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African History...
A history of Women's political power and matriliny in the kingdom of Kongo. In the 19th century, anthropologists were fascinated by the concept of matrilineal descent in which...
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In the 19th century, anthropologists were fascinated by the concept of matrilineal descent in which kinship is traced through the female line. Matriliny was often confounded with matriarchy as a supposedly earlier stage of social evolution than patriarchy. Matriliny thus became a...
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What’s the Best Time to Visit the Colosseum? undefined
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American Tourist Smashed Roman Artifacts at the Israel Museum undefined
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Wrong Side of...
The great 2024 vibe shift (and other stories) Wrong Side of History Newsletter #58
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Maurice Sendak Illustrates William Blake’s Songs of Innocence In 1967, Maurice Sendak (June 10, 1928–May 8, 2012) created eight illustrations for William Blake’s...
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In 1967, Maurice Sendak (June 10, 1928–May 8, 2012) created eight illustrations for William Blake’s Songs of Innocence (1789). The booklet’s 275 copies were given to friends of the publisher, The Bodley Head, as Christmas gifts to mark the company’s 80th anniversary.   The idea...
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Painting America’s Great Divide : Horace Pippin And Mr. Prejudice “The pictures which I have already painted come to me in my mind, and if to me it is a worth while...
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“The pictures which I have already painted come to me in my mind, and if to me it is a worth while picture, I paint it” – Horace Pippin   Winston Churchill waved his fingers in a V for Victory and the united British went to war against a common enemy. When the United States …...
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What Was the Dreyfus Affair? undefined
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Was Mark Twain Really a Confederate? undefined
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African History...
A complete history of Jenne: 250BC-1893AD Journal of African cities chapter 6
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What Is the Hill of the Buddha? undefined
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Kashmir: Prisoner of History? Kashmir: Prisoner of History? JamesHoare Wed, 12/18/2024 - 09:27
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The Anat Ebgi Gallery Expands to Tribeca undefined
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Twenty Drawings by Kahlil Gibran, 1919 “Speak to us of Beauty” – Kahlil Gibran, The Prophet   In 1919, Lebanese-American artist, poet and...
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“Speak to us of Beauty” – Kahlil Gibran, The Prophet   In 1919, Lebanese-American artist, poet and philosopher Kahlil Gibran (January 6, 1883–April 10, 1931) published the collection Twenty Drawings, the first and only time a selection of his paintings had appeared in print....
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for March 2023 Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
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Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of March. Summary Of Changes Donsol, added 100r logo to splash screen on the rom. 100r.co, added a new page: diy carbonation system. Updated Saving fuel, Engine rebuild and...
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The Death of Caspar Hauser The Death of Caspar Hauser j.hoare Sun, 12/17/2023 - 00:00
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10 Iconic Historic Landmarks in California You Should Visit undefined
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Anglo-Afghan Wars: How Afghanistan Became the Graveyard of Empires undefined
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Trying to Understand...
Understanding What's Happening in France. The kinetic phase may come next.
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Gas Mask Photos: An Alternative Mask for the Halloween Season The idea of disguise and wearing masks is central to art. From Saul Steinberg’s paper bag masks to...
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The idea of disguise and wearing masks is central to art. From Saul Steinberg’s paper bag masks to those incredible masks of the African phantom, Wladyslaw T. Benda’s living masks and William Mortensen’s haunting portraits from West of Zanzibar, appearances are changed to deceive...
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Who Won the Seven Days Battles? undefined
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Classical Wisdom
Last Call for Classical Gifts Shipping Cutoff imminent
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The Life of Lu Xun: Writing on China at a Crossroads undefined
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Where Did the Huguenots Go? (6 Regions They Settled) undefined
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Global Inequality...
Sodom and Gomorrah Le hasard is a capricious master. When I recently travelled to China, I knew that I would read there...
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Le hasard is a capricious master. When I recently travelled to China, I knew that I would read there books printed in China and about China. So I took none of them with me. The only book that I took there was a book that has nothing to do with China: Proust’s
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Fisher Landau Sale at Sotheby’s Brought $406 M. undefined
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Did Spirituality Shape the Art of Ana Mendieta? undefined
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Operation Barbarossa: When Nazi Germany Tried to Invade the USSR undefined
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US President or American Caesar? US President or American Caesar? JamesHoare Thu, 09/26/2024 - 08:00
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How Were the Conditional Biblical Prophecies Fulfilled in the Bible? undefined
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Gustave Moreau: The Man Who Defined the Symbolist Movement undefined
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Artists Expressed Concerns on Banning TikTok in the U.S. undefined
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What is Digital Art? A Brief History and Tips for Collecting undefined
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Josephine Baker: An American Dancer in the French Resistance undefined
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10 U.S. Retirement Destinations for History Lovers undefined
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Open Culture
Richard Feynman Enthusiastically Explains How to Think Like a Physicist in His Series Fun to Imagine... “It’s interesting that some people find science so easy, and others find it kind of dull and...
