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TheCollector Interviews Anys Reimann, Contemporary Artist undefined
4 months ago
Dreams of Space -...
Out of This World (1953) Happy Friday the 13th (in October too). Don't worry, you have gotten really lucky today. Out of...
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Happy Friday the 13th (in October too). Don't worry, you have gotten really lucky today. Out of this World was one of my favorite "discoveries" when I first started collecting these books. It is a massive 160 pages of games, jokes, riddles, and space facts. I last blogged about...
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Rococo Art & Architecture: Definition, Characteristics, Artists undefined
a year ago
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How Bayonets Revolutionized Warfare undefined
8 months ago
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How Did Belgium Become a Country? undefined
7 months ago
Classical Wisdom
[Video] Roundtable Discussion with Mary Naples Watch now (60 min) | Cult of the Capture Bride: How Ancient Women Took Power
a year ago
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The Liberation of Dachau, the First Concentration Camp in Nazi Germany undefined
a year ago
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Medieval Ethiopia: The Origins of the Solomonic Dynasty undefined
2 months ago
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The Months: Gardens of Art by Eugène Grasset In 1894, Eugène Grasset (25 May 1845 – 23 October 1917) received a commission from the French...
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In 1894, Eugène Grasset (25 May 1845 – 23 October 1917) received a commission from the French department store La Belle Jardinière to create 12 original works of art to be used as a calendar. Grasset’s woodcuts show women in fashionable costumes of the period each bearing a sign...
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Jacksonville Confederate Monument Removed undefined
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The Rise of Television & The Power of Images in US Elections undefined
3 months ago
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7 of Elsa Schiaparelli’s Greatest Artistic Collaborations undefined
a year ago
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10 Things You Should Know About Henri Cartier-Bresson undefined
a year ago
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World’s Oldest Egyptian Museum Unveils New Galleries undefined
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Trying to Understand...
The Threat of Back to Normal Global power has always been distributed.
a year ago
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What Were Julius Caesar’s Greatest Achievements undefined
a year ago
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6 Inquisition Cases From Colonial Mexico undefined
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Antinous: The Tragic Life of Emperor Hadrian’s Lover undefined
a year ago
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Philosophy of War: 3 Influential Theorists undefined
a year ago
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The Mind & Body Problem in the Philosophy of Baruch Spinoza undefined
a year ago
Global Inequality...
The end of the great order under the Heaven A review of Gary Gerstle’s “The Rise and Fall of the Neoliberal Order”
5 months ago
History Today Feed
Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin and the Making of Stars Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin and the Making of Stars JamesHoare Tue, 05/07/2024 - 12:09
8 months ago
Classical Wisdom
The First Greek Philosopher Beyond Mythology
5 days ago
TheCollector
Children’s Drawings of Gladiators Discovered in Pompeii undefined
7 months ago
Trying to Understand...
Don't Give Peace Too Many Chances. Nothing is more dangerous than a flawed peace treaty.
over a year ago
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4 Novels by John Steinbeck You Should Read undefined
6 months ago
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What Was the Third Council of Constantinople? undefined
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Trying to Understand...
Going to Pieces Slowly... And then what?
a year 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...
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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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Snapshots of People Posing with Statues : A Cast of Thousands Having featured pictures of people meeting statues of Abraham Lincoln, Robert E. Jackson now delves...
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Having featured pictures of people meeting statues of Abraham Lincoln, Robert E. Jackson now delves into his fabulous collection of snapshots to show us people posing with other statues. Most are having a laugh, mimicking the poses, affecting some romantic clinch (groping,...
TheCollector
Abraham Lincoln’s Early Life: From Rural Kentucky to the White House undefined
4 months ago
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Who Was Frantz Fanon? undefined
4 months ago
Overcoming Bias
Toward More Direct Signals As I’ve attributed a large fraction of human behaviors to signaling incentives, I feel I should...
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As I’ve attributed a large fraction of human behaviors to signaling incentives, I feel I should address a key signaling question, about which I was recently reminded.
