Open Culture
John Coltrane Draws a Picture Illustrating the Mathematics of Music
Physicist and saxophonist Stephon Alexander has argued in his many public lectures and his book The...
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Physicist and saxophonist Stephon Alexander has argued in his many public lectures and his book The Jazz of Physics that Albert Einstein and John Coltrane had quite a lot in common. Alexander in particular draws our attention to the so-called “Coltrane circle,” which resembles...
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Achaian War: How the Romans Defeated the Last Free State in Greece
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How Found Objects Became Central to Modern Art
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How Leonardo da Vinci Painted The Last Supper: A Deep Dive Into a Masterpiece
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When Leonardo da Vinci was 42 years old, he hadn’t yet completed any major publicly viewable work. Not that he’d been idle: in that same era, while working for the Duke of Milan, Ludovico Sforza, he “developed, organized, and directed productions for festival pageants, triumphal...
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The Powers of Soviet Puppetry
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Egyptian Cat Goddess: Who Is Bastet?
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A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, July 12, 2024
Fireside this week! I had hoped to have the start of the Imperator Teaching Paradox series ready for...
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Fireside this week! I had hoped to have the start of the Imperator Teaching Paradox series ready for this week, but it has been a bit stubborn and I do not want to derail my book writing/revising schedule in order to push it out before it is ready. So that will almost certainly...
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What Are the Top 7 Must-See Attractions in Mallorca?
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The Holodomor, Ukraine’s Great Famine
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Who Painted it? Dutch Women Artists and Misattribution
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What Are the 8 Most Popular Churches in Venice?
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Robert the Bruce: Born To Be King?
Robert the Bruce: Born To Be King?
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Robert the Bruce: Born To Be King?
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Angels in the Bible: Ambassadors From Another World?
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Classical Wisdom
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Did Pliny the Younger Attempt to Rig the Vote in the Roman Senate?
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Binge-Watch Classic Television Programs Free: The Dick Van Dyke Show, The Lone Ranger, Dragnet, That...
Earlier this week, we featured the 99-year-old Dick Van Dyke’s performance in Coldplay’s new music...
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Earlier this week, we featured the 99-year-old Dick Van Dyke’s performance in Coldplay’s new music video, full of visual references to the sitcom that made him a household name in the early nineteen-sixties. And a household name he remains these six decades later, though one does...
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How Does Stoicism Differ from Other Philosophies?
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Was There Social Mobility in Anglo-Saxon England?
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New Alphonse Mucha Museum to Open in Prague
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Emily Brontë: Misanthrope or Literary Genius (or Both)?
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In the Night Garden: The Magical World of George Shiras
George Shiras (1859 – 1942) began photographing in 1889, and was the first to use camera traps and...
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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...
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Summary of changes for December
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over a year ago
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the month of December. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, added a new page: electrical refit, fuel sensor,...
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Architectural Wizardry: 4 Fascinating Works by Antoni Gaudi
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10 Artworks by Yoko Ono You Should Know
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Middle Kingdom Pyramids: The Lesser Known Pyramids of Ancient Egypt
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6 Incredible Roman Sites in Spain
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Germanus of Auxerre and His Connection to Arthurian Legends
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Which Countries Have the Most Official Languages?
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Impeachment: What Does It Take to Remove a US Politician From Power?
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How Did the Tudors Celebrate Christmas?
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10 Historic Christmas Towns in the US to Visit
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How Many U.S. Presidents Served Two Terms in Office?
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Top Five Painters To Watch in 2024
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Patterns in Humanity
When Lightning Strikes... Literally
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The Grand Egyptian Museum Soon Opens for Visitors
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Trying to Understand...
We Are All Civilisational States
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It's just that some people don't realise it.
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Why Is Nicosia the Last Divided Capital of Cyprus?
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Alexander Nevsky: Savior of the Kievan Rus’?
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African History...
a brief note on Trade and Travel in the ancient Sahara and beyond.
uncovering the origins of Carthage's aethiopian auxiliaries.
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uncovering the origins of Carthage's aethiopian auxiliaries.
Classical Wisdom
How Can We Prepare for the Worst?
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Without living forever in fear and worry?
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Who Were the Landsknechts?
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What Is the (Delicious) History of Pizza?
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Colonial Mexican Art: 4 Key Formats and Themes
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The Disaster That Was Napoleon’s Russian Campaign: An Overview
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How Important Was Theseus for Athens? Theseus: Get to Know the Mythical King of Athens
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Get to Know Meret Oppenheim Through 7 Works
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What Can You Expect to See at the Spring Temple Buddha?
