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JamesHoare
Wed, 10/23/2024 - 09:15
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for June 2024
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
5 months ago
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of June.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, added Ketchikan, Snug Cove, Ratz Harbor, Frosty Bay, Berg Bay, Wrangell, Petersburg and Ruth Island Cove. Updated library.
Oekaki, optimized and...
TheCollector
What Are Anton Chekhov’s Most Important Works?
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What Are the Most Noteworthy Museums in Amsterdam?
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10 National and State Parks in the US Where You Can See Ancient Redwoods
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Ancien Régime France: 4 Harsh Realities of Life Before the Revolution
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What Is the Jungian Journey of Individuation?
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New York’s Rubin Museum Makes Big Changes
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6 Themes That Define Nan Goldin’s Photography
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The Jungian Persona: What Are the Masks We Wear?
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Flashbak
A Fabulous Collection of Antique Espresso Coffee Machines
“I saw an ‘historical’ espresso machine for the first time in Arezzo in 1988 whilst visiting the...
4 weeks ago
“I saw an ‘historical’ espresso machine for the first time in Arezzo in 1988 whilst visiting the oldest antiques market in Italy,” says collector Enrico Maltoni. His interest in antique espresso coffee makers became a labour of love means. He’s written extensively on the subject...
Flashbak
High-Class Erotic Illustrations by Édouard-Henri Avril (NSFW)
In the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, pornography was the preserve of the well to...
4 months ago
In the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, pornography was the preserve of the well to do. Smut was published in shot-run books of a couple of hundred copies. These books were full of stories and poems, but the highlights were the explicit erotic illustrations drawn...
TheCollector
10 Historic Towns in Oregon Worth Visiting
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This Won’t Change: The Joy Of Northern Soul
In 1993, the Face magazine asked Elaine Constantine to photograph a Northern Soul night at London’s...
2 months ago
In 1993, the Face magazine asked Elaine Constantine to photograph a Northern Soul night at London’s 100 Club. Recently moved to London from Manchester, Constantine knew the scene well, having danced at all-nighters a decade earlier. At first, things seemed different. The crowd...
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Len Deighton’s Action Cookbook : How To Seduce With An Omelette (1965)
Len Deighton’s Action Cookbook (1965) began life as cookery strips (aka ‘cookstrips’) when Leighton...
6 months ago
Len Deighton’s Action Cookbook (1965) began life as cookery strips (aka ‘cookstrips’) when Leighton was a student at London’s Royal Academy and St Martin’s art school, and living with classmate Bob Hyde. Aimed at “an audience of men unskilled at knowing their way around the...
Classical Wisdom
Sappho
Fragments of Poetry
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Classical Wisdom
Io Saturnalia!
Celebrate the “Best of Days”
a year ago
Celebrate the “Best of Days”
TheCollector
What Did Christopher Columbus Discover?
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a year ago
Dreams of Space -...
One, Two (1965)
The next few posts are some of my favorite picture books. The 1st from 1965 is a very basic counting...
a year ago
The next few posts are some of my favorite picture books. The 1st from 1965 is a very basic counting book about spaceflight. I hope that you find it as charming as I do.
DeCaprio, Annie and David Krieger. Illustrated by Nydorf, Seymour. One, Two. New York: Wonder Books. (24 p.)...
TheCollector
What Are Carl Jung’s Anima and Animus Archetypes?
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African History...
The empire of Kong (ca. 1710-1915): a cultural legacy of medieval Mali.
At the close of the 18th century, the West African hosts of the Scottish traveler Mungo Park...
4 months ago
At the close of the 18th century, the West African hosts of the Scottish traveler Mungo Park informed him of a range of mountains situated in "a large and powerful kingdom called Kong".
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...
TheCollector
What Was a Peasant’s Life in Medieval England Like?
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TheCollector
A History Lover’s Guide to Tokyo
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7 months ago
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Have A Weird Christmas With Our Album Of Vintage Photo Oddities
There’s a weird vibe running through this album of Christmas images. Harvested from Robert E....
6 days ago
There’s a weird vibe running through this album of Christmas images. Harvested from Robert E. Jackson’s phenomenal collection of snapshots we see all kinds of unusual goings on. One Christmas card features a photo of the sender covered in rats; on another a man canoodles a...
Patterns in Humanity
Recidivism in Norway
Did rehabilitation reforms dramatically reduce Norwegian recidivism?
6 months ago
Did rehabilitation reforms dramatically reduce Norwegian recidivism?
TheCollector
“Horrible” Painting Found in Cellar Could Be $6 Million Picasso
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Photos of Britain’s Post-War Youth By Roger Mayne
British photographer Roger Mayne (1929 – 2014) documented the lives of young people growing-up in...
5 months ago
British photographer Roger Mayne (1929 – 2014) documented the lives of young people growing-up in Britain in the mid-1950s and ‘60s. Self-taught and influential in the acceptance of photography as an art form, Mayne was passionate about photographing human life as he found...
