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10 Palazzos (Palaces) in Venice You Must Visit
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Classical Wisdom
Respect the Spartan Woman!
How was it for the ancient ladies?
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How was it for the ancient ladies?
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AREA: Cards and Invitations from the Fabulous New York Nightclub, 1983–1986
From 1983 to 1987, 157 Hudson Street in Manhattan, New York City, was home to Area. Frequented by he...
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From 1983 to 1987, 157 Hudson Street in Manhattan, New York City, was home to Area. Frequented by he great and good, the club was known for its changing themes (every six weeks the place got a new look – an approach inspired by Zurich’s 1916 Dadaist club Cabaret Voltaire) and...
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History of Tobacco: A Lucrative Vice
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A Green-Hued Banksy Mural in North London
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William Blake’s Cottage to Be Preserved as a Museum
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What Was the Rhodesian Bush War?
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Iroquois Confederacy: A Brief History of Haudenosaunee
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The Year Without a Summer: The Eruption of Mt Tambora
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A Short Essay About A Long-Playing Record
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France Saves Europe.
Again. In a manner of speaking.
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Again. In a manner of speaking.
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
How Can We Handle Anxiety?
Practicing the Stoic Skill: Premeditatio Malorum
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Practicing the Stoic Skill: Premeditatio Malorum
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Summary of changes for January
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over a year ago
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‘The Tafts’ by George W. Liebmann review
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Action! 4 Films Inspired by History’s Natural Disasters
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Cape Town’s Troubled Colonial History
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10 Must-See Historic Sites in Armenia
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László Moholy-Nagy: Art from the Epoch of the Modernist Experiment
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László Moholy-Nagy (July 20, 1895 – November 24, 1946) was a Jewish Hungarian poet, painter and photographer before he became the major proselytiser of the new avant-garde vision at the Bauhaus school, where has taught as a professor and succeeded is working across disciplines. ...
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What Caused the First Opium War in China?
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Will it Bend or Will it Break?
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a year ago
The international system, that is.
Hundred Rabbits
a home for pino
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over a year ago
We left Shimizu on a sunny morning, pushing off the dock at 6am. Early. We wanted to make sure we'd arrive at our destination on time. There was 126nm between us and Shima Yacht harbor, a distance we needed to do in part at night. This wasn't ideal. We knew that. Many people...
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Who Won the Battle of Cold Harbor?
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Dragons Across Cultures & Mythologies: Here Be Dragons!
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Was Riothamus the Real King Arthur?
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Colonization of the Philippines: Strategic Lands Wanted by Many
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How Does Nan Goldin’s Work Challenge Conventional Photography?
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Here’s What to Know About the History of Lake Como’s World-Famous Villa
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The Value of Public Space: What is Hostile Architecture?
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Robert Fergusson: Scotia’s Bard
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7 Famous Impressionist Artists Who Achieved Greatness
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René Girard on Sacrifice & Violence: Why Does Scapegoating Happen?
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‘The World at War’ and the Holocaust at 50
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Thu, 03/07/2024 - 09:43
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‘The World at War’ and the Holocaust at 50
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Thu, 03/07/2024 - 09:43
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The Original Bonfire of the Vanities
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Wed, 02/07/2024 - 09:45
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The Original Bonfire of the Vanities
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Wed, 02/07/2024 - 09:45
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The Third World War Has Been Cancelled.
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Binge-Watch Classic Television Programs Free: The Dick Van Dyke Show, The Lone Ranger, Dragnet, That...
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Earlier this week, we featured the 99-year-old Dick Van Dyke’s performance in Coldplay’s new music video, full of visual references to the sitcom that made him a household name in the early nineteen-sixties. And a household name he remains these six decades later, though one does...
