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‘Forbidden Desire in Early Modern Europe’ by Noel Malcolm review
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What Does Alice Represent in Alice in Wonderland?
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The Months: Gardens of Art by Eugène Grasset
In 1894, Eugène Grasset (25 May 1845 – 23 October 1917) received a commission from the French...
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In 1894, Eugène Grasset (25 May 1845 – 23 October 1917) received a commission from the French department store La Belle Jardinière to create 12 original works of art to be used as a calendar. Grasset’s woodcuts show women in fashionable costumes of the period each bearing a sign...
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On the Spot: Ali Ansari
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Libby Hall (1941-2023) was a friend. When she died last year at age 81, she let behind an archive that speaks of her talent as a street and press photographer, writer and collector, most notably of vintage dog photographs which now live at London’s Bishopsgate Institute. “Mine...
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Quincy Jones Knew who Killed JFK and Saw the Pope’s ‘Pimp Shoes’
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Quincy Jones knew who killed JFK, Quincy Jones (March 14, 1933 – November 3, 2024) was one of the world’s great musicians, producer and arranger. Best known for his smash hits with Michael Jackson, notable on the singer’s Thriller album, Jones won 28 Grammys in a career that...
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Do My Dreams Mean Anything? A Philosophical Look at the Unconscious Mind
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The Future of US Elections: Potential Changes and Emerging Issues
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Igniting the Cold War: The Berlin Blockade and Airlift
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12 Facts About Marina Abramović and Her Work
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Yuri's Night is April 12th!
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Celebrating "Yuri's Night." This is the celebration of Yuri...
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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...
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Maurizio Cattelan’s Duct-Taped Banana Could Fetch $1 Million
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Brick Lane 1978: The Turning Point
On 4 May 1978, Altab Ali (24 Oct 1953 – 4 May 1978), a Bangladesh-born textile worker in an area off...
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On 4 May 1978, Altab Ali (24 Oct 1953 – 4 May 1978), a Bangladesh-born textile worker in an area off Brick Lane, was stabbed to death in London, in a racially motivated attack. Paul Trevor’ photographs mark how East London’s Bengali activists fought for survival and the right to...
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Edmund Dulac’s American Weekly Covers – 1924-1951
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Edmund Dulac is remembered today as one of the founding fathers of the Golden Age of Illustration, roughly from 1875-1925, writes Albert Seligman. His luxurious Gift Books of the early 20th century were covered in vellum and issued in signed limited editions with tipped-in color...
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8 Things to See in Tokyo: A Guide For Art Enthusiasts
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10 Must-Visit Historic Villages in Portugal
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15 Facts About Genghis Khan & His Legacy
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Mole Rocket (1965)
Mole Rocket is a Czechoslovakian children's book about a mole finding a rocket. It is a silly piece...
over a year ago
Mole Rocket is a Czechoslovakian children's book about a mole finding a rocket. It is a silly piece of fiction but since it does have adventuring in a rocket it seemed worth sharing.
Miler. Mole Rocket, 1965.
When the mole crash lands, the rocket breaks apart in...
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Who’s Who of the Kennedys: 9 Notable Members
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The More than Legendary Oracle of Delphi
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The More than Legendary Oracle of Delphi
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4 Techniques of 19th-Century Photography You Should Know
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A Collection of...
Collections: Roman Infantry Tactics: Why the Pilum and not a Spear?
This week’s post is intended to answer a question which came up in response to the last post looking...
a year ago
This week’s post is intended to answer a question which came up in response to the last post looking at the most common type of Mediterranean spear, which to put it simply is: what is up with the odd Roman heavy infantry kit built around a sword and two javelins (albeit two...
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Sokol: An Exercise in Czech Nation-Building
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Sokol: An Exercise in Czech Nation-Building
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Thu, 11/23/2023 - 10:33
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The Tragic Life of Kermit Roosevelt & the Burden of Legacy
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Did the Anglo-Saxon Invasion of Britain Really Happen?
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Pace Gallery Will Represent the Robert Indiana Legacy Initiative
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Vincent and Theo Van Gogh: A Tale of Brotherly Love
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Inventing Cyrillic
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Alfred the Great and the Most Important Battle in English History
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Expressionists Exhibition to Open This Week at Tate Modern
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How the Nazis Looted Art in the Netherlands: Dienststelle Mühlmann
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Summary of changes for July
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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 July. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Nasu, implemented the export of .theme files, and theme...
