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Pasedena police called photographer Melanie Willhide to tell her the good news: they’d found her laptop and backup drive. They’d pulled over a car being driven by Adrian Rodriguez and spotted Willhide’s stolen possession on the back seat. “It’s kind of like winning the lottery;...
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Jacques Lacan: Explaining the Imaginary, the Symbolic, and the Real
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What to do with Columbus?
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What Are the Top 7 Sights to See in Milan?
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What Were George Orwell’s Political Beliefs?
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What Is an Antipope?
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5 Quotes by Friedrich Nietzsche Explained
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Hundred Rabbits
projects and pain
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We arrived in New Zealand with a long scary list of things to fix or replace on Pino. We needed new batteries, a new mainsail, a fresh coat of bottom-paint, galley plumbing, new intermediates shrouds, new backstay, new top hatch, new windows, new control cables etc.
'If we can't...
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What’s the Creation Myth in Norse Mythology?
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Hidden Gospels: What Books Were Removed from the Bible (and Why)?
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The Holodomor, Ukraine’s Great Famine
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Cyberattacks Hits Museums and Causes Online Collections Drop
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Marian Henel and His Perverted Rugs (NSFW)
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These large-scale rugs and self-portrait photographs were created by Marian Henel (1926-1993), who spent 32 years as a patient of the Hospital for Psychiatric and Neurological Disorders in Branice, Poland. Admitted to the hospital’s Psychopathological Art Expression workshop in...
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The Life of Lu Xun: Writing on China at a Crossroads
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The Incredible Story of Cadmus: The First Hero of Greek Mythology
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When Christmas Was Legally Banned for 22 Years by the Puritans in Colonial Massachusetts
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Complaints about the commercial-age corruption of Christmas miss one critical fact: as a mass public celebration, the holiday is a rather recent invention. Whether we credit Charles Dickens, Bing Crosby, or Frank Capra—men not opposed to marketing—we must reckon with Christmas as...
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The Vasari Sacristy: Breathtaking Artwork in Naples
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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...
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Who Is Banksy? A Closer Look at the Famed Anonymous Street Artist
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History Today Feed
Sand War: The Cold War in North Africa
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The Early Anarchism of William Godwin
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Classical Wisdom
How to Save Democracy
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The Importance of the Civic Bargain
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Belgian Revolution: The Independence Movement That Surprised Europe
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How Did Bob Dylan Win the Nobel Prize in Literature?
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6 Incredible Roman Sites in Spain
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Why Did Ukraine Make Stamps of Banksy’s Art?
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‘Impossible Monsters’ by Michael Taylor review
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At the close of the 18th century, the West African hosts of the Scottish traveler Mungo Park informed him of a range of mountains situated in "a large and powerful kingdom called Kong".
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The Rise and Fall of Behaviorism: Are We More Than Machines?
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What Was the Edo Period of Japan Best Known For?
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Noumenal and Phenomenal: What Were Kant’s ‘Two Worlds’?
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Great Photos: Le Mariage des Diables Blancs, May 22 1954
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On May 22 1954, tightrope walkers Berthy Omankowsky and Roger Decugis married on a rope stretched high above the Place du Capitole in Toulouse, France. The wedding of two members of the Franco-Czechoslovakian (Diables Blancs) White Devils Company was overseen by Father Robert...
Res Obscura
Res Obscura Newsletter: December, 2019
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over a year ago
Note: this was exported from Mailchimp. That's a 1909 painting called "Altar." It's by someone I learned about just this month: the Lithuanian composer and artist Mikalojus Konstantinas Čiurlionis (1875-1911). His paintings and music evoke a mysterious feeling that has stuck with...
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The Incredible And True Story Of How Elvis Presley Became Orion, The Masked Singer
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Destined to be a leading light to the world, James Hodges Ellis (born James Hughes Bell, February 26, 1945 – December 12, 1998) was known to his fans as Orion. To others he was Elvis Presley. Ellis appeared with many artists, including Loretta Lynn, Jerry Lee Lewis, Tammy...
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Hell in the Bible: Eternal Damnation vs. Annihilationism
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How Did Nero Become the Emperor of Rome?
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Dreams of Space -...
