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Rare Photographs of Siouxsie and the Banshees in Japan, 1982
Siouxsie and the Banshees toured Japan playing three gigs in Tokyo late-March, early-April 1982. The...
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Siouxsie and the Banshees toured Japan playing three gigs in Tokyo late-March, early-April 1982. The band had recently released their fourth album Juju (1981) and were working on their fifth A Kiss in the Dreamhouse (1982). While other punk bands had imploded, Siouxsie and the...
History Today Feed
‘The Life & Death of States’ and ‘Vienna’ reviews
‘The Life & Death of States’ and ‘Vienna’ reviews
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Fri, 12/22/2023 - 01:00
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‘The Life & Death of States’ and ‘Vienna’ reviews
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Fri, 12/22/2023 - 01:00
TheCollector
Who Was Dorothy Day? The Radical Life of a Catholic Anarchist
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Très Parisien: The Height Of French Chic 1920-1936
Très Parisien magazine sold itself as ‘chic’ and ‘elegant’. Published between 1920 and 1936 it...
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Très Parisien magazine sold itself as ‘chic’ and ‘elegant’. Published between 1920 and 1936 it presented creations by such couturiers as Louise Chéruit, Premet (best known for La Garconne, or The Flapper, a black dress with a white collar and cuffs introduced in 1923, Philip et...
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5 Female Hispanic Artists That You Should Know About
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Art Basel 2024 Opens to the Public: Here Are Some of Its Highlights
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Caligula's Forgotten Legacy
The Nemi Ships
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Who Was Django Reinhardt?
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When Nostalgia Was Deadly
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Thu, 04/11/2024 - 08:00
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When Nostalgia Was Deadly
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Thu, 04/11/2024 - 08:00
TheCollector
Study Reveals Origins of the Knight’s Tombstone in Jamestown
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Global Inequality...
Should poor countries remain poor?
Stock vs flow approach.
9 months ago
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What Are Emperor Nero’s Contributions to Rome?
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Classical Wisdom
The Death of Literary Fiction.... And its Resurrection?
A New -different- Event
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The Great Fire of Smyrna
The Great Fire of Smyrna
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Fri, 09/13/2024 - 07:00
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The Great Fire of Smyrna
JamesHoare
Fri, 09/13/2024 - 07:00
African History...
A history of the west African diaspora in Arabia and Jerusalem before 1900
The legacy of west African travel to Mecca, Medina and Jerusalem.
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The legacy of west African travel to Mecca, Medina and Jerusalem.
TheCollector
Who Were the Top Allied Commanders of World War II?
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African History...
A history of the Loango kingdom (ca.1500-1883) : Power, Ivory and Art in west-central Africa.
Africa's past carved in ivory
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Africa's past carved in ivory
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The Loudun Affair: Bizarre Witch Trials in France
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Trying to Understand...
So Where Do We Go From Here?
That's a good question.
a year ago
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What Is an Antipope?
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What is the Tall Poppy Syndrome?
Is it good, bad or relative?
6 months ago
Is it good, bad or relative?
Hidden History
The Assassination of Malcolm X
Martin Luther King and the Southern Christian Leadership Conference based their strategy on two...
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Martin Luther King and the Southern Christian Leadership Conference based their strategy on two ideas; the idea that nonviolent civil disobedience, in the tradition of Thoreau and Gandhi, was the only method that the civil rights movement should use, and the idea that white...
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Plato: A Complete Overview of His Life, Work, and Philosophy
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Dust Bowl Troubadour: Who Was Woody Guthrie?
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Len Deighton’s Action Cookbook : How To Seduce With An Omelette (1965)
Len Deighton’s Action Cookbook (1965) began life as cookery strips (aka ‘cookstrips’) when Leighton...
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Len Deighton’s Action Cookbook (1965) began life as cookery strips (aka ‘cookstrips’) when Leighton was a student at London’s Royal Academy and St Martin’s art school, and living with classmate Bob Hyde. Aimed at “an audience of men unskilled at knowing their way around the...
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The Wonder Of Soviet Bus Stops
“The bus stops are disappearing so fast. If I come back a year from now, they could be gone,...
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“The bus stops are disappearing so fast. If I come back a year from now, they could be gone, demolished, or rebuilt. These pictures may be all that’s left in the end. I want to give them some kind of immortality.” — Christopher Herwig, Photographer and Soviet Bus Stop Hunter ...
