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Pet Monkeys in Victorian Britain
Pet Monkeys in Victorian Britain
j.hoare
Tue, 01/16/2024 - 09:57
11 months ago
Pet Monkeys in Victorian Britain
j.hoare
Tue, 01/16/2024 - 09:57
TheCollector
How Did the Crusades Affect Christianity?
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Madame de Pompadour: History’s Greatest Mistress
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How Did Belgium Become a Country?
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When Was the Battle of Iwo Jima?
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Napoleon vs. Tsar Alexander: Friendship and Rivalry
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CrimethInc.
Resisting Local Authoritarianism and Multipolar Imperialisms in Georgia : A Deeper Look into the...
On the one-hundred-year anniversary of the uprising in Georgia against Soviet annexation, the...
3 weeks ago
On the one-hundred-year anniversary of the uprising in Georgia against Soviet annexation, the struggle for independence from Russian rule remains the chief force driving the popular mobilization that has been growing over the past several months. Yet today’s movement points to a...
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10 Must-See Historic Landmarks in Florida
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Friedrich Nietzsche: The 13+1 Best Books Of His Philosophical Career
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The Jaguars of Yuruparí: Shamans of the Amazon Rainforest
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Who Were the 6 Most Famous Artists of the Protestant Reformation?
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Plato’s Meno: What is Virtue, and Can it Be Taught?
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How the Nazis Rescued Benito Mussolini: The Gran Sasso Raid
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What Are the Most Similar Languages?
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The Search for the Historical Buddha
The Search for the Historical Buddha
j.hoare
Wed, 01/17/2024 - 09:39
11 months ago
The Search for the Historical Buddha
j.hoare
Wed, 01/17/2024 - 09:39
TheCollector
6 of the Largest Cities in the Modern World
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Johnny Cash: A Bio of Country Ballads & Boisterous Song
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Secrets of the Scythians
10 months ago
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Who are the Yazidis & What Are Their Beliefs?
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Philopoemen: The Last Great General of Ancient Greece
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A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, May 10, 2024
Fireside this week! Next week, with luck, I’ll have my ‘On the Reign of Alexander III of Macedon’ up...
7 months ago
Fireside this week! Next week, with luck, I’ll have my ‘On the Reign of Alexander III of Macedon’ up as an addendum to our discussion of Hellenistic armies. But in the meantime, it is a fireside, and I thought, since it was just recently May the Fourth, we might talk some Star...
TheCollector
What Composition Techniques Did Tamara de Lempicka Use?
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Flashbak
Vintage T-Shirt Slogans To Offend And Amuse
When we first hailed the glorious 1970s T-Shirt, you wrote in wanting to know if those...
9 months ago
When we first hailed the glorious 1970s T-Shirt, you wrote in wanting to know if those iron-on-transfers were still available, like the ones sold in magazines that told us to Nuke the Whales. Retro is all the rage, as is what when Malcolm McLaren was repackaging Chucky Berry on a...
Classical Wisdom
Io Saturnalia!
Celebrate the “Best of Days”
a year ago
Celebrate the “Best of Days”
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What Makes a Piece of Art a Masterpiece?
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6 Artworks by the Controversial Andres Serrano
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Babylon’s Mystery Goddess
Babylon’s Mystery Goddess
JamesHoare
Thu, 06/20/2024 - 10:20
6 months ago
Babylon’s Mystery Goddess
JamesHoare
Thu, 06/20/2024 - 10:20
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Silver Shields: Alexander the Great’s Legendary Elite Troops
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A Green-Hued Banksy Mural in North London
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The Father of Art History: Who Was Johann Joachim Winckelmann?
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What Was the Mandate of Heaven in Imperial China?
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Trying to Understand...
When The Music's Over ...
Turn out the lights.
10 months ago
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7 Famous Works by Henri Rousseau
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Christian Ethics vs Secular Ethics: What’s the Difference?
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How Nazi Propaganda Appropriated the Vikings
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Who Were the Toughest Women in the Old West?
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History of the Ancient Greek Olympics: 30 Fascinating Facts About the Legendary Games
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How Did Carl Jung Differ from Sigmund Freud?
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Flashbak
Photos of Britain’s Post-War Youth By Roger Mayne
British photographer Roger Mayne (1929 – 2014) documented the lives of young people growing-up in...
5 months ago
British photographer Roger Mayne (1929 – 2014) documented the lives of young people growing-up in Britain in the mid-1950s and ‘60s. Self-taught and influential in the acceptance of photography as an art form, Mayne was passionate about photographing human life as he found...
