Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Medea: Monster or Misunderstood?
9 months ago
Medea: Monster or Misunderstood?
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5 Fascinating Maps that Show Our Evolving Understanding of the World
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The British Museum to Tighten Security and Collection Records
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Battle of the Hydaspes, 326 BCE: Alexander vs. Porus in India
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Wrong Side of...
Inside the Catholic State
The world that created Caravaggio
2 months ago
The world that created Caravaggio
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7 Prominent Photorealist Artists in the World Today
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Do We Need Passports? Or Borders?
Watch now (23 sec) | Crossing with Radiohead
a year ago
Watch now (23 sec) | Crossing with Radiohead
Classical Wisdom
What is the Tall Poppy Syndrome?
Is it good, bad or relative?
6 months ago
Is it good, bad or relative?
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...
9 months ago
“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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10 Facts You Should Know About Henri Matisse
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What Do We Mean by Aboriginal Languages?
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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
‘The World at War’ and the Holocaust at 50
JamesHoare
Thu, 03/07/2024 - 09:43
A Collection of...
Collections: How to Raise a Tribal Army in Pre-Roman Europe, Part I: Aristocrats, Retainers and...
For the next few posts, I want to take a look at how some ‘tribal’ peoples raised armies, in...
6 months ago
For the next few posts, I want to take a look at how some ‘tribal’ peoples raised armies, in contrast to the way that ancient (or later) states raised armies. As moderns, we are so familiar with the way that states function that the far older systems of non-state organization and...
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Who Was Julius Caesar?
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Oskar Schindler: The Business Tycoon Who Became a Hero
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Astrology in Ancient Rome: A Brief Overview
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for May
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 May. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Noodle, released Uxn version. Improved UX to resize the canvas and...
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Rococo Art & Architecture: Definition, Characteristics, Artists
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Franklin Delano Roosevelt: Who is the Real FDR?
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What Is Friluftsliv, The Norwegian Way of Life in Harmony with Nature?
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Flashbak
Found Vintage Photobooth Pictures
“Collecting the photobooth strip (approximate size 8 inches by 1.5 inches) has been an adventure,”...
5 months ago
“Collecting the photobooth strip (approximate size 8 inches by 1.5 inches) has been an adventure,” says vintage photography collector Robert E. Jackson. “If you see or own an amazing photobooth, you can pretty much figure it used to be part of a 4-pose strip. The individual...
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6 Demons in Tibetan Buddhism
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What’s the Best Time of the Year to Visit Cairo, Egypt?
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A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, May 31, 2024 (Academic Departments)
Fireside this week! I am spinning up to write a Teaching Paradox series on Imperator later this...
7 months ago
Fireside this week! I am spinning up to write a Teaching Paradox series on Imperator later this week, but not quite ready to get started yet. I’m also thinking, perhaps before that, of doing a short post or set of posts on the organization of non-state ‘tribal’ societies in...
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Art Basel Miami Beach Faces Protests
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6 Conceptual Artists You Should Know
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Veni, Vidi, Vici: Decoding Julius Caesar’s “I Came, I Saw, I Conquered”
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African History...
The myth of Mansa Musa's enslaved entourage
"Stories about his [Mansa Musa's] journey have numerous anecdotes which are not true and which the...
a year ago
"Stories about his [Mansa Musa's] journey have numerous anecdotes which are not true and which the mind refuses to admit".
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What Is the Ides of March?
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The Legacy of Emperor Pedro II: Brazil’s Golden Age
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Open Culture
Francis Ford Coppola Picks His Favorite Criterion Movies & Gives Advice to Filmmakers
Upon stepping into the hallowed Criterion Closet, stocked with hundreds of that cinephile video...
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Upon stepping into the hallowed Criterion Closet, stocked with hundreds of that cinephile video label’s finest releases, Francis Ford Coppola speaks of a director who “believed in a film he wanted to make, and used his entire fortune, because the financing system of the time...
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Why Does the UK Celebrate Guy Fawkes Night?
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Mobutu Sese Seko: The Rise and Fall of Congo’s Infamous Dictator
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Fascism vs. Modernism: Clash in Art & Design
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Modernism vs. Postmodernism: Two Genres Explained in 6 Facts and 13 Artworks
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10 Banned Literary Classics You Might Not Know
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Bananas & Brutality: The Twisted History of United Fruit
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How did Mao Lead China, and What did He Leave Behind?
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Andrew Jackson’s Genocidal Legacy
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Who Was J. Edgar Hoover?
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Rijksmuseum Begins Restoration of Rembrandt’s ‘The Night Watch’
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for September 2024
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
3 months ago
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of September.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, added a new page: Victoria to Sitka logbook.
