Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
The Essential Greeks Starts Tomorrow!
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The Essential Greeks Starts Tomorrow!
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5 Women in Logic You Should Know
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The Rise and Death of a ‘Mad Monk’: Who Was Grigori Rasputin?
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Who Is Kiki Smith?
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What Was the Relationship Between Gauguin and Van Gogh?
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Were They Really World Wars? WWI & WWII Outside of Europe
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How Did Aristotle Define Happiness & Good Life?
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What Is a Banana Republic?
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What Are the Conservation Challenges at Mount Rushmore?
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Flashbak
Momoyogusa (A World of Things) by Kamisaka Sekka (1909-1910)
Kamisaka Sekka (Japanese 1866 – 1942) produced his woodblock print masterpiece Momoyogusa (A World...
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Kamisaka Sekka (Japanese 1866 – 1942) produced his woodblock print masterpiece Momoyogusa (A World of Things) between 1909 and 1910. The three-volume set of 60 images, commissioned by the publishing firm Unsōdō of Kyoto, borrows its name from the eighth-century poetic text...
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10 Things to Do in London if You Love History
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Top 10 Depictions of Witchcraft in Art
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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...
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The Capture of the Ceryneian Hind: The Third Labor of Heracles
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10 Baroque Artists You Should Know
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a year ago
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
This article provides a brief outline of over sixty African explorers who traveled across the ‘Old World’ from the classical period to the turn of the 20th century.
Dreams of Space -...
Space Ship to the Moon (1952)
Happy New Year!
A "Space Ship to the Moon" is your present for a new year. I really like the...
3 weeks ago
Happy New Year!
A "Space Ship to the Moon" is your present for a new year. I really like the illustrations in this book. The story is OK but the visions of spacecraft, a space station and mining on the Moon are worth seeing. This is a relatively low cost book used so if you like...
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The Great Romantic: Who Was Catullus?
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What Pets Did the Ancient Romans Have?
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Trying to Understand...
It's War, Josep, But Not As We Know It
Trying to understand what Ukraine is all about.
over a year ago
Trying to understand what Ukraine is all about.
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How Did Descartes View Animals?
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Dreams of Space -...
Moon Base (1959)
Number 2 in Nephew and Chester’s space quartet.: Moon Base. Just saying the phrase "moon base"...
a year ago
Number 2 in Nephew and Chester’s space quartet.: Moon Base. Just saying the phrase "moon base" brings me a sense of excitement and nostalgia. In fact one of my treasures is my talking Dr. Evil Doll that says "Welcome to my moon base".
Nephew, William and Chester, Michael....
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Walter Benjamin on Charles Baudelaire: Guilt, Modernity, and The Crowd
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Flashbak
Travels in the Air, 1871
“The balloon was isolated, as if it were in a vacuum; beneath us stretches an immense abyss, above...
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“The balloon was isolated, as if it were in a vacuum; beneath us stretches an immense abyss, above the infinite expanse of sky” – James Glaisher, Travels In The Air, 1871 Travels in the Air tells the story of balloon travel since the first ‘aerostatic’ flight by the...
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Exploring Soviet Brutalism Through 9 Iconic Buildings
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Cape Town’s Troubled Colonial History
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African History...
Taming and domesticating the wild: the War-Elephants of ancient Aksum and Kush
In his 1668 description of the West African kingdom of Benin, the Dutch writer Olfert Dapper...
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In his 1668 description of the West African kingdom of Benin, the Dutch writer Olfert Dapper reported that “The king shows himself only once a year to his people, going out of his court on horseback, accompanied by three or four hundred noblemen on horseback.”
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Volcanoes on Tour: Recreating Vesuvius
Volcanoes on Tour: Recreating Vesuvius
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Fri, 11/24/2023 - 10:14
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Volcanoes on Tour: Recreating Vesuvius
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Fri, 11/24/2023 - 10:14
CrimethInc.
The Syrian Civil War Resumes : Perspectives on the Conflict from Western and Northeastern Syria
The Syrian civil war has remained largely frozen since 2020, owing to a precarious balance of power...
a month ago
The Syrian civil war has remained largely frozen since 2020, owing to a precarious balance of power between various factions with various degrees of support from Russia, Turkey, Iran, and the United States. Over the past few days, however, taking advantage of the ways that Iran...