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The Major Battle of the American Revolution That Never Happened
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The Year Without a Summer: The Eruption of Mt Tambora
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How Did Railways Help Standardize Time in Britain?
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What Are the Most Spoken Indigenous Languages in Canada?
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Hendrik Verwoerd’s Life & Death: The Architect of Apartheid
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A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, July 12, 2024
Fireside this week! I had hoped to have the start of the Imperator Teaching Paradox series ready for...
5 months ago
Fireside this week! I had hoped to have the start of the Imperator Teaching Paradox series ready for this week, but it has been a bit stubborn and I do not want to derail my book writing/revising schedule in order to push it out before it is ready. So that will almost certainly...
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5 Infamous Pretenders in Russian History
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1968 in America: One of the Most Tumultuous Years in US History?
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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.
Classical Wisdom
The World's First Computer
The Antikythera Mechanism
10 months ago
The Antikythera Mechanism
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Is Chantal Akerman’s Jeanne Dielman the Greatest Film of All Time?
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The Louvre Seeks Donations to Buy Chardin’s Strawberries Work
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a year ago
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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...
10 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...
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...
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Ancient Podcasts
11 months ago
Flashbak
Très Parisien: The Height Of French Chic 1920-1936
Très Parisien magazine sold itself as ‘chic’ and ‘elegant’. Published between 1920 and 1936 it...
a month ago
Très Parisien magazine sold itself as ‘chic’ and ‘elegant’. Published between 1920 and 1936 it presented creations by such couturiers as Louise Chéruit, Premet (best known for La Garconne, or The Flapper, a black dress with a white collar and cuffs introduced in 1923, Philip et...
Trying to Understand...
The Past Is Another Country.
A book review from the future.
5 months ago
A book review from the future.
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Who Were the Most Important Women of the Bible?
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Who Is the Archangel Gabriel?
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4 months ago
A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, September 1, 2023
Fireside this week! Depending on the order that things get written, we may have a few weeks of...
a year ago
Fireside this week! Depending on the order that things get written, we may have a few weeks of ‘break’ from our How to Roman Republic series, but do not fret: we will finish it. The one thing I am looking to ‘slot in’ as it were is a look at the armor of Baldur’s Gate … Continue...
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Winnie Mandela: Mother of the Nation?
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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
3 Modern Christian Ethicists You Must Know
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Baruch Spinoza’s Political Philosophy: Rights & Normativity
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The Cold War & the Rise of Superpowers: US Elections in a Divided World (1945-91)
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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?
TheCollector
How Did the Ancient Egyptian Religion Change Through the Centuries?
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10 months ago
Wrong Side of...
The War on the Countryside
The Shire must be brought to heel
a month ago
The Shire must be brought to heel
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How Did the Watergate Scandal Impact Presidential Elections?
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Flashbak
Vanity Fair’s Bifurcated Girls: The Article That Introduced America To Girlie Magazines, 1903
Bifurcated Girls is a salacious illustrated story that first appeared in the June 1903 issue of...
7 months ago
Bifurcated Girls is a salacious illustrated story that first appeared in the June 1903 issue of Vanity Fair magazine. That’s not the glossy publication we know today, rather the a short-lived pulp magazine published by the Commonwealth Publishing Company of New York City...
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J.S. Bach & Sons: The Composer’s Legacy and Family
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Charles Green Shaw Cocktail Book of Rhymed Recipes (1930s)
This great little book created by Charles Green Shaw in the 1930s features black and white...
3 weeks ago
This great little book created by Charles Green Shaw in the 1930s features black and white illustrations and poetic recipes for various cocktails. A leading figure in early American abstraction, Charles Green Shaw (May 1, 1892 – April 2, 1974) was an American painter, poet,...
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Artist Seals Himself in Glass Bottle at Paris Olympic Stadium
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Consumerism in Pop Art: Was It Celebrated or Criticized?
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Romulus and Remus: The Legendary Founders of Rome
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Dreams of Space -...
Техника Молодежи (Youth Technology) Issue 4 (1973 )
“ХОРОВОД КОСМИЧЕСКИХ ЛАБОРАТОРИЙ ‘Round Dance of Space Laboratories’
A re-run from a few years ago....
a year ago
“ХОРОВОД КОСМИЧЕСКИХ ЛАБОРАТОРИЙ ‘Round Dance of Space Laboratories’
A re-run from a few years ago. I really like this 1973 issue of Youth Technology. The issue was dedicated to Soviet past and future in space. It has some great illustration of what they had done and what they...
