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demystifying an ancient African society
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for April
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over a year ago
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Summary Of Changes
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Summary of changes for March
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over a year ago
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Summary Of Changes
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How Did German Expressionism Change The History of Cinema?
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Classical Wisdom
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A Collection of...
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What Is the Suspense Paradox in the Philosophy of Film?
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4 Most Famous Alien Abduction Claims
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Trying to Understand...
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Flashbak
A Painted Treatise on Cats From 19th Century Thailand
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8 months ago
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Hundred Rabbits
internet in paradise
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over a year ago
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Frick Pittsburgh Postpones Islamic Art Exhibition
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Tue, 04/16/2024 - 07:00
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Tue, 05/21/2024 - 08:47
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A Collection of...
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A Collection of...
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a year ago
This week’s post is intended to answer a question which came up in response to the last post looking at the most common type of Mediterranean spear, which to put it simply is: what is up with the odd Roman heavy infantry kit built around a sword and two javelins (albeit two...
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for March
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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 March. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
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Classical Wisdom
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Dreams of Space -...
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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
Classical Wisdom
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j.hoare
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Understanding JS Bach in 5 Compositions
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Spartan Training
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What Was the Dreyfus Affair?
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Benito Mussolini: This Was the Life of Il Duce
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Classical Wisdom
Seneca On Clemency
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9 Iconic Minimalist Works by Women Artists
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TheCollector
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Flashbak
Postcards From The First Bauhaus Exhibition, 1923
To promote their first major exhibition, from 15 August to 30 September 1923, members of Germany’s...
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TheCollector
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Flashbak
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10 Ancient Cities Around the World to Visit
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Patterns in Humanity
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Where is the shared environment effect larger than zero?
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a month ago
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TheCollector
Do Genetic Studies Refute the Etruscans’ Anatolian Origin?
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History Today Feed
Queen Victoria’s Stalker
Queen Victoria’s Stalker
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Thu, 01/11/2024 - 09:45
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Thu, 01/11/2024 - 09:45
TheCollector
Drug Use in the Third Reich: Mass Addiction & Scientific Progress
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What Did Adorno Think of Beckett’s Endgame?
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Classics Gifts!
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Michigan Museum Displays Rich History of Cambodian Art
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History Today Feed
What is Modernity?
What is Modernity?
JamesHoare
Thu, 01/02/2025 - 09:09
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Thu, 01/02/2025 - 09:09
TheCollector
Conservative Resurgence in the US: Traditional, New Right, & Tea Party
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Flashbak
Arnaldo Putzu and His Fabulous Hand-Painted Covers for Look-In Magazine And Movie Posters
You might not know the name Arnaldo Putzu (1927 – 2012) but chances are that if you grew up in the...
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You might not know the name Arnaldo Putzu (1927 – 2012) but chances are that if you grew up in the 1960s and 1970s you’ve seen his work on movie posters and magazine covers. Born in Rome, Putzu studied at the Rome Academy and discovered a love of portrait painting. After...
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The Anglo-Zanzibar War (AKA The Shortest War in History)
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Face to Face Exhibit Offers Face Time With Fayum Portraits
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What Was the Lend-Lease Program?
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First Nations of the Canadian Plateau: A Brief History
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Newest Banksy Mural Guarded After Vandalism
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AREA: Cards and Invitations from the Fabulous New York Nightclub, 1983–1986
From 1983 to 1987, 157 Hudson Street in Manhattan, New York City, was home to Area. Frequented by he...
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From 1983 to 1987, 157 Hudson Street in Manhattan, New York City, was home to Area. Frequented by he great and good, the club was known for its changing themes (every six weeks the place got a new look – an approach inspired by Zurich’s 1916 Dadaist club Cabaret Voltaire) and...
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How Did Philosophers of Different Eras Perceive Happiness?
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London at Night : Harold Burdekin Photographs A City Between Life And Eternity
London looked better at night in these pictures by Harold Burdekin (1899-1944). With his...
2 months ago
London looked better at night in these pictures by Harold Burdekin (1899-1944). With his collaborator John Morrison, Burdekin photographed London after dark for his book London Night, published in 1934. A year earlier, the photographer George Brassaï had published his influential...
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Is My Life Just a Cosmic Accident? Finding Meaning in a Meaningless Universe
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Global Inequality...
Marx Truncated
A review of Shlomo Avineri’s “Karl Marx”
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A review of Shlomo Avineri’s “Karl Marx”
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New Study Reveals Fresh Insight Into Mayan Sacrifices
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Fisher Landau Sale at Sotheby’s Brought $406 M.
