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What Are Paul Cezanne’s Most Famous Paintings?
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Middle Kingdom Pyramids: The Lesser Known Pyramids of Ancient Egypt
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‘A Great Disorder’ by Richard Slotkin review
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American Noir: Mugshots And Crimes From A Small Pennsylvanian Town (1930s – 1950s)
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Small Town Noir is a study of life and crime in New Castle, western Pennsylvania. The site compiles the mugshots of criminals who lived in the town in the 1930, 40s and 50s, with notes on their offences. The mugshots were pulled from the rubbish when the town’s police department...
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Did Bruce Lee Invent Mixed Martial Art?
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Cosmodrome (1987)
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King Sennacherib: The Warrior King of the Neo-Assyrian Empire
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The Amy Carter ‘Love Doll’ – Playing With The President’s Daughter In 1977
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Walter Benjamin: What are the Connections Between Language and Theology?
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A Short Essay About A Long-Playing Record
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What Does the Mad Hatter Symbolize in Alice in Wonderland?
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What Are the Primary Sources of Information About Emperor Nero?
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This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of May.
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Marcus Garvey: A Leader in the Pan-Africanist Movement
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When Did Britain’s Age of Deference End – and Why?
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What Did Julius Caesar Say Before He Died?
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3 of the World’s Oldest Inhabited Cities
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The Women who Forged Medieval England
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Arnaldo Putzu and His Fabulous Hand-Painted Covers for Look-In Magazine And Movie Posters
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Two Paintings Once Stolen by Nazis Are Donated to the Louvre Museum
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5 Deadliest Sword Designs
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What is Writer Gustave Flaubert Known For?
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The Whore of Babylon & Prostitution in the Bible
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a Swahili document on south-central Africa.
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Hidden Gospels: What Books Were Removed from the Bible (and Why)?
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Who Painted it? Dutch Women Artists and Misattribution
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Who Were the Most Notorious Nuremberg Trial Defendants?
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Who Were Queen Victoria’s Children?
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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...
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Aristarchus of Samos and the Heliocentric Model of the Universe
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Cecil John Rhodes: Life and Legacy of a British Imperialist
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Why Does Urs Fischer Burn His Sculptures?
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Why Is Mount Rushmore in South Dakota?
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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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How Did Aristotle Shape Ancient Greek Philosophy?
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What is Virtue According to Nietzsche?
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‘Ocean’ and ‘Tracks on the Ocean’ review
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On the Spot: Alice Hunt
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How Did Philosophers of Different Eras Perceive Happiness?
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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 October. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Thousand Rooms, added a Brazilian Portuguese version.
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Vintage Illustrations Of Japanese Anthropomorphic Frogs and Toads
The Japanese phrase kimo-kawaii translates into ‘cute and ugly’. It can be applied to frogs and...
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Martha Washington: Get to Know the First First Lady
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UFOs in Art History: Is It a Spaceship or a Cloud?
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Gender Norms Are Complex, Opaque
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7 Famous Impressionist Artists Who Achieved Greatness
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Moses’ Wife: Who Was Zipporah?
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over a year ago
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over a year ago
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7 of the Biggest Palaces Ever Built
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Constantine Replica Statue Lands in Rome
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U.S. Submarines: How Did the ‘Silent Service’ Win WWII in the Pacific?
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What Was Baruch Spinoza’s Concept of Freedom?
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Watch TV-CBGB – A Punk Sitcom From 1981
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9 months ago
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Were There Fast-Food Restaurants in Ancient Pompeii?
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a revolution with a contested legacy.
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Dürer Print Found in a Dump Could Fetch $26,000
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Doc Holliday: The Perennial Sidekick
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Inside a Renaissance Workshop: How did it Work?
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Open Culture
Leonard Cohen’s “Hallelujah” Performed by a Choir of 4,000 Singers
Throughout the years, we’ve featured performances of Choir!Choir!Choir!–a large amateur choir from...