Classical Wisdom
Caligula's Forgotten Legacy The Nemi Ships
a year ago
Classical Wisdom
Tolkien and the Classics Plato, Cicero... Bilbo?
a year ago
TheCollector
4 Facts About Feyerabend’s Anarchistic Theory of Knowledge undefined
a year ago
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Edward VII’s Forgotten Colonial Conflicts Edward VII’s Forgotten Colonial Conflicts JamesHoare Wed, 08/21/2024 - 09:17
5 months ago
TheCollector
Bali’s 8 Finest Historic Sites: A Feast for the Senses undefined
5 months ago
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Interview with Dr. Mark Solms on Freud & Surrealism undefined
6 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Would You Kill the Fat Man? Ethical Philosophy for Fun
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Who Was Henri Cartier Bresson? undefined
a year ago
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12 Most Important Art Techniques of Modern Times undefined
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The Tripartite Pact: How Were the Axis Powers Created? undefined
9 months ago
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Laser Surveys Reveal Ancient Maya City in Mexico undefined
2 months ago
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Top 7 Dutch Golden Age Artists to Know undefined
a year ago
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How Does Mona Hatoum Turn Ordinary Objects into Artworks? undefined
a year ago
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Omega: The Last Days of the World – Camille Flammarion’s Visions of A Dying Planet (1883) ‘The most deadly pestilence would have carried far less terror to the heart than the astronomical...
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‘The most deadly pestilence would have carried far less terror to the heart than the astronomical prediction on every tongue; it would have made fewer victims, for already, from some unknown cause, the death-rate was increasing. At every instant one felt the electric shock of a...
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Cruising New York City With Video Blogger Nelson Sullivan In The 1980s “Thanks to his scrupulous attention, Nelson’s left behind a treasure trove of late-night videos...
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“Thanks to his scrupulous attention, Nelson’s left behind a treasure trove of late-night videos that, even more than the Warhol diaries, trenchantly capture the party years in all their gleeful decadent fun.” – Michael Musto on New York City video blogger (vlogging) Nelson...
Dreams of Space -...
Utazas a vilagurbe/ Into Space (1978) A little out of my defined time period but too good not to share.  This pop-up book was part of the...
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A little out of my defined time period but too good not to share.  This pop-up book was part of the burst in Russian children's publishing in 1978. It was originally published in Russian but I have seen copies in English and this one in Hungarian. The pop-ups are wonderful and...
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What Is Trompe L’Oeil? undefined
a year ago
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Against Liberalism: What is Communitarianism? undefined
11 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Beyond Stoicism New Event: January 7th, 2025
a month ago
Open Culture
Bob Dylan Reads “ ‘Twas the Night Before Christmas” On His Holiday Radio Show (2006) Allow me to name just a few of the people I want to hear hosting and curating radio shows—former Sex...
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Allow me to name just a few of the people I want to hear hosting and curating radio shows—former Sex Pistols’ singer John Lydon, former Clash frontman Joe Strummer, former Woody Guthrie impersonator Bob Dylan.… Luckily for me, this ain’t just fantasy baseball; at various times,...
African History...
A general history of African explorers of the Old world, and a 19th century Bornu traveller of... This article provides a brief outline of over sixty African explorers who traveled across the ‘Old...
3 months ago
Classical Wisdom
What Government Governs Best? Is Democracy Still Our Best Bet?
a year ago
TheCollector
Igniting the Cold War: The Berlin Blockade and Airlift undefined
8 months ago
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Who Won the Battle of Fort Sumter? undefined
a year ago
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5 Women in Philosophy of Science You Should Know undefined
3 weeks ago
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Faces of Madness: Franz Xaver Messerschmidt’s Heads undefined
11 months ago
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Frick Collection Announces April 2025 Reopening undefined
2 months ago
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Two New York Museums Face Climate Protests undefined
a year ago
Patterns in Humanity
Where parents make a difference Where is the shared environment effect larger than zero?
10 months ago
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10 Historical Places to Visit in Sussex undefined
8 months ago
African History...
**a Brief note on Africa's intellectual history plus; the Yoruba intellectual culture ca. 1000-1900.
a year ago
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End of an Era: Why Did the Beatles Break Up? undefined
a year ago
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“Horrible” Painting Found in Cellar Could Be $6 Million Picasso undefined
3 months ago
Flashbak
Cute and Sickly Sweet – 24 Vintage Snapshots That Invite a Reaction The girl presenting her pet lizard toad at the Children’s Pets show held on Venice Beach,...
