Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Tolkien and Plato
a year ago
Flashbak
Snapshots of People Posing with Statues : A Cast of Thousands
Having featured pictures of people meeting statues of Abraham Lincoln, Robert E. Jackson now delves...
4 months ago
Having featured pictures of people meeting statues of Abraham Lincoln, Robert E. Jackson now delves into his fabulous collection of snapshots to show us people posing with other statues. Most are having a laugh, mimicking the poses, affecting some romantic clinch (groping,...
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How Norse Mythology Inspired Tolkien’s Lord of the Rings
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6 months ago
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Merging East and West: Who Was Alan Watts?
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a month ago
Overcoming Bias
Decision Selection Bias
As futarchy interest and activity are way up lately, this seems a good time to elaborate on one of...
6 days 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.
Patterns in Humanity
Historical Accounts of African Cannibalism
A short chronology of references to cannibalism in Africa
10 months ago
A short chronology of references to cannibalism in Africa
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World War II’s Unbreakable Code: How Did the Navajo Code Talkers Win the Pacific?
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8 months ago
Dr Alun Withey
Barbers and (the lack of!) Polite Advertising
Over the past few years, I have spent much time looking at ‘polite’ advertising in the 18th century....
over a year ago
Over the past few years, I have spent much time looking at ‘polite’ advertising in the 18th century. During this period, a whole range of retailers advertised their goods and services to appeal to ladies and gentlemen of taste. Without discussing anything so base as price or...
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Photographing The Invisible: Things are Queer by Duane Michals (1973)
“I think photographs should be provocative and not tell you what you already know. It takes no great...
10 months ago
“I think photographs should be provocative and not tell you what you already know. It takes no great powers or magic to reproduce somebody’s face in a photograph. The magic is in seeing people in new ways.” —Duane Michals Through image sequences, framing, multiple exposures,...
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What Is Magical Realism in Literature?
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a year ago
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Rosemaling in America: Norwegian-American Folk Art (Origins & History)
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3 weeks ago
History Today Feed
Fighting the Home Front’s ‘Enemy Within’
Fighting the Home Front’s ‘Enemy Within’
JamesHoare
Fri, 11/22/2024 - 08:57
a month ago
Fighting the Home Front’s ‘Enemy Within’
JamesHoare
Fri, 11/22/2024 - 08:57
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10 Historic Towns in Texas Perfect for Retirement
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2 months ago
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Joachim Murat: First Horseman of Napoleon’s Empire
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5 months ago
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René Girard on Sacrifice & Violence: Why Does Scapegoating Happen?
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a year ago
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Discover Pompeii’s Famous Mosaics
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6 months ago
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...
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Art Basel Miami Beach Faces Protests
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a year ago
Flashbak
Hunter S Thompson Sets Fire To His Christmas Tree (1990)
“’NO, HUNTER, NO! PLEASE, HUNTER, DON’T DO IT!'” – Hunter S. Thompson’s secretary Deborah Fuller...
2 weeks ago
“’NO, HUNTER, NO! PLEASE, HUNTER, DON’T DO IT!'” – Hunter S. Thompson’s secretary Deborah Fuller before the writer torched his Christmas Tree In January 1990, Sam Allis was on assignment for TIME magazine at writer Hunter S. Thompson’s (July 18, 1937 – February 20, 2005) home...
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Why Do the British Love Tea so Much?
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a year ago
Res Obscura
Why drug history?
Drugs and spices play an outsized role in world history — but it's often a hidden one
11 months ago
Drugs and spices play an outsized role in world history — but it's often a hidden one
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How Did People React to Hitler’s Death & Germany’s Surrender?
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11 months ago
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6 Demons in Tibetan Buddhism
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a month ago
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Zangbeto: Get to Know Voodoo’s Whirling Spirit Dance
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a week ago
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Interview with Dr. Mark Solms on Freud & Surrealism
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5 months ago
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Georgian Wine: The World’s Oldest Wine Producer in 4 Great Wineries
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4 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Spartan Training
The Ultimate Regime
4 months ago
TheCollector
Pizan’s The Book of the City of Ladies: The West’s 1st Feminist Text?
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a year ago
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Why Do People Love or Hate John Calvin?
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10 months ago
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Should We Interpret Literature in Its Social Context? Adorno’s Answer
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a year ago
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Why Was Prohibition Repealed?
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5 months ago
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What Are Peter Sloterdijk’s 5 Most Important Ideas?
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a month ago
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Judith Leyster: The Most Famous Woman of the Dutch Golden Age
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a year ago
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The Origins of the Democratic Party: A Comprehensive Guide
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2 months ago
Open Culture
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...
2 weeks ago
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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8 Places to Visit in Vietnam for History Lovers
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8 months ago
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10 Ancient Cities Around the World to Visit
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2 weeks ago
Classical Wisdom
Four Common(ly misunderstood) Latin Proverbs
Factoids From the Ancient World
a month ago
Factoids From the Ancient World
A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, May 31, 2024 (Academic Departments)
Fireside this week! I am spinning up to write a Teaching Paradox series on Imperator later this...
7 months ago
Fireside this week! I am spinning up to write a Teaching Paradox series on Imperator later this week, but not quite ready to get started yet. I’m also thinking, perhaps before that, of doing a short post or set of posts on the organization of non-state ‘tribal’ societies in...
