TheCollector
What Were Vincent van Gogh’s Composition Techniques?
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TheCollector
How Accurate Were Aristotle’s Views on Science?
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Glasgow in the 1980s: ‘From An Insider’s Point of View’
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The Cranhill Arts Project has been collecting pictures of Glasgow, Scotland, to show the place “from an insider’s point of view”. Among its growing collection of Glasgow peoples’ photographs are these from the 1980s. All these snapshots have been labelled by the people who...
TheCollector
10 Must-See Historic Sites in Armenia
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History Today Feed
Columbine 25 Years On
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TheCollector
How Did Henri Matisse Evolve as an Artist?
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TheCollector
5 Transformative Leaders That Shaped British History
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Alphonse Mucha: The Father of Art Nouveau in 7 Works
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10 Must-See Pirate Fortresses and Coastal Strongholds Around the World
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Citizen of the World: TheCollector Interviews Composer Omar Rahbany
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Ancient Celtic Helmet Unearthed in Poland
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Do Genetic Studies Refute the Etruscans’ Anatolian Origin?
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Weekend Roundup
Featuring Stephen Fry!
6 months ago
TheCollector
The Philippine-American War: The US’s First “Vietnam”
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Philosopher Kings
11 months ago
Dr Alun Withey
The Health Risks of Travel in Early-Modern Britain
As I start to make some progress on my new research project on travel, health and risk I am turning...
a year ago
As I start to make some progress on my new research project on travel, health and risk I am turning my attention to the sorts of things that early modern travellers were fearful of. As a bit of a nervous traveller myself, it’s quite comforting to know that there is actually a...
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Le Missile passera toujours ... mais qui est prêt à l’admettre ?
Another of my essays in French.
5 days ago
Another of my essays in French.
Global Inequality...
Abundance, capitalism and climate change
In classical Marxism, communism is defined as a society of material abundance. It is a society where...
8 months ago
In classical Marxism, communism is defined as a society of material abundance. It is a society where goods flow in abundance (“after the productive forces have…increased…all the springs of co-operative wealth flow more abundantly”, Marx, Critique of the Gotha Program
Classical Wisdom
Forgotten Gods
Nature Spirits of Greek Myth
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Nature Spirits of Greek Myth
TheCollector
Rare Leonora Carrington Sculpture Heads to Auction
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Classical Wisdom
Do You Believe in Magic?
Marcus Aurelius and Ephesia Grammata
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Marcus Aurelius and Ephesia Grammata
TheCollector
Who Was Pasquale Paoli, the (Other) Corsican Revolutionary?
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African History...
a brief note on Africa's Scientific Manuscripts
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a year ago
plus; the history of Medicine in Africa.
TheCollector
Why Did Ukraine Make Stamps of Banksy’s Art?
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TheCollector
The Two Slayings of Holofernes: Artemisia vs. Caravaggio
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TheCollector
What Is Skepticism? (A Philosophical Approach)
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Is Right & Wrong a Matter of Perspective? Moral Relativism Explained
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Plovdiv: Europe’s Oldest Continuously Inhabited City
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The Economy & The Vote: How Financial Fluctuations Impact Presidential Races
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TheCollector
Who Was Tertullian?
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Dreams of Space -...
A Visit to the New York World's Fair with Peter and Wendy (1964)
An apology to my long time followers. I had stopped posting months ago when I got too busy. I am...
4 months ago
An apology to my long time followers. I had stopped posting months ago when I got too busy. I am also having to work much harder to find /create new posts. So let me try every 2 weeks for a while and see how I do.
A Visit to the New York World's Fair was the official World's Fair...
TheCollector
10 Ancient Cities Around the World to Visit
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The Harrowing History of the Trail of Tears
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Cecil John Rhodes: Life and Legacy of a British Imperialist
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TheCollector
How Magnus Maximus’ Forgotten Son Contributed to the Arthurian Legends
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How Did Frederick the Great Transform Prussia?
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TheCollector
How Did Lucas Cranach the Elder Support the Protestant Reformation?
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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...
