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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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Collections: The American Civil-Military Relationship As is traditional here, I am taking advantage of the Fourth of July this week to write something...
4th Jul 2025
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Collections: The American Civil-Military Relationship

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4th Jul 2025
As is traditional here, I am taking advantage of the Fourth of July this week to write something about the United States, this time a brief discussion of the nature of civil-military relations in the United States. Civil-military relations (typically shortened to ‘civ-mil’ or...
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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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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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Mental Health and Social Stratification In this post I summarize some research on the importance of mental health for social outcomes and...
13th Feb 2023
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Mental Health and Social Stratification

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13th Feb 2023
In this post I summarize some research on the importance of mental health for social outcomes and discuss some of the implications for social stratification.
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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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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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Intellectual narcissism or political relevance Did imperialism just reappear yesterday?
1st Feb 2026
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Intellectual narcissism or political relevance

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1st Feb 2026
Did imperialism just reappear yesterday?
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China-Pakistan Economic Corridor 2.0 Looks to the Sea Marine science and the blue economy are emerging as a new area of China-Pakistan cooperation,...
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China-Pakistan Economic Corridor 2.0 Looks to the Sea

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Marine science and the blue economy are emerging as a new area of China-Pakistan cooperation, linking Gwadar with research, coastal industries and environmental management
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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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Barbers and (the lack of!) Polite Advertising Over the past few years, I have spent much time looking at ‘polite’ advertising in the 18th century....
1st Apr 2021
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Barbers and (the lack of!) Polite Advertising

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1st Apr 2021
Over the past few years, I have spent much time looking at ‘polite’ advertising in the 18th century. During this period, a whole range of retailers advertised their goods and services to appeal to ladies and gentlemen of taste. Without discussing anything so base as price or...
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Sophocles' Swansong Oedipus at Colonus
4th Aug 2023
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Sophocles' Swansong

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4th Aug 2023
Oedipus at Colonus
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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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My work on behalf of Mentour Pilot
2nd Dec 2025
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My work on behalf of Mentour Pilot

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2nd Dec 2025
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Florida’s Barker Gang Shootout In January 1935, gangster “Ma” Barker and her son Fred were killed by the FBI in a multi-hour...
6th May 2025
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Florida’s Barker Gang Shootout

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6th May 2025
In January 1935, gangster “Ma” Barker and her son Fred were killed by the FBI in a multi-hour shootout in the little town of Ocklawaha FL. Arizona “Arrie” Clark was born in the rural town of Ash Grove MO in October 1873, where she played the fiddle and sang in the local church...
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All About the Telescope (1980) Klushantsev, Pavel. Illustrated by Voishvillo, E., B. Kalaushin, and B. Starodubtsev. All About the...
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All About the Telescope (1980)

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Klushantsev, Pavel. Illustrated by Voishvillo, E., B. Kalaushin, and B. Starodubtsev. All About the Telescope. Translated by Jan Butler. Moscow: Progress Publishers. (70 p.) 1980 This book was a translation of the 1972 Russian book: Klushantsev, Pavel. Illustrated by Voishvillo,...
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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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Should We Be Skeptics? Is it good to question everything?
1st Apr 2024
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Should We Be Skeptics?

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1st Apr 2024
Is it good to question everything?
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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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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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Child of the Sun National Historic Landmark, Lakeland FL Frank Lloyd Wright may be the most famous American architect, and one of his significant works is...
3rd Feb 2026
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Child of the Sun National Historic Landmark, Lakeland FL

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3rd Feb 2026
Frank Lloyd Wright may be the most famous American architect, and one of his significant works is located in Florida. Frank Lloyd Wright was born in a rural area of Wisconsin in 1867. He grew up interested in art and design, decided upon a career in architecture, and after...
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Studio Portraits of Couples and Families That Perfectly Capture 1960s Style Walking into a portrait studio back in the 1960s was an occasion in its own right. Families prepared...
2nd Mar 2026
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Studio Portraits of Couples and Families That Perfectly Capture 1960s Style

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2nd Mar 2026
Walking into a portrait studio back in the 1960s was an occasion in its own right. Families prepared the way they would for church or a formal dinner, treating the sitting as a milestone worth honoring. Appointments were made in advance, outfits chosen with deliberate care, and...
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Stoicism VS Skepticism Which Ancient Philosophy Can Help Us Live Better Today?
1st Jun 2026
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Stoicism VS Skepticism

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1st Jun 2026
Which Ancient Philosophy Can Help Us Live Better Today?
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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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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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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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Three types of literature regarding the world of AI Economics, politics and philosophy for a new era
3 weeks ago
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Three types of literature regarding the world of AI

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3 weeks ago
Economics, politics and philosophy for a new era
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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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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...
31st Aug 2022
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Summary of changes for August

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31st Aug 2022
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 Left, added a navigation bar to navigate larger...
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The facts of the European (EU27) income convergence How is Europe becoming more equal
2nd Apr 2026
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The facts of the European (EU27) income convergence

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2nd Apr 2026
How is Europe becoming more equal
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Plato’s Last Word to Dionysius Plato’s Last Word to Dionysius JamesHoare Tue, 07/01/2025 - 08:00
1st Jul 2025
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Plato’s Last Word to Dionysius

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1st Jul 2025
Plato’s Last Word to Dionysius JamesHoare Tue, 07/01/2025 - 08:00
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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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The Missile Will Always Get Through. But who is prepared to admit it?
4th Dec 2024
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The Missile Will Always Get Through.

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4th Dec 2024
But who is prepared to admit it?
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The end and the beginning of history Three ways of thinking about Lea Ypi’s Free
8th Jul 2024
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The end and the beginning of history

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8th Jul 2024
Three ways of thinking about Lea Ypi’s Free
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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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War Is Complicated. And not just the fighting bit.
3rd May 2023
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War Is Complicated.

