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‘After the Flying Saucers Came’, ‘Think to New Worlds’ and ‘How to Think Impossibly’ review
‘After the Flying Saucers Came’, ‘Think to New Worlds’ and ‘How to Think Impossibly’...
3 months ago
‘After the Flying Saucers Came’, ‘Think to New Worlds’ and ‘How to Think Impossibly’ review
JamesHoare
Tue, 09/17/2024 - 08:00
TheCollector
Davy Crockett: The Life of the American Folk Hero
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5 Female Canadian Authors You Should Read
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What Is First Thessalonians About?
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Battle of Kursk: The Largest Tank Battle in History
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What Are the Origins of the Word Echo?
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Who Funded Christopher Columbus’ Voyages?
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What Role Did Women Play in World War II?
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Nietzsche’s Crusade Against the Philosophers
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Rome Considers Entry Fee for Famed Trevi Fountain
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Yuefenpai: 8 Facts About the Iconic Chinese Calendar Advertisements
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7 Artists of German Expressionism You Should Know
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Beer Hall Putsch: What Was Hitler’s Failed Attempt to Seize Power?
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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...
Classical Wisdom
Should We Be Skeptics?
Is it good to question everything?
8 months ago
Is it good to question everything?
TheCollector
What Is Freud’s Superego & What Does It Have to Do With Society?
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10 Women Thinkers of the Enlightenment You Should Know
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When and Why Did People Start Using Coins?
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‘D-Day Has Come’
‘D-Day Has Come’
JamesHoare
Mon, 05/20/2024 - 09:05
7 months ago
‘D-Day Has Come’
JamesHoare
Mon, 05/20/2024 - 09:05
TheCollector
Van Gogh & Gauguin: A Fiery Friendship Between Two Post-Impressionists
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for July
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 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...
TheCollector
Has the Christian Bible Been Corrupted?
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What Is the History and Meaning of Music?
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Who Was Tertullian?
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What Happened at the Battle of Kyiv in WWII?
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Mansa Musa: The Golden Ruler of the Mali Empire
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10 Historical Places to Visit in Sussex
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What Is the Origin of Cowpox (& How Did It Cure Smallpox)?
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Did the French Revolution Spark Modern Democracy?
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The Coming of the Unconscious: JG Ballard’s Guide To Surrealism In Science Fiction
In 1966, readers of issue 164 of New Worlds magazine (1946 – 1997) could enjoy writer JG Ballard’s...
4 months ago
In 1966, readers of issue 164 of New Worlds magazine (1946 – 1997) could enjoy writer JG Ballard’s (15 November 1930 – 19 April 2009)review of La Jetée, the time-travel short by Chris Marker about time and memory which was receiving its first London screenings and his essay ‘The...
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Tom Thomson Painting Attacked by Protesters in Canada
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Thomas Gainsborough: 7 Facts You Need to Know
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Sotheby’s Sells Monet’s Water Lilies For $65.5 Million
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6 Magical Realists to Read after Borges
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10 Most Historic Cities to Visit Around the World
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Huacas and Apus: Sacred Landscapes of the Inca
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Ron’s Place Becomes First Outsider Art with Listed Status in England
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Who Won the Battle of Chickamauga?
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Discover Norman Rockwell’s America (& His Legacy)
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Angels in the Bible: Ambassadors From Another World?
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What Is the Book of Galatians About?
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5 Ancient Roman Medical Practices Still in Use Today
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Third Punic War: Carthage Must Be Destroyed
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Why Is Blues Music More Than a Genre?
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What Is the History of the Blues?
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The Curse of the Tower of Babel & the Gift of Tongues
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How to Explore the Galapagos Islands for Its Natural Wonders
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Inside a Renaissance Workshop: How did it Work?
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How Georgia O’Keeffe Went Against Gender Expectations
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The Tale of Sinuhe: What Happens in the Ancient Egyptian Story?
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What Is Conceptual Photography?
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How Did the Pyramid of Giza Become an Ancient Wonder?
