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Sorites Paradox: Why Traditional Logic Is Not Omnipotent
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Waiting For A Miracle: Kiev in 1998
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I think often about the non-immediate future, and wonder how to best allocate effort to make that...
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I think often about the non-immediate future, and wonder how to best allocate effort to make that future better. And the first steps in this process are often to identify interesting classes of scenarios, and then estimate their desirability, chances, and ease of influence.
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Two Paintings Once Stolen by Nazis Are Donated to the Louvre Museum
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Roman Military Ranks: From Legionary to General
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How Did Philosophers of Different Eras Perceive Happiness?
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Plato’s Philebus: What Is False Pleasure?
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The Remarkable Life of Charles Dickens: Hard Times & Great Expectations
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Italian vs. Northern Renaissance Art: What’s the Difference?
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Was Catherine of Aragon the Wife King Henry Loved Most?
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Was Angkor Ever Lost? The Myth of French “Discovery”
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Who Were the Infamous 1930s Gangsters?
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Who Were the Legendary Mountain Men of the Old West?
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How Did Hannah Arendt Define Evil?
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Top 10 Places to Visit in Athens, Greece
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10 Must-See Exhibitions in Europe This Year (2025)
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Why Visit Northumberland? : Britain’s Historic Hidden Gem
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The Death of Little Jack the Boy Missionary
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The Death of Little Jack the Boy Missionary
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The American Patriot War: “The Americans Are Coming!”
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Who Were the Disciples James, John and Andrew?
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How Did the 1979 Iranian Revolution Influence Iran’s Economy?
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What Was the Hanseatic League?
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Dr Alun Withey
The Health Risks of Travel in Early-Modern Britain
As I start to make some progress on my new research project on travel, health and risk I am turning...
a year ago
As I start to make some progress on my new research project on travel, health and risk I am turning my attention to the sorts of things that early modern travellers were fearful of. As a bit of a nervous traveller myself, it’s quite comforting to know that there is actually a...
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Polyphemus: Who Was the Cyclops That Was Tricked by Odysseus?
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Who Were the Utopian Socialists?
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Are Protests the Best Way to Say Nay?
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Can Mobs Make the Change They Want to See?
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The Anat Ebgi Gallery Expands to Tribeca
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Maze-like Exhibition Celebrates 100th Anniversary of Surrealism
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Billy the Kid: The Incredible Story of America’s Favorite Outlaw
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Is There a Life After Death? A Philosophical Approach
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How Did People React to Hitler’s Death & Germany’s Surrender?
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Brutus: The Rise & Fall of the Senator Who Assassinated Julius Caesar
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Hundred Rabbits
Wood stove installation
It was our dream to have a little wood stove aboard Pino. After researching stoves, we decided that...
over a year ago
It was our dream to have a little wood stove aboard Pino. After researching stoves, we decided that the best model was the cast iron Sardine from Navigator Stoveworks.
Our Espar forced air diesel heater broke on our last passage, and we decided not to replace it. There are few...
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Who Are the Major Prophets in the Bible?
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Who Was Gertrude Stein? More Than a Poet & Collector
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How Did the Megali Idea Shape Greece Until the Balkan Wars?
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Juan Pujol Garcia: Who Was Agent Garbo?
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How Jazz Became a Secret Weapon in Cold War Berlin
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The 4 Most Controversial Historical Events from the Past 200 Years
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Flashbak
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Ian Macdonald’s black-and-white film photography from the 1970 and 80s shows us children’s at...
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Ian Macdonald’s black-and-white film photography from the 1970 and 80s shows us children’s at school, heavy industry, steel works, Redcar blast furnace, Smith’s Dock Shipyard, houseboats and life in Cleveland and Teesside, England. “The blast furnace has a drama and beauty to...
Dreams of Space -...
World's First Intra-Space Stamp Album (1953)
A re-scan of an old favorite. This may be the oddest piece of space ephemera I have ever found. It...
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A re-scan of an old favorite. This may be the oddest piece of space ephemera I have ever found. It is a stamp album of imaginary space stamps commemorating the planets and the atomic powered intra-solar rocket service that serves those planets. It was intended for "space...
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Who Was Averroes?
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Flashbak
Finding The Original Drugstore Cowboy : Los Angeles In 1980
Originally the Columbia Drugstore was next to Gower Gulch at Sunset and Gower, says Meredith...
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Originally the Columbia Drugstore was next to Gower Gulch at Sunset and Gower, says Meredith Jacobson Marciano. In 1980, the coffee shop was closing forever.”The term “drugstore cowboy” came from here to mean a young wannabe whippersnapper who wanted to get into Westerns but...
TheCollector
Van Gogh & Gauguin: A Fiery Friendship Between Two Post-Impressionists
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The Louvre As a Civil Party in the Case Against Its Former Director
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17 Titillating Facts about the History of Tea
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Battle of the Persian Gate: An Achaemenid Thermopylae, 330 BCE
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Harvey Milk: Champion of LGBTQ & Civil Rights
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7 Famous Surrealist Artists Who Achieved Greatness
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How Did Philosophy Help Develop Artificial Intelligence?
