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Can We Choose NOT to Be Harmed?
How can we train Resilience?
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How can we train Resilience?
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Identipop, Build Your Own Popstar, 1969
With Identipops you could fashion 74 press-out pieces to make ‘thousands of faces – stars and...
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With Identipops you could fashion 74 press-out pieces to make ‘thousands of faces – stars and unknowns’. The unknowns are easy to spot – but can you identify all the popstars on the game’s box design? Made in the UKL by Play Value Ltd – they produced similar games, also from the...
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Collections: The Mediterranean Iron Omni-Spear
This week, on a bit of a lark, we’re going to discuss the most common weapon, by far, in the Iron...
a year ago
This week, on a bit of a lark, we’re going to discuss the most common weapon, by far, in the Iron Age Mediterranean (focusing on the period from the 8th to the 1st centuries BC): the humble, effective and ubiquitous thrusting spear. In particular, I want to discuss the striking...
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James I: A Foreign King on the English Throne
James I: A Foreign King on the English Throne
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How Free Are We? Louis Althusser on Ideology & Subjectivity
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Was Alexandre Dumas Black?
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Lower Manhattan in 1973
These Documerica photographs by Wil Blanche of lower Manhattan, New York City, were taken in May...
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These Documerica photographs by Wil Blanche of lower Manhattan, New York City, were taken in May 1973 in as part of the newly created Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), which partnered with professional photographers to take pictures of America. The project collected more...
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What Is Friluftsliv, The Norwegian Way of Life in Harmony with Nature?
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Who Won the Siege of Vicksburg?
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On the Spot: Levi Roach
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On the Spot: Levi Roach
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Andrew Jackson: The People’s President and the Rise of Populism
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$35 Million Monet to Headline Auction at Christie’s New Asia HQ
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for May
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 May. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Combinatory Logic, wrote a guide to combinatory logic, using talking...
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ICYMI: Emperors, Conquerors and Saints
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New Cabins *NOW* Available
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Tunisian Bardo Museum Reopened Recently
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5 Phases of Phenomenology and the Rise of Existentialism
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for November 2024
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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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100r.co, added an article named A Shining Place Built Upon The Sand, and Week 6 to the Victoria to Sitka Logbook.
Rabbit Waves, added a page on Morse Code...
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How Did Religion Influence Law in the Ottoman Empire?
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How Indigenous Peoples Turned Language into a Post-Colonial Tool
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Animal Rights vs Animal Welfare: What’s the Difference?
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Did Jesus Christ Really Exist?
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The Banana Wars: How the US Plundered Central America
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Women of Ancient Rome
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The First Roman Empress and More...
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Brooklyn Museum Adds Art by Black and Asian-American Artists
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Peckham Banksy Art Removed by Two Men
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Why Did Italy Switch Sides During the World Wars?
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The Roman Socrates
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Mao Zedong: His Origins & Unlikely Rise to Power
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Egyptian Demons: Guardians and Wanders
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What is Impasto? A Guide to the Impasto Painting Technique
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What Influenced Mary Shelley to Write Frankenstein?
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Dreams of Space -...
A Book of Moon Rockets for You (1959
Happy People on the Moon day! (54 years since 1st landing)
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a year ago
Happy People on the Moon day! (54 years since 1st landing)
Here is a great story of how we WANTED to land on the Moon. It has wonderful illustrations and I am happy to share on this day of celebration of a landing.
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What Was a Peasant’s Life in Medieval England Like?
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Disappointing Results for Long Museum’s Sale at Sotheby’s
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How to Handle Financial Worries - Just in Time for the Holidays
Advice from Dale Carnegie and the Stoics
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Advice from Dale Carnegie and the Stoics
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4 Great Films About the Troubles and Irish Independence
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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.
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How Does Mona Hatoum Turn Ordinary Objects into Artworks?
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Edmund Dulac’s American Weekly Covers – 1924-1951
Edmund Dulac is remembered today as one of the founding fathers of the Golden Age of Illustration,...