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8 Facts about The Book of Enoch and its Content
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Summary of changes for October 2024
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
a month ago
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of October.
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100r.co, added Rabbit Waves and Logbooks. Updated woodstove installation, no windlass with 1 photo, mini dodger and Victoria to Sitka logbook with Week 3...
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Banned Book Week Begins...
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Banned Book Week Begins...
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“I Am Because We Are”: Introducing Ubuntu Philosophy
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5 Interesting Aspects of Medieval Mongol Culture
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the rock of polynesia
Niue, pronounced 'New-ay', a rock in the Pacific, one of the largest coral islands on earth. It's...
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Niue, pronounced 'New-ay', a rock in the Pacific, one of the largest coral islands on earth. It's the first country to offer free, state-funded, wireless internet to all its residents and has a goal of being completely solar powered— uuuh... wow?
We'd also heard that the school...
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Slavoj Zizek on the 2 Types of Violence
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8 Great Women Sculptors You Need to Know
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Why Visit Aqaba? Jordan’s City of Contrasts
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What Is a Film Auteur?
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Who Were Charlemagne’s Daughters
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Inside the Catholic State
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The Congress of Vienna: How Europe Was Redrawn
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The 5 Most Significant Queens and Kings of Jerusalem
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How Did Carl Jung Differ from Sigmund Freud?
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How Bayonets Revolutionized Warfare
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Hendrik Verwoerd’s Life & Death: The Architect of Apartheid
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The Evils Of Professionalism
In politics, anyway.
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Rome’s Greatest Defeat? Hannibal’s Victory at Cannae
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Why Is Nan Goldin Considered a Trailblazer in Modern Photography?
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6 Things You Should Know About Pop Art
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The Secret Life of Latin
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Jim Laspesa, musician and rock archivist has shared sharing some photos on his Facebook page that he...
10 months ago
Jim Laspesa, musician and rock archivist has shared sharing some photos on his Facebook page that he first spotted at a swap meet in Pasadena, California. We don’t know who took these photographs of David Bowie backstage, James Brown meeting and greeting the fans and many other...
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Why Is Socrates’ Legacy Vital?
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Antinous: The Tragic Life of Emperor Hadrian’s Lover
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6 Astounding Facts About the Inhotim Institute
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Michael Taylor on The Development of the M1 Garand and its Implications
This week, Michael Taylor, Associate Professor of History at SUNY Albany, returns to offer an...
a year ago
This week, Michael Taylor, Associate Professor of History at SUNY Albany, returns to offer an interesting argument about the longterm impact of the M1 Garand, the US army’s extremely successful World War II and Korean era battle rifle, introduced in 1936. A fantastically...
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On the Spot: Lori D. Ginzberg
On the Spot: Lori D. Ginzberg
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Mon, 08/19/2024 - 10:30
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On the Spot: Lori D. Ginzberg
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Mon, 08/19/2024 - 10:30
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What Defined the Roaring Twenties?
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Pet Monkeys in Victorian Britain
Pet Monkeys in Victorian Britain
j.hoare
Tue, 01/16/2024 - 09:57
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Pet Monkeys in Victorian Britain
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Tue, 01/16/2024 - 09:57
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American Abstract Artist Frank Stella Dies at 87
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weird medieval guys
The coolest medieval woman you've never heard of
Christine de Pizan on Circe, Medusa, and other virtuous ladies
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Christine de Pizan on Circe, Medusa, and other virtuous ladies
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Games Nations Play.
But they forget the people and the Street.
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But they forget the people and the Street.
TheCollector
The Metropolitan to Return Pieces to Cambodia
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Flashbak
Once Upon a Time in Brick Lane: 1970s East London Before Gentrification
Brick Lane in London’s East End is in area of flux. From the road where they used mark bricks and...
6 months ago
Brick Lane in London’s East End is in area of flux. From the road where they used mark bricks and brew beer, the place has been sanctuary to immigrants for centuries and is now home to a large Bangladeshi community. In the 17th century, French Huguenots arrived and brought with...