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Central African Republic: A History of the Wildest State in Africa
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10 Representations of Judith Slaying Holofernes in Painting
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Highwaymen: The Road to Infamy
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Highwaymen: The Road to Infamy
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A short primer and collection of basic descriptive facts
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Summary of changes for March 2023
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a year ago
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5 Features of Qing Dynasty Art
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Who Are the Zapatistas? Unmasking Mexico’s Indigenous Guerrilla Army
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Was Henry VI England’s Most Unfortunate King?
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Henri Matisse: Outstanding Paintings by the French Fauvist Master
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Liberation Through Art: Flyers From New York’s Deitch Projects (1996 – 2010)
“I also believe in the ability of art to enhance people’s lives, to liberate people’s lives, to act...
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“I also believe in the ability of art to enhance people’s lives, to liberate people’s lives, to act as a form of communication that transcends language to connect cultures together” – Jeffrey Deitch Deitch Projects (1996 – 2010) changed our expectations around art. Named after...
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for October
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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 October. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
TinyBASIC, implemented TinyBASIC in Uxntal.
Left, added a...
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Collections: How to Roman Republic 101, Addenda: The Provinces
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This is the second and (in theory) last addendum to our series on Roman civic governance (I, II, IIIa, IIIb, IIIc, IV, V, A1). Having discussed how Rome handles those parts of Italy it controls but which were not part of the Roman Republic itself, we now look at how the Romans...
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Aristotle on Friendship
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What are Aristophanes’ 11 Surviving Comedies?
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What Is Anxiety to Soren Kierkegaard?
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Alive! The Incredible Story of Hugh Glass
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Shays’ Rebellion Explained: A New Governing System for the New US
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‘Lower than the Angels’ by Diarmaid MacCulloch review
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Exploring Francis Bacon’s Black Triptych Series
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Pera Palace: The Istanbul Muse for Literary Giants
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Exploring Soviet Brutalism Through 9 Iconic Buildings
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Some Day I'll Be an Aerospace Engineer (1967)
A "career book' today to inspire young people to pursue engineering. This is a little later in the...
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A "career book' today to inspire young people to pursue engineering. This is a little later in the space race but they did have a clear plan laid out for creating the engineers they might need. The school library was usually full of these career books to inspire academic...
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Billy the Kid: The Incredible Story of America’s Favorite Outlaw
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What Is Intuition & Can You Trust It?
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Ancient Egyptian Structure Discovered Near Giza Pyramids
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Who Is the Egyptian God Thoth?
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How Did Sappho’s Love Life Influence Her Poetry?
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What Was the First Triumvirate?
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Voices from Chinese Christianity: Between Christ and Confucius
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Audrey Flack, Pioneer of Photorealism, Dies at 93
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Photos of Britain’s Post-War Youth By Roger Mayne
British photographer Roger Mayne (1929 – 2014) documented the lives of young people growing-up in...
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British photographer Roger Mayne (1929 – 2014) documented the lives of young people growing-up in Britain in the mid-1950s and ‘60s. Self-taught and influential in the acceptance of photography as an art form, Mayne was passionate about photographing human life as he found...
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Why Is Canadian Thanksgiving on the Second Monday of October?
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A Collection of...
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This week, as an addendum to our series on Roman civic governance (I, II, IIIa, IIIb, IIIc, IV, V), we’re going to take a look at how Rome handles those parts of Italy it controls but which it does not inhabit. These are Rome’s ‘allies’ (socii), a euphemistic label for the...
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When Was the Era of Japan’s Bakufu?
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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...
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“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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Moses’ Wife: Who Was Zipporah?
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What is Digital Art? A Brief History and Tips for Collecting
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Dionysus
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A History of Speakeasies in the USA: In the Spirit of Secrecy
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What Are the Most Iconic ‘Original’ Photos of Yellowstone?
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6 Works by Mexican Muralists You Should Know
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Summary of changes for September 2024
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
2 months ago
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of September.
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100r.co, added a new page: Victoria to Sitka logbook.
M291, added support for Cyrillic glyphs.
Fractran, released what might be the most in-depth...
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What Are the 10 Most Noteworthy Museums in Venice?
