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Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the month of June. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, added propeller maintenance, Maple Bay, Telegraph Cove,...
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Cyberattacks Hits Museums and Causes Online Collections Drop
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Wrong Side of...
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Canon Club podcast: Macbeth
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4 Key Characteristics of Symbolist Art
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George Herbert Mead on the Birth & Evolution of the Self
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Vincent Van Gogh’s Self-Portraits: The Artist Through His Own Eyes
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Lost Caravaggio Painting Unveiled at the Prado
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Why Are the Black Hills Sacred to the Lakota Sioux?
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What Was the Gran Sasso Raid?
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Sufism in South and South East Asia
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The Past Is Another Country.
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A book review from the future.
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Paul Feyerabend: How Should Science Ideally Be?
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What Was a Peasant’s Life in Medieval England Like?
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What Are Isambard Kingdom Brunel’s Top Achievements?
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Dürer Print Found in a Dump Could Fetch $26,000
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Margaret Thatcher: Britain’s Iron Lady
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What Are Henri Matisse’s Most Vivid Paintings?
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What Is Intuition & Can You Trust It?
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Who Are Some Key Figures in Epistemology?
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What Was Pope Innocent III’s Role in the Medieval Crusades?
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Tiffany Stained Glass Window Poised to Set New Auction Record
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Christie’s to Auction $30 Million Basquiat Stretcher-Bar Painting
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Bertolt Brecht: 10 Facts About the Famous Playwright
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Beyond Stoicism
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Pandemic Literature From Homer to Covid-19
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The Soldier with a Secret: Who Was Sarah Emma Edmonds?
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Why Visit Northumberland? : Britain’s Historic Hidden Gem
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Hans Jonas on Responsibility in the Age of Artificial Intelligence
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Who is Adrian Piper? The Most Important Conceptual Artist of Our Time
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Why Socrates Matters
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Working in Ancient Egypt: 5 Interesting Professions
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Summary of changes for May 2023
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the...
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 May. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, updated jib cars, and added new recommendations on the...
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...
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Maelgwn Gwynedd: Historical King of the Arthurian Legends
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Summary of changes for March 2024
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
8 months ago
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of March.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, added chainplates, knots, washing dishes, receiving mail, updated our notes on diy carbonation system, and refrigeration.
Uxn, added 2 new commands...
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5 Quotes by Karl Marx Explained
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6 Assassinations That Changed History
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What Are Most Infamous Tales about Emperor Caligula?
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Why Did Friedrich Nietzsche Say ‘God Is Dead’?
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Just How Christian Was the Kingdom of Kongo?
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Flashbak
Roadside Relics of the USSR
We’re back on the road though the former Soviet Union. This time our guide is French photographer...
2 months ago
We’re back on the road though the former Soviet Union. This time our guide is French photographer Jason Guilbeau whose pointing out objects along the roadside, like tractors stuck atop poles, a pavement that turns into a jet’s trail, a tank on a plinth and more reminders of...
Classical Wisdom
Chariot Racing in the Ancient World
...and History's Highest Paid Sports Star!
a year ago
...and History's Highest Paid Sports Star!
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What Are the Recurring Symbols in Hilma af Klint’s Work?
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Flashbak
AREA: Cards and Invitations from the Fabulous New York Nightclub, 1983–1986
From 1983 to 1987, 157 Hudson Street in Manhattan, New York City, was home to Area. Frequented by he...
11 months ago
From 1983 to 1987, 157 Hudson Street in Manhattan, New York City, was home to Area. Frequented by he great and good, the club was known for its changing themes (every six weeks the place got a new look – an approach inspired by Zurich’s 1916 Dadaist club Cabaret Voltaire) and...
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‘Look at Me’: Scot Sothern’s powerful photographs of life on LA’s streets
In amongst the crowds drifting along Hollywood Boulevard there’s an old guy sitting on an orange...
7 months ago
In amongst the crowds drifting along Hollywood Boulevard there’s an old guy sitting on an orange bucket. He’s wearing dirty jeans and a grey hoodie. The guy’s in his seventies. Weather-worn. Grizzled beard. Walking stick. Back trouble caused by “old spinal injuries and bad...
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Ruthless Emperor & Granter of Citizenship: Who was Caracalla?
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Cinema’s Epic History: From Then to Now
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What Are the Tallest Trees in the United States?
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Dr Alun Withey
Packing the Essentials!: Preparing to Travel in the 18th Century.