M291, added support for Cyrillic glyphs.
Fractran, released what might be the most in-depth...
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Russia’s Greatest General? Field Marshal Alexander Suvorov
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African History...
on the Nubian priests of Rome and the Moors of Spain
When the 12th-century West African scholar Ibrahim al-Kanemi moved to the city of Seville in Spain...
a week ago
When the 12th-century West African scholar Ibrahim al-Kanemi moved to the city of Seville in Spain and became one of the most celebrated Andalusian poets, he wasn't the first from his region to visit the Moorish kingdom.
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The US Museum Directors Salary Data
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4 Norse Myths That Inspired Cinema
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How Did Bruegel the Elder Depict the Seasons?
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6 Artworks Inspired by Gabriel García Márquez’s Famous Novel
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Flashbak
The Coming of the Unconscious: JG Ballard’s Guide To Surrealism In Science Fiction
In 1966, readers of issue 164 of New Worlds magazine (1946 – 1997) could enjoy writer JG Ballard’s...
4 months ago
In 1966, readers of issue 164 of New Worlds magazine (1946 – 1997) could enjoy writer JG Ballard’s (15 November 1930 – 19 April 2009)review of La Jetée, the time-travel short by Chris Marker about time and memory which was receiving its first London screenings and his essay ‘The...
Tjaart’s Substack
The curious case of the missing period
When Simple Mail Transfer Protocol is not simple
10 months ago
When Simple Mail Transfer Protocol is not simple
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5 Famous Cartographers You Need to Know About
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Who is Adrian Piper? The Most Important Conceptual Artist of Our Time
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Flashbak
Women Smoking Snapshots – Touching The Sublime
“Cigarettes are bad for you; that is why they are so good” – Richard Klein, Cigarettes Are Sublime ...
10 months ago
“Cigarettes are bad for you; that is why they are so good” – Richard Klein, Cigarettes Are Sublime Richard Klein, Professor of French at Cornell University and editor of Diacritics, quit smoking while writing Cigarettes Are Sublime and has been nicotine-free ever since. So do...
African History...
a brief note on European pirates and African states during the 'golden age of piracy.'
a pirate stronghold and kingdom in 18th century Madagascar.
9 months ago
a pirate stronghold and kingdom in 18th century Madagascar.
History Today Feed
Richard III and Kingly Justice for All?
Richard III and Kingly Justice for All?
JamesHoare
Thu, 08/08/2024 - 08:38
4 months ago
Richard III and Kingly Justice for All?
JamesHoare
Thu, 08/08/2024 - 08:38
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A History Lover’s Guide to Bangkok
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Who Was Oscar Wilde?
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How Romanticism Set the Stage for Darwin’s Theory of Evolution
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What Were the Most Controversial Suffragette Protests?
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What Countries Joined the Axis Powers?
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What Are the Top 7 Sights to See in Milan?
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Women Portraitists of the Renaissance: A League of Their Own
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5 (or More?) of Jack the Ripper’s Victims
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Hidden Gospels: What Books Were Removed from the Bible (and Why)?
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6 Facts About Johannes Itten, the Famous Bauhaus Teacher
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Battle of Chaeronea: Philip II vs. Athens and Thebes
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Is There Democracy Without Voting? Elections by Lot in Ancient Athens
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Marcus Aurelius' Birthday Celebrations
a year ago
Marcus Aurelius' Birthday Celebrations
History Today Feed
Rum and Reform: The Party on Norfolk Island
Rum and Reform: The Party on Norfolk Island
JamesHoare
Tue, 12/17/2024 - 09:12
2 weeks ago
Rum and Reform: The Party on Norfolk Island
JamesHoare
Tue, 12/17/2024 - 09:12
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The Cold War & the Rise of Superpowers: US Elections in a Divided World (1945-91)
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Claudius: The Roman Emperor Who Became a Pumpkin
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10 Powerful Women From Folklore and Mythology Around the World
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Jansenism: The 17th Century Heresy That Divided the Church
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The Statue of Liberty: 9 Facts about the New York City Monument
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Who Were the Buffalo Soldiers?
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Hidden History
The Assassination of Malcolm X
Martin Luther King and the Southern Christian Leadership Conference based their strategy on two...
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Martin Luther King and the Southern Christian Leadership Conference based their strategy on two ideas; the idea that nonviolent civil disobedience, in the tradition of Thoreau and Gandhi, was the only method that the civil rights movement should use, and the idea that white...
