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Wed, 06/19/2024 - 09:50
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Highwaymen: The Road to Infamy
JamesHoare
Wed, 06/19/2024 - 09:50
TheCollector
What Is Timothy Morton’s Dark Ecology?
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3 months ago
Trying to Understand...
War, Peace, And That Other Thing.
Understanding political violence.
a year ago
Understanding political violence.
Trying to Understand...
Ukraine In NATO Would Be A Disaster ...
But not necessarily for the reasons you think.
a year ago
But not necessarily for the reasons you think.
TheCollector
What Was the Golden Ratio & Did the Greeks Actually Use It?
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4 months ago
Trying to Understand...
So Where Do We Go From Here?
That's a good question.
a year ago
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...
A Collection of...
Gap Week: August 2, 2024
Hey folks. We’re talking a mulligan this week, as the pedant household has gotten (one by one)...
4 months ago
Hey folks. We’re talking a mulligan this week, as the pedant household has gotten (one by one) whatever fresh COVID-19 variant is going around. Everyone is fine, but being sick left me pretty exhausted over the past few days with fewer productive writing hours available. Since I...
Classical Wisdom
The Mystery of Morpheus
Who is the God of Dreams?
a year ago
Who is the God of Dreams?
TheCollector
Pyramid in Java Predates Egypt’s Oldest Pyramid?
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a year ago
TheCollector
4 Places You Must See in Delhi (If You Love Art & History)
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4 months ago
TheCollector
5 Female Philosophers That You Should Know
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5 months ago
TheCollector
What Are the Oldest Copies of the Bible?
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a year ago
Trying to Understand...
War in Dreamland
Against mythology, reality itself contends in vain.
5 months ago
Against mythology, reality itself contends in vain.
TheCollector
Mansa Musa: The Golden Ruler of the Mali Empire
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7 months ago
TheCollector
10 Must-Visit Historic Towns in Japan
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yesterday
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for June
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the...
over a year ago
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the month of June. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Uxn, improved the Uxntal reference sheet and improved the Uxntal...
TheCollector
American Abstract Artist Frank Stella Dies at 87
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7 months ago
TheCollector
How Did the Megali Idea Shape Greece Until the Balkan Wars?
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11 months ago
Flashbak
Snapshots of Cars On The Streets of London in the 1980s
Peter Marshall has taken us around London the 1980s, showing us graffiti in London, garages, sex...
a month ago
Peter Marshall has taken us around London the 1980s, showing us graffiti in London, garages, sex shops, the West End, the East End and all parts between. Our focus here is in the cars on London’s roads in the 1980s. David Rostance took his pictures of London cars in the 1970s....
TheCollector
4 Facts About Feyerabend’s Anarchistic Theory of Knowledge
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a year ago
TheCollector
5 Famous Artworks of Medusa: Monstrous, Misunderstood, or Moving?
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3 months ago
TheCollector
Why Do Anti-Natalists Oppose Birth?
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a year ago
Patterns in Humanity
The Dark Ages
A quantitative assessment of Europe's decline, slumber and awakening
2 months ago
A quantitative assessment of Europe's decline, slumber and awakening
Flashbak
Bob Pepper Art: Adult Fantasy And
You can see American artist Bob Pepper’s (October 23, 1938—January 16, 2019) illustrations on record...
3 months ago
You can see American artist Bob Pepper’s (October 23, 1938—January 16, 2019) illustrations on record and paperback covers for Elektra Records’ Nonesuch and Checkmate labels, notably on Love’s 1967 Forever Changes album. Ballentine books’ Adult Fantasy series and game artwork made...
TheCollector
What Were the Main Achievements of the New Deal?
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4 months ago
TheCollector
Sotheby’s Sells Monet’s Water Lilies For $65.5 Million
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a month ago
TheCollector
Ancient Town Beneath London’s National Gallery Revealed
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10 months ago
TheCollector
The Role of Women in 1950s America: Conformity or Change?
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3 months ago
TheCollector
What Is an Existential Crisis?
