Overcoming Bias
Prioritizing Concrete Proposals
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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Amsterdam’s Rijksmuseum Launches AI “Art Explorer”
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What Is Pragmatism? (Philosophy, History, Notable Proponents)
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6 Ways to Pass the Time in the Middle Ages
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Seneca's Tragic Plays
Stoic or Not?
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What’s the History of Gin?
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A Day At New York City’s Off-Track Betting in 1982
In 2010, around 50 Off-Track Betting (OTB) parlors around New York City were shuttered. 1,000...
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In 2010, around 50 Off-Track Betting (OTB) parlors around New York City were shuttered. 1,000 employees lost their jobs. And another part of old New York went the way of the Automat and the Times Square peep show. The New York State Legislature enacted its first off-track betting...
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A Painted Treatise on Cats From 19th Century Thailand
This manuscript containing 12 paintings of different types of cats is in the format of a samut khoi,...
8 months ago
This manuscript containing 12 paintings of different types of cats is in the format of a samut khoi, a Thai folding book that opens from top to bottom. It was made in the 19th century in central Siam (now Thailand) by an unknown artist. Such folding books were typically made from...
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Lipka Tatars: Muslims in Poland?
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Res Obscura
Why I love etymologies
Telephones popularized "hello," "lox" is 8,000 years old, and other reasons why the history of words...
7 months ago
Telephones popularized "hello," "lox" is 8,000 years old, and other reasons why the history of words matters
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Externalising Our Hatreds.
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It's Ukraine and Gaza. Again.
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Study Shows ‘Starry Night’ Swirls Are Scientifically Accurate
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3 Key Philosophers on Mass Incarceration
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History Today Review of the Year
History Today Review of the Year
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Thu, 12/28/2023 - 00:00
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History Today Review of the Year
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Who Is the Mystery Mummy of Tomb KV55? (4 Theories)
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Iakim Volkov’s Wedding: An Illustration of a Complicated History
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How Did Rachel Ruysch Become a World Famous Still Life Painter?
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What Is the History of Swedish Colonialism?
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America Rising: The Arts of the Gilded Age (Video)
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Who Was Benjamin Disraeli?
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Give All to Love: A New Documentary on Ralph Waldo Emerson Debuts
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Dreams of Space -...
What the Moon Is Like (1963)
Happy 2023, this book is 60 years old this year and still seems as fresh as ever since we are...
a year ago
Happy 2023, this book is 60 years old this year and still seems as fresh as ever since we are exploring the Moon again.
What the Moon is Like is another book by the children's science writer Franklyn Branley. He wrote many children's non-fiction books with a variety of...
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6 Incredible Roman Sites in Spain
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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...
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Who Invented the First Motion Picture Camera?
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What Is the Ides of March?
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7 Historical Places to Visit on the Isle of Skye
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What Did Christopher Columbus Discover?
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6 Must-See Spanish Castles
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Baruch Spinoza’s Political Philosophy: Rights & Normativity
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Signed Dalí Prints Worth Thousands Found in London Garage
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4 Ways that Magical Realism Rewrites History
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Historic Copenhagen Stock Exchange Catches Fire
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The Fountainhead: Ayn Rand’s Ode to Individualism
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Plato Vs Aristotle
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‘The Green Ages’ by Annette Kehnel review
‘The Green Ages’ by Annette Kehnel review
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Tue, 11/19/2024 - 08:36
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‘The Green Ages’ by Annette Kehnel review
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Tue, 11/19/2024 - 08:36
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The Roman-Jewish Wars: Jewish Resistance vs Roman Might
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What Is Samsara in Hinduism?
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Maria Graham and the Valparaíso Earthquake
Maria Graham and the Valparaíso Earthquake
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Mon, 01/15/2024 - 11:12
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Maria Graham and the Valparaíso Earthquake
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Mon, 01/15/2024 - 11:12
TheCollector
Why Are There Only Four Gospels?
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Why Did Bruno Latour Claim that “We Have Never Been Modern”?
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When Did the Soviet Union Declare War on Japan?
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Hundred Rabbits
North Pacific Logbook
The passage from Japan (Shimoda) to Canada (Victoria) took 51 days, and it was the hardest thing...
over a year ago
The passage from Japan (Shimoda) to Canada (Victoria) took 51 days, and it was the hardest thing we've ever done. We decided to keep a logbook, to better remember it and so it can help others who wish to make this trip.
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Global Inequality...
To all the newspapers I loved
The decline and fall of the print media.
10 months ago
The decline and fall of the print media.
TheCollector
What Are Buddhism’s 4 Main Schools of Thought?
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‘Remembering Peasants’ by Patrick Joyce review
‘Remembering Peasants’ by Patrick Joyce review
JamesHoare
Tue, 03/19/2024 - 09:28
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‘Remembering Peasants’ by Patrick Joyce review
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Tue, 03/19/2024 - 09:28
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10 Interesting Facts About Haruki Murakami You Should Know
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The Anarchist Prince: Who was Peter Alekseyevich Kropotkin?