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History of Chariots: 10 Types from Ancient Cultures Explained
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Human Civilization’s First Cities: 7 of the Oldest
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Fenrir: Who Was the Norse Wolf Destined to Kill Odin?
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Who Were the Maccabees?
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for November
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 November. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Donsol, designed a donsol turnip.
Uxn, wrote a file browser...
TheCollector
Did Jesus Live in India?
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Luck and Cheating in Roman Gambling: The Die is Cast
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“Singular” Spanish Painting Reappears After Vanishing in 1890
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England’s Reformation: Edward VI’s Protestant Reforms
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Dreams of Space -...
The Man Who Sold The Moon (1951 edition)
This is a 1951 paperback collection of 4 Robert Heinlein stories. Normally I would not blog about a...
a year ago
This is a 1951 paperback collection of 4 Robert Heinlein stories. Normally I would not blog about a science fiction collection but I found this charming. I imagined some older avid child finding this collection and devouring it. Both the title and cover have a lot of appeal and...
Overcoming Bias
Love And War And Status
“All is Fair in Love and War” - common saying
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“All is Fair in Love and War” - common saying
TheCollector
5 Famous Black Mexicans
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Battle of Chaeronea: Philip II vs. Athens and Thebes
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Who Was Marcus Licinius Crassus, and How Did He Die?
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Mona Lisa Location Mystery Solved, Geologist Claims
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Who Won? The Competition Between Leonardo da Vinci and Michelangelo
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Operation Barbarossa: When Nazi Germany Tried to Invade the USSR
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Flashbak
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
The Whore of Babylon & Prostitution in the Bible
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10 Things You Didn’t Know About Garnet
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History Today Feed
Calling Time on BC and AD
Calling Time on BC and AD
JamesHoare
Thu, 07/25/2024 - 09:01
5 months ago
Calling Time on BC and AD
JamesHoare
Thu, 07/25/2024 - 09:01
Classical Wisdom
What makes a good friend?
'Birds of a feather’? Or 'the proverbial potters'?
a year ago
'Birds of a feather’? Or 'the proverbial potters'?
TheCollector
4 Samurai Swords that Defined an Era
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The 5 Most Ridiculous Ways the CIA Tried & Failed to Kill Fidel Castro
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History Today Feed
‘Outposts of Diplomacy’ by G.R. Berridge review
‘Outposts of Diplomacy’ by G.R. Berridge review
JamesHoare
Wed, 09/04/2024 - 09:04
3 months ago
‘Outposts of Diplomacy’ by G.R. Berridge review
JamesHoare
Wed, 09/04/2024 - 09:04
TheCollector
September 1, 1939: The Invasion of Poland
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The MoMA Became the Latest Target of Climate Activists
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a year ago
History Today Feed
The Birth of Ovid
The Birth of Ovid
JamesHoare
Sun, 03/24/2024 - 00:00
9 months ago
The Birth of Ovid
JamesHoare
Sun, 03/24/2024 - 00:00
TheCollector
The Top 10 Museums to Visit in Madrid
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History Today Feed
The Rebirth of Chivalry is Rained Off
The Rebirth of Chivalry is Rained Off
JamesHoare
Wed, 08/28/2024 - 11:18
3 months ago
The Rebirth of Chivalry is Rained Off
JamesHoare
Wed, 08/28/2024 - 11:18
TheCollector
The Tragic Life of Kermit Roosevelt & the Burden of Legacy
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History Today Feed
How Iran Won the West
How Iran Won the West
JamesHoare
Tue, 11/26/2024 - 09:40
3 weeks ago
How Iran Won the West
JamesHoare
Tue, 11/26/2024 - 09:40
TheCollector
Who Won the Battle of Fort Sumter?
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Ancient Greek Sculpture in the Classical and Hellenistic Periods
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Hidden History
The Great Horse Flu Epidemic of 1872
An epidemic of “Horse Flu” in 1872 virtually shut down the US economy and paralyzed the entire...