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A Roman Sarcophagus Discovered by French Archaeologists
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How Did Caligula Rise to Power in the Roman Empire?
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Trying to Understand...
Arming Ourselves Against The Future.
With a few more books and a few old ideas.
a year ago
With a few more books and a few old ideas.
TheCollector
The Second Italo-Ethiopian War: A Step Toward Toppling the World Order
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What Is the Ides of March?
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Unlike For Like.
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a month ago
BRICS and how international institutions work.
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Who Painted it? Dutch Women Artists and Misattribution
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History Today Feed
‘A Revolutionary Friendship’ by Francis D. Cogliano review
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Wed, 08/21/2024 - 09:18
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‘A Revolutionary Friendship’ by Francis D. Cogliano review
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Dreams of Space -...
Judy Space Puzzles (1970s)
Here is another quick post for you. Space puzzles!
I last shared these in 2016 so it is about time...
a month ago
Here is another quick post for you. Space puzzles!
I last shared these in 2016 so it is about time to bring them back.
These were classroom puzzles (although they were probably owned by kids at home too). They were mostly for Kindergarten-2nd grade kids and were "educational" as...
Dreams of Space -...
Rockets - The Magazine of Space Flight (Feb and Dec 1946)
The Rockets Journal was a post-war publication of the United States Rocket Society. There are...
over a year ago
The Rockets Journal was a post-war publication of the United States Rocket Society. There are several online issues here
https://fanac.org/fanzines/Rockets/
Here is a biography of the controversial editor:
https://www.joshuablubuhs.com/blog/robert-l-farnsworth-as-a-fortean
I...
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They Say They Want Rearmament ....
We-ell, you know ....
a year ago
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Boycotts of the Olympic Games: A History of Sports & Politics
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8 Unmissable UNESCO World Heritage Sites in Southeast Asia
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Gustave Moreau: The Man Who Defined the Symbolist Movement
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Ancient Papyrus Reveals Plato’s Final Hours
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The Story Behind the Making of the Iconic Surrealist Photograph, Dalí Atomicus (1948)
With his cane, his famous waxed mustache, and his habit of taking unusual animals for walks,...
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With his cane, his famous waxed mustache, and his habit of taking unusual animals for walks, Salvador Dalí would appear to have cultivated his own photographability. But taking a picture of the man who stood as a living definition of popular surrealism wasn’t a task to be...
Global Inequality...
The world according to Garegnani
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7 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....
Patterns in Humanity
Genes and social stratification
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8 months ago
How genes affect socioeconomic success, and its consequences for society's structure.
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Three Rubens Paintings to Stay in the U.K., Advisory Panel Rules
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A Brief History of Blackface (& Its Legacy)
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Symbolism & Identity in Elizabeth I’s Portraits: Decoding the Queen
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6 Lesser-Known Strange Ancient Olympic Sports
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African History...
The Mali empire: A complete history (ca. 1250-1650)
At its height in the 14th century, the Mali empire was one of Africa's largest states, extending...
10 months ago
At its height in the 14th century, the Mali empire was one of Africa's largest states, extending over an estimated 1.2 million square kilometers in West Africa. Encompassing at least five modern African states, the empire produced some of the continent's most renowned historical...
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Romania in WWII: An Important Part of the Eastern Front
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Get to Know Tamara de Lempicka Through 8 Works
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African History...
The complete history of Gondar: Africa's city of castles (1636-1900)
Journal of African cities chapter 8
a year ago
Journal of African cities chapter 8
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What Is the Legacy of Genghis Khan’s Promiscuity?
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African History...
A history of the west African diaspora in Arabia and Jerusalem before 1900
The legacy of west African travel to Mecca, Medina and Jerusalem.
a year ago
The legacy of west African travel to Mecca, Medina and Jerusalem.
TheCollector
How Did Henri Matisse Evolve as an Artist?
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Trying to Understand...
This Changes Everything!
Well, it depends what you're trying to do.
10 months ago
Well, it depends what you're trying to do.
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Battle of Thebes: How Alexander the Great Destroyed the Great City
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10 Powerful Women From Folklore and Mythology Around the World
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Protein or Propaganda? The Story Behind America’s Love Affair with Milk
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Egyptian Temples: How the Egyptians Depicted the Universe in Microcosm
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Trying to Understand...