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What Are Conlangs?
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Twice-Stolen Titian Sets Artist Record at Auction
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Is Nietzsche Associated with Moral Nihilism?
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Flashbak
Photographing The Invisible: Things are Queer by Duane Michals (1973)
“I think photographs should be provocative and not tell you what you already know. It takes no great...
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“I think photographs should be provocative and not tell you what you already know. It takes no great powers or magic to reproduce somebody’s face in a photograph. The magic is in seeing people in new ways.” —Duane Michals Through image sequences, framing, multiple exposures,...
Res Obscura
Res Obscura is now on Substack
Three years late, but historians are always late
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Three years late, but historians are always late
History Today Feed
‘After the Flying Saucers Came’, ‘Think to New Worlds’ and ‘How to Think Impossibly’ review
‘After the Flying Saucers Came’, ‘Think to New Worlds’ and ‘How to Think Impossibly’...
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‘After the Flying Saucers Came’, ‘Think to New Worlds’ and ‘How to Think Impossibly’ review
JamesHoare
Tue, 09/17/2024 - 08:00
History Today Feed
On the Spot: Alice Hunt
On the Spot: Alice Hunt
JamesHoare
Tue, 09/03/2024 - 10:40
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On the Spot: Alice Hunt
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Tue, 09/03/2024 - 10:40
TheCollector
How Russia Became the World’s Biggest Country
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Is it Possible to Forgive and Forget?
Is it Possible to Forgive and Forget?
JamesHoare
Thu, 10/31/2024 - 09:25
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Is it Possible to Forgive and Forget?
JamesHoare
Thu, 10/31/2024 - 09:25
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Mount Toba: Did a Supervolcano Almost Wipe Out the Human Species?
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Who Won the Battle of Fort Pillow?
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The Unknown Artworks of Kahlil Gibran
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10 Most Socially Progressive Countries You Can Move To
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George Washington’s The Revolutionary War Letter on Sale
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Lucid Dreaming: Can You Wake Up in Your Dreams?
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Where Is Alexander the Great Buried?
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Who Were the Most Famous Symbolists?
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The Secret SS Mission to Tibet You’ve Never Heard Of
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Andrew & Rachel Jackson: A Scandalous Marriage & the 1828 Election
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A Fabulous Collection of Antique Espresso Coffee Machines
“I saw an ‘historical’ espresso machine for the first time in Arezzo in 1988 whilst visiting the...
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“I saw an ‘historical’ espresso machine for the first time in Arezzo in 1988 whilst visiting the oldest antiques market in Italy,” says collector Enrico Maltoni. His interest in antique espresso coffee makers became a labour of love means. He’s written extensively on the subject...
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4 Surprising Things You Didn’t Know About the Catholic Catechism
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Harry Houdini’s Death: Was It Really by Sucker Punch?
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Authoritarian vs. Democratic Socialism: What’s the Difference?
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Shakespeare’s Richard III: Everything You Need to Know
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Dr Alun Withey
Health and the Habitual Traveller in the 19th Century
Recently I’ve been contributing to a new series of stories, drawing on the archives of Lloyds’...
over a year ago
Recently I’ve been contributing to a new series of stories, drawing on the archives of Lloyds’ Register – a fantastic archive, with a wealth of sources on many aspects of maritime, but also broader social, history. The full series can be found here:...
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‘Catland’ by Kathryn Hughes review
‘Catland’ by Kathryn Hughes review
JamesHoare
Mon, 05/20/2024 - 12:54
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‘Catland’ by Kathryn Hughes review
JamesHoare
Mon, 05/20/2024 - 12:54
African History...
a brief note on Africa in 16th century global history.
the international relations and manuscripts of Kongo
9 months ago
the international relations and manuscripts of Kongo
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Beyond Watergate: A Look at President Nixon’s Legacy
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Mystery at Cheviot Beach: The Strange Disappearance of Harold Holt
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5 Autobiographical Paintings by Frida Kahlo
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A Collection of...
Collections: How to Roman Republic 101, Addenda: The Socii
This week, as an addendum to our series on Roman civic governance (I, II, IIIa, IIIb, IIIc, IV, V),...
a year ago
This week, as an addendum to our series on Roman civic governance (I, II, IIIa, IIIb, IIIc, IV, V), we’re going to take a look at how Rome handles those parts of Italy it controls but which it does not inhabit. These are Rome’s ‘allies’ (socii), a euphemistic label for the...
Flashbak
Listen To The 1985 Gig When R.E.M. Were Raw, Real and Unscripted and Ready To Fight The Crowd
Not everyone was into R.E.M. when they were raw and unscripted. The indie act who became one of the...
