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News Just In: Dr W Joins TikTok – @dralun7 Yes, it’s true – I’ve finally joined the 21st century and decided to try something new. I am still...
12th Dec 2024
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News Just In: Dr W Joins TikTok – @dralun7

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12th Dec 2024
Yes, it’s true – I’ve finally joined the 21st century and decided to try something new. I am still only setting things up, so please be patient with the extremely cheesy and clunky vids as I try to work out what I’m doing! I’ve only got a couple of videos up at the moment too, …...
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Insidious Truths: The crashes of Birgenair flight 301 and Aeroperú flight 603
30th Jun 2025
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Insidious Truths: The crashes of Birgenair flight 301 and Aeroperú flight 603

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30th Jun 2025
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The Eight Tribes of Trump and China LAST OCTOBER I published a short breakdown of four geopolitical ‘schools’ that might shape China...
31st Mar 2025
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The Eight Tribes of Trump and China

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31st Mar 2025
LAST OCTOBER I published a short breakdown of four geopolitical ‘schools’ that might shape China strategy under Trump. That piece was a pre-election preview of a much larger report I was writing for the Foreign Policy Research Institute. I published the preview as security: Trump...
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1995: The Birth of JavaScript Netscape Navigator 2, which featured the first version of JavaScript; image via...
22nd Dec 2020
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1995: The Birth of JavaScript

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22nd Dec 2020
Netscape Navigator 2, which featured the first version of JavaScript; image via Wikimedia. JavaScript was invented in a two-week flurry in May 1995 by Brendan Eich, at the time a newly hired developer at browser company Netscape. The project was initiated by Netscape because of a...
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Everything is (Somewhat) Connected. But some things are more connected than others.
1st Feb 2023
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Everything is (Somewhat) Connected.

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1st Feb 2023
But some things are more connected than others.
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‘Sacred Britannia’ by Miranda Aldhouse-Green ‘Sacred Britannia’ by Miranda Aldhouse-Green H T Fri, 11/02/2018 - 00:00
2nd Nov 2018
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‘Sacred Britannia’ by Miranda Aldhouse-Green

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2nd Nov 2018
‘Sacred Britannia’ by Miranda Aldhouse-Green H T Fri, 11/02/2018 - 00:00
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Age and infertility Facts and misconceptions about maternal age-related infertility
29th Dec 2024
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Age and infertility

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29th Dec 2024
Facts and misconceptions about maternal age-related infertility
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The triumph of Brand Scotland Good luck booking a holiday in the Highlands next summer
1st Jul 2026
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The triumph of Brand Scotland

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1st Jul 2026
Good luck booking a holiday in the Highlands next summer
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The Tsarist Mindset On the 'anti-Semitism national security emergency'
1st May 2026
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The Tsarist Mindset

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1st May 2026
On the 'anti-Semitism national security emergency'
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Collections: Hoplite Wars, Part IIIa: An Archaic Phalanx? This is the third part of our four-part series (I, II) discussing the debates surrounding ancient...
5th Dec 2025
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Collections: Hoplite Wars, Part IIIa: An Archaic Phalanx?

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5th Dec 2025
This is the third part of our four-part series (I, II) discussing the debates surrounding ancient Greek hoplites and the formation in which they (mostly?) fought, the phalanx. Last week, we looked at how the equipment which defined the hoplite – hoplite (ὁπλίτης), after all,...
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Who lost Afghanistan? George W. Bush blundered away a winnable war.
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Who lost Afghanistan?

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George W. Bush blundered away a winnable war.
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Top Washington strategist says U.S. bases in Asia are “all risk and little reward” Is she the canary in the coal mine
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Top Washington strategist says U.S. bases in Asia are “all risk and little reward”

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Is she the canary in the coal mine
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I Am a Stranger in This Country: An Outsider Photographs Britain and Ireland’s Travellers In I Am a Stranger in This Country Berlin-based photograph Frederik Rüegger shows us pictures from...
1st Aug 2025
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I Am a Stranger in This Country: An Outsider Photographs Britain and Ireland’s Travellers

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1st Aug 2025
In I Am a Stranger in This Country Berlin-based photograph Frederik Rüegger shows us pictures from the two years he spent visiting the Roma and Traveller communities in Britain and Ireland. The book’s title is a nod to his reflects his status as a foreigner abroad and the...
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1994: Publishing comes to the Web — and design matters Netscape's browser project was codenamed Mozilla during 1994; via Macintosh Garden. If web design is...
10th Feb 2026
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1994: Publishing comes to the Web — and design matters

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10th Feb 2026
Netscape's browser project was codenamed Mozilla during 1994; via Macintosh Garden. If web design is not yet a profession in 1993 because of the technical limitations of HTML and early browsers, then 1994 is the year web authors start asking the question: why can't we control...
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An Apology And A Few Suggestions. More next week.
2nd Jul 2025
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An Apology And A Few Suggestions.

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2nd Jul 2025
More next week.
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‘The Indefatigable Asa Briggs’ by Adam Sisman review ‘The Indefatigable Asa Briggs’ by Adam Sisman review JamesHoare Wed, 10/01/2025 - 08:00
1st Oct 2025
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‘The Indefatigable Asa Briggs’ by Adam Sisman review

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1st Oct 2025
‘The Indefatigable Asa Briggs’ by Adam Sisman review JamesHoare Wed, 10/01/2025 - 08:00
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America's Khrushchev moment There is no more tired cliché than Mark Twain’s quote “history rarely repeats itself, but it often...
16th Dec 2025
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America's Khrushchev moment

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16th Dec 2025
There is no more tired cliché than Mark Twain’s quote “history rarely repeats itself, but it often rhymes”.
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These Vintage Alcohol Ads Are as Bizarre as They Are Fascinating There is a certain kind of discomfort that comes from flipping through old magazines from the 1960s...
1st May 2026
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These Vintage Alcohol Ads Are as Bizarre as They Are Fascinating

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1st May 2026
There is a certain kind of discomfort that comes from flipping through old magazines from the 1960s and 1970s. Not because they feel foreign, but because they don’t, entirely. The clothes changed. The hairstyles changed. The alcohol ads, though, reveal something rawer about that...
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How Can We Accept Change? And When Should We Not?
2nd Feb 2026
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How Can We Accept Change?

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2nd Feb 2026
And When Should We Not?
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Secrets of the Sophists Man is the Measure of All Things...
1st Aug 2025
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Secrets of the Sophists

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1st Aug 2025
Man is the Measure of All Things...
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Top Ten Web 2.0 Moments of 2005 This post as it looked in 2005. It's been a huge year for the Web! A time of renewed optimism in...
15th Dec 2005
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Top Ten Web 2.0 Moments of 2005

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15th Dec 2005
This post as it looked in 2005. It's been a huge year for the Web! A time of renewed optimism in Silicon Valley and an incredible number of new web applications. In a sense it all started with Google's IPO in August 2004, the success of which was a positive and affirming lead-in...
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Thursday discussion post It’s 2026.
1st Jan 2026
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Thursday discussion post

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1st Jan 2026
It’s 2026.
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Best BigCo of 2009: Google This post as it looked in 2009. In one of ReadWriteWeb's longest-running traditions, every year we...
16th Dec 2009
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Best BigCo of 2009: Google

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16th Dec 2009
This post as it looked in 2009. In one of ReadWriteWeb's longest-running traditions, every year we review the top Internet companies and their impact over the past 12 months. Today we're announcing the 6th annual Best BigCo, a.k.a. big Internet company. Next week we'll announce...
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Museum Ship USS Croaker The submarine USS Croaker was constructed during the Second World War, but some of its most...
2nd Jun 2026
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Museum Ship USS Croaker

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2nd Jun 2026
The submarine USS Croaker was constructed during the Second World War, but some of its most interesting work came during the Cold War. USS Croaker in 1944 The Gato-class was a very successful design, especially in the Pacific. During the Second World War, the Navy submarine...
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AI legibility, physical archives, and the future of research A followup to "The leading AI models are now good historians"
5th Mar 2025
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AI legibility, physical archives, and the future of research

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5th Mar 2025
A followup to "The leading AI models are now good historians"
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Why did clothing become boring? An investigation into when, how, and why everyone started dressing the same — and what it was like...
4th Dec 2024
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Why did clothing become boring?