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“It’s interesting that some people find science so easy, and others find it kind of dull and difficult,” says Richard Feynman at the beginning of his 1983 BBC series Fun to Imagine. “One of the things that makes it very difficult is that it takes a lot of imagination. It’s very...
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Who Was Saint Athanasius? undefined
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Global Inequality...
There is no exit for dictators In an interesting paper he tweeted yesterday, Kaushik Basu discusses, using a mathematical model, an...
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In an interesting paper he tweeted yesterday, Kaushik Basu discusses, using a mathematical model, an old problem: how rulers once they are in power cannot leave it even if they wish to do so, because their road to power, and in power, is littered with corpses that will all...
Trying to Understand...
We Are All Civilisational States It's just that some people don't realise it.
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Overcoming Bias
Love And War And Status “All is Fair in Love and War” - common saying
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Here’s What to Know About the Oldest High School in America undefined
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Arachne: What Is the Real Meaning of the Myth? undefined
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The Myth of Midas and the Golden Touch: A Story of Riches and Regret undefined
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Euripides’ Lost Plays Euripides’ Lost Plays JamesHoare Mon, 10/14/2024 - 10:38
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Mudslinging & Negative Campaigning: A Look at US Election Dirty Tricks undefined
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Is There More to Life Than This? Beyond the Material World undefined
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Weekend Roundup Myths and Metamorphoses
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Monsters of Mythology Who Made the Top Ten?
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3 Dark Age Kings of Britain Confirmed by Archaeology undefined
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The Spellbinding Corrupted Photos On An Artist’s Stolen Laptop Pasedena police called photographer Melanie Willhide to tell her the good news: they’d found her...
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Pasedena police called photographer Melanie Willhide to tell her the good news: they’d found her laptop and backup drive. They’d pulled over a car being driven by Adrian Rodriguez and spotted Willhide’s stolen possession on the back seat.  “It’s kind of like winning the lottery;...
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The Jōmon Period: Japan’s Mysterious Origin Story undefined
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Dreams of Space -...
I Want To Be A Space Pilot (1961) Happy People on the Moon day! (54 years since 1st landing) I Want To Be A Space Pilot is part of a...
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Happy People on the Moon day! (54 years since 1st landing) I Want To Be A Space Pilot is part of a series of children's books called "I want to be..." They are essentially a beginning to read career book. I like the very basic illustrations and the straightforward text. I also...
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What is Appalachian Culture? undefined
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Plotinus’ Theory of Emanations: How Do Things Come into Being? undefined
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A Collection of...
Collections: On Bread and Circuses Coming off of some of the discussion of Gladiator II (I, II), this week I want to discuss the place...
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Coming off of some of the discussion of Gladiator II (I, II), this week I want to discuss the place of ‘bread and circuses’ in the narrative of Roman decadence and decline. This is one of those phrases which long ago entered the standard lexicon, but which gets used and...
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Collections: The Afterlife of the Roman Republic This week we are taking a look at what ended up being the ‘runner-up’ in the latest ACOUP Senate...
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This week we are taking a look at what ended up being the ‘runner-up’ in the latest ACOUP Senate poll (we’ll also do the winner, “The Problem with Sci-Fi Body armor” before year’s end, worry not), the “Afterlife of the Roman Republic,” which is to say a look at the continued...
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King Charles XIV John (Bernadotte): Marshal of France, King of Sweden undefined
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Was David Gulpilil Australia’s Most Important Actor? undefined
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What Are the Origins of the True Crime Genre? undefined
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HEMA: The Modern Study of Historical European Martial Arts undefined
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10 Must-See Exhibitions in Europe This Year (2025) undefined
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When Was the First Crusade? undefined
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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...