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Edmund Dulac is remembered today as one of the founding fathers of the Golden Age of Illustration, roughly from 1875-1925, writes Albert Seligman. His luxurious Gift Books of the early 20th century were covered in vellum and issued in signed limited editions with tipped-in color...
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What Is the Suspense Paradox in the Philosophy of Film?
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The Mystery of the Mind
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British Museum to Digitalize Its Collection
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10 Historic Landmarks in Argentina You Should Visit
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How Fur Trade Resulted in All-Out War: The Algonquin vs. The Iroquois
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How Mexico Fought Franco
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How Mexico Fought Franco
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The Life of St. Francis of Assisi: Patron of Animals
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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...
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10 Terrible Catholic Popes
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The Political Effects of the 1979 Iranian Revolution
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Archaeologists Unearth Ancient Egyptian Tomb in Luxor
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The Khrushchev Thaw: Relaxation of Soviet Repressions
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How to Steal From Homer
Duplicative Language in Ancient Greece and Rome
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Duplicative Language in Ancient Greece and Rome
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Pioneering Folklore: Who Was John Lomax?
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5 Great Reads by Charles Dickens
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How Video Killed the Kamishibai Star
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Breaking the Fourth Wall: What Does It Mean?
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Jacksonville Confederate Monument Removed
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Classical Wisdom
Introducing....Classical Wisdom Books!
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African History...
A brief history of Gold in Africa and the emporium of Sofala.
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It was copper, not Gold, that was considered the most important metal in most African societies, according to an authoritative study by Eugenia Herbert.
Hundred Rabbits
a home for pino
We left Shimizu on a sunny morning, pushing off the dock at 6am. Early. We wanted to make sure we'd...
over a year ago
We left Shimizu on a sunny morning, pushing off the dock at 6am. Early. We wanted to make sure we'd arrive at our destination on time. There was 126nm between us and Shima Yacht harbor, a distance we needed to do in part at night. This wasn't ideal. We knew that. Many people...
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What Did Averroes Ask Ibn Arabi?
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What Makes the City of London Unique?
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Baron Von Steuben: Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell During the USA’s Founding
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Kalimantan: Indonesia’s Hidden Gem for Animal Lovers
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Ancient Egyptian Structure Discovered Near Giza Pyramids
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Why Do the British Love Tea so Much?
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‘Spiral Jetty’ Added to National Register of Historic Places
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African History...
a brief note on Ethnicity and the State in Africa
the evolution of the Tutsi/Hutu dichotomy in the precolonial Great Lakes.
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the evolution of the Tutsi/Hutu dichotomy in the precolonial Great Lakes.
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Have You Heard of These 5 Unusual Musical Instruments?
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A Guide to Santa Fe’s Museum Hill (5 Museums to Explore)
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Mummification: The Ancient Egyptian Art of Embalming the Dead
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What Are the Earliest Manuscripts of the New Testament?
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6 Things You Didn’t Know About Emblemata
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Dreams of Space -...
A Visit to the New York World's Fair with Peter and Wendy (1964)
An apology to my long time followers. I had stopped posting months ago when I got too busy. I am...
3 months ago
An apology to my long time followers. I had stopped posting months ago when I got too busy. I am also having to work much harder to find /create new posts. So let me try every 2 weeks for a while and see how I do.
A Visit to the New York World's Fair was the official World's Fair...
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Louis XIV: History’s Longest-Reigning Monarch
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What Is the Gift of Tongues in the Bible?
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10 Terrifying Japanese Yōkai (Supernatural Creatures)
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Homo Erectus: The Most Successful Human?
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A Day In The Life Of C.S. Lewis – Author of The Chronicle of Narnia
“I am a product of long corridors, empty sunlit rooms, upstairs indoor silences, attics explored in...
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“I am a product of long corridors, empty sunlit rooms, upstairs indoor silences, attics explored in solitude, distant noises of gurgling cisterns and pipes, and the noise of wind under the tiles. Also, of endless books.” ― C.S. Lewis In his 1955 book Surprised by joy : the...