The Year's Midnight.
Kindness can be a revolutionary act.
over a year ago
Kindness can be a revolutionary act.
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The First Punic War: A Clash of Cultures
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Two New York Museums Face Climate Protests
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Highwaymen: The Road to Infamy
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Wed, 06/19/2024 - 09:50
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Wed, 06/19/2024 - 09:50
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Judith Leyster: The Most Famous Woman of the Dutch Golden Age
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5 Key Myths About the Greek God Hades
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What Is the Legacy of the Battle of Gettysburg?
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10 Facts About the Temples of Angkor
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Patterns in Humanity
Demographics and American Homicides
Can racial/ethnic demographics explain the high American homicide rate?
11 months ago
Can racial/ethnic demographics explain the high American homicide rate?
TheCollector
Frida Kahlo Exhibition Heads to Virginia Museum of Fine Arts
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Harvey Milk: Champion of LGBTQ & Civil Rights
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What Are Monads? Leibniz On the Most Fundamental Substance
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Trying to Understand...
L'Étrange défaite: Réalité et réalisme
Another of my essays in French.
a week ago
Another of my essays in French.
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Blindspots and Biographies
a year ago
Blindspots and Biographies
Flashbak
In Your Face: Photographer Shoots Londoners Up Close And Personal
Using the skills he learned as a table tennis champ, Londoner Paul Trevor wandered through the...
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Using the skills he learned as a table tennis champ, Londoner Paul Trevor wandered through the city’s financial district and its money markets and Brick Lane market getting in people’s faces. These spontaneous closeups appeared in the book and show In Your Face. Like Mark...
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10 Ghost Towns in California You Need to Explore
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Patterns in Humanity
When few do great harm
Power laws in criminal behavior
a year ago
Power laws in criminal behavior
African History...
The heroic age in Darfur: a history of the pre-colonial kingdom of Darfur ca. 1500-1916.
The political marginalization of the Darfur region since the creation of colonial Sudan has resulted...
5 months ago
The political marginalization of the Darfur region since the creation of colonial Sudan has resulted in one of the continent's longest-standing conflicts, which threatens to destroy the country's social fabric and its historical heritage. Just as the plight of modern Darfur...
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Get to Know Alma Mahler: Composer, Muse, and Scandalous Woman
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What Was Little Turtle’s War?
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Dreams of Space -...
Start to Infinity (1978)
A little over my usual 1975 limit but I just dug this one out of storage. It is basically a Russian...
a year ago
A little over my usual 1975 limit but I just dug this one out of storage. It is basically a Russian space history book for children. I like the painted illustrations.
Shurlygin, Victor. СТАРТ В БЕСКОНЕЦНОСТЬ (Start to Infinity.) Leningrad: Children’s Literature Press. (158...
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A Day In The Life Of C.S. Lewis – Author of The Chronicle of Narnia
“I am a product of long corridors, empty sunlit rooms, upstairs indoor silences, attics explored in...
10 months ago
“I am a product of long corridors, empty sunlit rooms, upstairs indoor silences, attics explored in solitude, distant noises of gurgling cisterns and pipes, and the noise of wind under the tiles. Also, of endless books.” ― C.S. Lewis In his 1955 book Surprised by joy : the...
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What Is the Correspondence Theory of Truth?
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Trying to Understand...
When The Music's Over ...
Turn out the lights.
9 months ago
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5 Fascinating Maps that Show Our Evolving Understanding of the World
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9 Artists Influenced by Marcel Duchamp
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Collector Chris Levett Is Selling His Huge Trove of Ancient Armor
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What Caused the Salem Witch Trials?
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Trying to Understand...
That's The Truth?
In politics, well, it depends.
a year ago
In politics, well, it depends.
Open Culture
Watch the Sex Pistols’ Christmas Party for Kids–Which Happened to Be Their Final Gig in the UK...
I’m not sure the Sex Pistols had “available for children’s parties” on their press release, but on a...
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I’m not sure the Sex Pistols had “available for children’s parties” on their press release, but on a cold and grim Christmas in 1977, that’s exactly what happened. While many Britons were settling in for a warm yuletide, the Pistols decided to host a party/benefit for the...