Overcoming Bias
Futarchy Futurism
I have often taken on the role of econ futurist, analyzing the social consequences of particular...
a month ago
I have often taken on the role of econ futurist, analyzing the social consequences of particular future techs.
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New Woman: The Concept that Challenged Victorian Norms
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Ancient Egypt Under the Achaemenid Persian Empire: A Brief Overview
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Dürer Print Found in a Dump Could Fetch $26,000
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How Did Caligula Rise to Power in the Roman Empire?
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John Sellars on Aristotle’s Life, Philosophy, and Relevance Today
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Get to Know Yoshimoto Nara and the Japanese Neo-Pop Movement
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‘Look at Me’: Scot Sothern’s powerful photographs of life on LA’s streets
In amongst the crowds drifting along Hollywood Boulevard there’s an old guy sitting on an orange...
8 months ago
In amongst the crowds drifting along Hollywood Boulevard there’s an old guy sitting on an orange bucket. He’s wearing dirty jeans and a grey hoodie. The guy’s in his seventies. Weather-worn. Grizzled beard. Walking stick. Back trouble caused by “old spinal injuries and bad...
A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, April 12, 2024
Fireside this week! Apologies for having so many of these so close together, but the recent car...
9 months ago
Fireside this week! Apologies for having so many of these so close together, but the recent car troubles I’ve had have eaten into my time quite a lot. At the same time I am getting ready for the annual Society for Military History conference coming at the end of next week. In an...
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Inside a Renaissance Workshop: How did it Work?
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Art Basel Miami Beach Opens 2024 Fair
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Classical Wisdom
5 Surprisingly Ancient Inventions from Greece and Rome
Ode to the Giants
8 months ago
History Today Feed
‘Don’t Let’s Be Beastly to the Germans’ by Daniel Cowling review
‘Don’t Let’s Be Beastly to the Germans’ by Daniel Cowling review
JamesHoare
Mon, 06/10/2024 - 09:48
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‘Don’t Let’s Be Beastly to the Germans’ by Daniel Cowling review
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Mon, 06/10/2024 - 09:48
TheCollector
10 Strange Old Currencies Throughout Time
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Flashbak
The Incredible And True Story Of How Elvis Presley Became Orion, The Masked Singer
Destined to be a leading light to the world, James Hodges Ellis (born James Hughes Bell, February...
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Destined to be a leading light to the world, James Hodges Ellis (born James Hughes Bell, February 26, 1945 – December 12, 1998) was known to his fans as Orion. To others he was Elvis Presley. Ellis appeared with many artists, including Loretta Lynn, Jerry Lee Lewis, Tammy...
Classical Wisdom
The Furies
Vengeance or Justice?
4 months ago
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Should We Interpret Literature in Its Social Context? Adorno’s Answer
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The Paradox of Fiction: Is it Irrational to be Moved by Fiction?
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Dr Alun Withey
Cuts, Rashes & Chatter! The Pain of the 18th-century Shave!
Unless there are particular reasons, for example a skin condition, or a faulty razor, shaving today...
over a year ago
Unless there are particular reasons, for example a skin condition, or a faulty razor, shaving today is usually a pretty mundane – if not a pleasant – experience. Indeed, the rise of traditional barbershops over the past few years, offering shaving as an experience, together with...
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The History of Esperanto: A Modern Lingua Franca?
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African History...
A history of the Buganda kingdom.
government in central Africa.
a year ago
government in central Africa.
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Hagia Sophia to Open Mysterious Underground Tunnels to Visitors
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10 Zany Facts About Benjamin Franklin You Probably Didn’t Know
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4 Places You Must See in Delhi (If You Love Art & History)
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Open Culture
The Longest Construction Projects in History: Why Sagrada Família, the Milan Duomo, Greek Temples &...
Public-transit projects are the religious building endeavors of twenty-first century America, less...