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7 Works by Margaret Keane You Should Know
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4 Key Works by Mordecai Richler You Should Be Reading
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10 Must-Visit Historic Towns in New York
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Surprising Results of The British Museum’s Internal Investigation
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Orange Free State, South Africa: A History
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What Can Psychoanalysis Tell Us About Hamlet?
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An Ottoman Winter in Toulon
An Ottoman Winter in Toulon
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An Ottoman Winter in Toulon
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Tue, 08/27/2024 - 09:30
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Did Climate Change Cause the Collapse of Egypt’s New Kingdom?
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Dreams of Space -...
Women's Day -August (1953) Part 3
From the same 1953 Women's Day issue comes my final posting from this "space packed" issue. For an...
over a year ago
From the same 1953 Women's Day issue comes my final posting from this "space packed" issue. For an early Christmas present to yourself or a craft project to make the perfect present for someone else, here are the plans for making some nifty space helmets!
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Death of a Turkey Legend
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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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Who Is the Most Famous Centaur?
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‘Remembering Peasants’ by Patrick Joyce review
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10 Essential Films to Watch to Understand Surrealist Cinema
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A Minority Stake Acquisition at Sotheby’s
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Macron is Safe for the Moment
But the future worries me.
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But the future worries me.
A Collection of...
Collections: How to Roman Republic 101, Part IIIa: Starting Down the Path of Honors
This is the third of our planned five part series (I, II) on the structure of the Roman Republic...
a year ago
This is the third of our planned five part series (I, II) on the structure of the Roman Republic during the third and second centuries. Last time we discussed Rome’s popular assemblies, which at least notionally expressed the will of the people. One of the key tasks those...
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How Important Was Theseus for Athens? Theseus: Get to Know the Mythical King of Athens
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Residential Schools in the US & Canada: The Lost Children
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The 8 Largest Cities of the Medieval World
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Was Mark Twain Really a Confederate?
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What Is Ken Wilber’s Integral Philosophy?
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What Are the Abraham Tapestries?
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A Brief History of the Aboriginal Lands Right Movement
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Ron’s Place Becomes First Outsider Art with Listed Status in England
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Why do People Believe Britons are Descended from Israelites?
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The Avicenna Canon Medicinae – An Illustrated Medical Book From 13th Century Paris
First published in 13th Century Paris, the Avicenna, Canon Medicinae is an illustrated medical text...
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First published in 13th Century Paris, the Avicenna, Canon Medicinae is an illustrated medical text book made from tempera and gold leaf on parchment. Shelf marked Besançon, Bibliothèque municipale, MS 0457, the work is a Latin translation of Avicenna’s Canon medicinae, one of...
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Can an international economic system exist in the world of nationalisms?
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Who is Mierle Laderman Ukeles?
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The Horrors of “Rubber Fever” in the Amazon Rainforest
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A Collection of...
Collections: Phalanx’s Twilight, Legion’s Triumph, Part Ia: Heirs of Alexander
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Patterns in Humanity
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A short primer and collection of basic descriptive facts
TheCollector
Dragons Across Cultures & Mythologies: Here Be Dragons!
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African History...
Self-representation in African art: the wall paintings of medieval Nubia. (ca. 700-1400)
an African portrait of an African society
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an African portrait of an African society
TheCollector
American Dream Revisited: Affluence & Turbulence in 1950s America
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Farmer Discovers Massive Roman Mosaic in Türkiye
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What Impact Did Realism Have on Society?
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The History of Humans in the Antarctic
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Homer: From 'Dark Ages' to Modernism
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Homer: From 'Dark Ages' to Modernism
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The Genealogy of Morals: Nietzsche vs. Morality
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7 Historical Places to Visit on the Isle of Skye
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The Evils Of Professionalism
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Principality of Sealand: The Smallest Nation in the World?
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Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz: From Nun to Feminist & Literary Icon
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Frick Pittsburgh Postpones Islamic Art Exhibition
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Will it Bend or Will it Break?
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The international system, that is.
TheCollector
Why Did Lot Sacrifice His Daughters? (4 Possible Justifications)
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The Epics Collection
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How Did Francisco Goya Criticize the Spanish Society?
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How Did Carl Jung Differ from Sigmund Freud?
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Discover Philip Johnson’s Famous Glass House
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7 of Elsa Schiaparelli’s Greatest Artistic Collaborations
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When Was the Battle of Stalingrad?
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8 Most Divisive President Elections in US History
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How Mexico Fought Franco
How Mexico Fought Franco
JamesHoare
Mon, 03/18/2024 - 11:21
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How Mexico Fought Franco
JamesHoare
Mon, 03/18/2024 - 11:21
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Apelles: Antiquity’s Greatest Painter
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