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Glasgow in the 1980s: ‘From An Insider’s Point of View’
The Cranhill Arts Project has been collecting pictures of Glasgow, Scotland, to show the place ...
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The Cranhill Arts Project has been collecting pictures of Glasgow, Scotland, to show the place “from an insider’s point of view”. Among its growing collection of Glasgow peoples’ photographs are these from the 1980s. All these snapshots have been labelled by the people who...
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Ghiberti vs. Brunelleschi: The Renaissance Competition
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7 Facts You Need to Know About Fra Angelico
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The Arts & Crafts Movement: A Response to the Industrial Revolution
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What is Speciesism According to Peter Singer?
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Why Did Shakespeare Write Macbeth?
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Watch TV-CBGB – A Punk Sitcom From 1981
In November 1982, Billboard reviewed a CBGB-produced cable access show to “include interviews,...
8 months ago
In November 1982, Billboard reviewed a CBGB-produced cable access show to “include interviews, comedy skits, and live performances”. Stuart Newman, a member of the The Roustabouts, one of the groups featured on the show – along with Idiot Savant, The Hard, Jo Marshall, Shrapnel...
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5 Facts About Perun, the Slavic God of Thunder
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‘Age of Wolf and Wind’ by Davide Zori review
‘Age of Wolf and Wind’ by Davide Zori review
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Wed, 05/29/2024 - 10:27
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‘Age of Wolf and Wind’ by Davide Zori review
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Wed, 05/29/2024 - 10:27
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for March 2023
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
a year ago
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of March.
Summary Of Changes
Donsol, added 100r logo to splash screen on the rom.
100r.co, added a new page: diy carbonation system. Updated Saving fuel, Engine rebuild and...
A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, May 31, 2024 (Academic Departments)
Fireside this week! I am spinning up to write a Teaching Paradox series on Imperator later this...
7 months ago
Fireside this week! I am spinning up to write a Teaching Paradox series on Imperator later this week, but not quite ready to get started yet. I’m also thinking, perhaps before that, of doing a short post or set of posts on the organization of non-state ‘tribal’ societies in...
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Shakespeare’s Richard III: Everything You Need to Know
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for September
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 September. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Orca, added way for instances of Orca to talk to each...
Flashbak
Once Upon a Time in Brick Lane: 1970s East London Before Gentrification
Brick Lane in London’s East End is in area of flux. From the road where they used mark bricks and...
6 months ago
Brick Lane in London’s East End is in area of flux. From the road where they used mark bricks and brew beer, the place has been sanctuary to immigrants for centuries and is now home to a large Bangladeshi community. In the 17th century, French Huguenots arrived and brought with...
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5 Feminine Beauty Ideals in Art History
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Principality of Sealand: The Smallest Nation in the World?
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The History of Chocolate: A Treat with a Dark Side?
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What Is David Hammons Best Known For?
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for January
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 January. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
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Christie’s Presents Two Latin American Art Sales, Starting Friday
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Global Inequality...
Abundance, capitalism and climate change
In classical Marxism, communism is defined as a society of material abundance. It is a society where...
8 months ago
In classical Marxism, communism is defined as a society of material abundance. It is a society where goods flow in abundance (“after the productive forces have…increased…all the springs of co-operative wealth flow more abundantly”, Marx, Critique of the Gotha Program
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Phillips 2023 Sales Dropped Down 15 Percent from 2022
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10 Must-See Exhibitions in Europe This Year (2025)
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Anarchism Explained: Why Should the State be Abolished?
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Classical Wisdom
Do We Need Passports? Or Borders?
Watch now (23 sec) | Crossing with Radiohead
a year ago
Watch now (23 sec) | Crossing with Radiohead
Trying to Understand...
A Short Service Announcement.
From this week, and on an experimental basis, I’m enabling paid subscriptions for those who may be...
a year ago
From this week, and on an experimental basis, I’m enabling paid subscriptions for those who may be interested. The essays themselves will continue to be entirely free, and I don’t have plans to produce subscriber-only material. I’ve also set up a Buy Me a Coffee cup.
African History...
The empire of Kong (ca. 1710-1915): a cultural legacy of medieval Mali.
