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This is the third and final part of our three-part (I, II, III) look at how some ‘tribal’ or more correctly, non-state agrarian peoples – particularly the Celtiberians, Gauls and also many Germanic-language speaking peoples on the Rhine and Danube- raised armies to fight the...
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Henri Van Der Stok’s Zodiac Stars And Gods
Dutch artist Henri van der Stok (1870-1946) was born in Indonesia and settled in the Hague, where he...
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Dutch artist Henri van der Stok (1870-1946) was born in Indonesia and settled in the Hague, where he was a member of the city’s Pulchri Studio. He created these brilliant woodcuts of planetary gods and zodiac signs. As John Couthlart notes, van der Stok’s work trails that of...
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What Was Jesus’s Religious Background?
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Paul Klee: The Life & Work of an Iconic Artist
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6 Outrageous Judicial Errors in the Trial of Jesus Christ
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Rembrandt Used Arsenic to Paint “The Night Watch”
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How the Nazis Looted Art in the Netherlands: Dienststelle Mühlmann
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What Is Friluftsliv, The Norwegian Way of Life in Harmony with Nature?
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Frank Stewart’s Portraits of The American Journey – A Story of Jazz And Justice
“Just how somebody in photographs can treat black people with dignity. That I’d never seen before” –...
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“Just how somebody in photographs can treat black people with dignity. That I’d never seen before” – Frank Stewart Frank Stewart (born 1949) was 14 when he took his trained his Kodak Brownie on the March on Washington for Jobs in Freedom, otherwise known as the Great March in...
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Charles Green Shaw Cocktail Book of Rhymed Recipes (1930s)
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This great little book created by Charles Green Shaw in the 1930s features black and white illustrations and poetic recipes for various cocktails. A leading figure in early American abstraction, Charles Green Shaw (May 1, 1892 – April 2, 1974) was an American painter, poet,...
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Why Is Canadian Thanksgiving on the Second Monday of October?
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Denim: The Fabric That Built America
Denim was G.I. in wartime America. Originally used as heavy industry, utility workwear, these images...
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Denim was G.I. in wartime America. Originally used as heavy industry, utility workwear, these images mostly from the 1940s, show how the fabric became synonymous with American grit and productivity. The look was born in 18th Century Europe. Bleu de Gênes was the rough fabric...
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7 of Elsa Schiaparelli’s Greatest Artistic Collaborations
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Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream: A Story of Magic & Heartbreak
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Who Are the Most Important Christian Figures After the Bible?
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Glass Delusion: Why Did People Think They Were Made of Glass?
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The Story of Billy Sipple: The Price of Heroism
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Human Sacrifice in the Pre-Columbian Americas: Fact vs Fiction
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Ancient Jerusalem: From the Bronze Age to the Roman Era
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weird medieval guys
An 800 year prayer book that's decorated with puns
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Commodus: The Gladiator Emperor of Rome
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Queen Anne: Britain’s Tragic Queen?
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8 Things You Should Know About Wangechi Mutu
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What Is a Medieval Morality Play?
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What Are Conlangs?
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Centuries of Childhood
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The history of childhood is one of multiplicity — so why do we tell parents such simplistic stories about it?
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The Birth of Ovid
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The Economy & The Vote: How Financial Fluctuations Impact Presidential Races
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5 Creatures from Slavic Mythology Represented in Art
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Which Famous Artworks Have Inspired Filmmakers?
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Igniting the Cold War: The Berlin Blockade and Airlift
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The Engineering of the Strandbeest: How the Magnificent Mechanical Creatures Have Technologically...
Life evolves, but machines are invented: this dichotomy hardly conflicts with what most of us have...
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Life evolves, but machines are invented: this dichotomy hardly conflicts with what most of us have learned about biology and technology. But certain specimens roaming around in the world can blur that line — and in the curious case of the Strandbeesten, they really are roaming...
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Winners of the Black and White Photo Awards 2024
What is it about black and white pictures that makes people look better? Is is because black and...
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The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts Closes Its College
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What Is Russian Futurism?
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Who Was Elena/Eleno de Céspedes?
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Why Did Plato Think that Education Could Replace Law?
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A History Lover’s Guide to Mexico City
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The Mysterious Phaistos Disk
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How Did Johannes Vermeer Depict Women?
