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End of an Era: Why Did the Beatles Break Up?
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1979 Soviet Invasion of Afghanistan: The Beginning of the USSR’s End
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Animal Rights vs Animal Welfare: What’s the Difference?
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The Role & Importance of Primaries in the US Election Process
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Winged Victory
Art of the Hellenistic Period
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Oscar Newman Designs For An Atomic City Beneath Manhattan, 1969
In 1969, the Canadian-born American architect Oscar Newman (30 September 1935 – 14 April 2004)...
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In 1969, the Canadian-born American architect Oscar Newman (30 September 1935 – 14 April 2004) designed a nuclear bomb-proof city beneath Manhattan. In a vast spherical space itself created by a series of nuclear explosions, he’d build a city pretty much like the one above, with...
TheCollector
20 Roman Emperors Who Defined Ancient Rome
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Aristarchus of Samos and the Heliocentric Model of the Universe
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7 Most Impressive Villas and Palaces to Visit in Rome
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Wrong Side of...
Your favourite half-British president
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Lucio Fontana Piece Could Set Auction Record at Sotheby’s
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The Fall of Singapore: The Largest Defeat in British Military History
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Will There Be “Crazy” People?
Symposium on the Seas...
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Bim-Bom: How a Soviet Clown Duo Defied the Soviets
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Top 10 Plays by William Shakespeare
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Fra Angelico’s Theology & Aesthetics in 3 Extraordinary Paintings
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What Is the Symbolism in Whitman’s Leaves of Grass?
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4 Places You Must See in Delhi (If You Love Art & History)
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Patterns in Humanity
Where parents make a difference
Where is the shared environment effect larger than zero?
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Where is the shared environment effect larger than zero?
TheCollector
The Grand Egyptian Museum Soon Opens for Visitors
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5 Strangest Art Movements You Need to Know
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Hundred Rabbits
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It's 8h00 pm on a cold dark winter night, we are outside of Shimizu harbor motoring in circles and...
over a year ago
It's 8h00 pm on a cold dark winter night, we are outside of Shimizu harbor motoring in circles and waiting for a response from Shimizu Port Control. The temperature is 4 °C, the wind is blowing hard and our clothes are wet and caked with salt. We’re tired and hungry, waiting for...
Hundred Rabbits
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.
Summary Of Changes
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...
TheCollector
Why Did the Oracle of Delphi Call Socrates the Wisest Man?
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Overcoming Bias
Beware Value Dashboards
Vehicles like cars, planes, and boats generally need a) an engine to push them forward, b) steering...
2 months ago
Vehicles like cars, planes, and boats generally need a) an engine to push them forward, b) steering to direct their motions, and c) a driver to manage both.
TheCollector
Colonial Mexican Art: 4 Key Formats and Themes
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10 Historic Sites to Visit in Los Angeles
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1920s Flappers: An Overview of the Ladies of the Jazz Age
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Why Did Socrates Never Write Down His Teachings?
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Impeachment: What Does It Take to Remove a US Politician From Power?
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Did the French Revolution Spark Modern Democracy?
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Classical Wisdom
Should We Be Skeptics?
Is it good to question everything?
8 months ago
Is it good to question everything?
Trying to Understand...
It's All About Them.
But the Western Security Complex thinks it's all about Us.
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But the Western Security Complex thinks it's all about Us.
TheCollector
The Shining Path Insurgency: Modern Peru’s Darkest Hour
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10 Small but Historic Countries You Didn’t Know About
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George Herbert Mead on the Birth & Evolution of the Self
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Flashbak
Photos of America’s Most Muscular Bodybuilders – A World of Buttock Make-Up Artists, Sinew and Spray...
The year is young – and your commitment to fitness and that new you for the year has begun to fade....
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The year is young – and your commitment to fitness and that new you for the year has begun to fade. Time then to see what you could become if you persevere with photographer Brian Finke’s series on bodybuilding contests. In Most Muscular, Finke, who started his project when he...
Dreams of Space -...
Das Neue Universum, Volume 67 (1950)
Das Neue Universum (The New Universe) was a German science annual series aimed at older...
a year ago
Das Neue Universum (The New Universe) was a German science annual series aimed at older children.
From the German Wikipedia site (translated) : "The New Universe is a German children's literature series with themes in the fields of knowledge , research , adventure and...
TheCollector
Why Should You Seek Ignorance?
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Modernism vs. Postmodernism: Two Genres Explained in 6 Facts and 13 Artworks
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Understanding Australian History Through 3 Artworks
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A Collection of...
