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Martin Luther King and the Southern Christian Leadership Conference based their strategy on two ideas; the idea that nonviolent civil disobedience, in the tradition of Thoreau and Gandhi, was the only method that the civil rights movement should use, and the idea that white...
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The Plague by Albert Camus: “Can One Be a Saint Without God?”
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What Is the Didache?
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Weekend Roundup
Variety is the Spice of Ancient Life
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Variety is the Spice of Ancient Life
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10 Historic Sites to Visit in Los Angeles
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On Seneca: Anger, Fear, and Sadness
Event News
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Patterns in Humanity
Recidivism in Norway
Did rehabilitation reforms dramatically reduce Norwegian recidivism?
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Did rehabilitation reforms dramatically reduce Norwegian recidivism?
TheCollector
Trench Warfare in World War I: Rot, Rats, Ruin
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Iroquois Confederacy: A Brief History of Haudenosaunee
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Who Was Django Reinhardt?
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British Imperial Presence in China: Opium, Porcelain, & Manipulation
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10 Facts You Should Know About Henri Matisse
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Who Were Charlemagne’s Daughters
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Dreams of Space -...
The Man Who Sold The Moon (1951 edition)
This is a 1951 paperback collection of 4 Robert Heinlein stories. Normally I would not blog about a...
a year ago
This is a 1951 paperback collection of 4 Robert Heinlein stories. Normally I would not blog about a science fiction collection but I found this charming. I imagined some older avid child finding this collection and devouring it. Both the title and cover have a lot of appeal and...
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Why Do Anti-Natalists Oppose Birth?
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New Study Rewrites History of Stone Age Architecture in Near East
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Global Inequality...
Abundance, capitalism and climate change
In classical Marxism, communism is defined as a society of material abundance. It is a society where...
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In classical Marxism, communism is defined as a society of material abundance. It is a society where goods flow in abundance (“after the productive forces have…increased…all the springs of co-operative wealth flow more abundantly”, Marx, Critique of the Gotha Program
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10 Historic Small Towns in Florida for Your Bucket List
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Machu Picchu Unveiled: Why Hiram Bingham Didn’t “Discover” It
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Rain Gods And Prayers to The Great Mystery: Portraits of Native Americans by Edward S. Curtis
The passing of every old man or woman means the passing of some tradition, some knowledge of sacred...
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The passing of every old man or woman means the passing of some tradition, some knowledge of sacred rites possessed by no other… Consequently the information that is to be gathered, for the benefit of future generations, respecting the mode of life of one of the great races of...
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Albert Speer: Architect, Minister, and Hitler’s Closest Friend
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Egyptian Demons: Guardians and Wanders
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Yuefenpai: 8 Facts About the Iconic Chinese Calendar Advertisements
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What is Impasto? A Guide to the Impasto Painting Technique
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Classical Wisdom
Essential Classics
Memorial Sales Ends
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Homer: From 'Dark Ages' to Modernism
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Homer: From 'Dark Ages' to Modernism
TheCollector
German Museum Returns Ancient Marble Head to Greece
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History Today Feed
The St Brice’s Day Massacre
The St Brice’s Day Massacre
JamesHoare
Wed, 11/13/2024 - 09:53
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The St Brice’s Day Massacre
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Wed, 11/13/2024 - 09:53
TheCollector
Stolen Masterpieces: 5 Famous Artworks That Are Still Missing
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What Are the Recurring Symbols in Hilma af Klint’s Work?
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Mao’s Great Leap Forward & How It Killed Millions
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What Are the Main Sources of Knowledge?
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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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Napoleon’s Hundred Days: The French Emperor’s Brief Return to Power
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Neanderthal Nonsense: Debunking Myths About Our Ancient Cousins
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
History and Myth
a year ago
History Today Feed
Sokol: An Exercise in Czech Nation-Building
Sokol: An Exercise in Czech Nation-Building
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Thu, 11/23/2023 - 10:33
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Sokol: An Exercise in Czech Nation-Building
j.hoare
Thu, 11/23/2023 - 10:33
Flashbak
Daily Self-Portraits 1972–1973: Laying It Bare On The Lower East Side
Melissa Shook (1932-2020) was living on New York’s Lower East Side in the early 1970s when she began...