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Not everyone was into R.E.M. when they were raw and unscripted. The indie act who became one of the world’s biggest bands of the late 1980s and early ‘90s started local and unplanned. As Robert Dean Lurie writes in Begin the Begin: R.E.M.‘s Early Years: R.E.M. began their live...
Global Inequality...
Freedom by North-West
The obscurantist nature of East European nationalisms
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The obscurantist nature of East European nationalisms
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8 Unsolved Disappearances From History
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Why Is Blues Music More Than a Genre?
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A Collection of...
Collections: Phalanx’s Twilight, Legion’s Triumph, Part IVb: Antiochus III
This is the second part of the fourth part of our four(ish) part (Ia, Ib, IIa, IIb, IIIa, IIIb, IVa)...
8 months ago
This is the second part of the fourth part of our four(ish) part (Ia, Ib, IIa, IIb, IIIa, IIIb, IVa) look at the context between the Roman military system based on the manipular legion and the Hellenistic military system structured around the Macedonian sarisa phalanx in the...
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How Did the Inca Master Textile Art?
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Hidden Gospels: What Books Were Removed from the Bible (and Why)?
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Trying to Understand...
China And Russia Walk Into A Room.
And don't say a word about Europe.
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And don't say a word about Europe.
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Art Basel Renames and Relocates Third Edition of Paris Show
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The Banana Wars: How the US Plundered Central America
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for April 2024
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
7 months ago
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of April.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, added Twilight, updated our notes on chainplates, wheel to tiller conversion, cabin lights standing rigging replacement, Princess Louisa Inlet(added...
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The History of the Metropolitan Museum of Art (& Its Collection)
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A History Lover’s Guide to New Mexico
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Cassandra: Princess of Troy, Cursed Prophetess, Tragic Prisoner
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What Were the Seven Ecumenical Councils?
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Classical Wisdom
Will There Be “Crazy” People?
Symposium on the Seas...
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10 Artists and Their Indispensable Canine Companions
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Flashbak
The Sweet Flypaper of Life by Roy DeCarava and Langston Hughes
“We’ve had so many books about how bad life is, maybe it’s time to have one showing how good it is”...
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“We’ve had so many books about how bad life is, maybe it’s time to have one showing how good it is” – Langston Hughes, The Sweet Flypaper of Life The Sweet Flypaper of Life (1955), a collaboration between photographer Roy DeCarava and poet Langston Hughes (February 1, 1902 –...
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A Brief History of Mount Everest
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What Is a Good Argument According to Aristotle?
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Flashbak
Joe And Petunia: Stars of British Pubic Information Films (1968-1973)
As with most British public information films (PIF) of the 1960s and 70s, the protagonists most...
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As with most British public information films (PIF) of the 1960s and 70s, the protagonists most likely die in the end. In the final instalment of the four-strong Joe and Petunia series, the British couple illustrate the dangers driving on bad tyres by driving into a tree. ...
Dr Alun Withey
Beard Fashions and Class
Over the past few centuries, fashions in facial hair have changed substantially. In the mid...
over a year ago
Over the past few centuries, fashions in facial hair have changed substantially. In the mid seventeenth century many men wore the ‘Van Dyke’ style of a small, pointy beard and moustaches. By the end of the 1600s, beards were in decline, leaving many men with just moustaches. The...
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How Was Mussolini Removed From Power?
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6 Famous Artists Who Loved Cats
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Operation Barbarossa: When Nazi Germany Tried to Invade the USSR
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Nietzsche’s Crusade Against the Philosophers
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4 Celtic Hillforts and Oppida from the Iron Age
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Ludwig Wittgenstein vs. Gottlob Frege: Between Logic and Language
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Roadside Relics of the USSR
We’re back on the road though the former Soviet Union. This time our guide is French photographer...
2 months ago
We’re back on the road though the former Soviet Union. This time our guide is French photographer Jason Guilbeau whose pointing out objects along the roadside, like tractors stuck atop poles, a pavement that turns into a jet’s trail, a tank on a plinth and more reminders of...
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7 Ancient Greek Temples You Should Know
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Dethroning Perception: Who Was Maurice Merleau-Ponty?
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History Today Feed
What Makes Good Historical Fiction?
What Makes Good Historical Fiction?
JamesHoare
Tue, 10/15/2024 - 10:18
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What Makes Good Historical Fiction?
JamesHoare
Tue, 10/15/2024 - 10:18
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László Moholy-Nagy: Art from the Epoch of the Modernist Experiment
László Moholy-Nagy (July 20, 1895 – November 24, 1946) was a Jewish Hungarian poet, painter and...
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László Moholy-Nagy (July 20, 1895 – November 24, 1946) was a Jewish Hungarian poet, painter and photographer before he became the major proselytiser of the new avant-garde vision at the Bauhaus school, where has taught as a professor and succeeded is working across disciplines. ...
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How Andy Warhol and Jean-Michel Basquiat Met And Created Their Two-Heads, Four-Hands Art
”It was like some crazy-art world marriage and they were the odd couple. The relationship was...
