TheCollector
How Did Johannes Vermeer Depict Women?
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TheCollector
13 Surprising Facts About William Shakespeare
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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...
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 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...
TheCollector
A History of Cairo in 11 Monuments
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Classical Wisdom
Confessions from a Classics Lover
How to learn -or relearn- from the ancients
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How to learn -or relearn- from the ancients
TheCollector
6 of Katherine Mansfield’s Short Stories You Need to Read
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TheCollector
7 Breathtaking Paintings Inspired by Shakespeare’s Plays
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Pablo Picasso’s Composition Techniques Explained Through 6 Works
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Eastern Enchantment: The Impact of the Arabian Nights on the West
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Who Was Judah Maccabee? The Ancient Jewish Resistance Leader
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The First Stoic
Zeno of Citium
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Alexander’s Destruction of Thebes in 335 BCE (Battle & Aftermath)
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Italian vs. Northern Renaissance Art: What’s the Difference?
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What Is the Philosophy of Artificial Intelligence? From Descartes to Turing
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Who cares about Homer, anyway?
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6 Astounding Facts About the Inhotim Institute
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TheCollector
Mao Zedong: His Origins & Unlikely Rise to Power
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Patterns in Humanity
Immigration and crime: Sweden
Worrying crime trends in the land of Pippi Longstocking
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Worrying crime trends in the land of Pippi Longstocking
TheCollector
The First Nations of the Canadian Eastern Woodlands: A Brief History
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TheCollector
How Did Socrates View Democracy?
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History Today Feed
In Defence of Boring Books
In Defence of Boring Books
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Thu, 04/04/2024 - 00:00
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In Defence of Boring Books
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Thu, 04/04/2024 - 00:00
TheCollector
Remedios Varo: A Female Surrealist Painter Who Isn’t Frida Kahlo
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TheCollector
How Did Carl Jung Differ from Sigmund Freud?
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Overcoming Bias
Beware Value Dashboards
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2 months ago
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TheCollector
What Is Banksy’s Real Identity? (5 Scenarios)
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How Did the Megali Idea Shape Greece Until the Balkan Wars?
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What Is the History and Significance of May Day?
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Global Inequality...
The order of inequality
Review of Tongdong Bai’s “Against political equality: The Confucian case"
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Review of Tongdong Bai’s “Against political equality: The Confucian case"
TheCollector
Who Was Dorothy Day? The Radical Life of a Catholic Anarchist
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Tadeusz Kościuszko: 6 Facts You Didn’t Know
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Grey Art Gallery at NYU Gets New Space and Name
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History Today Feed
New Year, Old Books
New Year, Old Books
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Tue, 12/17/2024 - 09:14
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New Year, Old Books
JamesHoare
Tue, 12/17/2024 - 09:14
TheCollector
Egyptian Cat Goddess: Who Is Bastet?
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TheCollector
Romulus and Remus: The Legendary Founders of Rome
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Paul Klee: The Life & Work of an Iconic Artist
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8 Fashion Trends of the Roaring Twenties
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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,...
TheCollector
Songhai Empire: The Rise & Fall of Africa’s Biggest Empire
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TheCollector
Street Artist JR Installs Optical Illusion at Milan Train Station
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Patterns in Humanity
The Dark Ages
A quantitative assessment of Europe's decline, slumber and awakening
2 months ago
A quantitative assessment of Europe's decline, slumber and awakening
TheCollector
Pioneering Folklore: Who Was John Lomax?
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10 Must-See Monuments & Memorials on the National Mall in DC
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What Were the Main Aims of Fauvism?
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History Today Feed
The Scandalous Success of the Daily Mail
The Scandalous Success of the Daily Mail
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Mon, 01/01/2024 - 13:07
11 months ago
The Scandalous Success of the Daily Mail
j.hoare
Mon, 01/01/2024 - 13:07
TheCollector
What Were Julius Caesar’s Greatest Achievements
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TheCollector
Why Do People Love or Hate John Calvin?