5 days ago
An epidemic of “Horse Flu” in 1872 virtually shut down the US economy and paralyzed the entire country. By the 1870s, the once-rural agrarian United States was beginning to emerge as an industrial power. The Civil War had spurred the rapid development of industry such as iron...
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Ancient Podcasts
11 months ago
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Fall of Berlin: How WWII Ended in Europe
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Grand Palais to Reopen for the Paris Summer Olympics
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Who Was Judah Maccabee? The Ancient Jewish Resistance Leader
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Dreams of Space -...
Bozo and His Rocket Ship -Capitol Record-Reader (1947)
Here an old piece of "rocket" ephemera. Back when there were these big black round things called...
9 months ago
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...
Classical Wisdom
What Government Governs Best?
Is Democracy Still Our Best Bet?
a year ago
Is Democracy Still Our Best Bet?
TheCollector
Why Do the Rastafari Believe That Haile Selassie Was a God?
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What Is Marcel Duchamp’s Most Famous Painting?
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History Today Feed
Northern Ireland’s Sex Scandal that Wasn’t
Northern Ireland’s Sex Scandal that Wasn’t
JamesHoare
Thu, 03/21/2024 - 10:17
9 months ago
Northern Ireland’s Sex Scandal that Wasn’t
JamesHoare
Thu, 03/21/2024 - 10:17
TheCollector
Bim-Bom: How a Soviet Clown Duo Defied the Soviets
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African History...
When Africa discovered Europe
*my article for New Lines Magazine
a year ago
*my article for New Lines Magazine
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Giorgio Agamben on the End of the Poem
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How Many U.S. Presidents Served Two Terms in Office?
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Theodor Morell: Hitler’s Particularly Odious Physician
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4 Theocracies That Exist in the World Today
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The Future of US Elections: Potential Changes and Emerging Issues
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A Brief History of Money Throughout World History
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Trying to Understand...
The Obligatory End-of-Year Essay.
But do me a favour, and read it anyway.
12 months ago
But do me a favour, and read it anyway.
TheCollector
Newell Convers Wyeth Painting: From $4 to $191,000
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Paintings & Their Cinematic Counterparts: Film Inspired by Art
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History Today Feed
How Mexico Fought Franco
How Mexico Fought Franco
JamesHoare
Mon, 03/18/2024 - 11:21
9 months ago
How Mexico Fought Franco
JamesHoare
Mon, 03/18/2024 - 11:21
African History...
a brief note on the origin of African civilizations
plus, the Nok Neolithic culture.
a year ago
plus, the Nok Neolithic culture.
TheCollector
Sotheby’s to Auction Its First Robot-Made Artwork
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Naturalism, Realism, and Impressionism: Three Movements Explained
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Carl Schmitt: The Most Influential Nazi Philosopher?
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TheCollector
New Leonora Carrington Record Set at Sotheby’s
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Flashbak
Photographing The Invisible: Things are Queer by Duane Michals (1973)
“I think photographs should be provocative and not tell you what you already know. It takes no great...
9 months ago
“I think photographs should be provocative and not tell you what you already know. It takes no great powers or magic to reproduce somebody’s face in a photograph. The magic is in seeing people in new ways.” —Duane Michals Through image sequences, framing, multiple exposures,...
TheCollector
How Did People React to Hitler’s Death & Germany’s Surrender?
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African History...
A history of the Buganda kingdom.
government in central Africa.
a year ago
government in central Africa.
TheCollector
Umberto Boccioni: 11 Facts About the Italian Futurist
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Who Were the Disciples Thomas, Judas and Simon?
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What Was the Importance of the Dragon in Early Medieval England?
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Claude Picasso Died at Age 76
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Reclaiming Medusa: How Did She Become a Symbol of Female Empowerment?
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Magnifying The Moment: Joni Sternbach’s Pictures of NYC Subway Passengers 1976–1981
“Part of the reason I was drawn to the Subway was that it was a perfect unchoreographed stage....
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“Part of the reason I was drawn to the Subway was that it was a perfect unchoreographed stage. Chance brought me together with a crowd of unknowns. It was up to me to parse them out and magnify the moment.” – Joni Sternbach on her pictures of NYC Subway Passengers in the 1970s ...