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4th Dec 2024
An investigation into when, how, and why everyone started dressing the same — and what it was like when they didn't
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My Weekly Reader and Gemini (1965,1966) As I got through boxes I found a couple of My Weekly Readers that I had not shared before. My Weekly...
1st Feb 2025
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My Weekly Reader and Gemini (1965,1966)

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1st Feb 2025
As I got through boxes I found a couple of My Weekly Readers that I had not shared before. My Weekly Reader posts seem to be popular for their nostalgia effect and because as ephemera no one saved them from their youth. These particular ones are about the Gemini missions. At the...
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Nightmare at the Edge of the World: The crash of Panarctic Oils flight 416
24th Sep 2024
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Nightmare at the Edge of the World: The crash of Panarctic Oils flight 416

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24th Sep 2024
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China ramps up South Asia trade ties From mango shipments to ministerial talks, Beijing is dialing up its regional trade game with Sri...
2nd Jun 2025
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China ramps up South Asia trade ties

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2nd Jun 2025
From mango shipments to ministerial talks, Beijing is dialing up its regional trade game with Sri Lanka and Bangladesh
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The Age of Discord: Fragmented politics and unhinged discourse Today I attended in New York, at Columbia University (which still looks a bit like a fortress...
13th Sep 2025
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The Age of Discord: Fragmented politics and unhinged discourse

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13th Sep 2025
Today I attended in New York, at Columbia University (which still looks a bit like a fortress because of the students protests that took place there about 1.5 years ago) a conference at the occasion of the 25th anniversary of the Institute for Policy Dialogue.
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The abolition of paper and the pompous rule of the present China is considered to have been the first country (civilization) to have created the modern version...
2nd Jan 2024
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The abolition of paper and the pompous rule of the present

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2nd Jan 2024
China is considered to have been the first country (civilization) to have created the modern version of paper. Paper is listed as one among the four big Chinese inventions (the other three are compass, gun powder and printing). Perhaps it will be the first country to desinvent...
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Hong Kong Nights 1974-1989 Greg Girard photographed Hong Kong at night between 1974 and 1989. The Canadian photographer’s...
1st Jun 2026
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Hong Kong Nights 1974-1989

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1st Jun 2026
Greg Girard photographed Hong Kong at night between 1974 and 1989. The Canadian photographer’s pictures show us a city full of promise alive after dark, much as Gerry Cranham did with his night shots. He returned to the city many times after his first visit as a teenager in 1974....
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In Memoriam: Sir Antony Hoare (1934–2026) CHM remembers 2006 Fellow Sir Antony Hoare, whose work is embedded in the very foundations of the...
11th Mar 2026
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In Memoriam: Sir Antony Hoare (1934–2026)

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11th Mar 2026
CHM remembers 2006 Fellow Sir Antony Hoare, whose work is embedded in the very foundations of the digital world. The post In Memoriam: Sir Antony Hoare (1934–2026) appeared first on CHM.
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A Closer Look at Australopithecus Deyiremeda The discovery of Australopithecus deyiremeda led to some very surprising results. Australopithecus...
4th Aug 2026
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A Closer Look at Australopithecus Deyiremeda

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4th Aug 2026
The discovery of Australopithecus deyiremeda led to some very surprising results. Australopithecus deyiremeda, from Wiki Commons In 2009, researcher Yohanne Haille-Selassie, working at a place called Burtele in the Waranso-Mille region of Ethiopia (not far from where Lucy had...
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Summary of changes for July 2024 Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
4th Aug 2024
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Summary of changes for July 2024

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4th Aug 2024
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of July. Summary Of Changes 100r.ca, added Sitka, and completed route in us se alaska. Left, can now paste binary directly from programs like Nasu. Hakum, added two drawings to the...
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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...
3rd Oct 2021
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Summary of changes for September

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3rd Oct 2021
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...
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Collections: How to Raise a Tribal Army in Pre-Roman Europe, Part I: Aristocrats, Retainers and... For the next few posts, I want to take a look at how some ‘tribal’ peoples raised armies, in...
7th Jun 2024
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Collections: How to Raise a Tribal Army in Pre-Roman Europe, Part I: Aristocrats, Retainers and Clients

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7th Jun 2024
For the next few posts, I want to take a look at how some ‘tribal’ peoples raised armies, in contrast to the way that ancient (or later) states raised armies. As moderns, we are so familiar with the way that states function that the far older systems of non-state organization and...
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Star Trek’s Space Babes: Vintage Photos of the Women Who Captivated 1960s Audiences When Star Trek premiered in 1966, it introduced audiences to a vision of the future filled with...
3rd Sep 2026
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Star Trek’s Space Babes: Vintage Photos of the Women Who Captivated 1960s Audiences

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3rd Sep 2026
When Star Trek premiered in 1966, it introduced audiences to a vision of the future filled with advanced technology, distant worlds, and a diverse crew working together aboard the USS Enterprise. Alongside its groundbreaking ideas about space exploration and human progress, the...
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A Historic Pixel Art Exhibition In 1981, a groundbreaking show featuring digital art on monitors connected to framebuffers and a...
10th Apr 2026
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A Historic Pixel Art Exhibition

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10th Apr 2026
In 1981, a groundbreaking show featuring digital art on monitors connected to framebuffers and a computer made history. This is the story of the small team that pulled it off. The post A Historic Pixel Art Exhibition appeared first on CHM.
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Johnny Rotten in Jamaica, 1978 ‘First thing that happened at the airport was this group of Rastas saw us and they were, like ’hey...
2nd Jul 2026
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Johnny Rotten in Jamaica, 1978

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2nd Jul 2026
‘First thing that happened at the airport was this group of Rastas saw us and they were, like ’hey Johnny Rotten mon! God save the Queen!’. And we looked at each other and smiled and were like, “we gonna be cool here”‘. —Dennis Morris   John Lydon still knows how to piss people...
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Summary of changes for February 2023 Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the...
28th Feb 2023
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Summary of changes for February 2023

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28th Feb 2023
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 Wiktopher, added back corrected chapters 1-7 to...
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Summary of changes for November Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the...
1st Dec 2021
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Summary of changes for November

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1st Dec 2021
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the month of November. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans. Summary Of Changes Donsol, designed a donsol turnip. Uxn, wrote a file browser...
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A Closer Look At: Ardipithecus ramidus Ardipithecus ramidus is one of the most complete hominid skeletons found so far, and the earliest...
2nd Sep 2025
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A Closer Look At: Ardipithecus ramidus

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2nd Sep 2025
Ardipithecus ramidus is one of the most complete hominid skeletons found so far, and the earliest one to be unequivocally accepted as a bipedal human ancestor. In 1981, a group of paleontologists who had been working at the fossil site in the Middle Awash area of Ethiopia made a...
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Swearing and the Japanese Language It is sometimes said that the Japanese language does not have any swear words—no direct equivalents...
7th Oct 2025
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Swearing and the Japanese Language

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7th Oct 2025
It is sometimes said that the Japanese language does not have any swear words—no direct equivalents to English cursing like “fuck you” or “piece of shit”. That is technically true, mostly. For deep historical and cultural reasons, swearing in Japanese is entirely different from...
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Ukraine: A Further Guide for the Perplexed. They didn't know. But they know now.
1st May 2024
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Ukraine: A Further Guide for the Perplexed.

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1st May 2024
They didn't know. But they know now.
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Do painters subconsciously paint themselves into their work? The Renaissance history of automimesis, and a proposal for research
11th Jul 2023
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Do painters subconsciously paint themselves into their work?

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11th Jul 2023
The Renaissance history of automimesis, and a proposal for research
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1997: JavaScript Grows Up, Developers Push Boundaries By the start of 1997, JavaScript had become a regular topic for tech reference websites and books....
4th May 2021
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1997: JavaScript Grows Up, Developers Push Boundaries

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4th May 2021
By the start of 1997, JavaScript had become a regular topic for tech reference websites and books. Nick Heinle was perhaps the epitome of this, as he began 1997 with a column on WebReference.com called JavaScript Tip of the Week, released an O’Reilly book in August 1997 entitled...
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Summary of changes for October Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the...
31st Oct 2022
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Summary of changes for October

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31st Oct 2022
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the month of October. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans. Summary Of Changes TinyBASIC, implemented TinyBASIC in Uxntal. Left, added a...
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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...
31st Mar 2023
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Summary of changes for March 2023

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31st Mar 2023
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.ca, added a new page: diy carbonation system. Updated Saving fuel, Engine rebuild and...
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The Politics of Exhaustion. And the exhaustion of politics.
3rd Jul 2024
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The Politics of Exhaustion.

