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Fireside Friday, August 16, 2024
Fireside this week! I find I have my thoughts more or less together for the last part of the...
4 months ago
Fireside this week! I find I have my thoughts more or less together for the last part of the Imperator series, but I have not yet gotten them into a satisfying order – a common hazard of writing – so they will have to wait for next week. It’s not yet clear to me if … Continue...
TheCollector
What Inspired Caspar David Friedrich’s Wanderer Above the Sea of Fog?
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‘Habsburgs on the Rio Grande’ by Raymond Jonas review
‘Habsburgs on the Rio Grande’ by Raymond Jonas review
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Wed, 06/19/2024 - 09:52
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‘Habsburgs on the Rio Grande’ by Raymond Jonas review
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Wed, 06/19/2024 - 09:52
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The True Knights Templar
The True Knights Templar
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Wed, 01/10/2024 - 09:54
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The True Knights Templar
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Wed, 01/10/2024 - 09:54
TheCollector
Mona Lisa Location Mystery Solved, Geologist Claims
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Overcoming Bias
Hail Jeffrey Wernick
I started to write about prediction markets in 1988, and not until 1999 about using conditional...
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I started to write about prediction markets in 1988, and not until 1999 about using conditional markets to make org decisions.
TheCollector
Andy Warhol’s Mother: Who Was Julia Warhola?
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U.S. Submarines: How Did the ‘Silent Service’ Win WWII in the Pacific?
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Classical Wisdom
What Government Governs Best?
Is Democracy Still Our Best Bet?
a year ago
Is Democracy Still Our Best Bet?
TheCollector
The Kherson Art Museum Identified Pieces Looted by Russia
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10 Things to Do in London if You Love Art
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Caspar David Friedrich Sketchbook to Remain in Germany?
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What Was the Dreyfus Affair?
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6 Astounding Facts About the Inhotim Institute
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Who Were the Most Important Christian Figures? (150 – 200 CE)
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What Are the Challenges of Creating ‘True Crime’ Stories?
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What’s the Best Time of the Year to Visit the Pyramids?
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What Is the Hill of the Buddha?
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What Came First, Blues or Jazz?
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Overcoming Bias
Drift Poll Winner: Rational Culture
Over the last day, I did two sets of polls comparing 16 cultural drift scenarios (detailed here) re...
a month ago
Over the last day, I did two sets of polls comparing 16 cultural drift scenarios (detailed here) re their likelihood and desirability. (I later added influence.) Here are best fit priorities (relative to 100 max), sorted by priority sum:
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Egyptian Temples: How the Egyptians Depicted the Universe in Microcosm
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TheCollector
Just How Christian Was the Kingdom of Kongo?
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A Collection of...
Collections: Phalanx’s Twilight, Legion’s Triumph, Part IVa: Philip V
This is the first part of the fourth part of our four(ish) part (Ia, Ib, IIa, IIb, IIIa, IIIb) look...
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This is the first part of the fourth part of our four(ish) part (Ia, Ib, IIa, IIb, IIIa, IIIb) look at why the thing to use to beat a Macedonian sarisa phalanx is, in fact, a Roman legion in the third and second century BC. Last time, we finished our look at the third-century...
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for December
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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 December. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Secret of the Stoics
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TheCollector
How Did Andy Warhol Change the History of Cinema?
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What Did Christopher Columbus Discover?
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1968 in America: One of the Most Tumultuous Years in US History?
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for March 2023
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a year ago
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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‘Daughter of the Dragon’ by Yunte Huang review
‘Daughter of the Dragon’ by Yunte Huang review
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Tue, 01/09/2024 - 08:37
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‘Daughter of the Dragon’ by Yunte Huang review
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Was Alexander Great?
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Greece's Forgotten Legacy
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Ancient Mixed Martial Arts?
TheCollector
Moses’ Wife: Who Was Zipporah?
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Angels in the Bible: Ambassadors From Another World?
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4 Key Techniques of 20th-Century Photography
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1950s American Culture: Suburbia, the American Dream, & Inequality
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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...
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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
What is the “Mind”?
And How Do We Learn?
a year ago
Dreams of Space -...
Cosmonaut-2 (1964)
Cosmonaut-2 was a Russian pamphlet for older children about Gherman Titov. It has some lovely...
over a year ago
Cosmonaut-2 was a Russian pamphlet for older children about Gherman Titov. It has some lovely illustration about the 2nd manned Russian space launch. At age 25 Titov remains the youngest man to fly in Earth orbit. Vostok 2 was launched on August 6, 1961.