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Mimir: Get to Know the Wisest God of Norse Mythology
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10 Must-Read Magical Realist Novels
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London By Tube, DLR and Overground in The Early 1990s
Today, I’m gonna take my bike ‘Cause once again the Tube’s on strike The greedy bastards want extra...
4 months ago
Today, I’m gonna take my bike ‘Cause once again the Tube’s on strike The greedy bastards want extra pay For sitting on their arse all day! – London Underground by The Amateur Transplants Peter Marshall shows us pictures of stations on the London Underground, Docklands light...
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How Can We Prevent Character Assassination?
Corruption in the Ancient World
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Corruption in the Ancient World
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Rome’s Greatest Rival: What Was The Parthian Empire?
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Open Culture
Watch the Sex Pistols’ Christmas Party for Kids–Which Happened to Be Their Final Gig in the UK...
I’m not sure the Sex Pistols had “available for children’s parties” on their press release, but on a...
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I’m not sure the Sex Pistols had “available for children’s parties” on their press release, but on a cold and grim Christmas in 1977, that’s exactly what happened. While many Britons were settling in for a warm yuletide, the Pistols decided to host a party/benefit for the...
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10 Incredible Facts about Marcel Duchamp
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What Is the Historical Context of Psalms?
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How Did Aristotle Shape Ancient Greek Philosophy?
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What Is Freud’s Superego & What Does It Have to Do With Society?
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Why Has Stoicism Gained Popularity in Modern Times?
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Weekend Roundup
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Who Won the Battle of Fredericksburg?
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6 Micronations You Should Know
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6 Astounding Achievements by Maya Lin
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Res Obscura
A very deep history of Halloween
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4 Ways that Magical Realism Rewrites History
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Art Basel Miami Beach Faces Protests
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Dreams of Space -...
Gumby and Pokey Coloring Book (1966)
Since part of this blog is reliving the joys of my childhood I need to talk about Gumby and Pokey....
a year ago
Since part of this blog is reliving the joys of my childhood I need to talk about Gumby and Pokey. Gumby was a television show for children that ran (at least for me) from 1953-1969. It was stop-motion animated adventures of two figure made of "clay." It was a highlight of my...
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Dido: Queen of Carthage
Doomed Lover of Ancient Myth
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Doomed Lover of Ancient Myth
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Salford in 1977: People Of Langworthy, Ordsall and the Adelphi
In 1977, Phil Portus photographed life on the streets of Salford in Greater Manchester, England. A...
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In 1977, Phil Portus photographed life on the streets of Salford in Greater Manchester, England. A member of the Reflex photography group, led by documentarian Diane Bush, a young American established documentary photographer, Portus wanted to show the everyday things people...
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The East African Campaign of WWI: Germany vs The Allies in East Africa
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The Louvre As a Civil Party in the Case Against Its Former Director
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How King Alfred Nearly Lost Everything (But Didn’t)
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Ancient Jerusalem: From the Bronze Age to the Roman Era
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The Bumpy Ride to Yerevan: What Can a Road Trip in Armenia Teach You?
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What Was the First Written Language?
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From Wartime Reserve to Pop Culture: What Is the History of ‘Keep Calm and Carry On?’
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Iowa Museum Returns Benin Bronzes to Nigeria
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What Is a Pyrrhic Victory? The Tragic Story Behind the Phrase
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Marxism And Literature: 3 Key Ideas
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What Was the Gospel of Thomas?
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Derrida’s Deconstruction in Literary Analysis: A Detailed Guide
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Alexandre Dumas: The Life & Legacy of a Great Novelist
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Tadeusz Kościuszko: 6 Facts You Didn’t Know
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Pace Gallery to Represent Paul Thek Estate
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Was Spinoza an Atheist? The Theological-Political Treatise
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What Pets Did the Ancient Romans Have?
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Quipu: How Did the Inca Record Information with Cords & Knots?
