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‘Man-Devil’ by John J. Callanan review
‘Man-Devil’ by John J. Callanan review
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Colonization of the Philippines: Strategic Lands Wanted by Many
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What Was Little Turtle’s War?
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Reclaiming Medusa: How Did She Become a Symbol of Female Empowerment?
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Is There a Connection Between Cinema and Edward Hopper?
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Anglo-Afghan Wars: How Afghanistan Became the Graveyard of Empires
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9 Historical Places to Visit in Dorset
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The Great Debate: Free Will VS Determinism
Heraclitus against Parmenides
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Heraclitus against Parmenides
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First Major Survey of Georgia O’Keeffe Cityscapes Opens June 2
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10 Presidential Elections That Shaped the US Forever
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Van Gogh ‘Sunflowers’ Targeted Again After Protestors Jailed
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Who Were Bonnie and Clyde & Why Are They Famous?
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How Keith Jarrett Played on a Broken Piano & Turned a Potentially Disastrous Concert Into the...
Nearly fifty years ago, the celebrated young pianist Keith Jarrett arrived in the West German city...
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Nearly fifty years ago, the celebrated young pianist Keith Jarrett arrived in the West German city of Köln (better known in English as Cologne). Having just come off a 500-mile-long road trip from Switzerland, where he’d played a concert the previous day, he was left with barely...
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What Are the Four Waves of Feminism?
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Red Herring: Moments in Films That Leave You Shocked
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Collections: How to Raise a Tribal Army in Pre-Roman Europe, Part II: Government Without States
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This is the second part of our (planned) three part (I) look at how some ‘tribal’ or more correctly, non-state agrarian peoples raised armies to fight the Romans (and others) in the third through first centuries BC. Last time, we looked at the subsistence basis of these societies...
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Getty Map Sold by Christie’s
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Who Were the Twelve Disciples & What Happened to Them?
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Banksy’s Latest Artwork Is a Goat on a Ledge in London
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Sales Drop for Christie’s in 2023
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What Is Second Thessalonians About?
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The Controversial Story of Scientology: Paying for Religion?
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Aspasia of Miletus: More Than Pericles’ Romantic Partner?
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Summary of changes for September 2024
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This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
3 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.
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What is the Tall Poppy Syndrome?
Is it good, bad or relative?
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Is it good, bad or relative?
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The Prado Museum Shows Paintings in Different Light
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What Was the Carnation Revolution?
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Is There Democracy Without Voting? Elections by Lot in Ancient Athens
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8 Marcel Duchamp Paintings You Should Know About
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George Herbert Mead on the Birth & Evolution of the Self
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What Led to the Assassination of Emperor Caligula?
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Celebrating Diversity at The National Mall’s Outdoor Show
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Martin Luther: A Biography of the Reformer Who Sparked the Reformation
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Who Was Averroes?
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Discover the Playful Drawings That Charles Darwin’s Children Left on His Manuscripts
Charles Darwin’s work on heredity was partly driven by tragic losses in his own family. Darwin had...
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Charles Darwin’s work on heredity was partly driven by tragic losses in his own family. Darwin had married his first cousin, Emma, and “wondered if his close genetic relation to his wife had had an ill impact on his children’s health, three (of 10) of whom died before the age of...
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What is Hecate’s Relationship with Alchemy?
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Speculation Grows Over a $4.7 Million Tax Bill Paid With Goyas
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10 Must-Visit Historic Towns in New York
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Italian Government Bans Loans to Minneapolis Institute of Art
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Freddie Mercury & David Bowie’s Isolated Vocals for Queen’s “Under Pressure” (1981)
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In the summer of 1981, the British band Queen was recording tracks for their tenth studio album, Hot Space, at Mountain Studios in Montreux, Switzerland. As it happened, David Bowie had scheduled time at the same studio to record the title song for the movie Cat People. Before...