TheCollector
Rare Ancient Roman Dolphin Mosaic Found in England
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Overcoming Bias
Who You Are Vs. What You Control
If people can't think clearly about anything that has become part of their identity, then all other...
2 months ago
If people can't think clearly about anything that has become part of their identity, then all other things being equal, the best plan is to let as few things into your identity as possible.
TheCollector
What Did Julius Caesar Say Before He Died?
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The Truth and Reconciliation Commission: Moving Past Apartheid?
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
What if Aristotle ran Amazon?
a year ago
What if Aristotle ran Amazon?
TheCollector
Was Henry VIII Really a Protestant?
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How Nazi Propaganda Appropriated the Vikings
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Classical Wisdom
The Art of Pompeii
Plato, Alexander the Great and more!
5 months ago
Plato, Alexander the Great and more!
TheCollector
Venice Locals Oppose the City’s New Entry Fee
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History Today Feed
When the Swastikas Came to White Hart Lane
When the Swastikas Came to White Hart Lane
JamesHoare
Tue, 05/21/2024 - 08:47
7 months ago
When the Swastikas Came to White Hart Lane
JamesHoare
Tue, 05/21/2024 - 08:47
TheCollector
Understanding Modern Art in 5 Artworks
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Classical Wisdom
What is the Tall Poppy Syndrome?
Is it good, bad or relative?
6 months ago
Is it good, bad or relative?
TheCollector
10 Must-Visit Towns With Thanksgiving Traditions
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The Brink of Nuclear War: The Cuban Missile Crisis
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How Did Socrates’s Teaching Inspire Cynicism?
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Capoeira’s Incredible Roots: Brazil’s Unique Art Form
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Who Are the Samaritans in the Bible?
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Operation Unthinkable: The Military Plan That Was Never Used
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What Is Lucas Samaras Known For?
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7 Breathtaking Paintings Inspired by Shakespeare’s Plays
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Hundred Rabbits
rainy with a chance of mosquitoes
Nuku Hiva, a green mountainous island in the Pacific, straight out of Jurassic Park. Just as foreign...
over a year ago
Nuku Hiva, a green mountainous island in the Pacific, straight out of Jurassic Park. Just as foreign and just as wild, except instead of hungry lizards there are mosquitoes, also known as the vampires of the Marquesas.
Before arriving, we didn't know what it was going to be like...
TheCollector
6 Incredible Roman Sites in Spain
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CrimethInc.
Festivals of Resistance : A Call for Gatherings the Weekend Before Trump Takes Office
Along with others around the country, we invite you to join us in organizing festivals of resistance...
2 weeks ago
Along with others around the country, we invite you to join us in organizing festivals of resistance on the weekend of January 18, immediately before Donald Trump takes office. This is a crucial opportunity to engage in outreach, education, and action ahead of what it is sure to...
TheCollector
The Met Reveals Design for New Modern and Contemporary Wing
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Over 1,000 Artifacts Unearthed Beneath Notre Dame
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20 Roman Emperors Who Defined Ancient Rome
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Risorgimento: The Long Road to the Unification of Italy
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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?
African History...
A history of the Massina empire (1818-1862)
the sucessor of Songhai
a year ago
TheCollector
The Bay of Pigs Invasion: The US Fails to Overthrow Communist Cuba
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Stolen Van Gogh Anonymously Returned to Dutch Museum
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Classical Wisdom
Do you need to be Good to be a Good leader?
is it really necessary to be a “paragon of virtue” to rule?
a year ago
is it really necessary to be a “paragon of virtue” to rule?
Flashbak
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...
TheCollector
How Were the Conditional Biblical Prophecies Fulfilled in the Bible?
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Trying to Understand...
Unlike For Like.
BRICS and how international institutions work.
a month ago
BRICS and how international institutions work.
Overcoming Bias
Beware Value Dashboards
Vehicles like cars, planes, and boats generally need a) an engine to push them forward, b) steering...