Hundred Rabbits
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over a year ago
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TheCollector
Sri Lanka’s Top 6 Must-See Historic Sites
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History Today Feed
How the Lisbon Earthquake Shook the Enlightenment
How the Lisbon Earthquake Shook the Enlightenment
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Fri, 06/21/2024 - 08:00
Classical Wisdom
How Can We Separate History from Myth?
And does it need to be true to be important?
a year ago
And does it need to be true to be important?
TheCollector
5 Deadliest Sword Designs
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African History...
a brief note on the African exploration of Asia
plus; the African presence in Japan (1543-1639)
a year ago
plus; the African presence in Japan (1543-1639)
TheCollector
La Malinche: The Treachery and Tragedy of Cortés’s Native Interpreter
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TheCollector
Is Divorce in Christianity Really Allowed?
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TheCollector
Federalism in Ancient Greece: The Forgotten Side of Ancient Greek Politics
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African History...
Africa and Europe during the age of mutual exploration: a Swahili traveler's description of 19th...
The late modern period that began in the early 19th century was the height of mutual exploration on...
3 months ago
The late modern period that began in the early 19th century was the height of mutual exploration on a global scale in which African travelers were active agents.
TheCollector
Who is Mierle Laderman Ukeles?
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Did Marcel Duchamp Plagiarize His Most Famous Work?
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Remedios Varo: A Female Surrealist Painter Who Isn’t Frida Kahlo
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10 Compelling Facts About Abraham Lincoln
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And Now for Something Completely Different.
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5 Actions of the American Indian Movement
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Unlocking the Unconscious: Who Was Sigmund Freud?
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What Came First, Blues or Jazz?
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Weaving the Women of the Ancient World
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Weaving the Women of the Ancient World
TheCollector
Did the Suffragettes Know Martial Arts?
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TheCollector
How Did Hokusai & Hiroshige Become so Famous?
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History Today Feed
How Did Christianity Change the Roman Empire?
How Did Christianity Change the Roman Empire?
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a year ago
How Did Christianity Change the Roman Empire?
j.hoare
Thu, 12/07/2023 - 09:29
TheCollector
Alicia Keys Art Show at The Brooklyn Museum
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TheCollector
History of Hollywood in the 1980s-1990s: Everything You Need to Know
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Flashbak
American Photographs: A Journey Down The Blue Highways, 1970s
You see, I’ve been through The desert on a horse with no name It felt good to be out of the rain In...
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You see, I’ve been through The desert on a horse with no name It felt good to be out of the rain In the desert you can remember your name ‘Cause there ain’t no one for to give you no pain – America, A Horse With No Name We don’t know where British … Continue reading "American...
TheCollector
St. Petersburg: A History of the City Built on Bones
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TheCollector
The Venice Biennale 2024 Does Not Include Russia
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
The Essential Greeks
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TheCollector
U.S. Returns Looted Artifacts Worth $10 Million to India
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Liu Bang: How a Peasant Became Emperor of China
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Constantine and the Queen of Carthage
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Constantine and the Queen of Carthage
History Today Feed
‘D-Day Has Come’
‘D-Day Has Come’
JamesHoare
Mon, 05/20/2024 - 09:05
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‘D-Day Has Come’
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Mon, 05/20/2024 - 09:05
TheCollector
Who Are Russia’s Old Believers? The Raskol in Russian History
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Flashbak
Black Woodstock: The Harlem Cultural Festival, NYC – 1969
Away from the “peace and love” at Woodstock in 1969, New York City’s Harlem was the venue for a...
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Away from the “peace and love” at Woodstock in 1969, New York City’s Harlem was the venue for a series of shows that became known as Black Woodstock. Held at 3pm on Sundays in Mount Morris Park between 29 June and 24 August, 1969, as many as 300,000 people attended the festival...
TheCollector
What Is Hegel’s Dialectic Method?
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TheCollector
Fae Abduction or Family Secret: What Is a Changeling?