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An Art Lovers Guide to Outdoor Exhibitions in Japan
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How Jazz Became a Secret Weapon in Cold War Berlin
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10 Surprising Facts About the Great Beaver Wars
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How to Read Renaissance Maps (7 Tips)
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First Nations of the Canadian Northwest: A Brief History
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Flashbak
Leeds Kids the 1970s
Self-styled ‘Luddite photographer” Eric Milese (“relatively recently gone digital – 2011”) named the...
6 days ago
Self-styled ‘Luddite photographer” Eric Milese (“relatively recently gone digital – 2011”) named the picture below of kids ‘tobogganing’ down a dry, rocky slope in the northern English city of Leeds in the 1970s “The Cresta Run”. It is not the original Cresta Run, which is a...
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7 Important Members of the Black Panthers You Need to Know
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Trying to Understand...
Reality Would Like A Word.
Paging Tom and Daisy Buchanan
a year ago
Paging Tom and Daisy Buchanan
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What Did Adorno Think of Beckett’s Endgame?
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10 Shocking Facts About King Philip’s War
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African History...
A complete history of the old city of Gao ca. 700-1898.
Journal of African cities: chapter 12
5 months ago
Journal of African cities: chapter 12
A Collection of...
Collections: Phalanx’s Twilight, Legion’s Triumph, Part IVa: Philip V
This is the first part of the fourth part of our four(ish) part (Ia, Ib, IIa, IIb, IIIa, IIIb) look...
9 months ago
This is the first part of the fourth part of our four(ish) part (Ia, Ib, IIa, IIb, IIIa, IIIb) look at why the thing to use to beat a Macedonian sarisa phalanx is, in fact, a Roman legion in the third and second century BC. Last time, we finished our look at the third-century...
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What Was Négritude?
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Trying to Understand...
When The Music's Over ...
Turn out the lights.
10 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 Is the Political Structure of the Vatican?
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Capturing Alaska: Who Are 6 of Alaska’s Most Celebrated Painters?
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Who Was Judah Maccabee? The Ancient Jewish Resistance Leader
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History Today Feed
‘Catland’ by Kathryn Hughes review
‘Catland’ by Kathryn Hughes review
JamesHoare
Mon, 05/20/2024 - 12:54
7 months ago
‘Catland’ by Kathryn Hughes review
JamesHoare
Mon, 05/20/2024 - 12:54
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Heracles Slays the Stymphalian Birds: The Hero’s Sixth Labor
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Pace Gallery to Represent Paul Thek Estate
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Art Basel Miami Beach Opens 2024 Fair
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Flashbak
Twenty Drawings by Kahlil Gibran, 1919
“Speak to us of Beauty” – Kahlil Gibran, The Prophet In 1919, Lebanese-American artist, poet and...
3 months ago
“Speak to us of Beauty” – Kahlil Gibran, The Prophet In 1919, Lebanese-American artist, poet and philosopher Kahlil Gibran (January 6, 1883–April 10, 1931) published the collection Twenty Drawings, the first and only time a selection of his paintings had appeared in print....
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7 Historical Places to Visit On Your Way to the Isle of Skye
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Capoeira’s Incredible Roots: Brazil’s Unique Art Form
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Flashbak
Great Photos: Le Mariage des Diables Blancs, May 22 1954
On May 22 1954, tightrope walkers Berthy Omankowsky and Roger Decugis married on a rope stretched...
6 months ago
On May 22 1954, tightrope walkers Berthy Omankowsky and Roger Decugis married on a rope stretched high above the Place du Capitole in Toulouse, France. The wedding of two members of the Franco-Czechoslovakian (Diables Blancs) White Devils Company was overseen by Father Robert...
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Clubbers And Youth Tribes in Post-Punk London : 1978-1986
“As a photographer, I go as the casual observer and stand in the shadows. When I first went to those...
8 months ago
“As a photographer, I go as the casual observer and stand in the shadows. When I first went to those Tuesday nights at Billy’s [1978] it was like walking into a Hieronymous Bosch painting – furtive but lively, very decadent reflecting what they were into, and yet with a sense of...
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Who Was Vortigern?
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Christie’s Nets $413 Million in 20th Century Evening Sale
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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
11 months ago
Drugs and spices play an outsized role in world history — but it's often a hidden one
History Today Feed
Political Graffiti in Georgian Britain
Political Graffiti in Georgian Britain
JamesHoare
Thu, 03/14/2024 - 09:29
9 months ago
Political Graffiti in Georgian Britain
JamesHoare
Thu, 03/14/2024 - 09:29
Patterns in Humanity
The case for prisons
The purpose of prisons, and the evidence of their efficacy
3 months ago
The purpose of prisons, and the evidence of their efficacy
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Ancien Régime France: 4 Harsh Realities of Life Before the Revolution
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Who Was George Hodel?
