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Hidden History
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How Jacopo Tintoretto Defined the Renaissance in Venice
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Dreams of Space -...
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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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Hundred Rabbits
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The passage from Japan (Shimoda) to Canada (Victoria) took 51 days, and it was the hardest thing we've ever done. We decided to keep a logbook, to better remember it and so it can help others who wish to make this trip.
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Flashbak
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Dreams of Space -...
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TheCollector
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Dreams of Space -...
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‘Final Verdict’ by Tobias Buck review
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TheCollector
The Fowler Museum in L.A. Returns Seven Valuables to Ghana
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Attritional Warfare: Stalemate on the Western Front During WWI
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Open Culture
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Classical Wisdom
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Real or Fantasy?
a year ago
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10 Must-See UNESCO World Heritage Sites in England
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Archaeologists Unearth Ancient Egyptian Tomb in Luxor
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A Collection of...
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An In-Depth History of Health Insurance in the United States
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Flashbak
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11 months ago
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for November 2024
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
a month 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
100r.co, added an article named A Shining Place Built Upon The Sand, and Week 6 to the Victoria to Sitka Logbook.
Rabbit Waves, added a page on Morse Code...
TheCollector
Shaka Zulu: The Life of Africa’s Legendary Warrior King
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for January 2024
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
11 months ago
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of January.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, added galley refit, updated lifelines, seamed box cushions, and moisture prevention underliner.
Permacomputing, revamped the page.
Flappy Bird,...
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Liberalism, Democracy, and Pragmatism in John Dewey’s Philosophy
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The Statue of Athena Parthenos: Everything You Need to Know
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TheCollector
5 Fascinating Tales of Baba Yaga, the Slavic Witch
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Open Culture
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TheCollector
Verification Vs. Falsification: The Birth of the Philosophy of Science
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Classical Wisdom
Should Drugs be Criminalized?
Do mind and mood alternating substances help, harm or inspire?
3 months ago
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TheCollector
What Is Nestorianism?
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Dreams of Space -...
Telstar: Communication Break-through by Satellite (1962)
Sorry to skip a week, it may happen again next week.
Here is a straight history book of an current...
a year ago
Sorry to skip a week, it may happen again next week.
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TheCollector
Sufism: Mystical Islam in Africa
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Hidden History
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Who Are the Ku Klux Klan?
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Cotton & How It Changed the World
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A History of the White House: The US President’s Home
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TheCollector
4 Awe-Inspiring Neolithic Monuments in the British Isles
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Flashbak
Plants With Faces From A 15th-Century Italian Medicine Book
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a year ago
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TheCollector
Who Was Paracelsus? 11 Things You Should Know
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What Are the 5 Tallest Statues in the World?
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These Countries Have the Most World Heritage Sites
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African History...
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African History...
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Fireside Friday, August 4, 2023
Hey all, Fireside this week, as I look to take a bit of time to focus on getting some writing done...
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Hey all, Fireside this week, as I look to take a bit of time to focus on getting some writing done and some syllabi written before the semester begins in earnest later this week. Also before we dive in I want to note that it appears that Patreon has been having some trouble...
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The Complete History of the Music Video: From the 1890s to Today
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If you want to understand the history of music videos, you must consider a lot of things that are not obviously music videos. The Buggles’ “Video Killed the Radio Star,” the first selection of MTV’s inaugural broadcast, must surely count as a music video — but then, it was...
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Grey Art Gallery at NYU Gets New Space and Name
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Collections: How to Roman Republic 101, Part IIIa: Starting Down the Path of Honors
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a year ago
This is the third of our planned five part series (I, II) on the structure of the Roman Republic during the third and second centuries. Last time we discussed Rome’s popular assemblies, which at least notionally expressed the will of the people. One of the key tasks those...
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Did Climate Change Cause the Collapse of Egypt’s New Kingdom?
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Flashbak
Clubbers And Youth Tribes in Post-Punk London : 1978-1986
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“As a photographer, I go as the casual observer and stand in the shadows. When I first went to those Tuesday nights at Billy’s [1978] it was like walking into a Hieronymous Bosch painting – furtive but lively, very decadent reflecting what they were into, and yet with a sense of...
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Vandal Smashes Ai Weiwei Sculpture at Exhibition Opening
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over a year ago
Over the past few centuries, fashions in facial hair have changed substantially. In the mid seventeenth century many men wore the ‘Van Dyke’ style of a small, pointy beard and moustaches. By the end of the 1600s, beards were in decline, leaving many men with just moustaches. The...
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Pet Monkeys in Victorian Britain
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How Iran Won the West
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an African kingdom in southern Italy.