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”It was like some crazy-art world marriage and they were the odd couple. The relationship was symbiotic. Jean-Michel thought he needed Andy’s fame, and Andy thought he needed Jean-Michel’s new blood. Jean Michel gave Andy a rebellious image again.” — Andy Warhol’s longtime studio...
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10 Must-Visit East Coast Historic Landmarks
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The Pilgrim as a Historian
The Pilgrim as a Historian
JamesHoare
Wed, 11/20/2024 - 10:50
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The Pilgrim as a Historian
JamesHoare
Wed, 11/20/2024 - 10:50
TheCollector
Norman Rockwell Works Dispute Finally Over?
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What Happened When Vesuvius Erupted in 79 CE?
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Veni, Vidi, Vici: Decoding Julius Caesar’s “I Came, I Saw, I Conquered”
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Get ‘Em In! Portraits of Drinkers in London Pubs
He drinks a Whiskey drink, he drinks a Vodka drink He drinks a Lager drink, he drinks a Cider drink...
11 months ago
He drinks a Whiskey drink, he drinks a Vodka drink He drinks a Lager drink, he drinks a Cider drink He sings the songs that remind him of the good times He sings the songs that remind him of the better times – Tubthumping by Chumbawumba Pub? Go on, then. Let’s go. And …...
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The 5 Most Influential Modern Political Philosophers
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10 Surrealist Sculptors You Should Know
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A Luta Continua! Mozambique’s Struggle for Independence
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8 Women Artists Who Were Inspired by Conceptual Art
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Friedrich Nietzsche: The 13+1 Best Books Of His Philosophical Career
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Rosemaling in America: Norwegian-American Folk Art (Origins & History)
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Baron Von Steuben: Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell During the USA’s Founding
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How Did Rothko Seek to Transcend the Visible World?
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Classical Wisdom
The Fall of a Republic
Cato and Caesar
a year ago
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Lucio Fontana Piece Could Set Auction Record at Sotheby’s
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Overcoming Bias
Drift Poll Winner: Rational Culture
Over the last day, I did two sets of polls comparing 16 cultural drift scenarios (detailed here) re...
a month ago
Over the last day, I did two sets of polls comparing 16 cultural drift scenarios (detailed here) re their likelihood and desirability. (I later added influence.) Here are best fit priorities (relative to 100 max), sorted by priority sum:
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How Did a Pig End Up on Trial in the Middle Ages?
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Have A Weird Christmas With Our Album Of Vintage Photo Oddities
There’s a weird vibe running through this album of Christmas images. Harvested from Robert E....
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There’s a weird vibe running through this album of Christmas images. Harvested from Robert E. Jackson’s phenomenal collection of snapshots we see all kinds of unusual goings on. One Christmas card features a photo of the sender covered in rats; on another a man canoodles a...
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10 Must-See Historic Sites in Armenia
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Hitler’s Early Life: Failure & Homelessness to Nationalism & Nazis
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Are Isaac and Ishmael Enemies in the Bible?
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Manhattan in 1990 – NYC Before the Clean-Up
At the start of the 1990s, New York City was tired and rough By the decade’s end it had lost of some...
10 months ago
At the start of the 1990s, New York City was tired and rough By the decade’s end it had lost of some of its edge – and maybe a little of its spark – but was cleaner, safer and more tourist friendly. These photograph of the city – via Watchman – show us Manhattan in … Continue...
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Tattoos in the Bible: Can Christians Modify Their Bodies?
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A (Brief) History of Washington DC: Home to the US Presidents
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Classical Wisdom
Democracy
The Greeks' Greatest Gift?
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The Greeks' Greatest Gift?
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How Accurate Were Aristotle’s Views on Science?
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7 Famous Artists Who Had Unexpected Day Jobs
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How Did the English Longbow Win So Many Battles?
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History Today Feed
On the Spot: Ali Ansari
On the Spot: Ali Ansari
JamesHoare
Mon, 04/08/2024 - 12:28
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On the Spot: Ali Ansari
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Mon, 04/08/2024 - 12:28
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20 Roman Emperors Who Defined Ancient Rome
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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...
9 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...
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How Carl Jung Revolutionized Psychology: Into the Shadow-Land
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The Fate of Jewish Art Collections in WWII: 20 Looted Families
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10 Presidents Who Changed the US
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Artists Rejected from Polish Pavilion at the Venice Biennale
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African History...
a brief note on the history of Music in Africa
plus an overview of Ethiopian musical traditions
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plus an overview of Ethiopian musical traditions
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The French Monarchy: From Clovis to the Capetians
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What Are Plato’s Arguments Against Democracy?
