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the promise of pancakes
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Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin and the Making of Stars
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6 Themes That Define Nan Goldin’s Photography
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How the CCP is Closing China
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The Allure of Medieval Churches
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Should Drugs be Criminalized?
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Who Were the 4 Key Players of the Risorgimento?
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Dreams of Space -...
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Another children's magazine from Russia. I enjoy the space pictures and the simple art. This issue has a nice space story comic.
Весёлые Картинки (Funny Pictures.) ( Komsomol “Veselye Kartinki”.) nr. 4, April 1976.
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The Secret SS Mission to Tibet You’ve Never Heard Of
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Along with others around the country, we invite you to join us in organizing festivals of resistance...
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The Battle of Grunwald: A Gamechanger for Eastern Europe
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French Culture Minister Calls For Climate Activism Penalties
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What Were the Main Achievements of the New Deal?
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Max Thalmann: Passion, Cathedrals And America In Woodcuts
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When Did Britain’s Age of Deference End – and Why?
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a brief note on African travel literature in history
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China’s Communist Comic Books
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a revolution with a contested legacy.
a year ago
a revolution with a contested legacy.
Flashbak
The Kaikidan Ekotoba Monster Scroll from 19th Century Japan
The Kaikidan Ekotoba scroll features paintings of 33 monsters, both fantastic and plain odd from...
5 months ago
The Kaikidan Ekotoba scroll features paintings of 33 monsters, both fantastic and plain odd from Japan. It’s a subject we’ve visited before with the Yokai Horrors from the 18th Century Bakemono Zukushi Scroll. Thought to originate in the mid 1800s, the artist behind the Kaikidan...
Flashbak
Derek Jarman’s Home In Dungeness: Where Jesus Walked In The Garden
Before a run of Derek Jarman’s (31 January 1942 – 19 February 1994) The Garden at New York’s...
8 months ago
Before a run of Derek Jarman’s (31 January 1942 – 19 February 1994) The Garden at New York’s Metrograph theater, the British director spoke about his own garden and his house at Dungeness on the coast of Kent in England. Jarman made The Garden on the grounds of his seaside...
TheCollector
What Are the Unconditional Biblical Prophecies?
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3 Beautiful Places in the North of England Tourists Tend to Neglect
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TheCollector
The Fate of Jewish Art Collections in WWII: 20 Looted Families
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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...
TheCollector
Bronze Age Town Found in Saudi Arabian Desert
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Flashbak
Creating Hokusai’s The Great Wave off Kanagawa – An Illustrated History
“At 110, everything I create; a dot, a line, will jump to life as never before. To all of you who...
6 months ago
“At 110, everything I create; a dot, a line, will jump to life as never before. To all of you who are going to live as long as I do, I promise to keep my word. I am writing this in my old age. I used to call myself Hokusai, but today I sign my … Continue reading "Creating...
TheCollector
What’s the Best Time to Visit Table Mountain?
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5 months ago
History Today Feed
How Did the First World War Change the Arts?
How Did the First World War Change the Arts?
JamesHoare
Thu, 10/10/2024 - 09:11
2 months ago
How Did the First World War Change the Arts?
JamesHoare
Thu, 10/10/2024 - 09:11
TheCollector
How Napoleon Redefined French Artillery During the Napoleonic Wars
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TheCollector
Everything You Need to Know About Marcel Duchamp’s Readymades
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TheCollector
A Modern Sacred Band? Homosexuality in Nazi Germany
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TheCollector
Martha Washington: Get to Know the First First Lady
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3 months ago
History Today Feed
‘In the Shadow of Quetzalcoatl’ by Merilee Grindle review
‘In the Shadow of Quetzalcoatl’ by Merilee Grindle review
j.hoare
Tue, 01/02/2024 - 09:08
11 months ago
‘In the Shadow of Quetzalcoatl’ by Merilee Grindle review
j.hoare
Tue, 01/02/2024 - 09:08
TheCollector
Who Were the Landsknechts?
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TheCollector
The Chagra: A Model for Sustainable Agriculture in the Amazon
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2 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Should We Follow Silly Laws?
And what happens when we don’t?
a year ago
And what happens when we don’t?
Trying to Understand...
Let's Be Enemies
Since it seems to be the fashion these days.
a year ago
Since it seems to be the fashion these days.
TheCollector
10 Must-Visit Towns With Thanksgiving Traditions
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for September 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 September. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Wiktopher, adapted Solresol, edited other conlangs.
Niju,...
TheCollector
What Is Transcendentalism?
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TheCollector
Jean Lannes: The French Achilles of the Napoleonic Wars
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TheCollector
Popular Religion in Ancient Egypt: Everything You Need to Know
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a year ago
Hundred Rabbits
projects and pain
We arrived in New Zealand with a long scary list of things to fix or replace on Pino. We needed new...
over a year ago
We arrived in New Zealand with a long scary list of things to fix or replace on Pino. We needed new batteries, a new mainsail, a fresh coat of bottom-paint, galley plumbing, new intermediates shrouds, new backstay, new top hatch, new windows, new control cables etc.
'If we can't...