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Is Right & Wrong a Matter of Perspective? Moral Relativism Explained
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The Role of Women in 1950s America: Conformity or Change?
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A history of Zanzibar before the Omanis (600-1873)
Journal of African cities chapter 7
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Journal of African cities chapter 7
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Secrets of the Odyssey
Homer's Homecoming
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Fireside Friday, October 27, 2023 (On Politics in Strategy)
Fireside this week! Next week we’ll finally close out the addenda to the How to Roman Republic 101...
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Fireside this week! Next week we’ll finally close out the addenda to the How to Roman Republic 101 series with a look at provincial governance, but I don’t think that will be done in time for this week, so I’m throwing a fireside in here in the meantime. That said, I thought it...
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8 Famous Books That Helped Economies Thrive With Tourism
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Siege of the Sogdian Rock, 327 BCE: Alexander’s Winged Men
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A Postcard From The Far Side of Despair.
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Or, a meditation on bloody-mindedness for Ash Wednesday.
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‘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
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Mon, 06/10/2024 - 09:48
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‘Don’t Let’s Be Beastly to the Germans’ by Daniel Cowling review
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Forgotten Sandro Botticelli Piece Seized by Italian Authorities
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How Did Andy Warhol Change the History of Cinema?
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What is Peter Singer’s Principle of Equal Consideration?
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6 Things You Should Know About Pop Art
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Who Was George Eliot?
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Unveiling Romeo and Juliet: A Guide to Shakespeare’s Timeless Tragedy
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4 Ancient Greek Sculptors You Need to Know
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Helter Skelter: Who Was Charles Manson?
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Who Are Hecate’s Parents?
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Babylon’s Mystery Goddess
Babylon’s Mystery Goddess
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Thu, 06/20/2024 - 10:20
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Babylon’s Mystery Goddess
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Thu, 06/20/2024 - 10:20
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How the Nazis Rescued Benito Mussolini: The Gran Sasso Raid
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Patterns in Humanity
Does poverty cause violent crime?
An examination of the association between poverty and violent crime
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An examination of the association between poverty and violent crime
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Andrew of the Twelve Disciples: Bio, Death, Legacy
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Renovations Continue at Houston’s Rothko Chapel
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Ancien Régime France: 4 Harsh Realities of Life Before the Revolution
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What Is the History and Significance of Diwali?
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The Battle of Pharsalus: How Rome Became an Empire
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On the Tory Cult of Personality and its Consequences
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10 Facts About The Extraordinary Writer Stefan Zweig
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The Tempest: Shakespeare’s Tale of Magic, Power, and Forgiveness
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The Cyclops
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Bertha Czegka: Skiing Bunnies And Other Satire
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Biography Bertha Czegka (July 30, 1880 – November 4, 1954) was a member of the “Association of Visual Artists” in her native Austria. In the interwar period, the painter worked as an illustrator on children’s books. One highlight among her later works is a poster she created in...
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Women in the Celtic World: Everything You Should Know
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The Met Returns Looted “Golden Boy” Statue to Thailand
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Why Did Lord Byron Die in Greece?
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American Dream Revisited: Affluence & Turbulence in 1950s America
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How Did Gnosticism Influence Early Christianity?
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Yayoi Kusama Unveils New Public Sculpture in London
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What Are the Pauline Epistles About?
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The Story of Billy Sipple: The Price of Heroism
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Roads and wheeled transport in African history.
Why the kingdoms of Kush and Dahomey used wheels while Asante did not.
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Why the kingdoms of Kush and Dahomey used wheels while Asante did not.
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Who Were the Maccabees?
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In Search of Homer
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Hundred Rabbits
the promise of pancakes
As soon as we'd tied to our mooring ball in Majuro's lagoon, the worries of the previous 24 days had...
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As soon as we'd tied to our mooring ball in Majuro's lagoon, the worries of the previous 24 days had vanished only to replaced by the crushing weight of responsibility. Devine, being worry-free, wanted to have pancakes, sleep and check-in tomorrow, but Devine knows how uptight I...