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The Value of Wills to Historians
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The Value of Wills to Historians
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Wed, 04/10/2024 - 11:01
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‘Straight Acting’ by Will Tosh review
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Arizona State University Professor Creates City Hall’s Digital Art
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a complete history of Mombasa ca. 600-1895.
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A Week Off And A New Language
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Stoicism and Stress
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Astrology in Ancient Rome: A Brief Overview
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When Did Vincent van Gogh Start Painting?
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Dreams of Space -...
The Jolly Jump-ups Journey Through Space (1952)
Sorry for the delays in posting, I have been on a short vacation. So today is one of my favorite...
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Sorry for the delays in posting, I have been on a short vacation. So today is one of my favorite (and obscure) fictional pop-up books about space. A really beautifully illustrated 1952 book with some amazing text to accompany it, The Jolly Jump-ups Journey Through Space!
Clyne,...
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7 Breathtaking Paintings Inspired by Shakespeare’s Plays
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Fra Angelico’s Theology & Aesthetics in 3 Extraordinary Paintings
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Gender Identity & Incidents That Scandalized Shakespeare’s London
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Scandals of the Glorious Revolution
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Scandals of the Glorious Revolution
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The French Monarchy: From Clovis to the Capetians
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Imperial Chinese Porcelain Bring Novelties to Market
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What Is The Kuleshov Effect & Why Is It So Efficient?
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On Seneca: Anger, Fear, and Sadness
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What Are the Books of the Old Testament? Order & Overview
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6 Incredible Roman Sites in Spain
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4 Works Inspired By Da Vinci’s The Last Supper
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Walter Benjamin’s Theses: Is Progress Inevitable?
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The Unification of England & the Death of the Kingdom of Mercia
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7 Fascinating Facts About the Vestal Virgins
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Sotheby’s and Christie’s: A Comparison of the Biggest Auction Houses
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Dreams of Space -...
Judy Space Puzzles (1970s)
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I last shared these in 2016 so it is about time...
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Here is another quick post for you. Space puzzles!
I last shared these in 2016 so it is about time to bring them back.
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Antinous: The Tragic Life of Emperor Hadrian’s Lover
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Venus of Urbino: How Titian Reinvented the Nude
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Why Bother Being Good? A Philosophical Exploration of Morality
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What Is the Meaning of Utopia?
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Cotton & How It Changed the World
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TheCollector
What Do We Mean by Aboriginal Languages?
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TheCollector
Who Were the Axis Powers?
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Overcoming Bias
Tension-Filled Black Holes
Most matter pushes against nearby matter, via a positive “pressure.” That’s why Earth holds its...
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Most matter pushes against nearby matter, via a positive “pressure.” That’s why Earth holds its shape, instead of collapsing down to a point mass.
TheCollector
5 Must-Read Works by Aldous Huxley
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How Did Claude Monet Capture the Passing of Time?
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Flashbak
Cold Snapshots – Vintage Holiday Fun in the Snow and Ice
If you’ve not seen little people on vintage Christmas cards, please do. It’s a terrific collection...
a year ago
If you’ve not seen little people on vintage Christmas cards, please do. It’s a terrific collection of images. A dip into Robert E. Jackson’s sublime collection of snapshots never disappoints. And when you’ve seen the cards, you should enjoy his pictures of revellers rocking...
TheCollector
How did the Plague of Athens Revolutionize Carthage?
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TheCollector Interviews Director Karen Milbourne of The Fralin
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for December
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 December. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, added a new page: electrical refit, fuel sensor,...
TheCollector
Mary Magdalene Portrait Attributed to Raphael on View in France
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Hidden History
The Last Day of World War One
At 5am on November 11, 1918, the French, British, American and German representatives signed the...
a month ago
At 5am on November 11, 1918, the French, British, American and German representatives signed the armistice treaty that formally ended hostilities in the First World War. Under the terms of the Armistice, the war would officially end at 11am that day. All the troops in the...