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10 Pieces of Legislation Affecting America’s Indigenous People
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What is the History of Christmas? A Journey Through Time
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Who’s Who of the Kennedys: 9 Notable Members
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Martha Washington: Get to Know the First First Lady
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The Vela Incident: Nuclear Bombs vs. Asteroid Collisions
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Archaeologists Find Ptolemaic Temple Pylon in Egypt
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How Did Aristotle Define Happiness & Good Life?
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Did Emperor Nero start the Great Fire of Rome?
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Liverpool Kids: Surviving Inner City Life In 1975
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The Second Italo-Ethiopian War: A Step Toward Toppling the World Order
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Tom Thomson Painting Attacked by Protesters in Canada
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A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, September 29, 2023 (On Academic Hiring)
Fireside this week! I know we’re all anxious to get to the last part of our look at the Roman...
a year ago
Fireside this week! I know we’re all anxious to get to the last part of our look at the Roman Republic – a discussion of Roman courts and the legal system – but academic job season is upon us and I needed to take a week to focus on getting some of those applications out. …...
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Judy Space Puzzles (1970s)
Here is another quick post for you. Space puzzles!
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.
These were classroom puzzles (although they were probably owned by kids at home too). They were mostly for Kindergarten-2nd grade kids and were "educational" as...
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Facade: Bill Cunningham’s Tribute To New York Style
In 1968, American fashion photographer Bill Cunningham (March 13, 1929 – June 25, 2016) started a...
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In 1968, American fashion photographer Bill Cunningham (March 13, 1929 – June 25, 2016) started a project to document New York City’s rich history of architecture and fashion. Cunningham dressed his friend and fellow photographer Editta Sherman (July 9, 1912 – November 1, 2013)...
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History of Tanks: From Renaissance Sketches to the Modern Battlefield
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Gap Week: April 19, 2024 (Manor Lords First Impression)
Hey folks, this week is a bit of a gap week as I am heading out to the annual meeting of the Society...
8 months ago
Hey folks, this week is a bit of a gap week as I am heading out to the annual meeting of the Society for Military History (and, indeed, by the time you read this, I will be there). Normally, I post the abstract of my conference talk for these sorts of things, but since I …...
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The Louvre As a Civil Party in the Case Against Its Former Director
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What Makes the City of London Unique?
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The Boston Years: On The Streets 1972-75
In 1972, Philip Flip Collier was in Boston. Philip, who has previously shared his terrific...
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In 1972, Philip Flip Collier was in Boston. Philip, who has previously shared his terrific photographs of 1970s NYC, enrolled at the city’s New England School of Photography where he studied for the next two years with the hope of becoming a commercial photographer, but I could...
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5 Artworks by John Baldessari You Should Know
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Serpentine Installs 19-Foot Pumpkin Sculpture by Yayoi Kusama
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Sixth-Century Sword Unearthed in Anglo-Saxon Cemetery
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Why Did the Germans Struggle in the Battle of Crete?
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Harold Lloyd’s Amazing Christmas Tree
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For American actor Harold Lloyd (April 20, 1893 – March 8, 1971) Christmas was the time to illuminate his home in Beverly Hills, California, with a magnificent tree. His granddaughter Suzanne says preparation began around Thanksgiving (the fourth Thursday in November), when her...
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The Myth of the Minotaur
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Journey Into the Labyrinth
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On the Spot: Alice Hunt
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8 Works of Paul Klee You Should Know
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Is It Rational to Believe in God? 5 Objections to Pascal’s Wager
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What Was Cultural Life in the Weimar Republic Like?
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Art Basel Renames and Relocates Third Edition of Paris Show
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Antonio Gramsci on Cultural Hegemony: What Is It and How Does It Work?
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Trying to Understand...
Games Nations Play.
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But they forget the people and the Street.
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Phoolan Devi, Bandit Queen of India
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Funny Pictures Magazine May (1976)
Another children's magazine from Russia. I enjoy the space pictures and the simple art. This issue...
a year ago
Another children's magazine from Russia. I enjoy the space pictures and the simple art. This issue has a nice space story comic.
Весёлые Картинки (Funny Pictures.) ( Komsomol “Veselye Kartinki”.) nr. 4, April 1976.
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4 Awe-Inspiring Neolithic Monuments in the British Isles
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Possible ‘Salvator Mundi’ Location and Exhibition Plans Revealed
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What Was Procopius’ “Secret History”? (& Why You Shouldn’t Trust It)
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Why Bother Being Good? A Philosophical Exploration of Morality
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What Role Did Women Play in World War II?
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A Collection of...