At the close of the 18th century, the West African hosts of the Scottish traveler Mungo Park...
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At the close of the 18th century, the West African hosts of the Scottish traveler Mungo Park informed him of a range of mountains situated in "a large and powerful kingdom called Kong".
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Margaret Thatcher: Britain’s Iron Lady
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Stolen Picasso and Chagall Paintings Found in Antwerp
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Open Culture
The New York Times Presents the 100 Best Books of the 21st Century, Selected by 503 Novelists, Poets...
For longtime readers of American book journalism, scrolling through the New York Times Book Review’s...
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For longtime readers of American book journalism, scrolling through the New York Times Book Review’s just-published list of the 100 best books of the twenty-first century will summon dim memories of many a once-unignorable critical fuss. At one time or another over the past 25...
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11 Facts About Tintoretto You Should Know
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UK Gallery to Recreate “Groundbreaking” 1907 Exhibition
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Classical Wisdom
Should Death Concern Us?
How can we deal with the inevitable... before the inevitable deals with us?
a year ago
How can we deal with the inevitable... before the inevitable deals with us?
TheCollector
The Beatles Created a Painting While Touring in Japan
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Flashbak
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....
2 weeks ago
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...
TheCollector
Why Did Socrates Never Write Down His Teachings?
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Wrong Side of...
Europe's absent-minded revolution
Christopher Caldwell's 'Reflections on the Revolution in Europe', 15 years on
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Christopher Caldwell's 'Reflections on the Revolution in Europe', 15 years on
TheCollector
MFA Boston Returns a Looted Egyptian Coffin to Sweden
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Trying to Understand...
Another Of My Essays In French
And some odds and ends.
5 months ago
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Gandhi in South Africa: The Formation of the World-Famous Pacifist
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10 Crazy Facts About the History of Syphilis
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The Unknown Artworks of Kahlil Gibran
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Jamestown: The Myth & Mystery of America’s First Permanent Colony
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How Did Hannah Arendt Define Evil?
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Vintage T-Shirt Slogans To Offend And Amuse
When we first hailed the glorious 1970s T-Shirt, you wrote in wanting to know if those...
9 months ago
When we first hailed the glorious 1970s T-Shirt, you wrote in wanting to know if those iron-on-transfers were still available, like the ones sold in magazines that told us to Nuke the Whales. Retro is all the rage, as is what when Malcolm McLaren was repackaging Chucky Berry on a...
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How the Athenian Empire Caused Its Own Collapse
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American Tourist Smashed Roman Artifacts at the Israel Museum
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20 Roman Emperors Who Defined Ancient Rome
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Aspasia of Miletus: More Than Pericles’ Romantic Partner?
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Trying to Understand...
Into the Waste Land
Nothing connects.
a year ago
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What Is Skepticism? (A Philosophical Approach)
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Democracy
The Greeks' Greatest Gift?
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The Greeks' Greatest Gift?
History Today Feed
The Fight for Mary, Queen of Scots’ Jewels
The Fight for Mary, Queen of Scots’ Jewels
JamesHoare
Wed, 09/18/2024 - 06:00
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The Fight for Mary, Queen of Scots’ Jewels
JamesHoare
Wed, 09/18/2024 - 06:00
Dreams of Space -...
Telstar: Communication Break-through by Satellite (1962)
Sorry to skip a week, it may happen again next week.
Here is a straight history book of an current...
a year ago
Sorry to skip a week, it may happen again next week.
Here is a straight history book of an current (at the time) and wonderful event in global communication. We has lost track of how satellites have changed our lives and made the earth a smaller place. It is a little dull in...
TheCollector
West Virginia Bill to Prosecute Museums for “Obscene” Artifacts?
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How did Alexander the Great Untangle the Gordian Knot?
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Who Is Theatrical Artist Augusto Boal?
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History Today Feed
Highwaymen: The Road to Infamy
Highwaymen: The Road to Infamy
JamesHoare
Wed, 06/19/2024 - 09:50
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Highwaymen: The Road to Infamy
JamesHoare
Wed, 06/19/2024 - 09:50
Classical Wisdom
How to Save Democracy
The Importance of the Civic Bargain
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The Importance of the Civic Bargain
TheCollector
How to Explore the Galapagos Islands for Its Natural Wonders
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Tattoos in the Bible: Can Christians Modify Their Bodies?