Das Neue Universum, Volume 67 (1950)
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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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Sutton Hoo: Inside an Early English Ship Burial
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Restored Delacroix Masterpiece Goes Back on Show at Louvre
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Dr Alun Withey
Beard Fashions and Class
Over the past few centuries, fashions in facial hair have changed substantially. In the mid...
over a year ago
Over the past few centuries, fashions in facial hair have changed substantially. In the mid seventeenth century many men wore the ‘Van Dyke’ style of a small, pointy beard and moustaches. By the end of the 1600s, beards were in decline, leaving many men with just moustaches. The...
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How Does Friedrich Hayek’s The Road to Serfdom Criticize Socialism?
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Is Free Will an Illusion? If So, That’s Okay
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Sea Monsters in Renaissance Maps: Tales From Unknown Waters
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5 Populists of the Late Roman Republic
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The Art of Collage and Assemblage in Modern Art
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History Today Feed
The Death of Clive of India
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Flashbak
The Devil’s Dictionary: The 50-ish Best Descriptions From The Cynic’s Word Book, 1906
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Written by American journalist Ambrose Bierce (24 June 1842 – c.1914), The Devil’s Dictionary, aka The Cynic’s Word Book, consists of common words followed by humorous and satirical definitions. The book was a compilation of Bierce’s columns for The Wasp (1881–1860 plus) and The...
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What Is the Golden Mean in Aristotle’s Ethics?
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Vincent Van Gogh’s Self-Portraits: The Artist Through His Own Eyes
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Dreams of Space -...
What the Moon Is Like (1963)
Happy 2023, this book is 60 years old this year and still seems as fresh as ever since we are...
a year ago
Happy 2023, this book is 60 years old this year and still seems as fresh as ever since we are exploring the Moon again.
What the Moon is Like is another book by the children's science writer Franklyn Branley. He wrote many children's non-fiction books with a variety of...
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Who Were the Most Important Christian Figures? (150 – 200 CE)
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12 Most Important Achievements in the Space Race
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Herodotus Versus Thucydides?
Which Historian Wins?... and Why?
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Which Historian Wins?... and Why?
TheCollector
An American Revolution Drawing Found in a NY Apartment
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Sales Drop for Christie’s in 2023
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The Brezhnev Era: Stagnation in the USSR
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Michelangelo Scribble Sells For $200,000
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Lost Caravaggio Painting Unveiled at the Prado
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8 Facts About Tamara de Lempicka’s Dark Glamour
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for July 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 July. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
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Slide Rule, released a little slide rule toy(Mastodon).
100r.co,...
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Saint Nicholas Becomes a Myth
Saint Nicholas Becomes a Myth
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Saint Nicholas Becomes a Myth
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Wed, 12/06/2023 - 10:52
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Why Uruguay Legalised Duelling
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Mon, 10/21/2024 - 08:00
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Why Uruguay Legalised Duelling
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Mon, 10/21/2024 - 08:00
TheCollector
The Rembrandt Painting to Sell For $18.4 M. at Auction
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African History...
a brief note on European pirates and African states during the 'golden age of piracy.'
a pirate stronghold and kingdom in 18th century Madagascar.
9 months ago
a pirate stronghold and kingdom in 18th century Madagascar.
A Collection of...
Collections: How to Roman Republic 101, Addenda: The Provinces
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This is the second and (in theory) last addendum to our series on Roman civic governance (I, II, IIIa, IIIb, IIIc, IV, V, A1). Having discussed how Rome handles those parts of Italy it controls but which were not part of the Roman Republic itself, we now look at how the Romans...
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Anger & Sadness: How Do Stoics Handle These Emotions?
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Banksy Confirms More London Animals—And Their Meaning
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10 Things an Art Lover Should Do in Paris
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What Is Intuition & Can You Trust It?
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What Was Emerson’s Vision for the American Scholar?
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Lipka Tatars: Muslims in Poland?
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The Coming Of Neo-Tribalism.
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Of honour, gangsters, nomadic tribes and of course identity politics.
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Games Nations Play.
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But they forget the people and the Street.
TheCollector
The 8 Largest Cities of the Medieval World
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How Were the Conditional Biblical Prophecies Fulfilled in the Bible?