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The girl presenting her pet lizard toad at the Children’s Pets show held on Venice Beach, California, in the mid 1930s makes for a cute photograph. Walter Chandoha’s 1955 picture of his daughter Paula with a kitten in 1955 is also cute. Angie Cook’s school photo from 1978 when...
Dreams of Space -...
A Visit to the New York World's Fair with Peter and Wendy (1964) An apology to my long time followers. I had stopped posting months ago when I got too busy. I am...
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An apology to my long time followers. I had stopped posting months ago when I got too busy. I am also having to work much harder to find /create new posts. So let me try every 2 weeks for a while and see how I do. A Visit to the New York World's Fair was the official World's Fair...
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Who Is Kiki Smith? undefined
3 months ago
Open Culture
Watch the Surrealist Glass Harmonica, the Only Animated Film Ever Banned by Soviet Censors (1968) The Soviet Union’s repressive state censorship went to absurd lengths to control what its citizens...
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The Soviet Union’s repressive state censorship went to absurd lengths to control what its citizens read, viewed, and listened to, such as the almost comical removal of purged former comrades from photographs during Stalin’s reign. When it came to aesthetics, Stalinism mostly...
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What’s the Best Time of the Year to Visit the Pyramids? undefined
6 months ago
Dreams of Space -...
One, Two (1965) The next few posts are some of my favorite picture books. The 1st from 1965 is a very basic counting...
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The next few posts are some of my favorite picture books. The 1st from 1965 is a very basic counting book about spaceflight. I hope that you find it as charming as I do. DeCaprio, Annie and David Krieger. Illustrated by Nydorf, Seymour. One, Two. New York: Wonder Books. (24 p.)...
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10 Pieces of Legislation Affecting America’s Indigenous People undefined
7 months ago
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How Ancient Writing Was Developed For Use in Religion & Magic undefined
11 months ago
Hundred Rabbits
tools ecosystem How did the Hundredrabbits ecosystem come into being? It's a long story, but here's a summary. In...
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How did the Hundredrabbits ecosystem come into being? It's a long story, but here's a summary. In 2016, we left Canada, armed with our two iPhones and 2 MacBooks Pros. We didn't know the wattage of any of the devices we owned, and even less about the amount of solar needed to...
Open Culture
Do You Really Need to Take 10,000 Steps a Day? We are regularly urged to take 10,000 steps a day. However, it turns out 10,000 isn’t exactly a...
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We are regularly urged to take 10,000 steps a day. However, it turns out 10,000 isn’t exactly a number anchored in science. Rather, it’s a product of marketing. According to a Harvard medical website, that figure goes back to “1965, when a Japanese company made a device named...
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A History of the Whig Party: Who Were the Whigs? undefined
4 months ago
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Beethoven and War: Soundtrack to the Napoleonic Conflict undefined
3 days ago
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England’s Museum Collections Missing More Than 1,700 Objects undefined
a year ago
Open Culture
John Coltrane Draws a Picture Illustrating the Mathematics of Music Physicist and saxophonist Stephon Alexander has argued in his many public lectures and his book The...
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Physicist and saxophonist Stephon Alexander has argued in his many public lectures and his book The Jazz of Physics that Albert Einstein and John Coltrane had quite a lot in common. Alexander in particular draws our attention to the so-called “Coltrane circle,” which resembles...
Classical Wisdom
ICYMI: Emperors, Conquerors and Saints New Cabins *NOW* Available
9 months ago
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Robert Koch: Great Microbiologist or Unethical Researcher? undefined
a year ago
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UN Committee Votes Against “At Risk” Designation for Stonehenge undefined
6 months ago
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Why Did Bruno Latour Claim that “We Have Never Been Modern”? undefined
a year ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup Philosopher Kings
12 months ago
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What Are the Main Themes of Modern Essentialism? undefined
a month ago
CrimethInc.
Georgia: The Firework Protests : A Report and Video Footage from the Streets of Tbilisi Tuesday, December 3 marked the sixth consecutive night of clashes between police and anti-government...
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Tuesday, December 3 marked the sixth consecutive night of clashes between police and anti-government protesters in Tbilisi, the capital of Georgia. We offer the following short report and video footage courtesy of Georgian anarchists. The demonstrators are responding to the...