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TheCollector
5 Populists of the Late Roman Republic
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History Today Feed
Pet Monkeys in Victorian Britain
Pet Monkeys in Victorian Britain
j.hoare
Tue, 01/16/2024 - 09:57
11 months ago
Pet Monkeys in Victorian Britain
j.hoare
Tue, 01/16/2024 - 09:57
TheCollector
Third-Party Candidates: The Outsiders in US Elections
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Anger & Sadness: How Do Stoics Handle These Emotions?
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TheCollector
The Rise of Francisco Franco & the Effects of the Spanish Civil War
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Myths and Metamorphoses
6 months ago
TheCollector
What Was the Most Notorious Trial of the 20th Century? 4 Possible Contenders
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4 Egyptian Myths That Inspired Cinema
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Why Did Plato Think that Education Could Replace Law?
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Who is Ana Mendieta? An Icon of Environmental Art
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TheCollector
Amsterdam’s Stedelijk Museum Restitutes Matisse Painting
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TheCollector
Ming Dynasty Artefacts Found in South China Shipwreck
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TheCollector
The Early Anarchism of William Godwin
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Open Culture
The New York Times Presents the 100 Best Books of the 21st Century, Selected by 503 Novelists, Poets...
For longtime readers of American book journalism, scrolling through the New York Times Book Review’s...
a week ago
For longtime readers of American book journalism, scrolling through the New York Times Book Review’s just-published list of the 100 best books of the twenty-first century will summon dim memories of many a once-unignorable critical fuss. At one time or another over the past 25...
TheCollector
Winnie Mandela: Mother of the Nation?
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TheCollector
Sufism in the Ottoman Balkans
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Secrets of the Scythians
10 months ago
TheCollector
Jamestown: The Myth & Mystery of America’s First Permanent Colony
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TheCollector
What Was the Lend-Lease Program?
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for March
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 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.
Wunderland Rabbits,...
TheCollector
The Macedonian Wars: Rome vs the Macedonian Phalanx
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TheCollector
The Met Reveals Design for New Modern and Contemporary Wing
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TheCollector
What Is Friluftsliv, The Norwegian Way of Life in Harmony with Nature?
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TheCollector
What Is Second Thessalonians About?
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TheCollector
Harvey Milk: Champion of LGBTQ & Civil Rights
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Trying to Understand...
Can't Do, Won't Do!
But striking poses is fun and easy.
a year ago
But striking poses is fun and easy.
TheCollector
What is Impasto? A Guide to the Impasto Painting Technique
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Who Was Origen of Alexandria?
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Hidden History
The Story of the Cow
The history of the domestic cattle goes back at least 10,000 years. There are well over 1000...
3 days ago
The history of the domestic cattle goes back at least 10,000 years. There are well over 1000 distinct breeds of Cattle in the world today, and somewhere between 1 and 1.5 billion individual animals, making them, by some counts, the fourth most numerous mammal in existence behind...
History Today Feed
‘Disputing Disaster’ by Perry Anderson review
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TheCollector
11 Facts About The Unique State of Maine
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TheCollector
TheCollector Interviews Contemporary Artist Toni Mauersberg
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What Criticisms Are Directed Towards Anti-Natalism?
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How the Nazis Looted Art in the Netherlands: Dienststelle Mühlmann
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TheCollector
What Turned the Tide in the Battle of the Atlantic?
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Flashbak
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...
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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
How Did Caligula Rise to Power in the Roman Empire?
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TheCollector
Cain’s Marriage: Who Did the Biblical Killer Marry?
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TheCollector
Why Is Turkey so Important on Thanksgiving?
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TheCollector
The Nemean Lion: Heracles’ First Labor & the Birth of a Hero
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What Happened to the 7 Wonders of the Ancient World?
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TheCollector
The Cold War & the Rise of Superpowers: US Elections in a Divided World (1945-91)
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Oskar Schindler: The Business Tycoon Who Became a Hero
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10 Interesting Propaganda Posters from Russia’s Civil War
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TheCollector
What Are Plato’s Arguments Against Democracy?