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‘The Tree Hunter’ by Thomas Pakenham review
‘The Tree Hunter’ by Thomas Pakenham review
JamesHoare
Tue, 01/07/2025 - 09:36
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‘The Tree Hunter’ by Thomas Pakenham review
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7 Rococo Artists You Need to Know
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Your favourite half-British president
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We could win bigly by courting Donald Trump
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Why Does the UK Celebrate Guy Fawkes Night?
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Ernest Hemingway’s Guide to Writing A Book From Start to Finish
“The more he learns from experience the more truly he can imagine” – Ernst Hemingway on writing,...
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“The more he learns from experience the more truly he can imagine” – Ernst Hemingway on writing, 1935 In his October 1935 column for Esquire magazine called Monologue to the Maestro: A High Seas Letter, Ernest Hemingway (July 21, 1899–July 2, 1961) shared his tips for writing...
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5 Interesting Historic Events That Happened on Christmas Day
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10 National and State Parks in the US Where You Can See Ancient Redwoods
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Edward VII: The Rebel Prince Who Became a Popular King
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Principality of Sealand: The Smallest Nation in the World?
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West Virginia Bill to Prosecute Museums for “Obscene” Artifacts?
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8 Narrative Film Techniques You Should Know
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Explore Montmartre Through Van Gogh’s Eyes: Views of Paris
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What’s Entering the Public Domain in 2025: Hemingway’s A Farewell to Arms, Faulkner’s The Sound and...
Each Public Domain Day seems to bring us a richer crop of copyright-liberated books, plays, films,...
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Each Public Domain Day seems to bring us a richer crop of copyright-liberated books, plays, films, musical compositions, sound recordings, works of art, and other pieces of intellectual property. This year happens to be an especially notable one for connoisseurs of Belgian...
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Writing Templates From A Beautiful German Printing Book, c. 1880
Created by Peter Federmann, these writing templates were for painters, stonemasons, architects and...
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Created by Peter Federmann, these writing templates were for painters, stonemasons, architects and drawing schools. They were printed and published by J. Veith of Karlsruhe, Germany around 1880 as ‘Schriften Vorlagen zum Praktischen Gebrauche für Maler, Steinhauer, Architecten...
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Did This Psychoanalytical Cult Kill Jackson Pollock?
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Here’s a strange home video of Nirvana when they were unknown, playing inside a Radio Shack in the band’s hometown of Aberdeen, Washington. The video was recorded on the evening of January 24, 1988, after the store had closed. In those days the group went by the name of Ted Ed...
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Philadelphia’s New Harriet Tubman Statue
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Curious Pictures From A French Aristocrat’s 40-Year Mission To Create 3-D Photography
“Imagine… a photograph of a woman wearing earrings adorned with a glittering De Beers diamond. You...
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“Imagine… a photograph of a woman wearing earrings adorned with a glittering De Beers diamond. You see one earring. Walk slowly past the photograph so you are viewing it from gradually changing angles… The earring from one ear recedes from view while its twin [appears] in turn on...
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Is the Q Source the Origin of the Gospels?
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‘Outposts of Diplomacy’ by G.R. Berridge review
‘Outposts of Diplomacy’ by G.R. Berridge review
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Medea: Monster or Misunderstood?
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Medea: Monster or Misunderstood?
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Everything You Need To Know About Hecate (Maiden, Mother, Crone)
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The 5 Most Significant Queens and Kings of Jerusalem
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It’s Complicated: Edward VIII & Wallis Simpson’s Scandalous Romance
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Woodstock Festival Comics from the 1970s
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In October 1970s, the 1969 Woodstock Festival was immortalised in a comic book. The romance story “I Found My Love at the Woodstock Festival!” appeared in Falling in Love #118. Comics and Woodstock were a good match. Charles M. Schulz’s didn’t name the little yellow bird and...