2 months ago
Vehicles like cars, planes, and boats generally need a) an engine to push them forward, b) steering to direct their motions, and c) a driver to manage both.
TheCollector
The First Italo-Ethiopian War: When the Colonizers Lost
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Rodney King & The LA Riots: A Terrible Episode of Violence
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5 Features of Qing Dynasty Art
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Audrey Flack, Pioneer of Photorealism, Dies at 93
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History Today Feed
The Publication of Nineteen Eighty-Four
The Publication of Nineteen Eighty-Four
JamesHoare
Fri, 06/07/2024 - 09:29
6 months ago
The Publication of Nineteen Eighty-Four
JamesHoare
Fri, 06/07/2024 - 09:29
TheCollector
Edward VIII: The Worst Monarch in British History?
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8 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Classical Wisdom Books
a year ago
Flashbak
Saul Leiter In Colour And Before – Photographs from A Centenary Special
Photographer Saul Leiter (1923 – 2013) is remembered in Saul Leiter: The Centennial Retrospective,...
6 months ago
Photographer Saul Leiter (1923 – 2013) is remembered in Saul Leiter: The Centennial Retrospective, a monograph from Thames and Hudson. The books features many of Leiter’s most gorgeous pictures, not least of all the street photograph above of a woman sat at a cafe in Paris in...
TheCollector
Work Begins on Naples’ New Archaeological Museum
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6 months ago
A Collection of...
Gap Week: December 1, 2023
No blog post this week, folks, as I am both fiercely busy and – by the time this goes up – out of...
a year ago
No blog post this week, folks, as I am both fiercely busy and – by the time this goes up – out of town. We’ll be back to our regular schedule next week, with the next big topic I want to tackle being what a shield wall is and how it actually functions on a … Continue reading Gap...
TheCollector
The Rise of Francisco Franco & the Effects of the Spanish Civil War
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TheCollector
What Are the Romance Languages?
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a year ago
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.
TheCollector
What’s the Best Time to Visit Niagara Falls?
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10 Historic Small Towns in Florida for Your Bucket List
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TheCollector
Medieval Anglo-French Wars (1076-1453): A Brief History
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Classical Wisdom
The Fall of a Republic
Cato and Caesar
a year ago
Flashbak
Charles Green Shaw’s Cocktail Book of Rhymed Recipes – c. 1920s
“Art, since its inception has never depended upon realism. Why, one cannot help wondering, should it...
a week ago
“Art, since its inception has never depended upon realism. Why, one cannot help wondering, should it begin now? – Charles Green Shaw This great little book created by Charles Green Shaw (May 1, 1892 – April 2, 1974) in the late 1920s or early 1930s (given the styling, it’s a...
TheCollector
Get to Know Tamara de Lempicka Through 8 Works
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a year ago
Wrong Side of...
The chilling dawn of multiracial fascism
WOKE DOOD: WAT NOU?
a month ago
Trying to Understand...
La politique de l’épuisement et l’épuisement de la politique.
Another of my essays in French.
3 weeks ago
Another of my essays in French.
TheCollector
Religious Symbolism & Traditions of Easter Beyond the Bunny
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TheCollector
Operation Market Garden: Success and Failure for the Allies
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11 months ago
Flashbak
László Moholy-Nagy: Art from the Epoch of the Modernist Experiment
László Moholy-Nagy (July 20, 1895 – November 24, 1946) was a Jewish Hungarian poet, painter and...
3 months ago
László Moholy-Nagy (July 20, 1895 – November 24, 1946) was a Jewish Hungarian poet, painter and photographer before he became the major proselytiser of the new avant-garde vision at the Bauhaus school, where has taught as a professor and succeeded is working across disciplines. ...
TheCollector
The Philosophy of the Oxford Group: Vegetarianism & Animal Rights
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TheCollector
How Did Sappho’s Love Life Influence Her Poetry?