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Flashbak
Dr Martin Luther King Jr. Was A Trekkie Who Convinced Nichelle Nichols To Stay On The Show
Actress Nichelle Nichols (December 28, 1932 – July 30, 2022) once recalled how Dr. Martin Luther...
11 months ago
Actress Nichelle Nichols (December 28, 1932 – July 30, 2022) once recalled how Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. (January 15, 1929 – April 4, 1968) convinced her to remain on Star Trek after she had decided to leave the series for a starring role on Broadway. In 1966, Star Trek creator...
TheCollector
Which Archeological Finds Support the Bible?
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TheCollector
The Rise and Fall of Behaviorism: Are We More Than Machines?
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TheCollector
Dethroning Perception: Who Was Maurice Merleau-Ponty?
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TheCollector
What Is the Day of the Dead (Día de los Muertos)? Origins & History
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Who Are the Samaritans in the Bible?
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Who Were the Most Important Leaders of WWII?
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Classical Wisdom
How to Steal From Homer
Duplicative Language in Ancient Greece and Rome
11 months ago
Duplicative Language in Ancient Greece and Rome
TheCollector
Francis Bacon Portrait of George Dyer to Sell at Sotheby’s
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for September
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 September. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Uxn, updated Playdate implementation to the latest core,...
Res Obscura
A very deep history of Halloween
Or, how far back can historical analysis take us?
2 months ago
Or, how far back can historical analysis take us?
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...
TheCollector
Norman Rockwell Works Dispute Finally Over?
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a year ago
A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, September 29, 2023 (On Academic Hiring)
Fireside this week! I know we’re all anxious to get to the last part of our look at the Roman...
a year ago
Fireside this week! I know we’re all anxious to get to the last part of our look at the Roman Republic – a discussion of Roman courts and the legal system – but academic job season is upon us and I needed to take a week to focus on getting some of those applications out. …...
TheCollector
How Did Railways Help Standardize Time in Britain?
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Classical Wisdom
Sappho: The Lost Poetess
Watch now (1 min) | Now FREE with a Classical Wisdom Kids Yearly Membership
a year ago
Watch now (1 min) | Now FREE with a Classical Wisdom Kids Yearly Membership
TheCollector
Alexander the Not-Feeling-Great: How Did Alexander the Great Die?
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Res Obscura
"He spoke of computers with some awe"
Margaret Mead, John von Neumann, and the prehistory of AI
9 months ago
Margaret Mead, John von Neumann, and the prehistory of AI
TheCollector
6 Greek Gods & Their Role in Homer’s Odyssey
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CrimethInc.
Insurgent Survival : Reflections on the Fight Against Sweeps Targeting the Homeless in Austin, Texas
In 2019, militants in Austin, Texas started an organization with the aim of defending homeless camps...
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In 2019, militants in Austin, Texas started an organization with the aim of defending homeless camps against sweeps—forced removals disguised as “cleanups” carried out by cops and work crews. This organization, Stop the Sweeps, intervened in a cycle of struggles that included the...
Global Inequality...
Why not Keynes?
Keynes’ uneasy relationship with income distribution
8 months ago
Keynes’ uneasy relationship with income distribution
Classical Wisdom
From Caesar's Back to King Tut's Tomb
From Caesar's Back to King Tut's Tomb
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From Caesar's Back to King Tut's Tomb
TheCollector
Did Bruce Lee Invent Mixed Martial Art?
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TheCollector
What Was Judith Leyster’s Contribution to Dutch Painting?
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TheCollector
History of the Berlin Wall: From Its Construction to Its Destruction
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Operation Barbarossa: When Nazi Germany Tried to Invade the USSR
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Immoral Art: Hume’s “Rough Heroes” Problem
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Dreams of Space -...
The Boy Who Discovered the Earth (1955)
Continuing with a bit of a flying saucer theme today is The Boy Who Discovered The Earth. It is a...
3 months ago
Continuing with a bit of a flying saucer theme today is The Boy Who Discovered The Earth. It is a pleasant science fiction novel for kids about an alien boy who is left behind on Earth. He makes friends with the locals and learns about dogs, baseball, and the life of children on...