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3rd Jul 2024
And the exhaustion of politics.
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The Bards of the Second Reformation 'John and Paul: A Love Story in Songs' by Ian Leslie
3rd May 2025
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The Bards of the Second Reformation

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3rd May 2025
'John and Paul: A Love Story in Songs' by Ian Leslie
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Tolkien and the Classics Plato, Cicero... Bilbo?
8th Sep 2023
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Tolkien and the Classics

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8th Sep 2023
Plato, Cicero... Bilbo?
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But I don’t *want* to save liberal democracy UK News Report extra
a week ago
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But I don’t *want* to save liberal democracy

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a week ago
UK News Report extra
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Spicy Noodles: Dave Winer and the Web 2.0 Workgroup Celebrating the formation of the Web 2.0 Workgroup at Jing Jing, Palo Alto. From left to right: Gabe...
4th Dec 2023
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Spicy Noodles: Dave Winer and the Web 2.0 Workgroup

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4th Dec 2023
Celebrating the formation of the Web 2.0 Workgroup at Jing Jing, Palo Alto. From left to right: Gabe Rivera, Dave Winer, me, Mike Arrington, Fred Oliveira; photo by Dave Winer. During my stay at the TechCrunch ranch, Mike Arrington, Fred Oliveira and I had been discussing how to...
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The Syrian Civil War Resumes : Perspectives on the Conflict from Western and Northeastern Syria The Syrian civil war has remained largely frozen since 2020, owing to a precarious balance of power...
2nd Dec 2024
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The Syrian Civil War Resumes : Perspectives on the Conflict from Western and Northeastern Syria

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2nd Dec 2024
The Syrian civil war has remained largely frozen since 2020, owing to a precarious balance of power between various factions with various degrees of support from Russia, Turkey, Iran, and the United States. Over the past few days, however, taking advantage of the ways that Iran...
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Collections: Why Archers Didn’t Volley Fire This week we’re looking at a specific visual motif common in TV and film: the arrow volley. You know...
2nd May 2025
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Collections: Why Archers Didn’t Volley Fire

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2nd May 2025
This week we’re looking at a specific visual motif common in TV and film: the arrow volley. You know the scene: the general readies his archers, he orders them to ‘draw!’ and then holds up his hand with that ‘wait for it’ gesture and then shouts ‘loose!’ (or worse yet, ‘fire!’)...
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Comes the Hiatus, 2024! Dear Readers! As I’ve noted during the summer, I was planning on a one to two month hiatus towards...
7th Sep 2024
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Comes the Hiatus, 2024!

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7th Sep 2024
Dear Readers! As I’ve noted during the summer, I was planning on a one to two month hiatus towards the end of this year in order to allow me to focus on finalizing the manuscript of my book project, a study of the cost of fielding armies in the third and second centuries BC. That...
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Both Sides, Now. Fighting the Un-Person.
4th Mar 2026
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Both Sides, Now.

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4th Mar 2026
Fighting the Un-Person.
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The Discman Era How Sony Carried the Compact Disc Into the Streets
6th Oct 2025
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The Discman Era

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6th Oct 2025
How Sony Carried the Compact Disc Into the Streets
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25 medieval manuscripts you can look at online right now They're all digital, baby!
4th Mar 2026
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25 medieval manuscripts you can look at online right now

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4th Mar 2026
They're all digital, baby!
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The Sense Of An Ending. But right back where we started from.
7th Aug 2024
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The Sense Of An Ending.

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7th Aug 2024
But right back where we started from.
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Babar's Moon Trip (1968) Babar's Moon Trip was a pop-up book I had never come across before. It seems influenced a little by...
13th Sep 2025
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Babar's Moon Trip (1968)

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13th Sep 2025
Babar's Moon Trip was a pop-up book I had never come across before. It seems influenced a little by the space race and the American efforts to get to the Moon.  They face problems like: not achieving escape velocity for the Moon, failure of stage separation, failure to adjust...
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Republicans have a big midterm cash advantage Democrats have alienated billionaires without winning back the working class.
1st Sep 2026
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Republicans have a big midterm cash advantage

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1st Sep 2026
Democrats have alienated billionaires without winning back the working class.
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Being Non-Transactional. Beyond "What's in it for me?"
2nd Apr 2025
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Being Non-Transactional.

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2nd Apr 2025
Beyond "What's in it for me?"
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Collections: Pre-Modern Armies for Worldbuilders, Part Va: Putting It Together This is the first half of the final part (I, IIa, IIb, III, IVa, IVb, Va) of our apparently...
8th Aug 2026
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Collections: Pre-Modern Armies for Worldbuilders, Part Va: Putting It Together

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8th Aug 2026
This is the first half of the final part (I, IIa, IIb, III, IVa, IVb, Va) of our apparently five-part series laying out some general guidelines for how pre-modern armies are organized, in particular exploring the principle that armies cannot help but recreate their civilian...
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A history of the Gonja Kingdom: (1550-1899) State and society in nothern ghana after the Mali empire's decline.
2nd Jul 2023
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A history of the Gonja Kingdom: (1550-1899)

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2nd Jul 2023
State and society in nothern ghana after the Mali empire's decline.
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Watch the First 2+ Hours of MTV’s Inaugural Broadcast (August 1, 1981) Not everyone on August 1, 1981 had a VCR at their disposal, and not everybody stayed up until...
3rd Feb 2025
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Watch the First 2+ Hours of MTV’s Inaugural Broadcast (August 1, 1981)

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3rd Feb 2025
Not everyone on August 1, 1981 had a VCR at their disposal, and not everybody stayed up until midnight. But fortunately at least one person did, in order to tape the first two hours of a new cable channel called MTV: Music Television. Did they know it would be historic? MTV...
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Are Beards Over? A Historical Perspective. Recently I spoke with the Guardian journalist Tim Dowling for an excellent article he was writing...
25th Apr 2022
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Are Beards Over? A Historical Perspective.

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25th Apr 2022
Recently I spoke with the Guardian journalist Tim Dowling for an excellent article he was writing (published last week) about whether beards are finally ‘over’, and I thought it would be interesting to reflect on some of this. Since re-emerging around 2014, gaining popularity...
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The spread of British decline porn Why do Americans have such a bad image of our perfectly run country?
2nd Dec 2025
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The spread of British decline porn

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2nd Dec 2025
Why do Americans have such a bad image of our perfectly run country?
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1994: How Perl Became the Foundation of Yahoo In January 1994, two Stanford University graduate students — Jerry Yang and David Filo — created a...
10th Aug 2021
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1994: How Perl Became the Foundation of Yahoo

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10th Aug 2021
In January 1994, two Stanford University graduate students — Jerry Yang and David Filo — created a web directory named “Jerry and David’s Guide to the World Wide Web.” It went by various other names in early 1994 (such as “Hierarchical Hotlist” and “Jerry & Dave’s Guide to WWW”),...
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The Intellectual Foundations of African Proto-Nationalism and the “invention” of Nations in the 19th... “What led to this production was not a burning desire of the author to appear in print, but a purely...
4th Jan 2026
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The Intellectual Foundations of African Proto-Nationalism and the “invention” of Nations in the 19th Century

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4th Jan 2026
“What led to this production was not a burning desire of the author to appear in print, but a purely patriotic motive, that the history of our fatherland might not be lost in oblivion.”
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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...
28th Feb 2021
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Summary of changes for February

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28th Feb 2021
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...
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2000: The Napster Monster and Apple’s Heavenly Jukebox Shawn Fanning from Napster wearing a Metallica shirt to the 2000 MTV Awards; via Reddit. In May...
1st Oct 2025
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2000: The Napster Monster and Apple’s Heavenly Jukebox

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1st Oct 2025
Shawn Fanning from Napster wearing a Metallica shirt to the 2000 MTV Awards; via Reddit. In May 2000, Napster’s poster boy, Shawn Fanning, was featured on the cover of BusinessWeek magazine in a suit and bowtie, alongside four other “most influential people in electronic...
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Swapping Web 2.0 Summit for PARC; and RWW Planning for 2011 Me posing next to the Xerox ParcPad from 1992, an ancestor of the iPad (which was released in 2010);...
6th Nov 2024
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Swapping Web 2.0 Summit for PARC; and RWW Planning for 2011

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6th Nov 2024
Me posing next to the Xerox ParcPad from 1992, an ancestor of the iPad (which was released in 2010); photo on the right is from a group dinner in San Francisco, October 2010. In July, as I was trying to make progress on a number of troublesome fronts — including filling in...
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Summary of changes for April 2026 Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
1st Apr 2026
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Summary of changes for April 2026

