claude Monet’s Water Lilies undefined
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Riddle Me This: Question Marks In Vintage Photographs The Riddler: “Riddle me this! There are three men an a boat with a pack of cigarettes and no...
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The Riddler: “Riddle me this! There are three men an a boat with a pack of cigarettes and no matches. How did they manage to smoke?” Robin: “They threw one cigarette overboard and the boat became a cigarette lighter.” – The Question asked in Batman, 1966     The question mark...
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup Homer: From 'Dark Ages' to Modernism
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TheCollector
Homo Habilis: The First Humans? undefined
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A Collection of...
Collections: How to Roman Republic, Part IIIc: Ten Tribunes, Two Censors and Twenty-Six Guys This is the third section of the third part of our our planned five part series (I, II, IIIa, IIIb)...
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This is the third section of the third part of our our planned five part series (I, II, IIIa, IIIb) on the structure of the Roman Republic during the third and second centuries, the ‘Middle’ Republic.’ Last time we looked at the top of the Roman political career in the republic,...
TheCollector
Susan Sontag’s Regarding the Pain of Others undefined
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Neanderthal Nonsense: Debunking Myths About Our Ancient Cousins undefined
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Flashbak
‘Leasure And Pleasure’: Window Shopping In 1980s Hull “When I started this project in 1977, Hull was in the throes of a massive redevelopment, with many...
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“When I started this project in 1977, Hull was in the throes of a massive redevelopment, with many inner city areas being bulldozed and instant slums being created on its outskirts. It seemed to have learnt nothing from the mistakes I had fought against during the previous decade...
TheCollector
Tate Modern Reopens Its 10th Floor Viewing Platform undefined
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Dreams of Space -...
What the Moon Is Like (1963) Happy 2023, this book is 60 years old this year and still seems as fresh as ever since we are...
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Happy 2023, this book is 60 years old this year and still seems as fresh as ever since we are exploring the Moon again. What the Moon is Like is another book by the children's science writer Franklyn Branley. He wrote many children's non-fiction books with a variety of...
TheCollector
Van Gogh & Gauguin: A Fiery Friendship Between Two Post-Impressionists undefined
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First Nations of the Canadian Atlantic Provinces: A Brief History undefined
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Capoeira’s Incredible Roots: Brazil’s Unique Art Form undefined
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Alexander Nevsky: Savior of the Kievan Rus’? undefined
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Open Culture
A Simple, Down-to-Earth Christmas Card from the Great Depression (1933) The Smithsonian sets the scene for this Christmas card sent in 1933, a few years into the Great...
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The Smithsonian sets the scene for this Christmas card sent in 1933, a few years into the Great Depression. They write: Despite the glum economic situation, the Pinero family used a brown paper bag to fashion an inexpensive holiday greeting card. They penned a clever rhyme and...
Classical Wisdom
The Homeric Hymn to Demeter NEW Event
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Dreams of Space -...
Hombres Del Espacio (1960) So a fun one today. This is so silly and dated that I almost feel like apologizing, but I won't....
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So a fun one today. This is so silly and dated that I almost feel like apologizing, but I won't. This is the story of the exploration of space and has to be seen! It might have been assembled from stills from a Spanish film (I don't recognize it so feel free to tell me). But...
TheCollector
Does Free Will Exist? undefined
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Why Visit Northumberland? : Britain’s Historic Hidden Gem undefined
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Sorites Paradox: Why Traditional Logic Is Not Omnipotent undefined
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The Scariest Sermon Ever? Jonathan Edwards & the Great Awakening undefined
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7 of the Most Historically Important Sites in Japan undefined
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What Is Anxiety to Soren Kierkegaard? undefined
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Moses’ Wife: Who Was Zipporah? undefined
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What Was the Purpose of Mesopotamian Ziggurats? undefined
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Flashbak
Postcards From The First Bauhaus Exhibition, 1923 To promote their first major exhibition, from 15 August to 30 September 1923, members of Germany’s...
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To promote their first major exhibition, from 15 August to 30 September 1923, members of Germany’s Bauhaus design school (der Bauhäusler) produced a set of postcards. Fellow lovers of collecting postcards (deltiology) understand the joy of holding these small picturesque moments...
Flashbak
That Time Kenneth Anger Wanted to Make a Film about Cricket – Exclusive St. Patrick’s Day, 2003, Kenneth Anger wrote a letter asking me if I wanted to line-produce his next...