TheCollector
Why Is Emperor Caligula’s Reign Notorious?
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Flashbak
Omega: The Last Days of the World – Camille Flammarion’s Visions of A Dying Planet (1883)
‘The most deadly pestilence would have carried far less terror to the heart than the astronomical...
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‘The most deadly pestilence would have carried far less terror to the heart than the astronomical prediction on every tongue; it would have made fewer victims, for already, from some unknown cause, the death-rate was increasing. At every instant one felt the electric shock of a...
TheCollector
What Is Magical Realism in Literature?
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4 Villains From the Arthurian Legends Who Really Existed
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8 Unsolved Disappearances From History
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Interview with Nicolas Party: Pastels, Rosalba Carriera, & More
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Secrets of the Sibyls
Ancient Prophetesses
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Celebrate Cicero!
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TheCollector
The Rembrandt Painting to Sell For $18.4 M. at Auction
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TheCollector
Hitler’s Health Issues & Medical Ailments: 8 Facts
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TheCollector
René Descartes’ Legacy: The Persistence of Mind-Body Dualism
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TheCollector
Incredible Bronze Age Architecture From the Near East and the Aegean
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TheCollector
How Does Aristotle Conceptualize the Soul?
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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...
TheCollector
Remedios Varo: The Surrealist Artist in 7 Works and 7 Facts
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Why Did Lot Sacrifice His Daughters? (4 Possible Justifications)
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George Cassiday: Who Was the Man in the Green Hat?
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3 Dark Age Kings of Britain Confirmed by Archaeology
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Isaiah Berlin’s Two Concepts of Liberty: Negative and Positive Liberty
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Giorgio Agamben’s Notes on Dante’s Divine Comedy
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Wrong Side of...
American polarisation
The menace of bipartisanship has been defeated
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The menace of bipartisanship has been defeated
TheCollector
6 Eco-Friendly Designs of Thomas Heatherwick
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7 Key Beliefs and Practices From Hasidic Judaism
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Res Obscura
When technology follows art
From optics to machine learning, artists have played an important, if underrated, role in the...
a year ago
From optics to machine learning, artists have played an important, if underrated, role in the history of technology
TheCollector
Dune and Greek Mythology: What’s in Common?
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6 Important Female Aboriginal Writers and Activists You Should Read
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Black Panther Party Founder: Who Was Huey Newton?
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History Today Feed
Jackie Coogan and the Fall of Hollywood’s Child Stars
Jackie Coogan and the Fall of Hollywood’s Child Stars
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Thu, 02/01/2024 - 09:58
11 months ago
Jackie Coogan and the Fall of Hollywood’s Child Stars
JamesHoare
Thu, 02/01/2024 - 09:58
TheCollector
Évora: History & 10 Must-See Sites
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4 Greek Myths That Inspired Cinema
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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 Was the Celtic “Cult of the Head”?
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TheCollector
What Is the Historical Context of Easter?
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TheCollector
What Is Solipsism?
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TheCollector
Wittgenstein’s Solipsism: Where Language & Limits Collide
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Trying to Understand...
When The Music's Over ...
Turn out the lights.
10 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Have We Lost Ritual in our Lives?
How can we bring it back? And should we in the first place?
a year ago
How can we bring it back? And should we in the first place?
TheCollector
Andrew & Rachel Jackson: A Scandalous Marriage & the 1828 Election
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African History...
a brief note on the role of Africans in the early Islamic expansion
an African kingdom in southern Italy.
a year ago
an African kingdom in southern Italy.
TheCollector
Christie’s Presents Two Latin American Art Sales, Starting Friday
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The AIDS Epidemic: A Heartbreaking Story
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Caravaggio: The Scandalous Crimes of a Baroque Artist
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TheCollector
Basil Zaharoff: How to Play Both Sides, Sell Weapons and Get Rich
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Flashbak
Take Your Best Shot: Vintage Fairground Shooting Gallery Photos
During their first participation in Paris-Photo in 2006, Lumiere des Roses shared a series of...