History Today Feed
How Iran Won the West How Iran Won the West JamesHoare Tue, 11/26/2024 - 09:40
a month ago
Classical Wisdom
How Should We Look at History? Hold it up? Seal it off? Or Break it Down?
10 months ago
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The Capture of the Ceryneian Hind: The Third Labor of Heracles undefined
2 months ago
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The 4 Most Controversial Historical Events from the Past 200 Years undefined
10 months ago
Trying to Understand...
The Modern World Is Boring. Where are the heroes and the adventures now?
7 months ago
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8 Historical Places to Visit in Kent undefined
7 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup Beneath the Waves...
a year ago
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Weekend Roundup Banned Book Week Begins...
4 months ago
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7 Unusual Writing Systems From Around the World & How They Developed undefined
a year ago
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What Is the History of Hipster Culture? undefined
2 months ago
Classical Wisdom
The Mysterious Phaistos Disk And the Palace where it was found...
a year ago
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Why Did Rome Fall? & Which Lesson Should We Take Away?
a year ago
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The Fallen Angels of Enoch: Vicious Villains or Virtuous Victims? undefined
a year ago
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Disappearing NYC: 1980s Store Fronts on New York’s Upper West Side “I moved to the Upper West Side in August, 1978, and immediately loved it with all my heart,” writes...
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“I moved to the Upper West Side in August, 1978, and immediately loved it with all my heart,” writes Stephen Harmon, a retired lawyer who first lived on New York City’s West End Avenue and 73rd street. “I am a photographer and set out to preserve it on film because I knew the...
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What Is Platonic Love in Simple Words? undefined
a month ago
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Italy to Open Its Largest-Ever Presentation of Willem de Kooning undefined
10 months ago
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Pandora’s Box: A Greek Myth about Curiosity (and More) undefined
a year ago
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When and Why Did People Start Using Coins? undefined
a year ago
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New British Museum Book Brings Egyptian Pharaohs to Life undefined
5 months ago
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First Nations of the Canadian Northwest: A Brief History undefined
5 months ago
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Çatalhöyük: One of the Oldest Recorded Cities in History undefined
a year ago
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Why Did Vincent van Gogh Cut Off His Ear? undefined
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UNESCO Creates a Virtual Museum of Stolen Cultural Artifacts undefined
a year ago
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The Rembrandt Painting to Sell For $18.4 M. at Auction undefined
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Abkhazia’s National Art Gallery Works Destroyed by Fire undefined
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Get to Know Tamara de Lempicka Through 8 Works undefined
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Dust Bowl Troubadour: Who Was Woody Guthrie? undefined
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The Roman-Jewish Wars: Jewish Resistance vs Roman Might undefined
a year ago
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Modernism: The Genre Explained in 5 Facts and 14 Artworks undefined
5 months ago
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Monet’s Favorite French Cathedral Catches Fire undefined
6 months ago
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What Is Transcendentalism? undefined
a year ago
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The Two Slayings of Holofernes: Artemisia vs. Caravaggio undefined
4 months ago
History Today Feed
Absinthe: From Green Fairy to Moral Panic Absinthe: From Green Fairy to Moral Panic JamesHoare Thu, 12/12/2024 - 09:28
a month ago
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New Warhol Exhibition Reveals Rare Art Treasures undefined
a year ago
Global Inequality...
Freedom to be “wrong”: the only real advantage of democracy Why the liberal project will fail
11 months ago
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Three Men Convicted of Stealing Ming Dynasty Vase undefined
a year ago
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Choosing a Leader: The First US Presidential Elections (1789-1800) undefined
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Save The Robots: Life At New York’s Best Illegal Nightclub In The 1980s Save the Robots was an underground after hours club in New York City’s Lower East Side. Deb Diz...
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Save the Robots was an underground after hours club in New York City’s Lower East Side. Deb Diz Fearon was living in the building at 25 Avenue B, Manhattan before the ‘Robots’ moved into the basement. “We were the tenants that got kicked out so Save The Robots could move in,” she...
Classical Wisdom
Early Christian Poetry A Forgotten Genre?