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Hundred Rabbits
where is the turtle farm
Pino spent a long time in Savusavu, but by then, we were growing tired of this scenery, not of the...
over a year ago
Pino spent a long time in Savusavu, but by then, we were growing tired of this scenery, not of the market, or of the company to be found here, but just of having that same view every morning. We love this city, but when it's time to go, it's time to go!
We left our mooring at...
Flashbak
Waiting For A Miracle: Kiev in 1998
In 1998, Juri Nesterov was in Kiev, the capital and most populous city of Ukraine. It was a city of...
7 months ago
In 1998, Juri Nesterov was in Kiev, the capital and most populous city of Ukraine. It was a city of hope. In 1991, After 57 years as the capital of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic of the Soviet Union, the city became the capital of independent Ukraine. In the picture...
Classical Wisdom
Ode to a Grecian Tour
Seats Still Available
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TheCollector
What Is the History of Swedish Colonialism?
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TheCollector
4 Key Techniques of 20th-Century Photography
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TheCollector
Women in Art History: Great Female Artists Who Were Long Overlooked
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TheCollector
The Second Italo-Ethiopian War: A Step Toward Toppling the World Order
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9 months ago
Trying to Understand...
This Changes Everything!
Well, it depends what you're trying to do.
10 months ago
Well, it depends what you're trying to do.
TheCollector
Venice’s Nordic Pavilion Receives a Massive Chinese Dragon
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10 months ago
TheCollector
6 Inquisition Cases From Colonial Mexico
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History Today Feed
King John’s Lost Treasure
King John’s Lost Treasure
JamesHoare
Thu, 08/15/2024 - 09:28
4 months ago
King John’s Lost Treasure
JamesHoare
Thu, 08/15/2024 - 09:28
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Battle of the Historians
a year ago
TheCollector
What is Writer Gustave Flaubert Known For?
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a year ago
Overcoming Bias
Capitalism, Govt Causes Culture Woes?
Many have noticed a key time coincidence.
2 months ago
Many have noticed a key time coincidence.
Trying to Understand...
The Machine Stops.
And fiddling won't fix it.
3 months ago
And fiddling won't fix it.
TheCollector
10 South American Artists You Should Know
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TheCollector
Who Won the Battle of Atlanta?
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TheCollector
What Jewelry and Adornment Did the Celts Wear?
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3 months ago
History Today Feed
Korea’s War of Prisoners
Korea’s War of Prisoners
JamesHoare
Tue, 06/18/2024 - 09:01
6 months ago
Korea’s War of Prisoners
JamesHoare
Tue, 06/18/2024 - 09:01
TheCollector
What’s the Best Time to Visit Niagara Falls?
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TheCollector
Who Was Oscar Wilde?
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TheCollector
Mona Lisa Location Mystery Solved, Geologist Claims
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TheCollector
Why Do I Care What Others Think? A Philosophical View of Self-Esteem
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TheCollector
Abkhazia’s National Art Gallery Works Destroyed by Fire
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Trying to Understand...
The Power Of Absent Things.
It explains a lot about Ukraine.
9 months ago
It explains a lot about Ukraine.
TheCollector
4 Key Works by Mordecai Richler You Should Be Reading
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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...
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...
a week ago
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
What Did Martin Luther Have to Say About Justification?
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Global Inequality...
Why not Keynes?
Keynes’ uneasy relationship with income distribution
8 months ago
Keynes’ uneasy relationship with income distribution
Dreams of Space -...
Searching In Science (1965)
To continue with my post from last week, Searching in Science was another science textbook that also...
over a year ago
To continue with my post from last week, Searching in Science was another science textbook that also issued booklets of content. These were more astronomy than manned space flight but also had some very nice illustrations.
The Moon
The Milky Way and The...
TheCollector
The “Good Italian” Myth in Postwar Italy: Dangers of Erasing the Past
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a year ago
TheCollector
Is There Democracy Without Voting? Elections by Lot in Ancient Athens
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a year ago
TheCollector
Bruno Latour’s Irreductions: The World as a Network of Relations
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a year ago
Classical Wisdom
Have We Lost Ritual in our Lives?