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Flashbak
Joris Hoefnagel: The Emperor’s Best Artist Who Drew Insects That Told of Love And Death
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Illustrations from the Mira calligraphiae monumenta (The Model Book of Calligraphy) were created by Croatian scribe Georg Bocskay (died 1575) and Flemish artist Joris Hoefnagel (1542–1601). There is no evidence the two artists ever met, but their collaboration was decades in the...
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Who Was Josiah Wedgwood? Potter, Innovator, Entrepreneurial Genius
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Why Is Socrates’ Legacy Vital?
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When and Why Did People Start Using Coins?
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TheCollector
Complete Kelmscott Press Book Collection Sells Out at Auction
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History Today Feed
An Uyghur Chieftain in China’s Civil War
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An Uyghur Chieftain in China’s Civil War
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Why Did Bruno Latour Claim that “We Have Never Been Modern”?
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Wrong Side of...
The case for a Global Sanctuary City
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What if the Syrians can’t return home?
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Plotinus’ Theory of Emanations: How Do Things Come into Being?
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What Is the Philosophy Behind Zen Gardens?
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10 of Judith Leyster’s Best Dutch Golden Age Paintings
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FDR: How Roosevelt Won Unprecedented Four Presidential Elections
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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...
10 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...
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Baroque Obsession: What Was So Innovative About Caravaggio?
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for March
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over a year ago
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Uxn, lots of progress on Uxn, started documenting the assembly...
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10 Essential Works of Greek Philosophy
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Understanding JS Bach in 5 Compositions
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Why do some people from the distant past become memes?
TheCollector
From Wartime Reserve to Pop Culture: What Is the History of ‘Keep Calm and Carry On?’
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Flashbak
The World Turned Upside Down : Bizarro Illustrations From An 18th Century Chapbook
The World Turned Upside Down or The Folly of Man Exemplified in Twelve Comical Relations upon...
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The World Turned Upside Down or The Folly of Man Exemplified in Twelve Comical Relations upon Uncommon Subjects is Illustrated with Twelve Curious Cuts Truly Adapted to Each Story. The witty woodcuts show various role reversals. A cow becomes a butcher and the butcher his meat. A...
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Who Are the 144,000 and the Great Multitude in the Book of Revelation?
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Patterns in Humanity
Immigration and crime: Denmark
Are immigrants overrepresented in crime? If so, which immigrants? And why?
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Are immigrants overrepresented in crime? If so, which immigrants? And why?
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Adolf Hitler in WWII: The Last 6 Years of His Life
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Who Were the 43 Group?
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When They Were Kids: What Were US Presidents Like as Children?
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6 Revolutionary Works by H. G. Wells
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How Did Aristotle Influence Western Thought?
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Flashbak
Len Deighton’s Action Cookbook : How To Seduce With An Omelette (1965)
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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...
TheCollector
Harvey Milk: Champion of LGBTQ & Civil Rights
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Children’s Drawings of Gladiators Discovered in Pompeii
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Wrong Side of...
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We could win bigly by courting Donald Trump
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The Pre-Socratic Atomists: Pioneers of Modern Science
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8 Women Artists You Should Check Out in London’s National Gallery
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Who Was Aleister Crowley?
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What Treaty Ended World War II?
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Romania in WWII: An Important Part of the Eastern Front
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Climate Vandal Painted Words in Red Next to a Civil War Exhibit
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Fate and Free Will
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The Chagra: A Model for Sustainable Agriculture in the Amazon
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Daily Self-Portraits 1972–1973: Laying It Bare On The Lower East Side
Melissa Shook (1932-2020) was living on New York’s Lower East Side in the early 1970s when she began...
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6 Must-See English Castles
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Why Visit Aqaba? Jordan’s City of Contrasts
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Roadside Relics of the USSR
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We’re back on the road though the former Soviet Union. This time our guide is French photographer Jason Guilbeau whose pointing out objects along the roadside, like tractors stuck atop poles, a pavement that turns into a jet’s trail, a tank on a plinth and more reminders of...
Dreams of Space -...
Bozo and His Rocket Ship -Capitol Record-Reader (1947)
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Here an old piece of "rocket" ephemera. Back when there were these big black round things called "records," there were children's record-readers. My mom had some of these from here childhood so I actually read some of them. You would put a stack of records on (this one had 4...
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Why Did the Oracle of Delphi Call Socrates the Wisest Man?
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Who Is Sir David Attenborough?