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The Past Is Another Country.
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Franz von Stuck: German Symbolist Painter & “Prince of Art”
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Global Inequality...
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Like everybody who has studied Marxism from a relatively young age I encountered many quotes of, or...
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Like everybody who has studied Marxism from a relatively young age I encountered many quotes of, or comments on, James Burnham's “The Managerial Revolution”. I was quite familiar with Burnham’s ideas but I have not read the book. I don't think that I would have read it, now in...
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5 Things You Can Learn From Cynic Philosophers
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James Joyce's Ulysses
Retelling of the Odyssey
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Princess Diana ‘Black Sheep’ Jumper Sold for $1.1 M.
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Dreams of Space -...
Collier's Encyclopedia Space Articles (1959)
This is a pamphlet distributed to schools to convince student and teachers to buy their...
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This is a pamphlet distributed to schools to convince student and teachers to buy their encyclopedia. It was also a nice "free" classroom supplement for teachers trying to teach about the coming space age.
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A look at the source and historical background behind a notorious claim
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How Many U.S. Presidents Served Two Terms in Office?
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Typhoid Mary: A Trail of Scandal & Death
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The History of Chocolate: A Treat with a Dark Side?
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The Forgotten Tomb of Henry VIII: Why Was He Buried Somewhere Else?
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What is the “Mind”?
And How Do We Learn?
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Hunter S Thompson Sets Fire To His Christmas Tree (1990)
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Who Were the Pilgrims?
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When Was the Fall of the Byzantine Empire?
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What Caused the Dancing Plague?
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Michigan Museum Displays Rich History of Cambodian Art
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5 Masterpieces of Early Irish Art
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5 Notable Women Who Transformed Latin America
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Another Of My Essays in French
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The Nepalese Royal Massacre: Royalty Meets True Crime
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Sokol: An Exercise in Czech Nation-Building
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Who Was J. Edgar Hoover?
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Which Are the Best-known Castles and Churches in Trieste?
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On 17th century "cocaine"
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How Can We Love Ourselves?
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Finding some Aristotelian Self-love, or Philautia...
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Basil Zaharoff: How to Play Both Sides, Sell Weapons and Get Rich
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What’s the History of the Rugby World Cup?
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How Did the First World War Change the Arts?
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the promise of pancakes
As soon as we'd tied to our mooring ball in Majuro's lagoon, the worries of the previous 24 days had...
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As soon as we'd tied to our mooring ball in Majuro's lagoon, the worries of the previous 24 days had vanished only to replaced by the crushing weight of responsibility. Devine, being worry-free, wanted to have pancakes, sleep and check-in tomorrow, but Devine knows how uptight I...
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Why Did the 1904 Olympic Marathon End in Disaster?
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The Early Anarchism of William Godwin
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Who Was Christian Schad? 11 Facts About the German Artist
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British Punks in the 1980s by Shirley Baker
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British photographer Shirley Baker captured these fabulous portraits of punks on the streets of Manchester, Stockport and London’s Camden Town in the early 1980s. Shirley’s daughter, Nan Levy, spoke to the Museum of of Youth Culture about her mother’s work as part of an...
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Terror on the HMS Erebus: The Tragic Arctic Expedition
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The Silla Burial Mounds: Treasures of Korea’s Ancient Past
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Why Did King James I Attempt to Take Over the Church of Scotland?
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7 Facts You Need to Know About Brutalism
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You don't need to know that.
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7 Lost Books of the Christian Bible: What Were They About?
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A history of the west African diaspora in Arabia and Jerusalem before 1900
The legacy of west African travel to Mecca, Medina and Jerusalem.
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6 Facts You Didn’t Know About the Salem Witch Trials
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A Collection of...
Collections: Nitpicking Gladiator II, Part II
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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.
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an African kingdom in southern Italy.
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Peter Singer’s Famine, Affluence, and Morality: Is Charity Good?