Cosmonaut-2, 1964. 38 p....
TheCollector
5 Interesting Aspects of Medieval Mongol Culture
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History Today Feed
Victorian Romantic Rituals and Charms
Victorian Romantic Rituals and Charms
j.hoare
Thu, 12/14/2023 - 09:33
a year ago
Victorian Romantic Rituals and Charms
j.hoare
Thu, 12/14/2023 - 09:33
TheCollector
Are We All Actors? Erving Goffman’s Analysis of Social Interactions
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Pope Visits Venice Biennale For First Time
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TheCollector
Oxyrhynchus: History’s Most Revealing Rubbish Dump
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TheCollector
7 Shocking Animal Attacks You’ve Never Heard Of
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Flashbak
1970s Graffiti in Dirty Old Boston
British bands were big in 1970s Boston. Fans of X-Ray Secs, Billy Idol, Sham 69 and the Buzzcocks...
8 months ago
British bands were big in 1970s Boston. Fans of X-Ray Secs, Billy Idol, Sham 69 and the Buzzcocks sprayed the bands’ names on the city’s walls. The stories behind other graffiti photographed by Meredith Jacobson Marciano is less obvious. Were the Lesbian Turds a band? The New...
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The Boxer Rebellion Explained: Uprising in China
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TheCollector
10 Must-See Archaeological Sites in the US
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The Rembrandt Painting to Sell For $18.4 M. at Auction
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Open Culture
The Story Behind the Making of the Iconic Surrealist Photograph, Dalí Atomicus (1948)
With his cane, his famous waxed mustache, and his habit of taking unusual animals for walks,...
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With his cane, his famous waxed mustache, and his habit of taking unusual animals for walks, Salvador Dalí would appear to have cultivated his own photographability. But taking a picture of the man who stood as a living definition of popular surrealism wasn’t a task to be...
TheCollector
What is Neoliberalism? David Harvey’s Philosophy
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Michel Ney: The Bravest of the Brave Among Napoleon’s Generals
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Res Obscura
Kikkuli!
Why do some people from the distant past become memes?
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Why do some people from the distant past become memes?
TheCollector
5 Famous Artworks of Medusa: Monstrous, Misunderstood, or Moving?
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African History...
a brief note on African agency in its historical contacts with the rest of the world.
the indigenous and the foreign in Benin art
7 months ago
the indigenous and the foreign in Benin art
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What Role Did Women Play in World War II?
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Beware the Lides of March
Beware the Lides of March
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Wed, 02/28/2024 - 09:52
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Beware the Lides of March
JamesHoare
Wed, 02/28/2024 - 09:52
TheCollector
Ada Lovelace: Get to Know the World’s First Computer Programmer
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TheCollector
Native Americans in the Revolutionary War: Who Did They Side With?
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Flashbak
Scenes From The Second City: Pictures of Birmingham 1980-1986
A while back in Trendy OK?’ – Pictures of Birmingham 1976-1987, we looked at England’s second city...
8 months ago
A while back in Trendy OK?’ – Pictures of Birmingham 1976-1987, we looked at England’s second city before there was a Selfridges or Harvey Nichols, and no Bullring as we know it today. Birmingham was a place of subway shops and underground passages that are now filled in and...
TheCollector
Sorites Paradox: Why Traditional Logic Is Not Omnipotent
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The KGB After Stalin
The KGB After Stalin
j.hoare
Mon, 12/18/2023 - 10:36
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The KGB After Stalin
j.hoare
Mon, 12/18/2023 - 10:36
TheCollector
Iowa Museum Returns Benin Bronzes to Nigeria
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Why Is There One Caryatid at the British Museum and Five in Athens?
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The 10 Most Beloved Urban Parks in the United States
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Curator Rediscovers Ancient Caligula Bust in England
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‘Patria’ by Laurence Blair review
‘Patria’ by Laurence Blair review
JamesHoare
Mon, 11/04/2024 - 11:32
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‘Patria’ by Laurence Blair review
JamesHoare
Mon, 11/04/2024 - 11:32
Trying to Understand...
No Way Out
Some of the world's problems have no solution.
a year ago
Some of the world's problems have no solution.