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Fall of Constantinople (1453): The Siege That Changed the World
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Christie’s Presents Two Latin American Art Sales, Starting Friday
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Why Is There One Caryatid at the British Museum and Five in Athens?
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The Infamous Nanjing Massacre: Here’s What Happened
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Who Was Gertrude Stein? More Than a Poet & Collector
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Get to Know Audrey Flack, Icon of Photorealism
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10 Historical Places to Visit in Hampshire
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10 Must-Visit Utah Ghost Towns With a Rich History
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Front Triennial Canceled Due to Lack of Funding
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Arthur C. Clarke Predicts the Rise of Artificial Intelligence & Questions What Will Happen to...
We now live in the midst of an artificial-intelligence boom, but it’s hardly the first of its kind....
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African History...
The stone ruins of South Africa: a history of Mapungubwe, Thulamela and Dzata. ca. 1000-1750CE.
The dzimbabwe ruins of south-eastern Africa are often described as the largest collection of stone...
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The dzimbabwe ruins of south-eastern Africa are often described as the largest collection of stone monuments in Africa south of Nubia.
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The Ingenious Engineering of Leonardo da Vinci’s Self-Supporting Bridge, Explained
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17 Titillating Facts about the History of Tea
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Are the Aesir Gods the Villains of Norse Mythology?
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Overcoming Bias
Cultural Scenario Probabilities
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Classical Wisdom
Do You Listen Well?
Lessons on Listening from Plutarch
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Lessons on Listening from Plutarch
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How Did Religion Influence Law in the Ottoman Empire?
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What Is the Pauline Epistle Philemon About? Slavery & Forgiveness
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History Today Feed
Korea’s War of Prisoners
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Korea’s War of Prisoners
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The First Anarchist: Who was Pierre-Joseph Proudhon?
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History Today Feed
‘The Undesirables’ by Sarah Wise review
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Wed, 06/05/2024 - 09:29
TheCollector
Where Did the Huguenots Go? (6 Regions They Settled)
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Where Is Alexander the Great Buried?
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Who Painted it? Dutch Women Artists and Misattribution
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Classical Wisdom
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Luc Tuymans Mural Exhibition to Open Wednesday at Louvre
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Freedom of Speech in the United States: An Overview
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Hundred Rabbits
hello fujisan
It's 8h00 pm on a cold dark winter night, we are outside of Shimizu harbor motoring in circles and...
over a year ago
It's 8h00 pm on a cold dark winter night, we are outside of Shimizu harbor motoring in circles and waiting for a response from Shimizu Port Control. The temperature is 4 °C, the wind is blowing hard and our clothes are wet and caked with salt. We’re tired and hungry, waiting for...
TheCollector
What Are the 4 Main Jewish Sects?
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Stolen Van Gogh Anonymously Returned to Dutch Museum
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What is Wolfgang Tillmans Most Famous For?
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What Is the History of Hipster Culture?
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History Today Feed
Richard III and Kingly Justice for All?
Richard III and Kingly Justice for All?
JamesHoare
Thu, 08/08/2024 - 08:38
4 months ago
Richard III and Kingly Justice for All?
JamesHoare
Thu, 08/08/2024 - 08:38
TheCollector
What’s the Best Time of Year to Visit the Parthenon?
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Paul Cézanne Work Sold by Christie’s
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A Glimpse into the Past: An Overview of Ancient Greek Theater
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Did the Ramones Invent Punk?
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Lost and Found
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Flashbak
A Tour of The Westwood Mall, Michigan, 1972 – 1984
We’re off to the Westwood Mall in Michigan in the 1970s and early 1980s. Most of the images here are...
a month ago
We’re off to the Westwood Mall in Michigan in the 1970s and early 1980s. Most of the images here are from the store’s opening on August 3 1972. We see shopper browsing for music in Recordland beneath a poster for the singer Cyndi Lauper, buying into the ‘grapefruit diet’, getting...
Flashbak
New York City In Color – Garry Winogrand’s Street Shots
“I photograph to find out what something will look like photographed” – Gary Winogrand In Garry...
9 months ago
“I photograph to find out what something will look like photographed” – Gary Winogrand In Garry Winogrand: Winogrand Color we look at some of the New York-born photographer’s 45,000 early colour street photographs in 1950s and 1960s America. In 1970 and Winogrand visited the...