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What Are Artist’s Books? (With Key Examples)
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The Rise of Television & The Power of Images in US Elections
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What Were the Religious Beliefs of Hans Holbein the Younger?
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Who Were the Founders of Chichen Itza?
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The Troubled History of the Polish-Ukrainian Friendship in the 20th Century
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What is Neoliberalism? David Harvey’s Philosophy
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Should We Follow a Person’s Words... or Actions?
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What should we do with Seneca?
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Medical Practice in the Pre-Conquest Americas: From Coca to Brain Surgery
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4 Controversial Films: What Horrifies Movie Critics?
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The Life of Malcolm X: “You Had Better Make Some Noise”
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British Artist Finds An Incredible Album Of Found Photos
Seeking vintage photographs as a source of inspiration for her work, British artist Emily Loveridge...
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Seeking vintage photographs as a source of inspiration for her work, British artist Emily Loveridge came upon this album of pictures. “I find images that resonate with me and then with that I try to bring their characters to life in my work,” she tells us. “I bought the slides on...
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Do We Want What We Think We Want? Jacques Lacan on Desire
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7 Important Members of the Black Panthers You Need to Know
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3 Inspiring Japanese Women That Made Video Art
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5 Interesting Aspects of Medieval Mongol Culture
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Paintings & Their Cinematic Counterparts: Film Inspired by Art
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What Is First Thessalonians About?
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Who Was Vernon Lee?
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Andrew Jackson’s Genocidal Legacy
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Why Should We Care About Children?
Bringing History to the Future
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Radical Conservatives and the Federal Union
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Why Are There Two Virginias?
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Egon Schiele Works Seized From U.S. Museums
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Van Gogh & Gauguin: A Fiery Friendship Between Two Post-Impressionists
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Solving the Victorian Housing Crisis
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11 Amazing Rooms & Artworks in the Galleria Doria Pamphilj
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Why is medieval art so weird?
Listen now (73 min) | In this inaugural episode of the Weird Medieval Guys podcast, Olivia and Aran...
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Listen now (73 min) | In this inaugural episode of the Weird Medieval Guys podcast, Olivia and Aran discuss why medieval art is so intriguing to modern viewers and what makes so much of it so weird. Also discussed are Galaxy Quest, Mel Gibson's crimes against the Middle Ages, and...
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Was Andy Warhol Religious?
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What Do Bernini’s Borghese Sculptures Represent?
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The Furies
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Artist Seals Himself in Glass Bottle at Paris Olympic Stadium
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Why There Is More Than One Reality: Introducing the Pluriverse
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World War II in Africa: The North African Campaign
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10 Essential Movies to Watch to Understand Film Noir
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Discover Philip Johnson’s Famous Glass House
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How Did Philosophers of Different Eras Perceive Happiness?
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The Brezhnev Era: Stagnation in the USSR
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The Sad History of Canada’s Inuit High Arctic Relocations
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Women in Art History: Great Female Artists Who Were Long Overlooked
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Who Was Hildegard of Bingen?
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TheCollector Interviews Artist Inna Levinson: From Paint to Pixels
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Flashbak
Tirzah Garwood – A Very British Vision of Marriage, Lovers And Work
Tirzah Garwood was an exceptional artist but had the disadvantage of plying her trade at a time when...
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Tirzah Garwood was an exceptional artist but had the disadvantage of plying her trade at a time when female artists struggled for recognition, writes Graham Bennison. Having married Eric Ravilious in 1930 she followed the conventions of the time, giving up her wood engraving to...
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Titanomachy: Greek Mythology’s Fiercest Battle
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The Role & Importance of Primaries in the US Election Process
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Who Was Eusebius?
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A George Washington Portrait Goes on Sale, Held at the Met
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What Makes Citizen Kane the Greatest Film of All Time?
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What Is Hegel’s Dialectic Method?
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John Cassavetes: Who Was The Godfather of American Independent Cinema?
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The Thirteenth Amendment: Abolishing Slavery in the USA
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Why Is Socrates’s Death Still Discussed?