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a year ago
TheCollector
Does Descartes Believe God Is Essential to Knowledge?
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11 months ago
TheCollector
Claudius: The Roman Emperor Who Became a Pumpkin
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2 months ago
TheCollector
9 Fascinating Facts About the Eastern Front in WWII
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5 months ago
TheCollector
7 Historical Places to Visit On Your Way to the Isle of Skye
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9 months ago
TheCollector
What is Wolfgang Tillmans Most Famous For?
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a year ago
TheCollector
The Greek Mythology Behind Famous Constellations
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a year ago
Trying to Understand...
In Praise of the Preterite
Or, why you should read "Gravity’s Rainbow" fifty years later.
a year ago
Or, why you should read "Gravity’s Rainbow" fifty years later.
TheCollector
5 Fascinating Maps that Show Our Evolving Understanding of the World
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9 months ago
History Today Feed
The End of Britain’s Weeks-Long General Elections
The End of Britain’s Weeks-Long General Elections
JamesHoare
Mon, 02/12/2024 - 10:39
10 months ago
The End of Britain’s Weeks-Long General Elections
JamesHoare
Mon, 02/12/2024 - 10:39
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)
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
Mobutu Sese Seko: The Rise and Fall of Congo’s Infamous Dictator
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7 months ago
Dreams of Space -...
Rocket Divers (1962)
So a minor piece of juvenile "space fiction" today. This little juvenile story is about scuba divers...
11 months ago
So a minor piece of juvenile "space fiction" today. This little juvenile story is about scuba divers adventures and in this book they help out the divers who retrieve re-entry capsules. It has bad guys and secret submarines and space monkeys and plenty of adventure. Unfortunately...
Flashbak
Looking For Tibet And A Llama At England’s Pestalozzi Children’s Village – 1959 – 1965
We love to hear from our readers and earlier this year got a call from Len Clarke who told us about...
11 months ago
We love to hear from our readers and earlier this year got a call from Len Clarke who told us about his memories of the Pestalozzi Children’s Village in East Sussex, England, in the 1960s. Len had seen an image on Flashback of a group of Tibetan children playing ball at the...
TheCollector
Climate Vandal Painted Words in Red Next to a Civil War Exhibit
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a year ago
CrimethInc.
Insurgent Survival : Reflections on the Fight Against Sweeps Targeting the Homeless in Austin, Texas
In 2019, militants in Austin, Texas started an organization with the aim of defending homeless camps...
3 weeks ago
In 2019, militants in Austin, Texas started an organization with the aim of defending homeless camps against sweeps—forced removals disguised as “cleanups” carried out by cops and work crews. This organization, Stop the Sweeps, intervened in a cycle of struggles that included the...
TheCollector
Who Is Hecate in Macbeth?
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a year ago
TheCollector
What Are the Most Similar Languages?
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3 months ago
TheCollector
What Are the 4 Main Jewish Sects?
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10 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Sparta and… Scotland?
Laconic wit through the centuries
a year ago
Laconic wit through the centuries
TheCollector
Lucid Dreaming: Can You Wake Up in Your Dreams?
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7 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Sappho
Fragments of Poetry
a week ago
TheCollector
11 Facts About Tintoretto You Should Know
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a year ago
TheCollector
How Economist John Maynard Keynes Essentially Predicted World War II
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10 months ago
Overcoming Bias
Who You Are Vs. What You Control
If people can't think clearly about anything that has become part of their identity, then all other...
2 months ago
If people can't think clearly about anything that has become part of their identity, then all other things being equal, the best plan is to let as few things into your identity as possible.
TheCollector
Who Were the Most Important Christian Figures? (150 – 200 CE)
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a year ago
TheCollector
Who Were the Infamous 1930s Gangsters?
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4 months ago
TheCollector
A Quick Trip Guide to Washington DC’s Museums
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6 months ago
TheCollector
Cairo Widens Access to Famous Saladin Citadel
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10 months ago
Trying to Understand...
The Missile Will Always Get Through.
But who is prepared to admit it?
2 weeks ago
But who is prepared to admit it?