Flashbak
People of the Twentieth Century: the Ideal German, the Nazi and the Persecuted Jew
“If we can create portraits of subjects that are true, we thereby in effect create a mirror of the...
5 months ago
“If we can create portraits of subjects that are true, we thereby in effect create a mirror of the times.” – August Sander, creator of Menschen des 20 Jahrhunderts (People of The 20th Century) What you see above is a picture of Arnold Katz and Benjamin (Benno) Katz being...
History Today Feed
‘Poet, Mystic, Widow, Wife’ and ‘God’s Own Gentlewoman’ review
‘Poet, Mystic, Widow, Wife’ and ‘God’s Own Gentlewoman’ review
JamesHoare
Tue, 10/22/2024 - 09:11
2 months ago
‘Poet, Mystic, Widow, Wife’ and ‘God’s Own Gentlewoman’ review
JamesHoare
Tue, 10/22/2024 - 09:11
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for December 2023
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
11 months ago
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of December.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, added solar cooking experiment, making seamed box cushions, making saloon cushions, moisture prevention underliner, and board games. Updated...
A Collection of...
Collections: How to Roman Republic 101, Part IIIa: Starting Down the Path of Honors
This is the third of our planned five part series (I, II) on the structure of the Roman Republic...
a year ago
This is the third of our planned five part series (I, II) on the structure of the Roman Republic during the third and second centuries. Last time we discussed Rome’s popular assemblies, which at least notionally expressed the will of the people. One of the key tasks those...
History Today Feed
The Failure of the Leipzig War Crimes Trials
The Failure of the Leipzig War Crimes Trials
JamesHoare
Mon, 12/16/2024 - 11:23
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The Failure of the Leipzig War Crimes Trials
JamesHoare
Mon, 12/16/2024 - 11:23
Trying to Understand...
The Newer World Order.
But can they get their heads round it?
10 months ago
But can they get their heads round it?
TheCollector
4 Surprising Things You Didn’t Know About the Catholic Catechism
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Flashbak
The Amy Carter ‘Love Doll’ – Playing With The President’s Daughter In 1977
Reporter: Do you, Amy Carter, have a message for the children of America? Amy Carter: “No.” In...
11 months ago
Reporter: Do you, Amy Carter, have a message for the children of America? Amy Carter: “No.” In 1976, nine-year-old Amy Carter left her home in Plains, Georgia, and moved into the White House. People noticed the first child to live at the White House since the days of JFK. And...
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Who Was Pasquale Paoli, the (Other) Corsican Revolutionary?
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The Bumpy Ride to Yerevan: What Can a Road Trip in Armenia Teach You?
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TheCollector
12 Most Important Art Techniques of Modern Times
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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.
a year ago
uncovering the origins of Carthage's aethiopian auxiliaries.
TheCollector
The Fall of Singapore: The Largest Defeat in British Military History
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Classical Wisdom
Healthy Skepticism for Better Debates
Philosophical Tools for the Holidays
3 weeks ago
Philosophical Tools for the Holidays
History Today Feed
Jackie Coogan and the Fall of Hollywood’s Child Stars
Jackie Coogan and the Fall of Hollywood’s Child Stars
JamesHoare
Thu, 02/01/2024 - 09:58
10 months ago
Jackie Coogan and the Fall of Hollywood’s Child Stars
JamesHoare
Thu, 02/01/2024 - 09:58
TheCollector
Paris of Troy: The Abductor of Helen Who Started the Trojan War
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Classical Wisdom
Gods Vs Titans
...and the Origins of the Universe
a year ago
...and the Origins of the Universe
TheCollector
7 Historical Places to Visit On Your Way to the Isle of Skye
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Who Was Clement of Rome?
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Classical Wisdom
Spartan Training
The Ultimate Regime
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TheCollector
What Are the Origins of Santa Claus?
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TheCollector
What Are the Oldest Copies of the Bible?
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Trying to Understand...
People, States and Borders.
And other dubious ideas.
4 months ago
TheCollector
What Is Capoeira?
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TheCollector
Roman Military Ranks: From Legionary to General
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Flashbak
Gas Mask Photos: An Alternative Mask for the Halloween Season
The idea of disguise and wearing masks is central to art. From Saul Steinberg’s paper bag masks to...