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3rd May 2023
And not just the fighting bit.
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Buster Brown Goes to Mars (1958) This comic is a promotional comic from Buster Brown shoes. If you went into a shoe store and tried...
3rd Jul 2026
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Buster Brown Goes to Mars (1958)

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3rd Jul 2026
This comic is a promotional comic from Buster Brown shoes. If you went into a shoe store and tried on Buster Brown shoes you would get a comic book with the name of the store stamped/printed on it. Buster Brown  (and his dog Tag) were a feature of 1950s and 1960s shoe store. 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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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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Sufi Rituals, Papal Editcs, and Other Fascinating Facts About the History of Coffee According to the National Coffee Association, about two-thirds of adult Americans start their day...
1st Sep 2026
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Sufi Rituals, Papal Editcs, and Other Fascinating Facts About the History of Coffee

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1st Sep 2026
According to the National Coffee Association, about two-thirds of adult Americans start their day with a cup of that precious beverage: coffee. There is something special about its bitter flavor and potent aroma that stimulates the mind and the senses. It is estimated that around...
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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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Venezuela killed the U.S. In the history of the US’s relation with Latin America, what just happened in Venezuela is hardly...
6th Jan 2026
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Venezuela killed the U.S.

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6th Jan 2026
In the history of the US’s relation with Latin America, what just happened in Venezuela is hardly unique: in the slightly less than a hundred years from 1898 to 1994, the U.S.
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Who Was Julian? Rome’s Last Pagan Emperor
1st Nov 2023
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Who Was Julian?

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1st Nov 2023
Rome’s Last Pagan Emperor
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doldrumming Here we go again, time for another passage. We left Fiji on October 23rd 2018, eager to spend some...
20th Nov 2018
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doldrumming

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20th Nov 2018
Here we go again, time for another passage. We left Fiji on October 23rd 2018, eager to spend some time on the water again. Our plan, was to stop by Tuvalu, maybe Kiribati, before arriving in Majuro in the Marshall islands where we'd be spending two months before moving off west...
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Best LittleCo of 2011: Dropbox This post as it looked in 2011. Every year since 2004, ReadWriteWeb has selected a best "little...
19th Dec 2011
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Best LittleCo of 2011: Dropbox

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19th Dec 2011
This post as it looked in 2011. Every year since 2004, ReadWriteWeb has selected a best "little company." These are small companies (loosely defined as less than 100 employees) that have had a big effect on the Web over the calendar year. Last year we chose Tumblr, which...
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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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My Politics Not sure why I didn’t notice before, but I’ve just realized that my key ask re cultural drift,...
1st Jul 2026
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My Politics

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1st Jul 2026
Not sure why I didn’t notice before, but I’ve just realized that my key ask re cultural drift, namely let’s try to save cherished parts of our culture from being discarded by successor civs, violates key modern taboos!
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Rise of Podcasting: Spotify and Google Make Moves Podcasting has been a growth industry this year, particularly after Spotify announced its intentions...
20th May 2019
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Rise of Podcasting: Spotify and Google Make Moves

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20th May 2019
Podcasting has been a growth industry this year, particularly after Spotify announced its intentions to rapidly expand into podcasting back in February. Podcasting is still a tiny industry compared to radio, but recent moves by both Spotify and Google are beginning to lay the...
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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

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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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Transcript for "The 4 Best Books to Prepare for AI" Weber, Aristotle, Girard, Kripal
21st Jun 2026
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Transcript for "The 4 Best Books to Prepare for AI"

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21st Jun 2026
Weber, Aristotle, Girard, Kripal
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Summary of changes for February 2025 Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
1st Mar 2025
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Summary of changes for February 2025

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1st Mar 2025
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of February. Summary Of Changes 100r.ca, added Dinghy gelcoat, Week 10, Week 11, and Week 12 of the Victoria to Sitka logbook. Updated solar with new pictures and corrected information...
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Res Obscura Newsletter: December, 2019 Note: this was exported from Mailchimp. That's a 1909 painting called "Altar." It's by someone I...
5th Dec 2019
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Res Obscura Newsletter: December, 2019

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5th Dec 2019
Note: this was exported from Mailchimp. That's a 1909 painting called "Altar." It's by someone I learned about just this month: the Lithuanian composer and artist Mikalojus Konstantinas Čiurlionis (1875-1911). His paintings and music evoke a mysterious feeling that has stuck with...
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New York City In Color – Garry Winogrand’s Street Shots “I photograph to find out what something will look like photographed” – Gary Winogrand   In Garry...
1st Mar 2024
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New York City In Color – Garry Winogrand’s Street Shots

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1st Mar 2024
“I photograph to find out what something will look like photographed” – Gary Winogrand   In Garry Winogrand: Winogrand Color we look at some of the New York-born photographer’s 45,000 early colour street photographs in 1950s and 1960s America.   In 1970 and Winogrand visited the...
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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

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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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A history of currencies and monetary systems in the southern half of Africa African monetary systems were characterized by the concurrent use of classical (metal) currencies...
5th Oct 2025
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A history of currencies and monetary systems in the southern half of Africa

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5th Oct 2025
African monetary systems were characterized by the concurrent use of classical (metal) currencies and commodity currencies that fulfilled a variety of functions.
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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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The ancient city of Meroe: the capital of Kush (ca. 950 BC-350 CE) Journal of African cities: chapter 15
6th Oct 2024
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The ancient city of Meroe: the capital of Kush (ca. 950 BC-350 CE)

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6th Oct 2024
Journal of African cities: chapter 15
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The familiar loneliness of the Kinetoscope One other way that the 2020s resemble the 1890s
5th Feb 2025
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The familiar loneliness of the Kinetoscope

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5th Feb 2025
One other way that the 2020s resemble the 1890s
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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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Xi said every woman is a star on the journey of Chinese modernization "We should jointly nurture an environment that respects women, and morph gender equality into a...
14th Oct 2025
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Xi said every woman is a star on the journey of Chinese modernization

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14th Oct 2025
"We should jointly nurture an environment that respects women, and morph gender equality into a common value and a code of conduct embraced by everyone in our society."
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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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‘The Indefatigable Asa Briggs’ by Adam Sisman review JamesHoare Wed, 10/01/2025 - 08:00
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How does China's victory in 1945 still define the Taiwan question? The Taiwan question arose when the Chinese nation was weak and divided, and it will be resolved when...
3rd Sep 2025
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How does China's victory in 1945 still define the Taiwan question?