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Discover the Lost Culture of San Agustín in Colombia
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Cubism and Collage: How Picasso and Braque Revolutionized Art
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The Italian Social Republic: What was the Republic of Salò?
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Big Hair & True Love in 1980s Kentucky
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For over a decade in the 1980s and 1990s Richard Bram photographed people at the Kentucky Derby Festival in Louisville, an annual two-week event preceding the first Saturday in May, the day of the Kentucky Derby horse race. It was all about the gigantic hair. You can see his...
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The State of Franklin? A Forgotten Almost-State in the US
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Notre Dame Unveils Plans for Contemporary Stained Glass
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Achaian War: How the Romans Defeated the Last Free State in Greece
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On Bill Warren's "Imperialism: Pioneer of Capitalism"
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The Third World War Has Been Cancelled.
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5 Quotes by Thomas Hobbes Explained
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“The Whole World Is Watching”: The 1968 Chicago Riots at the DNC
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Collections: How to Roman Republic 101, Part II: Romans, Assemble!
This is the second of our planned five-part look (I) at the nature and structure of the Roman...
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This is the second of our planned five-part look (I) at the nature and structure of the Roman Republic, particularly the governing institutions of the Middle Republic, the period of the republic’s height from c. 287-100 BC. Last time we discussed the component parts and nature of...
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Early Christian Poetry
A Forgotten Genre?
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The Extraordinary Rise and Inexplicable Decline of Lit & Phils
The Extraordinary Rise and Inexplicable Decline of Lit & Phils
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The Philosophy of Time: Study the Nature of Past, Present, and Future
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7 Famous Dutch Artists Who Achieved Greatness
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Prehistoric Art Examples Found in Turkey
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Rockets - The Magazine of Space Flight (Feb and Dec 1946)
The Rockets Journal was a post-war publication of the United States Rocket Society. There are...
over a year ago
The Rockets Journal was a post-war publication of the United States Rocket Society. There are several online issues here
https://fanac.org/fanzines/Rockets/
Here is a biography of the controversial editor:
https://www.joshuablubuhs.com/blog/robert-l-farnsworth-as-a-fortean
I...
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Art Basel Paris Kicks Off in Grand Palais
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Everything You Need to Know About the Moai
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Is the Earth Flat? The Bizarre Belief That Refuses to Die
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Five Reasons Why Socrates Was A Terrible Husband
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Arachne: What Is the Real Meaning of the Myth?
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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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6 Must-See English Castles
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The First Nations of the Canadian Eastern Woodlands: A Brief History
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The Cocaine Consumer’s Handbook, 1976
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The Cocaine Consumer’s Handbook was published in 1976 and 1980. This user guide to knowing cocaine was presented in the tone of an educational reference book. The drug was illegal – still is, of course – and publishing a book on it is risky. But it an effort to produce the...
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James I: A Foreign King on the English Throne
James I: A Foreign King on the English Throne
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Tue, 05/21/2024 - 08:46
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James I: A Foreign King on the English Throne
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Pet Monkeys in Victorian Britain
Pet Monkeys in Victorian Britain
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Pet Monkeys in Victorian Britain
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News from the Front: The Reflections of a Russian Anarchist in Rojava : On the Collapse of Assad,...
The toppling of the regime of Bashar al-Assad in Syria was many years overdue. Yet the tragedies in...
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Summary of changes for November 2023
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
a year ago
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of November.
Summary Of Changes
Wiktopher, drew some new art(Mastodon), finalized a few translations(Mastodon), and released it the project on Itchio!
Thousand Rooms, translated the...
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The Statue of Liberty: 9 Facts about the New York City Monument
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10 Historic College Towns in America You Should Visit
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How Did Philosophy Help Develop Artificial Intelligence?