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What Were the Religious Beliefs of Hans Holbein the Younger?
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Iris Murdoch Through 3 Great Works in Philosophy and Literature
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Martha Graham: 15 Facts About the Mother of Modern Dance
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How Fur Trade Resulted in All-Out War: The Algonquin vs. The Iroquois
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What Was the War of Jenkins’ Ear?
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7 Dickensian Locations: In the Footsteps of Charles Dickens
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What Is Pierre Bourdieu’s Theory of Taste?
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What Are the Seven Wonders of the Natural World?
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Helen Keller’s Letter on Why Book-Burning Nazis Will Never Defeat Ideas, 1933
“History has taught you nothing if you think you can kill ideas. Tyrants have tried to do that often...
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“History has taught you nothing if you think you can kill ideas. Tyrants have tried to do that often before, and the ideas have risen up in their might and destroyed them’ – Helen Keller Helen Keller is best known for her campaign to help the disabled and support for...
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Eric the Red: The Incredible Story of Greenland’s First Viking
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Top 10 Historic Sites to See in New York City
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Summary of changes for June
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over a year ago
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the month of June. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Uxn, improved the Uxntal reference sheet and improved the Uxntal...
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What Is the Gift of Tongues in the Bible?
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What Is an Existential Crisis?
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What’s the Best Time of the Year to Visit Cairo, Egypt?
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From Wartime Reserve to Pop Culture: What Is the History of ‘Keep Calm and Carry On?’
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Hell in the Bible: Eternal Damnation vs. Annihilationism
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Native American Groups React on Covering Native Displays
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Aristotle on Knowledge, Truth, and Error (6 Arguments)
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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...
Res Obscura
Role-playing with AI will be a powerful tool for writers and educators
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Or, how well can GPT-4 simulate an acid trip in 1963?
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Maze-like Exhibition Celebrates 100th Anniversary of Surrealism
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How Frans Hals Revolutionized Dutch Portrait Painting
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Anne of Cleves: The Wife King Henry Loved Most?
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Should We Be Afraid of Technology?
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Lessons from Prometheus and Frankenstein
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10 Extraordinary Symbolist Artists: From Munch to Moreau
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8 Controversial Artworks Created by Women Artists
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Wrong Side of...
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The Jolly Jump-ups Journey Through Space (1952)
Sorry for the delays in posting, I have been on a short vacation. So today is one of my favorite...
10 months ago
Sorry for the delays in posting, I have been on a short vacation. So today is one of my favorite (and obscure) fictional pop-up books about space. A really beautifully illustrated 1952 book with some amazing text to accompany it, The Jolly Jump-ups Journey Through Space!
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What Is the History of the Guitar?
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Flashbak
Scenes From The Second City: Pictures of Birmingham 1980-1986
A while back in Trendy OK?’ – Pictures of Birmingham 1976-1987, we looked at England’s second city...
9 months ago
A while back in Trendy OK?’ – Pictures of Birmingham 1976-1987, we looked at England’s second city before there was a Selfridges or Harvey Nichols, and no Bullring as we know it today. Birmingham was a place of subway shops and underground passages that are now filled in and...
Classical Wisdom
What is the WORD? How can we understand Logos?
Do Words Matter?
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6 Magical Realists to Read after Borges
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Ukraine: A Further Guide for the Perplexed.
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5 Illustrated Stories by Shaun Tan That You Should Know
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Have You Heard of These 5 Unusual Musical Instruments?
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Why Did Lot Sacrifice His Daughters? (4 Possible Justifications)
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Harry Houdini’s Death: Was It Really by Sucker Punch?
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The Two Slayings of Holofernes: Artemisia vs. Caravaggio
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Hidden History
The Ocarina
The Ocarina, also sometimes called the “sweet potato flute”, is an ancient instrument that was...
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The Ocarina, also sometimes called the “sweet potato flute”, is an ancient instrument that was developed in Meso-America, and was resurrected in 19th century Europe. When we hear the word “flute”, most of us think of a long thin wooden or metal tube with holes along its length...
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10 Must-See Historic Landmarks in Florida
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The Earliest Trade Networks Between Europe, Asia, & the Pacific
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5 of the Most Famous Constructed Languages
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Flashbak
Gods From Space: When London Taxi Diver George King Met Jesus And Other Aliens
“Prepare yourself! You are to become the voice of Interplanetary Parliament” – ‘The Command’...