TheCollector
Why Did the Allies Occupy Germany?
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History Today Feed
Catching Nessie on Film
Catching Nessie on Film
JamesHoare
Thu, 05/16/2024 - 09:41
7 months ago
Catching Nessie on Film
JamesHoare
Thu, 05/16/2024 - 09:41
Flashbak
Charles Green Shaw’s Cocktail Book of Rhymed Recipes – c. 1920s
“Art, since its inception has never depended upon realism. Why, one cannot help wondering, should it...
a week ago
“Art, since its inception has never depended upon realism. Why, one cannot help wondering, should it begin now? – Charles Green Shaw This great little book created by Charles Green Shaw (May 1, 1892 – April 2, 1974) in the late 1920s or early 1930s (given the styling, it’s a...
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Marcus Aurelius' Birthday Celebrations
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Marcus Aurelius' Birthday Celebrations
TheCollector
What Is the Myth of the “Struggling Artist” in Literature?
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History Today Feed
‘The Emperor and the Elephant’ by Sam Ottewill-Soulsby review
‘The Emperor and the Elephant’ by Sam Ottewill-Soulsby review
JamesHoare
Tue, 04/30/2024 - 10:04
7 months ago
‘The Emperor and the Elephant’ by Sam Ottewill-Soulsby review
JamesHoare
Tue, 04/30/2024 - 10:04
TheCollector
Was Honorius’ Letter Really Sent to Britain?
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TheCollector
5 Controversies Surrounding Marina Abramović
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Dreams of Space -...
The Magic Motion Martian Book (1964)
A pleasantly strange space book about Martians visiting the earth. The "magic motion" consisted of a...
a year ago
A pleasantly strange space book about Martians visiting the earth. The "magic motion" consisted of a little lenticular piece inside each page so if you moved your head the image would move. Not very exciting but it did make for a fun story.
Miller, Albert G. Designed by Paul...
TheCollector
What Do Anti-Natalists Say About Existence and Consent?
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History Today Feed
How Has Gandhi Influenced Indian History Since His Death?
How Has Gandhi Influenced Indian History Since His Death?
j.hoare
Thu, 01/04/2024 - 09:36
11 months ago
How Has Gandhi Influenced Indian History Since His Death?
j.hoare
Thu, 01/04/2024 - 09:36
Dreams of Space -...
A Journey to the Moon: A science fiction poem for children (1954)
An unusual children's book consisting of a long poem about Konstantin Tsiolkovsky and an imaginary...
a year ago
An unusual children's book consisting of a long poem about Konstantin Tsiolkovsky and an imaginary trip to the Moon. It is highly illustrated and worth a look if you have not seen it. It was colored in places in crayon by a child but that sort of adds to the charm of someone who...
TheCollector
Oxyrhynchus: History’s Most Revealing Rubbish Dump
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TheCollector
Who Won the Battle of Chickamauga?
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Flashbak
Good Morning: The US Humor Magazine May 1919 – October 2021
Good Morning was an American political humor magazine, first published in May 1919. It was founded...
a month ago
Good Morning was an American political humor magazine, first published in May 1919. It was founded by Ellis O. Jones, a former associate editor of Life magazine and editor of Ladies’ Home Journal who once called for the US Army and Navy to be disbanded and went on to head the...
History Today Feed
‘Don’t Let’s Be Beastly to the Germans’ by Daniel Cowling review
‘Don’t Let’s Be Beastly to the Germans’ by Daniel Cowling review
JamesHoare
Mon, 06/10/2024 - 09:48
6 months ago
‘Don’t Let’s Be Beastly to the Germans’ by Daniel Cowling review
JamesHoare
Mon, 06/10/2024 - 09:48
TheCollector
How Did Solomon’s Temple Influence Worship?