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3rd Sep 2025
The Taiwan question arose when the Chinese nation was weak and divided, and it will be resolved when the Chinese nation's rejuvenation is complete.
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Real Monks Cry: Masculinity in the Monastery Real Monks Cry: Masculinity in the Monastery JamesHoare Tue, 05/06/2025 - 08:55
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Real Monks Cry: Masculinity in the Monastery

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6th May 2025
Real Monks Cry: Masculinity in the Monastery JamesHoare Tue, 05/06/2025 - 08:55
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Why they stopped building wooden stupas On survivorship bias in history
14th May 2026
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Why they stopped building wooden stupas

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14th May 2026
On survivorship bias in history
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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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How Sony Lost Control of Digital Music Control, DRM, and the moment distribution stopped being governable
1st Mar 2026
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How Sony Lost Control of Digital Music

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1st Mar 2026
Control, DRM, and the moment distribution stopped being governable
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Who Was the Real Aspasia? The “Prostitute” Who May Have Taught Socrates
2nd Sep 2026
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Who Was the Real Aspasia?

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2nd Sep 2026
The “Prostitute” Who May Have Taught Socrates
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War In Our Time? We need the men in white coats.
3rd Sep 2025
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War In Our Time?

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3rd Sep 2025
We need the men in white coats.
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A Shameless Plug: My “human evolution” book thought some folks here may be interested in this … I just finished up a book on human evolution,...
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A Shameless Plug: My “human evolution” book

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thought some folks here may be interested in this … I just finished up a book on human evolution, which covers thirty-some hominin species from Sahelanthropus to sapiens. It covers what we know about each of them, what we don’t know, and what the experts are arguing over (and...
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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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**a Brief note on Africa's intellectual history plus; the Yoruba intellectual culture ca. 1000-1900.
2nd Sep 2023
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**a Brief note on Africa's intellectual history

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plus; the Yoruba intellectual culture ca. 1000-1900.
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The Final Discman Sony’s D-NE20
9th Sep 2025
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The Final Discman

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9th Sep 2025
Sony’s D-NE20
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How to interpret medieval marginalia 101 A non-comprehensive and unofficial guide
3rd Jun 2026
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How to interpret medieval marginalia 101

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3rd Jun 2026
A non-comprehensive and unofficial guide
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5 Unexpected Philosophers Who Influenced St. Thomas Aquinas Born ca. 1225 AD, Thomas Aquinas is revered in some circles as highly as the ancient Greek and later...
1st Apr 2026
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5 Unexpected Philosophers Who Influenced St. Thomas Aquinas

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1st Apr 2026
Born ca. 1225 AD, Thomas Aquinas is revered in some circles as highly as the ancient Greek and later Enlightenment-era thinkers. While the medieval philosopher’s works are still studied in many universities, ethicists and academics try to further interpret Thomistic thought,...
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French Youth Take the Streets against a Bleak Future : A Report This past week, thousands of teenagers have taken the streets of France, clashing with police as...
5 days ago
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French Youth Take the Streets against a Bleak Future : A Report

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This past week, thousands of teenagers have taken the streets of France, clashing with police as they demonstrate against the deplorable conditions in their high schools and a rapidly collapsing future. This is a promising sign, shifting attention from the seemingly unstoppable...
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Elizabeth Cady Stanton: The Woman Who Demanded Equality Elizabeth Cady Stanton was a revolutionary figure in her day, speaking out about women’s rights,...
1st Feb 2026
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Elizabeth Cady Stanton: The Woman Who Demanded Equality

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1st Feb 2026
Elizabeth Cady Stanton was a revolutionary figure in her day, speaking out about women’s rights, especially voting rights for women. Alongside fellow suffragist Susan B. Anthony, she worked tirelessly to change the way society treated women. A writer, philosopher, women’s rights...
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WW1’s Togoland Campaign Some of the first shots in World War One were fired not in France but in Africa.. The Khra River...
1st Sep 2026
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WW1’s Togoland Campaign

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1st Sep 2026
Some of the first shots in World War One were fired not in France but in Africa.. The Khra River Bridge in Togoland, photo from Wiki Commons. In the later half of the 19th century, Germany and Great Britain became global rivals. The British already had an empire which stretched...
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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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Europe on fire UK News Report #7: July 2026
2nd Aug 2026
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Europe on fire

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UK News Report #7: July 2026
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The Euthyphro problem 'Is that which is moral moral because God commands it?, or does God command that which is moral...
1st Oct 2025
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The Euthyphro problem

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1st Oct 2025
'Is that which is moral moral because God commands it?, or does God command that which is moral because it is moral?'
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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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How Sony Made TV Graphics in 1982 The Sony SMC-70G
4th Jan 2026
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How Sony Made TV Graphics in 1982

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4th Jan 2026
The Sony SMC-70G
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Explore medieval life and death with these 5 brilliant interactive maps! Travels, murders, and......eels?!!
1st Jun 2023
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Explore medieval life and death with these 5 brilliant interactive maps!

