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As futarchy interest and activity are way up lately, this seems a good time to elaborate on one of its most technical issues, one that @metaproph3t also discussed recently: decision selection bias.
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Theodore Roosevelt: Life & Accomplishments of this American President
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The Anat Ebgi Gallery Expands to Tribeca
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How to Revive Wassailing
How to Revive Wassailing
j.hoare
Wed, 01/03/2024 - 09:24
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How to Revive Wassailing
j.hoare
Wed, 01/03/2024 - 09:24
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...
7 months ago
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...
Dreams of Space -...
Dream to Meet(1958)
A very pictorial Russian book, Dream to Meet, is basically the size of a paperback book but loaded...
a year ago
A very pictorial Russian book, Dream to Meet, is basically the size of a paperback book but loaded with illustrations. I thought you would enjoy these images.
Lyapunov, B. Illustrated by Seleznev, E. Навстречу Мечте (Dream to Meet.)
Moscow: All-Union Educational Pedagogical...
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D.W. Griffith: The Legacy of a Problematic Pioneer
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10 Surrealist Sculptors You Should Know
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Does Might Make Right? The Melian Dialogue of Thucydides
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The Homeric Hymn to Demeter
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Was Cardinal Wolsey an Animal Lover?
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A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, March 22, 2024
Fireside this week! The ACOUP schedule might end up being a little unstable for the next few weeks...
9 months ago
Fireside this week! The ACOUP schedule might end up being a little unstable for the next few weeks as the coincidence of illness, the dense part of the teaching semester and unexpected travel are playing havoc on my schedule. I can only promise that we will finish the series on...
Global Inequality...
Devant la guerre
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On E. H. Carr's "The twenty years' crisis 1919-39"
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10 Self-Portraits of Vincent Van Gogh You Should Know
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The KGB After Stalin
The KGB After Stalin
j.hoare
Mon, 12/18/2023 - 10:36
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The KGB After Stalin
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Mon, 12/18/2023 - 10:36
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Beer Can Art Accidentally Trashed at Dutch Museum
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What Were The Four Panhellenic Games of Ancient Greece
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Classical Wisdom
What is the Tall Poppy Syndrome?
Is it good, bad or relative?
6 months ago
Is it good, bad or relative?
History Today Feed
How the South Became Republican
How the South Became Republican
JamesHoare
Thu, 08/29/2024 - 09:34
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How the South Became Republican
JamesHoare
Thu, 08/29/2024 - 09:34
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7 Rococo Artists You Need to Know
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Veni, Vidi, Vici: Decoding Julius Caesar’s “I Came, I Saw, I Conquered”
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Interview with Dr. Mark Solms on Freud & Surrealism
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How Did the Soviet Union Influence the World?
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Soviets in Munich? The 1919 Bavarian Soviet Republic
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Art Basel Renames and Relocates Third Edition of Paris Show
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The Book of Job and the Case for Women’s Rights in the Bible
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What Is the History of the Guitar?
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Third-Party Candidates: The Outsiders in US Elections
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Rationalism Vs. Empiricism 101: Which One is Right?
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How Indigenous Peoples Turned Language into a Post-Colonial Tool
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How Did King Tut Die? (5 Theories)
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British Museum Receives Its Most Valuable Gift Ever
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What Was Jim Crow?
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What Is the Leviathan in the Bible?
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Hades
The God of the Dead
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Res Obscura
When technology follows art
From optics to machine learning, artists have played an important, if underrated, role in the...
a year ago
From optics to machine learning, artists have played an important, if underrated, role in the history of technology
Flashbak
Snapshots of Cars On The Streets of London in the 1980s
Peter Marshall has taken us around London the 1980s, showing us graffiti in London, garages, sex...
a month ago
Peter Marshall has taken us around London the 1980s, showing us graffiti in London, garages, sex shops, the West End, the East End and all parts between. Our focus here is in the cars on London’s roads in the 1980s. David Rostance took his pictures of London cars in the 1970s....
Global Inequality...
Is “neo-imperialism” the only path to development?
On Bill Warren's "Imperialism: Pioneer of Capitalism"
a year ago
On Bill Warren's "Imperialism: Pioneer of Capitalism"
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The Cold War & the Rise of Superpowers: US Elections in a Divided World (1945-91)
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African History...
a complete history of Mombasa ca. 600-1895.
Journal of African cities: chapter 13
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Journal of African cities: chapter 13
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for July 2023
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the...
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 July. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Slide Rule, released a little slide rule toy(Mastodon).
100r.co,...
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How Did Andy Warhol Change the History of Cinema?
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The History of the Metropolitan Museum of Art (& Its Collection)
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Seneca's Tragic Plays
Stoic or Not?
9 months ago
African History...
a brief note on the African exploration of Asia
plus; the African presence in Japan (1543-1639)
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plus; the African presence in Japan (1543-1639)
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Venice Locals Oppose the City’s New Entry Fee
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Norman Rockwell Works Dispute Finally Over?