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1st Apr 2026
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of April. Wiki, documented the replacement of Pino's headstay. Rabbit Waves, added a new page about Ship Lights. Rejoice, a bestiary of multiset combinators. Gaude, but.. in Peano's...
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Color Photos Capture Life and Pollution Along the Ohio River in the Early 1970s In the early 1970s, the Ohio River was both a vital economic artery and a stark reminder of the...
2nd Jul 2026
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Color Photos Capture Life and Pollution Along the Ohio River in the Early 1970s

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2nd Jul 2026
In the early 1970s, the Ohio River was both a vital economic artery and a stark reminder of the environmental costs of industrial growth. Barges carried coal, steel, chemicals, and other goods through the heart of the Midwest, while millions of people depended on the river for...
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Summary of changes for December Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the...
1st Jan 2023
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Summary of changes for December

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1st Jan 2023
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the month of December. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans. Summary Of Changes 100r.ca, added a new page: electrical refit, fuel sensor,...
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The Assassination of Rev Dr Martin Luther King Jr Civil rights icon Rev Dr Martin Luther King Jr was shot and killed on April 4, 1968, on a motel...
1st Apr 2025
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The Assassination of Rev Dr Martin Luther King Jr

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1st Apr 2025
Civil rights icon Rev Dr Martin Luther King Jr was shot and killed on April 4, 1968, on a motel balcony in Memphis. One of the earliest successes of the civil rights movement was a boycott in Montgomery, Alabama.  In 1955, after Rosa Parks was arrested for refusing to give up her...
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The End of Egypt How the first cataract of the Nile has shaped millennia of history
4th Jan 2026
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The End of Egypt

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4th Jan 2026
How the first cataract of the Nile has shaped millennia of history
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From under the rubble A review of Grdešić and Žitko’s “Socialist Economics in Yugoslavia: A Critical History”
1st Dec 2025
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From under the rubble

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1st Dec 2025
A review of Grdešić and Žitko’s “Socialist Economics in Yugoslavia: A Critical History”
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Acemoglu in Kongo: a critique of 'Why Nations Fail' and its wilful ignorance of African history. There aren’t many Africans on the list of Nobel laureates, nor does research on African societies...
3rd Nov 2024
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Acemoglu in Kongo: a critique of 'Why Nations Fail' and its wilful ignorance of African history.

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3rd Nov 2024
There aren’t many Africans on the list of Nobel laureates, nor does research on African societies show up in the selection committees of Stockholm.
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Journey to the Sun (1961) The second promotional comic I wanted to share is Journey to the Sun. It is also from Boys’ and...
2nd May 2025
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Journey to the Sun (1961)

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2nd May 2025
The second promotional comic I wanted to share is Journey to the Sun. It is also from Boys’ and Girls’ March of Comics and the only other one I've found that is about space flight.  It was handed to customers of stores that sold Little Yankee Shoes.   Journey to the Sun is a...
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Quick's Flying Saucers and Rocket Ships (1953) A couple of rare (ish) punch-out books from 1953. I had tried to find copies for a while but finally...
1st Aug 2026
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Quick's Flying Saucers and Rocket Ships (1953)

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1st Aug 2026
A couple of rare (ish) punch-out books from 1953. I had tried to find copies for a while but finally it cam together. I really like the space graphics and the space helmet on the back. I also want my own "Robot Man" mask to wear. Lots of cool space toys. Jones, Jim and Virdone,...
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Global crime How do crime rates vary around the world? And how reliable is the data?
25th Nov 2024
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Global crime

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25th Nov 2024
How do crime rates vary around the world? And how reliable is the data?
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7 Historical Places to Visit On Your Way to the Isle of Skye Scotland draws tourists year-round to discover its stunning nature, fantastic views, and rich...
1st Aug 2025
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7 Historical Places to Visit On Your Way to the Isle of Skye

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1st Aug 2025
Scotland draws tourists year-round to discover its stunning nature, fantastic views, and rich history. The Isle of Skye is the largest of the Inner Hebrides islands and is famous for its breathtaking views. You can discover the top places to visit on the Isle of Skye here. If...
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Best Web BigCo of 2007: Facebook This post as it looked in 2007. Every year in December Read/WriteWeb does a Best Web Companies...
10th Dec 2007
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Best Web BigCo of 2007: Facebook

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10th Dec 2007
This post as it looked in 2007. Every year in December Read/WriteWeb does a Best Web Companies round-up. This is the 4th time and, like last year, we're splitting it over two posts. In this post we'll announce the Best Web BigCo of 2007 and later in the week we'll announce Best...
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China found in U.S. archives an energy source that could power its future for 20,000 years - and... I’m not exaggerating.
6th Nov 2025
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China found in U.S. archives an energy source that could power its future for 20,000 years - and made it work

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6th Nov 2025
I’m not exaggerating.
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The three German fears Historical origins of the malaise
15th Nov 2023
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The three German fears

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15th Nov 2023
Historical origins of the malaise
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That's The Truth? In politics, well, it depends.
4th Oct 2023
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That's The Truth?

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4th Oct 2023
In politics, well, it depends.
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All Souls exam questions and the limits of machine reasoning The world's most eccentric exam is newly relevant in the age of AI
13th Aug 2025
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All Souls exam questions and the limits of machine reasoning

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13th Aug 2025
The world's most eccentric exam is newly relevant in the age of AI
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Figure Stuff Out Together We vary in our motives and priorities in thinking.
2nd May 2026
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Figure Stuff Out Together

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2nd May 2026
We vary in our motives and priorities in thinking.
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What the Internet Was Like in 2012 Gangnam Style, the most popular YouTube video of 2012. If 2012 was the year that Web 2.0 quietly...
5th Feb 2025
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What the Internet Was Like in 2012

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5th Feb 2025
Gangnam Style, the most popular YouTube video of 2012. If 2012 was the year that Web 2.0 quietly died, it was also when a new kind of internet was born: a more mobile and visual one, with images and videos leading the way. Facebook’s acquisition of Instagram in April 2012...
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The Occupation of the Sha'ban al-Dalou Building : A Report-Back from the University of Washington In this anonymously submitted report, participants in the occupation of the engineering building at...
9th May 2025
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The Occupation of the Sha'ban al-Dalou Building : A Report-Back from the University of Washington

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9th May 2025
In this anonymously submitted report, participants in the occupation of the engineering building at the University of Washington explore their motivations and recount the events in detail. This courageous action comes as the Israeli military prepares to open a new chapter in its...
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Of fascination and addiction Knowledge of learning and deep knowledge
3rd Oct 2025
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Of fascination and addiction

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3rd Oct 2025
Knowledge of learning and deep knowledge
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Are We Doing Enough To Archive Digital Culture? Have you ever had any of these issues lately while trying to access content? You wrote a blog in the...
14th Aug 2019
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Are We Doing Enough To Archive Digital Culture?

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14th Aug 2019
Have you ever had any of these issues lately while trying to access content? You wrote a blog in the early to late 2000s, but it’s long since gone (or changed irrevocably, in my case). Can you still experience that blog in all its noughties HTML glory, via the Wayback Machine?...
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Wool Aliens of the British Empire Wool Aliens of the British Empire JamesHoare Tue, 04/01/2025 - 09:07
1st Apr 2025
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Wool Aliens of the British Empire

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1st Apr 2025
Wool Aliens of the British Empire JamesHoare Tue, 04/01/2025 - 09:07
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Progress Update: New article coming soon, and a teaser
18th Jul 2026
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Progress Update: New article coming soon, and a teaser

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18th Jul 2026
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Why I have been writing a niche history blog for 15 years A special appeal to support Res Obscura on its Crystal Anniversary
4th Dec 2025
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Why I have been writing a niche history blog for 15 years

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4th Dec 2025
A special appeal to support Res Obscura on its Crystal Anniversary
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Skinner’s One Ring To Rule Culture One Ring to rule them all, One Ring to find them, One Ring to bring them all and in the darkness...
13th Sep 2025
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Skinner’s One Ring To Rule Culture

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13th Sep 2025
One Ring to rule them all, One Ring to find them, One Ring to bring them all and in the darkness bind them.
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Crowd Control: Appeasement, Vanguardism, and the General Strike : An Analysis from the Twin Cities In the following analysis, participants in the resistance to Immigration and Customs Enforcement...
1st Feb 2026
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Crowd Control: Appeasement, Vanguardism, and the General Strike : An Analysis from the Twin Cities

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1st Feb 2026
In the following analysis, participants in the resistance to Immigration and Customs Enforcement operations in the Twin Cities reflect on the lessons of the strikes of January 23 and January 30, looking for ways to expand and strengthen the movement. On January 23, 2026, a...
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1995: PHP Launches As Server-Side CGI Scripts Toolset If CGI scripts were the start of interactive programming on the web, then PHP was the natural next...
13th Apr 2021
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1995: PHP Launches As Server-Side CGI Scripts Toolset