Flashbak
Cold Snapshots – Vintage Holiday Fun in the Snow and Ice
If you’ve not seen little people on vintage Christmas cards, please do. It’s a terrific collection...
a year ago
If you’ve not seen little people on vintage Christmas cards, please do. It’s a terrific collection of images. A dip into Robert E. Jackson’s sublime collection of snapshots never disappoints. And when you’ve seen the cards, you should enjoy his pictures of revellers rocking...
History Today Feed
Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin and the Making of Stars
Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin and the Making of Stars
JamesHoare
Tue, 05/07/2024 - 12:09
7 months ago
Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin and the Making of Stars
JamesHoare
Tue, 05/07/2024 - 12:09
TheCollector
Who Were the Most Important Leaders of WWII?
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TheCollector
Who Was Aleister Crowley?
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Classical Wisdom
Four Common(ly misunderstood) Latin Proverbs
Factoids From the Ancient World
a month ago
Factoids From the Ancient World
TheCollector
Plato’s Philebus: What Is False Pleasure?
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TheCollector
Smallpox in the New World: History, Victims, & Symptoms
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TheCollector
Venice’s Nordic Pavilion Receives a Massive Chinese Dragon
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TheCollector
5 Masterpieces of Early Irish Art
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TheCollector
Working in Ancient Egypt: 5 Interesting Professions
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TheCollector
What Is Samsara in Hinduism?
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TheCollector
Logos vs Chaos: The Book of Genesis vs Other Ancient Creation Myths
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TheCollector
What Are Patricia Piccinini’s Works About?
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TheCollector
Valhalla & the Other Afterlives in Norse Mythology
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TheCollector
The Violent Race Riots of the Red Summer of 1919
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a year ago
Dreams of Space -...
Rockets - The Magazine of Space Flight (May 1947)
Continuing with my post from last week, some excerpts from the May 1947 issue of Rockets - The...
over a year ago
Continuing with my post from last week, some excerpts from the May 1947 issue of Rockets - The Magazine of Space Flight.
TheCollector
A Brief History of Collecting Art
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TheCollector
Who Was Achilles? Greek Mythology’s Greatest Warrior
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5 Interesting 1980s Subcultures: From Goth to Punk to Skinheads
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Who Assassinated Julius Caesar?
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TheCollector
Who is Ana Mendieta? An Icon of Environmental Art
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TheCollector
Cj Hendry Lands in Miami With HOOPS Tree Installation
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a year ago
TheCollector
The Forgotten Second Saint Patrick of the Dark Ages
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TheCollector
5 Fascinating Tales of Baba Yaga, the Slavic Witch
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12 Perfect Christmas Gifts From Dianne B, A Postcard Set from 1983
In 1983, photographer Peter Hujar (1934–87) created Twelve Perfect Christmas Gifts from Dianne B, a...
a month ago
In 1983, photographer Peter Hujar (1934–87) created Twelve Perfect Christmas Gifts from Dianne B, a mini-portfolio of 12 postcards. Eight are by Huja, plus four in colour by Neil Winokur and a sleeve by Ken Tisa. The postcards for maverick boutique owner Dianne Benson are lovely...
TheCollector
Who Is the Mystery Mummy of Tomb KV55? (4 Theories)
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TheCollector
What’s So Special About The Thinker by Auguste Rodin?
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Classical Wisdom
Secrets of the Sibyls
Ancient Prophetesses
a year ago
TheCollector
The Musée d’Orsay Held An Immersive Van Gogh Show
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TheCollector
Disciple of Jesus Christ: Who Was Judas Iscariot?
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4 Works by Franz Kafka That You Should Know
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TheCollector
Remedios Varo: The Surrealist Artist in 7 Works and 7 Facts
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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...
a month 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
Weekend Roundup
Banned Book Week Begins...
3 months ago
Banned Book Week Begins...
TheCollector
Why Did Ukraine Make Stamps of Banksy’s Art?
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TheCollector
The Second Italo-Ethiopian War: A Step Toward Toppling the World Order
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TheCollector
The First Great Awakening: Promoting America’s Revolution
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Global Inequality...
Before the police arrives: Bookstores on Saturdays
I always loved Saturdays. When I was a college student, quite improbably, my parents decided that I...
10 months ago
I always loved Saturdays. When I was a college student, quite improbably, my parents decided that I would be a “technical executor” of our family’s monthly budget. My family was part of the red bourgeoisie and we had enough, and probably more than enough, for a comfortable life;...
TheCollector
How Did Carl Jung Differ from Sigmund Freud?
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TheCollector
The Rise of Fascism in Italy & The Two “Black Years”
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TheCollector
What Is Christian Gnosticism? (History, Tenets, Legacy)
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10 Historical Places to Visit in Hampshire
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Sybil Ludington: The Girl Who Rode Twice As Far As Paul Revere?