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Symbolism and Identity in Northern Renaissance Portraiture
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The Dallas Art Fair Decides on 2024 Exhibitions
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How Bayonets Revolutionized Warfare
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Women Fight for Fairness at Academies of Art
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On the Spot: Kristin Semmens
On the Spot: Kristin Semmens
JamesHoare
Mon, 06/17/2024 - 11:14
6 months ago
On the Spot: Kristin Semmens
JamesHoare
Mon, 06/17/2024 - 11:14
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Julius Caesar: From General to Dictator (Bio, Battles, & Death)
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12 Perfect Christmas Gifts From Dianne B, A Postcard Set from 1983
In 1983, photographer Peter Hujar (1934–87) created Twelve Perfect Christmas Gifts from Dianne B, a...
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In 1983, photographer Peter Hujar (1934–87) created Twelve Perfect Christmas Gifts from Dianne B, a mini-portfolio of 12 postcards. Eight are by Huja, plus four in colour by Neil Winokur and a sleeve by Ken Tisa. The postcards for maverick boutique owner Dianne Benson are lovely...
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What Was the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact?
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A Collection of...
Collections: The Philosophy of Liberty – On Liberalism
It is once again the week of July 4th and so, as is customary here, I am going to use this week’s...
5 months ago
It is once again the week of July 4th and so, as is customary here, I am going to use this week’s post to talk about the United States or more correctly this week about the political philosophy the United States was founded on: liberalism. Now an immediate clarification is...
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7 Facts About Mountain Man Jim Bridger
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Norman Rockwell’s “Four Freedoms” That Almost Weren’t
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Marble Head of Apollo Discovered in Greece
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The Anne of Cleves Louvre Portrait Got a Makeover
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The Birthplace of Renaissance Art: Must-Visit Galleries in Florence
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Banksy’s Animal Series Continues at London Zoo
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Who Were the Most Important Leaders of WWII?
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6 Astounding Achievements by Maya Lin
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The Louvre Seeks Donations to Buy Chardin’s Strawberries Work
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Who Were ‘The Cambridge Five’?
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African History...
a brief note on the origin of African civilizations
plus, the Nok Neolithic culture.
a year ago
plus, the Nok Neolithic culture.
African History...
Life and works of Africa's most famous Woman scholar: Nana Asmau (1793-1864)
On the contribution of Muslim women in African history.
7 months ago
On the contribution of Muslim women in African history.
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9 Works That Defined El Greco’s Career
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Religious Symbolism & Traditions of Easter Beyond the Bunny
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Why Is Caligula’s Relationship with the Senate Controversial?
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History of Hollywood in the 1980s-1990s: Everything You Need to Know
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What’s the Best Time of the Year to Visit Cape Town?
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TheCollector
What Are the Origins of Santa Claus?
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History Today Feed
Books of the Year 2024: Part 1
Books of the Year 2024: Part 1
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Thu, 11/28/2024 - 09:32
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Books of the Year 2024: Part 1
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Thu, 11/28/2024 - 09:32
Overcoming Bias
Futarchy Futurism
I have often taken on the role of econ futurist, analyzing the social consequences of particular...
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I have often taken on the role of econ futurist, analyzing the social consequences of particular future techs.
TheCollector
New Study Reveals Fresh Insight Into Mayan Sacrifices
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TheCollector
Martha Graham: 15 Facts About the Mother of Modern Dance
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History Today Feed
How to Revive Wassailing
How to Revive Wassailing
j.hoare
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How to Revive Wassailing
j.hoare
Wed, 01/03/2024 - 09:24
TheCollector
Who Was Sayed Idries Shah?
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TheCollector
Serop Simonian Art Dealer Arrested by German Polica
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Overcoming Bias
Culture Status Report
I’ve been focused on cultural drift for about nine months now, and the probability estimates in my...
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I’ve been focused on cultural drift for about nine months now, and the probability estimates in my last post make this a good time to take stock.
TheCollector
What Is the History of Hipster Culture?
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TheCollector
How Did Switzerland Become a Country?
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TheCollector
10 Historic Towns in the US Where You’ll Travel Back in Time
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2 months ago
weird medieval guys
Explore medieval life and death with these 5 brilliant interactive maps!
Travels, murders, and......eels?!!
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Travels, murders, and......eels?!!
Wrong Side of...
Progressive realism and Perfidious Albion
Britain's foreign policy is woefully naive and self-defeating
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Britain's foreign policy is woefully naive and self-defeating
TheCollector
Interview with Dr. Mark Solms on Freud & Surrealism
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TheCollector Interviews Artist Inna Levinson: From Paint to Pixels
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6 Aspects of the Egyptian God Thoth
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How Foreshadowing Shapes Cinema and Storytelling
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TheCollector
What is the Role of Law in Aristotle’s Politics?
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TheCollector
Mehrgarh: One of the Oldest Cities in the Indus Valley
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a year ago
TheCollector
4 Ancient Greek Federal States You Should Know
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TheCollector
10 Historic Towns in Oregon Worth Visiting
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What Is the Message Behind Hip-Hop?