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7 Largest Cities in the Ancient World
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Liu Bang: How a Peasant Became Emperor of China
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African History...
A complete history of Jenne: 250BC-1893AD
Journal of African cities chapter 6
a year ago
Journal of African cities chapter 6
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Who Was Jelly Roll Morton? Self-styled “Inventor” of Jazz
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Was Alexandre Dumas Black?
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Aristotle’s Rhetoric: A Brief Overview
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What Were the Main Aims of Fauvism?
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weird medieval guys
An 800 year prayer book that's decorated with puns
Plus a little history of manuscript illustration
a year ago
Plus a little history of manuscript illustration
TheCollector
U.S. Returns Looted Artifacts Worth $10 Million to India
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The Anat Ebgi Gallery Expands to Tribeca
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Beer Can Art Accidentally Trashed at Dutch Museum
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Terror on the HMS Erebus: The Tragic Arctic Expedition
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Walter Benjamin on Charles Baudelaire: Guilt, Modernity, and The Crowd
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Petticoat Alley: London’s Forgotten Women’s Clubs
Petticoat Alley: London’s Forgotten Women’s Clubs
JamesHoare
Thu, 05/02/2024 - 11:09
7 months ago
Petticoat Alley: London’s Forgotten Women’s Clubs
JamesHoare
Thu, 05/02/2024 - 11:09
weird medieval guys
Do you have less free time than a medieval peasant?
A look at the source and historical background behind a notorious claim
a year ago
A look at the source and historical background behind a notorious claim
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‘Rites of Passage’ by Judith Flanders review
‘Rites of Passage’ by Judith Flanders review
JamesHoare
Mon, 02/26/2024 - 11:07
10 months ago
‘Rites of Passage’ by Judith Flanders review
JamesHoare
Mon, 02/26/2024 - 11:07
TheCollector
Nature Aided in the Creation of the Great Sphinx of Giza?
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a year ago
Trying to Understand...
Don't Give Peace Too Many Chances.
Nothing is more dangerous than a flawed peace treaty.
over a year ago
Nothing is more dangerous than a flawed peace treaty.
TheCollector
Voices from Chinese Christianity: Between Christ and Confucius
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The Met Reveals Design for New Modern and Contemporary Wing
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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...
4 months ago
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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The Fowler Museum in L.A. Returns Seven Valuables to Ghana
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9 Places to Visit Between San Diego and Glacier National Park
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Who Is the Archangel Gabriel?
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The Role of Women in 1950s America: Conformity or Change?
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What Are Djinn? (Powers, Tales, & Etymology)
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Trying to Understand...
Bringing It All Back Home
If we can't patronise them over there, we'll do it over here.
a year ago
If we can't patronise them over there, we'll do it over here.
A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, August 16, 2024
Fireside this week! I find I have my thoughts more or less together for the last part of the...
4 months ago
Fireside this week! I find I have my thoughts more or less together for the last part of the Imperator series, but I have not yet gotten them into a satisfying order – a common hazard of writing – so they will have to wait for next week. It’s not yet clear to me if … Continue...
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The Rise of Francisco Franco & the Effects of the Spanish Civil War
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What Does Erich Fromm Argue in ‘The Art of Loving’?
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What is Theodor Adorno’s Negative Dialectics?
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How Did Libyan Migration Influence Egyptian Religion?
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Interview with Dr. Roberta Bondar: Intertwining Art and Science
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The Stolen Generations: The Mass Removal of Aboriginal Children
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The Fall of Singapore: The Largest Defeat in British Military History
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Why Is Nicosia the Last Divided Capital of Cyprus?
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How Did German Expressionism Change The History of Cinema?
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for July 2024
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
4 months ago
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of July.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, added Sitka, and completed route in {us se alaska}.
Left, can now paste binary directly from programs like Nasu.
Hakum, added two drawings to the...
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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...
TheCollector
4 Works Inspired By Da Vinci’s The Last Supper
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Jacques Lacan: Explaining the Imaginary, the Symbolic, and the Real
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What Is Magical Realism in Literature?