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What Is the Significance of Ludwig Wittgenstein’s Philosophical Investigations?
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U.S. Submarines: How Did the ‘Silent Service’ Win WWII in the Pacific?
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What Is Intuition & Can You Trust It?
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Vincent and Theo Van Gogh: A Tale of Brotherly Love
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Christie’s to Auction $30 Million Basquiat Stretcher-Bar Painting
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Classical Wisdom
How Should We Treat Our Enemies?
And how does it reflect on us?
a year ago
And how does it reflect on us?
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10 Women Thinkers of the Enlightenment You Should Know
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Gehenna: A History of Hell on Earth
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Heracles Cleans the Augean Stables: The Hero’s Fifth Labor
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Trying to Understand...
A Short Essay About A Long-Playing Record
One I bought fifty years ago.
7 months ago
One I bought fifty years ago.
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What Is Ockham’s Razor?
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Open Culture
Read J. R. R. Tolkien’s “Letter From Father Christmas” To His Young Children (1925)
J.R.R. Tolkien is best known for the sweeping fantasy landscapes of Lord of The Rings and The...
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J.R.R. Tolkien is best known for the sweeping fantasy landscapes of Lord of The Rings and The Hobbit. Apart from being a celebrated author, the Oxford University professor of Anglo-Saxon was also a devoted father who doted on his children. In 1920, a few short years after Tolkien...
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Summary of changes for November
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the...
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Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the month of November. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Donsol, designed a donsol turnip.
Uxn, wrote a file browser...
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Venice’s Nordic Pavilion Receives a Massive Chinese Dragon
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Who Was Aleister Crowley?
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What Are Emperor Nero’s Contributions to Rome?
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Napoleon’s 5 Greatest Marshals: The Best of the Best
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The Tulsa Race Massacre of 1921
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Narmer Palette: Decoding Its Iconography & Importance
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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...
a year ago
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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Bronze Age Town Found in Saudi Arabian Desert
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8 Great Women Sculptors You Need to Know
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Samnite Wars: How Rome Conquered the Samnites (History & Aftermath)
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Dreams of Space -...
Funny Pictures Magazine May (1976)
Another children's magazine from Russia. I enjoy the space pictures and the simple art. This issue...
a year ago
Another children's magazine from Russia. I enjoy the space pictures and the simple art. This issue has a nice space story comic.
Весёлые Картинки (Funny Pictures.) ( Komsomol “Veselye Kartinki”.) nr. 4, April 1976.
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How Did Comuna 13 Transform Medellín?
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The Value of Public Space: What is Hostile Architecture?
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Trying to Understand...
One Way Or Another ....
We're going to get you.
a year ago
Classical Wisdom
Last Chance: The Essential Greeks
Starting Tomorrow
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How the Nazis Captured the Minds of Germany’s Youth
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What Are the Origins of the Vampire Myth?
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History Today Feed
The ‘Experts’ from Afghanistan
The ‘Experts’ from Afghanistan
JamesHoare
Fri, 07/19/2024 - 08:00
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The ‘Experts’ from Afghanistan
JamesHoare
Fri, 07/19/2024 - 08:00
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Monet’s Favorite French Cathedral Catches Fire
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Columbine 25 Years On
Columbine 25 Years On
JamesHoare
Wed, 04/17/2024 - 09:42
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Columbine 25 Years On
JamesHoare
Wed, 04/17/2024 - 09:42
Patterns in Humanity
The Rise of the West
I track the historical rise of West Europe by quantitatively analyzing the birth of notable people...
a year ago
I track the historical rise of West Europe by quantitatively analyzing the birth of notable people of science, and then I put it in context with other indicators of historical development. The data together show that West Europe had developmentally surpassed the rest of the world...
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Who Was Jelly Roll Morton? Self-styled “Inventor” of Jazz
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When Did the Anglo-Saxon Invasion of Britain Really Begin?
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Who Is Banksy? A Closer Look at the Famed Anonymous Street Artist
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What Was the Religion of the Ancient Phoenicians and Carthaginians?
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‘The Writers’ Castle’ by Uwe Neumahr review
‘The Writers’ Castle’ by Uwe Neumahr review
JamesHoare
Wed, 10/23/2024 - 09:34
2 months ago
‘The Writers’ Castle’ by Uwe Neumahr review
JamesHoare
Wed, 10/23/2024 - 09:34
Classical Wisdom
Would You Kill the Fat Man?