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1st Jun 2023
Travels, murders, and......eels?!!
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A Week Off And A New Language See you again soon
6th Sep 2023
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A Week Off And A New Language

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6th Sep 2023
See you again soon
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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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Tension-Filled Black Holes Most matter pushes against nearby matter, via a positive “pressure.” That’s why Earth holds its...
6th Nov 2024
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Tension-Filled Black Holes

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6th Nov 2024
Most matter pushes against nearby matter, via a positive “pressure.” That’s why Earth holds its shape, instead of collapsing down to a point mass.
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2,000-year-old wine and the uncanny immediacy of the past Why artifacts like the Carmona Wine Urn, the Pazyryk Rug, and the Sword of Goujian are so important
15th Jan 2025
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2,000-year-old wine and the uncanny immediacy of the past

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15th Jan 2025
Why artifacts like the Carmona Wine Urn, the Pazyryk Rug, and the Sword of Goujian are so important
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Summary of changes for July Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the...
1st Aug 2021
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Summary of changes for July

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1st Aug 2021
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the month of July. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans. Summary Of Changes Nasu, implemented the export of .theme files, and theme...
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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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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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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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The UK Is Getting Even Crazier In Defense Of Israel Reading by Tim Foley:
1st Jun 2026
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The UK Is Getting Even Crazier In Defense Of Israel

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1st Jun 2026
Reading by Tim Foley:
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Summary of changes for May 2026 Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
31st May 2026
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Summary of changes for May 2026

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31st May 2026
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of May. Wiki, documented the installation of Pino's water tank, added thermostat to engine care, and updated woodstove installation. Grimgrains, added a solar-roasted kinako recipe. Uxn,...
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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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North Pacific Logbook The passage from Japan (Shimoda) to Canada (Victoria) took 51 days, and it was the hardest thing...
31st Jul 2020
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North Pacific Logbook

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31st Jul 2020
The passage from Japan (Shimoda) to Canada (Victoria) took 51 days, and it was the hardest thing we've ever done. We decided to keep a logbook, to better remember it and so it can help others who wish to make this trip. Continue Reading
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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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2026 CHM Awards Ceremony CHM honored five new Fellows and the inaugural Silicon Valley Laureate at a gala celebration that...
1st May 2026
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2026 CHM Awards Ceremony

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1st May 2026
CHM honored five new Fellows and the inaugural Silicon Valley Laureate at a gala celebration that highlighted the teamwork and collaboration behind lasting success. The post 2026 CHM Awards Ceremony appeared first on CHM.
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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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Republican Debates on China: A Political Compass MANY HAVE TRIED to pin Trump to Heritage’s “Project 2025.” The Trump campaign has not only refused...
31st Oct 2024
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Republican Debates on China: A Political Compass

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31st Oct 2024
MANY HAVE TRIED to pin Trump to Heritage’s “Project 2025.” The Trump campaign has not only refused to endorse Project 2025—they have refused to endorse any detailed policy plan whatsoever. Trump prefers to keep his options open. One unanticipated benefit of this approach is that...
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Summary of changes for April 2023 Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the...
1st Apr 2023
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Summary of changes for April 2023

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1st Apr 2023
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the month of April. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans. Summary Of Changes 100r.ca, added charging electronics, solar cooking and solar...
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William Steig’s Illustrations for Wilhelm Reich’s Listen, Little Man!, 1945 “They call you ‘Little Man’, ‘Common Man’; they say a new era has begun, the ‘Era of the Common...
1st Feb 2026
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William Steig’s Illustrations for Wilhelm Reich’s Listen, Little Man!, 1945

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1st Feb 2026
“They call you ‘Little Man’, ‘Common Man’; they say a new era has begun, the ‘Era of the Common Man’. It isn’t you who says so, Little Man. It is they, the Vice Presidents of great nations, promoted labor leaders, repentant sons of bourgeois families, statesmen and philosophers....
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A Brief History of the Hungarian Soviet Republic The idea of a communist Hungary is usually associated with the Cold War that arose post-World War...
1st Apr 2025
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A Brief History of the Hungarian Soviet Republic

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1st Apr 2025
The idea of a communist Hungary is usually associated with the Cold War that arose post-World War II. Hungary, however, had a brush with communist leadership several decades before, in the aftermath of the First World War.   The short-lived Hungarian Soviet Republic ultimately...
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internet in paradise Huahine, one of the many grouped islands in French Polynesia. Our plans for future ocean voyaging...
1st Jul 2017
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internet in paradise

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1st Jul 2017
Huahine, one of the many grouped islands in French Polynesia. Our plans for future ocean voyaging could have ended here, because we almost crashed onto a reef. Because we always time our arrival with the morning sun, I always get the first look of every island. Huahine stood in...
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Passing the Buck: The story of the 2022 Wings Over Dallas air show collision
28th Feb 2025
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Passing the Buck: The story of the 2022 Wings Over Dallas air show collision

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28th Feb 2025
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Five Slogans Re Cultural Drift I’m wondering how well I might organize my cultural drift messages around a few key slogans.
a week ago
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Five Slogans Re Cultural Drift

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I’m wondering how well I might organize my cultural drift messages around a few key slogans.
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Filter Bubbles and the RWW Real-Time Web Summit, June 2010 Me at our first NYC event, in June 2010. Photo by Scott Beale / Laughing Squid. It was another late...
2nd Oct 2024
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Filter Bubbles and the RWW Real-Time Web Summit, June 2010

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2nd Oct 2024
Me at our first NYC event, in June 2010. Photo by Scott Beale / Laughing Squid. It was another late arrival coming into New York — near midnight on Sunday, June 6 — but this time I had booked a hotel in Manhattan. It was a fifteen-minute walk from the Metropolitan Pavilion, our...
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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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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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Three years late, but historians are always late
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REM, Nirvana and More From ‘America’s Poster Champion’ Mike King Portland-based artist Mike King has been creating gig posters for bands since the mid 1970s. What...
1st Oct 2025
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REM, Nirvana and More From ‘America’s Poster Champion’ Mike King

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1st Oct 2025
Portland-based artist Mike King has been creating gig posters for bands since the mid 1970s. What began as a means of promoting his own bands’ shows turned into a prolific career. He gets paid now, but to begin he worked “in exchange for tickets to the shows, and for beers”. King...
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Origins of the Odyssey Rethinking the Dark Age and the Alphabet
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Origins of the Odyssey