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“Prepare yourself! You are to become the voice of Interplanetary Parliament” – ‘The Command’ received by George King from space, 1954 On May 8th 1954, London taxi driver George King was doing the household chores when he heard a voice. What came to be known as “The Command”...
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What Is the Legacy of Genghis Khan’s Promiscuity?
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Ralph Waldo Emerson: Bio, Nature, & the Birth of Transcendentalism
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A Collection of...
Collections: How Many People? Ancient Demography
One of the first questions anyone asks about past societies is, ‘how many people were there?’ It is...
a year ago
One of the first questions anyone asks about past societies is, ‘how many people were there?’ It is one of those basic bits of information and generally speaking those of us who teach these societies are usually prepared with an estimate to answer the question. But what we often...
Flashbak
Good Morning: The US Humor Magazine May 1919 – October 2021
Good Morning was an American political humor magazine, first published in May 1919. It was founded...
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Good Morning was an American political humor magazine, first published in May 1919. It was founded by Ellis O. Jones, a former associate editor of Life magazine and editor of Ladies’ Home Journal who once called for the US Army and Navy to be disbanded and went on to head the...
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Venus of Urbino: How Titian Reinvented the Nude
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5 Women in Philosophy of Mind You Should Know
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What Are the 10 Must-see Museums in Budapest?
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Très Parisien: The Height Of French Chic 1920-1936
Très Parisien magazine sold itself as ‘chic’ and ‘elegant’. Published between 1920 and 1936 it...
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African History...
How Africans wrote their own history: Debates and dialogues between four west African historians in...
Facts, myths and royal propaganda.
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Facts, myths and royal propaganda.
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What Are the Top 9 Historical Sites in Budapest?
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Colombian President in Search for a Long-Lost Treasure
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18 Famous Renaissance Artists Who Achieved Greatness
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How did Alexander the Great Untangle the Gordian Knot?
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History Today Feed
The Extraordinary Rise and Inexplicable Decline of Lit & Phils
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The Extraordinary Rise and Inexplicable Decline of Lit & Phils
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TheCollector
Art for Change: A Brief History of Protest Art
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Mazes and Labyrinths: An Illustrated History (1922)
“There is no route out of the maze. The maze shifts as you move through it, because it is alive.” –...
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“There is no route out of the maze. The maze shifts as you move through it, because it is alive.” – Philip K. Dick, VALIS William H. Matthews leads us through his 1922 book Mazes and Labyrinths from his home in Ruislip in the English county of Middlesex. Compiled shortly...
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“The Whole World Is Watching”: The 1968 Chicago Riots at the DNC
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A Christmas Carol in Context: Dickens’ Beloved Festive Fable
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Thomas Gainsborough vs. Joshua Reynolds: 6 Facts About Their Rivalry
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What Is Intuition & Can You Trust It?
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The Dutch Throne in an Exhibition for the First Time
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The Young British Artist Movement (YBA): 10 Famous Artworks You Should Know
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Who Was Winston Churchill? The Dark Side of Britain’s Great Hero
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Heracles and the Lernaean Hydra: The Hero’s Second Labor
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What to See on Vienna’s Long Night of Museums
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Robert Koch: Great Microbiologist or Unethical Researcher?
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Who Were the Top Allied Commanders of World War II?
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Jindřich Štreit’s Villge People : Photographs of the Czechoslovak Countryside
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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...
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.
TheCollector
A Luta Continua! Mozambique’s Struggle for Independence
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History Today Feed
Arthur Cravan: The Disappearing Dadaist
Arthur Cravan: The Disappearing Dadaist
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TheCollector
Sartre’s ‘Being and Nothingness’: An Introduction to Existentialism
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Lightning Strikes Ancient Roman Arch of Constantine
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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...
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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...
Classical Wisdom
The World's First Computer
The Antikythera Mechanism
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The Antikythera Mechanism
TheCollector
10 Presidential Elections That Shaped the US Forever
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Dreams of Space -...
Hombres Del Espacio (1960)
So a fun one today. This is so silly and dated that I almost feel like apologizing, but I won't....
a year ago
So a fun one today. This is so silly and dated that I almost feel like apologizing, but I won't. This is the story of the exploration of space and has to be seen! It might have been assembled from stills from a Spanish film (I don't recognize it so feel free to tell me). But...