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On the Spot: Lucy Noakes
On the Spot: Lucy Noakes
JamesHoare
Wed, 12/11/2024 - 08:43
3 weeks ago
On the Spot: Lucy Noakes
JamesHoare
Wed, 12/11/2024 - 08:43
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Women Fight for Fairness at Academies of Art
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What Is the Role of the Changeling in Western Literature?
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Newest Banksy Mural Guarded After Vandalism
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How Did Johannes Vermeer Depict Women?
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What to Expect from Art Market Budapest
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What Was the Atheism Dispute?
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How Georgia O’Keeffe Went Against Gender Expectations
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How Did German Expressionism Change The History of Cinema?
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What Are the 5 Tallest Statues in the World?
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Edmund Dulac’s American Weekly Covers – 1924-1951
Edmund Dulac is remembered today as one of the founding fathers of the Golden Age of Illustration,...
6 months ago
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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What Are the 5 Longest Rivers in the World?
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Exploring Open Primaries: How They Work and Which States Use Them
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for February 2024
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
10 months ago
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of February.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, added gimballed stove, open pantry, Little Ninj and LPG fume detection system. Updated galley refit and Western Canada(includes tidal/current...
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The Lost Cause Philosophy of the American Civil War: Fact vs. Fiction
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10 Charming Medieval Villages in Austria to Visit
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Classical Wisdom
Sparta and… Scotland?
Laconic wit through the centuries
a year ago
Laconic wit through the centuries
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The Birthplace of Renaissance Art: Must-Visit Galleries in Florence
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Did the Ramones Invent Punk?
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African History...
Africa and Europe during the age of mutual exploration: a Swahili traveler's description of 19th...
The late modern period that began in the early 19th century was the height of mutual exploration on...
3 months ago
The late modern period that began in the early 19th century was the height of mutual exploration on a global scale in which African travelers were active agents.
TheCollector
What Is the Easiest Language to Learn?
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Jericho: An Ancient City Filled with Secrets
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Flashbak
Len Deighton’s Action Cookbook : How To Seduce With An Omelette (1965)
Len Deighton’s Action Cookbook (1965) began life as cookery strips (aka ‘cookstrips’) when Leighton...
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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...
Trying to Understand...
A Wasting Asset?
Europe turns away from America.
a month ago
Europe turns away from America.
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Dürer Print Found in a Dump Could Fetch $26,000
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André Rigaud: Napoleon’s Man in Haiti
André Rigaud: Napoleon’s Man in Haiti
JamesHoare
Thu, 02/22/2024 - 00:00
10 months ago
André Rigaud: Napoleon’s Man in Haiti
JamesHoare
Thu, 02/22/2024 - 00:00
TheCollector
Iroquois Confederacy: A Brief History of Haudenosaunee
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What Did Aristotle Say About Meaning and Language?
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4 Famous Explorers from the Age of Exploration
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Classical Wisdom
Should We Follow Silly Laws?
And what happens when we don’t?
a year ago
And what happens when we don’t?
TheCollector
What Are the Origins of the Word Echo?
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Dreams of Space -...
Lift-off: The Story of Rocket Power (1963)
A very nice 1963 book about rocket propulsion. It was written for the "little engineer" and has some...
12 months ago
A very nice 1963 book about rocket propulsion. It was written for the "little engineer" and has some very nice illustrations of the construction of rockets.
Coombs, Charles. Illustrated by Foor, R. H. Lift-off: The Story of Rocket Power. New York: William Morrow and Co. (96 p.)...
Trying to Understand...
La politique de l’épuisement et l’épuisement de la politique.
Another of my essays in French.
a month ago
Another of my essays in French.
Trying to Understand...
The End of Power Projection?
We can't get there from here, anymore.
a year ago
We can't get there from here, anymore.
TheCollector
Who Was Elena/Eleno de Céspedes?
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A Civil War Vateran Created The Esoteric Fraternity and the Cult of Solar Biology in 1890s ...
Some forty miles northeast of Sacramento, north California, off I-80 near the village of Applegate,...
11 months ago
Some forty miles northeast of Sacramento, north California, off I-80 near the village of Applegate, is the remains of one of the States’s religious cults: the Esoteric Fraternity. Founded in 1887, the Fraternity was a pioneer in modern astrology, readied its followers to run a...
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What Was the Mason-Dixon Line?
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What Is an Existential Crisis?