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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 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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Egyptian Temples: How the Egyptians Depicted the Universe in Microcosm undefined
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What Is the History of April Fools’ Day? undefined
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Central African Republic: A History of the Wildest State in Africa undefined
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Chicago Art Institute Can Keep Egon Schiele Work undefined
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Emperor Lucius Verus: Life, Death, Reign undefined
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Is Happiness a Ghost? Seeking Fulfillment Through Philosophy undefined
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French Culture Minister Calls For Climate Activism Penalties undefined
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Iraq Receives an Ancient Sumerian Sculpture from The Met undefined
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UK Exhibition to Pair Pre-Raphaelite Art and Aromas undefined
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The Secret SS Mission to Tibet You’ve Never Heard Of undefined
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The Rebecca Riots: Why Did Wales Rise Up? The Rebecca Riots: Why Did Wales Rise Up? JamesHoare Wed, 01/08/2025 - 09:37
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Huacas and Apus: Sacred Landscapes of the Inca undefined
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Victorian Fashion: Were Corsets Really That Uncomfortable? undefined
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When Did Britain’s Age of Deference End – and Why? When Did Britain’s Age of Deference End – and Why? JamesHoare Thu, 05/02/2024 - 09:19
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African History...
The empire of Kong (ca. 1710-1915): a cultural legacy of medieval Mali. At the close of the 18th century, the West African hosts of the Scottish traveler Mungo Park...
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At the close of the 18th century, the West African hosts of the Scottish traveler Mungo Park informed him of a range of mountains situated in "a large and powerful kingdom called Kong".
Dreams of Space -...
Sky-Hi: A Trip Into Space with Terry (1952) Mara.  Sky-Hi: A Trip Into Space With Terry. Personal History Agency : NY. 22 p. 1952 It came in a...
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Mara.  Sky-Hi: A Trip Into Space With Terry. Personal History Agency : NY. 22 p. 1952 It came in a nice gift box with a space quiz. It is a little bit of an odd astronomy book. The illustration are very beautiful and if you notice each planet has smaller people in the picture to...
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England’s Museum Collections Missing More Than 1,700 Objects undefined
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Understanding Post-War Australian History in 3 Artworks undefined
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Classical Wisdom
From Caesar's Back to King Tut's Tomb From Caesar's Back to King Tut's Tomb
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Trying to Understand...
Honesty: What's In It For Me? First, do lots of harm.
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Why Is Socrates’ Legacy Vital? undefined
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7 of the Most Historically Important Sites in Japan undefined
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African History...
Acemoglu in Kongo: a critique of 'Why Nations Fail' and its wilful ignorance of African history. There aren’t many Africans on the list of Nobel laureates, nor does research on African societies...
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Why Read Modern Books? Now Available: Night Drew Her Sable Cloak
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What Is the Categorical Imperative? undefined
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5 Famous Artworks of Medusa: Monstrous, Misunderstood, or Moving? undefined
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West Virginia Bill to Prosecute Museums for “Obscene” Artifacts? undefined
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Ireland and Palestine: United by Partition? Ireland and Palestine: United by Partition? JamesHoare Wed, 05/22/2024 - 09:47
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5 Key Tenets of Rastafarian: Between Zion and Babylon undefined
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A Collection of...
Collections: How to Roman Republic 101, Part IIIa: Starting Down the Path of Honors This is the third of our planned five part series (I, II) on the structure of the Roman Republic...
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This is the third of our planned five part series (I, II) on the structure of the Roman Republic during the third and second centuries. Last time we discussed Rome’s popular assemblies, which at least notionally expressed the will of the people. One of the key tasks those...
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‘The House Divided’ by Barnaby Rogerson review ‘The House Divided’ by Barnaby Rogerson review JamesHoare Mon, 06/03/2024 - 10:51
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How to Celebrate the Love of Learning Give a Graduate the Greatest Gift!
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Emil Nolde: Great Painter of German Expressionism or Ardent Nazi? undefined
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Why Is the Ship of Theseus Paradox Still Relevant Today? undefined
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Lucian Freud Nude to Make $20 Million Auction Debut undefined
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The Last Testaments of Richard II and Henry IV The Last Testaments of Richard II and Henry IV JamesHoare Mon, 09/16/2024 - 06:00
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10 Art Techniques You Should Know undefined
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The West African Squadron: Hunting Slave Ships on the High Seas undefined
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Externalising Our Hatreds. It's Ukraine and Gaza. Again.
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The 5 Most Ridiculous Ways the CIA Tried & Failed to Kill Fidel Castro undefined
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Wrong Side of...