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During their first participation in Paris-Photo in 2006, Lumiere des Roses shared a series of fairground photos of men with guns at the shooting gallery. These snapshots were taken mostly in the 1920s and 1930s. Many looks remarkably fresh. When I was just a baby my mama told...
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Trump and the Rise of Asia
My interview with "Atlantico"
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My interview with "Atlantico"
TheCollector
Restored Delacroix Masterpiece Goes Back on Show at Louvre
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The Second Battle of El Alamein: How Was Rommel Defeated?
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Neanderthal Nonsense: Debunking Myths About Our Ancient Cousins
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TheCollector
4 Key Characteristics of Symbolist Art
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Edward IV: The Life of a Man Who Was King Twice
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What Are the Origins of the Vampire Myth?
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Does poverty cause violent crime?
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6 Revolutionary Works by H. G. Wells
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Understanding Egyptian Astrology: What Is Your Egyptian Zodiac Sign?
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How Did Henri Matisse’s Travels Influence His Art?
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5 Interesting 1980s Subcultures: From Goth to Punk to Skinheads
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Akhenaten: 7 Secrets of Egypt’s Heretic Pharaoh
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African History...
a complete history of Mombasa ca. 600-1895.
Journal of African cities: chapter 13
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What is Virtue?
Can We Define it for Ourselves or Others?
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Battle of the Hydaspes, 326 BCE: Alexander vs. Porus in India
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Two Paintings Once Stolen by Nazis Are Donated to the Louvre Museum
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MFA Boston Returns a Looted Egyptian Coffin to Sweden
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Who Won the Battle of Nashville?
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Who Was J. Edgar Hoover?
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Charles Darwin: 5 Key Facts About His Life and Work
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What Is Populism?
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What Are the Most Similar Languages?
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Dreams of Space -...
World's First Intra-Space Stamp Album (1953)
A re-scan of an old favorite. This may be the oddest piece of space ephemera I have ever found. It...
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A re-scan of an old favorite. This may be the oddest piece of space ephemera I have ever found. It is a stamp album of imaginary space stamps commemorating the planets and the atomic powered intra-solar rocket service that serves those planets. It was intended for "space...
Res Obscura
Why drug history?
Drugs and spices play an outsized role in world history — but it's often a hidden one
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Drugs and spices play an outsized role in world history — but it's often a hidden one
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Achaian War: How the Romans Defeated the Last Free State in Greece
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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
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Happy Holidays
From Anya, Joel and Frida
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From Anya, Joel and Frida
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End of an Era: Why Did the Beatles Break Up?
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Is Oedipus Rex the Mother of All Drama?
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History Today Feed
Measuring the Shape of the Earth
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What Can We Learn from Genre Paintings of the Northern Renaissance?
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Flashbak
Hanging Out With Rock And Pop Stars at The Zenith of Their Careers In The 1980s
Jim Laspesa, musician and rock archivist has shared sharing some photos on his Facebook page that he...
11 months ago
Jim Laspesa, musician and rock archivist has shared sharing some photos on his Facebook page that he first spotted at a swap meet in Pasadena, California. We don’t know who took these photographs of David Bowie backstage, James Brown meeting and greeting the fans and many other...
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Wood stove installation
It was our dream to have a little wood stove aboard Pino. After researching stoves, we decided that...
over a year ago
It was our dream to have a little wood stove aboard Pino. After researching stoves, we decided that the best model was the cast iron Sardine from Navigator Stoveworks.
Our Espar forced air diesel heater broke on our last passage, and we decided not to replace it. There are few...
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What Are the Most Noteworthy Museums in Amsterdam?
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Lou Salomé: Friedrich Nietzsche’s Über-Woman
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Wrong Side of...
The Tears of Strangers are only water
On the limits of empathy
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Summary of changes for November 2024
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
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Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of November.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, added an article named A Shining Place Built Upon The Sand, and Week 6 to the Victoria to Sitka Logbook.
Rabbit Waves, added a page on Morse Code...