How can we bring it back? And should we in the first place?
a year ago
How can we bring it back? And should we in the first place?
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Free Will: A Fairy Tale?
a week ago
TheCollector
What Criticisms Are Directed Towards Anti-Natalism?
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a year ago
Dreams of Space -...
The Solar System Pop-up Book (1978?)
My first Greek space book. This is a fun pop-up book I found recently. It is pretty basic but I...
a year ago
My first Greek space book. This is a fun pop-up book I found recently. It is pretty basic but I really like space pop-up books for their design and impact.
Adelva. The Solar System Pop-up Book. Greece: Dotam International. 12 pp. 1978
TheCollector
How Do I Know I’m Not the Only Conscious Being in the Universe?
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Classical Wisdom
Do you need to be Good to be a Good leader?
is it really necessary to be a “paragon of virtue” to rule?
a year ago
is it really necessary to be a “paragon of virtue” to rule?
TheCollector
Who Were the Telchines? The Malevolent Wizards From Greek Mythology
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TheCollector
The Renaissance Women of Italy: 10 Extraordinary Artists
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TheCollector
Can Art Be Harmful? Art and Image from Plato to Modernity
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10 months ago
History Today Feed
The Prophecies of Merlin
The Prophecies of Merlin
JamesHoare
Mon, 04/22/2024 - 11:22
8 months ago
The Prophecies of Merlin
JamesHoare
Mon, 04/22/2024 - 11:22
African History...
a brief note on Madagascar's position in African history
plus, early industrialization in the Merina kingdom.
a year ago
plus, early industrialization in the Merina kingdom.
TheCollector
How Does Nan Goldin’s Work Challenge Conventional Photography?
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TheCollector
The Hatfield-McCoy Rivalry of Appalachia: What Started the Feud?
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11 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Upcoming Events
So you're in the know...
a year ago
History Today Feed
‘Churchill’s American Network’ and ‘Mirrors of Greatness’ review
‘Churchill’s American Network’ and ‘Mirrors of Greatness’ review
JamesHoare
Wed, 05/08/2024 - 11:16
7 months ago
‘Churchill’s American Network’ and ‘Mirrors of Greatness’ review
JamesHoare
Wed, 05/08/2024 - 11:16
History Today Feed
Richard III and Kingly Justice for All?
Richard III and Kingly Justice for All?
JamesHoare
Thu, 08/08/2024 - 08:38
4 months ago
Richard III and Kingly Justice for All?
JamesHoare
Thu, 08/08/2024 - 08:38
TheCollector
Did the Anglo-Saxon Invasion of Britain Really Happen?
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a year ago
Trying to Understand...
The Revolt of the Outer Party.
Meanwhile, Everyman can get stuffed.
8 months ago
Meanwhile, Everyman can get stuffed.
Res Obscura
The open-stack library: a futuristic technology from the 18th century
What we lost when we shifted knowledge organization to an algorithmic feed
a year ago
What we lost when we shifted knowledge organization to an algorithmic feed
TheCollector
How Did the Ancient Greeks and Romans Conduct Banking?
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9 months ago
TheCollector
What Makes Salvador Dali So Famous?
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a year ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Secret of the Stoics
3 months ago
TheCollector
How Did the Anglo-Saxons Gain Supremacy Over the Britons?
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Classical Wisdom
Essential Classics
Memorial Sales Ends
6 months ago
TheCollector
Why Did the 1904 Olympic Marathon End in Disaster?
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Classical Wisdom
Tolkien and the Classics
Plato, Cicero... Bilbo?
a year ago
TheCollector
Top 10 Depictions of Witchcraft in Art
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2 months ago
Dreams of Space -...
I See The Earth! (1968)
I See The Earth! was a young adult/adult book about what technology would be like in the future. It...
over a year ago
I See The Earth! was a young adult/adult book about what technology would be like in the future. It included exploring and farming the ocean, monorails, huge cities and space exploration. The illustration in the margins are small but I rather enjoyed the space flight...