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Melissa Shook (1932-2020) was living on New York’s Lower East Side in the early 1970s when she began a project to record her daily existence. Much like Peggy Nolan’s pictures of her family home, life was a place of free expression. “My earliest memories are of being photographed...
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Who Were ‘The Cambridge Five’?
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for September
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 September. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Orca, added way for instances of Orca to talk to each...
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Brutus: The Rise & Fall of the Senator Who Assassinated Julius Caesar
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Flashbak
Curious Pictures From A French Aristocrat’s 40-Year Mission To Create 3-D Photography
“Imagine… a photograph of a woman wearing earrings adorned with a glittering De Beers diamond. You...
4 months ago
“Imagine… a photograph of a woman wearing earrings adorned with a glittering De Beers diamond. You see one earring. Walk slowly past the photograph so you are viewing it from gradually changing angles… The earring from one ear recedes from view while its twin [appears] in turn on...
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Principality of Sealand: The Smallest Nation in the World?
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St. Petersburg: A History of the City Built on Bones
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Weekend Roundup
Battle of the Historians
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10 Art Techniques You Should Know
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8 Facts About the Norse Goddess Freyja
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5 Famous Cartographers You Need to Know About
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History Today Feed
‘The House Divided’ by Barnaby Rogerson
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Mon, 06/03/2024 - 10:51
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‘The House Divided’ by Barnaby Rogerson
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Mon, 06/03/2024 - 10:51
Classical Wisdom
How to Celebrate the Love of Learning
Give a Graduate the Greatest Gift!
a year ago
Give a Graduate the Greatest Gift!
History Today Feed
Calling Time on BC and AD
Calling Time on BC and AD
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Thu, 07/25/2024 - 09:01
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Calling Time on BC and AD
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Thu, 07/25/2024 - 09:01
Classical Wisdom
Four Common(ly misunderstood) Latin Proverbs
Factoids From the Ancient World
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Factoids From the Ancient World
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How Did Comuna 13 Transform Medellín?
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What Is the History of Swedish Colonialism?
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The Jaguars of Yuruparí: Shamans of the Amazon Rainforest
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The Women’s War Breaks Out
The Women’s War Breaks Out
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Fri, 11/22/2024 - 09:30
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The Women’s War Breaks Out
JamesHoare
Fri, 11/22/2024 - 09:30
TheCollector
Who Were the First Christian Martyrs of Britain?
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Res Obscura
Res Obscura Newsletter: December, 2019
Note: this was exported from Mailchimp. That's a 1909 painting called "Altar." It's by someone I...
over a year ago
Note: this was exported from Mailchimp. That's a 1909 painting called "Altar." It's by someone I learned about just this month: the Lithuanian composer and artist Mikalojus Konstantinas Čiurlionis (1875-1911). His paintings and music evoke a mysterious feeling that has stuck with...
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Niko Pirosmani: Get to Know the Tragic Hero of Georgian Art
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The Khrushchev Thaw: Relaxation of Soviet Repressions
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1979 Soviet Invasion of Afghanistan: The Beginning of the USSR’s End
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Who Were the Most Notorious Nuremberg Trial Defendants?
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Robert Koch: Great Microbiologist or Unethical Researcher?
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What Was Négritude?
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What Is the History of the Guitar?
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4 Famous Explorers from the Age of Exploration
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What Is Capoeira?
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How Did Averroes Influence the West?
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What Was Che Guevara Doing in Africa?
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Signed Dalí Prints Worth Thousands Found in London Garage
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Why Is Turkey so Important on Thanksgiving?
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10 Crazy Facts About the History of Syphilis
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Empress of the Blues: Who Was Bessie Smith?
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“Horrible” Painting Found in Cellar Could Be $6 Million Picasso
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5 Ancient Roman Medical Practices Still in Use Today
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The Bumpy Ride to Yerevan: What Can a Road Trip in Armenia Teach You?
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When Nostalgia Was Deadly
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JamesHoare
Thu, 04/11/2024 - 08:00
TheCollector
Beer Hall Putsch: What Was Hitler’s Failed Attempt to Seize Power?