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The Impact of Sigmund Freud’s Theories on Art
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Overcoming Bias
What Culture Can You Trust?
Star Wars came out when I was 17, and made a big impression on me; I loved it.
3 days ago
Star Wars came out when I was 17, and made a big impression on me; I loved it.
Open Culture
A Simple, Down-to-Earth Christmas Card from the Great Depression (1933)
The Smithsonian sets the scene for this Christmas card sent in 1933, a few years into the Great...
2 weeks ago
The Smithsonian sets the scene for this Christmas card sent in 1933, a few years into the Great Depression. They write: Despite the glum economic situation, the Pinero family used a brown paper bag to fashion an inexpensive holiday greeting card. They penned a clever rhyme and...
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Why Do Anti-Natalists Oppose Birth?
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What Are Anton Chekhov’s Most Important Works?
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Who Were the Legendary Mountain Men of the Old West?
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Delian League vs Persian Empire: The Greeks on the Offensive
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The Mystical Drawings of William Thomas Horton (1864-1919)
William Thomas Horton (1864–1919) was one of the Smithers People, a number of artists sponsored by...
a year ago
William Thomas Horton (1864–1919) was one of the Smithers People, a number of artists sponsored by Leonard Smithers (1861–1907),a leading light of the Decadent movement and publisher of upscale pornography. Some starry names were in his orbit, including Max Beerbohm, Aleister...
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The Curse of the Tower of Babel & the Gift of Tongues
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Watergate: The Scandal that Defined Nixon’s Presidency
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Patterns in Humanity
Global crime
How do crime rates vary around the world? And how reliable is the data?
a month ago
How do crime rates vary around the world? And how reliable is the data?
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Who Were the Twelve Disciples & What Happened to Them?
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10 Must-Visit East Coast Historic Landmarks
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History Today Feed
The Death of Caspar Hauser
The Death of Caspar Hauser
j.hoare
Sun, 12/17/2023 - 00:00
a year ago
The Death of Caspar Hauser
j.hoare
Sun, 12/17/2023 - 00:00
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The West African Squadron: Hunting Slave Ships on the High Seas
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8 Sneaker Trends to be on the Look-out For in 2024
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Diego Velazquez Royal Portrait Heads to Auction
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Why Do the Rastafari Believe That Haile Selassie Was a God?
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What Is the Will to Power?
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Global Inequality...
Before the police arrives: Bookstores on Saturdays
I always loved Saturdays. When I was a college student, quite improbably, my parents decided that I...
10 months ago
I always loved Saturdays. When I was a college student, quite improbably, my parents decided that I would be a “technical executor” of our family’s monthly budget. My family was part of the red bourgeoisie and we had enough, and probably more than enough, for a comfortable life;...
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Why Was the Gutenberg Printing Press Important?
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Stoicism and Stress
Go Stress-Free with Philosophy
8 months ago
Go Stress-Free with Philosophy
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Pandemic Literature From Homer to Covid-19
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Katsushika Hokusai: Thirty-Six Views of Mount Fuji
Thirty-Six Views of Mount Fuji by Katsushika Hokusai (1760–1849) features the fabulous painting...
2 months ago
Thirty-Six Views of Mount Fuji by Katsushika Hokusai (1760–1849) features the fabulous painting Under the Wave off Kanagawa, better known as the Great Wave. First published for the New Year of 1831, the ukiyo-e series of large, colour woodblock prints was, due its immense...
Classical Wisdom
What makes a good friend?
'Birds of a feather’? Or 'the proverbial potters'?
a year ago
'Birds of a feather’? Or 'the proverbial potters'?
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René Girard on Sacrifice & Violence: Why Does Scapegoating Happen?
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5 Famous Women Still-Life Painters
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African History...
a complete history of Mombasa ca. 600-1895.
Journal of African cities: chapter 13
3 months ago
Journal of African cities: chapter 13
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The Myth of Deucalion and Pyrrha: The Great Flood in Greek Mythology
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How Were the Twelve Tribes of Israel Formed?
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Flashbak
Oscar Newman Designs For An Atomic City Beneath Manhattan, 1969
In 1969, the Canadian-born American architect Oscar Newman (30 September 1935 – 14 April 2004)...
9 months ago
In 1969, the Canadian-born American architect Oscar Newman (30 September 1935 – 14 April 2004) designed a nuclear bomb-proof city beneath Manhattan. In a vast spherical space itself created by a series of nuclear explosions, he’d build a city pretty much like the one above, with...
A Collection of...