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Artists Rejected from Polish Pavilion at the Venice Biennale
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Bob Pepper Art: Adult Fantasy And Vinyl Covers
You can see American artist Bob Pepper’s (October 23, 1938—January 16, 2019) illustrations on record...
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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...
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How to Handle Financial Worries - Just in Time for the Holidays
Advice from Dale Carnegie and the Stoics
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Advice from Dale Carnegie and the Stoics
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Aristotle on Luck
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Edward I’s Destruction of England’s Jews
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The Sad History of Canada’s Inuit High Arctic Relocations
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The Musée d’Orsay Held An Immersive Van Gogh Show
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Battle of Chaeronea: Philip II vs. Athens and Thebes
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World War II in Africa: The North African Campaign
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Who Won the Battle of Antietam?
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Comic Books in WWII: When American Comics Went to War
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Morality Explored: Which Ethical Theories Are Best?
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What Is the Leviathan in the Bible?
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The 4 Most Important Cultures in Ancient Anatolia
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The Khrushchev Thaw: Relaxation of Soviet Repressions
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Huacas and Apus: Sacred Landscapes of the Inca
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What Are Buddhism’s 4 Main Schools of Thought?
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Travels in the Air, 1871
“The balloon was isolated, as if it were in a vacuum; beneath us stretches an immense abyss, above...
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“The balloon was isolated, as if it were in a vacuum; beneath us stretches an immense abyss, above the infinite expanse of sky” – James Glaisher, Travels In The Air, 1871 Travels in the Air tells the story of balloon travel since the first ‘aerostatic’ flight by the...
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Pope Visits Venice Biennale For First Time
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Why Is Mount Rushmore in South Dakota?
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Art Basel Renames and Relocates Third Edition of Paris Show
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History Today Feed
‘The Damascus Events’ and ‘Sea of Troubles’ review
‘The Damascus Events’ and ‘Sea of Troubles’ review
JamesHoare
Mon, 05/27/2024 - 07:00
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‘The Damascus Events’ and ‘Sea of Troubles’ review
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Mon, 05/27/2024 - 07:00
TheCollector
Exploring the Troubles in Belfast and Derry (Monuments & History)
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Princess Diana ‘Black Sheep’ Jumper Sold for $1.1 M.
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TheCollector
Hans Jonas on Responsibility in the Age of Artificial Intelligence
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Patterns in Humanity
Global crime
How do crime rates vary around the world? And how reliable is the data?
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How do crime rates vary around the world? And how reliable is the data?
TheCollector
5 Key Takeaways from Susan Sontag’s Famous Essay On Style
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The Irish Migrations That Transformed Britain in the Dark Ages
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The Controversial Death of Ana Mendieta: Here’s What We Know
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How Foreshadowing Shapes Cinema and Storytelling
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Is Fear Driving Contemporary Politics? Hobbes’ Leviathan Revisited
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African History...
Anti-slavery laws and Abolitionist thought in pre-colonial Africa
the view from Benin, Kongo, Songhai and Ethiopia.
9 months ago
the view from Benin, Kongo, Songhai and Ethiopia.
Patterns in Humanity
Historical Accounts of African Cannibalism
A short chronology of references to cannibalism in Africa
11 months ago
A short chronology of references to cannibalism in Africa
TheCollector
Stolen Masterpieces: 5 Famous Artworks That Are Still Missing
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History Today Feed
The First Anglo-Burmese War
The First Anglo-Burmese War
JamesHoare
Mon, 02/19/2024 - 00:00
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The First Anglo-Burmese War
JamesHoare
Mon, 02/19/2024 - 00:00
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for October
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 October. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
donsol, ported our Famicom(6502) code to Varvara(uxn).
uxn,...
TheCollector
Forgotten Caravaggio Portrait Makes Public Debut in Rome
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Flashbak
Lower Manhattan in 1973
These Documerica photographs by Wil Blanche of lower Manhattan, New York City, were taken in May...