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Here’s What to Know About the History of Lake Como’s World-Famous Villa
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Res Obscura
Wilfrid Voynich: Bookseller, Revolutionary, Amateur Cryptologist... Suspected Spy?
The first in a series on the extraordinary lives of the Voyniches
a year ago
The first in a series on the extraordinary lives of the Voyniches
TheCollector
10 Compelling Facts About Abraham Lincoln
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7 of the Biggest Palaces Ever Built
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Romania in WWII: An Important Part of the Eastern Front
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How Have Druids Influenced Wales Throughout History?
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Serop Simonian Art Dealer Arrested by German Polica
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Global Inequality...
Freedom to be “wrong”: the only real advantage of democracy
Why the liberal project will fail
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Why the liberal project will fail
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How to Understand the Book of Revelation: 4 Common Readings
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The Appian Way: Rome’s Greatest Achievement?
The Appian Way: Rome’s Greatest Achievement?
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Wed, 05/22/2024 - 09:46
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The Appian Way: Rome’s Greatest Achievement?
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Classical Wisdom
Gladiator Combat
Fact or Hollywood Fiction?
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Fact or Hollywood Fiction?
Dreams of Space -...
Dream to Meet(1958)
A very pictorial Russian book, Dream to Meet, is basically the size of a paperback book but loaded...
a year ago
A very pictorial Russian book, Dream to Meet, is basically the size of a paperback book but loaded with illustrations. I thought you would enjoy these images.
Lyapunov, B. Illustrated by Seleznev, E. Навстречу Мечте (Dream to Meet.)
Moscow: All-Union Educational Pedagogical...
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Prometheus: The Titan Who Defied Zeus and Created Humanity
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10 Historic Towns in Oregon Worth Visiting
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Trying to Understand...
The Obligatory End-of-Year Essay.
But do me a favour, and read it anyway.
a year ago
But do me a favour, and read it anyway.
CrimethInc.
Sacrificial Violence and Retribution
In the following analysis, we explore the responses to two different extrajudicial killings as a way...
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In the following analysis, we explore the responses to two different extrajudicial killings as a way to understand the different forms of violence that are coming to the fore in our society right now. In the appendix, we offer an incomplete roundup of various responses to the...
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Italian vs. Northern Renaissance Art: What’s the Difference?
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What Was the Purpose of Mesopotamian Ziggurats?
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What Are the 5 Tallest Statues in the World?
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Spanish Museums To Distance Themselves From Colonial Framing
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Stanley Kubrick’s Photos of Chicago (Volume 2), 1949
In 1949, Look magazine sent its young photojournalist Stanley Kubrick on assignment to shoot...
6 months ago
In 1949, Look magazine sent its young photojournalist Stanley Kubrick on assignment to shoot pictures for a story documenting people’s life in the city of Chicago. You can see Volume 1 of his photos here. The series of photographs was accompanied by an essay from the Chicago...
African History...
The Dahlak islands and the African dynasty of Yemen
a complete history of a cosmopolitan archipelago in the red sea (4th-19th century)
a year ago
a complete history of a cosmopolitan archipelago in the red sea (4th-19th century)
TheCollector
Here’s How AI Completed Keith Haring’s Work
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Real Family Photos: A Mother of Photographs Her Seven Children’s Chaotic Coming Of Age
“These photographs are mostly not posed: I just butted into my kids’ personal business and, a lot of...
4 months ago
“These photographs are mostly not posed: I just butted into my kids’ personal business and, a lot of times, they weren’t that happy about it. I went to three or four Lollapalooza concerts with my camera when they were there – I busted into things not to supervise them but to take...
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What Makes a Conflict a World War?
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What Are the Origins of the Word Echo?
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Cotton & How It Changed the World
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Collectors Pull Lent Works From London’s Barbican
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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...
8 months ago
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...
Dreams of Space -...
Young Technician December, 1957
This is an issue of a young adult magazine published just 3 months after the first Sputnik. Young...
a year ago
This is an issue of a young adult magazine published just 3 months after the first Sputnik. Young Technician was a scientific news and technology magazine. I realize that most of you have no Russian but the illustrations are a nice picture of the beginning of a new space...
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