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13th Apr 2021
If CGI scripts were the start of interactive programming on the web, then PHP was the natural next step — at least on the server-side. Just a month after Brendan Eich created the JavaScript scripting language at Netscape, an independent developer from Canada named Rasmus Lerdorf...
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My Weekly Reader February 4, 1962 Happy 4th of July! Here is your My Weekly Reader for "Happy 4th of February, 1962."
5th Jul 2025
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My Weekly Reader February 4, 1962

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5th Jul 2025
Happy 4th of July! Here is your My Weekly Reader for "Happy 4th of February, 1962."
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Fireside Friday, April 4, 2025 Fireside this week! I am still a bit behind after attending the annual meeting of the Society for...
4th Apr 2025
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Fireside Friday, April 4, 2025

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4th Apr 2025
Fireside this week! I am still a bit behind after attending the annual meeting of the Society for Military History – conferences always leave me a bit tired and slow to get back to writing, even as they also stimulate my thinking – so the conclusion of our look at Rings of Power...
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The Man Behind The History Thucydides' Life & Legacy
1st May 2026
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The Man Behind The History

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1st May 2026
Thucydides' Life & Legacy
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The Art of Remembering Death (Memento Mori) and Life (Memento Vivere) Death and its inevitability have been a constant in humankind’s approach to living. In today’s...
1st Jan 2026
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The Art of Remembering Death (Memento Mori) and Life (Memento Vivere)

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1st Jan 2026
Death and its inevitability have been a constant in humankind’s approach to living. In today’s world, we are perhaps not as vividly prompted to be conscious of our mortality as were the ancient Greeks, Romans, and early Christians. Artworks depicting skulls, hourglasses, dancing...
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Things Don't Always Get Better. And "Against Recentism," while we're at it.
2nd Oct 2024
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Things Don't Always Get Better.

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2nd Oct 2024
And "Against Recentism," while we're at it.
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Wood stove installation It was our dream to have a little wood stove aboard Pino. After researching stoves, we decided that...
22nd Apr 2021
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Wood stove installation

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22nd Apr 2021
It was our dream to have a little wood stove aboard Pino. After researching stoves, we decided that the best model was the cast iron Sardine from Navigator Stoveworks. Our Espar forced air diesel heater broke on our last passage, and we decided not to replace it. There are few...
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Terry-Thomas, Jimmy Tarbuck And The Diamond Cigarette Holder Heist TERRY-Thomas had arrived. It wasn’t exactly overnight but most people thought so. It was 1946 and he...
1st Aug 2026
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Terry-Thomas, Jimmy Tarbuck And The Diamond Cigarette Holder Heist

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1st Aug 2026
TERRY-Thomas had arrived. It wasn’t exactly overnight but most people thought so. It was 1946 and he was compèring a revue called Piccadilly Hayride at the Prince of Wales Theatre. The post Terry-Thomas, Jimmy Tarbuck And The Diamond Cigarette Holder Heist appeared first on...
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The Daily Shame (耻) UK News Report #8: August 2026
1st Sep 2026
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The Daily Shame (耻)

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1st Sep 2026
UK News Report #8: August 2026
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I talked to Terry Gross! A brief update about the publication of "Tripping on Utopia" before we return to regularly scheduled...
16th Jan 2024
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I talked to Terry Gross!

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16th Jan 2024
A brief update about the publication of "Tripping on Utopia" before we return to regularly scheduled posting
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The End Is Not the End Seneca on Death, Dignity, and Inner Freedom
2nd Sep 2025
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The End Is Not the End

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2nd Sep 2025
Seneca on Death, Dignity, and Inner Freedom
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Merry Mouse and His Trip to the Moon (1953) My next 4 posts are celebrating children's illustrated fiction about going to the Moon. Even though...
1st Aug 2025
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Merry Mouse and His Trip to the Moon (1953)

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1st Aug 2025
My next 4 posts are celebrating children's illustrated fiction about going to the Moon. Even though I have been collecting these children's book for over 30 years it still is very exciting to find one that you never knew existed. Jack Coggins was an amazing space artist in the...
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Historical Accounts of African Cannibalism A short chronology of references to cannibalism in Africa
13th Feb 2024
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Historical Accounts of African Cannibalism

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13th Feb 2024
A short chronology of references to cannibalism in Africa
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Commodus’ Last Night in the Bath and the Chaos it Sparked Over the course of the late 2nd century AD, the emperor Commodus was accused of progressively...
1st Aug 2026
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Commodus’ Last Night in the Bath and the Chaos it Sparked

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1st Aug 2026
Over the course of the late 2nd century AD, the emperor Commodus was accused of progressively slipping into megalomania. Masquerading as a gladiator in the arena and presenting himself as the hero Hercules, he even had plans to rename the city of Rome after himself. Patience was...
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To Tip or Not To Tip: A Victorian Traveller’s Perspective Like it or not, tipping is a big part of hospitality and the service industry. Debates about how...
6th Jan 2025
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To Tip or Not To Tip: A Victorian Traveller’s Perspective

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6th Jan 2025
Like it or not, tipping is a big part of hospitality and the service industry. Debates about how much/whether to tip rumble on, but they are not new. Even in the 18th and 19th centuries, travellers were complaining about the amount of unwanted or unexpected extras they had to pay...
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2024: Out of the Frying Pan, into the Fire : The Year in Review It’s time to take stock of the year have just lived through and get oriented for the year ahead....
1st Jan 2025
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2024: Out of the Frying Pan, into the Fire : The Year in Review

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1st Jan 2025
It’s time to take stock of the year have just lived through and get oriented for the year ahead. Here, we review the events of 2024 and our own contributions to the fight for a better world. A year that began amid genocide in Palestine and war in Ukraine and Sudan is concluding...
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1995: MySQL Debuts and Web Databases Slowly Emerge The LAMP stack (Linux, Apache, MySQL, PHP/Perl/Python) would not be coined as an acronym for another...
15th Sep 2021
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1995: MySQL Debuts and Web Databases Slowly Emerge

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15th Sep 2021
The LAMP stack (Linux, Apache, MySQL, PHP/Perl/Python) would not be coined as an acronym for another few years, but all the pieces were in place by the end of 1995 — albeit at varying stages of maturity and adoption. Version 1.0 of Linux had been released in 1994 and commercial...
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The Coming Of Neo-Tribalism. Of honour, gangsters, nomadic tribes and of course identity politics.
5th Jun 2024
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The Coming Of Neo-Tribalism.

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5th Jun 2024
Of honour, gangsters, nomadic tribes and of course identity politics.
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The Sound and Fury of a Collapsing Order : As Trump’s Power Wanes, A Window Opens for Change In the waning phase of Donald Trump’s reign, opportunities will open up for profound social change....
8th Apr 2026
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The Sound and Fury of a Collapsing Order : As Trump’s Power Wanes, A Window Opens for Change

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8th Apr 2026
In the waning phase of Donald Trump’s reign, opportunities will open up for profound social change. Here, we explore the nature of the difficulties besetting his administration and propose a few starting places for those who aim to do more than simply remove him from power. In...
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ReadWriteWeb on Wayback Machine vs. Old Screenshots While preparing for the publication of my “Web 2.0 memoir” here on Cybercultural, I was fortunate to...
4th Oct 2023
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ReadWriteWeb on Wayback Machine vs. Old Screenshots

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4th Oct 2023
While preparing for the publication of my “Web 2.0 memoir” here on Cybercultural, I was fortunate to discover a screenshot of ReadWriteWeb from 24 September 2005 (US). I was thrilled to come across this, for several reasons: It’s a rare screenshot of what RWW looked like at that...
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The Age of Books and the Age of Brainrot A semi-optimistic take on the future of reading and thinking
2nd Oct 2025
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The Age of Books and the Age of Brainrot

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2nd Oct 2025
A semi-optimistic take on the future of reading and thinking
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Weekly Wisdom Quiz Ancient Egypt, Diogenes, and more!
1st Jun 2025
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Weekly Wisdom Quiz

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1st Jun 2025
Ancient Egypt, Diogenes, and more!
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Cicero and Leadership Philosophy in Action?
3rd Jan 2025
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Cicero and Leadership

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3rd Jan 2025
Philosophy in Action?
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Collections: Coinage and the Tyranny of Fantasy ‘Gold’ This week on the blog I want to take a brief detour into discussing historical coinage, particularly...
3rd Jan 2025
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Collections: Coinage and the Tyranny of Fantasy ‘Gold’

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3rd Jan 2025
This week on the blog I want to take a brief detour into discussing historical coinage, particularly in the context of modern fantasy and roleplaying settings. In particular, the notions I want to tackle are first how did ancient currency systems work in terms of value (what...
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Demographics and American Homicides Can racial/ethnic demographics explain the high American homicide rate?
21st Jan 2024
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Demographics and American Homicides

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21st Jan 2024
Can racial/ethnic demographics explain the high American homicide rate?
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Victorian Swappers! Adverts for exchange in the 19th century. Victorians were inveterate 'swappers' (NB: this might not be what you think!). Newspapers and...
1st Nov 2024
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Victorian Swappers! Adverts for exchange in the 19th century.