TheCollector
Rastafari Philosophical Tenets: Divinity Within & African Redemption
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5 months ago
Hundred Rabbits
North Pacific Logbook
The passage from Japan (Shimoda) to Canada (Victoria) took 51 days, and it was the hardest thing...
over a year ago
The passage from Japan (Shimoda) to Canada (Victoria) took 51 days, and it was the hardest thing we've ever done. We decided to keep a logbook, to better remember it and so it can help others who wish to make this trip.
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TheCollector
Apelles: Antiquity’s Greatest Painter
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8 months ago
TheCollector
Stuck in God’s Knowledge: Foreknowledge & Free Will
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a year ago
Trying to Understand...
The Power Of Absent Things.
It explains a lot about Ukraine.
9 months ago
It explains a lot about Ukraine.
TheCollector
7 Dickensian Locations: In the Footsteps of Charles Dickens
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4 months ago
TheCollector
6 Inventions to Thank the Aztec, Maya, & Inca For
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8 months ago
TheCollector
The 10 Most Beloved Urban Parks in the United States
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4 months ago
TheCollector
Who Was Carolee Schneemann? 8 Facts About the Legendary Performance Artist
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4 months ago
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 -...
10 months ago
‘The Wild Men’, ‘The Men of 1924’ and ‘A Century of Labour’ review
JamesHoare
Tue, 01/30/2024 - 10:13
TheCollector
4 Key Works by Mordecai Richler You Should Be Reading
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2 months ago
History Today Feed
Political Graffiti in Georgian Britain
Political Graffiti in Georgian Britain
JamesHoare
Thu, 03/14/2024 - 09:29
9 months ago
Political Graffiti in Georgian Britain
JamesHoare
Thu, 03/14/2024 - 09:29
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for November
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the...
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 November. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
GrimGrains, added a quick grilled cheese recipe.
Noodle,...
TheCollector
What Is the Golden Mean in Aristotle’s Ethics?
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2 months ago
Trying to Understand...
That's The Truth?
In politics, well, it depends.
a year ago
In politics, well, it depends.
TheCollector
Mount Toba: Did a Supervolcano Almost Wipe Out the Human Species?
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11 months ago
TheCollector
The Siege of Budapest in WWII: Everything You Need to Know
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2 months ago
TheCollector
Who Were Queen Victoria’s Children?
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9 months ago
TheCollector
Who Won the Battle of Fort Sumter?
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11 months ago
History Today Feed
On the Spot: Alice Hunt
On the Spot: Alice Hunt
JamesHoare
Tue, 09/03/2024 - 10:40
3 months ago
On the Spot: Alice Hunt
JamesHoare
Tue, 09/03/2024 - 10:40
TheCollector
How Do Stoics View Wealth, Success, and Happiness?
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a year ago
TheCollector
5 Phases of Phenomenology and the Rise of Existentialism
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a year ago
Trying to Understand...
Another Of My Essays In French
And some odds and ends.
5 months ago
TheCollector
6 Incredible Roman Sites in Spain
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4 months ago
TheCollector
Modernism: The Genre Explained in 5 Facts and 14 Artworks
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4 months ago
TheCollector
Who Was the Only U.S. President to Serve More Than Two Terms?
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3 months ago
TheCollector
How Did the Protestant Reformation Influence European Art?
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7 months ago
Flashbak
London By Tube, DLR and Overground in The Early 1990s
Today, I’m gonna take my bike ‘Cause once again the Tube’s on strike The greedy bastards want extra...
4 months ago
Today, I’m gonna take my bike ‘Cause once again the Tube’s on strike The greedy bastards want extra pay For sitting on their arse all day! – London Underground by The Amateur Transplants Peter Marshall shows us pictures of stations on the London Underground, Docklands light...
TheCollector
Discover Caravaggio’s Saint Matthew Series
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8 months ago
TheCollector
The Story of King Tewdrig & His Role in Arthurian Legend
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a year ago
TheCollector
What Are the Most Interesting Facts About Scotland?