Collections: How to Raise a Tribal Army in Pre-Roman Europe, Part III: Going To War With the Army...
This is the third and final part of our three-part (I, II, III) look at how some ‘tribal’ or more...
6 months ago
This is the third and final part of our three-part (I, II, III) look at how some ‘tribal’ or more correctly, non-state agrarian peoples – particularly the Celtiberians, Gauls and also many Germanic-language speaking peoples on the Rhine and Danube- raised armies to fight the...
Patterns in Humanity
Recidivism in Norway
Did rehabilitation reforms dramatically reduce Norwegian recidivism?
6 months ago
Did rehabilitation reforms dramatically reduce Norwegian recidivism?
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Stolen Picasso and Chagall Paintings Found in Antwerp
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Lost Battlefield of Alexander the Great Discovered in Türkiye
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Trying to Understand...
We Are All Civilisational States
It's just that some people don't realise it.
a year ago
It's just that some people don't realise it.
History Today Feed
Beware the Lides of March
Beware the Lides of March
JamesHoare
Wed, 02/28/2024 - 09:52
10 months ago
Beware the Lides of March
JamesHoare
Wed, 02/28/2024 - 09:52
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Who Were the Infamous 1930s Gangsters?
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England’s Medieval Angevin Empire Explained
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Comic Books in WWII: When American Comics Went to War
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8 Facts about The Book of Enoch and its Content
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9 Places to Visit Between San Diego and Glacier National Park
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What Were the Religious Beliefs of Hans Holbein the Younger?
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Andy Warhol’s Mother: Who Was Julia Warhola?
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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?
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Is Plato’s Republic a Feminist Work?
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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
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6 Key Artists of the New Objectivity Movement
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Why is Constitutional History Back in Fashion?
Why is Constitutional History Back in Fashion?
JamesHoare
Tue, 07/30/2024 - 10:41
5 months ago
Why is Constitutional History Back in Fashion?
JamesHoare
Tue, 07/30/2024 - 10:41
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How ASEAN Lost its Way
How ASEAN Lost its Way
JamesHoare
Wed, 01/24/2024 - 09:53
11 months ago
How ASEAN Lost its Way
JamesHoare
Wed, 01/24/2024 - 09:53
TheCollector
Plotinus’ Theory of Emanations: How Do Things Come into Being?
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Rome Considers Entry Fee for Famed Trevi Fountain
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Aristotle on Knowledge, Truth, and Error (6 Arguments)
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Classical Wisdom
Philosophy and Children
Event: THIS Saturday
9 months ago
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Performance Art: 8 Famous and Influential Women
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Titanic Rescue Mission at Risk
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African History...
a brief note on Africa's Scientific Manuscripts
plus; the history of Medicine in Africa.
a year ago
plus; the history of Medicine in Africa.
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Stonehenge Central Altar Stone Came From Scotland, Not Wales
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Contemporary Art and Sports Come Together at SFMOMA
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Why Are the Black Hills Sacred to the Lakota Sioux?
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Who Was Susan Sontag?
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Wrong Side of...
The Indian-American century
On the Anglo-Indo-sphere
4 days ago
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Umberto Boccioni: 11 Facts About the Italian Futurist
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The Louvre Could Move Mona Lisa To Underground Chamber
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Ghiberti vs. Brunelleschi: The Renaissance Competition
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Dreams of Space -...
I See The Earth! (1968)
I See The Earth! was a young adult/adult book about what technology would be like in the future. It...
over a year ago
I See The Earth! was a young adult/adult book about what technology would be like in the future. It included exploring and farming the ocean, monorails, huge cities and space exploration. The illustration in the margins are small but I rather enjoyed the space flight...
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Battle of the Persian Gate: An Achaemenid Thermopylae, 330 BCE
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CrimethInc.
Sacrificial Violence and Retribution
In the following analysis, we explore the responses to two different extrajudicial killings as a way...
a week ago
In the following analysis, we explore the responses to two different extrajudicial killings as a way to understand the different forms of violence that are coming to the fore in our society right now. In the appendix, we offer an incomplete roundup of various responses to the...
Res Obscura
I talked to Terry Gross!
A brief update about the publication of "Tripping on Utopia" before we return to regularly scheduled...
11 months ago
A brief update about the publication of "Tripping on Utopia" before we return to regularly scheduled posting
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P.T. Barnum: The Greatest Showman on Earth
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History Today Feed
Queen Victoria’s Stalker
Queen Victoria’s Stalker
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Thu, 01/11/2024 - 09:45
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Queen Victoria’s Stalker
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Thu, 01/11/2024 - 09:45
TheCollector
9 Revelations from Viking Runes
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Classical Wisdom
Who Was Julian?