TheCollector
The History of the Metropolitan Museum of Art (& Its Collection)
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Classical Wisdom
Should Death Concern Us?
How can we deal with the inevitable... before the inevitable deals with us?
a year ago
How can we deal with the inevitable... before the inevitable deals with us?
Flashbak
At Home With Candy, Andy and the Bearandas, A Terrifying Children’s Comic From 1966
In 1966, Candy and Andy lived with their parents, Mr and Mrs Bearandas above a toy shop in a typical...
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In 1966, Candy and Andy lived with their parents, Mr and Mrs Bearandas above a toy shop in a typical English village called Riverale, going about the place in their rainbow-striped Mini. For a year, their everyday lives were documented in 154 comic books ( ‘the comic full of fun...
TheCollector
What Do Bernini’s Borghese Sculptures Represent?
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Photos of Iggy Pop And The Stooges Playing NYC Club Ungano’s in 1970
In August 1970, American photographer Bud Lee (1940-2016) took photographs of Iggy Pop and the...
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In August 1970, American photographer Bud Lee (1940-2016) took photographs of Iggy Pop and the Stooges performing at brothers Nick and Arnie Ungano’s basement club on New York’s West 70th Street between Amsterdam and West End Avenues. The ban were celebrating the release of their...
TheCollector
The Tuskegee Airmen of World War II
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Woodstock Festival Comics from the 1970s
In October 1970s, the 1969 Woodstock Festival was immortalised in a comic book. The romance story “I...
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In October 1970s, the 1969 Woodstock Festival was immortalised in a comic book. The romance story “I Found My Love at the Woodstock Festival!” appeared in Falling in Love #118. Comics and Woodstock were a good match. Charles M. Schulz’s didn’t name the little yellow bird and...
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What Pets Did the Ancient Romans Have?
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Italian Police Thwart “Tomb Raiders” at Etruscan Burial Site
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Hundred Rabbits
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...
9 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...
African History...
Taming and domesticating the wild: the War-Elephants of ancient Aksum and Kush
In his 1668 description of the West African kingdom of Benin, the Dutch writer Olfert Dapper...
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In his 1668 description of the West African kingdom of Benin, the Dutch writer Olfert Dapper reported that “The king shows himself only once a year to his people, going out of his court on horseback, accompanied by three or four hundred noblemen on horseback.”
African History...
A general history of African explorers of the Old world, and a 19th century Bornu traveller of...
This article provides a brief outline of over sixty African explorers who traveled across the ‘Old...
2 months ago
This article provides a brief outline of over sixty African explorers who traveled across the ‘Old World’ from the classical period to the turn of the 20th century.
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7 Historical Places to Visit on the Isle of Skye
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A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, May 10, 2024
Fireside this week! Next week, with luck, I’ll have my ‘On the Reign of Alexander III of Macedon’ up...
7 months ago
Fireside this week! Next week, with luck, I’ll have my ‘On the Reign of Alexander III of Macedon’ up as an addendum to our discussion of Hellenistic armies. But in the meantime, it is a fireside, and I thought, since it was just recently May the Fourth, we might talk some Star...
TheCollector
A Brief History of the Aboriginal Lands Right Movement
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How the Nazis Looted Art in the Netherlands: Dienststelle Mühlmann
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The Lighthouse of Alexandria: A Wonder of The Ancient World
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Trying to Understand...
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.
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When Was the Era of Japan’s Bakufu?
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Jean Lannes: The French Achilles of the Napoleonic Wars
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What Is the Jungian Journey of Individuation?
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Exploring Francis Bacon’s Black Triptych Series
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Classical Wisdom
Calm in the Face of Crisis
Putting the Greek Back into Stoicism
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Putting the Greek Back into Stoicism
TheCollector
What Are Conlangs?
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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)...
5 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...
TheCollector
World’s Largest Banksy Exhibition to Reopen in London
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New York City In The 1960s – A Photographer’s Love story
For New Yorker Ronnie Ginnever, photography is a passion. “Fortunately, I was born in the city that...
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For New Yorker Ronnie Ginnever, photography is a passion. “Fortunately, I was born in the city that I love – New York City,” she says. ” On a good day, I move with the rhythms of the city and feel connected to its soul, spirit and people. The camera is the tool that allows me …...
History Today Feed
‘Rites of Passage’ by Judith Flanders review
‘Rites of Passage’ by Judith Flanders review
JamesHoare
Mon, 02/26/2024 - 11:07
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‘Rites of Passage’ by Judith Flanders review
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Dreams of Space -...