TheCollector
5 Quotes by Socrates Explained
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8 months ago
Patterns in Humanity
Race, economics and homicide
Can economic disparities account for racial homicide disparities?
7 months ago
Can economic disparities account for racial homicide disparities?
Res Obscura
I talked to Terry Gross!
A brief update about the publication of "Tripping on Utopia" before we return to regularly scheduled...
11 months ago
A brief update about the publication of "Tripping on Utopia" before we return to regularly scheduled posting
TheCollector
Belgian Revolution: The Independence Movement That Surprised Europe
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TheCollector
Niko Pirosmani: Get to Know the Tragic Hero of Georgian Art
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9 months ago
TheCollector
Understanding 5 Famous Quotes by Descartes
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TheCollector
Lucian Freud Nude to Make $20 Million Auction Debut
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TheCollector
Pastel Purchased For $1,000 Identified as Lost Degas
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TheCollector
Was Mark Twain Really a Confederate?
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3 months ago
TheCollector
4 Techniques of 19th-Century Photography You Should Know
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a year ago
TheCollector
7 Famous Cubist Artists Who Achieved Greatness
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8 months ago
A Collection of...
Gap Week: August 2, 2024
Hey folks. We’re talking a mulligan this week, as the pedant household has gotten (one by one)...
4 months ago
Hey folks. We’re talking a mulligan this week, as the pedant household has gotten (one by one) whatever fresh COVID-19 variant is going around. Everyone is fine, but being sick left me pretty exhausted over the past few days with fewer productive writing hours available. Since I...
Global Inequality...
Marx Truncated
A review of Shlomo Avineri’s “Karl Marx”
6 months ago
A review of Shlomo Avineri’s “Karl Marx”
TheCollector
What Is the Origin and Significance of Columbus Day?
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TheCollector
Anarcho-Capitalism Explained in 5 Steps
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Do We Want What We Think We Want? Jacques Lacan on Desire
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TheCollector
The Venice Biennale 2024 Does Not Include Russia
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TheCollector
When Was the Battle of Guadalcanal?
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TheCollector
The Rise and Fall of Behaviorism: Are We More Than Machines?
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TheCollector
9 Revelations from Viking Runes
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What Are Djinn? (Powers, Tales, & Etymology)
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The AIDS Epidemic: A Heartbreaking Story
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What Are the 5 Tallest Statues in the World?
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What’s the Best Time to Visit Chichen Itza?
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What Is Thatcherism?
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TheCollector
Aristotle vs. Walter Benjamin on the Philosophy of Translation
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Was There Social Mobility in Anglo-Saxon England?
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TheCollector
Louis XIV: History’s Longest-Reigning Monarch
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Classical Wisdom
The Mystery of Morpheus
Who is the God of Dreams?
a year ago
Who is the God of Dreams?
TheCollector
10 Historic Cities in Massachusetts That Are Great Alternatives to Boston
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TheCollector
What Are Carl Jung’s Anima and Animus Archetypes?
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7 months ago
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
How Magnus Maximus’ Forgotten Son Contributed to the Arthurian Legends
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TheCollector
The Secret Life of Queen Victoria You Didn’t Know
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TheCollector
The Hindenburg Disaster: Oh, the Humanity!
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TheCollector
7 Lost Books of the Christian Bible: What Were They About?
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TheCollector
What Is the Good Friday Agreement?
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a month ago
Dreams of Space -...
The Conquest of Space (1962?)
I last blogged about this book in 2015 so it is time for a revisit. I got a second copy that has a...
a year ago
I last blogged about this book in 2015 so it is time for a revisit. I got a second copy that has a couple of things I had not seen before. The Conquest of Space is a 1962 (?) Australian stamp album. It is intended for children to collect paper stamps they get in Nestle chocolate...
TheCollector
Shakespeare’s Richard III: Everything You Need to Know
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TheCollector
What Was Operation Ichi-Go?