3 weeks ago
Public-transit projects are the religious building endeavors of twenty-first century America, less because they’re motivated by the belief in any particular deity than by how much time and money they now require to complete. Take New York’s Second Avenue subway, whose less than...
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A History of the US House of Representatives
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Who Was the First President to Live in the White House?
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Trying to Understand...
A Strange Defeat.
A failure of understanding in Ukraine.
2 months ago
A failure of understanding in Ukraine.
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The Loudun Affair: Bizarre Witch Trials in France
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8 Things You Should Know About Gustave Moreau
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What Treaty Ended World War II?
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What Is BRICS and Why Is it Important?
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A Colossal Ramses II Statue Pieces Uncovered
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Guimarães: 9 Historic Sites in Portugal’s Cradle City
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Albert Speer: Architect, Minister, and Hitler’s Closest Friend
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Wrong Side of...
Educated rage
American polarisation: part 2
2 months ago
American polarisation: part 2
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10 Artworks by Yoko Ono You Should Know
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Alhambra Palace: A Testament to Spain’s Rich Islamic Heritage
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Hundred Rabbits
Dry Toilet Installation
The work is done. Building a dry toilet was more work than we had anticipated, but we still prefer...
over a year ago
The work is done. Building a dry toilet was more work than we had anticipated, but we still prefer it over the ready-made models. We learned tons doing it, and now our toilet is perfectly suited to our space. The pandemic has pushed more people into boat and van living (to travel...
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10 Crazy Facts About the History of Syphilis
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African History...
The pre-Islamic civilizations of west Africa
While West Africa has been part of the Muslim world since the late Middle Ages, as famously...
2 weeks ago
While West Africa has been part of the Muslim world since the late Middle Ages, as famously demonstrated by the golden pilgrimage of Mali's Mansa Musa in 1324, Islam had only arrived in the region at the close of the 1st millennium.
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10 Pieces of Legislation Affecting America’s Indigenous People
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Classical Wisdom
Sappho
Fragments of Poetry
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Hitler’s Early Life: Failure & Homelessness to Nationalism & Nazis
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What Is the Ides of March?
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Open Culture
Watch Design for Disaster, a 1962 Film That Shows Why Los Angeles Is Always at Risk of Devastating...
“This is fire season in Los Angeles,” Joan Didion once wrote, relating how every year “the Santa Ana...
6 days ago
“This is fire season in Los Angeles,” Joan Didion once wrote, relating how every year “the Santa Ana winds start blowing down through the passes, and the relative humidity drops to figures like seven or six or three per cent, and the bougainvillea starts rattling in the driveway,...
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10 Must-Visit Historic Villages in Portugal
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Mimir: Get to Know the Wisest God of Norse Mythology
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How Did Nero Become the Emperor of Rome?
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History Today Feed
How to Rescue the Reputation of the Nasty Normans
How to Rescue the Reputation of the Nasty Normans
JamesHoare
Mon, 09/09/2024 - 00:00
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How to Rescue the Reputation of the Nasty Normans
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Mon, 09/09/2024 - 00:00
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The 21st Amendment: The Only Amendment That Repealed Another
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The Man Who Became Santa: Who Was Saint Nicholas?
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The DAM Rejects Return Request from Native Alaskan Tribes
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Get to Know Palazzo Doria Pamphilj & Its Fascinating History
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How to Explore the Galapagos Islands for Its Natural Wonders
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
The Essential Greeks Returns!
a year ago
The Essential Greeks Returns!
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8 Spots for Exploring Indigenous Art in the American Southwest
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Res Obscura
Margaret Mead, Technocracy, and the origins of AI's ideological divide
The anthropologist helped popularize both techno-optimism and the concept of existential risk
a year ago
The anthropologist helped popularize both techno-optimism and the concept of existential risk
Overcoming Bias
Fear Change
Evolution in animals selects not only for static features, like claws, but also for behaviors that...
2 weeks ago
Evolution in animals selects not only for static features, like claws, but also for behaviors that change with context.
Open Culture
Watch Bob Ross’ The Joy of Painting from Start to Finish: Every Episode from 31 Seasons in...
Bob Ross the man died nearly thirty years ago, but Bob Ross the archetypal TV painter has never been...