Rome’s Last Pagan Emperor
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Rome’s Last Pagan Emperor
Flashbak
The Image in The Machine: Typewriter Art in the 1960 and 1970s
“If ‘technology’ is that which is invented after we are born, and ‘stuff’ is that which has always...
8 months ago
“If ‘technology’ is that which is invented after we are born, and ‘stuff’ is that which has always been around, for those born now, computers, the internet and mobile phones are just stuff – in fact, it would be impossible for recent generations to imagine a world without these...
Flashbak
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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UFOs in Art History: Is It a Spaceship or a Cloud?
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Discover the Lost Culture of San Agustín in Colombia
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Who Won the Battle of Spotsylvania Court House?
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6 Mythological Creatures Found on Tarot Cards and Their Meaning
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French Archaeologists Excavate a Castle Beneath a Historic Town
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Arthur Conan Doyle vs. Harry Houdini: A Friendship Ruined by Ghosts
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History Today Feed
‘The Tame and the Wild’ by Marcy Norton review
‘The Tame and the Wild’ by Marcy Norton review
JamesHoare
Tue, 08/20/2024 - 09:18
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‘The Tame and the Wild’ by Marcy Norton review
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Res Obscura
Do painters subconsciously paint themselves into their work?
The Renaissance history of automimesis, and a proposal for research
a year ago
The Renaissance history of automimesis, and a proposal for research
TheCollector
Catholicism: The 10 Most Unusual Patron Saints
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Hitler’s Early Life: Failure & Homelessness to Nationalism & Nazis
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7 of the Most Iconic Monuments in Russia
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How Did Philosophers of Different Eras Perceive Happiness?
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Wrong Side of...
Hearing the language of Christ on the road to Damascus
Notes on Christian Syria
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Why Is the Symbol of Flowers Associated with Femininity?
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The Dutch Throne in an Exhibition for the First Time
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Was Ambrosius Aurelianus the Real King Arthur?
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for February
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 February. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Adelie, released a program to create slideshows.
GrimGrains,...
Trying to Understand...
China And Russia Walk Into A Room.
And don't say a word about Europe.
7 months ago
And don't say a word about Europe.
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Who Was Jerome of Stridon?
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Hitler’s Health Issues & Medical Ailments: 8 Facts
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Trying to Understand...
Things Are Falling Apart ...
And the centre's not looking too good, either.
a year ago
And the centre's not looking too good, either.
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What Are the 5 Greatest Protest Songs of the 20th Century?
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The Soldier with a Secret: Who Was Sarah Emma Edmonds?
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What Is Anti-Natalism?
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The Last Viking: The Life of King Harald Hadrada
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Classical Wisdom
Can you REALLY be offended on behalf of someone else??
Lessons from Borat
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Hundred Rabbits
doldrumming
Here we go again, time for another passage. We left Fiji on October 23rd 2018, eager to spend some...
over a year ago
Here we go again, time for another passage. We left Fiji on October 23rd 2018, eager to spend some time on the water again. Our plan, was to stop by Tuvalu, maybe Kiribati, before arriving in Majuro in the Marshall islands where we'd be spending two months before moving off west...
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History as Tragedy?
A Different View of Thucydides
5 months ago
A Different View of Thucydides
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The Theory of Self-Image: The Concept of the Looking-Glass Self
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The Banana Wars: How the US Plundered Central America
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Global Inequality...
To all the newspapers I loved
The decline and fall of the print media.
11 months ago
The decline and fall of the print media.
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10 Historic Towns in Texas Perfect for Retirement
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What Is Capoeira?
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8 Must-See Highlights From London’s Soane Museum
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What Makes a Piece of Art a Masterpiece?
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John Cassavetes: Who Was The Godfather of American Independent Cinema?
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African History...
a brief note on the intellectual contributions of African scholars in the diaspora
the biography of a West African mathematician in Cairo.
8 months ago
the biography of a West African mathematician in Cairo.
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Was He Really “The Great Emancipator”? A Look at Lincoln’s Presidency
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How Did Norse Rune Magic Work?
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10 Historic College Towns in America You Should Visit
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Is There More to Life Than This? Beyond the Material World
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Flashbak
A Day In The Life Of C.S. Lewis – Author of The Chronicle of Narnia
“I am a product of long corridors, empty sunlit rooms, upstairs indoor silences, attics explored in...
10 months ago
“I am a product of long corridors, empty sunlit rooms, upstairs indoor silences, attics explored in solitude, distant noises of gurgling cisterns and pipes, and the noise of wind under the tiles. Also, of endless books.” ― C.S. Lewis In his 1955 book Surprised by joy : the...