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10 Facts About The Extraordinary Writer Stefan Zweig
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TheCollector
Anger & Sadness: How Do Stoics Handle These Emotions?
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11 months ago
Dreams of Space -...
The Conquest of Space (1962?)
I last blogged about this book in 2015 so it is time for a revisit. I got a second copy that has a...
a year ago
I last blogged about this book in 2015 so it is time for a revisit. I got a second copy that has a couple of things I had not seen before. The Conquest of Space is a 1962 (?) Australian stamp album. It is intended for children to collect paper stamps they get in Nestle chocolate...
TheCollector
7 Rococo Artists You Need to Know
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11 months ago
History Today Feed
Saint Nicholas Becomes a Myth
Saint Nicholas Becomes a Myth
j.hoare
Wed, 12/06/2023 - 10:52
a year ago
Saint Nicholas Becomes a Myth
j.hoare
Wed, 12/06/2023 - 10:52
History Today Feed
On the Spot: Chris Clark
On the Spot: Chris Clark
j.hoare
Wed, 12/27/2023 - 00:00
12 months ago
On the Spot: Chris Clark
j.hoare
Wed, 12/27/2023 - 00:00
Dr Alun Withey
Victorian Swappers! Adverts for exchange in the 19th century.
Victorians were inveterate 'swappers' (NB: this might not be what you think!). Newspapers and...
a month ago
Victorians were inveterate 'swappers' (NB: this might not be what you think!). Newspapers and journals were full of ads for objects sought and to be exchanged. These offer a fascinating insight into what was considered desirable, the value of objects, and the processes of...
TheCollector
How Did Alexander Become ‘the Great’?
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TheCollector
Who Was the First US President To Be Impeached?
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3 months ago
TheCollector
Pompeii: Frozen in Time or an Ever-Evolving Landscape?
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5 months ago
A Collection of...
Collections: Phalanx’s Twilight, Legion’s Triumph, Part IIIb: Pyrrhus
This is the second part of the third part of our four(ish) part (Ia, Ib, IIa, IIb, IIIa) look at the...
9 months ago
This is the second part of the third part of our four(ish) part (Ia, Ib, IIa, IIb, IIIa) look at the performance of the Roman army and its legions in the third and second century BC against the Hellenistic armies of the heirs of Alexander. Last time, we sought to assess some of...
TheCollector
Cy Twombly: Get to Know His Sculpture
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11 months ago
Trying to Understand...
Honesty: What's In It For Me?
First, do lots of harm.
a year ago
TheCollector
Why Is Pompeii So Important?
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6 months ago
TheCollector
Capoeira’s Incredible Roots: Brazil’s Unique Art Form
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5 months ago
Trying to Understand...
Only Connect ....
We are lost in a haunted wood.
2 months ago
We are lost in a haunted wood.
Wrong Side of...
American polarisation
The menace of bipartisanship has been defeated
a month ago
The menace of bipartisanship has been defeated
Dreams of Space -...
Blast Off (1973)
This is also one of my favorite picture books, very hard to find, so I would like to share the full...
a year ago
This is also one of my favorite picture books, very hard to find, so I would like to share the full book with you. And Blast Off!
Cain, Linda C. and Susan Rosenbaum. Illustrated by Dillon, Leo and Diane. Blast Off. Lexington, MA: Ginn. (24 p.) 1973.
TheCollector
What Was the Pilgrimage of Grace?
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2 months ago
Res Obscura
How well can AI imitate a 17th century doctor?
Arcadio Huang is ill in 1710s Paris. Can GPT-4 and Gemini find a cure?
10 months ago
Arcadio Huang is ill in 1710s Paris. Can GPT-4 and Gemini find a cure?
TheCollector
How Found Objects Became Central to Modern Art
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TheCollector
What’s the Best Time to See Mount Fuji?
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5 months ago
Trying to Understand...
Out Of Control.
Fear the worst, hope for the best.
2 months ago
Fear the worst, hope for the best.
TheCollector
10 Must-Read Magical Realist Novels
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a year ago
TheCollector
An Ancient Ramses II Bust Returned to Egypt
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8 months ago
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
5 days ago
Rum and Reform: The Party on Norfolk Island
JamesHoare
Tue, 12/17/2024 - 09:12
African History...
A history of the Massina empire (1818-1862)
the sucessor of Songhai
a year ago
A Collection of...
Collections: How to Raise a Tribal Army in Pre-Roman Europe, Part II: Government Without States
This is the second part of our (planned) three part (I) look at how some ‘tribal’ or more correctly,...
6 months ago
This is the second part of our (planned) three part (I) look at how some ‘tribal’ or more correctly, non-state agrarian peoples raised armies to fight the Romans (and others) in the third through first centuries BC. Last time, we looked at the subsistence basis of these societies...