9 months ago
TheCollector
Does Nietzsche Believe in Free Will? undefined
a year ago
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Influential Pop Artist: Who Was David Bowie? undefined
a year ago
History Today Feed
50 Years of Cyprus Divided 50 Years of Cyprus Divided JamesHoare Thu, 07/18/2024 - 09:24
6 months ago
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Why Did Italy Switch Sides During the World Wars? undefined
2 months ago
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What Was Procopius’ “Secret History”? (& Why You Shouldn’t Trust It) undefined
3 months ago
Overcoming Bias
What Would Socrates Do? Christians often ask themselves, as a guide to living, “What would Jesus do?” In her new book Open...
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Christians often ask themselves, as a guide to living, “What would Jesus do?” In her new book Open Socrates, my podcast-cohost Agnes Callard suggests we instead ask “What would Socrates do?”
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How Did the Victorian Dead Body Trade Operate? undefined
2 weeks ago
History Today Feed
‘Habsburgs on the Rio Grande’ by Raymond Jonas review ‘Habsburgs on the Rio Grande’ by Raymond Jonas review JamesHoare Wed, 06/19/2024 - 09:52
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History Today Feed
Pasternak and Stalin: What Was Said? Pasternak and Stalin: What Was Said? JamesHoare Mon, 01/29/2024 - 11:56
11 months ago
TheCollector
Franz von Stuck: German Symbolist Painter & “Prince of Art” undefined
a year ago
Wrong Side of...
The Scottish Play Canon Club podcast: Macbeth
2 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Essential Greeks LIVE Webinar Times Join this year's course for a strong foundation in the Classics
7 months ago
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What Is the Meaning of Utopia? undefined
9 months ago
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Interview with Nicolas Party: Pastels, Rosalba Carriera, & More undefined
11 months ago
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Federalism in Ancient Greece: The Forgotten Side of Ancient Greek Politics undefined
a year ago
Flashbak
Arnaldo Putzu and His Fabulous Hand-Painted Covers for Look-In Magazine And Movie Posters You might not know the name Arnaldo Putzu (1927 – 2012) but chances are that if you grew up in the...
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You might not know the name Arnaldo Putzu (1927 – 2012) but chances are that if you grew up in the 1960s and 1970s you’ve seen his work on movie posters and magazine covers. Born in Rome, Putzu studied at the Rome Academy and discovered a love of portrait painting. After...
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Julius Caesar: From General to Dictator (Bio, Battles, & Death) undefined
8 months ago
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10 Surprising Facts About the Great Beaver Wars undefined
9 months ago
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Slavoj Zizek on the 2 Types of Violence undefined
a year ago
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6 Artists Associated With Magic Realism You Should Know undefined
9 months ago
History Today Feed
Jackie Coogan and the Fall of Hollywood’s Child Stars Jackie Coogan and the Fall of Hollywood’s Child Stars JamesHoare Thu, 02/01/2024 - 09:58
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How Does Aristotle Conceptualize the Soul? undefined
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How Did the Tudors Celebrate Christmas? undefined
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Classical Wisdom
Electra: Powerful or Pathetic? Which Playwright did it better?
6 months ago
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10 Curious Facts About Johnny Cash undefined
9 months ago
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6 Famous Musicians at the Center of Big Mysteries undefined
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A Collection of...
Collections: Nitpicking Gladiator II, Part II Last week, we started our nitpicking of Gladiator II (2024) by looking at the problems with the...
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Last week, we started our nitpicking of Gladiator II (2024) by looking at the problems with the films chronology and its portrayal of the Roman army of the early third century, both in its equipment and in its battle tactics. This week, we’re going to move forward to the main...
Dreams of Space -...
Sky-Hi: A Trip Into Space with Terry (1952) Mara.  Sky-Hi: A Trip Into Space With Terry. Personal History Agency : NY. 22 p. 1952 It came in a...
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Mara.  Sky-Hi: A Trip Into Space With Terry. Personal History Agency : NY. 22 p. 1952 It came in a nice gift box with a space quiz. It is a little bit of an odd astronomy book. The illustration are very beautiful and if you notice each planet has smaller people in the picture to...
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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...
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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...
Open Culture
The Scene That Reveals the Beauty of Classic Hollywood Cinema 1939 is widely considered the greatest year in Hollywood history. Back then, writes 1939: The Year...
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1939 is widely considered the greatest year in Hollywood history. Back then, writes 1939: The Year in Movies author Tom Flannery, the so-called “Big Eight” major American studios “had a combined 590 actors, 114 directors and 340 writers under contract, each of whom worked an...