Rockets - The Magazine of Space Flight (May 1947)
Continuing with my post from last week, some excerpts from the May 1947 issue of Rockets - The...
over a year ago
Continuing with my post from last week, some excerpts from the May 1947 issue of Rockets - The Magazine of Space Flight.
TheCollector
What Was the Atheism Dispute?
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The Beautiful Ludlow Typography Specimen Books c. 1958
Letters are beautiful. From specimens of chromatic woodtype to the groovy letter people and 16th...
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Letters are beautiful. From specimens of chromatic woodtype to the groovy letter people and 16th Century writing templates typography and calligraphy turn visual language into something beautiful. Beginning in the early 20th Century, the Ludlow Typograph Company (1906 to late...
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for April 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 April.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, added Twilight, updated our notes on chainplates, wheel to tiller conversion, cabin lights standing rigging replacement, Princess Louisa Inlet(added...
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Who Were the Most Important Leaders of WWII?
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5 Lost Cities of Ancient Egypt Rediscovered
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Dreams of Space -...
Happy Journeys (1961)
Here is wishing you Happy Journeys (1961) in 2024.
Happy Journeys was a 1961 children's book about...
a year ago
Here is wishing you Happy Journeys (1961) in 2024.
Happy Journeys was a 1961 children's book about the future and ways someone might travel. The illustration were double page full color paintings of a exciting and strange future that might be around the corner. I see in this...
Trying to Understand...
No Way Out
Some of the world's problems have no solution.
a year ago
Some of the world's problems have no solution.
TheCollector
What Does it Mean to Break the Fourth Wall?
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Nature Aided in the Creation of the Great Sphinx of Giza?
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Classical Wisdom
What is Love? And From Where did it Come?
All the ways to say LOVE, according to the Greeks
10 months ago
All the ways to say LOVE, according to the Greeks
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Baroque Obsession: What Was So Innovative About Caravaggio?
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New Study May Reveal Stonehenge’s Mysterious Origins
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4 Sumerian Inventions that Changed the World
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French New Wave: Here’s What You Need to Know
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Archaeologists Unearth a Building in the Valley of the Temples
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10 Unmissable Masterpieces in the Louvre
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The Fountainhead: Ayn Rand’s Ode to Individualism
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Weekend Roundup
Battle of the Historians
a year ago
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What Was Big Week? How the Allies Won Air Superiority
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What Did Averroes Ask Ibn Arabi?
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5 Quotes by Karl Marx Explained
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The Fallen Angels of Enoch: Vicious Villains or Virtuous Victims?
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7 Famous Artists Who Destroyed Their Own Works
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Variety is the Spice of Ancient Life
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Variety is the Spice of Ancient Life
Flashbak
The Prostitutes’ Gaze: The Integrity of Mid-Century Sex Workers (NSFW)
“I take photos to amuse myself” – Georges Thiry Georges Thiry (1906 – 19940 took many pictures...
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“I take photos to amuse myself” – Georges Thiry Georges Thiry (1906 – 19940 took many pictures in his native Belgium. From 1935 to 1975, he produced 40,000 negatives, almost as many contact sheets and a number of prints. His focus was on artist, chiefly Surrealists – René...
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Liberalism, Democracy, and Pragmatism in John Dewey’s Philosophy
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How George Washington Used the Fabian Strategy During the Revolution
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Was Henry VI England’s Most Unfortunate King?
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Cricket & Colonialism: A Tale of Imperial Power & Influence
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The Men Who Sacked Rome: Who Were the Vandals?
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8 of the Greatest Fighter Planes of World War II
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10 Pieces of Legislation Affecting America’s Indigenous People
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Rare Exhibition of Roman Marbles Heads to North America
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Who Was Rosalba Carriera?
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Jean Cocteau: A Complete Insight (Bio & Art)
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When Did Vincent van Gogh Start Painting?
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A Brief History of the Rahbani Music Family
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Nietzsche’s Crusade Against the Philosophers
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Flashbak
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” –...
2 months ago
“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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A Brief Timeline of Ancient Egyptian Art
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‘After the Flying Saucers Came’, ‘Think to New Worlds’ and ‘How to Think Impossibly’ review
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3 months ago
‘After the Flying Saucers Came’, ‘Think to New Worlds’ and ‘How to Think Impossibly’ review
JamesHoare
Tue, 09/17/2024 - 08:00
African History...
a complete history of Mombasa ca. 600-1895.