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1st Nov 2024
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...
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14 things to know before traveling to China in 2025 Good afternoon.
2nd Jul 2025
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14 things to know before traveling to China in 2025

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2nd Jul 2025
Good afternoon.
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‘Smock-Faced’ and ‘Imperbicke: The Shame of Beardlessness’ This week I had the wonderful message from WordPress that my blog has now had more than 500,000...
28th Aug 2026
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‘Smock-Faced’ and ‘Imperbicke: The Shame of Beardlessness’

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28th Aug 2026
This week I had the wonderful message from WordPress that my blog has now had more than 500,000 views, from over 120 countries. When I started the blog more than a decade ago I had no expectation that anyone would read the posts, so thank you to everyone for your support. As you...
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Recent addenda to articles 202609: Errors, omissions, and retractions I was going to start with “it has been a while since we had one of these” but then I saw that the...
a week ago
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Recent addenda to articles 202609: Errors, omissions, and retractions

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a week ago
I was going to start with “it has been a while since we had one of these” but then I saw that the previous one started with “Wow, has it really been 7 months since I did one of these?” and that was in December 2023. Maybe I can make it a more regular thing. Anyway blogging...
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Soothing the injured spirit of the Temple The case for giving back the Elgin Marbles
3rd Dec 2024
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Soothing the injured spirit of the Temple

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3rd Dec 2024
The case for giving back the Elgin Marbles
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Europe on fire UK News Report #7: July 2026
2nd Aug 2026
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Europe on fire

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2nd Aug 2026
UK News Report #7: July 2026
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leleuvia We've never been on a tiny island, a place you can run the width of under just a few minutes. We...
5th Sep 2018
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leleuvia

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5th Sep 2018
We've never been on a tiny island, a place you can run the width of under just a few minutes. We found a place like this, Leleuvia, an island in the Lomaitivi archipelago in Fiji. This island went through many hands over the years, it now belongs to a resort that too bears the...
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AI makes the humanities more important, but also a lot weirder Historians are finally having their AI debate
7th May 2025
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AI makes the humanities more important, but also a lot weirder

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7th May 2025
Historians are finally having their AI debate
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Summary of changes for February 2026 Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
1st Mar 2026
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Summary of changes for February 2026

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1st Mar 2026
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of February. Wiki, updated knots with a figure-eight follow-through knot, also, Pino has a new headsail! Pavol, created a volume control tool. Adelie, made it so images are drawn...
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The key lesson from Iran? Kim Jong Un was right about everything. It’s hard to overstate or even begin to list all the genuinely awful precedents set by Israel and...
24th Jun 2025
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The key lesson from Iran? Kim Jong Un was right about everything.

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24th Jun 2025
It’s hard to overstate or even begin to list all the genuinely awful precedents set by Israel and the U.S.’s behavior vis à vis Iran in the latest war.
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Fireside Friday, September 1, 2023 Fireside this week! Depending on the order that things get written, we may have a few weeks of...
1st Sep 2023
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Fireside Friday, September 1, 2023

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1st Sep 2023
Fireside this week! Depending on the order that things get written, we may have a few weeks of ‘break’ from our How to Roman Republic series, but do not fret: we will finish it. The one thing I am looking to ‘slot in’ as it were is a look at the armor of Baldur’s Gate … Continue...
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The Eager Beaver Space Book (1962) As I keep digging in my collection I have found Space Beavers! This was a promotional comic book...
17th Jan 2025
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The Eager Beaver Space Book (1962)

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17th Jan 2025
As I keep digging in my collection I have found Space Beavers! This was a promotional comic book from Cities Service gasoline. It probably was a give-away with purchase. It reflects the early 60s where the Mercury launches had taken place and we were looking ahead to the future....
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My Temporary Enemy's Temporary Enemy... Can be my temporary friend.
6th May 2026
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My Temporary Enemy's Temporary Enemy...

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6th May 2026
Can be my temporary friend.
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Summary of changes for November 2023 Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
1st Dec 2023
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Summary of changes for November 2023

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1st Dec 2023
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of November. Summary Of Changes Wiktopher, drew some new art(Mastodon), finalized a few translations(Mastodon), and released it the project on Itchio! Thousand Rooms, translated the...
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Res Obscura is now on Substack Three years late, but historians are always late
13th Apr 2023
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Res Obscura is now on Substack

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13th Apr 2023
Three years late, but historians are always late
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Are Humans Egalitarian? A common motive for studying “egalitarian” primitive social practices is a hope of supporting...
7th Mar 2026
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Are Humans Egalitarian?

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7th Mar 2026
A common motive for studying “egalitarian” primitive social practices is a hope of supporting something like the following narrative:
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The Most Dangerous Line: Behind the Hawker stall test crashes
18th Feb 2026
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The Most Dangerous Line: Behind the Hawker stall test crashes

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18th Feb 2026
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China’s cross-Strait integration experiment in Xiamen and Kinmen Nearly three years have passed since Chinese authorities unveiled a plan in September 2023 to...
19th Jun 2026
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China’s cross-Strait integration experiment in Xiamen and Kinmen

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19th Jun 2026
Nearly three years have passed since Chinese authorities unveiled a plan in September 2023 to support its eastern Fujian Province in exploring new approaches for integrated development across the Taiwan Strait.
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Collections: How to Roman Republic 101, Addenda: The Provinces This is the second and (in theory) last addendum to our series on Roman civic governance (I, II,...
3rd Nov 2023
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Collections: How to Roman Republic 101, Addenda: The Provinces

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3rd Nov 2023
This is the second and (in theory) last addendum to our series on Roman civic governance (I, II, IIIa, IIIb, IIIc, IV, V, A1). Having discussed how Rome handles those parts of Italy it controls but which were not part of the Roman Republic itself, we now look at how the Romans...
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Telling Lies: Bowie and Online Music Distribution in 1996 The CD version of David Bowie's online single, 'Telling Lies', 1996; via kupindo.com. In an...
7th May 2025
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Telling Lies: Bowie and Online Music Distribution in 1996

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7th May 2025
The CD version of David Bowie's online single, 'Telling Lies', 1996; via kupindo.com. In an interview featured in the 1998 book “The Interactive Music Handbook,” Larry Rosen — CEO of an online music services company called N2K — provided his theory on how the internet would...
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Collections: Reconstructing the Roman Pectoral This week we’re going to look a specific piece of early Roman military equipment, the humble bronze...
3rd Apr 2026
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Collections: Reconstructing the Roman Pectoral

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3rd Apr 2026
This week we’re going to look a specific piece of early Roman military equipment, the humble bronze pectoral, which it turns out is surprisingly tricky for us to confidently reconstruct, in part because the period of its use that most interests us (the run from c. 264 to c. 146...
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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’...
10th Nov 2021
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Health and the Habitual Traveller in the 19th Century

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10th Nov 2021
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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Rare 1960s Photos Offer a Fascinating Look at Swimsuit Fashion of the Era Fashion has a way of reflecting the world around it, and in the 1960s, the world was moving fast....
3rd Jun 2026
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Rare 1960s Photos Offer a Fascinating Look at Swimsuit Fashion of the Era

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3rd Jun 2026
Fashion has a way of reflecting the world around it, and in the 1960s, the world was moving fast. The postwar economic boom had put more disposable income in more pockets than any previous generation had known. Vacation culture was expanding, domestic air travel was becoming...
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Africa's Poor Numbers How much do we really know about African state of affairs?
22nd Jun 2025
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Africa's Poor Numbers

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22nd Jun 2025
How much do we really know about African state of affairs?
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Last Chance: The Essential Greeks Starting Tomorrow
1st Oct 2023
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Last Chance: The Essential Greeks

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1st Oct 2023
Starting Tomorrow
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Respect The Social Wild While most foragers had great respect for nature, our farmer-era ancestors had less resepct.
3rd Mar 2025
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Respect The Social Wild