Flashbak
Salford in 1977: People Of Langworthy, Ordsall and the Adelphi
In 1977, Phil Portus photographed life on the streets of Salford in Greater Manchester, England. A...
4 months ago
In 1977, Phil Portus photographed life on the streets of Salford in Greater Manchester, England. A member of the Reflex photography group, led by documentarian Diane Bush, a young American established documentary photographer, Portus wanted to show the everyday things people...
Classical Wisdom
Ancient Greek Astronomy
Ursa Major
a year ago
Trying to Understand...
Peter Pan goes to Ukraine
Some people never grow up.
over a year ago
Some people never grow up.
TheCollector
The Remarkable Life of Charles Dickens: Hard Times & Great Expectations
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a week ago
History Today Feed
Reforming England’s Divorce Law
Reforming England’s Divorce Law
JamesHoare
Tue, 03/12/2024 - 08:48
9 months ago
Reforming England’s Divorce Law
JamesHoare
Tue, 03/12/2024 - 08:48
History Today Feed
James I: A Foreign King on the English Throne
James I: A Foreign King on the English Throne
JamesHoare
Tue, 05/21/2024 - 08:46
7 months ago
James I: A Foreign King on the English Throne
JamesHoare
Tue, 05/21/2024 - 08:46
Classical Wisdom
The Ancient Ozempic
Was Theriac a Miracle Drug?
2 months ago
Was Theriac a Miracle Drug?
Dreams of Space -...
Treasury for Young Readers (1961)
Occasionally the most unpromising book can have hidden treasure. In this case a Wernher von Braun...
a year ago
Occasionally the most unpromising book can have hidden treasure. In this case a Wernher von Braun story and some great Fred Freeman illustrations. Treasury for Young Readers was a collection of stories for children, some from Reader's Digest stories and some from books....
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What’s the Best Time of the Year to Visit the Pyramids?
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6 months ago
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Christie’s to Auction $30 Million Basquiat Stretcher-Bar Painting
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8 months ago
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A History of Cairo in 11 Monuments
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4 months ago
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The Kherson Art Museum Identified Pieces Looted by Russia
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9 months ago
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Rationalism 101: A Historical Overview
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a year ago
History Today Feed
‘Habsburgs on the Rio Grande’ by Raymond Jonas review
‘Habsburgs on the Rio Grande’ by Raymond Jonas review
JamesHoare
Wed, 06/19/2024 - 09:52
6 months ago
‘Habsburgs on the Rio Grande’ by Raymond Jonas review
JamesHoare
Wed, 06/19/2024 - 09:52
TheCollector
How Does Aristotle Conceptualize the Soul?
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a year ago
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How Important Was Theseus for Athens? Theseus: Get to Know the Mythical King of Athens
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10 months ago
Flashbak
Charles Green Shaw’s Cocktail Book of Rhymed Recipes – c. 1920s
“Art, since its inception has never depended upon realism. Why, one cannot help wondering, should it...
3 weeks ago
“Art, since its inception has never depended upon realism. Why, one cannot help wondering, should it begin now? – Charles Green Shaw This great little book created by Charles Green Shaw (May 1, 1892 – April 2, 1974) in the late 1920s or early 1930s (given the styling, it’s a...
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10 Things to See on Your Artistic Expedition Through Los Angeles
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5 months ago
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Typhoid Mary: A Trail of Scandal & Death
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a year ago
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Pioneering Folklore: Who Was John Lomax?
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a month ago
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What Made Sir Joshua Reynolds an Iconic Portrait Artist?
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11 months ago
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What is the History of Christmas? A Journey Through Time
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2 weeks ago
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A History of the Whig Party: Who Were the Whigs?
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4 months ago
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Hidden Gospels: What Books Were Removed from the Bible (and Why)?
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8 months ago
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What Is BRICS and Why Is it Important?
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a year ago
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Francisco Goya Research Center Launches in New York City
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5 months ago
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When the US Senate Put Comic Books on Trial
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a week ago
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What’s the History of the Rugby World Cup?
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a month ago
Classical Wisdom
Nature in Greek Myth
Magical and Medicinal
10 months ago
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Text Art: How Do Text and Art Mix Together?
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7 months ago
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The Artist Winston Churchill: A Political Leader’s Side Hustle?
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a year ago
History Today Feed
André Rigaud: Napoleon’s Man in Haiti
André Rigaud: Napoleon’s Man in Haiti
JamesHoare
Thu, 02/22/2024 - 00:00
10 months ago
André Rigaud: Napoleon’s Man in Haiti
JamesHoare
Thu, 02/22/2024 - 00:00
TheCollector
Hokusai’s ‘Great Wave’ Heads to Auction
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4 months ago
History Today Feed
The Long Debate on Assisted Dying
The Long Debate on Assisted Dying
JamesHoare
Thu, 12/19/2024 - 09:05
2 weeks ago
The Long Debate on Assisted Dying
JamesHoare
Thu, 12/19/2024 - 09:05
TheCollector
What Is the History and Meaning of Music?
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9 months ago
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World’s Oldest Egyptian Museum Unveils New Galleries
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a month ago
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The Dark History of Australia’s Blackbirding
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a month ago
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Why Is Mount Rushmore in South Dakota?