The Phantom of Polarisation Do people actually disagree that much?
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5 of George Washington’s Right Hands: All the General’s Men (& Woman) undefined
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Rare Exhibition of Roman Marbles Heads to North America undefined
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Summary of changes for December 2024 Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
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Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of December. Summary Of Changes 100r.co, updated the documentation for our various projects. Left, added support for unicode input(Mastodon). Rabbit Waves, added a page on Air to Ground...
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What Makes a Celt & Did They Ever Inhabit Britannia? undefined
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8 Famous Books That Helped Economies Thrive With Tourism undefined
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Tjaart’s Substack
The curious case of the missing period When Simple Mail Transfer Protocol is not simple
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What Was Little Turtle’s War? undefined
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What Is the Significance of the Carnegie Libraries? undefined
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Grand Egyptian Museum Partially Opens to the Public undefined
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‘Crimean Quagmire’ by Gregory Carleton review ‘Crimean Quagmire’ by Gregory Carleton review JamesHoare Mon, 09/23/2024 - 08:00
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Catholicism: The 10 Most Unusual Patron Saints undefined
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Aristotle's Poetics The Science of Art
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Last Chance Secure Seats for the In Search of Homer Trip
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Chili Pepper’s Fiery History: The Berry That Conquered the World undefined
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What Are Peter Sloterdijk’s 5 Most Important Ideas? undefined
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CrimethInc.
Resisting Local Authoritarianism and Multipolar Imperialisms in Georgia : A Deeper Look into the... On the one-hundred-year anniversary of the uprising in Georgia against Soviet annexation, the...
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On the one-hundred-year anniversary of the uprising in Georgia against Soviet annexation, the struggle for independence from Russian rule remains the chief force driving the popular mobilization that has been growing over the past several months. Yet today’s movement points to a...
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What Was Robert Mapplethorpe Inspired By? undefined
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Overcoming Bias
Betrayed By Culture Like most humans ever, I love my culture.
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Finding The Original Drugstore Cowboy : Los Angeles In 1980 Originally the Columbia Drugstore was next to Gower Gulch at Sunset and Gower, says Meredith...
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Originally the Columbia Drugstore was next to Gower Gulch at Sunset and Gower, says Meredith Jacobson Marciano. In 1980, the coffee shop was closing forever.”The term “drugstore cowboy” came from here to mean a young wannabe whippersnapper who wanted to get into Westerns but...
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What Was Pope Innocent III’s Role in the Medieval Crusades? undefined
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A Christmas to Save the Byzantine Empire A Christmas to Save the Byzantine Empire JamesHoare Mon, 11/18/2024 - 10:07
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4 Works by Franz Kafka That You Should Know undefined
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African History...
The pre-Islamic civilizations of west Africa While West Africa has been part of the Muslim world since the late Middle Ages, as famously...
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While West Africa has been part of the Muslim world since the late Middle Ages, as famously demonstrated by the golden pilgrimage of Mali's Mansa Musa in 1324, Islam had only arrived in the region at the close of the 1st millennium.
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What Is the Easiest Language to Learn? undefined
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New Exhibition to Show Art Saved From Notre Dame Fire undefined
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Belgian Revolution: The Independence Movement That Surprised Europe undefined
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Great or the Greatest? F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby undefined
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Have We Lost Ritual in our Lives? How can we bring it back? And should we in the first place?
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Trying to Understand...
The Politics of Exhaustion. And the exhaustion of politics.
