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Measuring the Shape of the Earth
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One, Two (1965)
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New Exhibition to Show Art Saved From Notre Dame Fire
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When Picasso Crossed the Iron Curtain: The 1st USSR Picasso Exhibition
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SoHo And New York City In The 1980s
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‘The Wild Men’, ‘The Men of 1924’ and ‘A Century of Labour’ review
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The kinetic phase may come next.
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‘Outposts of Diplomacy’ by G. R. Berridge review
‘Outposts of Diplomacy’ by G. R. Berridge review
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Wed, 09/04/2024 - 09:04
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‘Outposts of Diplomacy’ by G. R. Berridge review
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TheCollector
7 Ways in Which Ancient Egypt Influenced Greece
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The 8 Largest Cities of the Medieval World
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Michigan Museum Displays Rich History of Cambodian Art
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Verification Vs. Falsification: The Birth of the Philosophy of Science
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Hundred Rabbits
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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What Was the Oregon Trail? History and Legacy
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Homo Floresiensis: What Do We Know about the Hobbit People?
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Forgotten Sandro Botticelli Piece Seized by Italian Authorities
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Jock of the Bushveld: An Enduring Tale of Friendship
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A Collection of...
Continues the Hiatus, 2024
Friends, Readers, Countrymen, lend me your eyes! As sadly expected, the hiatus is going to continue...
2 months ago
Friends, Readers, Countrymen, lend me your eyes! As sadly expected, the hiatus is going to continue through October. I am making good progress on my writing, but still need to keep focusing. I am currently, I believe, on track for us to go back to normally scheduled posts in...
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internet in paradise
Huahine, one of the many grouped islands in French Polynesia. Our plans for future ocean voyaging...
over a year ago
Huahine, one of the many grouped islands in French Polynesia. Our plans for future ocean voyaging could have ended here, because we almost crashed onto a reef.
Because we always time our arrival with the morning sun, I always get the first look of every island. Huahine stood in...
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...
a month ago
“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...
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10 Interesting Propaganda Posters from Russia’s Civil War
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Patterns in Humanity
Demographics and American Homicides
Can racial/ethnic demographics explain the high American homicide rate?
11 months ago
Can racial/ethnic demographics explain the high American homicide rate?
TheCollector
What is Dialectic? From Heraclitus to Marx
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Classical Wisdom
[Ebook] The Meditations of Marcus Aurelius
The Meditations of Marcus Aurelius The Meditations (or Things to One’s Self) of Marcus Aurelius...
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The Meditations of Marcus Aurelius The Meditations (or Things to One’s Self) of Marcus Aurelius (121-180 AD) gives you a prescribed way in which you can actually reduce genuine suffering in your life because Rome’s great “philosopher king” lays out a very compelling, very...
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Top 7 Dutch Golden Age Artists to Know
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Happy Birthday Marcus Aurelius!
A Celebration of Virtue
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Open Culture
What Ancient Greek Music Sounded Like: Listen to a Reconstruction That’s “100% Accurate”
Between 750 BC and 400 BC, the Ancient Greeks composed songs meant to be accompanied by the lyre,...
2 weeks ago
Between 750 BC and 400 BC, the Ancient Greeks composed songs meant to be accompanied by the lyre, reed-pipes, and various percussion instruments. More than 2,000 years later, modern scholars have finally figured out how to reconstruct and perform these songs with (it’s claimed)...
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Who Were the Disciples Thomas, Judas and Simon?
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Two ‘Great Wave’ Prints Fetch Over $800,000 Each
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A Look at London in 1975 with English Eccentrics and Mr Whippy
It’s 1975 on Flashbak. We’re in and around London in the company of David Rostance. Let’s begin by...
7 months ago
It’s 1975 on Flashbak. We’re in and around London in the company of David Rostance. Let’s begin by shopping for a Mr Whippy ice cream on Gypsy Hill, south of the River Thames. Or maybe a cider or Brandy Alexander lolly is more to your taste? You can see the full range of British...