2 weeks ago
Throughout the years, we’ve featured performances of Choir!Choir!Choir!–a large amateur choir from Toronto that meets weekly and sings their hearts out. You’ve seen them sing Prince’s “When Doves Cry,” Soundgarden’s “Black Hole Sun” (to honor Chris Cornell), and Patti Smith’s...
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Can Art Be Harmful? Art and Image from Plato to Modernity
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Gottfried Leibniz’s Monadology: Do Souls Exist in Space?
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African History...
Mansa Musa and the royal pilgrimage tradition of west Africa: 11th-18th century
Why Africa's caravans of gold stopped travelling to Arabia.
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Why Africa's caravans of gold stopped travelling to Arabia.
A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, February 2, 2024 (On City Building Games)
Fireside this week! I have just finished up a draft of a chapter (to be in one of those...
11 months ago
Fireside this week! I have just finished up a draft of a chapter (to be in one of those multi-multi-author companion volumes) on how video games (particularly more abstract simulation games) depict the ancient world. Writing that chapter led me to reengage with ancient city...
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Why Is Blues Music More Than a Genre?
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African History...
The colonial myth of 'Sub-Saharan Africa' in medieval Islamic geography: the view from Egypt and...
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10 Must-See Historic Sites in Romania
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A Brief History of Cartography: The Importance of Maps in Civilization
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Hear Orson Welles’ War of the Worlds Radio Broadcast from 1938: The Original Tale of Mysterious...
A month ago, drones were spotted near Morris County, New Jersey. Since then, reports of further...
a month ago
A month ago, drones were spotted near Morris County, New Jersey. Since then, reports of further sightings in various locations in the region have been lodged on a daily basis, and anxieties about the origin and purpose of these unidentified flying objects have grown apace. “We...
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London Markets In The 1960s an 1970s
“As long as I am alive, I will be a photographer. I will never retire” – Dorothy Bohm Dorothy Bohm...
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“As long as I am alive, I will be a photographer. I will never retire” – Dorothy Bohm Dorothy Bohm (22 June 1924 – 15 March 2023) was born Dorothea Israelit in June 1924 in Königsberg, East Prussia (now Kaliningrad, Russia), to a Jewish German-speaking family. In 1939 she was...
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On the Spot: Gina Anne Tam
On the Spot: Gina Anne Tam
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On the Spot: Gina Anne Tam
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‘Churchill’s American Network’ and ‘Mirrors of Greatness’ review
‘Churchill’s American Network’ and ‘Mirrors of Greatness’ review
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Wed, 05/08/2024 - 11:16
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‘Churchill’s American Network’ and ‘Mirrors of Greatness’ review
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Classical Wisdom
What makes a good friend?
'Birds of a feather’? Or 'the proverbial potters'?
a year ago
'Birds of a feather’? Or 'the proverbial potters'?
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10 Historic Small Towns in the Rockies You Should Visit
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Weekend Roundup
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LLM-based educational games will be a big deal
For the first time, digital games can make qualitative assessments of learning. Here's what that...
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For the first time, digital games can make qualitative assessments of learning. Here's what that might look like.
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What Is Solipsism?
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Frank Stewart’s Portraits of The American Journey – A Story of Jazz And Justice
“Just how somebody in photographs can treat black people with dignity. That I’d never seen before” –...
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“Just how somebody in photographs can treat black people with dignity. That I’d never seen before” – Frank Stewart Frank Stewart (born 1949) was 14 when he took his trained his Kodak Brownie on the March on Washington for Jobs in Freedom, otherwise known as the Great March in...
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What Did Christopher Columbus Discover?
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A Complete Guide to Fresco Painting
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How the Lisbon Earthquake Shook the Enlightenment
How the Lisbon Earthquake Shook the Enlightenment
JamesHoare
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How the Lisbon Earthquake Shook the Enlightenment
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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...
6 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...
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4 Feminist Paintings by Artemisia Gentileschi
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Franklin Delano Roosevelt: Who is the Real FDR?