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The Khrushchev Thaw: Relaxation of Soviet Repressions
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Stéphane Breitwieser: The Tragic Story of the Most Successful Art Thief
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The Greek Mythology Behind Famous Constellations
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Archaeologists Find Ptolemaic Temple Pylon in Egypt
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Van Gogh ‘Sunflowers’ Targeted Again After Protestors Jailed
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A Collection of...
Continues the Hiatus, 2024
Friends, Readers, Countrymen, lend me your eyes! As sadly expected, the hiatus is going to continue...
2 months ago
Friends, Readers, Countrymen, lend me your eyes! As sadly expected, the hiatus is going to continue through October. I am making good progress on my writing, but still need to keep focusing. I am currently, I believe, on track for us to go back to normally scheduled posts in...
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The Harrowing History of the Trail of Tears
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The Beautiful Ludlow Typography Specimen Books c. 1958
Letters are beautiful. From specimens of chromatic woodtype to the groovy letter people and 16th...
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Letters are beautiful. From specimens of chromatic woodtype to the groovy letter people and 16th Century writing templates typography and calligraphy turn visual language into something beautiful. Beginning in the early 20th Century, the Ludlow Typograph Company (1906 to late...
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Frida Kahlo: 6 Facts About Her Life, Art, & Legacy
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NY Denny Gallery Shuts Down After Ten Years
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4 Nazi Massacres in Italy (and Their Memory)
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How Did Comuna 13 Transform Medellín?
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A Collection of...
Collections: The Problem with Sci-Fi Body Armor
This week we’re covering the winning topic from the latest ACOUP Senate poll, which is a look at...
a month ago
This week we’re covering the winning topic from the latest ACOUP Senate poll, which is a look at some of the odd designs and mechanics for futuristic science fiction body armor, particularly rigid ‘hardsuits.’ Naturally, this post isn’t going to cover every variety of armor that...
Dreams of Space -...
Hombres Del Espacio (1960)
So a fun one today. This is so silly and dated that I almost feel like apologizing, but I won't....
a year ago
So a fun one today. This is so silly and dated that I almost feel like apologizing, but I won't. This is the story of the exploration of space and has to be seen! It might have been assembled from stills from a Spanish film (I don't recognize it so feel free to tell me). But...
Overcoming Bias
Culture Drift Predicts Decadence
Babies are naturally pretty selfish, lazy, and present-oriented.
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Babies are naturally pretty selfish, lazy, and present-oriented.
TheCollector
Rome Considers Entry Fee for Famed Trevi Fountain
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Lord Balfour’s Portrait Slashed by Pro-Palestine Activists
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Limpieza de Sangre: Blood Purity in Spain and Mexico
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for August 2024
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
4 months ago
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of August.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, added new pages: Sointula, Johnstone Strait anchorages, and Central coast anchorages. Updated existing pages: added Yuculta and Dent rapids with...
Flashbak
‘Leasure And Pleasure’: Window Shopping In 1980s Hull
“When I started this project in 1977, Hull was in the throes of a massive redevelopment, with many...
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“When I started this project in 1977, Hull was in the throes of a massive redevelopment, with many inner city areas being bulldozed and instant slums being created on its outskirts. It seemed to have learnt nothing from the mistakes I had fought against during the previous decade...
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Who Was Vercingetorix?
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Dreams of Space -...
The Man Who Sold The Moon (1951 edition)
This is a 1951 paperback collection of 4 Robert Heinlein stories. Normally I would not blog about a...
a year ago
This is a 1951 paperback collection of 4 Robert Heinlein stories. Normally I would not blog about a science fiction collection but I found this charming. I imagined some older avid child finding this collection and devouring it. Both the title and cover have a lot of appeal and...
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Disappearing NYC: 1980s Store Fronts on New York’s Upper West Side
“I moved to the Upper West Side in August, 1978, and immediately loved it with all my heart,” writes...
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“I moved to the Upper West Side in August, 1978, and immediately loved it with all my heart,” writes Stephen Harmon, a retired lawyer who first lived on New York City’s West End Avenue and 73rd street. “I am a photographer and set out to preserve it on film because I knew the...