History Today Feed
The Female Detectives of Victorian Britain
The Female Detectives of Victorian Britain
JamesHoare
Wed, 11/20/2024 - 10:37
a month ago
The Female Detectives of Victorian Britain
JamesHoare
Wed, 11/20/2024 - 10:37
TheCollector
Eric the Red: The Incredible Story of Greenland’s First Viking
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10 months ago
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for February 2024
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
9 months ago
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of February.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, added gimballed stove, open pantry, Little Ninj and LPG fume detection system. Updated galley refit and Western Canada(includes tidal/current...
Classical Wisdom
Dionysus
The God of Wine!
2 months ago
TheCollector
Can the Real King Arthur Be Identified as Athrwys of Gwent?
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a month ago
TheCollector
The Venice Biennale 2024 Does Not Include Russia
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10 months ago
TheCollector
The Nemean Lion: Heracles’ First Labor & the Birth of a Hero
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a month ago
TheCollector
Viking Ship Technology: Daring and Dangerous Innovations
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a month ago
History Today Feed
London’s Pig-Faced Urban Legend
London’s Pig-Faced Urban Legend
j.hoare
Mon, 01/08/2024 - 11:15
11 months ago
London’s Pig-Faced Urban Legend
j.hoare
Mon, 01/08/2024 - 11:15
TheCollector
UN Committee Votes Against “At Risk” Designation for Stonehenge
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5 months ago
TheCollector
Aristotle’s Model of Communication: 3 Key Elements of Persuasion
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a year ago
Flashbak
Armand Henrion: The Artist Who Always Painted Himself As A Clown
Armand Henrion (1875 – 1958) was a Belgian-born artist. He contributed to the Expressionist...
5 months ago
Armand Henrion (1875 – 1958) was a Belgian-born artist. He contributed to the Expressionist movement, worked in France and became a French citizen. And he liked to paint self-portraits – hundreds of them – in which he is dressed as a clown (more Pierrot than Bozo). Pierrot...
TheCollector
Paul Klee: The Life & Work of an Iconic Artist
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5 months ago
History Today Feed
‘One Fine Day’ and ‘Imperial Island’ review
‘One Fine Day’ and ‘Imperial Island’ review
j.hoare
Tue, 12/05/2023 - 11:12
a year ago
‘One Fine Day’ and ‘Imperial Island’ review
j.hoare
Tue, 12/05/2023 - 11:12
Wrong Side of...
The chilling dawn of multiracial fascism
WOKE DOOD: WAT NOU?
a month ago
History Today Feed
Sarah Mae Flemming and the Forgotten Women of Civil Rights
Sarah Mae Flemming and the Forgotten Women of Civil Rights
JamesHoare
Mon, 12/09/2024 - 09:58
a week ago
Sarah Mae Flemming and the Forgotten Women of Civil Rights
JamesHoare
Mon, 12/09/2024 - 09:58
African History...
A history of the south-western Saharan towns of Tichitt, Walata, Wadan and Chinguetti (800-1912)
Trade and civilization on west-africa's desert frontier
a year ago
Trade and civilization on west-africa's desert frontier
TheCollector
Indiana University’s Plan for Selling Art to Fund Dorm Renovations
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a year ago
Flashbak
The Spellbinding Corrupted Photos On An Artist’s Stolen Laptop
Pasedena police called photographer Melanie Willhide to tell her the good news: they’d found her...
3 months ago
Pasedena police called photographer Melanie Willhide to tell her the good news: they’d found her laptop and backup drive. They’d pulled over a car being driven by Adrian Rodriguez and spotted Willhide’s stolen possession on the back seat. “It’s kind of like winning the lottery;...
TheCollector
A Christmas Carol in Context: Dickens’ Beloved Festive Fable
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Classical Wisdom
Io Saturnalia!
Celebrate the “Best of Days”
a year ago
Celebrate the “Best of Days”
TheCollector
The Mythical Green Anaconda of the Amazon Rainforest
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a month ago
TheCollector
What Were the Most Terrible Acts of the British Empire?
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a year ago
Classical Wisdom
Have We Become Anti-Human?
Is this a problem? And Can/Should it be Helped?
a year ago
Is this a problem? And Can/Should it be Helped?
TheCollector
6 Unsettling Artworks by Mike Kelley
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a year ago
History Today Feed
Challenging the ‘Ugliness’ of Anne of Cleves
Challenging the ‘Ugliness’ of Anne of Cleves
JamesHoare
Fri, 03/22/2024 - 09:20
9 months ago
Challenging the ‘Ugliness’ of Anne of Cleves
JamesHoare
Fri, 03/22/2024 - 09:20
TheCollector
Brother of Jesus: Who Was Saint James?
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TheCollector
Christie’s Presents Two Latin American Art Sales, Starting Friday
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2 months ago
TheCollector
Anne of Cleves: The Wife King Henry Loved Most?