Journal of African cities: chapter 13
3 months ago
Journal of African cities: chapter 13
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Who Was Django Reinhardt?
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Who Is the Archangel Michael? Analyzing an Angel
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Oskar Schindler: The Business Tycoon Who Became a Hero
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How Do Europe’s Cold War Divisions Persist?
How Do Europe’s Cold War Divisions Persist?
JamesHoare
Thu, 08/01/2024 - 07:00
5 months ago
How Do Europe’s Cold War Divisions Persist?
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Thu, 08/01/2024 - 07:00
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4 Diseases That Impacted & Altered Human Existence
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On the Spot: Courtney J. Campbell
On the Spot: Courtney J. Campbell
JamesHoare
Wed, 02/21/2024 - 13:10
10 months ago
On the Spot: Courtney J. Campbell
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Wed, 02/21/2024 - 13:10
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Who Are Some Key Figures in Epistemology?
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The African Mask: From Worthless to Priceless
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African History...
Historical links between the Ottoman empire and Sudanic Africa (1574-1880)
travel and exchanges between Istanbul and the states of; Bornu, Funj, Darfur and Massina.
a year ago
travel and exchanges between Istanbul and the states of; Bornu, Funj, Darfur and Massina.
TheCollector
6 Incredible Sites From Moorish Spain
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Flashbak
László Moholy-Nagy: Art from the Epoch of the Modernist Experiment
László Moholy-Nagy (July 20, 1895 – November 24, 1946) was a Jewish Hungarian poet, painter and...
3 months ago
László Moholy-Nagy (July 20, 1895 – November 24, 1946) was a Jewish Hungarian poet, painter and photographer before he became the major proselytiser of the new avant-garde vision at the Bauhaus school, where has taught as a professor and succeeded is working across disciplines. ...
Open Culture
How Medieval Islamic Engineering Brought Water to the Alhambra
Between 711 and 1492, much of the Iberian Peninsula, including modern-day Spain, was under Muslim...
3 weeks ago
Between 711 and 1492, much of the Iberian Peninsula, including modern-day Spain, was under Muslim rule. Not that it was easy to hold on to the place for that length of time: after the fall of Toledo in 1085, Al-Andalus, as the territory was called, continued to lose cities over...
Classical Wisdom
Important Notification
New Cabins *NOW* Available
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New Cabins *NOW* Available
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How Did Averroes Influence the West?
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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...
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Possible Rembrandt Found in Attic Sells for $1.4 Million
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Battle of Kursk: The Largest Tank Battle in History
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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.
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Fenrir: Who Was the Norse Wolf Destined to Kill Odin?
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Who Won the First Battle of Bull Run in the Civil War?
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9 Iconic Minimalist Works by Women Artists
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Einstein vs. Bergson: A Historic Debate About Time
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Wilfred Owen: Britain’s Tragic War Poet
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The Ancient Cities of Sumeria: Eridu & Uruk
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The Death of Little Jack the Boy Missionary
The Death of Little Jack the Boy Missionary
JamesHoare
Fri, 04/05/2024 - 09:52
9 months ago
The Death of Little Jack the Boy Missionary
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Fri, 04/05/2024 - 09:52
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Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin and the Making of Stars
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Tue, 05/07/2024 - 12:09
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Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin and the Making of Stars
JamesHoare
Tue, 05/07/2024 - 12:09
Dreams of Space -...
New Treasury for Young Readers (1963)
More or less a "housekeeping" post today. I wanted to scan this book after finding the other one...
11 months ago
More or less a "housekeeping" post today. I wanted to scan this book after finding the other one just for balance. Some fine illustration is a lost bit of space flight for children.
New Treasury for Young Readers. Reader’s Digest. Pleasantville, NY. Reader’s Digest Association....
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New Exhibition to Show Art Saved From Notre Dame Fire
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Hundred Rabbits
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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Hygge, Lagom, Wabi-Sabi: Life Philosophies To Help You Find Harmony
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Brussels Statue Supposedly Damaged by Irish Tourist
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Edward Hopper & Josephine Nivison: The Troubled Artistic Union
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Trying to Understand...
Another Of My Essays in French
Le choc des symboles; ils sont vraiment sérieux.
a year ago
Le choc des symboles; ils sont vraiment sérieux.