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Songhai Empire: The Rise & Fall of Africa’s Biggest Empire
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A Christmas Carol in Context: Dickens’ Beloved Festive Fable
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10 Artists and Their Indispensable Canine Companions
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Why Is Canadian Thanksgiving on the Second Monday of October?
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Can Perfumes Be Art? Famous Artists Who Designed Perfume Bottles
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What Are the Conservation Challenges at Mount Rushmore?
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26 Found Photos of Australian Life In the 1970s
The best satire is never far removed from the truth it lampoons. In the 1970s, comedian Barry...
3 months ago
The best satire is never far removed from the truth it lampoons. In the 1970s, comedian Barry Humphries (17 February 1934 – 22 April 2023) created Sir Les Patterson and made him Australia’s cultural ambassador. Drunk, lecherous and offensive, after Sir Les made his debut...
Trying to Understand...
Peter Pan goes to Ukraine
Some people never grow up.
over a year ago
Some people never grow up.
TheCollector
Eris: Goddess of Strife and Discord in Greek Mythology
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8 Marcel Duchamp Paintings You Should Know About
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5 Surprisingly Ancient Inventions from Greece and Rome
Ode to the Giants
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What Caused the Salem Witch Trials?
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Weekend Roundup
Plato on Political Polarization
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Plato on Political Polarization
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Imperial Chinese Porcelain Bring Novelties to Market
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Presidential Impeachment: An Effective Check on Executive Power?
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Trying to Understand...
Papa To The Rescue.
And stop saying "it's not fair!"
3 months ago
And stop saying "it's not fair!"
A Collection of...
Collections: The Journey of the Roman Gladius and Other Swords
This week I want to do something a little different and discuss the evolution and development of a...
12 months ago
This week I want to do something a little different and discuss the evolution and development of a specific weapon, in this case the famed Roman gladius, the sword of the legions. As we’re going to see, this is going to entail a journey covering quite a bit of both time and space...
Classical Wisdom
Should We Try to Control Nature?
Thoughts from the edge of a hurricane
5 months ago
Thoughts from the edge of a hurricane
TheCollector
Franz von Stuck: German Symbolist Painter & “Prince of Art”
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6 Things You Should Know about Sculptor Augusta Savage
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When Did the Anglo-Saxon Invasion of Britain Really Begin?
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The History of Underwear: Loincloths, Petticoats, Boxers, & Briefs
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May’s Marquee Art Auctions Kick Off in New York
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Flashbak
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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Amsterdam’s Rijksmuseum Launches AI “Art Explorer”
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Liverpool Kids: Surviving Inner City Life In 1975
Paul Trevor’s photographs of Liverpool in 1975 formed part of The Survival Programme, which featured...
7 months ago
Paul Trevor’s photographs of Liverpool in 1975 formed part of The Survival Programme, which featured pictures, interviews, drafts and other materials made by member of the Exit Photography Group – Nicholas Battye, Chris Steele-Perkins and Paul Trevor. Created between 1974 and...
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Cyberattacks Hits Museums and Causes Online Collections Drop
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This Underrated, Historic Small Town Is a Great Alternative to Austin, Texas
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Who Were the Hessians in the American Revolution?
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The Anarchist Prince: Who was Peter Alekseyevich Kropotkin?
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Who Were ‘The Cambridge Five’?
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The Dallas Museum of Art Laid Off Eight Percent of Its Staff
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The Merchant’s House Museum Fears ‘Irreparable Damage’
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Wrong Side of...
Leaving behind the history written in letters of blood
Reflections on the Revolution in Europe, Part 3
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Reflections on the Revolution in Europe, Part 3
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Bronze Age Town Found in Saudi Arabian Desert
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George Cassiday: Who Was the Man in the Green Hat?
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More Banksy Animals Appear Across London
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Soviets in Munich? The 1919 Bavarian Soviet Republic
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Open Culture
Binge-Watch Classic Television Programs Free: The Dick Van Dyke Show, The Lone Ranger, Dragnet, That...
Earlier this week, we featured the 99-year-old Dick Van Dyke’s performance in Coldplay’s new music...
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Earlier this week, we featured the 99-year-old Dick Van Dyke’s performance in Coldplay’s new music video, full of visual references to the sitcom that made him a household name in the early nineteen-sixties. And a household name he remains these six decades later, though one does...