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9 months ago
History Today Feed
How the CCP is Closing China
How the CCP is Closing China
JamesHoare
Mon, 05/13/2024 - 10:47
7 months ago
How the CCP is Closing China
JamesHoare
Mon, 05/13/2024 - 10:47
TheCollector
Who Is the Most Famous Centaur?
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a year ago
CrimethInc.
Insurgent Survival : Reflections on the Fight Against Sweeps Targeting the Homeless in Austin, Texas
In 2019, militants in Austin, Texas started an organization with the aim of defending homeless camps...
3 weeks ago
In 2019, militants in Austin, Texas started an organization with the aim of defending homeless camps against sweeps—forced removals disguised as “cleanups” carried out by cops and work crews. This organization, Stop the Sweeps, intervened in a cycle of struggles that included the...
TheCollector
How Economist John Maynard Keynes Essentially Predicted World War II
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10 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Are Protests the Best Way to Say Nay?
Can Mobs Make the Change They Want to See?
7 months ago
Can Mobs Make the Change They Want to See?
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...
TheCollector
How Did Clara Peeters Transform Still-Life Painting?
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TheCollector
Reclaiming Medusa: How Did She Become a Symbol of Female Empowerment?
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TheCollector
Who Was Osama bin Laden?
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TheCollector
Gehenna: A History of Hell on Earth
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TheCollector
The Anat Ebgi Gallery Expands to Tribeca
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a year ago
TheCollector
3 Mexican Artists Who Painted Political Murals
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3 months ago
History Today Feed
The Allure of Medieval Churches
The Allure of Medieval Churches
JamesHoare
Wed, 10/30/2024 - 09:12
a month ago
The Allure of Medieval Churches
JamesHoare
Wed, 10/30/2024 - 09:12
Hundred Rabbits
Dry Toilet Installation
The work is done. Building a dry toilet was more work than we had anticipated, but we still prefer...
over a year ago
The work is done. Building a dry toilet was more work than we had anticipated, but we still prefer it over the ready-made models. We learned tons doing it, and now our toilet is perfectly suited to our space. The pandemic has pushed more people into boat and van living (to travel...
TheCollector
World War II’s Unbreakable Code: How Did the Navajo Code Talkers Win the Pacific?
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8 months ago
Trying to Understand...
War, Peace, And That Other Thing.
Understanding political violence.
a year ago
Understanding political violence.
TheCollector
The Horrors of “Rubber Fever” in the Amazon Rainforest
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3 months ago
Flashbak
Highlights From Free Drawing by Franz Čižek & Herman Kastner (1925)
The text book Free drawing: a way of teaching drawing based on natural and everyday objects was...
9 months ago
The text book Free drawing: a way of teaching drawing based on natural and everyday objects was illustrated by artist Franz Čižek and edited by Hermann Kastner in 1925. The book features 80 plates of rich ornamental compositions. Franz Čižek – Champion of Creative Art For...
TheCollector
What Is the Shadow According to Carl Jung?
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TheCollector
Who Was George Eliot?
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TheCollector
What Are Henri Matisse’s Most Vivid Paintings?
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TheCollector
Was Catherine of Aragon the Wife King Henry Loved Most?
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TheCollector
Clement Attlee: Britain’s Greatest Prime Minister?
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Flashbak
Photos of Iggy Pop And The Stooges Playing NYC Club Ungano’s in 1970
In August 1970, American photographer Bud Lee (1940-2016) took photographs of Iggy Pop and the...
6 months ago
In August 1970, American photographer Bud Lee (1940-2016) took photographs of Iggy Pop and the Stooges performing at brothers Nick and Arnie Ungano’s basement club on New York’s West 70th Street between Amsterdam and West End Avenues. The ban were celebrating the release of their...
Classical Wisdom
What is the Tall Poppy Syndrome?
Is it good, bad or relative?
6 months ago
Is it good, bad or relative?
TheCollector
What Did Francis Bacon Mean by “Knowledge Is Power”?
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a year ago
TheCollector
The Footsteps of Finn MacCool: The Landscape of Giants in Ireland
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a month ago
Dreams of Space -...