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3rd Mar 2025
While most foragers had great respect for nature, our farmer-era ancestors had less resepct.
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1999: Netscape’s Fall and the Rise of the Mozilla Browser At the beginning of 1999, one company had all the momentum on the Web: Microsoft. While Netscape was...
13th Oct 2021
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1999: Netscape’s Fall and the Rise of the Mozilla Browser

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13th Oct 2021
At the beginning of 1999, one company had all the momentum on the Web: Microsoft. While Netscape was adjusting to corporate life with new owner AOL and trying to figure out its browser strategy, Microsoft was preparing to release version 5 of its browser, Internet Explorer. Like...
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Inside the Clashes at Delaney Hall Detention Center : A Timeline from a Mutual Aid Volunteer On May 22, 2026, amid a surge of hunger strikes in immigration detention prisons across the United...
4th Jun 2026
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Inside the Clashes at Delaney Hall Detention Center : A Timeline from a Mutual Aid Volunteer

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4th Jun 2026
On May 22, 2026, amid a surge of hunger strikes in immigration detention prisons across the United States, 300 detainees announced from their cells in Newark, New Jersey that they would not eat and would not toil for their captors until their demands were met. This sparked ten...
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Aeneas: Founder of Rome The Most Important Myth Ever Told?
2nd Feb 2024
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Aeneas: Founder of Rome

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2nd Feb 2024
The Most Important Myth Ever Told?
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Why one Chinese county spent 76 years planting trees The story of Youyu offers a window into what the CPC calls a "correct view on governance...
3rd Jul 2026
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Why one Chinese county spent 76 years planting trees

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3rd Jul 2026
The story of Youyu offers a window into what the CPC calls a "correct view on governance performance."
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Summary of changes for August Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the...
4th Sep 2021
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Summary of changes for August

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4th Sep 2021
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the month of August. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans. Summary Of Changes Nasu, implemented a way to shift multiple tiles at once, and...
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Why Early Modern Books Are So Beautiful Three theories
3rd Aug 2023
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Why Early Modern Books Are So Beautiful

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3rd Aug 2023
Three theories
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FREE Obsolete Sony book for paid subscribers A DRM-free digital copy of Sony Year by Year, and a thank-you for year one.
3rd May 2026
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FREE Obsolete Sony book for paid subscribers

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3rd May 2026
A DRM-free digital copy of Sony Year by Year, and a thank-you for year one.
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How many are criminals? Probably more than you think...
11th Aug 2025
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How many are criminals?

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11th Aug 2025
Probably more than you think...
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Trial by Fire: The crash of Aeroflot flight 1492
13th May 2025
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Trial by Fire: The crash of Aeroflot flight 1492

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13th May 2025
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goji no chaimu After a long 21-day passage, seeing the shape of the island of Chichijima in the distance was...
1st Mar 2019
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goji no chaimu

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1st Mar 2019
After a long 21-day passage, seeing the shape of the island of Chichijima in the distance was unreal; this was our prize, our first step onto Japanese soil. We used to make many trips to Japan by plane, but getting there by our own efforts — by sailboat — is a lot slower and...
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The myth of the Nordic rehabilitative paradise Interpreting recidivism rates and understanding their causes
3rd Jun 2024
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The myth of the Nordic rehabilitative paradise

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3rd Jun 2024
Interpreting recidivism rates and understanding their causes
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The Day the Émigrés Struck Back : Remembering May Day 2006 In 2006, students around the United States engaged in spontaneous walkouts protesting the repression...
5th Feb 2025
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The Day the Émigrés Struck Back : Remembering May Day 2006

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5th Feb 2025
In 2006, students around the United States engaged in spontaneous walkouts protesting the repression of undocumented people, culminating on May Day in the first great general strike to take place in the US in the 21st century. Today, as students are once again staging walkouts...
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Another Of My Essays in French Le choc des symboles; ils sont vraiment sérieux.
4th Dec 2023
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Another Of My Essays in French

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4th Dec 2023
Le choc des symboles; ils sont vraiment sérieux.
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What did Xi, Modi and Putin really discuss in Tianjin? Here are Xi Jinping’s concluding words to the speech he just gave in front of Narendra Modi,...
4th Sep 2025
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What did Xi, Modi and Putin really discuss in Tianjin?

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4th Sep 2025
Here are Xi Jinping’s concluding words to the speech he just gave in front of Narendra Modi, Vladimir Putin and some 24 other heads of states representing almost half the world’s population: "Where will prevails, no boundary holds" (basically the Chinese version of “when there’s...
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Patronage vs. Constituent Parties (Or Why Republican Party Leaders Matter More Than Democratic Ones) The Republican and Democratic parties are not the same: power flows differently within them. The two...
20th Jul 2024
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Patronage vs. Constituent Parties (Or Why Republican Party Leaders Matter More Than Democratic Ones)

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20th Jul 2024
The Republican and Democratic parties are not the same: power flows differently within them. The two big political news items of this week—the happenings of the Republican National Convention and the desperate attempts of many Democrats to replace their candidate before their own...
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How to Decode Goryeo Buddhist Paintings in Korean Art Among Korea’s rarest and most beautiful religious artifacts, the Goryeo Period Buddhist paintings...
1st Mar 2025
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How to Decode Goryeo Buddhist Paintings in Korean Art

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1st Mar 2025
Among Korea’s rarest and most beautiful religious artifacts, the Goryeo Period Buddhist paintings were largely lost due to colonization and war. Retrieved from Japanese temples, their imagery is now interpreted to represent stories of the afterlife. Alongside their religious...
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UFO As Aliens Odds, Spending The following are some (lognormal fit) median estimates from some X polls I just ran.
2nd Feb 2025
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UFO As Aliens Odds, Spending

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2nd Feb 2025
The following are some (lognormal fit) median estimates from some X polls I just ran.
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2006 Web Technology Trends This post as it looked in 2006. It's December already and so it's about that time to reflect on what...
11th Dec 2006
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2006 Web Technology Trends

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11th Dec 2006
This post as it looked in 2006. It's December already and so it's about that time to reflect on what has happened in Web Technology during 2006 — and ponder what 2007 may bring. Over the next few weeks Read/WriteWeb is going to publish some in-depth posts analyzing the trends and...
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Thoth and Khepri Thoth and Khepri Dean Nicholas Tue, 10/30/2018 - 00:00
30th Oct 2018
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Thoth and Khepri

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30th Oct 2018
Thoth and Khepri Dean Nicholas Tue, 10/30/2018 - 00:00
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A history of Women's political power and matriliny in the kingdom of Kongo. In the 19th century, anthropologists were fascinated by the concept of matrilineal descent in which...
8th Oct 2023
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A history of Women's political power and matriliny in the kingdom of Kongo.

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8th Oct 2023
In the 19th century, anthropologists were fascinated by the concept of matrilineal descent in which kinship is traced through the female line. Matriliny was often confounded with matriarchy as a supposedly earlier stage of social evolution than patriarchy. Matriliny thus became a...
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Collections: Raising Carthaginian Armies, Part III: Generals, Warlords and Vassals This is the third part (I, II) of our series looking at how Carthage’s complex, multipart armies...
1st May 2026
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Collections: Raising Carthaginian Armies, Part III: Generals, Warlords and Vassals

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1st May 2026
This is the third part (I, II) of our series looking at how Carthage’s complex, multipart armies were raised and constituted. Last time, we looked at the backbone of Carthage’s armies: North African troops levied out of Carthage’s subject communities in North Africa. These...
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Collections: How to Roman Republic 101, Part I: SPQR This is the first of a planned five-part series looking at the structure of the Roman Republic as...
21st Jul 2023
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Collections: How to Roman Republic 101, Part I: SPQR

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21st Jul 2023
This is the first of a planned five-part series looking at the structure of the Roman Republic as another example of civic governance structures in antiquity, to match our series on the Greek polis. As with that series, we’re going to start by defining our community and its...
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a brief note on the ancient Herders and Foragers of South Africa. a social history of the KhoiKhoi community (2000BP - 1880)
7th Jan 2024
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a brief note on the ancient Herders and Foragers of South Africa.