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7 months ago
Classical Wisdom
The Mother Goddess of Rome
And Her Controversial Religion
7 months ago
And Her Controversial Religion
Res Obscura
How well can GPT-4 simulate an acid trip in 1963?
An experiment with historical simulation
a year ago
An experiment with historical simulation
TheCollector
Henri Matisse: Outstanding Paintings by the French Fauvist Master
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6 months ago
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Performance Artist Tags Controversial Courbet Nude with “Me Too”
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8 months ago
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What Do Anti-Natalists Say About Existence and Consent?
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a year ago
Patterns in Humanity
Does poverty cause violent crime?
An examination of the association between poverty and violent crime
7 months ago
An examination of the association between poverty and violent crime
TheCollector
Women in the Celtic World: Everything You Should Know
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2 months ago
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Egypt Luxury Retreat Offers Guests to Search for Cleopatra’s Tomb
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a year ago
Flashbak
‘F*ck You, Philadelphia’ – When Blondie Opened For Rush In 1979
When on January 21st, 1979, Rush needed an opening act for the Philadelphia leg of their Hemispheres...
a year ago
When on January 21st, 1979, Rush needed an opening act for the Philadelphia leg of their Hemispheres tour, Blondie got the call. Georgia-based southern rockers Stillwater couldn’t play. So would the New Yorkers deliver what 18,000 fans of the Canadian rockers packed into the...
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Largest UK Holbein Exhibition at The Queen’s Gallery
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a year ago
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Bacon and Monet Landscapes to Lead Christie’s Evening Sale
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10 months ago
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Yemen Is Getting Back Two Sculptures From the Met
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a year ago
Hidden History
Museum Ship Destroyer USS Kidd
The Fletcher-class destroyer USS Kidd was named, not after the famous British pirate, but after a...
a month ago
The Fletcher-class destroyer USS Kidd was named, not after the famous British pirate, but after a Rear Admiral who was killed on board the Arizona during the attack on Pearl Harbor. The Kidd served in both the Second World War and the Korean War. The destroyer USS Kidd was...
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What Did Francis Bacon Mean by “Knowledge Is Power”?
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a year ago
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Valkyries: Get to Know the Norse Demons of the Dead
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6 months ago
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Valhalla & the Other Afterlives in Norse Mythology
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2 months ago
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Who Exactly Were the Hospitallers?
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a month ago
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The Philosopher Poet: Who Was Lucretius?
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8 months ago
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The Gleiwitz Incident: When Nazis Faked an Attack on Germany
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5 days ago
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9 Times Virginia Woolf Made a Lasting Impact on Art
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a year ago
CrimethInc.
How to Organize an Assembly : Preparing to Respond in an Era of Disasters and Despotism
There are times when people who have kept to themselves, counting on politicians and specialists to...
a month ago
There are times when people who have kept to themselves, counting on politicians and specialists to solve their problems, suddenly realize that their only hope is to make contact with others like themselves and work together. Perhaps a hurricane has just torn through the state,...
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The Evolution of Socialism and Its Influence in the US
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2 months ago
Trying to Understand...
A Short Essay About A Long-Playing Record
One I bought fifty years ago.
7 months ago
One I bought fifty years ago.
Flashbak
Arthur Rackham’s Fantastic Illustrations for The Tempest, 1926
Full fathom five thy father lies Of his bones are coral made: Those are pearls that were his eyes:...
a month ago
Full fathom five thy father lies Of his bones are coral made: Those are pearls that were his eyes: Nothing of him that doth fade, But doth suffer a sea-change Into something rich and strange. – William Shakespeare, The Tempest, illustrated by Arthur Rackham 1926 Arthur...
History Today Feed
The Appian Way: Rome’s Greatest Achievement?
The Appian Way: Rome’s Greatest Achievement?
JamesHoare
Wed, 05/22/2024 - 09:46
7 months ago
The Appian Way: Rome’s Greatest Achievement?
JamesHoare
Wed, 05/22/2024 - 09:46
Flashbak
Liberation Through Art: Flyers From New York’s Deitch Projects (1996 – 2010)
“I also believe in the ability of art to enhance people’s lives, to liberate people’s lives, to act...
a month ago
“I also believe in the ability of art to enhance people’s lives, to liberate people’s lives, to act as a form of communication that transcends language to connect cultures together” – Jeffrey Deitch Deitch Projects (1996 – 2010) changed our expectations around art. Named after...
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Katsushika Hokusai: Thirty-Six Views of Mount Fuji
Thirty-Six Views of Mount Fuji by Katsushika Hokusai (1760–1849) features the fabulous painting...
2 months ago
Thirty-Six Views of Mount Fuji by Katsushika Hokusai (1760–1849) features the fabulous painting Under the Wave off Kanagawa, better known as the Great Wave. First published for the New Year of 1831, the ukiyo-e series of large, colour woodblock prints was, due its immense...
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5 Inspirational Women From the Second World War
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9 months ago
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What’s the Best Time to Visit Chichen Itza?
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5 months ago
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Winnie Mandela: Mother of the Nation?
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8 months ago
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Latest Pompeii Discovery is a Rare Blue Room
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7 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Last Chance: The Essential Greeks
Starting Tomorrow
a year ago
TheCollector
Did Jesus Teach Stoic Philosophy?