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What Is the Gettier Problem?
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Frick Collection Announces April 2025 Reopening
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Commodus: The Gladiator Emperor of Rome
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Weekend Roundup
Sacred Flames and Divine Philosophers
a year ago
Sacred Flames and Divine Philosophers
Trying to Understand...
Another Of My Essays In French
And some associated reflections.
a month ago
And some associated reflections.
TheCollector
What Are the Five French Republics?
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Understanding Modern Art in 5 Artworks
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History Today Feed
‘The Writers’ Castle’ by Uwe Neumahr review
‘The Writers’ Castle’ by Uwe Neumahr review
JamesHoare
Wed, 10/23/2024 - 09:34
2 months ago
‘The Writers’ Castle’ by Uwe Neumahr review
JamesHoare
Wed, 10/23/2024 - 09:34
TheCollector
How Economist John Maynard Keynes Essentially Predicted World War II
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How Does Psychoanalysis Work According to Lacan?
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A Brief History of Cartography: The Importance of Maps in Civilization
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Central African Republic: A History of the Wildest State in Africa
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a year ago
Flashbak
Eugene Von Bruenchenhein And His Wife Marie: A Love Story
Eugene Von Bruenchenhein (1910–1983) was an American self-taught artist from Milwaukee, Wisconsin....
2 weeks ago
Eugene Von Bruenchenhein (1910–1983) was an American self-taught artist from Milwaukee, Wisconsin. He left a vast archive of poetry, apocalyptic paintings, paintbrushes made with his wife’s hair, drawings, notebooks, audio tapes and hundreds of sculptures made from chicken bones,...
Dreams of Space -...
Hombres Del Espacio (1960)
So a fun one today. This is so silly and dated that I almost feel like apologizing, but I won't....
a year ago
So a fun one today. This is so silly and dated that I almost feel like apologizing, but I won't. This is the story of the exploration of space and has to be seen! It might have been assembled from stills from a Spanish film (I don't recognize it so feel free to tell me). But...
Classical Wisdom
The Mother Goddess of Rome
And Her Controversial Religion
7 months ago
And Her Controversial Religion
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7 Rococo Artists You Need to Know
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History Today Feed
‘The Damascus Events’ and ‘Sea of Troubles’ review
‘The Damascus Events’ and ‘Sea of Troubles’ review
JamesHoare
Mon, 05/27/2024 - 07:00
7 months ago
‘The Damascus Events’ and ‘Sea of Troubles’ review
JamesHoare
Mon, 05/27/2024 - 07:00
TheCollector
Wallis Simpson: A Look Beyond Scandal
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10 Facts About The Extraordinary Writer Stefan Zweig
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The Dallas Museum of Art Laid Off Eight Percent of Its Staff
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Dr Alun Withey
News Just In: Dr W Joins TikTok – @dralun7
Yes, it’s true – I’ve finally joined the 21st century and decided to try something new. I am still...
3 weeks ago
Yes, it’s true – I’ve finally joined the 21st century and decided to try something new. I am still only setting things up, so please be patient with the extremely cheesy and clunky vids as I try to work out what I’m doing! I’ve only got a couple of videos up at the moment too, …...
Classical Wisdom
Socrates' Wayward Student
...and the Philosophy of Pleasure
a year ago
...and the Philosophy of Pleasure
Trying to Understand...
I Have No Brain But I Must Scream.
But why aren't people in other countries listening?
a year ago
But why aren't people in other countries listening?
Wrong Side of...
Who speaks of the Armenians?
Britain is in bed with Putin's friends
a month ago
Britain is in bed with Putin's friends
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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
3 weeks ago
Sarah Mae Flemming and the Forgotten Women of Civil Rights
JamesHoare
Mon, 12/09/2024 - 09:58
Classical Wisdom
Should We Own Stuff?
The Wealth and Gold of Ancient Georgia
a year ago
The Wealth and Gold of Ancient Georgia
TheCollector
How Do I Know I’m Not the Only Conscious Being in the Universe?
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10 English Words Borrowed from Indigenous Languages of the Americas
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Global Inequality...
The ideology of Donald J. Trump
Does Donald J.
a month ago
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
GrimGrains, added a quick grilled cheese recipe.
Noodle,...
History Today Feed
Catching Nessie on Film
Catching Nessie on Film
JamesHoare
Thu, 05/16/2024 - 09:41
7 months ago
Catching Nessie on Film
JamesHoare
Thu, 05/16/2024 - 09:41
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Claudius: The Roman Emperor Who Became a Pumpkin
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Sound Genius: What Is John Williams Best Known for?