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How Did Our Lady of Guadalupe Become Mexico’s Patroness?
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Patterns in Humanity
When few do great harm
Power laws in criminal behavior
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Power laws in criminal behavior
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Against Liberalism: What is Communitarianism?
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How Did Lucas Cranach the Elder Support the Protestant Reformation?
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Here’s What to Know About the History of Lake Como’s World-Famous Villa
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Who Were the Most Influential People of the British Empire?
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ICYMI: Emperors, Conquerors and Saints
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How Did Bebop Influence Jazz?
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Flashbak
Finding The Original Drugstore Cowboy : Los Angeles In 1980
Originally the Columbia Drugstore was next to Gower Gulch at Sunset and Gower, says Meredith...
9 months ago
Originally the Columbia Drugstore was next to Gower Gulch at Sunset and Gower, says Meredith Jacobson Marciano. In 1980, the coffee shop was closing forever.”The term “drugstore cowboy” came from here to mean a young wannabe whippersnapper who wanted to get into Westerns but...
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Louis Althusser on the Link Between Ideology and the State Apparatus
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10 Historic Towns in Oregon Worth Visiting
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Rationalism Vs. Empiricism 101: Which One is Right?
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What Is the Correspondence Theory of Truth?
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Weekend Roundup
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The Role of Money in US Elections: Can We Achieve Fair Campaign Finance?
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10 Facts About Odin the All-Father: Norse God of War & Wisdom
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4 Great Films About the Troubles and Irish Independence
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3 Debunked Rumors About Anne Boleyn
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Trying to Understand...
A Wasting Asset?
Europe turns away from America.
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Europe turns away from America.
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6 Surrealist Techniques You Probably Haven’t Heard of
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Who Was Henri Cartier Bresson?
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Scottish Independence Movements Through the Ages
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Winners of the Black and White Photo Awards 2024
What is it about black and white pictures that makes people look better? Is is because black and...
3 months ago
What is it about black and white pictures that makes people look better? Is is because black and white hints and pulls you in whereas colour can distract and reflect? LensCulture magazine celebrates black and white photography with is 2024 Black and White awards. “The enduring...
Global Inequality...
“To the Finland Station”
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Trump as a tool of history
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Shakespeare’s Hamlet: Everything You Need to Know About the Tragedy
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Was the 1926 Floating University a Failure?
Was the 1926 Floating University a Failure?
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Was the 1926 Floating University a Failure?
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Mon, 12/04/2023 - 11:45
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10 Must-See Exhibitions in Europe This Year (2025)
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Would You Kill the Fat Man?
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Ethical Philosophy for Fun
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What Is Transcendentalism?
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The Extraordinary Rise and Inexplicable Decline of Lit & Phils
The Extraordinary Rise and Inexplicable Decline of Lit & Phils
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Thu, 07/18/2024 - 08:00
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The Extraordinary Rise and Inexplicable Decline of Lit & Phils
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Thu, 07/18/2024 - 08:00
Global Inequality...
The third framing
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4 months ago
Can an international economic system exist in the world of nationalisms?
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The Violent Race Riots of the Red Summer of 1919
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Umberto Boccioni: 11 Facts About the Italian Futurist
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The Mind & Body Problem in the Philosophy of Baruch Spinoza
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Weekend Roundup
The Life of Plato
9 months ago
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for September 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 September. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Wiktopher, adapted Solresol, edited other conlangs.
Niju,...
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Pearl Harbor: “A Date Which Will Live in Infamy!”
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Igniting the Cold War: The Berlin Blockade and Airlift
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Alexander McQueen: 5 Fashion Collections Inspired by Art
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Sotheby’s Sells Monet’s Water Lilies For $65.5 Million
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5 Autobiographical Paintings by Frida Kahlo
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Who are the Pioneers of the Beat Generation?