7 months ago
These Documerica photographs by Wil Blanche of lower Manhattan, New York City, were taken in May 1973 in as part of the newly created Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), which partnered with professional photographers to take pictures of America. The project collected more...
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Understanding Francis Bacon Through 3 Studies
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What Ancient Rituals Do We Still Celebrate at Halloween?
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Who Is Hecate in Macbeth?
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Dr Alun Withey
The Troublesome Gibbet of John Haines, the ‘Wounded Highwayman’ of Hounslow.
For this post, I am going to wander into the world of crime in the late eighteenth century, and the...
11 months ago
For this post, I am going to wander into the world of crime in the late eighteenth century, and the grisly fate that befell many who committed the heinous crime of highway robbery. (Full disclosure: I’m not an historian of crime, gibbets or highwaymen…perhaps the case I’m about...
TheCollector
What Is Ken Wilber’s Integral Philosophy?
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4 months ago
History Today Feed
‘How Finland Survived Stalin’ by Kimmo Rentola review
‘How Finland Survived Stalin’ by Kimmo Rentola review
JamesHoare
Tue, 04/09/2024 - 10:06
9 months ago
‘How Finland Survived Stalin’ by Kimmo Rentola review
JamesHoare
Tue, 04/09/2024 - 10:06
TheCollector
Is Nietzsche Associated with Moral Nihilism?
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10 Historic Small Towns in Florida for Your Bucket List
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What Makes a Conflict a World War?
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Was Angkor Ever Lost? The Myth of French “Discovery”
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African History...
The intellectual history of East Africa (ca. 900-1950 CE): from the Swahili coast to Buganda to...
The intellectual history of pre-colonial Africa is dominated by studies of the scholarly traditions...
a month ago
The intellectual history of pre-colonial Africa is dominated by studies of the scholarly traditions of Ethiopia, West Africa, and Sudan, where a large corpus of extant manuscripts have been collected from the old scholarly centers of Timbuktu, Djenne, Gondar, and Harar.
History Today Feed
Was Portugal’s Carnation Revolution Inevitable?
Was Portugal’s Carnation Revolution Inevitable?
JamesHoare
Thu, 04/25/2024 - 08:56
9 months ago
Was Portugal’s Carnation Revolution Inevitable?
JamesHoare
Thu, 04/25/2024 - 08:56
Overcoming Bias
Decision Selection Bias
As futarchy interest and activity are way up lately, this seems a good time to elaborate on one of...
3 weeks ago
As futarchy interest and activity are way up lately, this seems a good time to elaborate on one of its most technical issues, one that @metaproph3t also discussed recently: decision selection bias.
Overcoming Bias
Tension-Filled Black Holes
Most matter pushes against nearby matter, via a positive “pressure.” That’s why Earth holds its...
2 months ago
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
Why Emmanuel Levinas Called Ethics the “First Philosophy”
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History Today Feed
‘The House Divided’ by Barnaby Rogerson review
‘The House Divided’ by Barnaby Rogerson review
JamesHoare
Mon, 06/03/2024 - 10:51
7 months ago
‘The House Divided’ by Barnaby Rogerson review
JamesHoare
Mon, 06/03/2024 - 10:51
TheCollector
Edward IV: The Life of a Man Who Was King Twice
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Sufism in South and South East Asia
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History Today Feed
Edward VII’s Forgotten Colonial Conflicts
Edward VII’s Forgotten Colonial Conflicts
JamesHoare
Wed, 08/21/2024 - 09:17
5 months ago
Edward VII’s Forgotten Colonial Conflicts
JamesHoare
Wed, 08/21/2024 - 09:17
TheCollector
What Makes a Celt & Did They Ever Inhabit Britannia?
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TheCollector
Les Soixante-Huitards: The French Student Demonstrations of May 1968
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TheCollector
Rigoberta Menchú: Fighting for Indigenous Rights in Guatemala
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TheCollector
How Did the Crusades Affect Christianity?