Ethical Philosophy for Fun
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Ethical Philosophy for Fun
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Why Did Lot Sacrifice His Daughters? (4 Possible Justifications)
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Mary Queen of Scots: Biography & Facts
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What Is a Pyrrhic Victory? The Tragic Story Behind the Phrase
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What Was the Mason-Dixon Line?
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Lord Balfour’s Portrait Slashed by Pro-Palestine Activists
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The Congress of Vienna: How Europe Was Redrawn
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Medical Practice in the Pre-Conquest Americas: From Coca to Brain Surgery
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British Museum to Digitalize Its Collection
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The Role & Importance of Primaries in the US Election Process
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Did the French Revolution Spark Modern Democracy?
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Trying to Understand...
A Week Off And A New Language
See you again soon
a year ago
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10 Must-See Archaeological Sites in the US
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What Are the Top 7 Must-See Attractions in Mallorca?
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What Is Timothy Morton’s Dark Ecology?
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Flashbak
American Photographs: A Journey Down The Blue Highways, 1970s
You see, I’ve been through The desert on a horse with no name It felt good to be out of the rain In...
2 months ago
You see, I’ve been through The desert on a horse with no name It felt good to be out of the rain In the desert you can remember your name ‘Cause there ain’t no one for to give you no pain – America, A Horse With No Name We don’t know where British … Continue reading "American...
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Van Gogh ‘Sunflowers’ Targeted Again After Protestors Jailed
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Who Won the Battle of Cold Harbor?
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The First Italo-Ethiopian War: When the Colonizers Lost
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Olafur Eliasson to Turn Urban Billboards into Abstract Art
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When Was the Battle of Guadalcanal?
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Why Did Shakespeare Write Macbeth?
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The Greek Revolution: How Greece Was Freed From the Ottomans
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What Is Freud’s Superego & What Does It Have to Do With Society?
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5 Infamous Pretenders in Russian History
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Things To Come : The 1950s Science Fiction Book Club Newsletter
Things To Come was the monthly newsletter (originally bi-monthly) of publisher Doubleday’s Science...
6 months ago
Things To Come was the monthly newsletter (originally bi-monthly) of publisher Doubleday’s Science Fiction Book Club (SFBC). The short, typically four-page issues promoted the book club’s coming selections and best of volumes from Galaxy and The Magazine of Fantasy and Science...
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Why Did Plato Think that Education Could Replace Law?
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Banksy Confirms More London Animals—And Their Meaning
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How Did People React to Hitler’s Death & Germany’s Surrender?
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Trying to Understand...
The Diversity Paradox.
It's about dignity, efficiency, and things like that.
10 months ago
It's about dignity, efficiency, and things like that.
Trying to Understand...
No More Heroes.
Pity the nation that needs someone else's.
a month ago
Pity the nation that needs someone else's.
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The Fascinating Evolution of Color in Artworks: From Cave to Canvas
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12 Surprising Facts About Loki, the Nordic God
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The Whore of Babylon & Prostitution in the Bible
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History Today Feed
On the Spot: Ali Ansari
On the Spot: Ali Ansari
JamesHoare
Mon, 04/08/2024 - 12:28
9 months ago
On the Spot: Ali Ansari
JamesHoare
Mon, 04/08/2024 - 12:28
Overcoming Bias
What Priority The Innocent?
It is good if criminal law avoids punishing the innocent.
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It is good if criminal law avoids punishing the innocent.
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Oxyrhynchus: History’s Most Revealing Rubbish Dump
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Understanding Francis Bacon Through 3 Studies
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Two New York Museums Face Climate Protests
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Classical Wisdom
Empedocles
The Philosopher God?
a year ago
African History...
The Mali empire: A complete history (ca. 1250-1650)
At its height in the 14th century, the Mali empire was one of Africa's largest states, extending...
10 months ago
At its height in the 14th century, the Mali empire was one of Africa's largest states, extending over an estimated 1.2 million square kilometers in West Africa. Encompassing at least five modern African states, the empire produced some of the continent's most renowned historical...
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Dust And Decadence In Weimar Berlin: Gustav Wunderwald’s Paintings Of Another City
Weimar Berlin wasn’t all cabaret, sex, drugs and lots of fun. The set designer and artist Gustav...
3 months ago
Weimar Berlin wasn’t all cabaret, sex, drugs and lots of fun. The set designer and artist Gustav Wunderwald (1 January 1882 – 24 June 1945) liked to look at the other side of life in Germany’s biggest city. He avoided the decadence and any obvious comment and conspicuous...
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Huacas and Apus: Sacred Landscapes of the Inca
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What Is the Myth of the “Struggling Artist” in Literature?