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Rethinking the Dark Age and the Alphabet
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Cultural revolution in the land of Kafka and Borges On Peter Kropotkin's Memoirs
2nd Oct 2024
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Cultural revolution in the land of Kafka and Borges

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On Peter Kropotkin's Memoirs
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The Sirens' Song Can You Resist?
2nd Jan 2026
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The Sirens' Song

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Can You Resist?
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Sailing for Gaza : A Message from a Wayward American Yachtpunk in the Thousand Madleens to Gaza... Famine has become one of the central weapons with which the Israeli government seeks to exterminate...
5th Oct 2025
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Sailing for Gaza : A Message from a Wayward American Yachtpunk in the Thousand Madleens to Gaza Flotilla

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5th Oct 2025
Famine has become one of the central weapons with which the Israeli government seeks to exterminate the population of Gaza. On October 1, the Israeli military attacked the Sumud flotilla, a fleet of ships attempting to break the siege around Gaza in order to deliver much-needed...
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Sony and Meta Explained: The Future of PlayStation VR Sony is transferring hundreds of VR patents to Meta. The decision may reflect past lessons and a...
3 days ago
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Sony and Meta Explained: The Future of PlayStation VR

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Sony is transferring hundreds of VR patents to Meta. The decision may reflect past lessons and a changing approach to PlayStation hardware.
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My Weekly Reader 1958-1959 March 3, 1958   Happy New Year's! I picked up a set of My Weekly Reader so I thought I would share...
1st Jan 2026
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My Weekly Reader 1958-1959

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1st Jan 2026
March 3, 1958   Happy New Year's! I picked up a set of My Weekly Reader so I thought I would share some with you as I have a chance to scan them. Some of these are from My Weekly Reader Picture Reader. This was the version for 1st graders. The next is from the My Weekly reader...
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The Border is an Open Wound : A Tree Sit in Lochiel, Arizona Halts Border Wall Construction At the border with Mexico in Arizona, for the first time in history, a tree sit is blocking the...
12th Aug 2026
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The Border is an Open Wound : A Tree Sit in Lochiel, Arizona Halts Border Wall Construction

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12th Aug 2026
At the border with Mexico in Arizona, for the first time in history, a tree sit is blocking the construction of the border wall that Trump promised his voters. This wall is cutting a ragged wound across the precious and diverse ecosystems that defy the myth that the border...
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Gold, volk and IQs Hayek’s fatal conceit
3rd Feb 2025
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Gold, volk and IQs

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3rd Feb 2025
Hayek’s fatal conceit
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Unseen Friends: Rare Behind-the-Scenes Photos from the Iconic Sitcom In the mid-1990s, television audiences were introduced to a group of six friends whose daily lives...
1st Nov 2025
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Unseen Friends: Rare Behind-the-Scenes Photos from the Iconic Sitcom

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1st Nov 2025
In the mid-1990s, television audiences were introduced to a group of six friends whose daily lives in Manhattan would soon redefine the meaning of modern friendship. Friends, created by David Crane and Marta Kauffman, premiered on NBC on September 22, 1994, and instantly captured...
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Sudan, 1898 From the archives
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Sudan, 1898

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From the archives
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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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What Happened to Streetcar Suburbs? Thank streetcars for making cities nice
3rd Jun 2026
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What Happened to Streetcar Suburbs?

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3rd Jun 2026
Thank streetcars for making cities nice
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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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This May Be the Most Important Issue Yet Classical Wisdom Litterae: Ethics
1st Nov 2025
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This May Be the Most Important Issue Yet

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1st Nov 2025
Classical Wisdom Litterae: Ethics
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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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Historical Figures in Ridiculous Frippery: Ruff Love For Old Masters “If you spent your life concentrating on what everyone else thought of you, would you forget who you...
1st Jan 2025
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Historical Figures in Ridiculous Frippery: Ruff Love For Old Masters

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1st Jan 2025
“If you spent your life concentrating on what everyone else thought of you, would you forget who you really were? What if the face you showed the world turned out to be a mask… with nothing beneath it?” — Jodi Picoult, Nineteen Minutes     Volker Hermes lampoons traditional...
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Translating Latin demonology manuals with GPT-4 and Claude At long last, a real-world use case for AI!
3rd Oct 2023
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Translating Latin demonology manuals with GPT-4 and Claude

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At long last, a real-world use case for AI!
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1995: From Batman Forever’s cinematic design to HTML tables Batman Forever website, launched May 1995. If 1994 was when the Web became a publishing medium, then...
3rd Mar 2026
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1995: From Batman Forever’s cinematic design to HTML tables

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Batman Forever website, launched May 1995. If 1994 was when the Web became a publishing medium, then 1995 was when the Web truly marked itself as a unique expressive medium. The Web became a place — a destination — rather than a mere repository for documents. In previous posts,...
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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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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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Modern Worries Hope is more fragile than fear.
1st Sep 2026
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Modern Worries

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Hope is more fragile than fear.
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A complex bug with a ⸢simple⸣ fix Last month I did a fairly complex piece of systems programming that worked surprisingly well. But...
19th Sep 2024
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A complex bug with a ⸢simple⸣ fix

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19th Sep 2024
Last month I did a fairly complex piece of systems programming that worked surprisingly well. But it had one big bug that took me a day to track down. One reason I find the bug interesting is that it exemplifies the sort of challenges that come up in systems programming. The...
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Summary of changes for April Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the...
1st May 2022
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Summary of changes for April

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1st May 2022
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the month of April. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans. Summary Of Changes Bicycle, released an Uxntal playground. See Varvara riding a...
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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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Summary of changes for January 2024 Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
1st Feb 2024
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Summary of changes for January 2024

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1st Feb 2024
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of January. Summary Of Changes 100r.ca, added galley refit, updated lifelines, seamed box cushions, and moisture prevention underliner. Permacomputing, revamped the page. Flappy Bird,...
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Will The West Eat Itself? Yes. It's derivatives all the way down.
5th Jul 2023
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Will The West Eat Itself?