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Ragnarök: What Does the Prophecy of the Norse Apocalypse Actually Say?
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Was Honorius’ Letter Really Sent to Britain?
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Hidden History
The Albuquerque “Broken Arrow” Nuclear Accident
In 1957, a B-36 nuclear bomber accidentally dropped a Mark 17 hydrogen bomb while landing at...
3 weeks ago
In 1957, a B-36 nuclear bomber accidentally dropped a Mark 17 hydrogen bomb while landing at Kirtland Air Force Base just outside of Albuquerque NM. In January 1950, President Harry Truman announced that the United States would begin a crash program to develop and deploy a weapon...
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Indiana University’s Plan for Selling Art to Fund Dorm Renovations
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Plastic Surgery as Art? 6 Facts About ORLAN
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What Is the Role of First Ladies in US Elections?
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Who Won the Siege of Vicksburg?
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Food & Diet in Ancient Egypt: An Interview with Dr. Sarah Doherty
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Classical Wisdom
Why Should We Care About Children?
Bringing History to the Future
a year ago
Bringing History to the Future
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What Is the Pauline Epistle Philemon About? Slavery & Forgiveness
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Jericho: An Ancient City Filled with Secrets
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a year ago
History Today Feed
Spycraft and the Glorious Revolution
Spycraft and the Glorious Revolution
JamesHoare
Tue, 03/19/2024 - 09:20
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Spycraft and the Glorious Revolution
JamesHoare
Tue, 03/19/2024 - 09:20
TheCollector
Battle of Thebes: How Alexander the Great Destroyed the Great City
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Who Won the Battle of the Wilderness?
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for November
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the...
over a year ago
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the month of November. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
GrimGrains, added a quick grilled cheese recipe.
Noodle,...
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Why Is the Matterhorn So Famous?
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Bragi Boddason: The Viking Skald Who Became a God
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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
Gottfried Leibniz’s Monadology: Do Souls Exist in Space?
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Flashbak
One Last Look at the Hotel where ‘Trainspotting’, ‘The Big Man’, ‘Taggart’ and Other Shows Were...
You may have never heard of the George Hotel, which once sat at the top of Buchanan Street in...
9 months ago
You may have never heard of the George Hotel, which once sat at the top of Buchanan Street in Glasgow like a ‘great carbuncle’, but you have probably seen parts of its interiors from films like Trainspotting (the circular room used as a backdrop for the drug scene with Keith...
TheCollector
How Did Muscovy Become Russia?
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Is Oedipus Rex the Mother of All Drama?
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History Today Feed
Was the 1926 Floating University a Failure?
Was the 1926 Floating University a Failure?
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Mon, 12/04/2023 - 11:45
a year ago
Was the 1926 Floating University a Failure?
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Mon, 12/04/2023 - 11:45
Patterns in Humanity
Immigration and crime: Denmark
Are immigrants overrepresented in crime? If so, which immigrants? And why?
5 months ago
Are immigrants overrepresented in crime? If so, which immigrants? And why?
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A History of the House of Savoy: From Its Origins to Its End
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My ‘Homeric Retching’: Vladimir Nabokov’s Letter To His Wife About A Nasty Bout of Food Poisoning
“Exactly at 2:30, I suddenly felt an urge to vomit, had barely time to run outside — and there it...
9 months ago
“Exactly at 2:30, I suddenly felt an urge to vomit, had barely time to run outside — and there it began…” – Vladimir Nabokov to his wife Vera Among Vladimir Nabokov’s love letters to his wife published in Letters to Véra, a wonderful book that takes us behind the scenes of...
Classical Wisdom
Last Call for Classical Gifts
Shipping Cutoff imminent
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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Bronze Age Town Found in Saudi Arabian Desert
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Did Jesus Christ Really Exist?
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A History of the Whig Party: Who Were the Whigs?
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A Collection of...
Collections: Phalanx’s Twilight, Legion’s Triumph, Part IIa: How a Legion Fights
This is the first part of the second part of our four? four part look at the great third and second...
10 months ago
This is the first part of the second part of our four? four part look at the great third and second century BC contest between the Hellenistic armies of the heirs of Alexander and the Roman legions. Last time, we looked at the Hellenistic army as a complete system, incorporating...
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4 American Presidents Who Were Assassinated
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Battle of the Historians
a year ago
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Are Isaac and Ishmael Enemies in the Bible?
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History Today Feed
What Makes Good Historical Fiction?
What Makes Good Historical Fiction?
JamesHoare
Tue, 10/15/2024 - 10:18
2 months ago
What Makes Good Historical Fiction?