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From Freed Son to Literary Legend: Who Was Horace?
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The History of Esperanto: A Modern Lingua Franca?
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10 Historic Towns Near New York City to Visit
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Photos of America’s Most Muscular Bodybuilders – A World of Buttock Make-Up Artists, Sinew and Spray...
The year is young – and your commitment to fitness and that new you for the year has begun to fade....
12 months ago
The year is young – and your commitment to fitness and that new you for the year has begun to fade. Time then to see what you could become if you persevere with photographer Brian Finke’s series on bodybuilding contests. In Most Muscular, Finke, who started his project when he...
African History...
a brief note on the African exploration of Asia
plus; the African presence in Japan (1543-1639)
a year ago
plus; the African presence in Japan (1543-1639)
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Luc Tuymans Mural Exhibition to Open Wednesday at Louvre
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Classical Wisdom
The First Stoic
Zeno of Citium
6 months ago
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What Are The Most Popular Myths About the Council of Nicaea?
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Abraham Lincoln’s Early Life: From Rural Kentucky to the White House
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The Father of Phenomenology: Who Was Edmund Husserl?
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9 Times Virginia Woolf Made a Lasting Impact on Art
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Res Obscura
How to use generative AI for historical research
Four real-world case studies, and some thoughts on what not to do
a year ago
Four real-world case studies, and some thoughts on what not to do
Flashbak
The Image in The Machine: Typewriter Art in the 1960 and 1970s
“If ‘technology’ is that which is invented after we are born, and ‘stuff’ is that which has always...
8 months ago
“If ‘technology’ is that which is invented after we are born, and ‘stuff’ is that which has always been around, for those born now, computers, the internet and mobile phones are just stuff – in fact, it would be impossible for recent generations to imagine a world without these...
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15 Facts About Genghis Khan & His Legacy
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How Bayonets Revolutionized Warfare
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10 Things You Should Know About Henri Cartier-Bresson
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Dick Wolf Gives More Than Two Hundred Pieces to the Met
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New York City In Color – Garry Winogrand’s Street Shots
“I photograph to find out what something will look like photographed” – Gary Winogrand In Garry...
10 months ago
“I photograph to find out what something will look like photographed” – Gary Winogrand In Garry Winogrand: Winogrand Color we look at some of the New York-born photographer’s 45,000 early colour street photographs in 1950s and 1960s America. In 1970 and Winogrand visited the...
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Understanding Post-War Australian History in 3 Artworks
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What Is the Jungian Journey of Individuation?
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Overcoming Bias
Decision Selection Bias
As futarchy interest and activity are way up lately, this seems a good time to elaborate on one of...
6 days ago
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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Why Are There So Many Different Translations of the Christian Bible?
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How Did Nils Bohlin Change the Auto Industry? (Inventor of the Three-Point Seatbelt)
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Ancient Egypt Under the Achaemenid Persian Empire: A Brief Overview
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8 Women Artists You Should Check Out in London’s National Gallery
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Overcoming Bias
Who You Are Vs. What You Control
If people can't think clearly about anything that has become part of their identity, then all other...
2 months ago
If people can't think clearly about anything that has become part of their identity, then all other things being equal, the best plan is to let as few things into your identity as possible.
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Jock of the Bushveld: An Enduring Tale of Friendship
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What Did Ralph Waldo Emerson Think of Poetry?
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Found Vintage Photobooth Pictures
“Collecting the photobooth strip (approximate size 8 inches by 1.5 inches) has been an adventure,”...
5 months ago
“Collecting the photobooth strip (approximate size 8 inches by 1.5 inches) has been an adventure,” says vintage photography collector Robert E. Jackson. “If you see or own an amazing photobooth, you can pretty much figure it used to be part of a 4-pose strip. The individual...
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What Is a Good Argument According to Aristotle?
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10 Facts About the Pearl Harbor Attack
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What Was Judith Leyster’s Contribution to Dutch Painting?
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‘F*ck You, Philadelphia’ – When Blondie Opened For Rush In 1979
When on January 21st, 1979, Rush needed an opening act for the Philadelphia leg of their Hemispheres...
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When on January 21st, 1979, Rush needed an opening act for the Philadelphia leg of their Hemispheres tour, Blondie got the call. Georgia-based southern rockers Stillwater couldn’t play. So would the New Yorkers deliver what 18,000 fans of the Canadian rockers packed into the...
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8 Exotic Birds Driven to Extinction in Modern History
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Was Ambrosius Aurelianus the Real King Arthur?
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Encaustic Painting: An Ancient Art Form Explained
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