Classical Wisdom
Seneca On Clemency
A Letter To Emperor Nero
a year ago
History Today Feed
‘The Writers’ Castle’ by Uwe Nuehmahr review
‘The Writers’ Castle’ by Uwe Nuehmahr review
JamesHoare
Wed, 10/23/2024 - 09:34
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‘The Writers’ Castle’ by Uwe Nuehmahr review
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Wed, 10/23/2024 - 09:34
TheCollector
Samnite Wars: How Rome Conquered the Samnites (History & Aftermath)
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for June
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 June. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Nasu, released a nasu guide, and updated the look of the icon. We...
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Who Were the Utopian Socialists?
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Olafur Eliasson to Turn Urban Billboards into Abstract Art
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Cain’s Marriage: Who Did the Biblical Killer Marry?
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Moscow: Uncover a Near-Millennium of the City’s History
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Stolen Van Gogh Anonymously Returned to Dutch Museum
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Patterns in Humanity
Global crime
How do crime rates vary around the world? And how reliable is the data?
a month ago
How do crime rates vary around the world? And how reliable is the data?
TheCollector
Who Was African American Lawman Bass Reeves?
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Dreams of Space -...
Out of This World (1953)
Happy Friday the 13th (in October too). Don't worry, you have gotten really lucky today.
Out of...
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Happy Friday the 13th (in October too). Don't worry, you have gotten really lucky today.
Out of this World was one of my favorite "discoveries" when I first started collecting these books. It is a massive 160 pages of games, jokes, riddles, and space facts. I last blogged about...
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The Secret Life of Latin
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How Has Gandhi Influenced Indian History Since His Death?
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The Culper Ring: How Espionage Won the American Revolution
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Pino spent a long time in Savusavu, but by then, we were growing tired of this scenery, not of the market, or of the company to be found here, but just of having that same view every morning. We love this city, but when it's time to go, it's time to go!
We left our mooring at...
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Claudius: The Roman Emperor Who Became a Pumpkin
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Dutch & Flemish Vanitas Paintings: A Theme for the North’s Golden Age
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What is Modernity?
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a year ago
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Why Does Nietzsche Reject Morality?
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Get to Know the Nazca People and the Mysterious Nazca Lines
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5 of Hildegard of Bingen’s Most Notable Works
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Slavoj Zizek on the 2 Types of Violence
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5 Must-Read Works by Aldous Huxley
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Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the...
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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.
Summary Of Changes
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Shakespeare’s Hamlet: Everything You Need to Know About the Tragedy
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How Jacopo Tintoretto Defined the Renaissance in Venice
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Who Were the Samaritans?
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‘The Undesirables’ by Sarah Wise review
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Wed, 06/05/2024 - 09:29
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Who Won the Battle of Perryville?
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Does FREE WILL Exist?
And if not, what are the consequences?
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And if not, what are the consequences?
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What is TIME? And Dates?
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Isadora Duncan: 12 Facts About the Pioneer of Modern Dance
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Comic Books in WWII: When American Comics Went to War
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How Magnus Maximus’ Forgotten Son Contributed to the Arthurian Legends
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Who Were the Important Jewish Philosophers of the Medieval Period?
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*my article for New Lines Magazine
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Davy Crockett: The Life of the American Folk Hero
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How Iran Won the West
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How Iran Won the West
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The Sweet Flypaper of Life by Roy DeCarava and Langston Hughes
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10 Historical Facts About London You Might Not Know
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The Shining Path Insurgency: Modern Peru’s Darkest Hour
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Merging East and West: Who Was Alan Watts?
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How Did the Megali Idea Shape Greece Until the Balkan Wars?
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What is Peter Singer’s Principle of Equal Consideration?
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Ancient Greek Sculpture in the Classical and Hellenistic Periods
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Hidden History
The Last Day of World War One
At 5am on November 11, 1918, the French, British, American and German representatives signed the...
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At 5am on November 11, 1918, the French, British, American and German representatives signed the armistice treaty that formally ended hostilities in the First World War. Under the terms of the Armistice, the war would officially end at 11am that day. All the troops in the...
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Why are MYTHS Important?