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How the Iroquois Confederacy Inspired the US Women’s Rights Movement
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The Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum Closes Due to Protests
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Billy the Kid: The Incredible Story of America’s Favorite Outlaw
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Queen Victoria’s Stalker
Queen Victoria’s Stalker
j.hoare
Thu, 01/11/2024 - 09:45
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Queen Victoria’s Stalker
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Thu, 01/11/2024 - 09:45
TheCollector
The Darien Scheme: Scotland’s Unsuccessful Settlement in the Americas
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What Is the Pauline Epistle Philemon About? Slavery & Forgiveness
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Trying to Understand...
Peter Pan goes to Ukraine
Some people never grow up.
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Some people never grow up.
TheCollector
Rembrandt Used Arsenic to Paint “The Night Watch”
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New Exhibition Examines Rembrandt’s Relationship with Star Pupil
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Arnaldo Putzu and His Fabulous Hand-Painted Covers for Look-In Magazine And Movie Posters
You might not know the name Arnaldo Putzu (1927 – 2012) but chances are that if you grew up in the...
5 months ago
You might not know the name Arnaldo Putzu (1927 – 2012) but chances are that if you grew up in the 1960s and 1970s you’ve seen his work on movie posters and magazine covers. Born in Rome, Putzu studied at the Rome Academy and discovered a love of portrait painting. After...
Flashbak
Listen To The 1985 Gig When R.E.M. Were Raw, Real and Unscripted and Ready To Fight The Crowd
Not everyone was into R.E.M. when they were raw and unscripted. The indie act who became one of the...
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Not everyone was into R.E.M. when they were raw and unscripted. The indie act who became one of the world’s biggest bands of the late 1980s and early ‘90s started local and unplanned. As Robert Dean Lurie writes in Begin the Begin: R.E.M.‘s Early Years: R.E.M. began their live...
TheCollector
Why Is Socrates’ Legacy Vital?
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Jericho: An Ancient City Filled with Secrets
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Trying to Understand...
Their Enemies The Russians
But what about the rest of us?
a year ago
But what about the rest of us?
Global Inequality...
The three German fears
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Historical origins of the malaise
TheCollector
Faith Ringgold, Storytelling Quilt Artist, Dies at 93
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The Night of the Long Knives: How the Nazis Purged the SA
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Ghiberti vs. Brunelleschi: The Renaissance Competition
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The Birth of Ovid
The Birth of Ovid
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The Birth of Ovid
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Sun, 03/24/2024 - 00:00
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Non-alignment: A Third Foreign Policy Option During the Cold War?
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Why Is Pompeii So Important?
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6 Facts About Johannes Itten, the Famous Bauhaus Teacher
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How to Explore the Galapagos Islands for Its Natural Wonders
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How Did Bebop Influence Jazz?
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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...
a month ago
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...
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What Was the Un-American Activities Committee?
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Charles Darwin: 5 Key Facts About His Life and Work
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4 Samurai Swords that Defined an Era
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6 Artworks Inspired by Gabriel García Márquez’s Famous Novel
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What Was the Relationship Between Gauguin and Van Gogh?
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The Mexican Escape of European Surrealists During World War II
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A Collection of...
Collections: How to Roman Republic 101, Addenda: The Provinces
This is the second and (in theory) last addendum to our series on Roman civic governance (I, II,...
a year ago
This is the second and (in theory) last addendum to our series on Roman civic governance (I, II, IIIa, IIIb, IIIc, IV, V, A1). Having discussed how Rome handles those parts of Italy it controls but which were not part of the Roman Republic itself, we now look at how the Romans...
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What Is Agnes Pelton Best Known For?
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Symbolism & Identity in Elizabeth I’s Portraits: Decoding the Queen
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What Was the Korean Conflict of 1968?
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Hitler’s Health Issues & Medical Ailments: 8 Facts
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Open Culture
When Christmas Was Legally Banned for 22 Years by the Puritans in Colonial Massachusetts
Complaints about the commercial-age corruption of Christmas miss one critical fact: as a mass public...
a week ago
Complaints about the commercial-age corruption of Christmas miss one critical fact: as a mass public celebration, the holiday is a rather recent invention. Whether we credit Charles Dickens, Bing Crosby, or Frank Capra—men not opposed to marketing—we must reckon with Christmas as...