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Yes. It's derivatives all the way down.
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Collections: How to Roman Republic, Part V: The Courts This is the fifth part of our five part series (I, II, IIIa, IIIb, IIIc, IV) on the structure of the...
6th Oct 2023
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Collections: How to Roman Republic, Part V: The Courts

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This is the fifth part of our five part series (I, II, IIIa, IIIb, IIIc, IV) on the structure of the Roman Republic during the third and second centuries BC, the ‘Middle Republic.’ Last time we looked at the odd but very important role played by the ROman Senate as the central...
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LLM-based educational games will be a big deal For the first time, digital games can make qualitative assessments of learning. Here's what that...
14th May 2024
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LLM-based educational games will be a big deal

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For the first time, digital games can make qualitative assessments of learning. Here's what that might look like.
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More on Xi Jinping’s Industrial Drive + London Meet Up A few items of interest to my readers: First, at the end of last month I appeared on the German...
27th Jun 2024
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More on Xi Jinping’s Industrial Drive + London Meet Up

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27th Jun 2024
A few items of interest to my readers: First, at the end of last month I appeared on the German Marshall Fund's China Global podcast to discuss the CPC's current techno-industrial drive. You can listen to the full thing on Simplecast, Apple Podcast, or in the embed below:
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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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Stone, Scissors, Paper. Or, Europe after Ukraine.
5th Feb 2025
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Stone, Scissors, Paper.

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Or, Europe after Ukraine.
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The Route of History Geology and empire collide on the Danube
1st Feb 2026
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The Route of History

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1st Feb 2026
Geology and empire collide on the Danube
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Fireside Friday, February 6, 2026 (On Ancient Migrations) Hey folks, Fireside this week! I have ended up a bit behind in my work and as always it is the blog...
6th Feb 2026
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Fireside Friday, February 6, 2026 (On Ancient Migrations)

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6th Feb 2026
Hey folks, Fireside this week! I have ended up a bit behind in my work and as always it is the blog that much suffer first. In this case, we have in two weeks twice managed to have snow which only increased my workload (it didn’t cancel any of my classes, but did require me …...
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Why did medieval people invent so many collective nouns? A pride of lions, a paddling of ducks, and....a herd of harlots?
9th May 2023
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Why did medieval people invent so many collective nouns?

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A pride of lions, a paddling of ducks, and....a herd of harlots?
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The open-stack library: a futuristic technology from the 18th century What we lost when we shifted knowledge organization to an algorithmic feed
8th Nov 2023
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The open-stack library: a futuristic technology from the 18th century

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What we lost when we shifted knowledge organization to an algorithmic feed
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A different game On football’s extreme commercialization
1st Jun 2026
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A different game

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1st Jun 2026
On football’s extreme commercialization
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Cometh the Hour.... Cometh ... well, who exactly?
4 days ago
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Cometh the Hour....

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4 days ago
Cometh ... well, who exactly?
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Project Mercury Project Mercury was America’s entry into the Space Race and was intended to put a human into space...
4th Mar 2025
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Project Mercury

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4th Mar 2025
Project Mercury was America’s entry into the Space Race and was intended to put a human into space before the Soviet Union did. The Soviet launch of the Sputnik satellite in October 1957 caused a near-panic in the United States and led to desperate calls to “catch up”. President...
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The Ancient Empires of Africa: Imperial Governments and “Native” Rulers. Ancient state structures in Africa included Empires, which carried with them all the complexity,...
6th Sep 2026
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The Ancient Empires of Africa: Imperial Governments and “Native” Rulers.

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Ancient state structures in Africa included Empires, which carried with them all the complexity, inequalities, and political baggage inherent in such systems.
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ReadWriteWeb Mistaken for Facebook Login — Hilarity Ensues As internet culture continued to go mainstream over 2010, sometimes we at ReadWriteWeb got caught in...
4th Sep 2024
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ReadWriteWeb Mistaken for Facebook Login — Hilarity Ensues

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4th Sep 2024
As internet culture continued to go mainstream over 2010, sometimes we at ReadWriteWeb got caught in the crosshairs. In February, our website was hilariously mistaken for the Facebook login page by thousands of people. We’d published a post entitled “Facebook Wants to Be Your One...
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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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What the mudslide along China-Nepal border tells us about Himalayan Risk What we know about the disaster, why it was so hard to predict, and the challenge of building a...
3rd Sep 2026
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What the mudslide along China-Nepal border tells us about Himalayan Risk

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3rd Sep 2026
What we know about the disaster, why it was so hard to predict, and the challenge of building a cross-border warning system
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Do YOU Know the Trojan War? Weekly Wisdom Quiz
2nd Aug 2026
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Do YOU Know the Trojan War?

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Weekly Wisdom Quiz
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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

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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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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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Y Viva Espana: The Great British Package Holiday In Photos When in June 1987, Shirley Baker photographed passengers at England’s Manchester Airport, many of...
2nd Jun 2024
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Y Viva Espana: The Great British Package Holiday In Photos

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2nd Jun 2024
When in June 1987, Shirley Baker photographed passengers at England’s Manchester Airport, many of them would have been on their way to sunny Spain as part of their package holiday. Jake Clark first arrived there in the late 1960s when his parents moved to a fishing village in...
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What’s Entering the Public Domain in 2025: Hemingway’s A Farewell to Arms, Faulkner’s The Sound and... Each Public Domain Day seems to bring us a richer crop of copyright-liberated books, plays, films,...
1st Jan 2025
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What’s Entering the Public Domain in 2025: Hemingway’s A Farewell to Arms, Faulkner’s The Sound and the Fury, Early Hitchcock Films, Tintin and Popeye Cartoons & More