TheCollector
The Treaty of Versailles: An Overview of Its Contents & Effects
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History Today Feed
Sarah Mae Flemming and the Forgotten Women of Civil Rights
Sarah Mae Flemming and the Forgotten Women of Civil Rights
JamesHoare
Mon, 12/09/2024 - 09:58
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Sarah Mae Flemming and the Forgotten Women of Civil Rights
JamesHoare
Mon, 12/09/2024 - 09:58
History Today Feed
France’s Long March Against Racism
France’s Long March Against Racism
j.hoare
Sun, 12/03/2023 - 01:01
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France’s Long March Against Racism
j.hoare
Sun, 12/03/2023 - 01:01
TheCollector
How Were the Twelve Tribes of Israel Formed?
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Classical Wisdom
Upcoming Events
So you're in the know...
a year ago
TheCollector
3 Beautiful Places in the South of England Tourists Neglect
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Global Inequality...
On general futility of political discussions with people
Over the years I have had political and ideological discussions with at least three groups of people...
a year ago
Over the years I have had political and ideological discussions with at least three groups of people and have concluded that these discussions are, almost entirely, futile in making people either see things differently, or acknowledge that others may see things differently, or...
Classical Wisdom
How to Keep Your New Year’s Resolutions
Advice from the Ancients
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TheCollector
The West African Squadron: Hunting Slave Ships on the High Seas
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A Luta Continua! Mozambique’s Struggle for Independence
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10 Facts About the Extraordinary Choreographer Pina Bausch
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Spice Wars: The European Fight for the Spice Trade
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TheCollector
Claudius: The Roman Emperor Who Became a Pumpkin
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Classical Wisdom
Five Reasons Why Socrates Was A Terrible Husband
Should you meet your heroes?
7 months ago
Should you meet your heroes?
TheCollector
How Did Luciano Garbati Reimagine Medusa?
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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...
TheCollector
What Is Christian Gnosticism? (History, Tenets, Legacy)
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A Collection of...
Collections: How to Roman Republic, Part IIIc: Ten Tribunes, Two Censors and Twenty-Six Guys
This is the third section of the third part of our our planned five part series (I, II, IIIa, IIIb)...
a year ago
This is the third section of the third part of our our planned five part series (I, II, IIIa, IIIb) on the structure of the Roman Republic during the third and second centuries, the ‘Middle’ Republic.’ Last time we looked at the top of the Roman political career in the republic,...
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A History of Italy in 13 Monuments
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Diego Velazquez Royal Portrait Heads to Auction
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Huacas and Apus: Sacred Landscapes of the Inca
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Classical Wisdom
Ode to a Grecian Tour
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4 Works by Franz Kafka That You Should Know
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TheCollector
10 Must-See Historic Landmarks in Florida
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History Today Feed
‘Outposts of Diplomacy’ by G.R. Berridge review
‘Outposts of Diplomacy’ by G.R. Berridge review
JamesHoare
Wed, 09/04/2024 - 09:04
3 months ago
‘Outposts of Diplomacy’ by G.R. Berridge review
JamesHoare
Wed, 09/04/2024 - 09:04
TheCollector
How Foreshadowing Shapes Cinema and Storytelling
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TheCollector
Margaret Thatcher: Britain’s Iron Lady
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How Did Romania Become a Country?
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Why Is Caligula’s Relationship with the Senate Controversial?
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Provocative Maurizio Cattelan Exhibition Opens at Gagosian
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The Art of Collage and Assemblage in Modern Art
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Who Were the Kuomintang?
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Res Obscura
Simulating History with Multimodal AI: an Update
Generative AI offers a new, more engaging (and, hopefully, more empathetic) way of teaching history....
a year ago
Generative AI offers a new, more engaging (and, hopefully, more empathetic) way of teaching history. But how to use it?
TheCollector
What’s the Best Time of Year to Visit the Parthenon?
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Classical Wisdom
Dido: Queen of Carthage
Doomed Lover of Ancient Myth
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Doomed Lover of Ancient Myth
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Pace Gallery Will Represent the Robert Indiana Legacy Initiative
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British Museum Recovers More Missing Artifacts
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7 months ago
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A History of the United States Supreme Court
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What Was the Great Schism of 1054?
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What Was the Italian Risorgimento?
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Dreams of Space -...
Rocketry Though the Ages (1959)
This book has really nice rocket illustrations. Each painted images takes you through history and...
a year ago
This book has really nice rocket illustrations. Each painted images takes you through history and into the anticipated near future. I blogged about this in 2010, so a more complete scan seemed good. Also having the text that goes with each page is a plus, yea for flatbed...