TheCollector
Venice Locals Oppose the City’s New Entry Fee
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Flashbak
Taking A Subway Ride Through New York City In 1981
1970s New York City was where Fernando played truant, chopper gangs hogged the sidewalks, sex was...
10 months ago
1970s New York City was where Fernando played truant, chopper gangs hogged the sidewalks, sex was sold, women raged in raucous nightclubs, gay rights found its voice, Madonna joined her first band, BLADE used trains as his canvas and In 1981, 22-year-old Christopher Morris was...
Classical Wisdom
Do We NEED to Hear Opinions We Don’t Like?
I Dare You...
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TheCollector
What Is the History of Hipster Culture?
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Flashbak
New York City In The 1960s – A Photographer’s Love story
For New Yorker Ronnie Ginnever, photography is a passion. “Fortunately, I was born in the city that...
2 weeks ago
For New Yorker Ronnie Ginnever, photography is a passion. “Fortunately, I was born in the city that I love – New York City,” she says. ” On a good day, I move with the rhythms of the city and feel connected to its soul, spirit and people. The camera is the tool that allows me …...
TheCollector
A Luta Continua! Mozambique’s Struggle for Independence
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6 Assassinations That Changed History
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Is Chantal Akerman’s Jeanne Dielman the Greatest Film of All Time?
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9 Unskippable Memorials in Washington DC
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What Is the Didache?
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Limpieza de Sangre: Blood Purity in Spain and Mexico
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The Mid-19th Century California Gold Rush
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Smallpox in the New World: History, Victims, & Symptoms
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Why Is Oktoberfest a Vital Part of German Culture?
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A Collection of...
Collections: How to Raise a Tribal Army in Pre-Roman Europe, Part III: Going To War With the Army...
This is the third and final part of our three-part (I, II, III) look at how some ‘tribal’ or more...
6 months ago
This is the third and final part of our three-part (I, II, III) look at how some ‘tribal’ or more correctly, non-state agrarian peoples – particularly the Celtiberians, Gauls and also many Germanic-language speaking peoples on the Rhine and Danube- raised armies to fight the...
TheCollector
Performance Art: 8 Famous and Influential Women
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Dreams of Space -...
Cosmonaut-2 (1964)
Cosmonaut-2 was a Russian pamphlet for older children about Gherman Titov. It has some lovely...
over a year ago
Cosmonaut-2 was a Russian pamphlet for older children about Gherman Titov. It has some lovely illustration about the 2nd manned Russian space launch. At age 25 Titov remains the youngest man to fly in Earth orbit. Vostok 2 was launched on August 6, 1961.
Cosmonaut-2, 1964. 38 p....
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The Golden Age of Medieval Nostalgia
The Golden Age of Medieval Nostalgia
JamesHoare
Fri, 02/23/2024 - 00:00
10 months ago
The Golden Age of Medieval Nostalgia
JamesHoare
Fri, 02/23/2024 - 00:00
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doldrumming
Here we go again, time for another passage. We left Fiji on October 23rd 2018, eager to spend some...
over a year ago
Here we go again, time for another passage. We left Fiji on October 23rd 2018, eager to spend some time on the water again. Our plan, was to stop by Tuvalu, maybe Kiribati, before arriving in Majuro in the Marshall islands where we'd be spending two months before moving off west...
Flashbak
Twenty Drawings by Kahlil Gibran, 1919
“Speak to us of Beauty” – Kahlil Gibran, The Prophet In 1919, Lebanese-American artist, poet and...
2 months ago
“Speak to us of Beauty” – Kahlil Gibran, The Prophet In 1919, Lebanese-American artist, poet and philosopher Kahlil Gibran (January 6, 1883–April 10, 1931) published the collection Twenty Drawings, the first and only time a selection of his paintings had appeared in print....