TheCollector
Heimdall: Get to Know the Viking Superhero and Guardian of Asgard undefined
7 months ago
A Collection of...
Collections: How to Roman Republic, Part IV: The Senate This is the the fourth part of our our planned five part series (I, II, IIIa, IIIb, IIIc) on the...
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This is the the fourth part of our our planned five part series (I, II, IIIa, IIIb, IIIc) on the structure of the Roman Republic during the third and second centuries, the ‘Middle’ Republic.’ Over the last few posts we looked at the role of Roman magistrates who carried out a...
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Could the “Year Without a Summer” Happen Again? Here’s What Experts Say undefined
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Marcus Garvey: A Leader in the Pan-Africanist Movement undefined
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Wittgenstein’s Solipsism: Where Language & Limits Collide undefined
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10 Women Thinkers of the Enlightenment You Should Know undefined
a year ago
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The Yalta Conference: Moving Forward From WWII undefined
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The Beguines: The Hermits Who Became Medieval Celebrities undefined
4 months ago
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Top 10 Places to Visit in Athens, Greece undefined
10 months ago
Overcoming Bias
Culture Status Report I’ve been focused on cultural drift for about nine months now, and the probability estimates in my...
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I’ve been focused on cultural drift for about nine months now, and the probability estimates in my last post make this a good time to take stock.
TheCollector
Who Was Martin Luther? (Bio, Ideas, Legacy) undefined
3 months ago
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How Did Nils Bohlin Change the Auto Industry? (Inventor of the Three-Point Seatbelt) undefined
3 months ago
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Who Was Margery Kempe? The Medieval Mystic Who Couldn’t Stop Crying undefined
3 months ago
History Today Feed
The Yellow Trade in Counterfeit Coins The Yellow Trade in Counterfeit Coins j.hoare Mon, 11/27/2023 - 12:04
a year ago
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10 Most Historic Cities to Visit Around the World undefined
3 months ago
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What Was the Oregon Trail? History and Legacy undefined
8 months ago
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Why Do I Care What Others Think? A Philosophical View of Self-Esteem undefined
2 months ago
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for April 2024 Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
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Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of April. Summary Of Changes 100r.co, added Twilight, updated our notes on chainplates, wheel to tiller conversion, cabin lights standing rigging replacement, Princess Louisa Inlet(added...
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Celebrating Diversity at The National Mall’s Outdoor Show undefined
a year ago
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5 Contemporary Artists Inspired by Baroque undefined
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10 Landmarks That Should Be Considered Wonders of the World undefined
3 months ago
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What Caused the Salem Witch Trials? undefined
a year ago
Open Culture
The Creative Genius of David Lynch (RIP): Discover His Films, Music Videos, Cartoons, Commercials,... Image by Sasha Kargaltsev via Wikimedia Commons As every cinephile has by now heard, and lamented,...
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Image by Sasha Kargaltsev via Wikimedia Commons As every cinephile has by now heard, and lamented, we’ve just lost a great American filmmaker. From Eraserhead to Blue Velvet to Mulholland Drive to Inland Empire, David Lynch’s features will surely continue to bewilder and inspire...
History Today Feed
‘The World at War’ and the Holocaust at 50 ‘The World at War’ and the Holocaust at 50 JamesHoare Thu, 03/07/2024 - 09:43
10 months ago
Flashbak
William Gedney: Watching America At Night (1960-1973) “Once upon a time there was a pretty fly. He had a pretty wife, this pretty fly. But one day she...
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“Once upon a time there was a pretty fly. He had a pretty wife, this pretty fly. But one day she flew away, flew away. She had two pretty children, but one night these two pretty children flew away, flew away, into the sky, into the moon.” – Night of the Hunter, 1955     …...
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Napoleon’s 5 Greatest Marshals: The Best of the Best undefined
9 months ago
Trying to Understand...
You And Whose Army? NATO would do well to stay out of Ukraine.
a year ago
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5 Lost Cities of Ancient Egypt Rediscovered undefined
3 months ago
History Today Feed
The Indian Citizenship Act The Indian Citizenship Act JamesHoare Tue, 05/28/2024 - 11:42
7 months ago
TheCollector
Martha Washington: Get to Know the First First Lady undefined
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