TheCollector
Shakespeare’s Richard III: Everything You Need to Know
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for February 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 February. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Wiktopher, added back corrected chapters 1-7 to...
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What Is the Philosophy Behind Zen Gardens?
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TheCollector
Tunisian Bardo Museum Reopened Recently
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6 Ways to Pass the Time in the Middle Ages
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Winnie Mandela: Mother of the Nation?
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10 Norse Goddesses You Need to Know
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The Battle of Grunwald: A Gamechanger for Eastern Europe
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Who Won the Battle of the Wilderness?
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Emperor Nero’s “Golden House”: What Was the Domus Aurea?
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What Did the Art of the Third Reich Look Like?
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10 Cultural Sites in New York City You Should See
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Rare Leonora Carrington Sculpture Heads to Auction
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What Was Little Turtle’s War?
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‘Spiral Jetty’ Added to National Register of Historic Places
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Who Were the Disciples James, John and Andrew?
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Las Vegas Gallery to Sell $100 Million Leonardo Sculpture
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What Did the Beat Generation Want?
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Why Was Marcel Duchamp Obsessed With Chess?
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Sacred Objects & Places in the Inca World: Interview With Dr. Cummins
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The Plague by Albert Camus: “Can One Be a Saint Without God?”
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Michigan Museum Displays Rich History of Cambodian Art
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Has Depression Always Been Around? The History of a Timeless Disorder
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Siege of the Sogdian Rock, 327 BCE: Alexander’s Winged Men
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2 months ago
Trying to Understand...
Their Enemies The Russians
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But what about the rest of us?
TheCollector
5 Populists of the Late Roman Republic
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TheCollector
Joseph Kony & the Lord’s Resistance Army in Uganda
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Classical Wisdom
Monsters of Mythology
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for November 2024
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
3 weeks ago
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of November.
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100r.co, added an article named A Shining Place Built Upon The Sand, and Week 6 to the Victoria to Sitka Logbook.
Rabbit Waves, added a page on Morse Code...
History Today Feed
‘The Wild Men’, ‘The Men of 1924’ and ‘A Century of Labour’ review
‘The Wild Men’, ‘The Men of 1924’ and ‘A Century of Labour’ review
JamesHoare
Tue, 01/30/2024 -...
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‘The Wild Men’, ‘The Men of 1924’ and ‘A Century of Labour’ review
JamesHoare
Tue, 01/30/2024 - 10:13
History Today Feed
The Lost Tudor Domesday Book
The Lost Tudor Domesday Book
JamesHoare
Tue, 02/20/2024 - 00:00
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The Lost Tudor Domesday Book
JamesHoare
Tue, 02/20/2024 - 00:00
Classical Wisdom
What Happens When We Die? And Does That Impact How We Live?
Homer’s Hell: The Afterlife in Greek Mythology
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Homer’s Hell: The Afterlife in Greek Mythology
Flashbak
16 Characters From A Film Never Made : Found Photos From The American Dream
Film noir was coined in 1946 by the Italian-born French critic Nino Frank to describe the crime...
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Film noir was coined in 1946 by the Italian-born French critic Nino Frank to describe the crime thrillers laced with smoky cynicism, femme fatales and amoral ambiguity first produced by Hollywood in the 1940s. “These ‘dark’ films, these films noirs, no longer have anything in...
TheCollector
What Are the 4 Main Jewish Sects?
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TheCollector
10 Historic College Towns in America You Should Visit
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Overcoming Bias
Beware Policy Abstraction
The recent US presidential election should be fresh enough in your memory to let you directly...
a month ago
The recent US presidential election should be fresh enough in your memory to let you directly confirm that the issues focused on there were biased in two key ways.
TheCollector
5 Lost Cities of Ancient Egypt Rediscovered
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Which US President Served the Shortest Time in Office?
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A Brief History of Iceland (From Discovery to 21st Century)
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African History...
a brief note on the history of indigenous and foreign religions in African history, and the Kimpasi...
The majority of Africans today primarily identify as Christians and Muslims of various...
4 months ago
The majority of Africans today primarily identify as Christians and Muslims of various denominations, with a relatively small fraction adhering to other belief systems often referred to as 'indigenous' or 'traditional' religions.
TheCollector
What Happened at the Battle of Kyiv in WWII?
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Jane Seymour: The Wife King Henry Loved Most?
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Jackie Wang’s Carceral Capitalism: Is Capitalism Compulsory?