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How Did the 1979 Iranian Revolution Influence Iran’s Economy?
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The Ethics of Epicureanism vs The Ethics of Stoicism
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Levina Teerlinc: A Woman Artist of the Tudor Court
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The Jaguars of Yuruparí: Shamans of the Amazon Rainforest
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Classical Wisdom
Do You Need Children to Care About the Future?
Shady Trees or Empty Branches?
4 months ago
Shady Trees or Empty Branches?
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Who Were the Disciples James, John and Andrew?
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Twice-Stolen Titian Sets Artist Record at Auction
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What Was Pope Innocent III’s Role in the Medieval Crusades?
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Christie’s Nets $413 Million in 20th Century Evening Sale
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What Are Isambard Kingdom Brunel’s Top Achievements?
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Trying to Understand...
Russia/Ukraine is not a sports competition.
Victory in war requires a bit of thought.
a year ago
Victory in war requires a bit of thought.
TheCollector
Symbolism & Identity in Elizabeth I’s Portraits: Decoding the Queen
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Cinco de Mayo: 5 Facts About the Mexican Celebration
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Women Portraitists of the Renaissance: A League of Their Own
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Napoleon’s 5 Greatest Marshals: The Best of the Best
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Global Inequality...
On general futility of political discussions with people
Over the years I have had political and ideological discussions with at least three groups of people...
a year ago
Over the years I have had political and ideological discussions with at least three groups of people and have concluded that these discussions are, almost entirely, futile in making people either see things differently, or acknowledge that others may see things differently, or...
Flashbak
Find the Girls on the Negatives: The Shocking Origins of Beautiful Photos Found in a Thrift Store
In 2015, Meagan Abell was shopping in Richmond, Virginia when she spotted four sets of medium-format...
5 months ago
In 2015, Meagan Abell was shopping in Richmond, Virginia when she spotted four sets of medium-format negatives protected in plastic sleeves in a box of vintage photographs. Abell bought the negatives, scanned them and saw the beautiful pictures of two young women standing on a...
TheCollector
J.S. Bach & Sons: The Composer’s Legacy and Family
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4 Works Inspired By Da Vinci’s The Last Supper
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Open Culture
The Ingenious Engineering of Leonardo da Vinci’s Self-Supporting Bridge, Explained
The video above from Sabins Civil Engineering promises to reveal “the MAGIC behind Da Vinci’s Self...
2 weeks ago
The video above from Sabins Civil Engineering promises to reveal “the MAGIC behind Da Vinci’s Self Supporting Bridge.” That sounds like a typical example of YouTube hyperbole, though on first glance, it isn’t at all obvious how the fragile-looking structure can stay up, much less...
History Today Feed
Sokol: An Exercise in Czech Nation-Building
Sokol: An Exercise in Czech Nation-Building
j.hoare
Thu, 11/23/2023 - 10:33
a year ago
Sokol: An Exercise in Czech Nation-Building
j.hoare
Thu, 11/23/2023 - 10:33
TheCollector
New York’s Rubin Museum Makes Big Changes
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11 months ago
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,...
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Heimdall: Get to Know the Viking Superhero and Guardian of Asgard
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How Did Lucas Cranach the Elder Support the Protestant Reformation?
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The 3 Partitions of Poland (& Lithuania): Polarized Peoples
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Hendrik Verwoerd’s Life & Death: The Architect of Apartheid
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Top 8 Bronze Age Civilizations (in the Mediterranean and Near East)
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9 months ago
History Today Feed
How the British Council Made a Soft Power Superpower
How the British Council Made a Soft Power Superpower
j.hoare
Mon, 12/11/2023 - 11:26
a year ago
How the British Council Made a Soft Power Superpower
j.hoare
Mon, 12/11/2023 - 11:26
TheCollector
Beer Can Art Accidentally Trashed at Dutch Museum
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Who Was Achilles? Greek Mythology’s Greatest Warrior
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Vincent and Theo Van Gogh: A Tale of Brotherly Love
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Classical Wisdom
History as Tragedy?
A Different View of Thucydides
5 months ago
A Different View of Thucydides
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Doctors Against Genocide Cancels Event at Holocaust Museum
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10 Foreign Gods Hidden in the Roman Pantheon
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Discover the Klondike Gold Rush: Frozen Riches
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What Supernatural Creatures Appear in the Works of Shakespeare?
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Automata & AI: A Historical & Cultural Comparison
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When Did Operation Husky Take Place?