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Classical Wisdom
Essential Greeks LIVE Webinar Times
Join this year's course for a strong foundation in the Classics
6 months ago
Join this year's course for a strong foundation in the Classics
TheCollector
What Happened When Vesuvius Erupted in 79 CE?
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History Today Feed
On the Spot: Ali Ansari
On the Spot: Ali Ansari
JamesHoare
Mon, 04/08/2024 - 12:28
8 months ago
On the Spot: Ali Ansari
JamesHoare
Mon, 04/08/2024 - 12:28
TheCollector
The First Anarchist: Who was Pierre-Joseph Proudhon?
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History Today Feed
‘Shakespeare’s Sisters’ by Ramie Targoff review
‘Shakespeare’s Sisters’ by Ramie Targoff review
JamesHoare
Tue, 04/16/2024 - 07:00
8 months ago
‘Shakespeare’s Sisters’ by Ramie Targoff review
JamesHoare
Tue, 04/16/2024 - 07:00
Classical Wisdom
Sophocles' Swansong
Oedipus at Colonus
a year ago
TheCollector
Why Is the Ship of Theseus Paradox Still Relevant Today?
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TheCollector
Freak Shows: The Truth Behind Beauty and the Beast
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TheCollector
Immoral Art: Hume’s “Rough Heroes” Problem
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History Today Feed
‘Forbidden Desire in Early Modern Europe’ by Noel Malcolm review
‘Forbidden Desire in Early Modern Europe’ by Noel Malcolm review
JamesHoare
Tue, 02/20/2024 - 11:50
10 months ago
‘Forbidden Desire in Early Modern Europe’ by Noel Malcolm review
JamesHoare
Tue, 02/20/2024 - 11:50
TheCollector
10 Things to See on Your Artistic Expedition Through Los Angeles
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History Today Feed
‘The Lost Queen’ by Sophie Shorland review
‘The Lost Queen’ by Sophie Shorland review
JamesHoare
Mon, 08/12/2024 - 10:19
4 months ago
‘The Lost Queen’ by Sophie Shorland review
JamesHoare
Mon, 08/12/2024 - 10:19
TheCollector
How Did Hannah Arendt Define Evil?
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TheCollector
The Legend of El Dorado: Myth vs. History
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History Today Feed
Aliens and the Enlightenment
Aliens and the Enlightenment
JamesHoare
Thu, 09/12/2024 - 07:00
3 months ago
Aliens and the Enlightenment
JamesHoare
Thu, 09/12/2024 - 07:00
African History...
Historical links between Africa and Armenia (ca. 600-1900)
Travelers, merchants and scholars from Nubia, Ethiopia and Armenia who visited the southern Caucasus...
a year ago
Travelers, merchants and scholars from Nubia, Ethiopia and Armenia who visited the southern Caucasus and North-eastern Africa.
Dreams of Space -...
The Young Adventurer's Pocket Book of Space Travel (1954)
Another illustration intensive book. This one is only 3" tall and 2 " wide so you might have missed...
a year ago
Another illustration intensive book. This one is only 3" tall and 2 " wide so you might have missed it :) . It was a premium with Mickey Mouse Weekly magazine. Evidently the magazine came with some pages that you could fold up into a tiny book. The others I have found evidence of...
TheCollector
Facing the Other: Emmanuel Levinas on the Face-to-Face Encounter
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Flashbak
American Photographs: A Journey Down The Blue Highways, 1970s
You see, I’ve been through The desert on a horse with no name It felt good to be out of the rain In...
2 months ago
You see, I’ve been through The desert on a horse with no name It felt good to be out of the rain In the desert you can remember your name ‘Cause there ain’t no one for to give you no pain – America, A Horse With No Name We don’t know where British … Continue reading "American...
TheCollector
When Was the Fall of the Byzantine Empire?
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El Lissitzky’s Soviet Pressa Exhibition in Cologne, 1928
At his peak, El Lissitzky (23 November 1890 – 30 December 1941) was arguably the most renowned...