Space Witch (1959)
Here is a Halloween space book post for you. I have done posts for Christmas, Easter and Yuri's...
a month ago
Here is a Halloween space book post for you. I have done posts for Christmas, Easter and Yuri's Night but never one for Halloween.
Space Witch is a pleasant story about a witch who wants to expand her frightening to creatures on other planets. She constructs a "space broom" and a...
Global Inequality...
Freedom by North-West
The obscurantist nature of East European nationalisms
3 months ago
The obscurantist nature of East European nationalisms
TheCollector
The Philosophy of Time: Study the Nature of Past, Present, and Future
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a year ago
Trying to Understand...
A Short Service Announcement.
From this week, and on an experimental basis, I’m enabling paid subscriptions for those who may be...
a year ago
From this week, and on an experimental basis, I’m enabling paid subscriptions for those who may be interested. The essays themselves will continue to be entirely free, and I don’t have plans to produce subscriber-only material. I’ve also set up a Buy Me a Coffee cup.
Flashbak
Big Hair & True Love in 1980s Kentucky
For over a decade in the 1980s and 1990s Richard Bram photographed people at the Kentucky Derby...
2 months ago
For over a decade in the 1980s and 1990s Richard Bram photographed people at the Kentucky Derby Festival in Louisville, an annual two-week event preceding the first Saturday in May, the day of the Kentucky Derby horse race. It was all about the gigantic hair. You can see his...
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...
10 months ago
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
Maurizio Cattelan’s Duct-Taped Banana Could Fetch $1 Million
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Flashbak
48 Hours In The Life of Andy Warhol, 1981
In spring of 1981, Andy Warhol (August 6, 1928 – February 22, 1987) was setting up Myths, a...
a week ago
In spring of 1981, Andy Warhol (August 6, 1928 – February 22, 1987) was setting up Myths, a portfolio of ten screenprints featuring fictional characters: The Star (Greta Garbo in her titular role in the 1931 film Mata Hari), Uncle Sam, The Witch (Margaret Hamilton, star of the...
TheCollector
The Value of Public Space: What is Hostile Architecture?
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a year ago
TheCollector
What Was the Relationship Between Cezanne and Zola?
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TheCollector
La Llorona: Latin America’s Vengeful Ghost in Film & Literature
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TheCollector
Why Is Nan Goldin Considered a Trailblazer in Modern Photography?
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8 months ago
TheCollector
A Christmas Carol in Context: Dickens’ Beloved Festive Fable
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TheCollector
The Remarkable Life of Charles Dickens: Hard Times & Great Expectations
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A Book of Moon Rockets for You (1959
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The Rebirth of Chivalry is Rained Off
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Why the Organ Split the Church
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How Did Christianity Conquer an Empire in 300 Years?
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How Nazi Propaganda Appropriated the Vikings
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Painting The Celestial Afterglow after Krakatoa, 1888
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What Happened at the Battle of Kyiv in WWII?
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African History...
Historical links between Africa and Armenia (ca. 600-1900)
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The Reconstruction Era: Integrating the American South After the Civil War
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When Did Britain’s Age of Deference End – and Why?
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7 Works by Romaine Brooks You Should Know
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9 Provocative Artworks by Maurizio Cattelan
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Rehabilitating the East India Company’s Nabobs
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What Is Marie Antoinette Syndrome?
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Is The Digital Era Truly Destroying Art?
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Preston’s Banana Boat Stowaways
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Who Were the Most Famous Symbolists?
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Summary of changes for December 2023
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How Did the Assyrians Shape the Ancient Near East?
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Non-alignment: A Third Foreign Policy Option During the Cold War?
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SoHo And New York City In The 1980s
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The Ballad of the Inquisition’s Greatest Witch Trial
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Self-representation in African art: the wall paintings of medieval Nubia. (ca. 700-1400)
an African portrait of an African society
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an African portrait of an African society
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A history of the Buganda kingdom.
government in central Africa.
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government in central Africa.
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Who Was Martin Luther? (Bio, Ideas, Legacy)
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Rosemaling in America: Norwegian-American Folk Art (Origins & History)
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