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How Does Street Art Shape Cities? undefined
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5 Female Philosophers That You Should Know undefined
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Medieval Anglo-French Wars (1076-1453): A Brief History undefined
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Death of a Samurai Legend Death of a Samurai Legend JamesHoare Thu, 06/13/2024 - 09:11
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Who Is the Most Famous Centaur? undefined
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7 Fascinating Facts About the Vestal Virgins undefined
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What Was the Chaco War? undefined
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What Are the 8 Most Popular Churches in Venice? undefined
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William Blake’s Cottage to Be Preserved as a Museum undefined
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The 1968 Prague Spring: Democratic Revolution Behind the Iron Curtain? undefined
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How Free Are We? Louis Althusser on Ideology & Subjectivity undefined
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How Did Francisco Goya Criticize the Spanish Society? undefined
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‘A Great Disorder’ by Richard Slotkin review ‘A Great Disorder’ by Richard Slotkin review JamesHoare Mon, 10/07/2024 - 08:29
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Who are the Yazidis & What Are Their Beliefs? undefined
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Existential Crisis: What Is It and How Can We Overcome It? undefined
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Colombian President in Search for a Long-Lost Treasure undefined
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The History of Underwear: Loincloths, Petticoats, Boxers, & Briefs undefined
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17 Crazy Facts about the History of Chocolate undefined
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Egyptian Cat Goddess: Who Is Bastet? undefined
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What Is the Historical Context of Easter? undefined
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On the Spot: Eugene Rogan On the Spot: Eugene Rogan JamesHoare Tue, 05/14/2024 - 09:43
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Alexander the Great’s Legendary Horse: Who Was Bucephalus? undefined
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Were Anglo-Saxon Pagans a Threat to Medieval Christian Society? undefined
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SoHo And New York City In The 1980s Gérard Monger has been taking photos for more than 56 years. “I wanted to become a photojournalist,”...
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Gérard Monger has been taking photos for more than 56 years. “I wanted to become a photojournalist,” he tells us, “but I became a computer scientist. I lived for a long time in the suburbs of Paris, Colombes and then Maisons Laffitte. Now I live in the center of France in Nevers....
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Cultural revolution in the land of Kafka and Borges On Peter Kropotkin's Memoirs
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Alexander Nevsky: Savior of the Kievan Rus’? undefined
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How Did Henry VIII Find a Bride through Portraits? undefined
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The Rembrandt Painting to Sell For $18.4 M. at Auction undefined
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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...
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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 May. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans. Summary Of Changes Noodle, released Uxn version. Improved UX to resize the canvas and...
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Aristophanes: Get to Know the Master of Ancient Greek Comedy undefined
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Performance Art: 8 Famous and Influential Women undefined
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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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‘The House Divided’ by Barnaby Rogerson ‘The House Divided’ by Barnaby Rogerson JamesHoare Mon, 06/03/2024 - 10:51
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Painting The Celestial Afterglow after Krakatoa, 1888 On the 27th August 1883, the Krakatoa (Krakatau) volcano exploded and the sky changed colour. Lying...
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On the 27th August 1883, the Krakatoa (Krakatau) volcano exploded and the sky changed colour. Lying on the Sunda Strait between the islands of Java and Sumatra in the Indonesian province of Lampung, Krakatoa was hit by a series of four massive eruptions – the equivalent to 200...
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The Beguines: The Hermits Who Became Medieval Celebrities undefined
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How Are Art and Science Related? undefined
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10 Things an Art Lover Should Do in Paris undefined
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A Day in the Life of a Roman Gladiator undefined
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The Power Of Absent Things. It explains a lot about Ukraine.
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How Fritz the Cat Deconstructed 1960s America undefined
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African History...
Mansa Musa and the royal pilgrimage tradition of west Africa: 11th-18th century Why Africa's caravans of gold stopped travelling to Arabia.
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Do You Need Children to Care About the Future? Shady Trees or Empty Branches?
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Was Honorius’ Letter Really Sent to Britain? undefined
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Do You Listen Well? Lessons on Listening from Plutarch
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10 Powerful Women From Folklore and Mythology Around the World undefined
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Can We Be Humane In the Face of Horror? What is needed to stop violent cycles?
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Which Are the Best-known Castles and Churches in Trieste? undefined
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10 Historic Small Towns Near Amsterdam That Are as Pretty undefined
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Trees at Night: Art Young’s Haunting Silhouettes, 1927 “The tree which moves some to tears of joy is in the eyes of others only a green thing which stands...
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“The tree which moves some to tears of joy is in the eyes of others only a green thing which stands in the way. As a man is, so he sees.” – William Blake     Arthur Henry Young – better known as Art Young (January 14, 1866–December 29, 1943) – saw humanity in the … Continue...
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The Death of A New Jersey Shopping Mall There are about 1,000 malls in the US, and it’s estimated that one in four will close in the next...
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There are about 1,000 malls in the US, and it’s estimated that one in four will close in the next few years as vacancy rates are increasing due to the pandemic, a slowed economy and increased online shopping. Photographer Phillip Buehler captured the death of the Wayne Hills mall...
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Was the Neolithic Revolution Really a Revolution? undefined
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What’s the Best Time to Visit Chichen Itza? undefined
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Global Inequality...