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5 Illustrated Stories by Shaun Tan That You Should Know
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What Are the Books of the Old Testament? Order & Overview
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How Does the Electoral College Work?
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10 Interesting Facts About Haruki Murakami You Should Know
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Res Obscura
Do painters subconsciously paint themselves into their work?
The Renaissance history of automimesis, and a proposal for research
a year ago
The Renaissance history of automimesis, and a proposal for research
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What Is the Philosophy of Cynicism?
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Who Is Kiki Smith?
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444 Days: The Story of the Iran Hostage Crisis
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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...
4 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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10 Most Socially Progressive Countries You Can Move To
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Is There a Connection Between Cinema and Edward Hopper?
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Pace Gallery Will Represent the Robert Indiana Legacy Initiative
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Line in the Sand: 5 Defenders of the Alamo
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4 Facts About Feyerabend’s Anarchistic Theory of Knowledge
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Your Guide to the Best of Contemporary Art in Hanoi, Vietnam
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8 Places to Visit in Vietnam for History Lovers
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Typhoons and mold
For every traveling sailor, comes a time when the boat has to stay alone in a foreign country. For...
over a year ago
For every traveling sailor, comes a time when the boat has to stay alone in a foreign country. For us, this happened this year in Japan. We'd never left Pino alone before, never for more than a week. We were apprehensive at first, but decided it would be a good learning...
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The Tale of Sinuhe: What Happens in the Ancient Egyptian Story?
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Classical Wisdom
How to Celebrate the Love of Learning
Give a Graduate the Greatest Gift!
a year ago
Give a Graduate the Greatest Gift!
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10 National and State Parks in the US Where You Can See Ancient Redwoods
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Mystery at Cheviot Beach: The Strange Disappearance of Harold Holt
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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
A Jane Austen Statue to Turn Winchester Church Into ‘Disneyland’?
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Classical Wisdom
Seneca On Clemency
A Letter To Emperor Nero
a year ago
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How Is Ben Black Elk Associated with Mount Rushmore?
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Who Were the Landsknechts?
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‘Hitler’s People’ by Richard Evans review
‘Hitler’s People’ by Richard Evans review
JamesHoare
Tue, 08/27/2024 - 09:31
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‘Hitler’s People’ by Richard Evans review
JamesHoare
Tue, 08/27/2024 - 09:31
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Words and Worlds: Does Language Shape Our Reality?
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Andrew Jackson’s Early Life: Lawyer, Slave Trader, & Military Hero
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The Treaty of Versailles: An Overview of Its Contents & Effects
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Hundred Rabbits
projects and pain
We arrived in New Zealand with a long scary list of things to fix or replace on Pino. We needed new...
over a year ago
We arrived in New Zealand with a long scary list of things to fix or replace on Pino. We needed new batteries, a new mainsail, a fresh coat of bottom-paint, galley plumbing, new intermediates shrouds, new backstay, new top hatch, new windows, new control cables etc.
'If we can't...
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Understanding the Theology of Cosmic Horror in H.P. Lovecraft’s Works
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Trying to Understand...
Out Of Control.
Fear the worst, hope for the best.
2 months ago
Fear the worst, hope for the best.
History Today Feed
‘The Writers’ Castle’ by Uwe Nuehmahr review
‘The Writers’ Castle’ by Uwe Nuehmahr review
JamesHoare
Wed, 10/23/2024 - 09:34
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‘The Writers’ Castle’ by Uwe Nuehmahr review
JamesHoare
Wed, 10/23/2024 - 09:34
TheCollector
Heracles Slays the Stymphalian Birds: The Hero’s Sixth Labor
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Highway Dig Uncovers Prehistoric Monument in Czech Republic
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Wrong Side of...
Europe's absent-minded revolution
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Christopher Caldwell's 'Reflections on the Revolution in Europe', 15 years on
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10 of Rosalba Carriera’s Best Artworks
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Pontius Pilate: The Man Who Sentenced Jesus Christ to Death
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Hidden History
The Japanese Mafia and the Card Game of Koi-Koi
The card game of Koi-Koi is closely identified with the Japanese Mafia, known as Yakuza, which had...
a month ago
The card game of Koi-Koi is closely identified with the Japanese Mafia, known as Yakuza, which had its origin some 400 years ago in early attempts by the Shoguns to ban gambling and European playing cards. History When the Portuguese arrived in Japan in 1543, they established...
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Andrew & Rachel Jackson: A Scandalous Marriage & the 1828 Election
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Flashbak
Photographing The Invisible: Things are Queer by Duane Michals (1973)
“I think photographs should be provocative and not tell you what you already know. It takes no great...
10 months ago
“I think photographs should be provocative and not tell you what you already know. It takes no great powers or magic to reproduce somebody’s face in a photograph. The magic is in seeing people in new ways.” —Duane Michals Through image sequences, framing, multiple exposures,...
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5 Facts About Perun, the Slavic God of Thunder
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Which Are the Best-known Castles and Churches in Trieste?