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6 months ago
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10 Women Thinkers of the Enlightenment You Should Know
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a year ago
Trying to Understand...
The Past Is Another Country.
A book review from the future.
5 months ago
A book review from the future.
TheCollector
Comic Books in WWII: When American Comics Went to War
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a month ago
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Signed Dalí Prints Worth Thousands Found in London Garage
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4 months ago
A Collection of...
Collections: Phalanx’s Twilight, Legion’s Triumph, Part IVc: Perseus
This is the third part of the fourth part of our four(ish) part (Ia, Ib, IIa, IIb, IIIa, IIIb, IVa,...
8 months ago
This is the third part of the fourth part of our four(ish) part (Ia, Ib, IIa, IIb, IIIa, IIIb, IVa, IVb) look at the how the Roman military system and its manipular legion were able to defeat the Hellenistic military system and its Macedonian sarisa phalanx in the third and...
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Who Were the Pilgrims?
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Dreams of Space -...
To Other Planets (Estonian) (1962)
Teistele Planeetidele! This seems be be an Estonian translation and reprint of the book To Other...
a year ago
Teistele Planeetidele! This seems be be an Estonian translation and reprint of the book To Other Planets (1959).
I blogged about that book here on Feb 24, 2010: \
http://dreamsofspace.blogspot.com/2010/02/russian-space-book-1959.html
AND October 1, 2012...
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What Is Catholic Social Teaching? 7 Key Themes
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3 months ago
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for January
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 January. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Left, re-wrote documentation, redesigned the UX for...
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What Is Henry Darger’s In The Realms of the Unreal?
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6 months ago
Patterns in Humanity
The Effects of Immigration in Denmark
First, I briefly summarize statistics on the fiscal impact of immigration in Denmark, taken from an...
a year ago
First, I briefly summarize statistics on the fiscal impact of immigration in Denmark, taken from an official government report.
Dreams of Space -...
Start to Infinity (1978)
A little over my usual 1975 limit but I just dug this one out of storage. It is basically a Russian...
a year ago
A little over my usual 1975 limit but I just dug this one out of storage. It is basically a Russian space history book for children. I like the painted illustrations.
Shurlygin, Victor. СТАРТ В БЕСКОНЕЦНОСТЬ (Start to Infinity.) Leningrad: Children’s Literature Press. (158...
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Huacas and Apus: Sacred Landscapes of the Inca
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4 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Ode to a Grecian Tour
Seats Still Available
2 weeks ago
TheCollector
What Is a Good Argument According to Aristotle?
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a year ago
History Today Feed
The Publication of Nineteen Eighty-Four
The Publication of Nineteen Eighty-Four
JamesHoare
Fri, 06/07/2024 - 09:29
7 months ago
The Publication of Nineteen Eighty-Four
JamesHoare
Fri, 06/07/2024 - 09:29
Overcoming Bias
No Meta Status Orgs
In health and medicine, we have many government agencies, and private philanthropies, devoted to...
a month ago
In health and medicine, we have many government agencies, and private philanthropies, devoted to many specific medical conditions, and also to studying and reforming medicine in general, at a meta level.
TheCollector
Who Was Pasquale Paoli, the (Other) Corsican Revolutionary?
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a month ago
Flashbak
26 Found Photos of Australian Life In the 1970s
The best satire is never far removed from the truth it lampoons. In the 1970s, comedian Barry...
3 months ago
The best satire is never far removed from the truth it lampoons. In the 1970s, comedian Barry Humphries (17 February 1934 – 22 April 2023) created Sir Les Patterson and made him Australia’s cultural ambassador. Drunk, lecherous and offensive, after Sir Les made his debut...
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The Early Anarchism of William Godwin
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a year ago
History Today Feed
The Death of Little Jack the Boy Missionary
The Death of Little Jack the Boy Missionary
JamesHoare
Fri, 04/05/2024 - 09:52
9 months ago
The Death of Little Jack the Boy Missionary
JamesHoare
Fri, 04/05/2024 - 09:52
TheCollector
What Is Your True Self According to Carl Jung?
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7 months ago
Trying to Understand...
This Changes Everything!
Well, it depends what you're trying to do.
11 months ago
Well, it depends what you're trying to do.
History Today Feed
The Death of a Mnemonist
The Death of a Mnemonist
JamesHoare
Wed, 05/01/2024 - 10:07
8 months ago
The Death of a Mnemonist
JamesHoare
Wed, 05/01/2024 - 10:07
Dreams of Space -...
Moon Base (1959)
Number 2 in Nephew and Chester’s space quartet.: Moon Base. Just saying the phrase "moon base"...
a year ago
Number 2 in Nephew and Chester’s space quartet.: Moon Base. Just saying the phrase "moon base" brings me a sense of excitement and nostalgia. In fact one of my treasures is my talking Dr. Evil Doll that says "Welcome to my moon base".
Nephew, William and Chester, Michael....
weird medieval guys
No, the King doesn't own all the swans in Britain
So who does?
a year ago
TheCollector
Did Bruce Lee Invent Mixed Martial Art?
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11 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Love and Death
a year ago
TheCollector
What Is Mudlarking? Treasure Hunting in the Thames
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Trying to Understand...
So They Want Negotiations, Now.
Have they any idea what they are talking about?
a year ago
Have they any idea what they are talking about?
TheCollector
What Was the Un-American Activities Committee?