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*my article for ROAPE journal
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*my article for ROAPE journal
Dreams of Space -...
To Other Planets (Estonian) (1962)
Teistele Planeetidele! This seems be be an Estonian translation and reprint of the book To Other...
a year ago
Teistele Planeetidele! This seems be be an Estonian translation and reprint of the book To Other Planets (1959).
I blogged about that book here on Feb 24, 2010: \
http://dreamsofspace.blogspot.com/2010/02/russian-space-book-1959.html
AND October 1, 2012...
Classical Wisdom
Is an unjust peace better than a just war?
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8 Facts about The Book of Enoch and its Content
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The Libellous Letters of the Chevalier d’Eon
The Libellous Letters of the Chevalier d’Eon
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The Incredible Story of Cadmus: The First Hero of Greek Mythology
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An Art Lover’s Guide to Bangkok
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Would You Kill the Fat Man?
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Does Nietzsche Believe in Free Will?
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A Travel Guide to Pompeii: Visiting the City in One Day
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The Father of Art History: Who Was Johann Joachim Winckelmann?
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Was Emperor Nero Universally Hated During His Reign?
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Cassandra: Princess of Troy, Cursed Prophetess, Tragic Prisoner
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4 Works Inspired By Da Vinci’s The Last Supper
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7 Famous Impressionist Artists Who Achieved Greatness
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Religion in the Olympics
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The Olympics: Do they Unite or Divide Us?
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Why Is Socrates’ Legacy Vital?
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The 4 Most Controversial Historical Events from the Past 200 Years
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Collections: Teaching Paradox, Imperator, Part IIa: Pops and Chains
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This is the first half of the second part of our three part look at Paradox Interactive’s Hellenistic-era grand strategy game Imperator: Rome. I had hoped to do this part in a single post, but my book writing schedule intervened and so it became necessary to split it up. Last...
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Theory of Colours: James Sowerby’s ‘A New Elucidation’ (1809)
These illustrations are from Theory of Colours: James Sowerby’s ‘A New Elucidation’ (1809). Sowerby...
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These illustrations are from Theory of Colours: James Sowerby’s ‘A New Elucidation’ (1809). Sowerby (21 March 1757 – 25 October 1822) was an English naturalist and Royal Academy-trained illustrator who specialised in drawing plants and minerals. The full title of his illustrated...
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The Anglo-Zanzibar War (AKA The Shortest War in History)
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What Was the War of Jenkins’ Ear?
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Homo Habilis: The First Humans?
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Will The West Eat Itself?
Yes. It's derivatives all the way down.
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Yes. It's derivatives all the way down.
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Democracy
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10 Shocking Facts About King Philip’s War
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The Rise of Francisco Franco & the Effects of the Spanish Civil War
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History of Gunpowder: An In-Depth Overview
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Middle Kingdom Pyramids: The Lesser Known Pyramids of Ancient Egypt
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6 American Film Noirs Influenced by German Expressionism
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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...
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How well can GPT-4 simulate an acid trip in 1963?
An experiment with historical simulation
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An experiment with historical simulation
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A Brief History of the Rahbani Music Family
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The 5 Most Ridiculous Ways the CIA Tried & Failed to Kill Fidel Castro
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When Did Vincent van Gogh Start Painting?
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How Bayonets Revolutionized Warfare
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The Second Italo-Ethiopian War: A Step Toward Toppling the World Order
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Italy to Open Its Largest-Ever Presentation of Willem de Kooning
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Hundred Rabbits
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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...
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6 Ways to Pass the Time in the Middle Ages
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6 Things You Should Know about Sculptor Augusta Savage
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Res Obscura
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?
a year ago
Or, how well can GPT-4 simulate an acid trip in 1963?
Overcoming Bias
Capitalism, Govt Causes Culture Woes?
Many have noticed a key time coincidence.
2 months ago
Many have noticed a key time coincidence.
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Archaeologists Excavate Ancient City Destroyed by Romans
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