2 months ago
The idea of disguise and wearing masks is central to art. From Saul Steinberg’s paper bag masks to those incredible masks of the African phantom, Wladyslaw T. Benda’s living masks and William Mortensen’s haunting portraits from West of Zanzibar, appearances are changed to deceive...
Trying to Understand...
Macron is Safe for the Moment
But the future worries me.
a year ago
But the future worries me.
Classical Wisdom
Confessions from a Classics Lover
How to learn -or relearn- from the ancients
5 months ago
How to learn -or relearn- from the ancients
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
The Secrets of Crete
a year ago
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for August 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 August. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, added Heriot Bay, Ballet Bay Octopus Islands, and...
TheCollector
Who Is the Archangel Gabriel?
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TheCollector
A History Lover’s Guide to New Mexico
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for February 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 February. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Wiktopher, added back corrected chapters 1-7 to...
Open Culture
The Sinking of the Britannic: An Animated Introduction to the Titanic’s Forgotten Sister Ship
We all know about the Titanic. Less often do we hear about the Britannic—the sister passenger liner...
a week ago
We all know about the Titanic. Less often do we hear about the Britannic—the sister passenger liner that the British turned into a hospital ship during World War I. Launched in 1914, two years after the Titanic sank in the North Atlantic Ocean, the Britannic featured a number of...
History Today Feed
The Death of Einhard the Historian
The Death of Einhard the Historian
JamesHoare
Thu, 03/14/2024 - 09:28
9 months ago
The Death of Einhard the Historian
JamesHoare
Thu, 03/14/2024 - 09:28
TheCollector
The Eritrean War of Independence: How Eritrea Won its Freedom
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TheCollector
World War II’s Unbreakable Code: How Did the Navajo Code Talkers Win the Pacific?
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Flashbak
Ships Then Swans: Ian Macdonald’s Pictures of England’s Teesside in the 1970s and 80s
The houseboats, blast furnaces and shipbuilding are gone. Ian Macdonald’s photographs are portraits...
2 months ago
The houseboats, blast furnaces and shipbuilding are gone. Ian Macdonald’s photographs are portraits of times past. These pictures cover three of the photographer’s major bodies of work from the late 1960s to the mid 1980s: Greatham Creek; the Redcar blast furnace and Smith’s Dock...
TheCollector
Baron Von Steuben: Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell During the USA’s Founding
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Flashbak
Theory of Colours: James Sowerby’s ‘A New Elucidation’ (1809)
These illustrations are from Theory of Colours: James Sowerby’s ‘A New Elucidation’ (1809). Sowerby...
5 months ago
These illustrations are from Theory of Colours: James Sowerby’s ‘A New Elucidation’ (1809). Sowerby (21 March 1757 – 25 October 1822) was an English naturalist and Royal Academy-trained illustrator who specialised in drawing plants and minerals. The full title of his illustrated...
TheCollector
6 Facts about the Ancient Olympic Games
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TheCollector
Here’s How AI Helped Recover Lost Paintings by Gustav Klimt
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10 Presidents Who Changed the US
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TheCollector
4 Works by Franz Kafka That You Should Know
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Flashbak
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...
7 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...
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for January 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 January. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, added electrical refit(portal for AC & DC...
TheCollector
7 Key Beliefs and Practices From Hasidic Judaism
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6 months ago
History Today Feed
James I: A Foreign King on the English Throne
James I: A Foreign King on the English Throne
JamesHoare
Tue, 05/21/2024 - 08:46
7 months ago
James I: A Foreign King on the English Throne
JamesHoare
Tue, 05/21/2024 - 08:46
A Collection of...
Gap Week: December 29, 2023 (Year In Review)
Hey folks! I had planned to do a Fireside for this week with a sort of ‘year-in-review’ musing, but...
11 months ago
Hey folks! I had planned to do a Fireside for this week with a sort of ‘year-in-review’ musing, but between the holidays and the whole pedant household coming down with a nasty cold, I’m a bit short of the time and energy to put together a full fireside with...
TheCollector
Ghiberti vs. Brunelleschi: The Renaissance Competition
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5 Fascinating Tales of Baba Yaga, the Slavic Witch
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Dreams of Space -...
Yuri's Night is April 12th!