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Bob Ross the man died nearly thirty years ago, but Bob Ross the archetypal TV painter has never been more widely known. “With his distinctive hair, gentle voice, and signature expressions such as ‘happy little trees,’ he’s an enduring icon,” writes Michael J. Mooney in an...
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Was the Neolithic Revolution Really a Revolution?
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Why Do Religions Decline?
Why Do Religions Decline?
JamesHoare
Thu, 11/21/2024 - 09:06
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Why Do Religions Decline?
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Thu, 11/21/2024 - 09:06
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.
Res Obscura
I talked to Terry Gross!
A brief update about the publication of "Tripping on Utopia" before we return to regularly scheduled...
a year ago
A brief update about the publication of "Tripping on Utopia" before we return to regularly scheduled posting
Flashbak
The Cultivation of Christmas Trees by T. S. Eliot
Bored with Christmas cards, Richard de la Mare (1901–86), son of the poet Walter de la Mare and...
a year ago
Bored with Christmas cards, Richard de la Mare (1901–86), son of the poet Walter de la Mare and director of production at London-based publisher Faber & Gwyer (later Faber and Faber), hit upon the idea of sending poetry pamphlets, each featuring the work of well-known writers and...
TheCollector
What Is the Philosophy Behind Zen Gardens?
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Patterns in Humanity
Out-of-Europe: History of Migrations to the United States
Following the Renaissance period, a transition started occurring in West Europe, with rapid...
a year ago
Following the Renaissance period, a transition started occurring in West Europe, with rapid advancements in science and technology happening in the 1400s. With improvements in cartography, ship and other maritime technology, and an increased desire to understand and discover...
A Collection of...
Michael Taylor on The Development of the M1 Garand and its Implications
This week, Michael Taylor, Associate Professor of History at SUNY Albany, returns to offer an...
a year ago
This week, Michael Taylor, Associate Professor of History at SUNY Albany, returns to offer an interesting argument about the longterm impact of the M1 Garand, the US army’s extremely successful World War II and Korean era battle rifle, introduced in 1936. A fantastically...
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The Culper Ring: How Espionage Won the American Revolution
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Patterns in Humanity
Race, economics and homicide in the United States: a summary
Why economic factors cannot explain homicide disparities in the United States
3 months ago
Why economic factors cannot explain homicide disparities in the United States
Overcoming Bias
Cultural Scenario Probabilities
On Oct 25 I posted on the rankings given by polls on 16 cultural drift scenarios re their relative...
a month ago
On Oct 25 I posted on the rankings given by polls on 16 cultural drift scenarios re their relative likelihood, desirability, and ease of influence.
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What Was the Ancient Greek Pankration?
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How One Tiny Island Took on the Ottoman Empire and Won
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Trying to Understand...
The Past Is Another Country.
A book review from the future.
6 months ago
A book review from the future.
Open Culture
How Keith Jarrett Played on a Broken Piano & Turned a Potentially Disastrous Concert Into the...
Nearly fifty years ago, the celebrated young pianist Keith Jarrett arrived in the West German city...
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Nearly fifty years ago, the celebrated young pianist Keith Jarrett arrived in the West German city of Köln (better known in English as Cologne). Having just come off a 500-mile-long road trip from Switzerland, where he’d played a concert the previous day, he was left with barely...
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10 Most Historic Cities to Visit Around the World
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What Is Skepticism? (A Philosophical Approach)
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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....
Classical Wisdom
What is TIME? And Dates?
The Creation of the Calendar for the New Year
a year ago
The Creation of the Calendar for the New Year
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10 Must-Visit Places Around the World for History Buffs
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Classical Wisdom
The Myth of the Minotaur
Journey Into the Labyrinth
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Journey Into the Labyrinth
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What to Expect from Art Market Budapest
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Early Christian Poetry
A Forgotten Genre?
9 months ago
TheCollector
Thomas Gainsborough: 7 Facts You Need to Know
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Pascal’s Wager: Should you Bet on God’s Existence?