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Res Obscura
Wilfrid Voynich: Bookseller, Revolutionary, Amateur Cryptologist... Suspected Spy?
The first in a series on the extraordinary lives of the Voyniches
a year ago
The first in a series on the extraordinary lives of the Voyniches
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for December 2023
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
a year ago
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of December.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, added solar cooking experiment, making seamed box cushions, making saloon cushions, moisture prevention underliner, and board games. Updated...
TheCollector
Judith Leyster: The Most Famous Woman of the Dutch Golden Age
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When They Were Kids: What Were US Presidents Like as Children?
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TheCollector
What Is the History of Hipster Culture?
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Archaeologists Discover 4,100-Year-Old Tomb of Pharaoh’s Doctor
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Parthenon Marbles or Elgin Marbles? Which Is the Correct Name?
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5 months ago
History Today Feed
How French Was Medieval England?
How French Was Medieval England?
JamesHoare
Thu, 01/25/2024 - 09:36
12 months ago
How French Was Medieval England?
JamesHoare
Thu, 01/25/2024 - 09:36
TheCollector
What Defined the Roaring Twenties?
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Wrong Side of...
Europe's absent-minded revolution
Christopher Caldwell's 'Reflections on the Revolution in Europe', 15 years on
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Christopher Caldwell's 'Reflections on the Revolution in Europe', 15 years on
TheCollector
What Is the Tallest Wonder of the World?
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10 Powerful Women From Folklore and Mythology Around the World
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What Composition Techniques Did Tamara de Lempicka Use?
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History Today Feed
Political Graffiti in Georgian Britain
Political Graffiti in Georgian Britain
JamesHoare
Thu, 03/14/2024 - 09:29
10 months ago
Political Graffiti in Georgian Britain
JamesHoare
Thu, 03/14/2024 - 09:29
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Julius Caesar
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TheCollector
The Church Under the Tang Dynasty: A Forgotten Outpost of Christianity
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Rijksmuseum Begins Restoration of Rembrandt’s ‘The Night Watch’
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What Is Friluftsliv, The Norwegian Way of Life in Harmony with Nature?
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Classical Wisdom
The Essential Greeks
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***Now Enrolling: Starting July 1st, 2024
Open Culture
Watch Winsor McCay’s Little Nemo and Gertie the Dinosaur, and Witness the Birth of Modern Animation...
“Considering that, in a cartoon, anything can happen that the mind can imagine, the comics have...
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“Considering that, in a cartoon, anything can happen that the mind can imagine, the comics have generally depicted pretty mundane worlds,” writes Calvin and Hobbes creator Bill Watterson. “Sure, there have been talking animals, a few spaceships and whatnot, but the comics have...
Patterns in Humanity
The Rise of the West
I track the historical rise of West Europe by quantitatively analyzing the birth of notable people...
a year ago
I track the historical rise of West Europe by quantitatively analyzing the birth of notable people of science, and then I put it in context with other indicators of historical development. The data together show that West Europe had developmentally surpassed the rest of the world...
TheCollector
4 Ancient Greek Federal States You Should Know
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Flashbak
Photographer Photobombs Families In Their Homes (1973)
For his series Met mijn gezin (With My Family), made in 1973, Dutch photographer Hans Eijkelboom...
5 months ago
For his series Met mijn gezin (With My Family), made in 1973, Dutch photographer Hans Eijkelboom rang the doorbells of strangers’ houses. Having waited the man of the house to leave, Eijkelboom would ask the woman who answered the door to pose in a family portrait with him in the...
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5 Quotes by Locke Explained
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The Fifteenth Amendment: Expanding Voting Rights After the Civil War
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Love and Death
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What Is Gnosticism?
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Maurizio Cattelan’s Duct-Taped Banana Could Fetch $1 Million
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The Greek Mythology Behind Famous Constellations
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How Did the Anglo-Saxons Gain Supremacy Over the Britons?