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5 Top Fighter Aces of World War I
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What Was the Korean Conflict of 1968?
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Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream: A Story of Magic & Heartbreak
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Frick Collection Announces April 2025 Reopening
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Cannister Shells’ Devastating Effect: Nightmare of the Infantry
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Is Happiness a Ghost? Seeking Fulfillment Through Philosophy
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What Did Francis Bacon Mean by “Knowledge Is Power”?
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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?
TheCollector
Who Was Winston Churchill? The Dark Side of Britain’s Great Hero
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A Collection of...
Collections: Ancient Greek and Phoenician Colonization
Davis senatum consuluit a.d. III Idus Octobris apud aedem Patreontis; de colonis Graecis et Punicis...
a year ago
Davis senatum consuluit a.d. III Idus Octobris apud aedem Patreontis; de colonis Graecis et Punicis verba fecit… This week we’re taking a brief look, by ACOUP Senate request, at Greek and Phoenician colonization in the ancient Mediterranean. In particular, the focus requested was...
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10 Artists and Their Indispensable Canine Companions
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Wilfred Owen: Britain’s Tragic War Poet
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Operation Barbarossa: When Nazi Germany Tried to Invade the USSR
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Who Is the Most Famous Centaur?
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Why Bother Being Good? A Philosophical Exploration of Morality
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History Today Feed
Edward VII’s Forgotten Colonial Conflicts
Edward VII’s Forgotten Colonial Conflicts
JamesHoare
Wed, 08/21/2024 - 09:17
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Edward VII’s Forgotten Colonial Conflicts
JamesHoare
Wed, 08/21/2024 - 09:17
Flashbak
Listen To The 1985 Gig When R.E.M. Were Raw, Real and Unscripted and Ready To Fight The Crowd
Not everyone was into R.E.M. when they were raw and unscripted. The indie act who became one of the...
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Not everyone was into R.E.M. when they were raw and unscripted. The indie act who became one of the world’s biggest bands of the late 1980s and early ‘90s started local and unplanned. As Robert Dean Lurie writes in Begin the Begin: R.E.M.‘s Early Years: R.E.M. began their live...
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Did Jesus Christ Really Exist?
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A History of the US House of Representatives
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American Dream Revisited: Affluence & Turbulence in 1950s America
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
St. Nick and Saturnalia
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Flashbak
Identipop, Build Your Own Popstar, 1969
With Identipops you could fashion 74 press-out pieces to make ‘thousands of faces – stars and...
10 months ago
With Identipops you could fashion 74 press-out pieces to make ‘thousands of faces – stars and unknowns’. The unknowns are easy to spot – but can you identify all the popstars on the game’s box design? Made in the UKL by Play Value Ltd – they produced similar games, also from the...
TheCollector
London’s Old Master Sales Squeak by Expectations
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a year ago
Open Culture
Watch the Surrealist Glass Harmonica, the Only Animated Film Ever Banned by Soviet Censors (1968)
The Soviet Union’s repressive state censorship went to absurd lengths to control what its citizens...
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The Soviet Union’s repressive state censorship went to absurd lengths to control what its citizens read, viewed, and listened to, such as the almost comical removal of purged former comrades from photographs during Stalin’s reign. When it came to aesthetics, Stalinism mostly...
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Petra and Passports
a year ago
TheCollector
Morality Explored: Which Ethical Theories Are Best?
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TheCollector
College Culture in the US & The Vietnam War: An Unlikely Connection
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7 months ago
A Collection of...
Collections: The Journey of the Roman Gladius and Other Swords
This week I want to do something a little different and discuss the evolution and development of a...
11 months ago
This week I want to do something a little different and discuss the evolution and development of a specific weapon, in this case the famed Roman gladius, the sword of the legions. As we’re going to see, this is going to entail a journey covering quite a bit of both time and space...
TheCollector
Women Portraitists of the Renaissance: A League of Their Own
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TheCollector
Quechua: A Dead Language? Not at All
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for May
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the...
over a year ago
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the month of May. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Noodle, released Uxn version. Improved UX to resize the canvas and...
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10 Forgotten US Presidents
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Flashbak
Robert Mallet-Stevens Creates the Ideal City in 32 Visions, 1922
“A new civilization, a new science, new needs, new materials required new forms.” – Robert...
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“A new civilization, a new science, new needs, new materials required new forms.” – Robert Mallet-Stevens In 1924, French architect and designer Robert Mallet-Stevens (March 24, 1886 – February 8, 1945) published La Gazette Des 7 Arts magazine and founded the Club des amis du...