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4 months ago
History Today Feed
Arthur Cravan: The Disappearing Dadaist
Arthur Cravan: The Disappearing Dadaist
JamesHoare
Wed, 12/04/2024 - 09:36
a month ago
Arthur Cravan: The Disappearing Dadaist
JamesHoare
Wed, 12/04/2024 - 09:36
History Today Feed
‘Poet, Mystic, Widow, Wife’ and ‘God’s Own Gentlewoman’ review
‘Poet, Mystic, Widow, Wife’ and ‘God’s Own Gentlewoman’ review
JamesHoare
Tue, 10/22/2024 - 09:11
2 months ago
‘Poet, Mystic, Widow, Wife’ and ‘God’s Own Gentlewoman’ review
JamesHoare
Tue, 10/22/2024 - 09:11
TheCollector
Who Was Vernon Lee?
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A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, February 2, 2024 (On City Building Games)
Fireside this week! I have just finished up a draft of a chapter (to be in one of those...
11 months ago
Fireside this week! I have just finished up a draft of a chapter (to be in one of those multi-multi-author companion volumes) on how video games (particularly more abstract simulation games) depict the ancient world. Writing that chapter led me to reengage with ancient city...
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Italian vs. Northern Renaissance Art: What’s the Difference?
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Archaeologists Unearth a Building in the Valley of the Temples
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What’s the Best Time of Year to Visit the Parthenon?
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6 months ago
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What Is Berlin Science Week? Everything You Need to Know
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King Sennacherib: The Warrior King of the Neo-Assyrian Empire
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10 Incredible Artworks by Félicien Rops
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Philosophy 101: What Are The 5 Major Branches of Philosophy?
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a year ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Secret of the Stoics
3 months ago
TheCollector
The Forgotten Second Saint Patrick of the Dark Ages
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10 months ago
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What Are the 5 Tallest Statues in the World?
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a year ago
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7 Historical Places to Visit On Your Way to the Isle of Skye
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9 months ago
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World War II in Africa: The North African Campaign
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6 months ago
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Who Was Martin Luther? (Bio, Ideas, Legacy)
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5 Female Heroes of World War II
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10 months ago
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Who Was Aleister Crowley?
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Did Jesus Christ Really Exist?
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The History of Chocolate: A Treat with a Dark Side?
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11 months ago
Flashbak
The Mystical Drawings of William Thomas Horton (1864-1919)
William Thomas Horton (1864–1919) was one of the Smithers People, a number of artists sponsored by...
a year ago
William Thomas Horton (1864–1919) was one of the Smithers People, a number of artists sponsored by Leonard Smithers (1861–1907),a leading light of the Decadent movement and publisher of upscale pornography. Some starry names were in his orbit, including Max Beerbohm, Aleister...
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Top 10 Plays by William Shakespeare
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Trying to Understand...
Service to what nation?
Why people should stop talking about conscription.
5 months ago
Why people should stop talking about conscription.
Open Culture
How Medieval Islamic Engineering Brought Water to the Alhambra
Between 711 and 1492, much of the Iberian Peninsula, including modern-day Spain, was under Muslim...
3 weeks ago
Between 711 and 1492, much of the Iberian Peninsula, including modern-day Spain, was under Muslim rule. Not that it was easy to hold on to the place for that length of time: after the fall of Toledo in 1085, Al-Andalus, as the territory was called, continued to lose cities over...
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How Nazi Propaganda Appropriated the Vikings
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a year ago
Flashbak
The Yule Goat: Photographs of Finland’s Nuuttipukki (1928)
“Good Thomas brought Christmas and bad Nuutti took it away” – Finnish saying On January 13, it’s...
3 weeks ago
“Good Thomas brought Christmas and bad Nuutti took it away” – Finnish saying On January 13, it’s Saint Knut’s day in Finland, which usually marks the end of the Christmas season. And the Nuuttipukki is at your door. The strange, goat-like creature is a thirsty man dressed in...
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KAWS Show Shut Down by Protestors
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A Brief History of the Aboriginal Lands Right Movement
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Walter Benjamin on Charles Baudelaire: Guilt, Modernity, and The Crowd
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Global Inequality...
Sodom and Gomorrah
Le hasard is a capricious master. When I recently travelled to China, I knew that I would read there...
11 months ago
Le hasard is a capricious master. When I recently travelled to China, I knew that I would read there books printed in China and about China. So I took none of them with me. The only book that I took there was a book that has nothing to do with China: Proust’s
Flashbak
Groovy Ads That Sold Woolworths’ UK Line of Baby Doll Cosmetics
Here are several examples of the many groovy psychedelic adverts produced in the 1960s to promote...
6 months ago
Here are several examples of the many groovy psychedelic adverts produced in the 1960s to promote Woolworths’ UK line of “Baby Doll” cosmetics in the late 1960s. These “pop-style” adverts appeared in the country’s magazines for teenagers, like Jackie, RAVE, Flair, Queen and...
TheCollector
What Is the History and Significance of Diwali?
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Bobby Fischer vs. the World: Chess Within the Cold War
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Sappho
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What Five Philosophers Have to Say About Physical Exercise
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The Tripartite Pact: How Were the Axis Powers Created?