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Each Public Domain Day seems to bring us a richer crop of copyright-liberated books, plays, films, musical compositions, sound recordings, works of art, and other pieces of intellectual property. This year happens to be an especially notable one for connoisseurs of Belgian...
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Weekly Wisdom Quiz Ancient Secrets of Success?
1st Mar 2026
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Weekly Wisdom Quiz

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1st Mar 2026
Ancient Secrets of Success?
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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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Drawing the Future The ingenuity of industrial designers like Jerry Nichols helped Silicon Valley embrace mass...
16th Jan 2026
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Drawing the Future

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16th Jan 2026
The ingenuity of industrial designers like Jerry Nichols helped Silicon Valley embrace mass production in the 1960s and early 1970s, transforming the Valley and the world. The post Drawing the Future appeared first on CHM.
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The curious case of the missing period When Simple Mail Transfer Protocol is not simple
20th Feb 2024
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The curious case of the missing period

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When Simple Mail Transfer Protocol is not simple
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Paradise Lost: How Moreover Won & Lost the Real-Time Web The late 1990s was the middle of the Dot Com boom. Looking back, we tend to associate this period of...
17th Mar 2015
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Paradise Lost: How Moreover Won & Lost the Real-Time Web

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17th Mar 2015
The late 1990s was the middle of the Dot Com boom. Looking back, we tend to associate this period of intense growth with e-commerce startups. During 1998, eBay went public, Paypal was founded, Amazon.com was spending big to “expand its reach” and Pets.com launched. Also started...
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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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A short chronology of references to cannibalism in Africa
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The most interesting things I read in 2023 Most of them are not from 2023
5th Dec 2023
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The most interesting things I read in 2023

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Most of them are not from 2023
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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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State and society in nothern ghana after the Mali empire's decline.
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Rethinking the “Technology Gap” in African History: Guns, Plows, and Furnaces. Popular literature on the history of technology maintains that the limited adoption of more complex...
7th Jun 2026
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Rethinking the “Technology Gap” in African History: Guns, Plows, and Furnaces.

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Popular literature on the history of technology maintains that the limited adoption of more complex technologies in pre-colonial Africa placed the continent at a disadvantage in its interactions with the wider world.
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99 percent Utopia and money For full happiness is possible only in stagnation.
6th May 2026
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99 percent Utopia and money

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For full happiness is possible only in stagnation.
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Vintage Beach Fashion of the 1930s: Glamorous Swimwear Photos From the Pre-Bikini Era Sun-drenched shores, tailored wool swimsuits, and a newfound sense of freedom all came together to...
1st Aug 2026
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Vintage Beach Fashion of the 1930s: Glamorous Swimwear Photos From the Pre-Bikini Era

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1st Aug 2026
Sun-drenched shores, tailored wool swimsuits, and a newfound sense of freedom all came together to define one of the most stylish decades in beach history. The 1930s transformed swimming from a rare luxury into a beloved national pastime, and with that shift came a wave of...
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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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Do you want to be a synonym? I had a dinner with a friend tonight and we spoke of how the new era which has just begun makes lots...
2nd Apr 2025
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Do you want to be a synonym?

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2nd Apr 2025
I had a dinner with a friend tonight and we spoke of how the new era which has just begun makes lots of our knowledge, or the ways of thinking, about international relations, economic policies, poverty and wealth etc.
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Sub-replacement fertility in pre-baby boom Europe Past perspectives on fertility decline
20th Feb 2025
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Sub-replacement fertility in pre-baby boom Europe

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20th Feb 2025
Past perspectives on fertility decline
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Weekend Roundup Quiz Time!
2nd Feb 2025
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Weekend Roundup

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Quiz Time!
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Cicero and Leadership Philosophy in Action?
3rd Jan 2025
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Cicero and Leadership

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Philosophy in Action?
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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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When Leisure Suits Ruled: A Look at the Men’s Fashion Phenomenon of the 1970s The leisure suit was impossible to miss in the 1970s. Worn in offices, nightclubs, and everywhere in...
6th Jan 2026
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When Leisure Suits Ruled: A Look at the Men’s Fashion Phenomenon of the 1970s

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6th Jan 2026
The leisure suit was impossible to miss in the 1970s. Worn in offices, nightclubs, and everywhere in between, it became a defining look of the decade and a clear break from the stiff formality that had dominated men’s fashion for generations. Comfortable, affordable, and...
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Macron is Safe for the Moment But the future worries me.
5th Apr 2023
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Macron is Safe for the Moment

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5th Apr 2023
But the future worries me.
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The Obscene Art of Wallace Smith For The Banned Book Fantazius Mallare, 1922 “A memory of sanity gives diverting outline to the shadows in me. I am not a maniac like the night....
1st Dec 2025
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The Obscene Art of Wallace Smith For The Banned Book Fantazius Mallare, 1922

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“A memory of sanity gives diverting outline to the shadows in me. I am not a maniac like the night. My mind closes like darkness over the world but I enjoy myself walking amid insane houses, staring at windows that look like drunken octagons, observing lamp posts that simper with...
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The break-down of the representative system and the road to dictatorship (on the example of Serbia)
17th Mar 2025
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The break-down of the representative system and the road to dictatorship

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(on the example of Serbia)
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What the Internet Was Like in 2005 By 2005, Web 2.0 — the Web as platform — was the driving trend of Silicon Valley. It was a new tech...
1st Jun 2024
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What the Internet Was Like in 2005

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By 2005, Web 2.0 — the Web as platform — was the driving trend of Silicon Valley. It was a new tech bubble, and that meant startup launches galore. YouTube and Reddit were just a couple of the future all-star web products launched in 2005. There were also plenty of acquisitions...
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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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The Internet’s Impact on Culture “It feels like the internet’s impact on culture is just beginning. A world in which culture is based...
29th Jan 2020
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The Internet’s Impact on Culture