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The History of Underwear: Loincloths, Petticoats, Boxers, & Briefs
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Food & Diet in Ancient Egypt: An Interview with Dr. Sarah Doherty
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Submerged Bridge in Spanish Cave Built Nearly 6,000 Years Ago
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What Are the Best Museums in Trieste, Italy?
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Three Rubens Paintings to Stay in the U.K., Advisory Panel Rules
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These Countries Have the Most World Heritage Sites
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New British Museum Book Brings Egyptian Pharaohs to Life
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‘Remembering Peasants’ by Patrick Joyce review
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A Brief History of Iceland (From Discovery to 21st Century)
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Apelles: Antiquity’s Greatest Painter
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Classical Wisdom
Should We Be Afraid of Technology?
Lessons from Prometheus and Frankenstein
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Lessons from Prometheus and Frankenstein
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How King Alfred Nearly Lost Everything (But Didn’t)
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Res Obscura
There should be more cash prizes for solving historical mysteries
On the Herculaneum scroll and the underrated value of historical knowledge
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On the Herculaneum scroll and the underrated value of historical knowledge
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10 Bay Area Artists That Shaped the San Francisco Art Scene
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Benedict Arnold: The Epitome of Betrayal
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The Mamluk Sultanate: How Slaves Came to Rule an Empire
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Who Was Judah Maccabee? The Ancient Jewish Resistance Leader
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The Story of Atlas and His Eternal Burden: The God Who Holds the World
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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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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...
Trying to Understand...
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No, not that Agency.
3 months ago
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Machu Picchu Unveiled: Why Hiram Bingham Didn’t “Discover” It
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Decoding Titian’s Poesie Series
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5 Military Geniuses From History
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North Pacific Logbook
The passage from Japan (Shimoda) to Canada (Victoria) took 51 days, and it was the hardest thing...
over a year ago
The passage from Japan (Shimoda) to Canada (Victoria) took 51 days, and it was the hardest thing we've ever done. We decided to keep a logbook, to better remember it and so it can help others who wish to make this trip.
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What is the Soul?
Putting the Psyche back in Psychology...
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Putting the Psyche back in Psychology...
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10 Must-See Exhibitions in Europe This Year (2025)
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Working offgrid efficiently
Our traveling studio has operated off-the-grid for 4 1/2 years.
For the first 3 years we tested the...
over a year ago
Our traveling studio has operated off-the-grid for 4 1/2 years.
For the first 3 years we tested the limits of our space, and at first, it was difficult to create new things, as we had to make time to learn how to solve underlying problems. Our boat was not just an office, it was...
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Summary of changes for April 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 April. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, added charging electronics, solar cooking and solar...
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The Sociocultural Effects of the 1979 Iranian Revolution
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The Arts & Crafts Movement: A Response to the Industrial Revolution
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What Are the 10 Must-see Museums in Budapest?
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Great or the Greatest? F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby
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4 Famous Explorers from the Age of Exploration
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Twenty Drawings by Kahlil Gibran, 1919
“Speak to us of Beauty” – Kahlil Gibran, The Prophet In 1919, Lebanese-American artist, poet and...
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“Speak to us of Beauty” – Kahlil Gibran, The Prophet In 1919, Lebanese-American artist, poet and philosopher Kahlil Gibran (January 6, 1883–April 10, 1931) published the collection Twenty Drawings, the first and only time a selection of his paintings had appeared in print....
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Was Henry VI England’s Most Unfortunate King?
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10 Must-See UNESCO World Heritage Sites in England
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When Is St Patrick’s Day? (Traditions & Festivities Around the World)
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What Is Capoeira?
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Trying to Understand...
Things Are Falling Apart ...
And the centre's not looking too good, either.
a year ago
And the centre's not looking too good, either.
Dr Alun Withey
The Troublesome Gibbet of John Haines, the ‘Wounded Highwayman’ of Hounslow.
For this post, I am going to wander into the world of crime in the late eighteenth century, and the...
10 months ago
For this post, I am going to wander into the world of crime in the late eighteenth century, and the grisly fate that befell many who committed the heinous crime of highway robbery. (Full disclosure: I’m not an historian of crime, gibbets or highwaymen…perhaps the case I’m about...