Collections: Shield Walls and Spacing: Hollywood Mobs and Ancient Tactics
This week, we’re going to take a look at a different aspect of ancient infantry tactics: how heavy...
a year ago
This week, we’re going to take a look at a different aspect of ancient infantry tactics: how heavy infantry shield formations work. While I’ve framed this around ‘shield walls,’ not every kind of shielded heavy infantry fought that way and in practice the line between what is a...
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Pablo Picasso’s Composition Techniques Explained Through 6 Works
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Who Were the Landsknechts?
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Warfare in the Bronze Age: Tactics, Weapons, Battles
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Browse A Fabulous Archive of England’s North-West (1885 – 1970)
From 1885 to the 1970s, Edward Sankey and his sons, Raymond and Eric Sankey, photographed the...
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From 1885 to the 1970s, Edward Sankey and his sons, Raymond and Eric Sankey, photographed the north-west of England. Based at their studio on Duke Street, in Barrow-in-Furness, they captured everyday and extraordinary events. Their archive of more than 10,000 photographs is now...
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The Surprising Origins of Wonder Woman: A Revolutionary Comic History
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How The Charlie Brown Christmas Special Got Jazz And Came Alive
“We’re living in times where so much is done to manipulate us. And things last for, what, a news...
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“We’re living in times where so much is done to manipulate us. And things last for, what, a news cycle? A few minutes? This [album] is something that’s lasted 50 years. And not only lasted, but grown … I think there’s just a humanness” — Jerry Granelli, drummer with the Vince...
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The complete history of Brava (ca. 1000-1900): a Swahili enclave in southern Somalia
Tucked along the southern coast of Somalia, the old city of Brava preserves the remains of a once...
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Tucked along the southern coast of Somalia, the old city of Brava preserves the remains of a once bustling cosmopolitan enclave whose influence features prominently in the history of the East African coast. Located more than 500 km north of the Swahili heartland, Brava retained a...
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Read J. R. R. Tolkien’s “Letter From Father Christmas” To His Young Children (1925)
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J.R.R. Tolkien is best known for the sweeping fantasy landscapes of Lord of The Rings and The Hobbit. Apart from being a celebrated author, the Oxford University professor of Anglo-Saxon was also a devoted father who doted on his children. In 1920, a few short years after Tolkien...
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12 Facts About Marina Abramović and Her Work
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Hundred Rabbits
rainy with a chance of mosquitoes
Nuku Hiva, a green mountainous island in the Pacific, straight out of Jurassic Park. Just as foreign...
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Nuku Hiva, a green mountainous island in the Pacific, straight out of Jurassic Park. Just as foreign and just as wild, except instead of hungry lizards there are mosquitoes, also known as the vampires of the Marquesas.
Before arriving, we didn't know what it was going to be like...
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The Death of a Mnemonist
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New Acquisitions: 1933 and the Definition of Fascism
Today we’re going to look at definitions of fascism and ask the question – you may have guessed – if...
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Today we’re going to look at definitions of fascism and ask the question – you may have guessed – if Donald Trump is running for President as a fascist. Worry not, this isn’t me shifting to full-time political pundit, nor is this the formal end of the hiatus (which will happen on...
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The Future of US Elections: Potential Changes and Emerging Issues
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American Tourist Smashed Roman Artifacts at the Israel Museum
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Andrew Jackson: The People’s President and the Rise of Populism
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How Frans Hals Revolutionized Dutch Portrait Painting
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Weaving the Women of the Ancient World
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Weaving the Women of the Ancient World
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The Truth and Reconciliation Commission: Moving Past Apartheid?
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10 Interesting Facts About Arthur Miller
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Aristotle’s Rhetoric: A Brief Overview
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Cosmonaut-2 (1964)
Cosmonaut-2 was a Russian pamphlet for older children about Gherman Titov. It has some lovely...
over a year ago
Cosmonaut-2 was a Russian pamphlet for older children about Gherman Titov. It has some lovely illustration about the 2nd manned Russian space launch. At age 25 Titov remains the youngest man to fly in Earth orbit. Vostok 2 was launched on August 6, 1961.
Cosmonaut-2, 1964. 38 p....
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The Economic Effects of the Vietnam War
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A Complete Guide to Fresco Painting
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7 Outrageous Cases of Art Vandalism That May Shock You
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The Berlin Crisis of 1961: Why The USSR Built the Wall
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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...
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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
Grimgrains, published a tofu from soy flour recipe, and reduced...
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