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Xerxes the Great
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What Were the Seven Ecumenical Councils?
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Terror on the HMS Erebus: The Tragic Arctic Expedition
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How Medieval Islamic Engineering Brought Water to the Alhambra
Between 711 and 1492, much of the Iberian Peninsula, including modern-day Spain, was under Muslim...
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Between 711 and 1492, much of the Iberian Peninsula, including modern-day Spain, was under Muslim rule. Not that it was easy to hold on to the place for that length of time: after the fall of Toledo in 1085, Al-Andalus, as the territory was called, continued to lose cities over...
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Did the Ramones Invent Punk?
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Benjamin Franklin: All About His Personal & Private Life
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The Extraordinary Rise and Inexplicable Decline of Lit & Phils
The Extraordinary Rise and Inexplicable Decline of Lit & Phils
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The Extraordinary Rise and Inexplicable Decline of Lit & Phils
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10 Presidential Elections That Shaped the US Forever
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Grey Art Gallery at NYU Gets New Space and Name
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How Did Nero Become the Emperor of Rome?
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The Economic Effects of the Vietnam War
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Plato’s Meno: What is Virtue, and Can it Be Taught?
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What Makes Alberto Giacometti’s Sculptures So Special?
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Neanderthal Nonsense: Debunking Myths About Our Ancient Cousins
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A Collection of...
Collections: How to Raise a Tribal Army in Pre-Roman Europe, Part II: Government Without States
This is the second part of our (planned) three part (I) look at how some ‘tribal’ or more correctly,...
6 months ago
This is the second part of our (planned) three part (I) look at how some ‘tribal’ or more correctly, non-state agrarian peoples raised armies to fight the Romans (and others) in the third through first centuries BC. Last time, we looked at the subsistence basis of these societies...
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Should We Follow Silly Laws?
And what happens when we don’t?
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And what happens when we don’t?
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6 Places to Visit in Cape Town for History & Art Lovers
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What Are Henri Matisse’s Most Vivid Paintings?
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Who Were the United States Indian Scouts?
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Wise Men & Witches: Magic in the Bible
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Do We Want What We Think We Want? Jacques Lacan on Desire
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Previously Unknown Giorgione Painting Found in Germany
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Maurizio Cattelan’s Duct-Taped Banana Could Fetch $1 Million
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Why Do People Give Gifts at Christmas?
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10 Surprising Facts About the Great Beaver Wars
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Federalism in Ancient Greece: The Forgotten Side of Ancient Greek Politics
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How Frans Hals Revolutionized Dutch Portrait Painting
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Who Were the Utopian Socialists?
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4 Places You Must See in Delhi (If You Love Art & History)
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How King Alfred Nearly Lost Everything (But Didn’t)
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Cimabue Fresco Restored to its Original Glory
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for February
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 February. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Adelie, released a program to create slideshows.
GrimGrains,...
A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, September 1, 2023
Fireside this week! Depending on the order that things get written, we may have a few weeks of...
a year ago
Fireside this week! Depending on the order that things get written, we may have a few weeks of ‘break’ from our How to Roman Republic series, but do not fret: we will finish it. The one thing I am looking to ‘slot in’ as it were is a look at the armor of Baldur’s Gate … Continue...
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8 Great Women Sculptors You Need to Know
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How the South Became Republican
How the South Became Republican
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How the South Became Republican
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How Did Alexander Become ‘the Great’?
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Serop Simonian Art Dealer Arrested by German Polica
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The Impact of Sigmund Freud’s Theories on Art
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The Most Dramatic Operation to Recover Looted Native American Art
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Restored Delacroix Masterpiece Goes Back on Show at Louvre
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8 Works of Paul Klee You Should Know
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What Can You Expect to See at the Spring Temple Buddha?
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Death of a Turkey Legend
Death of a Turkey Legend
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Death of a Turkey Legend
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Sun, 12/08/2024 - 00:00
A Collection of...
Collections: The Gap in the Armor of Baldur’s Gate and 5e
This week we’re taking a bit of a detour to critique some video-game armor, in this case the armor...
a year ago
This week we’re taking a bit of a detour to critique some video-game armor, in this case the armor of Baldur’s Gate III. I have been meaning to do a general critique of the Dungeons and Dragons 5th edition armor system from a historical perspective for a while, and the massive...