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a year ago
TheCollector
What is Impasto? A Guide to the Impasto Painting Technique
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a week ago
TheCollector
8 Famous French Artists Who Achieved Greatness
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9 months ago
TheCollector
10 Must-Visit Utah Ghost Towns With a Rich History
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a month ago
Flashbak
Thai Fortune-Telling Manuscript, Before 1844
A beautiful paper accordion manuscript from Thailand that features hand-painted illustrations of...
9 months ago
A beautiful paper accordion manuscript from Thailand that features hand-painted illustrations of zodiac figures accompanied with text. It was made before 1844. “Maria Revere Balestier (daughter of Paul Revere and wife to the first American consulate to Singapore) was the...
History Today Feed
The Birth of Ovid
The Birth of Ovid
JamesHoare
Sun, 03/24/2024 - 00:00
9 months ago
The Birth of Ovid
JamesHoare
Sun, 03/24/2024 - 00:00
TheCollector
Colombian President in Search for a Long-Lost Treasure
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a year ago
Trying to Understand...
The Performance is Over
Even if the artists don't realise it.
a year ago
Even if the artists don't realise it.
TheCollector
Samnite Wars: How Rome Conquered the Samnites (History & Aftermath)
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6 months ago
TheCollector
What Is the History Behind Hanukkah?
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7 months ago
TheCollector
5 Unusual Items in Ai Weiwei’s Installations
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8 months ago
Overcoming Bias
The Two Big Games
Imagine a business meeting which will decide if a new project goes forward, or decide key priorities...
2 weeks ago
Imagine a business meeting which will decide if a new project goes forward, or decide key priorities about it.
TheCollector
Robert Koch: Great Microbiologist or Unethical Researcher?
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a year ago
TheCollector
Who Invented the First Motion Picture Camera?
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4 months ago
Flashbak
Arrows – Love And Punishment in Vintage Snapshots
The latest submission for collector supreme Robert E. Jackson focuses on arrows in snapshots. Some...
5 months ago
The latest submission for collector supreme Robert E. Jackson focuses on arrows in snapshots. Some have been drawn on the printed photo with pen, others form part of the image itself. The use of bows and arrows by humans predates recorded history and is common to most...
TheCollector
Over 1,000 Artifacts Unearthed Beneath Notre Dame
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2 weeks ago
History Today Feed
‘With Her Own Hair’: A Victorian Prisoner’s Art
‘With Her Own Hair’: A Victorian Prisoner’s Art
JamesHoare
Thu, 01/18/2024 - 10:25
11 months ago
‘With Her Own Hair’: A Victorian Prisoner’s Art
JamesHoare
Thu, 01/18/2024 - 10:25
TheCollector
How Bayonets Revolutionized Warfare
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7 months ago
TheCollector
Residential Schools in the US & Canada: The Lost Children
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11 months ago
TheCollector
Contemporary Art and Sports Come Together at SFMOMA
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2 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Have We Lost Ritual in our Lives?
How can we bring it back? And should we in the first place?
a year ago
How can we bring it back? And should we in the first place?
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Olympics Special
4 months ago
Dreams of Space -...
Treasury for Young Readers (1961)
Occasionally the most unpromising book can have hidden treasure. In this case a Wernher von Braun...
a year ago
Occasionally the most unpromising book can have hidden treasure. In this case a Wernher von Braun story and some great Fred Freeman illustrations. Treasury for Young Readers was a collection of stories for children, some from Reader's Digest stories and some from books....
TheCollector
Is Beirut Safe? Exploring a City Shaped by Tragedy
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4 months ago
TheCollector
Nike Sneakers Designed for Spike Lee Sold for $50,800
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a year ago
TheCollector
Who Were the 6 Most Famous Artists of the Protestant Reformation?
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6 months ago
TheCollector
Laser Surveys Reveal Ancient Maya City in Mexico
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a month ago
Res Obscura
Do painters subconsciously paint themselves into their work?
The Renaissance history of automimesis, and a proposal for research
a year ago
The Renaissance history of automimesis, and a proposal for research
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