JamesHoare
Tue, 10/15/2024 - 10:18
TheCollector
How Does the Electoral College Work?
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Patterns in Humanity
Sweden's immigration taboo
Immigration data kept behind closed doors
4 months ago
Immigration data kept behind closed doors
TheCollector
Sotheby’s Sells Monet’s Water Lilies For $65.5 Million
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Overcoming Bias
Arntz-Gray & I Talk Feminism
At 6:30-8p ET today, I’ll be talking with Regan Arntz-Gray on
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At 6:30-8p ET today, I’ll be talking with Regan Arntz-Gray on
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What Jewelry and Adornment Did the Celts Wear?
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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?
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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Who Are the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse?
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King Sennacherib: The Warrior King of the Neo-Assyrian Empire
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Posthumanism vs Transhumanism: What Is the Difference?
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Mary Magdalene Portrait Attributed to Raphael on View in France
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Grand Egyptian Museum Partially Opens to the Public
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Flashbak
Riddle Me This: Question Marks In Vintage Photographs
The Riddler: “Riddle me this! There are three men an a boat with a pack of cigarettes and no...
a month ago
The Riddler: “Riddle me this! There are three men an a boat with a pack of cigarettes and no matches. How did they manage to smoke?” Robin: “They threw one cigarette overboard and the boat became a cigarette lighter.” – The Question asked in Batman, 1966 The question mark...
Dreams of Space -...
Rockets - The Magazine of Space Flight (Feb and Dec 1946)
The Rockets Journal was a post-war publication of the United States Rocket Society. There are...
over a year ago
The Rockets Journal was a post-war publication of the United States Rocket Society. There are several online issues here
https://fanac.org/fanzines/Rockets/
Here is a biography of the controversial editor:
https://www.joshuablubuhs.com/blog/robert-l-farnsworth-as-a-fortean
I...
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What Role Did Women Play in World War II?
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for May 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 May. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, updated jib cars, and added new recommendations on the...
TheCollector
Rationalism Vs. Empiricism 101: Which One is Right?
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Who Won the First Battle of Bull Run in the Civil War?
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Oskar Kokoschka’s Strange Obsession With Alma Mahler
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‘Spiral Jetty’ Added to National Register of Historic Places
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10 Historical Facts About London You Might Not Know
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Emma Willard’s Time Maps
“Education cannot prosper in any community unless…the best and most cultivated talents of that...
7 months ago
“Education cannot prosper in any community unless…the best and most cultivated talents of that community can be brought in to exercise the way.” – Emma Hart Willard Emma Willard (February 23, 1787 – April 15, 1870) was a trailblazing American educator who founded the first...
Open Culture
The Junky’s Christmas: William S. Burrough’s Dark Claymation Christmas Film Produced by Francis Ford...
Back in 1993, the Beat writer William S. Burroughs wrote and narrated a 21-minute claymation...
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Back in 1993, the Beat writer William S. Burroughs wrote and narrated a 21-minute claymation Christmas film oddly produced by Francis Ford Coppola. And, as you can well imagine, it’s not your normal happy Christmas flick. Nope, this film – The Junky’s Christmas – is all about...
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Restored Delacroix Masterpiece Goes Back on Show at Louvre
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Edward VII: The Rebel Prince Who Became a Popular King
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History of Tobacco: A Lucrative Vice
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9 months ago
History Today Feed
‘The Tafts’ by George W. Liebmann review
‘The Tafts’ by George W. Liebmann review
JamesHoare
Mon, 11/25/2024 - 11:01
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‘The Tafts’ by George W. Liebmann review
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Mon, 11/25/2024 - 11:01
TheCollector
How Norse Mythology Inspired Tolkien’s Lord of the Rings
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Who Was England’s Black Prince?
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The Earliest Trade Networks Between Europe, Asia, & the Pacific
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Voices from Chinese Christianity: Between Christ and Confucius
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Classical Wisdom
Is Subjective Equal to Objective?
Dear Classical Wisdom Reader, I remember the day vividly. I had moved to Moscow unwisely in the...
a year ago
Dear Classical Wisdom Reader, I remember the day vividly. I had moved to Moscow unwisely in the middle of winter, and finally, around four months later, the first real spring day had arrived. The sun bore her rays magnificently, forcing the city’s residents into an ant-like...
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Volksgeist: Who Was Johann Gottfried Herder?
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A Brief Timeline of Ancient Egyptian Art
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History of the Ancient Greek Olympics: 30 Fascinating Facts About the Legendary Games
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Igniting the Cold War: The Berlin Blockade and Airlift
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5 Novels by Charles Bukowski You Should Know
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