Dream About Gagarin (1961)
Celebrating "Yuri's Night." This is the celebration of Yuri...
a year ago
Dream About Gagarin (1961)
Celebrating "Yuri's Night." This is the celebration of Yuri Gagarin 1st manned flight into space in Vostok 1, which completed one orbit of Earth on 12 April 1961. So this book is also from 1961 suggesting that children should dream of this...
TheCollector
7 of the Most Popular Hats in History
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9 months ago
A Collection of...
Collections: Phalanx’s Twilight, Legion’s Triumph, Part Ib: Subjects of the Successors
This is the second part of the first part of our four part look at the context between the...
11 months ago
This is the second part of the first part of our four part look at the context between the Hellenistic army and its Macedonian phalanx and the Romans with their legions. Last week, we looked at the weapons, organization and fighting style of the Macedonian phalanx, the infantry...
Classical Wisdom
Dido: Queen of Carthage
Doomed Lover of Ancient Myth
a year ago
Doomed Lover of Ancient Myth
TheCollector
Évora: History & 10 Must-See Sites
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TheCollector
8 Sneaker Trends to be on the Look-out For in 2024
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TheCollector
7 Most Impressive Villas and Palaces to Visit in Rome
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Classical Wisdom
How Can We Prevent Character Assassination?
Corruption in the Ancient World
9 months ago
Corruption in the Ancient World
Flashbak
Things To Come : The 1950s Science Fiction Book Club Newsletter
Things To Come was the monthly newsletter (originally bi-monthly) of publisher Doubleday’s Science...
6 months ago
Things To Come was the monthly newsletter (originally bi-monthly) of publisher Doubleday’s Science Fiction Book Club (SFBC). The short, typically four-page issues promoted the book club’s coming selections and best of volumes from Galaxy and The Magazine of Fantasy and Science...
TheCollector
Who Was Rosalba Carriera?
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TheCollector
The Defining Style of the 1930s: What Is Art Deco?
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Classical Wisdom
Essential Greeks LIVE Webinar Times
Join this year's course for a strong foundation in the Classics
6 months ago
Join this year's course for a strong foundation in the Classics
Overcoming Bias
Arntz-Gray & I Talk Feminism
At 6:30-8p ET today, I’ll be talking with Regan Arntz-Gray on
2 weeks ago
At 6:30-8p ET today, I’ll be talking with Regan Arntz-Gray on
TheCollector
September 1, 1939: The Invasion of Poland
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Classical Wisdom
Beyond Stoicism
New Event: January 7th, 2025
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New Event: January 7th, 2025
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Petra and Passports
a year ago
TheCollector
Why Do the Rastafari Believe That Haile Selassie Was a God?
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A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, March 22, 2024
Fireside this week! The ACOUP schedule might end up being a little unstable for the next few weeks...
9 months ago
Fireside this week! The ACOUP schedule might end up being a little unstable for the next few weeks as the coincidence of illness, the dense part of the teaching semester and unexpected travel are playing havoc on my schedule. I can only promise that we will finish the series on...
TheCollector
What Is Lucas Samaras Known For?
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TheCollector
7 Important Baroque Paintings You Should Know
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11 months ago
Overcoming Bias
Drift Poll Winner: Rational Culture
Over the last day, I did two sets of polls comparing 16 cultural drift scenarios (detailed here) re...
a month ago
Over the last day, I did two sets of polls comparing 16 cultural drift scenarios (detailed here) re their likelihood and desirability. (I later added influence.) Here are best fit priorities (relative to 100 max), sorted by priority sum:
TheCollector
Pablo Picasso’s Composition Techniques Explained Through 6 Works
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Global Art Sales Dropped 4 Percent to $65 B. in 2023
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Who Was Sayed Idries Shah?
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3 Beautiful Places in the South of England Tourists Neglect
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Plato’s Dialogue Crito: Should Socrates Have Escaped His Execution?
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History Today Feed
Sarah Mae Flemming and the Forgotten Women of Civil Rights
Sarah Mae Flemming and the Forgotten Women of Civil Rights
JamesHoare
Mon, 12/09/2024 - 09:58
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Sarah Mae Flemming and the Forgotten Women of Civil Rights
JamesHoare
Mon, 12/09/2024 - 09:58
TheCollector
Thanatos: The Greek God of Death
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5 Female Philosophers That You Should Know
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Chicago’s Field Museum Alters Native Displays Due to Regulations
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Ancient Philosophy for Children
a year ago
Ancient Philosophy for Children
TheCollector
What Can You Expect to See at the Spring Temple Buddha?