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History Today Feed
‘The Scapegoat’ by Lucy Hughes-Hallett review
‘The Scapegoat’ by Lucy Hughes-Hallett review
JamesHoare
Mon, 09/30/2024 - 10:39
2 months ago
‘The Scapegoat’ by Lucy Hughes-Hallett review
JamesHoare
Mon, 09/30/2024 - 10:39
TheCollector
What Supernatural Creatures Appear in the Works of Shakespeare?
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TheCollector
Global Art Sales Dropped 4 Percent to $65 B. in 2023
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TheCollector
Why Do People Love or Hate John Calvin?
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TheCollector
The Night of the Long Knives: How the Nazis Purged the SA
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TheCollector
Who Were the Twelve Disciples & What Happened to Them?
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4 Ancient Greek Sculptors You Need to Know
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TheCollector
Maccabean Revolt: How the Maccabees Beat the Seleucids
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TheCollector
The Banana Wars: How the US Plundered Central America
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The Declaration of Independence: History & Overview
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TheCollector
Barbara Kruger: Verbalized Resistance in 6 Works
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TheCollector
Laser Surveys Reveal Ancient Maya City in Mexico
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American Modernist Florine Stettheimer Gets Catalogue Raisonné
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Ruthless Emperor & Granter of Citizenship: Who was Caracalla?
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Flashbak
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...
3 months ago
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The Red Army Choir: A History of Russian Soft Power
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Was Henry VI England’s Most Unfortunate King?
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African History...
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The majority of Africans today primarily identify as Christians and Muslims of various...
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Is IQ a Sham? Jay Gould on the Mismeasure of Man
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Black Woodstock: The Harlem Cultural Festival, NYC – 1969
Away from the “peace and love” at Woodstock in 1969, New York City’s Harlem was the venue for a...
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Here is the last book in the "space quartet", Beyond Mars. It takes a large survey of the next steps...
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Here is the last book in the "space quartet", Beyond Mars. It takes a large survey of the next steps in space including: solar sailing, travel to Saturn via long distance trips to the outer solar system, multi-year hibernation travel, hydroponics, and visiting other solar...
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Through the Looking Glass with Robert Cumming – Pictures
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American artist Robert Cumming (October 7, 1943 – December 16, 2021) appreciated fun. He saw no point in trying to achieve anything else in life. As he put it: “If it’s not fun, there’s no point!” A new book of his conceptual photographs illustrates the point. Above, you can see...
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Why James Bond Gave Up His Lady’s Gun For A Walther PPK
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Geoffrey Boothroyd (1925 – 20 October 2001) enjoyed reading spy novels and writing about guns in over a dozen books on the subject, including A Guide to Gun Collecting (1961), Guns Through the Ages (also 1961) and The British Over and Under Shotgun. In 1956 Boothoyd had read...
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How Did Romania Become a Country?
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Posters From London’s Psychedelic UFO Club – 1966-1967
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Understanding 5 Famous Quotes by Descartes
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Who Was Achilles? Greek Mythology’s Greatest Warrior
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6 Facts You Didn’t Know About the Salem Witch Trials
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5 Interesting Aspects of Medieval Mongol Culture
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Who’s Who of the Kennedys: 9 Notable Members
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Vyacheslav Molotov: 6 Facts about Stalin’s Closest Confidant
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East of the Sun and West of the Moon With Illustrations by Kay Nielsen, 1914
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12 Surprising Facts About Loki, the Nordic God
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10 Facts About the Pearl Harbor Attack
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Why Did Plato Think that Education Could Replace Law?
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Expressionism: 12 Iconic Paintings & Their Artists
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I’m pleased to say that one of my readers in the Netherlands has been kind enough to produce and send to me a translation into Dutch of my recent essay “What’s Left and What’s Left?” The translator has elected to remain anonymous, but I’m extremely grateful, and please join me in...
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The Church Under the Tang Dynasty: A Forgotten Outpost of Christianity
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L’Ornement Polychrome by Albert Racinet – A Gorgeous Book Of World Art (1869–73)
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Albert Racinet (1825–1893) created his L’ornement Polychrome as a visual record of the decorative arts from antiquity to the late nineteenth century and represents the work of cultures all over the world. He published a second series which included later works, too. Raninet...