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African History...
a brief note on the role of Africans in the early Islamic expansion
an African kingdom in southern Italy.
a year ago
an African kingdom in southern Italy.
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An American Revolution Drawing Found in a NY Apartment
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Who Are Hecate’s Parents?
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Rococo Art & Architecture: Definition, Characteristics, Artists
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Tiberius: The Reluctant Emperor of Rome
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History Today Feed
Korea’s War of Prisoners
Korea’s War of Prisoners
JamesHoare
Tue, 06/18/2024 - 09:01
6 months ago
Korea’s War of Prisoners
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Tue, 06/18/2024 - 09:01
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Featuring Stephen Fry!
6 months ago
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A History of the Whig Party: Who Were the Whigs?
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The Great Wall of Amazonian Pictographs Nobody Knows About
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Global Inequality...
Freedom to be “wrong”: the only real advantage of democracy
Why the liberal project will fail
10 months ago
Why the liberal project will fail
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for August
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 August. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Left, added a navigation bar to navigate larger...
African History...
a brief note on African travel literature in history
a Swahili document on south-central Africa.
7 months ago
a Swahili document on south-central Africa.
TheCollector
Is There More to Life Than This? Beyond the Material World
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The Brigantaggio: How Did Southern Italy Respond to Unification?
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Was Riothamus the Real King Arthur?
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What Is Mithraism? The Secretive Cult That Swept the Roman World
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Ernest Shackleton & Endurance in the Antarctic
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The Red Army Choir: A History of Russian Soft Power
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New Study Rewrites History of Stone Age Architecture in Near East
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Manufacturing Consent: Noam Chomsky on Politics & Media
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Who Was Rosalba Carriera?
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Res Obscura
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
Flashbak
Trees are Sanctuaries: Wandering – Notes and Sketches by Hermann Hesse, 1920
“For me, trees have always been the most penetrating preachers” – Herman Hesse, Wandering: Notes and...
2 months ago
“For me, trees have always been the most penetrating preachers” – Herman Hesse, Wandering: Notes and Sketches Hermann Hesse (July 2, 1877–August 9, 1962) speaks of the search for truth and that sense of escaping into the natural world in this 1920 collection of his pros,...
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Arguing with the Dead
Arguing with the Dead
JamesHoare
Wed, 01/31/2024 - 10:37
11 months ago
Arguing with the Dead
JamesHoare
Wed, 01/31/2024 - 10:37
TheCollector
How Did a Pig End Up on Trial in the Middle Ages?
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Thomas Gainsborough vs. Joshua Reynolds: 6 Facts About Their Rivalry
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Federalism in Ancient Greece: The Forgotten Side of Ancient Greek Politics
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UN Committee Votes Against “At Risk” Designation for Stonehenge
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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...
3 weeks 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...
Hidden History
The Story of the Cow
The history of the domestic cattle goes back at least 10,000 years. There are well over 1000...
3 days ago
The history of the domestic cattle goes back at least 10,000 years. There are well over 1000 distinct breeds of Cattle in the world today, and somewhere between 1 and 1.5 billion individual animals, making them, by some counts, the fourth most numerous mammal in existence behind...
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Roman Empire Podcasts
a year ago
TheCollector
Ferdinand Magellan & The First Voyage Around the World
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9 months ago
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Climate Activists Targeted Dinosaur Skeleton at London’s NHM
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a year ago
Trying to Understand...
The Performance is Over
Even if the artists don't realise it.
a year ago
Even if the artists don't realise it.
TheCollector
The Life of St. Francis of Assisi: Patron of Animals
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11 months ago
Classical Wisdom
On Seneca: Anger, Fear, and Sadness
Event News
a year ago
Patterns in Humanity
Crime in the USA
A short primer and collection of basic descriptive facts
a year ago
A short primer and collection of basic descriptive facts
Trying to Understand...
Round Two? There Is No Round Two.
Game pretty much over in Ukraine.
a year ago
Game pretty much over in Ukraine.
TheCollector
Who Was Michel Foucault? Power, Knowledge, and Legacy
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9 months ago
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Who Was Margery Kempe? The Medieval Mystic Who Couldn’t Stop Crying
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2 months ago
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6 of the Greatest Latin American Writers of All Time
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6 months ago
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8 Facts About the Norse Goddess Freyja
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9 months ago
Flashbak
Get ‘Em In! Portraits of Drinkers in London Pubs
He drinks a Whiskey drink, he drinks a Vodka drink He drinks a Lager drink, he drinks a Cider drink...