Collections: Teaching Paradox, Imperator, Part IIa: Pops and Chains
This is the first half of the second part of our three part look at Paradox Interactive’s...
4 months ago
This is the first half of the second part of our three part look at Paradox Interactive’s Hellenistic-era grand strategy game Imperator: Rome. I had hoped to do this part in a single post, but my book writing schedule intervened and so it became necessary to split it up. Last...
Dreams of Space -...
A Book of Moon Rockets for You (1959
Happy People on the Moon day! (54 years since 1st landing)
Here is a great story of how we WANTED to...
a year ago
Happy People on the Moon day! (54 years since 1st landing)
Here is a great story of how we WANTED to land on the Moon. It has wonderful illustrations and I am happy to share on this day of celebration of a landing.
Branley, Franklyn M. Illustrated by Kessler, Leonard. A Book of...
TheCollector
Thefts From Heritage Sites in the U.K. Are Rising
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7 Historical Places to Visit on the Isle of Skye
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Spanish Museums To Distance Themselves From Colonial Framing
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Classical Wisdom
Plato On Knowledge
What is True?
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5 Iconic Quotes by the Duke of Wellington
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A Collection of...
Collections: On Bread and Circuses
Coming off of some of the discussion of Gladiator II (I, II), this week I want to discuss the place...
2 days ago
Coming off of some of the discussion of Gladiator II (I, II), this week I want to discuss the place of ‘bread and circuses’ in the narrative of Roman decadence and decline. This is one of those phrases which long ago entered the standard lexicon, but which gets used and...
TheCollector
Who Was Jelly Roll Morton? Self-styled “Inventor” of Jazz
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Discover Caral-Supe: Cradle of Civilization in the Americas
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History Today Feed
The Scandalous Success of the Daily Mail
The Scandalous Success of the Daily Mail
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Mon, 01/01/2024 - 13:07
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The Scandalous Success of the Daily Mail
j.hoare
Mon, 01/01/2024 - 13:07
TheCollector
How did Alexander the Great Untangle the Gordian Knot?
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What Is God? Theism, Pantheism, and Panentheism
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Was Cleopatra a Descendant of Alexander the Great?
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Discordianism: 4 Facts about the Bizarre Religious System
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Who Was Lorenzo de’ Medici (The Magnificent)?
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The Banana Wars: How the US Plundered Central America
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Trying to Understand...
The Wrong Stuff
Don't even think about rebuilding western militaries.
11 months ago
Don't even think about rebuilding western militaries.
TheCollector
Why Did Bruno Latour Claim that “We Have Never Been Modern”?
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Dreams of Space -...
Hombres Del Espacio (1960)
So a fun one today. This is so silly and dated that I almost feel like apologizing, but I won't....
a year ago
So a fun one today. This is so silly and dated that I almost feel like apologizing, but I won't. This is the story of the exploration of space and has to be seen! It might have been assembled from stills from a Spanish film (I don't recognize it so feel free to tell me). But...
TheCollector
What Is the Origin and Significance of Columbus Day?
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NY Denny Gallery Shuts Down After Ten Years
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Why Is Boston Called Beantown?
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How Did Henry VIII Find a Bride through Portraits?
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How Did People React to Hitler’s Death & Germany’s Surrender?
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Basil Zaharoff: How to Play Both Sides, Sell Weapons and Get Rich
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5 Masterpieces of Early Irish Art
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Dreams of Space -...
Техника Молодежи (Youth Technology) Issue 4 (1973 )
“ХОРОВОД КОСМИЧЕСКИХ ЛАБОРАТОРИЙ ‘Round Dance of Space Laboratories’
A re-run from a few years ago....
a year ago
“ХОРОВОД КОСМИЧЕСКИХ ЛАБОРАТОРИЙ ‘Round Dance of Space Laboratories’
A re-run from a few years ago. I really like this 1973 issue of Youth Technology. The issue was dedicated to Soviet past and future in space. It has some great illustration of what they had done and what they...
TheCollector
How Important Was Theseus for Athens? Theseus: Get to Know the Mythical King of Athens
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Classical Wisdom
The Killing Grounds: Thermopylae
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TheCollector
The Louvre Could Move Mona Lisa To Underground Chamber
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Remedios Varo: A Female Surrealist Painter Who Isn’t Frida Kahlo
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Rise and Legacy: Who Was Harry Truman?
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History Today Feed
The Death of Little Jack the Boy Missionary
The Death of Little Jack the Boy Missionary
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The Death of Little Jack the Boy Missionary
JamesHoare
Fri, 04/05/2024 - 09:52
TheCollector
Gala Dalí: Salvador Dali’s Mysterious Muse
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Did Jesus Teach Stoic Philosophy?