Now that Covid restrictions have finally been lifted, and summer is at least theoretically here –...
over a year ago
Now that Covid restrictions have finally been lifted, and summer is at least theoretically here – it’s raining outside as I write! – many people are returning to travel and undertaking the holidays that have had to be postponed over the past couple of years. The pandemic aside,...
Trying to Understand...
Peter Pan goes to Ukraine
Some people never grow up.
over a year ago
Some people never grow up.
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Alexandre Dumas: The Life & Legacy of a Great Novelist
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Discover Philip Johnson’s Famous Glass House
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Top 10 Places to Visit in Athens, Greece
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What Was the Un-American Activities Committee?
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My ‘Homeric Retching’: Vladimir Nabokov’s Letter To His Wife About A Nasty Bout of Food Poisoning
“Exactly at 2:30, I suddenly felt an urge to vomit, had barely time to run outside — and there it...
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“Exactly at 2:30, I suddenly felt an urge to vomit, had barely time to run outside — and there it began…” – Vladimir Nabokov to his wife Vera Among Vladimir Nabokov’s love letters to his wife published in Letters to Véra, a wonderful book that takes us behind the scenes of...
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Egypt Luxury Retreat Offers Guests to Search for Cleopatra’s Tomb
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10 Unmissable Masterpieces in the Louvre
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Res Obscura
How well can AI imitate a 17th century doctor?
Arcadio Huang is ill in 1710s Paris. Can GPT-4 and Gemini find a cure?
10 months ago
Arcadio Huang is ill in 1710s Paris. Can GPT-4 and Gemini find a cure?
African History...
The heroic age in Darfur: a history of the pre-colonial kingdom of Darfur ca. 1500-1916.
The political marginalization of the Darfur region since the creation of colonial Sudan has resulted...
5 months ago
The political marginalization of the Darfur region since the creation of colonial Sudan has resulted in one of the continent's longest-standing conflicts, which threatens to destroy the country's social fabric and its historical heritage. Just as the plight of modern Darfur...
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What Was the Mason-Dixon Line?
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Rome’s Greatest Defeat? Hannibal’s Victory at Cannae
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4 Egyptian Myths That Inspired Cinema
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What Is the Easiest Language to Learn?
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Stolen Masterpieces: 5 Famous Artworks That Are Still Missing
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“Four Dead in Ohio”: The Kent State Shootings
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Vatican Museums Open Ancient Roman Necropolis
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Forgotten Caravaggio Portrait Makes Public Debut in Rome
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The Theory of Self-Image: The Concept of the Looking-Glass Self
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What Is the Role of First Ladies in US Elections?
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History Today Feed
The Indian Citizenship Act
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The Indian Citizenship Act
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Who Were the 43 Group?
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Derrida’s Deconstruction in Literary Analysis: A Detailed Guide
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Weekend Roundup
The Story of Thebes
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Nefertiti: The Enchanting Story of the Lady of the Two Lands
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Flashbak
Jindřich Štreit’s Villge People : Photographs of the Czechoslovak Countryside
“I try not to present villages in a romantic way’ – Jindřich Štreit Jindřich Štreit (born 5...
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“I try not to present villages in a romantic way’ – Jindřich Štreit Jindřich Štreit (born 5 September 1946 in Vsetín) is a Czech photographer best known for his documentary photography. He concentrates on documenting the rural life and people of Czech villages. His...
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Mona Lisa Location Mystery Solved, Geologist Claims
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The Controversial Story of Scientology: Paying for Religion?
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Why Are Aristotle’s “Categories” Fundamental to Logic?
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Gala Dalí: Salvador Dali’s Mysterious Muse
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Banksy Mural to Be Sold with the Building It’s Painted On
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Why Were So Many Women Artists Still Life Painters?
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Jean Lannes: The French Achilles of the Napoleonic Wars
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Juan Rulfo: Whispers & Myths From Mexico’s Most Enigmatic Writer
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Was George Washington Nearly Killed During the American Revolution?
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How Did Japanese Prints Inspire Vincent van Gogh?
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The Hidden Meaning of Plato’s Cave Allegory
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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...
Dreams of Space -...
Wonders of Space Travel (1954)
I have not blogged about this pamphlet since 2010 so here is a more complete scan. Wonders of Space...
a year ago
I have not blogged about this pamphlet since 2010 so here is a more complete scan. Wonders of Space Travel was a pamphlet that came enclosed in the May 8th issue of Lion Weekly (#116) in 1954.