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William S. Burroughs: Love is The Painkiller and Cats Are the Cure
“We are the cats inside. We are the cats who cannot walk alone, and for us there is only one place”...
9 months ago
“We are the cats inside. We are the cats who cannot walk alone, and for us there is only one place” – William S. Burroughs It wasn’t all writing, drug taking, walks among the mysteries, cut ups, fomenting revolution, guns and launching assaults on Soho coffee bars in a typical...
TheCollector
Who Was Saint Polycarp of Smyrna?
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5 Transformative Leaders That Shaped British History
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Who Are the 144,000 and the Great Multitude in the Book of Revelation?
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Iakim Volkov’s Wedding: An Illustration of a Complicated History
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A Modern Sacred Band? Homosexuality in Nazi Germany
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The KGB After Stalin
The KGB After Stalin
j.hoare
Mon, 12/18/2023 - 10:36
a year ago
The KGB After Stalin
j.hoare
Mon, 12/18/2023 - 10:36
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‘Spice’ by Roger Crowley review
‘Spice’ by Roger Crowley review
JamesHoare
Tue, 06/18/2024 - 09:03
6 months ago
‘Spice’ by Roger Crowley review
JamesHoare
Tue, 06/18/2024 - 09:03
Trying to Understand...
It's All About Them.
But the Western Security Complex thinks it's all about Us.
a year ago
But the Western Security Complex thinks it's all about Us.
TheCollector
Andrew Jackson’s Early Life: Lawyer, Slave Trader, & Military Hero
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The Chinese Civil War & Mao’s Long March
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Emperor Nero’s “Golden House”: What Was the Domus Aurea?
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African History...
Mansa Musa and the royal pilgrimage tradition of west Africa: 11th-18th century
Why Africa's caravans of gold stopped travelling to Arabia.
a year ago
Why Africa's caravans of gold stopped travelling to Arabia.
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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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...
a month ago
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...
TheCollector
Banksy Mural to Be Sold with the Building It’s Painted On
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Antonio Gramsci on Cultural Hegemony: What Is It and How Does It Work?
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From Reverence to Revulsion: The Life of Robert Mugabe
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Classical Wisdom
[Ebook] The Meditations of Marcus Aurelius
The Meditations of Marcus Aurelius The Meditations (or Things to One’s Self) of Marcus Aurelius...
a year ago
The Meditations of Marcus Aurelius The Meditations (or Things to One’s Self) of Marcus Aurelius (121-180 AD) gives you a prescribed way in which you can actually reduce genuine suffering in your life because Rome’s great “philosopher king” lays out a very compelling, very...
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Sorites Paradox: Why Traditional Logic Is Not Omnipotent
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Was Ambrosius Aurelianus the Real King Arthur?
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Restored Delacroix Masterpiece Goes Back on Show at Louvre
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Constantine Replica Statue Lands in Rome
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Is Christine de Pizan the Western World’s First Feminist Author?
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Is Divorce in Christianity Really Allowed?
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What’s the History of Gin?
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Classical Wisdom
Aristotle on Luck
Do You Feel Lucky?
a year ago
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The Furies: Goddesses of Vengeance and Retribution
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Classical Wisdom
[Video] Roundtable Discussion with Mary Naples
Watch now (60 min) | Cult of the Capture Bride: How Ancient Women Took Power
a year ago
Watch now (60 min) | Cult of the Capture Bride: How Ancient Women Took Power
TheCollector
How Did the Watergate Scandal Impact Presidential Elections?
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$35 Million Monet to Headline Auction at Christie’s New Asia HQ
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for June 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 June. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, added propeller maintenance, Maple Bay, Telegraph Cove,...
Classical Wisdom
How Should We Look at History?
Hold it up? Seal it off? Or Break it Down?
9 months ago
Hold it up? Seal it off? Or Break it Down?
TheCollector
Hans Jonas on Responsibility in the Age of Artificial Intelligence
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Sybil Ludington: The Girl Who Rode Twice As Far As Paul Revere?
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TheCollector
Why Is the Symbol of Flowers Associated with Femininity?
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9 months ago
Patterns in Humanity
Immigration and crime: Denmark
Are immigrants overrepresented in crime? If so, which immigrants? And why?