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Why Did Shakespeare Write Macbeth?
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African History...
a brief note on the history of Music in Africa
plus an overview of Ethiopian musical traditions
a year ago
plus an overview of Ethiopian musical traditions
African History...
A history of the Buganda kingdom.
government in central Africa.
a year ago
government in central Africa.
TheCollector
What Is Transcendentalism?
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Global Inequality...
The world according to Garegnani
I have not thought of this until I had lunch with Anwar Shaikh today. I have personally known Anwar...
8 months ago
I have not thought of this until I had lunch with Anwar Shaikh today. I have personally known Anwar for at least ten years. But only today it struck me that I was meeting a hero of my early intellectual life, although the difference in age between Anwar and me is not that great....
Classical Wisdom
Andromeda: The Beauty of the Mediterranean
Take a Santa Pause
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Flashbak
Glasgow in the 1980s: ‘From An Insider’s Point of View’
The Cranhill Arts Project has been collecting pictures of Glasgow, Scotland, to show the place ...
a week ago
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
Pandora’s Box: A Greek Myth about Curiosity (and More)
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‘Leasure And Pleasure’: Window Shopping In 1980s Hull
“When I started this project in 1977, Hull was in the throes of a massive redevelopment, with many...
a month ago
“When I started this project in 1977, Hull was in the throes of a massive redevelopment, with many inner city areas being bulldozed and instant slums being created on its outskirts. It seemed to have learnt nothing from the mistakes I had fought against during the previous decade...
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Who Won the Battle of the Wilderness?
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How Did Railways Help Standardize Time in Britain?
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What Can Psychoanalysis Tell Us About Hamlet?
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Yayoi Kusama Unveils New Public Sculpture in London
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12 Most Important Achievements in the Space Race
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a year ago
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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...
2 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...
Trying to Understand...
A Strange Defeat.
A failure of understanding in Ukraine.
a month ago
A failure of understanding in Ukraine.
Global Inequality...
James Burnham’s managerialism eighty years later
Like everybody who has studied Marxism from a relatively young age I encountered many quotes of, or...
11 months ago
Like everybody who has studied Marxism from a relatively young age I encountered many quotes of, or comments on, James Burnham's “The Managerial Revolution”. I was quite familiar with Burnham’s ideas but I have not read the book. I don't think that I would have read it, now in...
TheCollector
What Are the Primary Sources of Information About Emperor Nero?
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Len Deighton’s Action Cookbook : How To Seduce With An Omelette (1965)
Len Deighton’s Action Cookbook (1965) began life as cookery strips (aka ‘cookstrips’) when Leighton...
6 months ago
Len Deighton’s Action Cookbook (1965) began life as cookery strips (aka ‘cookstrips’) when Leighton was a student at London’s Royal Academy and St Martin’s art school, and living with classmate Bob Hyde. Aimed at “an audience of men unskilled at knowing their way around the...
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What Is the Myth of the “Struggling Artist” in Literature?
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5 Actions of the American Indian Movement
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Who Are the Four Presidents Depicted on Mount Rushmore?
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William Blake, The Great Red Dragon Paintings
“And behold a great red dragon, having seven heads and ten horns, and seven crowns upon his heads....
10 months ago
“And behold a great red dragon, having seven heads and ten horns, and seven crowns upon his heads. And his tail drew the third part of the stars of heaven, and did cast them to the earth” — Revelations 12:3-4, King James Bible The Red Dragon Paintings are four watercolours by...
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5 Facts About Ukko, Finland’s Axe-Wielding God of Thunder
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3 months ago
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Snapshots of People Meeting Abraham Lincoln
“I see you have erected a very fine and handsome platform here for me, and I presume you expected me...
10 months ago
“I see you have erected a very fine and handsome platform here for me, and I presume you expected me to speak from it.” ― Abraham Lincoln The most famous statue of Abraham Lincoln (12 February 1809 – 15 April 1865) is the ginormous one sculpted by Daniel Chester French...
Hundred Rabbits
Typhoons and mold
For every traveling sailor, comes a time when the boat has to stay alone in a foreign country. For...
over a year ago
For every traveling sailor, comes a time when the boat has to stay alone in a foreign country. For us, this happened this year in Japan. We'd never left Pino alone before, never for more than a week. We were apprehensive at first, but decided it would be a good learning...
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Monsters, Morpheus, and The Matrix
a year ago
Monsters, Morpheus, and The Matrix
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