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‘Revolusi’ by David Van Reybrouck review
‘Revolusi’ by David Van Reybrouck review
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Mon, 03/04/2024 - 11:48
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‘Revolusi’ by David Van Reybrouck review
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
The End of the World?
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What Are the Most Important Symbols in Alice in Wonderland?
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Why Did Remedios Varo Paint So Many Self-Portraits?
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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...
a year ago
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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9 Historical Places to Visit in Dorset
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Are Propaganda and Politics Inevitable Bedfellows?
And Does Democracy Make It Worse?
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And Does Democracy Make It Worse?
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Get to Know Meret Oppenheim Through 7 Works
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5 Great Books by Alexandre Dumas
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Flashbak
Photographing The Invisible: Things are Queer by Duane Michals (1973)
“I think photographs should be provocative and not tell you what you already know. It takes no great...
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“I think photographs should be provocative and not tell you what you already know. It takes no great powers or magic to reproduce somebody’s face in a photograph. The magic is in seeing people in new ways.” —Duane Michals Through image sequences, framing, multiple exposures,...
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10 Most Socially Progressive Countries You Can Move To
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What Is the History of Presidents’ Day in the US?
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Hundred Rabbits
leleuvia
We've never been on a tiny island, a place you can run the width of under just a few minutes. We...
over a year ago
We've never been on a tiny island, a place you can run the width of under just a few minutes. We found a place like this, Leleuvia, an island in the Lomaitivi archipelago in Fiji.
This island went through many hands over the years, it now belongs to a resort that too bears the...
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Gigantomachy in Greek Mythology: Olympian Gods vs Giants
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Why Did Socrates Focus on Self-Knowledge and Introspection?
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How did Mao Lead China, and What did He Leave Behind?
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Flashbak
This Won’t Change: The Joy Of Northern Soul
In 1993, the Face magazine asked Elaine Constantine to photograph a Northern Soul night at London’s...
2 months ago
In 1993, the Face magazine asked Elaine Constantine to photograph a Northern Soul night at London’s 100 Club. Recently moved to London from Manchester, Constantine knew the scene well, having danced at all-nighters a decade earlier. At first, things seemed different. The crowd...
Dreams of Space -...
Building Reading Skills (1951)
Today is a series of school spelling workbooks. What does that have to do with space? They chose an...
a year ago
Today is a series of school spelling workbooks. What does that have to do with space? They chose an aerospace theme for their series of books and since spaceflight was the trend for children they "branded" them. Truly these are pretty dull books even with a couple of space...
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Alexander the Not-Feeling-Great: How Did Alexander the Great Die?
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New Exhibition to Show Art Saved From Notre Dame Fire
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Challenging the ‘Ugliness’ of Anne of Cleves
Challenging the ‘Ugliness’ of Anne of Cleves
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Fri, 03/22/2024 - 09:20
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Challenging the ‘Ugliness’ of Anne of Cleves
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Fri, 03/22/2024 - 09:20
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
The Secrets of Crete
a year ago
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Julius Caesar: From General to Dictator (Bio, Battles, & Death)
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African History...
Life and works of Africa's most famous Woman scholar: Nana Asmau (1793-1864)
On the contribution of Muslim women in African history.
7 months ago
On the contribution of Muslim women in African history.
African History...
Taming and domesticating the wild: the War-Elephants of ancient Aksum and Kush
In his 1668 description of the West African kingdom of Benin, the Dutch writer Olfert Dapper...
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In his 1668 description of the West African kingdom of Benin, the Dutch writer Olfert Dapper reported that “The king shows himself only once a year to his people, going out of his court on horseback, accompanied by three or four hundred noblemen on horseback.”
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for July
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 July. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Nasu, implemented the export of .theme files, and theme...
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Discover the Secrets of the Catacombs of Rome
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Sotheby’s and Christie’s: A Comparison of the Biggest Auction Houses
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What Is the Philosophy of Cynicism?
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Flashbak
Quincy Jones Knew who Killed JFK and Saw the Pope’s ‘Pimp Shoes’
Quincy Jones knew who killed JFK, Quincy Jones (March 14, 1933 – November 3, 2024) was one of the...
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Quincy Jones knew who killed JFK, Quincy Jones (March 14, 1933 – November 3, 2024) was one of the world’s great musicians, producer and arranger. Best known for his smash hits with Michael Jackson, notable on the singer’s Thriller album, Jones won 28 Grammys in a career that...