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An Uyghur Chieftain in China’s Civil War
An Uyghur Chieftain in China’s Civil War
j.hoare
Thu, 12/21/2023 - 00:00
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An Uyghur Chieftain in China’s Civil War
j.hoare
Thu, 12/21/2023 - 00:00
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‘With Her Own Hair’: A Victorian Prisoner’s Art
‘With Her Own Hair’: A Victorian Prisoner’s Art
JamesHoare
Thu, 01/18/2024 - 10:25
11 months ago
‘With Her Own Hair’: A Victorian Prisoner’s Art
JamesHoare
Thu, 01/18/2024 - 10:25
TheCollector
Stolen Van Gogh Anonymously Returned to Dutch Museum
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African History...
a brief note on the role of Africans in the early Islamic expansion
an African kingdom in southern Italy.
a year ago
an African kingdom in southern Italy.
TheCollector
Enuma Elish: Discover the Babylonian Poem of Creation
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Edward Colston Statue to be Lastingly Installed in Bristol Museum
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Fenrir: Who Was the Norse Wolf Destined to Kill Odin?
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Notre Dame Unveils Plans for Contemporary Stained Glass
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8 Famous Dada Artists Who Achieved Greatness
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Interview with Giulio Dalvit: TheCollector Chats with Frick Curator
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African History...
The intellectual history of Ethiopia and Eritrea: Ge'ez manuscripts and scholars (ca. 200-1900CE)
The unique manuscript collections of Ethiopia and Eritrea written in the Ge'ez script are arguably...
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The unique manuscript collections of Ethiopia and Eritrea written in the Ge'ez script are arguably the best-known works of literature produced in pre-colonial Africa.
TheCollector
What Was the Golden Ratio & Did the Greeks Actually Use It?
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Who Was Aleister Crowley?
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Toxic Walls: Why Was Victorian Green Wallpaper So Deadly?
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Daniel Boone: The Life & Legend of an American Pioneer
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Why Did Italy Switch Sides During the World Wars?
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4 Egyptian Myths That Inspired Cinema
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Trying to Understand...
How About a Victory for the Left Occasionally?
Here are a few modest ideas.
a year ago
Here are a few modest ideas.
TheCollector
Whaleship Essex: The Terrifying Story That Inspired Moby Dick
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Native Americans in the Revolutionary War: Who Did They Side With?
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Res Obscura
The open-stack library: a futuristic technology from the 18th century
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What we lost when we shifted knowledge organization to an algorithmic feed
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What Are Three Theories of Animal Ethics?
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Who Are the Four Presidents Depicted on Mount Rushmore?
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How Did Claude Monet Capture the Passing of Time?
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Flashbak
Painting America’s Great Divide : Horace Pippin And Mr. Prejudice
“The pictures which I have already painted come to me in my mind, and if to me it is a worth while...
9 months ago
“The pictures which I have already painted come to me in my mind, and if to me it is a worth while picture, I paint it” – Horace Pippin Winston Churchill waved his fingers in a V for Victory and the united British went to war against a common enemy. When the United States …...
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The Beguines: The Hermits Who Became Medieval Celebrities
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What Were the Religious Beliefs of Hans Holbein the Younger?
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Norman Lear’s Collection to Sell at Christie’s
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Martha Washington: Get to Know the First First Lady
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The Man Who Became Santa: Who Was Saint Nicholas?
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12 Surprising Facts About Loki, the Nordic God
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Weekend Roundup
Secrets of the Scythians
10 months ago
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7 Shocking Animal Attacks You’ve Never Heard Of
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Last Chance
Secure Seats for the In Search of Homer Trip
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Secure Seats for the In Search of Homer Trip
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How Did Rothko Seek to Transcend the Visible World?
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What Are the Conservation Challenges at Mount Rushmore?
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US President or American Caesar?
US President or American Caesar?
JamesHoare
Thu, 09/26/2024 - 08:00
2 months ago
US President or American Caesar?
JamesHoare
Thu, 09/26/2024 - 08:00
A Collection of...
Collections: The Problem with Sci-Fi Body Armor
This week we’re covering the winning topic from the latest ACOUP Senate poll, which is a look at...
3 weeks ago
This week we’re covering the winning topic from the latest ACOUP Senate poll, which is a look at some of the odd designs and mechanics for futuristic science fiction body armor, particularly rigid ‘hardsuits.’ Naturally, this post isn’t going to cover every variety of armor that...
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Who Were the Wright Brothers?
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Should We Interpret Literature in Its Social Context? Adorno’s Answer
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