Before the police arrives: Bookstores on Saturdays I always loved Saturdays. When I was a college student, quite improbably, my parents decided that I...
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I always loved Saturdays. When I was a college student, quite improbably, my parents decided that I would be a “technical executor” of our family’s monthly budget. My family was part of the red bourgeoisie and we had enough, and probably more than enough, for a comfortable life;...
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Who Are the Ku Klux Klan? undefined
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What Was the Biggest Art Theft in History? undefined
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Stonehenge Defenders Got Their Day at Court undefined
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Landslide Victories: A Look at Pivotal Elections in US History undefined
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Simon the Zealot of the Twelve Disciples: Bio, Legacy, and Death undefined
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Discover Caral-Supe: Cradle of Civilization in the Americas undefined
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Patterns in Humanity
Where parents make a difference Where is the shared environment effect larger than zero?
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Iakim Volkov’s Wedding: An Illustration of a Complicated History undefined
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Ancient Marble Zeus Head Unearthed in Türkiye undefined
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Toxic Walls: Why Was Victorian Green Wallpaper So Deadly? undefined
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How Did Andy Warhol Change the History of Cinema? undefined
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Fascism vs. Modernism: Clash in Art & Design undefined
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The Obligatory End-of-Year Essay. But do me a favour, and read it anyway.
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The Hidden Meaning of Plato’s Cave Allegory undefined
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5 Female Heroes of World War II undefined
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Ancient Jerusalem: From the Bronze Age to the Roman Era undefined
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Dreams of Space -...
Out of This World (1953) Happy Friday the 13th (in October too). Don't worry, you have gotten really lucky today. Out of...
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Happy Friday the 13th (in October too). Don't worry, you have gotten really lucky today. Out of this World was one of my favorite "discoveries" when I first started collecting these books. It is a massive 160 pages of games, jokes, riddles, and space facts. I last blogged about...
African History...
a brief note on the role of Africans in the early Islamic expansion an African kingdom in southern Italy.
a year ago
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9 Historical Places to Visit in Cornwall undefined
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Heracles Captures the Cretan Bull: The Hero’s Seventh Labor undefined
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Why Should We Care About Children? Bringing History to the Future
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6 Astounding Achievements by Maya Lin undefined
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Is Ancient Greece Really the Cradle of Western Civilization? undefined
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7 Museums to Visit in Athens undefined
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Flashbak
Posters From London’s Psychedelic UFO Club – 1966-1967 “In the Roundhouse, the UFO, and the Middle Earth Club in London everyone seems to get it, and it’s...
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“In the Roundhouse, the UFO, and the Middle Earth Club in London everyone seems to get it, and it’s as if we are all in on the same joke” – Andy Summer on London’s UFO Club     Founded by Joe Boyd and John Hopkins, London’s psychedelic UFO Club was small and short-lived, running...
A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, February 23, 2024 (On the Military Failures of Fascism) Fireside this week! We’ll pick up looking at some of the successes of Hellenistic armies next week....
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Fireside this week! We’ll pick up looking at some of the successes of Hellenistic armies next week. For this week’s musing, I wanted to take the opportunity to expand a bit on a topic that I raised on Twitter which draw a fair bit of commentary: that fascists and fascist...
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Volva: What Was the Role of Witches in the Viking World? undefined
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Classical Wisdom
The World's First Computer The Antikythera Mechanism
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Gala Dalí: Salvador Dali’s Mysterious Muse undefined
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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
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The Troubled History of the Polish-Ukrainian Friendship in the 20th Century undefined
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How did the Plague of Athens Revolutionize Carthage? undefined
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7 Famous Artists Who Turned to Crime undefined
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What’s the History of Gin? undefined
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Dreams of Space -...
Moon Base (1959) Number 2 in Nephew and Chester’s space quartet.: Moon Base. Just saying the phrase "moon base"...
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Number 2 in Nephew and Chester’s space quartet.: Moon Base. Just saying the phrase "moon base" brings me a sense of excitement and nostalgia. In fact one of my treasures is my talking Dr. Evil Doll that says "Welcome to my moon base". Nephew, William and Chester, Michael....
Classical Wisdom
Should We Navel Gaze? Omphaloskepsis...and What is a Hero?
a year ago
Dreams of Space -...
Let's Fly to the Universe (1962) A rescan project, but a rescan of a reprint.  I blogged about this book in 2012...