4 months ago
Are immigrants overrepresented in crime? If so, which immigrants? And why?
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...
TheCollector
The Vasari Sacristy: Breathtaking Artwork in Naples
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Did Andy Warhol Immortalize Marilyn Monroe?
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Battle of Issus (333 BCE): Alexander the Great vs. Darius III
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Poland Nixes Planned Venice Biennale Pavilion
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7 Famous Dutch Artists Who Achieved Greatness
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Hundred Rabbits
projects and pain
We arrived in New Zealand with a long scary list of things to fix or replace on Pino. We needed new...
over a year ago
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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7 Modern Artists Who Worked in Advertising
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Dreams of Space -...
Valentina Tereshkova (Mujeres Celebres) (1967)
Celebrating 60 years ago when the first woman went into space.
This is a 1967 Spanish comic book...
a year ago
Celebrating 60 years ago when the first woman went into space.
This is a 1967 Spanish comic book highlighting famous women, in this case: Valentina Tereshkova. I last blogged about this in 2009 so it was time for an expansion. It is unusual to find a biographical comic book...
Flashbak
48 Hours In The Life of Andy Warhol, 1981
In spring of 1981, Andy Warhol (August 6, 1928 – February 22, 1987) was setting up Myths, a...
a week ago
In spring of 1981, Andy Warhol (August 6, 1928 – February 22, 1987) was setting up Myths, a portfolio of ten screenprints featuring fictional characters: The Star (Greta Garbo in her titular role in the 1931 film Mata Hari), Uncle Sam, The Witch (Margaret Hamilton, star of the...
A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, March 29, 2024 (On Roman Values)
Fireside this week! Apologies for having two of these in a row, but as I noted last week, I’ve had...
8 months ago
Fireside this week! Apologies for having two of these in a row, but as I noted last week, I’ve had some unexpected (but good) travel, which has made a bit of havoc in my schedule and I am still trying to catch back up. Nevertheless, I wanted to use this week’s fireside to muse a...
TheCollector
Ancient Egyptian Structure Discovered Near Giza Pyramids
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The Paradox of Fiction: Is it Irrational to be Moved by Fiction?
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Why Did Lord Byron Die in Greece?
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On The Streets of America in the Early 1980s : Relaxing WIth Cigarettes And No AC
‘These photographs were made between 1979 and 1985 in a pre-digital, largely non-air-conditioned...
9 months ago
‘These photographs were made between 1979 and 1985 in a pre-digital, largely non-air-conditioned era, when people fled the heat of their houses to hang out in their yards and on the street. I notice a kind of relaxed sensuality in many of the pictures. Time moved more slowly;...
Patterns in Humanity
Why controlling for variables is insufficient
On the pervasiveness of residual confounding in the social sciences, how to think about it, and what...
5 months ago
On the pervasiveness of residual confounding in the social sciences, how to think about it, and what to do
TheCollector
The Tuskegee Airmen of World War II
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What Is Gnosticism?
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Manufacturing Consent: Noam Chomsky on Politics & Media
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a year ago
Hundred Rabbits
tools ecosystem
How did the Hundredrabbits ecosystem come into being? It's a long story, but here's a summary.
In...
over a year ago
How did the Hundredrabbits ecosystem come into being? It's a long story, but here's a summary.
In 2016, we left Canada, armed with our two iPhones and 2 MacBooks Pros. We didn't know the wattage of any of the devices we owned, and even less about the amount of solar needed to...
TheCollector
Who Are the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse?
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7 of the Biggest Palaces Ever Built
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Global Inequality...
Before the police arrives: Bookstores on Saturdays
I always loved Saturdays. When I was a college student, quite improbably, my parents decided that I...
10 months ago
I always loved Saturdays. When I was a college student, quite improbably, my parents decided that I would be a “technical executor” of our family’s monthly budget. My family was part of the red bourgeoisie and we had enough, and probably more than enough, for a comfortable life;...
TheCollector
Who Were the Legendary Mountain Men of the Old West?
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How Did Gnosticism Influence Early Christianity?
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What Was the Italian Risorgimento?
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The Art of Collage and Assemblage in Modern Art
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Serop Simonian Art Dealer Arrested by German Polica
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The Man Who Became Santa: Who Was Saint Nicholas?