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Was the 1926 Floating University a Failure?
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Flashbak
Disappearing NYC: 1980s Store Fronts on New York’s Upper West Side
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What if Aristotle ran Amazon?
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What if Aristotle ran Amazon?
TheCollector
3 Debunked Rumors About Anne Boleyn
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How to Win an Election in Ancient Rome
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TheCollector
The Phoenician Spoken & Written Language: What You Need to Know
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What Is Hindutva? A Look at Hindu Nationalism
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Brother of Jesus: Who Was Saint James?
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10 Forgotten US Presidents
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The Louvre As a Civil Party in the Case Against Its Former Director
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Egyptian Demons: Guardians and Wanders
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A Luta Continua! Mozambique’s Struggle for Independence
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Classical Wisdom
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It took Erté decades to complete his naked, somewhat erotic Alphabet – began in the late 1920s and not finished until 1967. All 26 letters are created in individual gouaches on paper, in exotic human form (and later formed print editions). This exhibit was a hit when it was first...
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Alexander’s Destruction of Thebes in 335 BCE (Battle & Aftermath)
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Classical Wisdom
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Interview with Margaret Iversen: What Was Freud’s Impact on Surrealism?
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6 Women Artists of the Dutch Golden Age You Should Know
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New Study Rewrites History of Stone Age Architecture in Near East
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How Were the Twelve Tribes of Israel Formed?
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David Roberts & Frederick Catherwood: Artists of Ancient Egypt & Maya
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Dreams of Space -...
Judy Space Puzzles (1970s)
Here is another quick post for you. Space puzzles!
I last shared these in 2016 so it is about time...
a month ago
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...
TheCollector
British Museum to Digitalize Its Collection
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Dreams of Space -...
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.
TheCollector
American Tourist Smashed Roman Artifacts at the Israel Museum
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‘Straight Acting’ by Will Tosh review
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JamesHoare
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TheCollector
Edward VII: The Rebel Prince Who Became a Popular King
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Classical Wisdom
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The Meditations of Marcus Aurelius The Meditations (or Things to One’s Self) of Marcus Aurelius (121-180 AD) gives you a prescribed way in which you can actually reduce genuine suffering in your life because Rome’s great “philosopher king” lays out a very compelling, very...
Hundred Rabbits
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over a year ago
Niue, pronounced 'New-ay', a rock in the Pacific, one of the largest coral islands on earth. It's the first country to offer free, state-funded, wireless internet to all its residents and has a goal of being completely solar powered— uuuh... wow?
We'd also heard that the school...
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What Are Buddhism’s 4 Main Schools of Thought?
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The West is Weak Where it Matters ...
...and some of the consequences are not obvious.
a year ago
...and some of the consequences are not obvious.
TheCollector
Rome’s Greatest Defeat? Hannibal’s Victory at Cannae
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Who Is Satan in the New Testament?
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What Is the Jungian Journey of Individuation?
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What Is the Philosophy Behind Zen Gardens?
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Flashbak
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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Newest Banksy Mural Guarded After Vandalism
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Let's Be Enemies
Since it seems to be the fashion these days.
a year ago
Since it seems to be the fashion these days.
Trying to Understand...
The Coming Of Neo-Tribalism.
Of honour, gangsters, nomadic tribes and of course identity politics.
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Of honour, gangsters, nomadic tribes and of course identity politics.
Trying to Understand...
I Have No Brain But I Must Scream.
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a year ago
But why aren't people in other countries listening?
TheCollector
Who Were the Most Famous Symbolists?
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Open Culture
99-Year-Old Dick Van Dyke Sings & Dances in a Touching New Coldplay Video, Directed by Spike Jonze
There’s one thing right with our world, and it’s Dick Van Dyke. Appearing in a new Coldplay music...
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There’s one thing right with our world, and it’s Dick Van Dyke. Appearing in a new Coldplay music video, Mr. Van Dyke dances barefoot and sings knowingly a little off-key—before reflecting on a century of life on this planet. What is love? Is he afraid of dying? What does luck...
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Gandhi in South Africa: The Formation of the World-Famous Pacifist
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What Was the Vickers Wellington Bomber?
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Dreams of Space -...
Women's Day -August (1953) Part 1
Women's Day magazine also got involved in the spaceflight fad in the early 1950s. This 1953 (August)...
over a year ago
Women's Day magazine also got involved in the spaceflight fad in the early 1950s. This 1953 (August) issue had a number of space related articles including: Will Your Child Visit The Moon? The article makes the case to the mothers of America that travel into space and the Moon is...
Classical Wisdom
Spartan Training
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