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9 months ago
TheCollector
A Brief Timeline of Ancient Egyptian Art
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a year ago
TheCollector
Where Did Paul Cezanne Live?
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8 months ago
TheCollector
Why Did Socrates Focus on Self-Knowledge and Introspection?
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9 months ago
TheCollector
The Khrushchev Thaw: Relaxation of Soviet Repressions
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11 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Is an unjust peace better than a just war?
Or does war have its virtues?
10 months ago
Or does war have its virtues?
TheCollector
Was Cardinal Wolsey an Animal Lover?
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a year ago
Classical Wisdom
Do You Listen Well?
Lessons on Listening from Plutarch
a year ago
Lessons on Listening from Plutarch
Patterns in Humanity
Man the Hunter
Are our stereotypes about hunter-gatherer societies outdated? Seems not.
a year ago
Are our stereotypes about hunter-gatherer societies outdated? Seems not.
TheCollector
Tadeusz Kościuszko: 6 Facts You Didn’t Know
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TheCollector
10 Crazy Facts About the History of Syphilis
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a year ago
TheCollector
What is Hecate’s Relationship with Alchemy?
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12 months ago
TheCollector
New Exhibition to Show Art Saved From Notre Dame Fire
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8 months ago
TheCollector
Aristotle on Logic: Deduction, Syllogisms, and Truth
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a year ago
TheCollector
The Battle of Zama: How Scipio Gave Rome the World
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a year ago
TheCollector
Ukiyo-e Prints of Beautiful Women: What Are Bijin-ga?
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5 months ago
TheCollector
How Did the Ancient Greeks and Romans Conduct Banking?
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9 months ago
Global Inequality...
The order of inequality
Review of Tongdong Bai’s “Against political equality: The Confucian case"
8 months ago
Review of Tongdong Bai’s “Against political equality: The Confucian case"
TheCollector
How Romanticism Set the Stage for Darwin’s Theory of Evolution
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6 months ago
TheCollector
The Titans: The Greek Gods Before the Olympians
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2 weeks ago
Trying to Understand...
The Threat of Back to Normal
Global power has always been distributed.
a year ago
Global power has always been distributed.
Res Obscura
Why drug history?
Drugs and spices play an outsized role in world history — but it's often a hidden one
10 months ago
Drugs and spices play an outsized role in world history — but it's often a hidden one
African History...
a brief note on the long history of African diplomacy.
historical links between west africa and the Maghreb.
5 months ago
historical links between west africa and the Maghreb.
TheCollector
Marx’s German Ideology: What is Historical and Dialectical Materialism?
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TheCollector
10 U.S. Retirement Destinations for History Lovers
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2 months ago
Flashbak
Got Live If You Want It: John Scott’s Concert Photographs of Alice Cooper, Bryan Ferry, John Lydon...
Never let go of your dreams because nobody else is going to make them happen. When John Scott was a...
7 months ago
Never let go of your dreams because nobody else is going to make them happen. When John Scott was a child he harboured dreams of becoming a photographer. He roamed around his parents’ home and snapped pictures in his head. He had a talent for it which he thought of turning into a...
TheCollector
What Is the History of Mother’s Day in the United States?
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7 months ago
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
Uxn, started working on a fantasy console called Uxn, and...
TheCollector
Utagawa Hiroshige: 10 Works From the Last Great Master of Ukiyo-e
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5 months ago
TheCollector
Get to Know Audrey Flack, Icon of Photorealism
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7 months ago
Overcoming Bias
Beware Policy Abstraction
The recent US presidential election should be fresh enough in your memory to let you directly...
a month ago
The recent US presidential election should be fresh enough in your memory to let you directly confirm that the issues focused on there were biased in two key ways.
TheCollector
Consumerism in Pop Art: Was It Celebrated or Criticized?
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a month ago
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5 Victorian Fashion Trends: From Flammable Skirts to Poisonous Fabrics
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‘A Priori’ and ‘A Posteriori’ Knowledge: What Are They?
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8 months ago
TheCollector
What Are the Oldest Books in the Bible?
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2 months ago
TheCollector
Why Is Emperor Caligula’s Reign Notorious?
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a year ago
TheCollector
Who Won the Second Battle of Bull Run?
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8 months ago
Overcoming Bias
No Meta Status Orgs
In health and medicine, we have many government agencies, and private philanthropies, devoted to...
a month ago
In health and medicine, we have many government agencies, and private philanthropies, devoted to many specific medical conditions, and also to studying and reforming medicine in general, at a meta level.
TheCollector
An Art-lover’s Guide to Buenos Aires
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6 months ago
TheCollector
Pastel Purchased For $1,000 Identified as Lost Degas
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6 months ago
TheCollector
What Is Predictive Processing? & How It Explains 3 Visual Illusions
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10 months ago
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What Is Love? Erich Fromm’s Take
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a year ago
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What Are the 5 Tallest Statues in the USA?
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11 months ago
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