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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
Uxn, updated Playdate implementation to the latest core,...
TheCollector
10 Essential Works of Greek Philosophy
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What Are the Most Similar Languages?
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CrimethInc.
Resisting Local Authoritarianism and Multipolar Imperialisms in Georgia : A Deeper Look into the...
On the one-hundred-year anniversary of the uprising in Georgia against Soviet annexation, the...
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On the one-hundred-year anniversary of the uprising in Georgia against Soviet annexation, the struggle for independence from Russian rule remains the chief force driving the popular mobilization that has been growing over the past several months. Yet today’s movement points to a...
TheCollector
What Are the Earliest Manuscripts of the New Testament?
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UK Exhibition to Pair Pre-Raphaelite Art and Aromas
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What Is the Gettier Problem?
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Did Bruce Lee Invent Mixed Martial Art?
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A Brief History of Money Throughout World History
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Dreams of Space -...
Robert Goddard: Father of the Space Age (1963)
After a Thanksgiving break I am back with Robert Goddard: Father of the Space Age. Even if there...
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After a Thanksgiving break I am back with Robert Goddard: Father of the Space Age. Even if there are not a lot of illustrations of space flight this book was very important to me at the time. I remember finding it in the school library and then getting my own paperback copy...
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Max Thalmann: Passion, Cathedrals And America In Woodcuts
Max Thalmann was a German Expressionist (1890 – 1944) who produced three main portfolios of black...
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Max Thalmann was a German Expressionist (1890 – 1944) who produced three main portfolios of black and white woodcut prints: Cathedral (Der Dom), Passion, and America in Woodcuts (Amerika im Holzschnitt). A bookbinder by trade having been trained as such under Henry Van De Velde...
TheCollector
5 Great Reads by Charles Dickens
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Philip Marlowe: The Rise & Fall of The Private Detective
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Interview with Dr. Roberta Bondar: Intertwining Art and Science
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The Death of Einhard the Historian
The Death of Einhard the Historian
JamesHoare
Thu, 03/14/2024 - 09:28
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The Death of Einhard the Historian
JamesHoare
Thu, 03/14/2024 - 09:28
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for August
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 August. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Nasu, implemented a way to shift multiple tiles at once, and...
TheCollector
Night Witches: The Female Russian Combat Unions of the Sky
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How Does Epistemology Address Memory as a Source of Knowledge?
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Who Is the Father of the Beat Generation?
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Classical Wisdom
Calm in the Face of Crisis
Putting the Greek Back into Stoicism
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Putting the Greek Back into Stoicism
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TheCollector interviewt die zeitgenössischen Künstlerin Toni Mauersberg
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Classical Wisdom
Quick Notification
In Search of Homer
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Here Are the 3 Etruscan Kings of Rome (and Lars Porsenna)
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What Impact Did Realism Have on Society?
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How Romanticism Set the Stage for Darwin’s Theory of Evolution
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Archaeologists Find Ptolemaic Temple Pylon in Egypt
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Grand Palais to Reopen for the Paris Summer Olympics
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10 Must-Visit Historic Villages in Portugal
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The Death of a Mnemonist
The Death of a Mnemonist
JamesHoare
Wed, 05/01/2024 - 10:07
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The Death of a Mnemonist
JamesHoare
Wed, 05/01/2024 - 10:07
TheCollector
5 Notable Books by Ernest Hemingway
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Free Will Vs Determinism
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Trying to Understand...
The Diversity Paradox.
It's about dignity, efficiency, and things like that.
10 months ago
It's about dignity, efficiency, and things like that.
TheCollector
Ron’s Place Becomes First Outsider Art with Listed Status in England
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TheCollector
Who Were the First Christian Martyrs of Britain?
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TheCollector
7 Ancient Greek Temples You Should Know
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Flashbak
Bernhard Leitner’s Soundcube, 1969 – The Art of Seeing Sound And Hearing With Your Whole Body
In 1969 Bernhard Leitner (born 1938) created his Soundcube, an experiment into how sound moves in a...
9 months ago
In 1969 Bernhard Leitner (born 1938) created his Soundcube, an experiment into how sound moves in a defined space and its effects on the human body. The Soundcube, a “sound-space object”, is a room of 64 loudspeakers in which the sound becomes a form of architecture. For Leitner,...
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Jock of the Bushveld: An Enduring Tale of Friendship
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Empress of the Blues: Who Was Bessie Smith?
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Classical Wisdom
Greece's Forgotten Legacy
Ancient Mixed Martial Arts?
a year ago
Ancient Mixed Martial Arts?
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