11 months ago
He drinks a Whiskey drink, he drinks a Vodka drink He drinks a Lager drink, he drinks a Cider drink He sings the songs that remind him of the good times He sings the songs that remind him of the better times – Tubthumping by Chumbawumba Pub? Go on, then. Let’s go. And …...
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World’s Oldest Egyptian Museum Unveils New Galleries
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a month ago
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Andrew Jackson’s Genocidal Legacy
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10 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Does FIRST Matter Most?
Or who holds it longest? Or most recently?
a year ago
Or who holds it longest? Or most recently?
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10 Most Socially Progressive Countries You Can Move To
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a month ago
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Women Portraitists of the Renaissance: A League of Their Own
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6 months ago
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What Does It Mean to Be a Critical Thinker?
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Is Calvinism a Religion or a Philosophy?
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a year ago
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What Are Anton Chekhov’s Most Important Works?
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6 months ago
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Jacksonville Confederate Monument Removed
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a year ago
Dreams of Space -...
Stations in Space: Our Stepping Stones to the Stars (1960)
Just another quick re-run of an older book, enjoy!
Cox, Donald W. Illustrated by Kocher, W. A....
a year ago
Just another quick re-run of an older book, enjoy!
Cox, Donald W. Illustrated by Kocher, W. A. Stations in Space: Our Stepping Stones to the Stars. New York: Holt Rinehart and Winston. (55 p.) 1960.
Trying to Understand...
In the Shallows Of The Deep State.
But is there anything there?
3 weeks ago
But is there anything there?
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6 Key Artists of the New Objectivity Movement
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11 months ago
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10 Historic Sites to Visit in Los Angeles
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5 months ago
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Bobby Fischer vs. the World: Chess Within the Cold War
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7 months ago
Patterns in Humanity
Racial Homicide Disparities Since 1910
Drawing from uniform crime reports since 1933 and vital statistics since 1910, I document the...
a year ago
Drawing from uniform crime reports since 1933 and vital statistics since 1910, I document the evolution of black-white homicide disparities in the United States since the early 20th century.
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Fordlandia: Henry Ford’s Grand Experiment Gone Wrong
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Shakespeare’s Taming of the Shrew: Sexist or Subversive?
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2 months ago
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How Were Plato and Aristotle Interpreted During the Renaissance?
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a year ago
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The Paradox of Fiction: Is it Irrational to be Moved by Fiction?
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a month ago
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The Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum Closes Due to Protests
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a year ago
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Stuck in God’s Knowledge: Foreknowledge & Free Will
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a year ago
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Was Emperor Nero Universally Hated During His Reign?
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10 months ago
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Understanding Lacan’s ‘The Four Fundamental Concepts of Psychoanalysis’
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6 months ago
Trying to Understand...
Into the Waste Land
Nothing connects.
a year ago
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A Brief History of Blackface (& Its Legacy)
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2 months ago
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Christie’s to Auction $30 Million Basquiat Stretcher-Bar Painting
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8 months ago
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for January 2024
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 January.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, added galley refit, updated lifelines, seamed box cushions, and moisture prevention underliner.
Permacomputing, revamped the page.
Flappy Bird,...
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Rare Leonora Carrington Sculpture Heads to Auction
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2 months ago
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The Philosophy of the Oxford Group: Vegetarianism & Animal Rights
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11 months ago
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Iakim Volkov’s Wedding: An Illustration of a Complicated History
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10 months ago
Res Obscura
Simulating History with ChatGPT
The Case for LLMs as Hallucination Engines
a year ago
The Case for LLMs as Hallucination Engines
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Leonora Carrington Painting Set to Quadruple Auction Record
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8 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Olympics Special
5 months ago
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Anne of Cleves: The Wife King Henry Loved Most?
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9 months ago
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The Legend of El Dorado: Myth vs. History
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10 Must-Visit Places Around the World for History Buffs
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3 months ago
Flashbak
Manhattan in 1990 – NYC Before the Clean-Up
At the start of the 1990s, New York City was tired and rough By the decade’s end it had lost of some...
10 months ago
At the start of the 1990s, New York City was tired and rough By the decade’s end it had lost of some of its edge – and maybe a little of its spark – but was cleaner, safer and more tourist friendly. These photograph of the city – via Watchman – show us Manhattan in … Continue...