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Belgium’s Collectible Design Fair Debuts in NYC
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Dr Alun Withey
Medicine on the Move: Early Modern Travel and Remedies
As my new project on the history of travel, health risk and preparation begins to get underway, one...
a year ago
As my new project on the history of travel, health risk and preparation begins to get underway, one of the things that I am thinking about is the place of travel within early modern medical remedy culture. What kinds of conditions could befall travellers? What did early modern...
weird medieval guys
Why did medieval people invent so many collective nouns?
A pride of lions, a paddling of ducks, and....a herd of harlots?
a year ago
A pride of lions, a paddling of ducks, and....a herd of harlots?
TheCollector
End of an Era: Why Did the Beatles Break Up?
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History Today Feed
Beware the Lides of March
Beware the Lides of March
JamesHoare
Wed, 02/28/2024 - 09:52
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Beware the Lides of March
JamesHoare
Wed, 02/28/2024 - 09:52
Open Culture
The Night When Miles Davis Opened for the Grateful Dead (1970)
What’s that, you ask? Did Miles Davis open for the Grateful Dead at the Fillmore West? In what world...
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What’s that, you ask? Did Miles Davis open for the Grateful Dead at the Fillmore West? In what world could such a thing happen? In the world of the late sixties/early seventies, when jazz fused with acid rock, acid rock with country, and pop culture took a long strange trip. The...
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Who Was Pasquale Paoli, the (Other) Corsican Revolutionary?
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Monsters of Mythology
Who Made the Top Ten?
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4 Nazi Massacres in Italy (and Their Memory)
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Last Chance
Secure Seats for the In Search of Homer Trip
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Secure Seats for the In Search of Homer Trip
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Discover the Lost Culture of San Agustín in Colombia
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Philopoemen: The Last Great General of Ancient Greece
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The Last Great Pharaoh? The Story of Ramesses III
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Did Marcel Duchamp Plagiarize His Most Famous Work?
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What Was Dante’s Political Philosophy?
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Why Is Nicosia the Last Divided Capital of Cyprus?
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Anglo-French Wars: 13 Conflicts Between France & England
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Here Are Alfred Hitchcock’s 20 Greatest Films
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Red Herring: Moments in Films That Leave You Shocked
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Understanding Modern Art in 5 Artworks
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Watergate: The Scandal that Defined Nixon’s Presidency
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10 Historic Towns Near New York City to Visit
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A Collection of...
Collections: Nitpicking Gladiator II, Part I
This week, I want to talk a bit about the recent release of Gladiator II. Now I’ve written a review...
a month ago
This week, I want to talk a bit about the recent release of Gladiator II. Now I’ve written a review of the film for Foreign Policy, which you can find here (behind the paywall). I also discussed it with Jason Herbert and Sarah Bond over at Historians at the Movies, which is a...
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How ASEAN Lost its Way
How ASEAN Lost its Way
JamesHoare
Wed, 01/24/2024 - 09:53
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How ASEAN Lost its Way
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Wed, 01/24/2024 - 09:53
TheCollector
10 Things to Do at the Georgia O’Keeffe Museum in Santa Fe
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Patterns in Humanity
Racial Homicide Disparities Since 1910
Drawing from uniform crime reports since 1933 and vital statistics since 1910, I document the...
a year ago
Drawing from uniform crime reports since 1933 and vital statistics since 1910, I document the evolution of black-white homicide disparities in the United States since the early 20th century.
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Are You Hot in That? A Brief History of Medieval Armor
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The Eiffel Tower: 12 Facts About the Iconic Parisian Landmark
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Norman Rockwell’s “Four Freedoms” That Almost Weren’t
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What Is Year 1 of History? Comparing Jewish, Christian, and Muslim Conventions
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Classical Wisdom
The Essential Greeks
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***Now Enrolling: Starting July 1st, 2024
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La Malinche: The Treachery and Tragedy of Cortés’s Native Interpreter
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The Troubled History of the Polish-Ukrainian Friendship in the 20th Century
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Stoicism and Buddhism
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10 Must-See Pirate Fortresses and Coastal Strongholds Around the World
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Flashbak
William Blake, The Great Red Dragon Paintings
“And behold a great red dragon, having seven heads and ten horns, and seven crowns upon his heads....