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7th Jan 2024
a social history of the KhoiKhoi community (2000BP - 1880)
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Immigrant assimilation in Denmark A brief overview of the school performance of 1st, 2nd and 3rd generation immigrants in Denmark
17th May 2024
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Immigrant assimilation in Denmark

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17th May 2024
A brief overview of the school performance of 1st, 2nd and 3rd generation immigrants in Denmark
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Elliott Erwitt: A Brilliant Photographer Who Took Great Snapshots “The best things happen when you just happen to be somewhere with a camera” – Elliott Erwitt  ...
1st Dec 2023
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Elliott Erwitt: A Brilliant Photographer Who Took Great Snapshots

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1st Dec 2023
“The best things happen when you just happen to be somewhere with a camera” – Elliott Erwitt   Elliott Erwitt died at his home in New York City on 29 November 2023. He leaves us with remarkable archive of fabulous photographs of the great and good, the many places he visited over...
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No, the war on Iran is not about China. Europe should be much more worried. The big talking point in the West these days to justify the illegal war of aggression against Iran...
11th Mar 2026
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No, the war on Iran is not about China. Europe should be much more worried.

from Arnaud Bertrand [alt+shift+b] in history

11th Mar 2026
The big talking point in the West these days to justify the illegal war of aggression against Iran is to say that it is, in fact, all about China - part of a strategy to encircle China energetically and deprive them of a geopolitical partner.
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Inventing Breakfast The history of the most important (or least essential?) meal of the day
3rd Dec 2025
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Inventing Breakfast

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3rd Dec 2025
The history of the most important (or least essential?) meal of the day
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Explore This Historic Ship When It Docks In London This Summer Nao Victoria sails into St Katharine Docks.
1st Jun 2026
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Explore This Historic Ship When It Docks In London This Summer

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1st Jun 2026
Nao Victoria sails into St Katharine Docks.
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Isaac Asimov’s Books of Dirty Limericks Isaac Asimov (c. January 2, 1920 – April 6, 1992) is remembered for his prolific science fiction...
1st May 2024
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Isaac Asimov’s Books of Dirty Limericks

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1st May 2024
Isaac Asimov (c. January 2, 1920 – April 6, 1992) is remembered for his prolific science fiction writing, impressive ‘lamb chops’  – of which he said: “They became a permanent feature of my face, and it is now difficult to believe early photographs that show me without sideburns”...
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Burton Grad: A Tribute CHM offers a tribute to a special computing pioneer who worked with CHM for decades, sharing his...
8th Jul 2025
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Burton Grad: A Tribute

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8th Jul 2025
CHM offers a tribute to a special computing pioneer who worked with CHM for decades, sharing his passion for the history of software with the world. The post Burton Grad: A Tribute appeared first on CHM.
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Wigs: Selling Hair in 1980s London “If your hair gone with the wind?” – sign in a wig shop, Stepney, Tower Hamlets, London   People...
2nd Sep 2026
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Wigs: Selling Hair in 1980s London

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2nd Sep 2026
“If your hair gone with the wind?” – sign in a wig shop, Stepney, Tower Hamlets, London   People were keen to fix their hair in the 1980s. Before the buzzcut became the norm for men with a thinning thatch and hair extensions for women became popular, Peter Marshall spotted high...
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Summary of changes for August 2023 Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the...
1st Sep 2023
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Summary of changes for August 2023

from Hundred Rabbits [alt+shift+b] in history

1st Sep 2023
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the month of August. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans. Summary Of Changes 100r.ca, added Heriot Bay, Ballet Bay Octopus Islands, and...
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From Dusk Til Dawn: 29 Found Photos Taken In Changing Light We grow accustomed to the Dark — When Light is put away — As when the Neighbor holds the Lamp To...
1st Jul 2025
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From Dusk Til Dawn: 29 Found Photos Taken In Changing Light

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1st Jul 2025
We grow accustomed to the Dark — When Light is put away — As when the Neighbor holds the Lamp To witness her Good bye — Emily Dickinson  They say that the glow of the sky you see at night isn’t starlight but leftover light from the Big Bang. Light is ancient and magical. Away …...
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Summary of changes for December 2025 Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
1st Jan 2025
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Summary of changes for December 2025

from Hundred Rabbits [alt+shift+b] in history

1st Jan 2025
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of December. Wiki, added alternator to engine care. Thousand Rooms, added a Danish version of the book, thank you Fyr for the translation! Punk Rabbits, completed 33 new...
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Your Deepest Value is Adaption You like some people, food, and TV shows more than you do others.
1st Feb 2026
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Your Deepest Value is Adaption

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1st Feb 2026
You like some people, food, and TV shows more than you do others.
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When The Music's Over ... Turn out the lights.
6th Mar 2024
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When The Music's Over ...

from Trying to Understand the World [alt+shift+b] in history

6th Mar 2024
Turn out the lights.
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Fireside Friday, September 4, 2026 Hey folks! Fireside this week! Last week’s post was a monster (over 10,000 words compared to our...
4th Sep 2026
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Fireside Friday, September 4, 2026

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4th Sep 2026
Hey folks! Fireside this week! Last week’s post was a monster (over 10,000 words compared to our more typically ~6,000) which left me with some non-blog catching up to do. Next week, we’ll be starting our next Teaching Paradox series, this time looking at Hearts of Iron IV, which...
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Empire building and Government in the Yorubaland: a history of Oyo (1600-1836) Why Africa's internal political processes explain African history better than external actors.
18th Dec 2022
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Empire building and Government in the Yorubaland: a history of Oyo (1600-1836)

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18th Dec 2022
Why Africa's internal political processes explain African history better than external actors.
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1996: JavaScript Annoyances and Meeting the DOM “Hi, I’m Brendan Eich, welcome to my homepage.” Via Wayback Machine. The Netscape Navigator 2.0...
5th Jan 2021
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1996: JavaScript Annoyances and Meeting the DOM

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5th Jan 2021
“Hi, I’m Brendan Eich, welcome to my homepage.” Via Wayback Machine. The Netscape Navigator 2.0 browser was finally released in March 1996, almost a year after Brendan Eich joined Netscape with the express purpose of creating a scripting language for the web. He’d developed the...
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The Dahlak islands and the African dynasty of Yemen a complete history of a cosmopolitan archipelago in the red sea (4th-19th century)
5th Feb 2023
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The Dahlak islands and the African dynasty of Yemen

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5th Feb 2023
a complete history of a cosmopolitan archipelago in the red sea (4th-19th century)
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Events Listing Ancient Women, Marcus Aurelius, Economics and Resilience...
18th Apr 2023
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Events Listing

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18th Apr 2023
Ancient Women, Marcus Aurelius, Economics and Resilience...
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Forgotten Cities of the Swahili coast: A history of Pemba in the Medieval Indian Ocean World (ca.... Journal of African Cities: chapter 19
1st Feb 2026
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Forgotten Cities of the Swahili coast: A history of Pemba in the Medieval Indian Ocean World (ca. 600-1822 CE)

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1st Feb 2026
Journal of African Cities: chapter 19
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Sony 80 Is Almost Here On June 23rd, the next ObsoleteSony book launches on Kickstarter.
16th Jun 2026
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Sony 80 Is Almost Here

from Obsolete Sony’s Newsletter [alt+shift+b] in history

16th Jun 2026
On June 23rd, the next ObsoleteSony book launches on Kickstarter.
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Why medieval artists drew ancient Romans in medieval clothes Or, how the French stole Julius Caesar in 1200 AD
30th Mar 2023
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Why medieval artists drew ancient Romans in medieval clothes

from weird medieval guys [alt+shift+b] in history

30th Mar 2023
Or, how the French stole Julius Caesar in 1200 AD
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Centuries of Childhood The history of childhood is one of multiplicity — so why do we tell parents such simplistic stories...
11th Jun 2024
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Centuries of Childhood

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11th Jun 2024
The history of childhood is one of multiplicity — so why do we tell parents such simplistic stories about it?
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Don't Expect Respect. All we have left now is money.
1st Jul 2026
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Don't Expect Respect.

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1st Jul 2026
All we have left now is money.
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Fireside Friday, August 4, 2023 Hey all, Fireside this week, as I look to take a bit of time to focus on getting some writing done...
4th Aug 2023
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Fireside Friday, August 4, 2023

from A Collection of Unmitigated Pedantry [alt+shift+b] in history

4th Aug 2023
Hey all, Fireside this week, as I look to take a bit of time to focus on getting some writing done and some syllabi written before the semester begins in earnest later this week. Also before we dive in I want to note that it appears that Patreon has been having some trouble...
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Why drug history? Drugs and spices play an outsized role in world history — but it's often a hidden one
1st Feb 2024
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Why drug history?

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1st Feb 2024
Drugs and spices play an outsized role in world history — but it's often a hidden one
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How to Handle Financial Worries - Just in Time for the Holidays Advice from Dale Carnegie and the Stoics
1st Dec 2023
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How to Handle Financial Worries - Just in Time for the Holidays

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1st Dec 2023
Advice from Dale Carnegie and the Stoics
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