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The Cold War & the Rise of Superpowers: US Elections in a Divided World (1945-91)
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Was Riothamus the Real King Arthur?
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TheCollector
Who Was Saint Peter the Apostle?
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History Today Feed
How Did the First World War Change the Arts?
How Did the First World War Change the Arts?
JamesHoare
Thu, 10/10/2024 - 09:11
2 months ago
How Did the First World War Change the Arts?
JamesHoare
Thu, 10/10/2024 - 09:11
TheCollector
Alfred the Great and the Most Important Battle in English History
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The Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882: Racism on a Federal Level
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8 Works of Art & Architecture Commissioned by the Medicis
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TheCollector
The Origins of the Democratic Party: A Comprehensive Guide
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Dreams of Space -...
Telstar: Communication Break-through by Satellite (1962)
Sorry to skip a week, it may happen again next week.
Here is a straight history book of an current...
a year ago
Sorry to skip a week, it may happen again next week.
Here is a straight history book of an current (at the time) and wonderful event in global communication. We has lost track of how satellites have changed our lives and made the earth a smaller place. It is a little dull in...
TheCollector
5 Interesting 1980s Subcultures: From Goth to Punk to Skinheads
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Napoleon’s Hundred Days: The French Emperor’s Brief Return to Power
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How Can Stoicism Help Overcome Adversity?
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Where Did Paul Cezanne Live?
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What Caused the Salem Witch Trials?
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What Are the 8 Best Art Attractions in Budapest? (local tips)
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TheCollector
Comic Books in WWII: When American Comics Went to War
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Who Is Zeus? The King of the Greek Gods
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The Roman-Jewish Wars: Jewish Resistance vs Roman Might
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Dr Alun Withey
The ‘Celebrated Inventions’ of Alexander Ross.
One thing that has continually fascinated me throughout all of my research on medical practitioners,...
over a year ago
One thing that has continually fascinated me throughout all of my research on medical practitioners, barbers and retailers in the long eighteenth century, is the extent of what historians call ‘occupational diversity’. Rather than having one occupation, people might have...
Res Obscura
Post-postal
What did we lose when we stopped writing letters?
2 months ago
What did we lose when we stopped writing letters?
History Today Feed
Death of a Turkey Legend
Death of a Turkey Legend
JamesHoare
Sun, 12/08/2024 - 00:00
2 weeks ago
Death of a Turkey Legend
JamesHoare
Sun, 12/08/2024 - 00:00
TheCollector
Are Isaac and Ishmael Enemies in the Bible?
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for December
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 December. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Grimgrains, published a tofu from soy flour recipe, and reduced...
Flashbak
A Look Inside London Cafes and Greasy Spoons In the Early 1990s
We’ve seen the outside of many London cafes in the 1980s and 1990s, first here then more. Now Peter...
6 months ago
We’ve seen the outside of many London cafes in the 1980s and 1990s, first here then more. Now Peter Marshall pokes his camera inside London’s lost cafes and shows us around. We see lots of formica counters, brightly coloured chairs, the stainless steel urns for ready-made coffee...
TheCollector
5 Deadliest Sword Designs
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TheCollector
What is Theodor Adorno’s Negative Dialectics?
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TheCollector
The Secret SS Mission to Tibet You’ve Never Heard Of
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Classical Wisdom
The Fall of a Republic
Cato and Caesar
a year ago
TheCollector
Why Is Socrates’s Death Still Discussed?
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11 months ago
A Collection of...
Collections: Phalanx’s Twilight, Legion’s Triumph, Part IVc: Perseus
This is the third part of the fourth part of our four(ish) part (Ia, Ib, IIa, IIb, IIIa, IIIb, IVa,...
8 months ago
This is the third part of the fourth part of our four(ish) part (Ia, Ib, IIa, IIb, IIIa, IIIb, IVa, IVb) look at the how the Roman military system and its manipular legion were able to defeat the Hellenistic military system and its Macedonian sarisa phalanx in the third and...
TheCollector
10 Must-See Historic Sites to Visit in Madrid
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