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Maui Native Cultural Center Demolished in Fire
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a year ago
A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, January 12, 2024
Fireside this week! The semester has started up in earnest and I am pushing hard to try to finish a...
a year ago
Fireside this week! The semester has started up in earnest and I am pushing hard to try to finish a draft of something I have promised by the end of the month (so this may not be the only Fireside this month). That said, it seemed like a good time to discuss trade, the sea and...
TheCollector
Who are the Yazidis & What Are Their Beliefs?
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Choosing a Leader: The First US Presidential Elections (1789-1800)
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What Is Marie Antoinette Syndrome?
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TheCollector
8 Spots for Exploring Indigenous Art in the American Southwest
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9 months ago
Flashbak
New York City’s NIGHT Magazine – 1978-79
Launched in September 1978, Anton Perich’s self-financed NIGHT magazine showcased New York City’s...
6 months ago
Launched in September 1978, Anton Perich’s self-financed NIGHT magazine showcased New York City’s mix of fashion, art, and music at clubs like Steve Rubell and Ian Schrager’s Studio 54 and Howard Stein and Peppo Vanini’s Xenon, where nightlife and performance met. Distribution...
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Food & Diet in Ancient Egypt: An Interview with Dr. Sarah Doherty
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Were the Nuremberg Trials Only Held in Nuremberg?
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Is Anarchism a Bad Idea? 3 Main Objections
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4 Surprising Things You Didn’t Know About the Catholic Catechism
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What Is the Role of Dance in Hindu Spirituality? (Dances & Gods)
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8 Outstanding Women in the History of Philosophy
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Anarchism Explained: Why Should the State be Abolished?
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6 Incredible Sites From Moorish Spain
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Hidden Gospels: What Books Were Removed from the Bible (and Why)?
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9 months ago
History Today Feed
‘The Tame and the Wild’ by Marcy Norton review
‘The Tame and the Wild’ by Marcy Norton review
JamesHoare
Tue, 08/20/2024 - 09:18
5 months ago
‘The Tame and the Wild’ by Marcy Norton review
JamesHoare
Tue, 08/20/2024 - 09:18
TheCollector
What Is Lucas Samaras Known For?
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a year ago
A Collection of...
Collections: How to Roman Republic 101, Addenda: The Provinces
This is the second and (in theory) last addendum to our series on Roman civic governance (I, II,...
a year ago
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...
TheCollector
What is Neoliberalism? David Harvey’s Philosophy
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Was Vincent van Gogh Religious?
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What is the Eye of Ra?
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TheCollector
5 Actions of the American Indian Movement
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Top 10 Historic Sites You Should See in Paris
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6 Outrageous Whaling Stories
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Overcoming Bias
Betrayed By Culture
Like most humans ever, I love my culture.
3 months ago
Like most humans ever, I love my culture.
TheCollector
Nietzsche’s Crusade Against the Philosophers
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a year ago
Dreams of Space -...
Undersea Base (1974)
So a large change for today, instead of Outer Space books we are going to Inner Space with Undersea...
2 months ago
So a large change for today, instead of Outer Space books we are going to Inner Space with Undersea Base. I have blogged about Mae Freeman's book Space Base (1974) several times. In it she showed children visiting a space station in the future. I recently found she had also...
TheCollector
What Did Aristotle Say About Meaning and Language?
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Get to Know Audrey Flack, Icon of Photorealism
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A Brief History of Collecting Art
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7 of the Most Iconic Monuments in Russia
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Faces of Madness: Franz Xaver Messerschmidt’s Heads
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How Can Stoicism Help Overcome Adversity?
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10 Artworks to See at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City
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Classical Wisdom
How Can We Prepare for the Worst?
Without living forever in fear and worry?
6 months ago
Without living forever in fear and worry?
African History...
On Hegel's ignorance of African History
*my article for ROAPE journal
a year ago
*my article for ROAPE journal
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