Podcast with Stephen Fry
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On the Spot: Penelope J. Corfield
On the Spot: Penelope J. Corfield
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Mon, 12/18/2023 - 10:38
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On the Spot: Penelope J. Corfield
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Top 10 Historic Sites to See in New York City
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10 Historical Places to Visit in Hampshire
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Plants With Faces From A 15th-Century Italian Medicine Book
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How to Keep Your New Year’s Resolutions
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Encaustic Painting: An Ancient Art Form Explained
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4 Sumerian Inventions that Changed the World
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How Did the Assyrians Shape the Ancient Near East?
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What Are the 8 Most Popular Churches in Venice?
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The Expanding Nation: How Westward Expansion Shaped Early US Elections
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What Were Julius Caesar’s Greatest Achievements
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What Did Ralph Waldo Emerson Think of Poetry?
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Sigyn: Get to Know Loki’s Mysterious and Dutiful Wife
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Federalism in Ancient Greece: The Forgotten Side of Ancient Greek Politics
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Patterns in Humanity
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Who Were the Most Important Women of the Bible?
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Top 11 Film Noir Masterpieces You Should Know
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What Impact Did Realism Have on Society?
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What Are the Most Important Symbols in Alice in Wonderland?
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Gustav Vasa: The Father of Modern Sweden?
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Are Isaac and Ishmael Enemies in the Bible?
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Was Spinoza an Atheist? The Theological-Political Treatise
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Did Marcel Duchamp Plagiarize His Most Famous Work?
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Who Won the Siege of Vicksburg?
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Gladiator Combat
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Fact or Hollywood Fiction?
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‘A Revolutionary Friendship’ by Francis D. Cogliano review
‘A Revolutionary Friendship’ by Francis D. Cogliano review
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Wed, 08/21/2024 - 09:18
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Fighting the Home Front’s ‘Enemy Within’
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Before psychedelic therapy for wartime trauma, there was narcosynthesis
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Notes on using AI to analyze three World War II-era films about drugs and PTSD
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What Is Anti-Natalism?
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What Can Psychoanalysis Tell Us About Hamlet?
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The Book of Job and the Case for Women’s Rights in the Bible
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What’s So Special About The Thinker by Auguste Rodin?
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What Is Hermeneutics? Explaining the Theory of Interpretation
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How Did the Industrial Revolution Transform Social Structures?
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What Was Robert Mapplethorpe Inspired By?
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10 Times Ivan the Terrible Really Was Terrible
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The Declaration of Independence: History & Overview
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How to Handle Financial Worries - Just in Time for the Holidays
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7 Famous Surrealist Artists Who Achieved Greatness
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Hundred Rabbits
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It's 8h00 pm on a cold dark winter night, we are outside of Shimizu harbor motoring in circles and...
over a year ago
It's 8h00 pm on a cold dark winter night, we are outside of Shimizu harbor motoring in circles and waiting for a response from Shimizu Port Control. The temperature is 4 °C, the wind is blowing hard and our clothes are wet and caked with salt. We’re tired and hungry, waiting for...
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Who are the Yazidis & What Are Their Beliefs?
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Joris Hoefnagel: The Emperor’s Best Artist Who Drew Insects That Told of Love And Death
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Chariot Racing in the Ancient World
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George Herbert Mead on the Birth & Evolution of the Self
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10 Historic Hill Towns in Italy You Should Visit
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Top 10 Places to Visit in Athens, Greece
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How to Deal with Change: Advice from the Stoics
Everything changes and nothing stands still.
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Everything changes and nothing stands still.
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Why Should You Seek Ignorance?
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an African kingdom in southern Italy.
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an African kingdom in southern Italy.
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What 5 Simple Stoic Practices Can You Integrate in Your Life?
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Does Karma Exist?
Does what goes around come around?
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Does what goes around come around?
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Japanese Martial Arts: How Were They Invented (and Exported)?
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What Was the Atheism Dispute?
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What Are the Most Difficult Languages to Learn?
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Gods Vs Titans
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...and the Origins of the Universe
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Here is wishing you Happy Journeys (1961) in 2024.
Happy Journeys was a 1961 children's book about...
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When Was the First Crusade?
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Do You Believe in Magic?
Marcus Aurelius and Ephesia Grammata
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Chicago’s Field Museum Alters Native Displays Due to Regulations
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8 Historical Places to Visit in Devon
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The Metaphysics of Stoicism: 3 Key Tenets
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7 Works by Margaret Keane You Should Know
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