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A rescan project, but a rescan of a reprint.  I blogged about this book in 2012 here: https://dreamsofspace.blogspot.com/2012/12/flying-in-space-1961.html I think it is Czech, but may be a difference Russian language. I got a Russian reprint of this and still find it a very...
Trying to Understand...
Peter Pan goes to Ukraine Some people never grow up.
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First Major Survey of Georgia O’Keeffe Cityscapes Opens June 2 undefined
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I Have No Brain But I Must Scream. But why aren't people in other countries listening?
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12 Surprising Facts About Loki, the Nordic God undefined
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5 Inventions That Revolutionized Agriculture undefined
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An Art Lover’s Guide to Bangkok undefined
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6 Things You Should Know about Sculptor Augusta Savage undefined
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Flashbak
Street Shots of New York City in 1978 “Every day was like being in a scene from a movie set in the city” – George Wright     In ‘New York...
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“Every day was like being in a scene from a movie set in the city” – George Wright     In ‘New York 1978’, British photographer George Wright shows us the city. Having trained as a graphic design at London’s Wimbledon School of Art in the early 1970s, Wright took a class taught...
TheCollector
Psychology & Spirituality: Exploring the Intersection With Carl Jung’s Analytical Psychology undefined
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Marx’s German Ideology: What is Historical and Dialectical Materialism? undefined
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Genoa vs. Venice: A Historic and Layered Rivalry undefined
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Athena Myths of Wisdom
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6 Outrageous Judicial Errors in the Trial of Jesus Christ undefined
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The Merchant’s House Museum Fears ‘Irreparable Damage’ undefined
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7 Historical Places to Visit in Wiltshire undefined
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The Secret Life of Latin Still A Living Language?
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Was Emperor Nero Universally Hated During His Reign? undefined
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Wrong Side of...
The Scottish Play Canon Club podcast: Macbeth
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for October 2024 Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
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Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of October. Summary Of Changes 100r.co, added Rabbit Waves and Logbooks. Updated woodstove installation, no windlass with 1 photo, mini dodger and Victoria to Sitka logbook with Week 3...
History Today Feed
Pasternak and Stalin: What Was Said? Pasternak and Stalin: What Was Said? JamesHoare Mon, 01/29/2024 - 11:56
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Ben Franklin in Politics: The Founding Father Who Was Never President undefined
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Christie’s Reports Decline in Auction Sales For First Half of 2024 undefined
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Contemporary Artist to Recreate Missing Piece of Bayeux Tapestry undefined
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6 Important Female Aboriginal Writers and Activists You Should Read undefined
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The Dark History of Australia’s Blackbirding undefined
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How Did Aristotle Define Happiness & Good Life? undefined
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Native Americans in the Revolutionary War: Who Did They Side With? undefined
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10 Must-See Historic Sites in Armenia undefined
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Andrew Jackson: The People’s President and the Rise of Populism undefined
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The Political Effects of the Vietnam War undefined
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The Sand Creek Massacre: A Horrific Tale of Betrayal & Greed undefined
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Flashbak
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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Good Friday: The Significance of the Day & How Christians Observe It undefined
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Who Was Ben Black Elk? undefined
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Dreams of Space -...
A Journey to the Moon: A science fiction poem for children (1954) An unusual children's book consisting of a long poem about Konstantin Tsiolkovsky and an imaginary...
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a year ago
An unusual children's book consisting of a long poem about Konstantin Tsiolkovsky and an imaginary trip to the Moon. It is highly illustrated and worth a look if you have not seen it. It was colored in places in crayon by a child but that sort of adds to the charm of someone who...
Flashbak
Eating At The Montreal Restaurant ‘Famous for Its Little Pig’ – 1938-1972 For nearly four decades from 1938, Jean-Paul Cuerrier (1918-1997) took pictures of diners feeding a...
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For nearly four decades from 1938, Jean-Paul Cuerrier (1918-1997) took pictures of diners feeding a pig at the table at Au Lutin Qui Bouffe restaurant in Montreal, Canada. Patrons would take home the photo as a souvenir. The typical posse was for one diner to feed the piglet milk...
TheCollector
What Is the Role of Dance in Hindu Spirituality? (Dances & Gods) undefined
12 months ago
Trying to Understand...
Can't Do, Won't Do! But striking poses is fun and easy.
a year ago
Hidden History
The French Space Cat Felicette France joined the Space Race in the 1950s, and one of her missions was a test flight involving the...