TheCollector
William Blake’s Cottage to Be Preserved as a Museum
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TheCollector
The Vikings in Iceland: Their Story in Sagas and Archaeology
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TheCollector
The Renaissance Women of Italy: 10 Extraordinary Artists
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Classical Wisdom
How do we know what’s True? How can we decipher what is real among lies?
“Triple Threat at Suez Canal, Panama Canal, & Mexico Attack Freight”
11 months ago
“Triple Threat at Suez Canal, Panama Canal, & Mexico Attack Freight”
Flashbak
Rain Gods And Prayers to The Great Mystery: Portraits of Native Americans by Edward S. Curtis
The passing of every old man or woman means the passing of some tradition, some knowledge of sacred...
3 weeks ago
The passing of every old man or woman means the passing of some tradition, some knowledge of sacred rites possessed by no other… Consequently the information that is to be gathered, for the benefit of future generations, respecting the mode of life of one of the great races of...
Open Culture
The Ingenious Engineering of Leonardo da Vinci’s Self-Supporting Bridge, Explained
The video above from Sabins Civil Engineering promises to reveal “the MAGIC behind Da Vinci’s Self...
5 days ago
The video above from Sabins Civil Engineering promises to reveal “the MAGIC behind Da Vinci’s Self Supporting Bridge.” That sounds like a typical example of YouTube hyperbole, though on first glance, it isn’t at all obvious how the fragile-looking structure can stay up, much less...
Classical Wisdom
Why Did Rome Fall?
& Which Lesson Should We Take Away?
a year ago
& Which Lesson Should We Take Away?
TheCollector
What Did the Art of the Third Reich Look Like?
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TheCollector
The Jōmon Period: Japan’s Mysterious Origin Story
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TheCollector
Which Are the Best-known Castles and Churches in Trieste?
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TheCollector
Who Were the Most Influential People of the British Empire?
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TheCollector
When Did the Anglo-Saxon Invasion of Britain Really Begin?
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TheCollector
Top 10 Historic Sites to See in New York City
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TheCollector
Should You Believe in Something Just Because It’s Logical?
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Res Obscura
Why drug history?
Drugs and spices play an outsized role in world history — but it's often a hidden one
10 months ago
Drugs and spices play an outsized role in world history — but it's often a hidden one
History Today Feed
Was Portugal’s Carnation Revolution Inevitable?
Was Portugal’s Carnation Revolution Inevitable?
JamesHoare
Thu, 04/25/2024 - 08:56
8 months ago
Was Portugal’s Carnation Revolution Inevitable?
JamesHoare
Thu, 04/25/2024 - 08:56
TheCollector
What Are the 5 Tallest Mountains in the World?
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TheCollector
Afghanistan Historic Monuments Destroyed in Earthquakes
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Classical Wisdom
Confessions from a Classics Lover
How to learn -or relearn- from the ancients
5 months ago
How to learn -or relearn- from the ancients
TheCollector
What Makes a Celt & Did They Ever Inhabit Britannia?
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TheCollector
Can the Real King Arthur Be Identified as Athrwys of Gwent?
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Hundred Rabbits
goji no chaimu
After a long 21-day passage, seeing the shape of the island of Chichijima in the distance was...
over a year ago
After a long 21-day passage, seeing the shape of the island of Chichijima in the distance was unreal; this was our prize, our first step onto Japanese soil. We used to make many trips to Japan by plane, but getting there by our own efforts — by sailboat — is a lot slower and...
TheCollector
Top 10 Depictions of the Annunciation in Art
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TheCollector
Jericho: An Ancient City Filled with Secrets
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TheCollector
Uncovering 5 Portraits From the Renaissance
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TheCollector
Who Were the Founders of Chichen Itza?
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a year ago
History Today Feed
The Original Bonfire of the Vanities
The Original Bonfire of the Vanities
JamesHoare
Wed, 02/07/2024 - 09:45
10 months ago
The Original Bonfire of the Vanities
JamesHoare
Wed, 02/07/2024 - 09:45
TheCollector
8 Spots for Exploring Indigenous Art in the American Southwest
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Maths, Art, and the Moon
8 months ago
TheCollector
Understanding Lacan’s ‘The Four Fundamental Concepts of Psychoanalysis’
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
St. Nick and Saturnalia
4 hours ago
Dreams of Space -...
Das Neue Universum, Volume 67 (1950)
Das Neue Universum (The New Universe) was a German science annual series aimed at older...
a year ago
Das Neue Universum (The New Universe) was a German science annual series aimed at older children.
From the German Wikipedia site (translated) : "The New Universe is a German children's literature series with themes in the fields of knowledge , research , adventure and...
Overcoming Bias
Conquest and Liberation of Academia
During my graduate studies (’93-97), I looked at the history of prizes in science.
a week ago
During my graduate studies (’93-97), I looked at the history of prizes in science.
TheCollector
Philosophy of War: 3 Influential Theorists
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TheCollector
Fall of Constantinople (1453): The Siege That Changed the World
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TheCollector
Akhenaten: 7 Secrets of Egypt’s Heretic Pharaoh
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a year ago
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...