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Aristotle's Rhetoric
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5 Iconic Quotes by the Duke of Wellington
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The First Black President: Barack Obama’s Historic Election in 2008
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What Was Kristallnacht? The Horrors of the Night of Broken Glass
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Who Was Hildegard of Bingen?
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7 Important Works by Cindy Sherman
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Susan Sontag’s Regarding the Pain of Others
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What Is Marie Antoinette Syndrome?
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What Is the Book of Galatians About?
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What Is the Pauline Epistle Philemon About? Slavery & Forgiveness
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11 Myths About the Greek God Zeus
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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...
3 weeks ago
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...
Classical Wisdom
What to do with Columbus?
Should We Learn “Outdated” History?
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Should We Learn “Outdated” History?
TheCollector
Who Was Ben Black Elk?
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CrimethInc.
Festivals of Resistance : A Call for Gatherings the Weekend Before Trump Takes Office
Along with others around the country, we invite you to join us in organizing festivals of resistance...
a month ago
Along with others around the country, we invite you to join us in organizing festivals of resistance on the weekend of January 18, immediately before Donald Trump takes office. This is a crucial opportunity to engage in outreach, education, and action ahead of what it is sure to...
TheCollector
Why Visit Aqaba? Jordan’s City of Contrasts
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Barbara Kruger: Verbalized Resistance in 6 Works
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Edward VII: The Rebel Prince Who Became a Popular King
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Who Were the Twelve Disciples & What Happened to Them?
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The Social War (91-87 BCE): Rome vs Italy
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The Harrowing History of the Trail of Tears
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Dreams of Space -...
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...
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
The Essential Greeks Returns!
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The Essential Greeks Returns!
TheCollector
What Are the 5 Longest Bridges in the World?
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TheCollector
What’s the Best Time to See Mount Fuji?
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A Collection of...
Collections: Phalanx’s Twilight, Legion’s Triumph, Part IVb: Antiochus III
This is the second part of the fourth part of our four(ish) part (Ia, Ib, IIa, IIb, IIIa, IIIb, IVa)...
9 months ago
This is the second part of the fourth part of our four(ish) part (Ia, Ib, IIa, IIb, IIIa, IIIb, IVa) look at the context between the Roman military system based on the manipular legion and the Hellenistic military system structured around the Macedonian sarisa phalanx in the...
Overcoming Bias
Drift Poll Winner: Rational Culture
Over the last day, I did two sets of polls comparing 16 cultural drift scenarios (detailed here) re...
2 months ago
Over the last day, I did two sets of polls comparing 16 cultural drift scenarios (detailed here) re their likelihood and desirability. (I later added influence.) Here are best fit priorities (relative to 100 max), sorted by priority sum:
Classical Wisdom
The Homeric Hymn to Demeter
NEW Event
5 months ago
TheCollector
Does Free Will Exist?
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TheCollector
Eastern Enchantment: The Impact of the Arabian Nights on the West
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TheCollector
The History of Humans in the Antarctic
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TheCollector
Adolf Hitler: The Life of One of the Most Reviled & Notorious Humans
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TheCollector
Gala Dalí: Salvador Dali’s Mysterious Muse
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Flashbak
Facade: Bill Cunningham’s Tribute To New York Style
In 1968, American fashion photographer Bill Cunningham (March 13, 1929 – June 25, 2016) started a...
4 months ago
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)...
Flashbak
The Last Question: Hear Leonard Nimoy Read Isaac Asimov’s Best Short Story
Isaac Asimov (January 2, 1920 – April 6, 1992) liked one of his stories above all others – more than...
6 months ago
Isaac Asimov (January 2, 1920 – April 6, 1992) liked one of his stories above all others – more than the 500 or so stories he wrote or edited, including the bestselling I, Robot, the Foundation series and Lecherous Limericks. The story is The Last Question. First published in the...
Classical Wisdom
How to Celebrate the Love of Learning
Give a Graduate the Greatest Gift!
a year ago
Give a Graduate the Greatest Gift!
Flashbak
Tribes of Detroit 1968 : New American People On The Cusp Of Change
Enrico Natali’s Detroit 1968 was first published in 1972 under the title New American People, a...
2 months ago
Enrico Natali’s Detroit 1968 was first published in 1972 under the title New American People, a photography series of everyday people at work and at home in urban America, having been exhibited at the Art Institute of Chicago in 1969 as New American Life. In his introduction to...
TheCollector
Peter Singer’s Famine, Affluence, and Morality: Is Charity Good?
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TheCollector
What Are the Nicomachean Ethics?
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Flashbak
Vintage Illustrations Of Japanese Anthropomorphic Frogs and Toads
The Japanese phrase kimo-kawaii translates into ‘cute and ugly’. It can be applied to frogs and...
7 months ago
The Japanese phrase kimo-kawaii translates into ‘cute and ugly’. It can be applied to frogs and toads, often portrayed in Japanese art in anthropomorphic fashion as they engage in fighting, marching with spirits (yokai) and casting spells. Here we look at a range of prints...
TheCollector
7 Works That Define Thomas Gainsborough’s Legacy
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Abstract Expressionist Alfred Leslie Through 7 Paintings
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CrimethInc.
The Case for Resistance : What We’re Up Against—and What It Could Look Like to Fight
In the following analysis, we explore what we can expect from Donald Trump’s second term and how we...
a month ago
In the following analysis, we explore what we can expect from Donald Trump’s second term and how we can prepare to confront it. If you only have time to read one part, read the proposals for what we can do to resist.