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Flashbak
Elliott Erwitt: A Brilliant Photographer Who Took Great Snapshots
“The best things happen when you just happen to be somewhere with a camera” – Elliott Erwitt ...
a year ago
“The best things happen when you just happen to be somewhere with a camera” – Elliott Erwitt Elliott Erwitt died at his home in New York City on 29 November 2023. He leaves us with remarkable archive of fabulous photographs of the great and good, the many places he visited over...
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What Are the Unconditional Biblical Prophecies?
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Mark di Suvero California Sculpture Listed for Removal
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What Are the Four Waves of Feminism?
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10 Things You Should Know About Henri Cartier-Bresson
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What Role Did the Sea Peoples Play in the Bronze Age Collapse?
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Who Was Osama bin Laden?
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Parthenon Marbles or Elgin Marbles? Which Is the Correct Name?
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10 Facts You Should Know About Henri Matisse
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Dreams of Space -...
Santa and The Space Men
It has been a while but here is a strange Christmas post for you. Something about Santa and Flying...
4 weeks ago
It has been a while but here is a strange Christmas post for you. Something about Santa and Flying Saucers seems to go together like White wine and Cracker Jack. Sort of sweet and tangy and gets your attention.
Santa and the Space Men is a play for children about how Santa is...
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Christie’s Nets $413 Million in 20th Century Evening Sale
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Plato and Atlantis
11 months ago
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Afghanistan Historic Monuments Destroyed in Earthquakes
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Why Does Nietzsche Reject Morality?
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Highway Dig Uncovers Prehistoric Monument in Czech Republic
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A Look at London in 1975 with English Eccentrics and Mr Whippy
It’s 1975 on Flashbak. We’re in and around London in the company of David Rostance. Let’s begin by...
8 months ago
It’s 1975 on Flashbak. We’re in and around London in the company of David Rostance. Let’s begin by shopping for a Mr Whippy ice cream on Gypsy Hill, south of the River Thames. Or maybe a cider or Brandy Alexander lolly is more to your taste? You can see the full range of British...
Dreams of Space -...
Das Neue Universum, Volume 67 (1950)
Das Neue Universum (The New Universe) was a German science annual series aimed at older...
a year ago
Das Neue Universum (The New Universe) was a German science annual series aimed at older children.
From the German Wikipedia site (translated) : "The New Universe is a German children's literature series with themes in the fields of knowledge , research , adventure and...
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Pace Gallery Will Represent the Robert Indiana Legacy Initiative
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Modernism vs. Postmodernism: Two Genres Explained in 6 Facts and 13 Artworks
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Strange Magic: Belgium In Colour by Harry Gruyaert
‘Belgium is much more aesthetic. I’m making fun of my people and my own upbringing; colour here also...
4 months ago
‘Belgium is much more aesthetic. I’m making fun of my people and my own upbringing; colour here also refers to my relationship to my country.’ — Harry Gruyaert Harry Gruyaert’s photographs show his preference for shooting in the street, where he can capture the unexpected, most...
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
The Essential Greeks
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What Was Robert Mapplethorpe Inspired By?
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The Tempest: Shakespeare’s Tale of Magic, Power, and Forgiveness
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Who Won the Battle of Shiloh?
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5 of D.H. Lawrence’s Most Notable Novels
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5 Iconic Photographs by Ansel Adams
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Petticoat Alley: London’s Forgotten Women’s Clubs
Petticoat Alley: London’s Forgotten Women’s Clubs
JamesHoare
Thu, 05/02/2024 - 11:09
8 months ago
Petticoat Alley: London’s Forgotten Women’s Clubs
JamesHoare
Thu, 05/02/2024 - 11:09
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...
a month ago
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...
A Collection of...
Collections: How to Roman Republic, Part IV: The Senate
This is the the fourth part of our our planned five part series (I, II, IIIa, IIIb, IIIc) on the...
a year ago
This is the the fourth part of our our planned five part series (I, II, IIIa, IIIb, IIIc) on the structure of the Roman Republic during the third and second centuries, the ‘Middle’ Republic.’ Over the last few posts we looked at the role of Roman magistrates who carried out a...