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29th Jan 2020
“It feels like the internet’s impact on culture is just beginning. A world in which culture is based on the internet, which is what I think is happening, is just the very start. Right, ’cause it had to get universal before it could set the culture.” Those words were spoken by...
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Washington DC is Not a Popularity Contest IN 2009 PAUL GRAHAM WROTE A THOUGHTFUL ESSAY titled “Cities and Ambition.” There he proposes that a...
27th Sep 2024
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Washington DC is Not a Popularity Contest

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IN 2009 PAUL GRAHAM WROTE A THOUGHTFUL ESSAY titled “Cities and Ambition.” There he proposes that a great city is defined by the sort of ambitions it kindles—or perhaps more accurately, the sort of ambitious it gathers. As Graham puts it:
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The indigenous versus foreign origins of West Africa’s pre-colonial architecture. Architecture is an aspect of culture that mediates between man and his environment, and it has been...
6th Jul 2025
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The indigenous versus foreign origins of West Africa’s pre-colonial architecture.

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Architecture is an aspect of culture that mediates between man and his environment, and it has been one of the first of the arts to adopt new materials and techniques.
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My favourite etymologies: OK It's an acronym, but what does it stand for?
13th Jan 2026
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My favourite etymologies: OK

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13th Jan 2026
It's an acronym, but what does it stand for?
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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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The Making of The Conversation – An Interview with Francis Ford Coppola, 1974 In 1966, Francis Ford Coppola was working as a scriptwriter when he talked with fellow American...
1st Mar 2025
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The Making of The Conversation – An Interview with Francis Ford Coppola, 1974

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1st Mar 2025
In 1966, Francis Ford Coppola was working as a scriptwriter when he talked with fellow American director Irvin Kershner (born Isadore Kershner (April 29, 1923 – November 27, 2010)) about spy movies. The time was ripe with espionage plots. The James Bond films were hugely popular...
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Melt the ICE: The Fight Continues : Twin Cities Protesters Blockade ICE Inside the Federal Building On March 1, 2026, at the conclusion of a week of action against the Immigration and Customs...
5th Mar 2026
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Melt the ICE: The Fight Continues : Twin Cities Protesters Blockade ICE Inside the Federal Building

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5th Mar 2026
On March 1, 2026, at the conclusion of a week of action against the Immigration and Customs Enforcement occupation of the Twin Cities, protesters converged on the Bishop Henry Whipple Federal Building in Fort Snelling, Minnesota. At least four hundred people marched on the...
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Summary of changes for January Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the...
31st Jan 2021
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Summary of changes for January

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

31st Jan 2021
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the month of January. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans. Continue Reading
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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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The ReadWriteWeb 2WAY Summit NYC, 2011 Jason Calacanis and Abraham Hyatt at the 2WAY Summit; photo by Shashi Bellamkonda. We couldn’t have...
3rd Dec 2024
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The ReadWriteWeb 2WAY Summit NYC, 2011

from Cybercultural: Internet History [alt+shift+b] in history

3rd Dec 2024
Jason Calacanis and Abraham Hyatt at the 2WAY Summit; photo by Shashi Bellamkonda. We couldn’t have asked for a better venue. The Roone Arledge Auditorium at Columbia University had a full stage, sprung wooden floors, round tables decorated in elegant white cloth, and a huge...
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Perspectives and outcomes of Africa's age of exploration Nearly a century after the Kushite envoys of Queen Amanirenas visited the court of Augustus in...
3rd Aug 2025
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Perspectives and outcomes of Africa's age of exploration

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3rd Aug 2025
Nearly a century after the Kushite envoys of Queen Amanirenas visited the court of Augustus in 22-20BC, a pair of Roman centurions was sent on a reconnaissance mission to Kush in 61-63 CE to gather intelligence for a planned campaign against the kingdom by the Emperor Nero.
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Don't bluff someone who can't fold The war on Iran isn’t over yet, but it looks like we might in fact be staring at the one of the...
9th Apr 2026
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Don't bluff someone who can't fold

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

9th Apr 2026
The war on Iran isn’t over yet, but it looks like we might in fact be staring at the one of the single biggest losses in the U.S.
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Acquisition Talks: Two Suitors Emerge for ReadWriteWeb 'Intro to RWW' slide from a March 2008 presentation. I hadn’t seriously thought of selling...
3rd Apr 2024
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Acquisition Talks: Two Suitors Emerge for ReadWriteWeb

from Cybercultural: Internet History [alt+shift+b] in history

3rd Apr 2024
'Intro to RWW' slide from a March 2008 presentation. I hadn’t seriously thought of selling ReadWriteWeb before 2008, but I knew I needed help to expand the business. Early in the new year Sean Ammirati put me in touch with Bob Evans, a senior executive at CMP Technology, a media...
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The General History of Africa a comprehensive look at states and societies across the continent's entire history.
7th Apr 2024
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The General History of Africa

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7th Apr 2024
a comprehensive look at states and societies across the continent's entire history.
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Another Of My Essays In French. "C’est quoi cette « guerre » dont vous parlez ?"
4th May 2025
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Another Of My Essays In French.

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4th May 2025
"C’est quoi cette « guerre » dont vous parlez ?"
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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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15 Great History Museums Every History Lover Must Visit at Least Once Walking into a great history museum is the closest we can get to true time travel. From London and...
1st Jul 2026
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15 Great History Museums Every History Lover Must Visit at Least Once

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1st Jul 2026
Walking into a great history museum is the closest we can get to true time travel. From London and Berlin to Cairo and Mexico City, these 15 institutions rank among the best history museums in the world. Each museum holds culture-defining artifacts including the Rosetta Stone,...
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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

from Stories by Admiral Cloudberg on Medium [alt+shift+b] in history

18th Feb 2026
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How birds got human names Magpie is short for "Margaret Pie" and I swear I'm not even joking
11th Nov 2025
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How birds got human names

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

11th Nov 2025
Magpie is short for "Margaret Pie" and I swear I'm not even joking
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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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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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