Lion Weekly was a magazine for children with comics and stories. (from Wikipedia...
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How Tall Is Mount Rushmore?
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Why Are There Only Four Gospels?
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Flashbak
London By Tube, DLR and Overground in The Early 1990s
Today, I’m gonna take my bike ‘Cause once again the Tube’s on strike The greedy bastards want extra...
4 months ago
Today, I’m gonna take my bike ‘Cause once again the Tube’s on strike The greedy bastards want extra pay For sitting on their arse all day! – London Underground by The Amateur Transplants Peter Marshall shows us pictures of stations on the London Underground, Docklands light...
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How Can We Handle Anxiety?
Practicing the Stoic Skill: Premeditatio Malorum
10 months ago
Practicing the Stoic Skill: Premeditatio Malorum
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Jacksonville Confederate Monument Removed
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History Today Feed
‘Massacre in the Clouds’ by Kim A. Wagner review
‘Massacre in the Clouds’ by Kim A. Wagner review
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‘Massacre in the Clouds’ by Kim A. Wagner review
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Stonehenge Central Altar Stone Came From Scotland, Not Wales
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A Collection of...
Collections: How to Roman Republic 101, Addenda: The Socii
This week, as an addendum to our series on Roman civic governance (I, II, IIIa, IIIb, IIIc, IV, V),...
a year ago
This week, as an addendum to our series on Roman civic governance (I, II, IIIa, IIIb, IIIc, IV, V), we’re going to take a look at how Rome handles those parts of Italy it controls but which it does not inhabit. These are Rome’s ‘allies’ (socii), a euphemistic label for the...
Global Inequality...
The end of the great order under the Heaven
A review of Gary Gerstle’s “The Rise and Fall of the Neoliberal Order”
4 months ago
A review of Gary Gerstle’s “The Rise and Fall of the Neoliberal Order”
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Fernando’s Story – The life And Times of A Boy Growing Up In NYC’s East Village in the 1970s
In the mid-1970s, Rich Allen began taking pictures of children playing truant and messing about in...
a year ago
In the mid-1970s, Rich Allen began taking pictures of children playing truant and messing about in the empty lot a New York City’s 76 E. 3rd St. The Hell’s Angels lived directly across the street. They wanted the lot for themselves. (You can read more about that here.) One of the...
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How the Iroquois Confederacy Inspired the US Women’s Rights Movement
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Restoration Reveals Ancient Colors of Egypt’s Edfu Temple
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A Collection of...
Gap Week: August 2, 2024
Hey folks. We’re talking a mulligan this week, as the pedant household has gotten (one by one)...
4 months ago
Hey folks. We’re talking a mulligan this week, as the pedant household has gotten (one by one) whatever fresh COVID-19 variant is going around. Everyone is fine, but being sick left me pretty exhausted over the past few days with fewer productive writing hours available. Since I...
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Bali’s 8 Finest Historic Sites: A Feast for the Senses
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4 Villains From the Arthurian Legends Who Really Existed
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Francisco Goya Research Center Launches in New York City
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Do We Need Passports? Or Borders?
Watch now (23 sec) | Crossing with Radiohead
a year ago
Watch now (23 sec) | Crossing with Radiohead
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Ancient Advice on Health & Fitness
4 months ago
Ancient Advice on Health & Fitness
weird medieval guys
Why did medieval people invent so many collective nouns?
A pride of lions, a paddling of ducks, and....a herd of harlots?
a year ago
A pride of lions, a paddling of ducks, and....a herd of harlots?
TheCollector
What Is Hindutva? A Look at Hindu Nationalism
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Socrates and the Soul
And the Immortal Soul
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Bob Dylan’s Odyssey: A Deep Dive into the Life of a Music Legend
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5 Creatures from Slavic Mythology Represented in Art
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The Meidias Hydria Vase Landed to Greece by The British Museum
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What Do We Mean by Aboriginal Languages?
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10 Cultural Sites in New York City You Should See
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Emily Brontë: Misanthrope or Literary Genius (or Both)?
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What Is the History and Significance of Diwali?
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Iakim Volkov’s Wedding: An Illustration of a Complicated History
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Neil Gaiman’s Collection Sale Surpasses Expectations
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Classical Wisdom
The Cyclops
A Misunderstood Monster?
a year ago
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