11 months ago
“And behold a great red dragon, having seven heads and ten horns, and seven crowns upon his heads. And his tail drew the third part of the stars of heaven, and did cast them to the earth” — Revelations 12:3-4, King James Bible The Red Dragon Paintings are four watercolours by...
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Jamestown: The Myth & Mystery of America’s First Permanent Colony
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for July 2024
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
5 months ago
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of July.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, added Sitka, and completed route in {us se alaska}.
Left, can now paste binary directly from programs like Nasu.
Hakum, added two drawings to the...
Flashbak
Street Scenes of NYC in the 1970s
We’re back to New York City in the q970. Stories of that time in the city are legend. Copper Gangs...
11 months ago
We’re back to New York City in the q970. Stories of that time in the city are legend. Copper Gangs and truants, playing on the streets of Brooklyn, big cars, tight-knit neighborhoods on the Lower East Side, subterranean fury, police on the furious beat, music and dancing with...
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Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin and the Making of Stars
Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin and the Making of Stars
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Tue, 05/07/2024 - 12:09
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Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin and the Making of Stars
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Tue, 05/07/2024 - 12:09
TheCollector
Simon the Zealot of the Twelve Disciples: Bio, Legacy, and Death
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“I Am Because We Are”: Introducing Ubuntu Philosophy
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Peter Hujar’s Portraits of Life and Death: A Somberly Beautiful Photography Collection (1976)
Shown at the Venice Biennale 2024, Peter Hujar’s Portraits in Life And Death exhibition features his...
5 months ago
Shown at the Venice Biennale 2024, Peter Hujar’s Portraits in Life And Death exhibition features his 1970s portraits of artists on New York’s Lower East Side and images from the 1960s of the dead in Palermo’s catacombs. Peter Hujar’s (October 11, 1934 – November 26, 1987) black...
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Banksy’s Latest Artwork Is a Goat on a Ledge in London
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Lisa Schiff Art Collection Could Hit the Auction Block
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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.
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Is Calvinism a Religion or a Philosophy?
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Street Art Murals in Los Angeles: 7 Iconic Works and Their Artists
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Photos of New York City Stores in 1997
New Yorker Meredith Jacobson Marciano has amassed archive of 35mm film shots, Polaroids and early...
10 months ago
New Yorker Meredith Jacobson Marciano has amassed archive of 35mm film shots, Polaroids and early digital photographs in NYC from the mid to late 1970s through the early aughts, “when the city still seemed kind of old”. Much like with Peter Marshall’s pictures of London, Meredith...
Dreams of Space -...
Judy Space Puzzles (1970s)
Here is another quick post for you. Space puzzles!
I last shared these in 2016 so it is about time...
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Here is another quick post for you. Space puzzles!
I last shared these in 2016 so it is about time to bring them back.
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How Did Averroes Influence the West?
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We left Shimizu on a sunny morning, pushing off the dock at 6am. Early. We wanted to make sure we'd arrive at our destination on time. There was 126nm between us and Shima Yacht harbor, a distance we needed to do in part at night. This wasn't ideal. We knew that. Many people...
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What Are the Principal Sources of Emperor Caligula’s Reign?
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What Is the Gift of Tongues in the Bible?
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Jonathan Sacks: Are Science and Religion Enemies?
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Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the month of July. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
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Slide Rule, released a little slide rule toy(Mastodon).
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Who Were the Allied Powers?
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Heracles and the Lernaean Hydra: The Hero’s Second Labor
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6 Misconceptions About Biblical Angels
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Sufism in the Ottoman Balkans
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Why Do Civil Wars Happen?
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Why Did Shakespeare Write Macbeth?
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What Is the Role of Dance in Hindu Spirituality? (Dances & Gods)
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Hannah Arendt’s The Human Condition: What is an Active Life?
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Global Inequality...
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Like everybody who has studied Marxism from a relatively young age I encountered many quotes of, or comments on, James Burnham's “The Managerial Revolution”. I was quite familiar with Burnham’s ideas but I have not read the book. I don't think that I would have read it, now in...
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Who Was Jack the Ripper? 6 Likely Suspects
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