It’s understandable that many people feel exhausted at the...
TheCollector
Who Invented the Refrigerator?
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Dreams of Space -...
Sky-Hi: A Trip Into Space with Terry (1952)
Mara. Sky-Hi: A Trip Into Space With Terry. Personal History Agency : NY. 22 p. 1952
It came in a...
a year ago
Mara. Sky-Hi: A Trip Into Space With Terry. Personal History Agency : NY. 22 p. 1952
It came in a nice gift box with a space quiz. It is a little bit of an odd astronomy book. The illustration are very beautiful and if you notice each planet has smaller people in the picture to...
TheCollector
What Was the Fall of Satan in the Bible?
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TheCollector
The Story of the Calydonian Boar Hunt in Greek Mythology
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What Are the Key Influences That Shaped the French New Wave?
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Shakespeare’s Richard III: Everything You Need to Know
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4 Places You Must See in Delhi (If You Love Art & History)
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Friedrich Nietzsche: The 13+1 Best Books Of His Philosophical Career
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TheCollector
Just How Christian Was the Kingdom of Kongo?
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TheCollector
What Are the Most Interesting Facts About England?
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How Do Stoics View Wealth, Success, and Happiness?
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How Did George Orwell’s Life Influence his Literature?
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History Today Feed
On the Spot: Ali Ansari
On the Spot: Ali Ansari
JamesHoare
Mon, 04/08/2024 - 12:28
9 months ago
On the Spot: Ali Ansari
JamesHoare
Mon, 04/08/2024 - 12:28
TheCollector
11 Amazing Rooms & Artworks in the Galleria Doria Pamphilj
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TheCollector
When Was the Battle of Stalingrad?
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Dr Alun Withey
Beard Fashions and Class
Over the past few centuries, fashions in facial hair have changed substantially. In the mid...
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...
Dreams of Space -...
The Great Experience (1963)
I have been collecting these books for such a long time that it is rare to come across one I haven't...
a year ago
I have been collecting these books for such a long time that it is rare to come across one I haven't seen. I know there are still many out there but my language skills are poor enough that I rarely find the many books that exist in other languages. So I present today The Great...
Flashbak
Cars of Britain in the 1970s
In the 1970s, David Rostance was photographing life in the UK. Inevitably, his pictures of...
2 months ago
In the 1970s, David Rostance was photographing life in the UK. Inevitably, his pictures of Birmingham, The Black Country, London and Wolverhampton included cars. He took the above picture of the Ford Cortina Mk.1 parked on the roadside on 5th February 1978. It could be seen a...
TheCollector
Napoleon’s Forgotten First Battle: La Maddalena, 1793
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Flashbak
Found Vintage Photobooth Pictures
“Collecting the photobooth strip (approximate size 8 inches by 1.5 inches) has been an adventure,”...
5 months ago
“Collecting the photobooth strip (approximate size 8 inches by 1.5 inches) has been an adventure,” says vintage photography collector Robert E. Jackson. “If you see or own an amazing photobooth, you can pretty much figure it used to be part of a 4-pose strip. The individual...
Flashbak
Windows In Time: The New York City Years, 1975 – 1980
We are delighted to share reader Philip Flip Collier’s photographs of New York City in the late...
4 months ago
We are delighted to share reader Philip Flip Collier’s photographs of New York City in the late 1970s to 1980. Upon graduating from The New England School of Photography in Boston, Massachusetts in 1974, he immediately took to the streets. Here he tell us his story of living in...
A Collection of...
Collections: How Many People? Ancient Demography
One of the first questions anyone asks about past societies is, ‘how many people were there?’ It is...
a year ago
One of the first questions anyone asks about past societies is, ‘how many people were there?’ It is one of those basic bits of information and generally speaking those of us who teach these societies are usually prepared with an estimate to answer the question. But what we often...
TheCollector
Edward Colston Statue to be Lastingly Installed in Bristol Museum
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TheCollector
The Jungian Persona: What Are the Masks We Wear?
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History Today Feed
Sabbatai Sevi: The Lost Messiah
Sabbatai Sevi: The Lost Messiah
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Mon, 03/25/2024 - 11:22
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Sabbatai Sevi: The Lost Messiah
JamesHoare
Mon, 03/25/2024 - 11:22
TheCollector
The Chagra: A Model for Sustainable Agriculture in the Amazon
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Who Was Oswald Mosley?
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Battle of the Jaxartes (329 BCE): Alexander’s Spectacular Victory
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CrimethInc.
Sacrificial Violence and Retribution
In the following analysis, we explore the responses to two different extrajudicial killings as a way...
a week ago
In the following analysis, we explore the responses to two different extrajudicial killings as a way to understand the different forms of violence that are coming to the fore in our society right now. In the appendix, we offer an incomplete roundup of various responses to the...
TheCollector
Who Won the Battle of Spotsylvania Court House?
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Why Did Bruno Latour Claim that “We Have Never Been Modern”?
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Norse Pantheon: 10 Fascinating Gods and Goddesses
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Continental vs Analytic Philosophy: Definitions & Differences
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How Does Epistemology Address Memory as a Source of Knowledge?