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Flashbak
Richard Teschner And His Magical World of Puppets And Dreams
Richard Teschner (1879 – 1948), a graphic designer, artist and artisan in the Wiener Werkstätte...
7 months ago
Richard Teschner (1879 – 1948), a graphic designer, artist and artisan in the Wiener Werkstätte (Vienna Workshops), is best known for his puppetry, especially that inspired by Wayang (“shadow”), the classical Javanese puppet drama that uses the shadows thrown by puppets...
History Today Feed
The Theft of the Ghent Altarpiece
The Theft of the Ghent Altarpiece
JamesHoare
Thu, 06/13/2024 - 09:20
6 months ago
The Theft of the Ghent Altarpiece
JamesHoare
Thu, 06/13/2024 - 09:20
Classical Wisdom
The Many Roads to Rome
The Ancient Romans VS the Modern Chinese
6 months ago
The Ancient Romans VS the Modern Chinese
A Collection of...
Collections: Teaching Paradox, Imperator, Part IIIa: De Re Publica
This is the first half of the third part of our three-part (I, IIa, IIb) look at Paradox...
4 months ago
This is the first half of the third part of our three-part (I, IIa, IIb) look at Paradox Interactive’s ancient grand strategy game Imperator: Rome, running from the late fourth through the first century BCE, a period that, relevant for today’s discussion, covers the Middle and...
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Brooklyn Museum Adds Art by Black and Asian-American Artists
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Pandora’s Box: A Greek Myth about Curiosity (and More)
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a year ago
Classical Wisdom
Do You Listen Well?
Lessons on Listening from Plutarch
a year ago
Lessons on Listening from Plutarch
TheCollector
What Is Thatcherism?
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Jormungandr: Get to Know the Midgard Serpent
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8 Artists Who Defined the Roaring Twenties
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Who Won the Battle of Chickamauga?
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What Did Aristotle Say About Meaning and Language?
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The 1968 Prague Spring: Democratic Revolution Behind the Iron Curtain?
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FBI Returns Nazi-Looted Monet to Jewish Collector’s Heirs
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What Government Governs Best?
Is Democracy Still Our Best Bet?
a year ago
Is Democracy Still Our Best Bet?
Trying to Understand...
A Postcard From The Far Side of Despair.
Or, a meditation on bloody-mindedness for Ash Wednesday.
10 months ago
Or, a meditation on bloody-mindedness for Ash Wednesday.
TheCollector
The Indigenous Architecture of the Cosmos in the Amazon
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Flashbak
1980s Birmingham – Portraits of A City Under Thee Cosh
“The City Centre is unrecognisable from the 1980s. Everything is glass. Birmingham doesn’t feel like...
8 months ago
“The City Centre is unrecognisable from the 1980s. Everything is glass. Birmingham doesn’t feel like home anymore.” – Richard Davis We’re back looking at 1980s Britain’s through Richard Davis’s photographs. This time we join him in Birmingham, the country’s ‘shabby not chic‘...
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Tiberius: The Reluctant Emperor of Rome
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Van Gogh’s Sunflowers: 11 Works Featuring the Artist’s Favorite Flower
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a year ago
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Was the Trojan Horse Real?
Was the Trojan Horse Real?
JamesHoare
Thu, 02/29/2024 - 09:35
10 months ago
Was the Trojan Horse Real?
JamesHoare
Thu, 02/29/2024 - 09:35
Trying to Understand...
Stop Making Sense.
There are no "why"s in our world.
8 months ago
There are no "why"s in our world.
Classical Wisdom
A Book 100 Years in the Making
Dear Classical Wisdom Reader,
a month ago
Dear Classical Wisdom Reader,
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Who Was Averroes?
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Gandhi in South Africa: The Formation of the World-Famous Pacifist
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8 Narrative Film Techniques You Should Know
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What Is the Gender Philosophy of Judith Butler?
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When Was the First Flight in History?
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Dreams of Space -...
The Young Adventurer's Pocket Book of Space Travel (1954)
Another illustration intensive book. This one is only 3" tall and 2 " wide so you might have missed...
a year ago
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...
African History...
Join me on Notes
"On the Zanzibari envoy to 11th century china and the recent Swahili-Persian DNA study"
a year ago
"On the Zanzibari envoy to 11th century china and the recent Swahili-Persian DNA study"
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Sotheby’s Sells Harry Potter Watercolor For Record $1.9 Million
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UK Gallery to Recreate “Groundbreaking” 1907 Exhibition
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5 Places Where You Can Enjoy Art in New York City for Free
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René Descartes’ Legacy: The Persistence of Mind-Body Dualism
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11 months ago
Trying to Understand...
The Year of Failing To Understand.
Not your usual end-of-year review.
2 weeks ago
Not your usual end-of-year review.
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What Is the Significance of Ludwig Wittgenstein’s Philosophical Investigations?
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5 Fascinating Maps that Show Our Evolving Understanding of the World
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