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What Is the History Behind Hanukkah?
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Bordeaux Wine in France: A Historical Primer
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Rastafarianism: Religion or Philosophy?
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Alive! The Incredible Story of Hugh Glass
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Gladiator Combat
Fact or Hollywood Fiction?
2 months ago
Fact or Hollywood Fiction?
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Simon the Zealot of the Twelve Disciples: Bio, Legacy, and Death
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for October
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 October. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
TinyBASIC, implemented TinyBASIC in Uxntal.
Left, added a...
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Utagawa Hiroshige: 10 Works From the Last Great Master of Ukiyo-e
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Hidden History
Pennsylvania Dutch Shoofly Pie
(A diary in honor of my native state of Pennsylvania, which may or may not decide the outcome of one...
2 months ago
(A diary in honor of my native state of Pennsylvania, which may or may not decide the outcome of one of the most consequential US elections in modern history.) The story of a Pennsylvania Dutch classic dessert is as colorful as its unusual name… In 1517, Martin Luther began a...
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Stock Car Racing in 1972
In the early 1970s Henry Horenstein was taking photos of Speedway racers and fans at circuits in...
2 months ago
In the early 1970s Henry Horenstein was taking photos of Speedway racers and fans at circuits in Seekonk, Massachusetts and Thompson, Connecticut. In 1972, women only raced each other, hair was grown out crewcuts slicked and draped, and TV-led big business had yet to move in....
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The 5 Most Beautiful Buildings in Valencia
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What Did Francis Bacon Mean by “Knowledge Is Power”?
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Psychology & Spirituality: Exploring the Intersection With Carl Jung’s Analytical Psychology
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What Influenced Mary Shelley to Write Frankenstein?
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The Forgotten Tomb of Henry VIII: Why Was He Buried Somewhere Else?
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Charles Darwin: 5 Key Facts About His Life and Work
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What Is a Good Argument According to Aristotle?
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A Book 100 Years in the Making
Dear Classical Wisdom Reader,
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Dear Classical Wisdom Reader,
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Happy Birthday Marcus Aurelius!
A Celebration of Virtue
9 months ago
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Brooklyn Museum Adds Art by Black and Asian-American Artists
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9 Interesting Facts About Claude Monet
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Who Are the Zapatistas? Unmasking Mexico’s Indigenous Guerrilla Army
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Aspasia of Miletus: More Than Pericles’ Romantic Partner?
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African History...
The desert town of Southern Africa: A history of Khauxanas 1780-1906
A view of pre-colonial Namibia from the khoisan town of ||Khauxa!nas.
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A view of pre-colonial Namibia from the khoisan town of ||Khauxa!nas.
Dreams of Space -...
Treasury for Young Readers (1961)
Occasionally the most unpromising book can have hidden treasure. In this case a Wernher von Braun...
a year ago
Occasionally the most unpromising book can have hidden treasure. In this case a Wernher von Braun story and some great Fred Freeman illustrations. Treasury for Young Readers was a collection of stories for children, some from Reader's Digest stories and some from books....
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A History Lover’s Guide to Santa Fe
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What Are Monads? Leibniz On the Most Fundamental Substance
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What Is the Hierarchy of Angels in Christianity, Islam, and Judaism
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What Does it Mean to Break the Fourth Wall?
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Dreams of Space -...
Outer Space (1953)
An oldie from 15 years ago (The last time I blogged about this one). I found my copy of this and was...
3 months ago
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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Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, the Father of the Turks
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Contemporary Artist to Recreate Missing Piece of Bayeux Tapestry
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When the Portuguese Met the Chinese: Rediscover the “Age of Discovery”
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The Tudor War on Libel
The Tudor War on Libel
JamesHoare
Thu, 10/24/2024 - 09:19
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The Tudor War on Libel
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Thu, 10/24/2024 - 09:19
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