3 months ago
At his peak, El Lissitzky (23 November 1890 – 30 December 1941) was arguably the most renowned artist of the Soviet avant-garde, more so than his friend Kazimir Malevich, Vladimir Tatlin, and Alexander Rodchenko. A trained architect, El Lissitzsky was the artist the USSR’s...
TheCollector
Friedrich Nietzsche: The 13+1 Best Books Of His Philosophical Career
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TheCollector
Who Won Sherman’s March to the Sea?
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TheCollector
What Are Henri Matisse’s Most Vivid Paintings?
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Dr Alun Withey
News Just In: Dr W Joins TikTok – @dralun7
Yes, it’s true – I’ve finally joined the 21st century and decided to try something new. I am still...
a week ago
Yes, it’s true – I’ve finally joined the 21st century and decided to try something new. I am still only setting things up, so please be patient with the extremely cheesy and clunky vids as I try to work out what I’m doing! I’ve only got a couple of videos up at the moment too, …...
TheCollector
6 Empires that Conquered Ancient Egypt
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TheCollector
Discordianism: 4 Facts about the Bizarre Religious System
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TheCollector
How Did Carl Jung’s Dream Birth “Man and His Symbols”?
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TheCollector
Van Gogh’s Sunflowers: 11 Works Featuring the Artist’s Favorite Flower
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TheCollector
Christie’s Nets $413 Million in 20th Century Evening Sale
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TheCollector
The Story of Atlas and His Eternal Burden: The God Who Holds the World
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TheCollector
The Colombia Banana Massacre of 1928: The Shocking Story
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Flashbak
26 Found Photos of Australian Life In the 1970s
The best satire is never far removed from the truth it lampoons. In the 1970s, comedian Barry...
2 months ago
The best satire is never far removed from the truth it lampoons. In the 1970s, comedian Barry Humphries (17 February 1934 – 22 April 2023) created Sir Les Patterson and made him Australia’s cultural ambassador. Drunk, lecherous and offensive, after Sir Les made his debut...
TheCollector
Line in the Sand: 5 Defenders of the Alamo
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Flashbak
Going Underground: gasping for life on the Tokyo Subway
Tokyo is busy. The city’s subway caught the eye of photographer Michael Wolf. In ‘Tokyo...
11 months ago
Tokyo is busy. The city’s subway caught the eye of photographer Michael Wolf. In ‘Tokyo Compression’, we see people riding the trains. As he writes: “The images create a sense of discomfort as his victims attempt to squirm out of view or simply close their eyes, wishing the...
TheCollector
7 African Myths About Animals
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TheCollector
4 Great Films About the Troubles and Irish Independence
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TheCollector
Existential Crisis: What Is It and How Can We Overcome It?
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TheCollector
Battle of Okinawa: The Most Intense Battle of WWII’s Pacific Theater
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Flashbak
Vintage Illustrations Of Japanese Anthropomorphic Frogs and Toads
The Japanese phrase kimo-kawaii translates into ‘cute and ugly’. It can be applied to frogs and...
6 months ago
The Japanese phrase kimo-kawaii translates into ‘cute and ugly’. It can be applied to frogs and toads, often portrayed in Japanese art in anthropomorphic fashion as they engage in fighting, marching with spirits (yokai) and casting spells. Here we look at a range of prints...
TheCollector
Typhoid Mary: A Trail of Scandal & Death
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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...
a month ago
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...
Hundred Rabbits
Dry Toilet Installation
The work is done. Building a dry toilet was more work than we had anticipated, but we still prefer...
over a year ago
The work is done. Building a dry toilet was more work than we had anticipated, but we still prefer it over the ready-made models. We learned tons doing it, and now our toilet is perfectly suited to our space. The pandemic has pushed more people into boat and van living (to travel...
TheCollector
10 Extraordinary Symbolist Artists: From Munch to Moreau
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TheCollector
Which US President Served the Shortest Time in Office?