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St. Patrick’s Day, 2003, Kenneth Anger wrote a letter asking me if I wanted to line-produce his next film Arrangement in White on Green. It was to be a film about cricket. A sports film was the last thing I ever imagined the director of Lucifer Rising would make. I was intrigued....
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3 Depictions of Saint Jerome: Albrecht Dürer’s Fascination undefined
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Death in the Bible: Two Contradictory Views undefined
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Is Calligraphy Considered Art? undefined
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup The Mystery of the Mind
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10 Strange Old Currencies Throughout Time undefined
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The Year Without a Summer: The Eruption of Mt Tambora undefined
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The AIDS Epidemic: A Heartbreaking Story undefined
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10 Interesting Facts About Haruki Murakami You Should Know undefined
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Maze-like Exhibition Celebrates 100th Anniversary of Surrealism undefined
3 months ago
African History...
An empire of cloth: the textile industry of the Sokoto empire ca. 1808-1903. The Hausaland region of northern Nigeria was home to one of the largest textile industries in...
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The Hausaland region of northern Nigeria was home to one of the largest textile industries in pre-colonial Africa, whose scale and scope were unparalleled throughout most of the continent.
TheCollector
What Is David Hammons Best Known For? undefined
10 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Who’s in the Tomb? A Macedonian Mystery: The Tombs of Aigai
7 months ago
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Stéphane Breitwieser: The Tragic Story of the Most Successful Art Thief undefined
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African History...
a complete history of Mombasa ca. 600-1895. Journal of African cities: chapter 13
3 months ago
TheCollector
How Do Stoics View Wealth, Success, and Happiness? undefined
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The houseboats, blast furnaces and shipbuilding are gone. Ian Macdonald’s photographs are portraits of times past. These pictures cover three of the photographer’s major bodies of work from the late 1960s to the mid 1980s: Greatham Creek; the Redcar blast furnace and Smith’s Dock...
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One, Two (1965) The next few posts are some of my favorite picture books. The 1st from 1965 is a very basic counting...
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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.)...
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Originally the Columbia Drugstore was next to Gower Gulch at Sunset and Gower, says Meredith Jacobson Marciano. In 1980, the coffee shop was closing forever.”The term “drugstore cowboy” came from here to mean a young wannabe whippersnapper who wanted to get into Westerns but...
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Ian Macdonald’s black-and-white film photography from the 1970 and 80s shows us children’s at school, heavy industry, steel works, Redcar blast furnace, Smith’s Dock Shipyard, houseboats and life in Cleveland and Teesside, England.   “The blast furnace has a drama and beauty to...
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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 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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This is the first part of the second part of our four? four part look at the great third and second century BC contest between the Hellenistic armies of the heirs of Alexander and the Roman legions. Last time, we looked at the Hellenistic army as a complete system, incorporating...
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Here are several examples of the many groovy psychedelic adverts produced in the 1960s to promote Woolworths’ UK line of “Baby Doll” cosmetics in the late 1960s. These “pop-style” adverts appeared in the country’s magazines for teenagers, like Jackie, RAVE, Flair, Queen and...
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A pleasantly strange space book about Martians visiting the earth. The "magic motion" consisted of a little lenticular piece inside each page so if you moved your head the image would move. Not very exciting but it did make for a fun story. Miller, Albert G. Designed by Paul...
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An unusual children's book consisting of a long poem about Konstantin Tsiolkovsky and an imaginary trip to the Moon. It is highly illustrated and worth a look if you have not seen it. It was colored in places in crayon by a child but that sort of adds to the charm of someone who...
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The passage from Japan (Shimoda) to Canada (Victoria) took 51 days, and it was the hardest thing we've ever done. We decided to keep a logbook, to better remember it and so it can help others who wish to make this trip. Continue Reading
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Another illustration intensive book. This one is only 3" tall and 2 " wide so you might have missed it :) . It was a premium with Mickey Mouse Weekly magazine. Evidently the magazine came with some pages that you could fold up into a tiny book. The others I have found evidence of...
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This week, I want to talk a bit about the recent release of Gladiator II. Now I’ve written a review of the film for Foreign Policy, which you can find here (behind the paywall). I also discussed it with Jason Herbert and Sarah Bond over at Historians at the Movies, which is a...
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