TheCollector
What Is the Twinkie Defense? (& Other Crazy Court Arguments)
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TheCollector
It’s Complicated: Edward VIII & Wallis Simpson’s Scandalous Romance
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TheCollector
Abraham Lincoln’s Assassination: Here’s Everything You Need to Know
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TheCollector
10 Must-Visit Places Around the World for History Buffs
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Good Friday: The Significance of the Day & How Christians Observe It
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Rock the Vote! How Music & Pop Culture Influenced Elections
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Siege of the Sogdian Rock, 327 BCE: Alexander’s Winged Men
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TheCollector
Andy Warhol’s Mother: Who Was Julia Warhola?
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Who Was Elena/Eleno de Céspedes?
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TheCollector
What Are the Main Themes of Modern Essentialism?
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TheCollector
Finland in World War II: A Non-Fascist Axis Power?
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TheCollector
Hitler in Politics: From the Nazi Party to the Reichstag
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Flashbak
British Grub: A Psychedelic Tribute To British Food From 1960s San Francisco
Food, glorious food! Hot sausage and mustard While we’re in the mood, cold jelly and custard Pease...
7 months ago
Food, glorious food! Hot sausage and mustard While we’re in the mood, cold jelly and custard Pease pudding and saveloys, what next is the question? Rich gentlemen have it boys – in-di-gestion! – Food Glorious Food from the muscial oliver by Lionel Bart, 1968 You didn’t need...
TheCollector
Freedom of Speech in the United States: An Overview
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History Today Feed
When Nostalgia Was Deadly
When Nostalgia Was Deadly
JamesHoare
Thu, 04/11/2024 - 08:00
8 months ago
When Nostalgia Was Deadly
JamesHoare
Thu, 04/11/2024 - 08:00
TheCollector
Who Was Walt Whitman?
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TheCollector
Who Was Origen of Alexandria?
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TheCollector
The Shining Path Insurgency: Modern Peru’s Darkest Hour
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TheCollector
Rijksmuseum Begins Restoration of Rembrandt’s ‘The Night Watch’
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TheCollector
Hokusai’s ‘Great Wave’ Heads to Auction
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TheCollector
Chili Pepper’s Fiery History: The Berry That Conquered the World
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Hundred Rabbits
the rock of polynesia
Niue, pronounced 'New-ay', a rock in the Pacific, one of the largest coral islands on earth. It's...
over a year ago
Niue, pronounced 'New-ay', a rock in the Pacific, one of the largest coral islands on earth. It's the first country to offer free, state-funded, wireless internet to all its residents and has a goal of being completely solar powered— uuuh... wow?
We'd also heard that the school...
TheCollector
The Secret Life of Queen Victoria You Didn’t Know
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8 months ago
History Today Feed
Scandals of the Glorious Revolution
Scandals of the Glorious Revolution
JamesHoare
Tue, 08/20/2024 - 09:14
4 months ago
Scandals of the Glorious Revolution
JamesHoare
Tue, 08/20/2024 - 09:14
Dr Alun Withey
Finding Your Beard Style in the 19th Century
In the previous post I noted the variety of facial hair styles that were worn by men in the...
over a year ago
In the previous post I noted the variety of facial hair styles that were worn by men in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, depending on factors including status, location and age. Rather than each age having one particular style of facial hair that was ubiquitous, the...
TheCollector
444 Days: The Story of the Iran Hostage Crisis
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TheCollector
Giacomo Casanova’s Legendary Swashbuckling Travels
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Patterns in Humanity
Immigration and crime: Sweden
Worrying crime trends in the land of Pippi Longstocking
4 months ago
Worrying crime trends in the land of Pippi Longstocking
History Today Feed
Shakespeare’s Sister Speaks
Shakespeare’s Sister Speaks
JamesHoare
Wed, 06/12/2024 - 10:11
6 months ago
Shakespeare’s Sister Speaks
JamesHoare
Wed, 06/12/2024 - 10:11
TheCollector
Who Was Boudica, the Warrior Queen of the Iceni?
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TheCollector
Lightning Strikes Ancient Roman Arch of Constantine
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3 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?
TheCollector
What Is a Nantucket Sleighride?
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TheCollector
10 South American Artists You Should Know
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6 months ago
A Collection of...
Collections: Shield Walls and Spacing: Hollywood Mobs and Ancient Tactics
This week, we’re going to take a look at a different aspect of ancient infantry tactics: how heavy...
a year ago
This week, we’re going to take a look at a different aspect of ancient infantry tactics: how heavy infantry shield formations work. While I’ve framed this around ‘shield walls,’ not every kind of shielded heavy infantry fought that way and in practice the line between what is a...
TheCollector
What Are the 5 Tallest Statues in the USA?
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Global Inequality...
Abundance, capitalism and climate change
In classical Marxism, communism is defined as a society of material abundance. It is a society where...
8 months ago
In classical Marxism, communism is defined as a society of material abundance. It is a society where goods flow in abundance (“after the productive forces have…increased…all the springs of co-operative wealth flow more abundantly”, Marx, Critique of the Gotha Program
TheCollector
Alexander’s Destruction of Thebes in 335 BCE (Battle & Aftermath)
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6 months ago
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