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Romulus and Remus: The Legendary Founders of Rome
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3 Depictions of Saint Jerome: Albrecht Dürer’s Fascination
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Katsushika Hokusai: Thirty-Six Views of Mount Fuji
Thirty-Six Views of Mount Fuji by Katsushika Hokusai (1760–1849) features the fabulous painting...
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Thirty-Six Views of Mount Fuji by Katsushika Hokusai (1760–1849) features the fabulous painting Under the Wave off Kanagawa, better known as the Great Wave. First published for the New Year of 1831, the ukiyo-e series of large, colour woodblock prints was, due its immense...
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What Is Hagia Sophia & Who Built It?
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Alicia Keys Art Show at The Brooklyn Museum
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4 Ways Indigenous Cultures Survived Colonialism in Latin America
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HEMA: The Modern Study of Historical European Martial Arts
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History Today Feed
The Fisk Jubilee Singers Across the Atlantic
The Fisk Jubilee Singers Across the Atlantic
JamesHoare
Thu, 09/19/2024 - 06:00
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The Fisk Jubilee Singers Across the Atlantic
JamesHoare
Thu, 09/19/2024 - 06:00
Res Obscura
How well can GPT-4 simulate an acid trip in 1963?
An experiment with historical simulation
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An experiment with historical simulation
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Who Invented the First Motion Picture Camera?
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Trying to Understand...
What's Left ... And What's Left?
A (probably-doomed) attempt at a bit of clarity.
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A (probably-doomed) attempt at a bit of clarity.
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Was Cleopatra a Descendant of Alexander the Great?
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7 Famous Artists Who Had Unexpected Day Jobs
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Valkyries: Get to Know the Norse Demons of the Dead
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
The Epics Collection
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What is Virtue?
Can We Define it for Ourselves or Others?
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Can We Define it for Ourselves or Others?
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Igniting the Cold War: The Berlin Blockade and Airlift
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Weekend Roundup
Animals of the Ancient World
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Animals of the Ancient World
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How Many U.S. Presidents Served Two Terms in Office?
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Flashbak
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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Before Banksy: London Graffiti in the 1980s
It’s not all Banksy. In the 1980s, graffiti in London was less well organised and loved by all the...
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It’s not all Banksy. In the 1980s, graffiti in London was less well organised and loved by all the right people. Most of of it got washed off walls or knocked down as the buildings it decorated made way for flats. Most of it wasn’t all that good. And because London graffiti was a...
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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.
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8 Narrative Film Techniques You Should Know
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What Are the Earliest Manuscripts of the New Testament?
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The Rise and Death of a ‘Mad Monk’: Who Was Grigori Rasputin?
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The Man-Eating Lions of Tsavo: A Dark & Strange Story
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4 Samurai Swords that Defined an Era
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7 Important Works by Cindy Sherman
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The Soldier with a Secret: Who Was Sarah Emma Edmonds?
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How Has the Tower of London Changed Over Time?
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The Vela Incident: Nuclear Bombs vs. Asteroid Collisions
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6 (In)Famous Gunslingers of the Wild West
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The Greek Revolution: How Greece Was Freed From the Ottomans
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Cassandra: Princess of Troy, Cursed Prophetess, Tragic Prisoner
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The Prophecies of Merlin
The Prophecies of Merlin
JamesHoare
Mon, 04/22/2024 - 11:22
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The Prophecies of Merlin
JamesHoare
Mon, 04/22/2024 - 11:22
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How (& Why) Is Kaliningrad Part of Russia?
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Saving Southeast Asia’s Sunken Warships
Saving Southeast Asia’s Sunken Warships
JamesHoare
Mon, 09/02/2024 - 10:00
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Saving Southeast Asia’s Sunken Warships
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Mon, 09/02/2024 - 10:00
TheCollector
What’s the History of the Rugby World Cup?
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Who Won the First Battle of Bull Run in the Civil War?
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Flashbak
A Shagtastic Tour of Swinging Britain in 1967
Among British Pathé’s newsreel films made for UK cinemas up until 1970 vis this wonderful time of...
7 months ago
Among British Pathé’s newsreel films made for UK cinemas up until 1970 vis this wonderful time of Swinging Britain capsule from 1967. Shot on 35mm film and backed by the lilting holiday camp music, a narrator these videos are not a little kitsch. In Swinging Britain we take an...
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The World's First Computer
The Antikythera Mechanism
10 months ago
The Antikythera Mechanism
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