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Dr Alun Withey
Health and the Habitual Traveller in the 19th Century
Recently I’ve been contributing to a new series of stories, drawing on the archives of Lloyds’...
over a year ago
Recently I’ve been contributing to a new series of stories, drawing on the archives of Lloyds’ Register – a fantastic archive, with a wealth of sources on many aspects of maritime, but also broader social, history. The full series can be found here:...
Flashbak
John Martin’s Thrilling Illustrations for Paradise Lost (1827)
“Of Man’s First Disobedience, and the Fruit Of that Forbidden Tree, whose mortal taste Brought Death...
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“Of Man’s First Disobedience, and the Fruit Of that Forbidden Tree, whose mortal taste Brought Death into the World, and all our woe” – The opening lines to Paradise Lost by John Milton, illustrated by John Martin John Milton’s (9 December 1608 – 8 November 1674) epic poem...
TheCollector
What Was Little Turtle’s War?
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What Makes Yinka Shonibare’s African Fabrics Unique?
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Olympics Special
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African History...
A history of the Damagaram sultanate of Zinder: ca. 1730-1899.
Politics, Guns, and Trade in the pre-colonial Sahel
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Politics, Guns, and Trade in the pre-colonial Sahel
TheCollector
Lightning Strikes Ancient Roman Arch of Constantine
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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...
A Collection of...
Collections: On the Reign of Alexander III of Macedon, the Great?
This week, in part as a follow-on to our series on the contest between Hellenistic armies and Roman...
7 months ago
This week, in part as a follow-on to our series on the contest between Hellenistic armies and Roman legions, I wanted to take the opportunity to talk about Alexander III, who you almost certainly know as Alexander the Great. But I want to discuss his reign with that title, ‘the...
TheCollector
London’s National Portrait Gallery Opens First Francis Bacon Show
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Trying to Understand...
Macron is Safe for the Moment
But the future worries me.
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But the future worries me.
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
The Life of Plato
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Cyberattacks Hits Museums and Causes Online Collections Drop
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Early Modern Europe’s Inexplicable Obsession With Eunuchs
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18 Famous Renaissance Artists Who Achieved Greatness
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Here Are the 3 Etruscan Kings of Rome (and Lars Porsenna)
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Trying to Understand...
France Saves Europe.
Again. In a manner of speaking.
9 months ago
Again. In a manner of speaking.
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What Was the Gospel of Thomas?
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8 Things You Didn’t Know About Eva Perón
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P.T. Barnum: The Greatest Showman on Earth
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The Philippine-American War: The US’s First “Vietnam”
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Homo Floresiensis: What Do We Know about the Hobbit People?
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What Is a Film Auteur?
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Overcoming Bias
Conquest and Liberation of Academia
During my graduate studies (’93-97), I looked at the history of prizes in science.
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During my graduate studies (’93-97), I looked at the history of prizes in science.
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Einstein vs. Bergson: A Historic Debate About Time
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The Many Roads to Rome
The Ancient Romans VS the Modern Chinese
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The Ancient Romans VS the Modern Chinese
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Line in the Sand: 5 Defenders of the Alamo
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Edward Longshanks & the Conquest of Wales
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Global Inequality...
To all the newspapers I loved
The decline and fall of the print media.
11 months ago
The decline and fall of the print media.
TheCollector
What Was Organization Todt?
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TheCollector
6 Famous Artists Who Loved Cats
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History Today Feed
Shakespeare’s Sister Speaks
Shakespeare’s Sister Speaks
JamesHoare
Wed, 06/12/2024 - 10:11
6 months ago
Shakespeare’s Sister Speaks
JamesHoare
Wed, 06/12/2024 - 10:11
Classical Wisdom
Odysseus in the Underworld
Real or Fantasy?
a year ago
Hundred Rabbits
goji no chaimu
After a long 21-day passage, seeing the shape of the island of Chichijima in the distance was...
over a year ago
After a long 21-day passage, seeing the shape of the island of Chichijima in the distance was unreal; this was our prize, our first step onto Japanese soil. We used to make many trips to Japan by plane, but getting there by our own efforts — by sailboat — is a lot slower and...
TheCollector
What Do Bernini’s Borghese Sculptures Represent?
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TheCollector
German Art Collector Loses Ancient Egyptian Mask
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TheCollector
What Was the Kido Butai?
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TheCollector
Carl Jung’s Theory of Archetypes: Major Archetypes, History, Criticism
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TheCollector
9 Fascinating Facts About the Eastern Front in WWII
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5 months ago
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for December 2024
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
2 days 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, updated the documentation for our various projects.
Left, added support for unicode input(Mastodon).
Rabbit Waves, added a page on Air to Ground...
TheCollector
UK Exhibition to Pair Pre-Raphaelite Art and Aromas
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TheCollector
5 Fables by Jean de la Fontaine
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TheCollector
How to Read Film Like a Language
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History Today Feed
‘Sparta and the Commemoration of War’ and ‘The Killing Ground’ review
‘Sparta and the Commemoration of War’ and ‘The Killing Ground’ review
JamesHoare
Mon, 03/11/2024 -...
9 months ago
‘Sparta and the Commemoration of War’ and ‘The Killing Ground’ review
JamesHoare
Mon, 03/11/2024 - 15:56
TheCollector
7 Incredible Wartime Advancements From World War I
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