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Summary of changes for March
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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 March. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
100r, released a guide to diesel Engine Care.
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Who Were the Landsknechts?
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The Elgin Marbles: 5 of the Parthenon’s Incredible Sculptures
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Len Deighton’s Action Cookbook : How To Seduce With An Omelette (1965)
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What Is the Role of First Ladies in US Elections?
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Was the Neolithic Revolution Really a Revolution?
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Who Was Achilles? Greek Mythology’s Greatest Warrior
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Dreams of Space -...
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Mole Rocket is a Czechoslovakian children's book about a mole finding a rocket. It is a silly piece of fiction but since it does have adventuring in a rocket it seemed worth sharing.
Miler. Mole Rocket, 1965.
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Summary of changes for December
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What Does it Mean to Break the Fourth Wall?
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Through the Looking Glass with Robert Cumming – Pictures
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American artist Robert Cumming (October 7, 1943 – December 16, 2021) appreciated fun. He saw no point in trying to achieve anything else in life. As he put it: “If it’s not fun, there’s no point!” A new book of his conceptual photographs illustrates the point. Above, you can see...
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How Did Philosophers of Different Eras Perceive Happiness?
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17 Titillating Facts about the History of Tea
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Fireside Friday, February 23, 2024 (On the Military Failures of Fascism)
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Get to Know Claudius Ptolemy & His Geocentric Model of the Universe
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September 1, 1939: The Invasion of Poland
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Disappearing NYC: 1980s Store Fronts on New York’s Upper West Side
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How to Organize an Assembly : Preparing to Respond in an Era of Disasters and Despotism
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Velázquez Portrait of Spanish Queen Pulled by Sotheby’s
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How Much?! Barbers & the Price of Shaving.
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The Celtic Invasion of Greece & The Unknown Battle of Thermopylae
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Three Men Convicted of Stealing Ming Dynasty Vase
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Jansenism: The 17th Century Heresy That Divided the Church
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Global Art Sales Dropped 4 Percent to $65 B. in 2023
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What Was the Korean Conflict of 1968?
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Who Was Boudica, the Warrior Queen of the Iceni?
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Amun: The Egyptian God of Creation & King of the Gods
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What Is the Role of Dance in Hindu Spirituality? (Dances & Gods)
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Who Is Sir David Attenborough?
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Catholicism: The 10 Most Unusual Patron Saints
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The Major Battle of the American Revolution That Never Happened
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Robert Mallet-Stevens Creates the Ideal City in 32 Visions, 1922
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A Greek Hoplite’s Day in Ancient Greece: A Spear of Greece
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Joe And Petunia: Stars of British Pubic Information Films (1968-1973)
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10 Ghost Towns in California You Need to Explore
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Research Reveals True Original Color of Van Gogh’s Irises
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College Culture in the US & The Vietnam War: An Unlikely Connection
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Antinous: The Tragic Life of Emperor Hadrian’s Lover
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What Was the Relationship Between Cezanne and Zola?
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Discover the Klondike Gold Rush: Frozen Riches
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Why Do Religions Decline?
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Dreams of Space -...
Outer Space (1953)
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An oldie from 15 years ago (The last time I blogged about this one). I found my copy of this and was able to add a lot more scans of this early space treasure. Outer Space was evidently a give-away comic book at Atlantic Richfield gas stations. For those of you who did not know,...
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Battle of the Hydaspes, 326 BCE: Alexander vs. Porus in India
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Open Culture
Watch the Surrealist Glass Harmonica, the Only Animated Film Ever Banned by Soviet Censors (1968)
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5 Naval Battles That Defined Russian History
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Founder of Arianism: Who Was Arius?
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How Did Artists Learn About Anatomy During the Renaissance?
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Rudolf Koppitz Nudes And Other Studies Photographs That Capture The Fluidity Of Nature
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An Uyghur Chieftain in China’s Civil War
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Big Hair & True Love in 1980s Kentucky
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What’s the Meaning of Life for Confucianism?
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The Unknown Artworks of Kahlil Gibran
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The Apocrypha: Were Books Left Out of the Protestant Bible?
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Summary of changes for August 2023
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Summary Of Changes
100r.co, added Heriot Bay, Ballet Bay Octopus Islands, and...
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7 Facts You Need to Know About Brutalism
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9 Artists Influenced by Marcel Duchamp
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Ancient Greek Sculpture in the Classical and Hellenistic Periods
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The Violent Life of the Medieval Monks
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Sales Drop for Christie’s in 2023
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The Incredible And True Story Of How Elvis Presley Became Orion, The Masked Singer
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6 Artists Associated With Magic Realism You Should Know
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What Are Buddhism’s 4 Main Schools of Thought?
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A Simple, Down-to-Earth Christmas Card from the Great Depression (1933)
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Collections: Roman Infantry Tactics: Why the Pilum and not a Spear?
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This week’s post is intended to answer a question which came up in response to the last post looking at the most common type of Mediterranean spear, which to put it simply is: what is up with the odd Roman heavy infantry kit built around a sword and two javelins (albeit two...
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The Red Army Choir: A History of Russian Soft Power
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How Did Muscovy Become Russia?
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Edward VII: The Rebel Prince Who Became a Popular King
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How Did Christianity Change the Roman Empire?
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How Did Christianity Change the Roman Empire?
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When They Were Kids: What Were US Presidents Like as Children?
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What Is Traditional Lakota Art of the Great Plains?
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Religious Symbolism & Traditions of Easter Beyond the Bunny
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Why the Organ Split the Church
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Trying to Understand...
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Afghanistan Historic Monuments Destroyed in Earthquakes
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What is TIME? And Dates?
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The Eye of Every Storm : Anarchist Response to Hurricane Helene
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What Is the Jungian Journey of Individuation?
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The Liberation of Dachau, the First Concentration Camp in Nazi Germany
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What Is Catholic Social Teaching? 7 Key Themes
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‘One Fine Day’ and ‘Imperial Island’ review
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The Whore of Babylon & Prostitution in the Bible
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J.S. Bach & Sons: The Composer’s Legacy and Family
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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...
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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 purpose of prisons, and the evidence of their efficacy
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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 July. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Adelie, added image maps, animation controls, and wrote a guide....
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What Was ‘The Malleus Maleficarum’, or ‘The Hammer of Witches’?
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Classical Wisdom
What is Love? And From Where did it Come?
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How Did Socrates Shape Classical Greek Philosophy?
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How Did King Tut Die? (5 Theories)
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Animal Rights vs Animal Welfare: What’s the Difference?
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When Was the Battle of Stalingrad?
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Who Are the Klu Klux Klan?
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Going Underground: gasping for life on the Tokyo Subway
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‘The Specter of the Archive’ by Nicholas Popper review
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‘The Lost Queen’ by Sophie Shorland review
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Just another quick re-run of an older book, enjoy!
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10 Curious and Strange Laws From Around the World
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Heavy Metal: West Midlands Industry In the Late 1970s
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99-Year-Old Dick Van Dyke Sings & Dances in a Touching New Coldplay Video, Directed by Spike Jonze
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How Ancient Greece Shaped the British Raj
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What’s the Context of Good Friday? From Passover to Crucifixion
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