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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...
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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...
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
What if Aristotle ran Amazon?
a year ago
What if Aristotle ran Amazon?
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Summary of changes for April
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 April. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Bicycle, released an Uxntal playground. See Varvara riding a...
Patterns in Humanity
Where parents make a difference
Where is the shared environment effect larger than zero?
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Where is the shared environment effect larger than zero?
African History...
Empire building and Government in the Yorubaland: a history of Oyo (1600-1836)
Why Africa's internal political processes explain African history better than external actors.
over a year ago
Why Africa's internal political processes explain African history better than external actors.
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UK Exhibition to Pair Pre-Raphaelite Art and Aromas
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What Is the Philosophy of Artificial Intelligence? From Descartes to Turing
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Fixing Time In 1970s and 80s England: Ian Macdonald Shows Us A Changing World
Ian Macdonald’s black-and-white film photography from the 1970 and 80s shows us children’s at...
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Ian Macdonald’s black-and-white film photography from the 1970 and 80s shows us children’s at school, heavy industry, steel works, Redcar blast furnace, Smith’s Dock Shipyard, houseboats and life in Cleveland and Teesside, England. “The blast furnace has a drama and beauty to...
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Great Zimbabwe: Center of a Mysterious African Civilization
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What Is Timothy Morton’s Dark Ecology?
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Jesus In Photos – The Mid-Century Years
Early images of Jesus look not much the Jesus we see today and in the Turin Shroud. Back then he was...
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Early images of Jesus look not much the Jesus we see today and in the Turin Shroud. Back then he was bushy haired and youthful, soft-bodied like the Jesus at the Arian Baptistery, hopeful and free. The face was based on the best looking heathen gods. In the Middle Ages, Jesus...
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Quincy Jones Knew who Killed JFK and Saw the Pope’s ‘Pimp Shoes’
Quincy Jones knew who killed JFK, Quincy Jones (March 14, 1933 – November 3, 2024) was one of the...
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Quincy Jones knew who killed JFK, Quincy Jones (March 14, 1933 – November 3, 2024) was one of the world’s great musicians, producer and arranger. Best known for his smash hits with Michael Jackson, notable on the singer’s Thriller album, Jones won 28 Grammys in a career that...
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9 Unskippable Memorials in Washington DC
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The Extraordinary Story of Dido Elizabeth Belle
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Rationalism Vs. Empiricism 101: Which One is Right?
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4 Ancient Greek Sculptors You Need to Know
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Napoleon’s Hundred Days: The French Emperor’s Brief Return to Power
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Good Friday: The Significance of the Day & How Christians Observe It
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How Does Epistemology Address Memory as a Source of Knowledge?
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The Mystery of Agnes Martin in 7 Facts
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The End of Power Projection?
We can't get there from here, anymore.
a year ago
We can't get there from here, anymore.
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Explore Montmartre Through Van Gogh’s Eyes: Views of Paris
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Dreams of Space -...
Distant Worlds (1932)
An early children's science fiction book about spaceflight.
Borrowing from a book-seller...
2 weeks ago
An early children's science fiction book about spaceflight.
Borrowing from a book-seller description:
Friedrick Mader, "the German Jules Verne" according to Sam Moskowitz, was a popular author of fantastic romances in post-World War One Germany. DISTANT WORLDS is his only novel...
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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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Did Pliny the Younger Attempt to Rig the Vote in the Roman Senate?
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Derek Jarman’s Home In Dungeness: Where Jesus Walked In The Garden
Before a run of Derek Jarman’s (31 January 1942 – 19 February 1994) The Garden at New York’s...
8 months ago
Before a run of Derek Jarman’s (31 January 1942 – 19 February 1994) The Garden at New York’s Metrograph theater, the British director spoke about his own garden and his house at Dungeness on the coast of Kent in England. Jarman made The Garden on the grounds of his seaside...
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An Art Lover’s Guide to Bangkok
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5 Key Tenets of Rastafarian: Between Zion and Babylon
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