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France joined the Space Race in the 1950s, and one of her missions was a test flight involving the first (and so far only) cat to enter space. It did not end well for the cat. In the aftermath of the Second World War, France, under the leadership of General Charles De Gaulle, was...
Trying to Understand...
You And Whose Army? NATO would do well to stay out of Ukraine.
a year ago
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10 Artworks to See at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City undefined
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Who Are Some Key Figures in Epistemology? undefined
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Benito Mussolini: This Was the Life of Il Duce undefined
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Classical Wisdom
Do Individuals Move the Course of History? Or Do They Just Ride the Wave?
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Who Is the Mystery Mummy of Tomb KV55? (4 Theories) undefined
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Weekend Roundup James Joyce and Jewish Philosophy
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What Is the Meaning of Utopia? undefined
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What is Art? Approaching Aesthetics in 3 Ways undefined
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A Collection of...
Collections: Phalanx’s Twilight, Legion’s Triumph, Part Ia: Heirs of Alexander This week on the blog we are starting what is a planned four-part series looking at the twilight of...
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This week on the blog we are starting what is a planned four-part series looking at the twilight of Hellenistic warfare and the triumph of the Roman legion. Our core question is a really common one: why was the Roman legion able to decisively defeat the Hellenistic...
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5 Most Influential Blues Musicians of All Time undefined
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Everything You Need to Know About Claude Monet’s Water Lilies undefined
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Who Were the Most Famous Models in Modern Painting? undefined
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The DAM Rejects Return Request from Native Alaskan Tribes undefined
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Carl Schmitt: The Most Influential Nazi Philosopher? undefined
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Three LA Museums Jointly Acquire Collection of Local Art undefined
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What is the Role of Law in Aristotle’s Politics? undefined
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Who Won the Battle of Cold Harbor? undefined
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Can Perfumes Be Art? Famous Artists Who Designed Perfume Bottles undefined
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6 Famous Artists Who Loved Cats undefined
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The Pompeii Mosaics Frozen by Fire
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9 Unskippable Memorials in Washington DC undefined
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10 Shocking Facts About King Philip’s War undefined
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Flashbak
A Look Inside London Cafes and Greasy Spoons In the Early 1990s We’ve seen the outside of many London cafes in the 1980s and 1990s, first here then more. Now Peter...
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We’ve seen the outside of many London cafes in the 1980s and 1990s, first here then more. Now Peter Marshall pokes his camera inside London’s lost cafes and shows us around. We see lots of formica counters, brightly coloured chairs, the stainless steel urns for ready-made coffee...
TheCollector
Bali’s 8 Finest Historic Sites: A Feast for the Senses undefined
5 months ago
African History...
The Meroitic script and the documents of ancient Kush (ca. 300BC-450CE) The Meroitic writing system of the kingdom of Kush is one of the best-known, yet most enigmatic...
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Flashbak
The Boston Years: On The Streets 1972-75 In 1972, Philip Flip Collier was in Boston. Philip, who has previously shared his terrific...
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In 1972, Philip Flip Collier was in Boston. Philip, who has previously shared his terrific photographs of 1970s NYC, enrolled at the city’s New England School of Photography where he studied for the next two years with the hope of becoming a commercial photographer, but I could...
TheCollector
Why Are Aristotle’s “Categories” Fundamental to Logic? undefined
8 months ago
TheCollector
Silvio Berlusconi’s Worthless Art Collection undefined
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Flashbak
Welcome to the Country Club: Prison Life in Four Different Nations Dutch photographer Jan Banning turned his lens on prisons and prisoners for his book Law & Order:...
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Dutch photographer Jan Banning turned his lens on prisons and prisoners for his book Law & Order: The World of Criminal Justice,. Below we see photographs pictures of prison life in Colombia, France, Uganda and the United States. “I’m interested in these aspects of society that...
TheCollector
Who Was Gertrude Stein? More Than a Poet & Collector undefined
a year ago
Classical Wisdom
Do You Believe in Magic? Marcus Aurelius and Ephesia Grammata
8 months ago
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What Are the Key Influences That Shaped the French New Wave? undefined
9 months ago
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1950s American Culture: Suburbia, the American Dream, & Inequality undefined
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Italy to Open Its Largest-Ever Presentation of Willem de Kooning undefined
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American Modernist Florine Stettheimer Gets Catalogue Raisonné undefined
5 months ago
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Mehrgarh: One of the Oldest Cities in the Indus Valley undefined
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