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The Boxer Rebellion Explained: Uprising in China
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a year ago
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The Zimmermann Telegram: Mexico & Germany as WWI Allies?
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7 months ago
Hundred Rabbits
Wood stove installation
It was our dream to have a little wood stove aboard Pino. After researching stoves, we decided that...
over a year ago
It was our dream to have a little wood stove aboard Pino. After researching stoves, we decided that the best model was the cast iron Sardine from Navigator Stoveworks.
Our Espar forced air diesel heater broke on our last passage, and we decided not to replace it. There are few...
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How Did Japanese Prints Inspire Vincent van Gogh?
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7 months ago
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Philadelphia’s New Harriet Tubman Statue
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a year ago
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Mona Lisa Location Mystery Solved, Geologist Claims
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7 months ago
CrimethInc.
2024: Out of the Frying Pan, into the Fire : The Year in Review
It’s time to take stock of the year have just lived through and get oriented for the year ahead....
2 days ago
It’s time to take stock of the year have just lived through and get oriented for the year ahead. Here, we review the events of 2024 and our own contributions to the fight for a better world.
A year that began amid genocide in Palestine and war in Ukraine and Sudan is concluding...
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4 Celtic Hillforts and Oppida from the Iron Age
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a year ago
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A History of the United States Supreme Court
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a year ago
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Who Won the Second Battle of Bull Run?
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9 months ago
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Neon: The Cool History of the Enigmatic Noble Gas
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6 months ago
History Today Feed
The US Treasury’s Money Laundering Machine
The US Treasury’s Money Laundering Machine
JamesHoare
Wed, 03/20/2024 - 10:20
9 months ago
The US Treasury’s Money Laundering Machine
JamesHoare
Wed, 03/20/2024 - 10:20
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Warfare in the Bronze Age: Tactics, Weapons, Battles
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a year ago
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5 Key Myths About the Greek God Hades
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6 months ago
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JS Bach in 4 Leipzig Churches
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What Is Catholic Social Teaching? 7 Key Themes
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3 months ago
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Investors Trying to Acquire Ex San Francisco Art Institute Building
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a year ago
A Collection of...
Referenda ad Senatum: November 1, 2024: Ancient Weapons, Lost Works and Roman Spooky-Stuff!
Welcome back! At last, the hiatus has ended and we are back to regular weekly posts. As we’ve done a...
2 months ago
Welcome back! At last, the hiatus has ended and we are back to regular weekly posts. As we’ve done a few times before, this week I am breaking the hiatus by taking a chance to answer a few shorter questions posed by my patrons over at Patreon who are the Patres et Matres...
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The ERR: How the Nazis Plundered France’s Priceless Art
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8 months ago
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Everything You Need To Know About Hecate (Maiden, Mother, Crone)
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6 months ago
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The Venice Biennale 2024 Does Not Include Russia
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11 months ago
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The Tripartite Pact: How Were the Axis Powers Created?
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8 months ago
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Uncovering 5 Portraits From the Renaissance
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6 months ago
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Collectible Toys Worth $1000s: Rare Finds With High Prices
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3 months ago
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Pascal’s Wager: Should you Bet on God’s Existence?
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a year ago
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10 Zany Facts About Benjamin Franklin You Probably Didn’t Know
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2 days ago
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Who Invented the First Motion Picture Camera?
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4 months ago
Wrong Side of...
Technology indistinguishable from magic
Our age of miracles: the medical breakthroughs of 2024
3 days ago
Our age of miracles: the medical breakthroughs of 2024
History Today Feed
The First Anglo-Burmese War
The First Anglo-Burmese War
JamesHoare
Mon, 02/19/2024 - 00:00
10 months ago
The First Anglo-Burmese War
JamesHoare
Mon, 02/19/2024 - 00:00
TheCollector
What Are the 10 Most Noteworthy Museums in Venice?
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8 months ago
Res Obscura
Simulating History with Multimodal AI: an Update
Generative AI offers a new, more engaging (and, hopefully, more empathetic) way of teaching history....
a year ago
Generative AI offers a new, more engaging (and, hopefully, more empathetic) way of teaching history. But how to use it?