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What Did Francis Bacon Mean by “Knowledge Is Power”?
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Vintage T-Shirt Slogans To Offend And Amuse
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Why Did the Oracle of Delphi Call Socrates the Wisest Man?
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Bob Pepper Art: Adult Fantasy And Vinyl Covers
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You can see American artist Bob Pepper’s (October 23, 1938—January 16, 2019) illustrations on record and paperback covers for Elektra Records’ Nonesuch and Checkmate labels, notably on Love’s 1967 Forever Changes album. Ballentine books’ Adult Fantasy series and game artwork made...
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Trees at Night: Art Young’s Haunting Silhouettes, 1927
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Who Were the Black Panther Party?
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What Is the Golden Mean in Aristotle’s Ethics?
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10 Baroque Artists You Should Know
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the view from Benin, Kongo, Songhai and Ethiopia.
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Philosophy 101: What Are The 5 Major Branches of Philosophy?
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7 Fascinating Facts About the Vestal Virgins
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The Failure of the Leipzig War Crimes Trials
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The Image in The Machine: Typewriter Art in the 1960 and 1970s
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On the Spot: Penelope J. Corfield
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Greco-Scythian Artifacts Seized by Spanish Police
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How Did the Babylonian Exile Shape Judaism?
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Argue Like a Philosopher: How to Win a Debate
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Twenty Drawings by Kahlil Gibran, 1919
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When Was the Battle of Stalingrad?
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Rijksmuseum Discovers Identity of Couple Painted by Frans Hals
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The kinetic phase may come next.
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Dadaism: 12 Iconic Artworks From The Dada Art Movement
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Ireland and Palestine: United by Partition?
Ireland and Palestine: United by Partition?
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Ireland and Palestine: United by Partition?
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Jonathan Sacks: Are Science and Religion Enemies?
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The ‘Celebrated Inventions’ of Alexander Ross.
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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...
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Das Neue Universum, Volume 67 (1950)
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Das Neue Universum (The New Universe) was a German science annual series aimed at older children.
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What Are the 5 Tallest Mountains in the World?
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3 Beautiful Places in the South of England Tourists Neglect
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Experiencing scientific revolutions: the 1660s and the 2020s
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Lessons from Boyle's scientific desiderata and the Midgley Effect
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How Did the Kingdom of Aksum Give Birth to Ethiopian Christianity?
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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.
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Queen Victoria’s Stalker
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Thu, 01/11/2024 - 09:45
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Queen Victoria’s Stalker
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Nick Cave’s Script For Gladiator 2
Before Ridley Scott’s Gladiator 2, Nick Cave wrote his original sequel to Gladiator (2000) at the...
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Before Ridley Scott’s Gladiator 2, Nick Cave wrote his original sequel to Gladiator (2000) at the behest of the film’s star, Russell Crowe. It’s not known is David Scarpa, who wrote Scott’s version, read Cave’s script first, but if he did there will be no allegation of...
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The East African Campaign of WWI: Germany vs The Allies in East Africa
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Terragni’s Danteum: An Architectural Masterpiece on Paper
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What Is Predictive Processing? & How It Explains 3 Visual Illusions
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The Louvre As a Civil Party in the Case Against Its Former Director
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When technology follows art
From optics to machine learning, artists have played an important, if underrated, role in the...
a year ago
From optics to machine learning, artists have played an important, if underrated, role in the history of technology
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Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin and the Making of Stars
Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin and the Making of Stars
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Tue, 05/07/2024 - 12:09
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Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin and the Making of Stars
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How Did the Assyrians Shape the Ancient Near East?
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Interview with Dr. Roberta Bondar: Intertwining Art and Science
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Possible Rembrandt Found in Attic Sells for $1.4 Million
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Summary of changes for December
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a year ago
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the month of December. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, added a new page: electrical refit, fuel sensor,...
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On Peter Kropotkin's Memoirs
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On Peter Kropotkin's Memoirs
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