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The Cocaine Consumer’s Handbook, 1976
The Cocaine Consumer’s Handbook was published in 1976 and 1980. This user guide to knowing cocaine...
6 months ago
The Cocaine Consumer’s Handbook was published in 1976 and 1980. This user guide to knowing cocaine was presented in the tone of an educational reference book. The drug was illegal – still is, of course – and publishing a book on it is risky. But it an effort to produce the...
TheCollector
May’s Marquee Art Auctions Kick Off in New York
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How King Alfred Nearly Lost Everything (But Didn’t)
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2 months ago
Res Obscura
How well can AI imitate a 17th century doctor?
Arcadio Huang is ill in 1710s Paris. Can GPT-4 and Gemini find a cure?
10 months ago
Arcadio Huang is ill in 1710s Paris. Can GPT-4 and Gemini find a cure?
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Les Malheurs des immortels, 1922: Max Ernst and Paul Éluard’s Surreal Collaboration
Misfortunes of the Immortals (Les Malheurs des immortels) is an early illustrated book by...
2 months ago
Misfortunes of the Immortals (Les Malheurs des immortels) is an early illustrated book by German-American-French artist and founder of the Dada movement Max Ernst (2 April 1891 – 1 April 1976). The book, which marks the beginning of his close friendship with French poet Paul...
Dr Alun Withey
Packing the Essentials!: Preparing to Travel in the 18th Century.
Now that Covid restrictions have finally been lifted, and summer is at least theoretically here –...
over a year ago
Now that Covid restrictions have finally been lifted, and summer is at least theoretically here – it’s raining outside as I write! – many people are returning to travel and undertaking the holidays that have had to be postponed over the past couple of years. The pandemic aside,...
TheCollector
Why Is Oktoberfest a Vital Part of German Culture?
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Photos of America’s Most Muscular Bodybuilders – A World of Buttock Make-Up Artists, Sinew and Spray...
The year is young – and your commitment to fitness and that new you for the year has begun to fade....
11 months ago
The year is young – and your commitment to fitness and that new you for the year has begun to fade. Time then to see what you could become if you persevere with photographer Brian Finke’s series on bodybuilding contests. In Most Muscular, Finke, who started his project when he...
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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...
TheCollector
How Did the Ancient Greeks and Romans Conduct Banking?
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Classical Wisdom
Are Protests the Best Way to Say Nay?
Can Mobs Make the Change They Want to See?
7 months ago
Can Mobs Make the Change They Want to See?
TheCollector
Discover Norman Rockwell’s America (& His Legacy)
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What Are the 8 Best Art Attractions in Budapest? (local tips)
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How Did Japanese Prints Inspire Vincent van Gogh?
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7 months ago
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Italian Government Bans Loans to Minneapolis Institute of Art
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8 months ago
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Two Paintings Once Stolen by Nazis Are Donated to the Louvre Museum
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6 months ago
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Finding The Original Drugstore Cowboy : Los Angeles In 1980
Originally the Columbia Drugstore was next to Gower Gulch at Sunset and Gower, says Meredith...
8 months ago
Originally the Columbia Drugstore was next to Gower Gulch at Sunset and Gower, says Meredith Jacobson Marciano. In 1980, the coffee shop was closing forever.”The term “drugstore cowboy” came from here to mean a young wannabe whippersnapper who wanted to get into Westerns but...
TheCollector
How Did Christianity Conquer an Empire in 300 Years?
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‘Catherine de’ Medici’ by Mary Hollingsworth review
‘Catherine de’ Medici’ by Mary Hollingsworth review
JamesHoare
Tue, 09/10/2024 - 00:00
3 months ago
‘Catherine de’ Medici’ by Mary Hollingsworth review
JamesHoare
Tue, 09/10/2024 - 00:00
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for November 2023
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
a year ago
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of November.
Summary Of Changes
Wiktopher, drew some new art(Mastodon), finalized a few translations(Mastodon), and released it the project on Itchio!
Thousand Rooms, translated the...
TheCollector
5 Female Hispanic Artists That You Should Know About
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Who Was Louise Bourgeois? 7 Facts About the Surrealist Artist
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5 Controversies Surrounding Marina Abramović
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