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TheCollector
Your Guide to the Best of Contemporary Art in Hanoi, Vietnam
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TheCollector
How Did George Orwell’s Life Influence his Literature?
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TheCollector
Posthumanism vs Transhumanism: What Is the Difference?
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TheCollector
New Alphonse Mucha Museum to Open in Prague
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TheCollector
What Is Mithraism? The Secretive Cult That Swept the Roman World
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TheCollector
Architectural Wizardry: 4 Fascinating Works by Antoni Gaudi
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TheCollector
Artist Seals Himself in Glass Bottle at Paris Olympic Stadium
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TheCollector
What Does Erich Fromm Argue in ‘The Art of Loving’?
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TheCollector
The Great Game: British Empire vs. Tsarist Russia in Afghanistan
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TheCollector
Cricket & Colonialism: A Tale of Imperial Power & Influence
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TheCollector
10 Artworks by Yoko Ono You Should Know
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TheCollector
Rome’s Greatest Rival: What Was The Parthian Empire?
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TheCollector
6 Facts about the Ancient Olympic Games
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TheCollector
The Treaty of Versailles: An Overview of Its Contents & Effects
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TheCollector
7 Works That Define Thomas Gainsborough’s Legacy
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Wrong Side of...
The case for a Global Sanctuary City
What if the Syrians can’t return home?
a week ago
What if the Syrians can’t return home?
Overcoming Bias
Culture Status Report
I’ve been focused on cultural drift for about nine months now, and the probability estimates in my...
2 weeks ago
I’ve been focused on cultural drift for about nine months now, and the probability estimates in my last post make this a good time to take stock.
TheCollector
7 Ancient Greek Temples You Should Know
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a year ago
Flashbak
William Blake, The Great Red Dragon Paintings
“And behold a great red dragon, having seven heads and ten horns, and seven crowns upon his heads....
10 months ago
“And behold a great red dragon, having seven heads and ten horns, and seven crowns upon his heads. And his tail drew the third part of the stars of heaven, and did cast them to the earth” — Revelations 12:3-4, King James Bible The Red Dragon Paintings are four watercolours by...
Trying to Understand...
My Substack in Other Languages.
Starting with Spanish.
a year ago
TheCollector
4 Ancient Greek Federal States You Should Know
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for June 2024
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
5 months ago
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of June.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, added Ketchikan, Snug Cove, Ratz Harbor, Frosty Bay, Berg Bay, Wrangell, Petersburg and Ruth Island Cove. Updated library.
Oekaki, optimized and...
TheCollector
7 Outrageous Cases of Art Vandalism That May Shock You
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TheCollector
Who Were the Toughest Women in the Old West?
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Classical Wisdom
Can Any Good Come From War?
The Tragedy of the Trenches
6 months ago
The Tragedy of the Trenches
TheCollector
The Vela Incident: Nuclear Bombs vs. Asteroid Collisions
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TheCollector
Venice Plan for Damaged Banksy Mural Concerns Locals
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TheCollector
Who Were the 4 Key Players of the Risorgimento?
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11 months ago
History Today Feed
Gustav Vasa: The Father of Modern Sweden?
Gustav Vasa: The Father of Modern Sweden?
JamesHoare
Fri, 08/23/2024 - 08:40
4 months ago
Gustav Vasa: The Father of Modern Sweden?
JamesHoare
Fri, 08/23/2024 - 08:40
Open Culture
John Coltrane Draws a Picture Illustrating the Mathematics of Music
Physicist and saxophonist Stephon Alexander has argued in his many public lectures and his book The...
3 days ago
Physicist and saxophonist Stephon Alexander has argued in his many public lectures and his book The Jazz of Physics that Albert Einstein and John Coltrane had quite a lot in common. Alexander in particular draws our attention to the so-called “Coltrane circle,” which resembles...
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...
TheCollector
Quechua: A Dead Language? Not at All
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TheCollector
The Earliest Trade Networks Between Europe, Asia, & the Pacific
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