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Who Was Jelly Roll Morton? Self-styled “Inventor” of Jazz
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2 months ago
History Today Feed
50 Years of Cyprus Divided
50 Years of Cyprus Divided
JamesHoare
Thu, 07/18/2024 - 09:24
5 months ago
50 Years of Cyprus Divided
JamesHoare
Thu, 07/18/2024 - 09:24
Classical Wisdom
The Cyclops
A Misunderstood Monster?
a year ago
TheCollector
The History of Social Welfare Programs (& Current Debates)
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a year ago
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When Henry VIII Met Francis I: The Field of the Cloth of Gold
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6 months ago
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Signed Dalí Prints Worth Thousands Found in London Garage
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4 months ago
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Is There a Life After Death? A Philosophical Approach
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3 weeks ago
History Today Feed
Why the Organ Split the Church
Why the Organ Split the Church
JamesHoare
Thu, 11/21/2024 - 09:05
a month ago
Why the Organ Split the Church
JamesHoare
Thu, 11/21/2024 - 09:05
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4 Key Techniques of 20th-Century Photography
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9 months ago
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How Did Norman Rockwell’s Thanksgiving Capture a Nation?
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a month ago
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for January
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 January. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Left, re-wrote documentation, redesigned the UX for...
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5 Iconic Quotes by the Duke of Wellington
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The French Monarchy: From Clovis to the Capetians
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6 months ago
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The Tuskegee Airmen of World War II
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a year ago
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The History of Underwear: Loincloths, Petticoats, Boxers, & Briefs
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a year ago
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Faith Ringgold, Storytelling Quilt Artist, Dies at 93
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8 months ago
weird medieval guys
No, the King doesn't own all the swans in Britain
So who does?
a year ago
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What Are the Books of the Old Testament? Order & Overview
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a week ago
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Bananas & Brutality: The Twisted History of United Fruit
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a month ago
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Who is Ana Mendieta? An Icon of Environmental Art
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a year ago
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for April 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 April. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, added charging electronics, solar cooking and solar...
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What Was Kantai Kessen?
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6 months ago
Open Culture
Leonard Cohen’s “Hallelujah” Performed by a Choir of 4,000 Singers
Throughout the years, we’ve featured performances of Choir!Choir!Choir!–a large amateur choir from...
2 hours ago
Throughout the years, we’ve featured performances of Choir!Choir!Choir!–a large amateur choir from Toronto that meets weekly and sings their hearts out. You’ve seen them sing Prince’s “When Doves Cry,” Soundgarden’s “Black Hole Sun” (to honor Chris Cornell), and Patti Smith’s...
Classical Wisdom
Jews in the Roman Bathhouse
Is it time to rethink the relationship between Judaism and Greco-Roman society?
a year ago
Is it time to rethink the relationship between Judaism and Greco-Roman society?
TheCollector
7 Famous Dutch Artists Who Achieved Greatness
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a year ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Love and Death
a year ago
Classical Wisdom
The Roman Socrates
The Feminist Stoic?
a year ago
TheCollector
9 Printmaking Techniques You Should Know
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2 months ago
History Today Feed
London’s Pig-Faced Urban Legend
London’s Pig-Faced Urban Legend
j.hoare
Mon, 01/08/2024 - 11:15
12 months ago
London’s Pig-Faced Urban Legend
j.hoare
Mon, 01/08/2024 - 11:15
History Today Feed
Muslim Modernisers on the Silk Road
Muslim Modernisers on the Silk Road
JamesHoare
Fri, 09/20/2024 - 06:00
3 months ago
Muslim Modernisers on the Silk Road
JamesHoare
Fri, 09/20/2024 - 06:00
Trying to Understand...
Too Much of Not A Lot
Winning the day and losing the war.
a year ago
Winning the day and losing the war.
TheCollector
Aristarchus of Samos and the Heliocentric Model of the Universe
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a year ago
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Does Might Make Right? The Melian Dialogue of Thucydides
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8 months ago
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Hitler’s Early Life: Failure & Homelessness to Nationalism & Nazis
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11 months ago
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Expressionists Exhibition to Open This Week at Tate Modern
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8 months ago
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7 Famous Artists Who Had Unexpected Day Jobs
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a year ago
History Today Feed
Medieval Icelandic Feasts
Medieval Icelandic Feasts
j.hoare
Thu, 12/21/2023 - 06:00
a year ago
Medieval Icelandic Feasts
j.hoare
Thu, 12/21/2023 - 06:00
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...
3 weeks 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...
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Cyberattacks Hits Museums and Causes Online Collections Drop
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12 months ago
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What Are the Origins of the Vampire Myth?
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2 months ago
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The Brezhnev Era: Stagnation in the USSR
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11 months ago
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Continental vs Analytic Philosophy: Definitions & Differences
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3 months ago
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