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Is There Democracy Without Voting? Elections by Lot in Ancient Athens
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Classical Wisdom
The Cyclops
A Misunderstood Monster?
a year ago
TheCollector
Explore Ancient Rome by Visiting These 6 Sites
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TheCollector
Three Rubens Paintings to Stay in the U.K., Advisory Panel Rules
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Classical Wisdom
Aristotle's Rhetoric
The Power of Persuasion
4 months ago
TheCollector
Valkyries: Get to Know the Norse Demons of the Dead
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Classical Wisdom
Beyond Stoicism
New Event: January 7th, 2025
6 days ago
New Event: January 7th, 2025
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
The Mystery of the Mind
a year ago
TheCollector
Pope Visits Venice Biennale For First Time
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Classical Wisdom
Virgil and the Aeneid
Rome's Greatest Epic
2 weeks ago
TheCollector
Martha Washington: Get to Know the First First Lady
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TheCollector
4 Samurai Swords that Defined an Era
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History Today Feed
The Capetians: Medieval France’s Greatest Dynasty
The Capetians: Medieval France’s Greatest Dynasty
JamesHoare
Wed, 03/20/2024 - 10:17
9 months ago
The Capetians: Medieval France’s Greatest Dynasty
JamesHoare
Wed, 03/20/2024 - 10:17
African History...
a brief note on Africa in 16th century global history.
the international relations and manuscripts of Kongo
9 months ago
the international relations and manuscripts of Kongo
TheCollector
10 Historic Towns to Visit in Georgia
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What Was the Great Migration in the US?
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a year ago
Hundred Rabbits
the rock of polynesia
Niue, pronounced 'New-ay', a rock in the Pacific, one of the largest coral islands on earth. It's...
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...
TheCollector
Lost Caravaggio Painting Unveiled at the Prado
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What Was Procopius’ “Secret History”? (& Why You Shouldn’t Trust It)
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Marxism And Literature: 3 Key Ideas
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What Was the Fall of Satan in the Bible?
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Who Were the 6 Most Famous Artists of the Protestant Reformation?
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8 Most Divisive President Elections in US History
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The Holodomor, Ukraine’s Great Famine
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Judith Leyster: The Most Famous Woman of the Dutch Golden Age
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TheCollector
6 Lesser-Known Geoglyphs Outside of Nazca
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Flashbak
Cars of Britain in the 1970s
In the 1970s, David Rostance was photographing life in the UK. Inevitably, his pictures of...
a month 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
Restored Delacroix Masterpiece Goes Back on Show at Louvre
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Why Did the 1904 Olympic Marathon End in Disaster?
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Vincent and Theo Van Gogh: A Tale of Brotherly Love
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What Did Americans Eat During the Great Depression?
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What Are the 7 Most Spoken Languages in the World?
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How Does Stoicism Differ from Other Philosophies?
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Dr Alun Withey
News Just In: Dr W Joins TikTok – @dralun7
Yes, it’s true – I’ve finally joined the 21st century and decided to try something new. I am still...
a week ago
Yes, it’s true – I’ve finally joined the 21st century and decided to try something new. I am still only setting things up, so please be patient with the extremely cheesy and clunky vids as I try to work out what I’m doing! I’ve only got a couple of videos up at the moment too, …...
Open Culture
Hear the Evolution of Electronic Music: A Sonic Journey from 1929 to 2019
It’s easy to get the impression that enthusiasts of electronic music listen to nothing else. (Not...
a week ago
It’s easy to get the impression that enthusiasts of electronic music listen to nothing else. (Not that it isn’t true for some of them, who tend to relegate themselves to smaller subgenres: consult Ishkur’s Guide to Electronic Music for a map of the sonic territory.) And it’s...
TheCollector
4 Places You Must See in Delhi (If You Love Art & History)
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The Story of Atlas and His Eternal Burden: The God Who Holds the World
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A Look Inside London Cafes and Greasy Spoons In the Early 1990s
We’ve seen the outside of many London cafes in the 1980s and 1990s, first here then more. Now Peter...
6 months ago
We’ve seen the outside of many London cafes in the 1980s and 1990s, first here then more. Now Peter Marshall pokes his camera inside London’s lost cafes and shows us around. We see lots of formica counters, brightly coloured chairs, the stainless steel urns for ready-made coffee...
TheCollector
Top 10 Places to Visit in Athens, Greece
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How Did Rachel Ruysch Become a World Famous Still Life Painter?
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In the Night Garden: The Magical World of George Shiras
George Shiras (1859 – 1942) began photographing in 1889, and was the first to use camera traps and...
a month ago
George Shiras (1859 – 1942) began photographing in 1889, and was the first to use camera traps and flash photography when photographing animals. Shiras, a lawyer who became a politician, borrowed a hunting technique he learned from the Ojibwa tribe called jacklighting, when fire...
TheCollector
What Is Platonic Love in Simple Words?
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British Grub: A Psychedelic Tribute To British Food From 1960s San Francisco
Food, glorious food! Hot sausage and mustard While we’re in the mood, cold jelly and custard Pease...
7 months ago
Food, glorious food! Hot sausage and mustard While we’re in the mood, cold jelly and custard Pease pudding and saveloys, what next is the question? Rich gentlemen have it boys – in-di-gestion! – Food Glorious Food from the muscial oliver by Lionel Bart, 1968 You didn’t need...
TheCollector
Who Was Carolee Schneemann? 8 Facts About the Legendary Performance Artist
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The Great Depression in Europe: Here’s What Happened
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