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Transcript for Interview with Harvey Lederman on AI Welfare 1.
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Transcript for Interview with Harvey Lederman on AI Welfare

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Three types of literature regarding the world of AI Economics, politics and philosophy for a new era
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Three types of literature regarding the world of AI

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Economics, politics and philosophy for a new era
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The most important AI story in the world is happening in a place you’ve never heard of Have you ever heard of Ulanqab prefecture, a small (by China’s standards) jurisdiction of 1.5...
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The most important AI story in the world is happening in a place you’ve never heard of

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Have you ever heard of Ulanqab prefecture, a small (by China’s standards) jurisdiction of 1.5 million people lost in the middle of the Inner Mongolian steppe?
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George Orwell's essay on the atomic bomb anticipates Nineteen Eighty-Four Lately I've been reading Orwell's collected work from 1945–1950, which was being deaccessioned from...
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George Orwell's essay on the atomic bomb anticipates Nineteen Eighty-Four

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Lately I've been reading Orwell's collected work from 1945–1950, which was being deaccessioned from the library. It opens with a short but fascinating essay on , published 19 October 1945. It seems clear that Orwell's thinking about this development led directly to his novel ,...
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Repression and Resistance in Russia : An Overview Across three decades, Russia has been at the forefront of the worldwide descent into...
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Repression and Resistance in Russia : An Overview

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Across three decades, Russia has been at the forefront of the worldwide descent into authoritarianism. Vladimir Putin’s government has suppressed opposition in ways that aspiring autocrats like Donald Trump are still striving to emulate. Yet despite widespread repression, there...
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Introducing PSPMAN A FLAC and MP3 Player for the Sony PSP by ObsoleteSony
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Introducing PSPMAN

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A FLAC and MP3 Player for the Sony PSP by ObsoleteSony
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My favourite etymologies: the dog days of summer Let’s get canicular
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My favourite etymologies: the dog days of summer

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Let’s get canicular
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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,...
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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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Six Days on Luna One (1965) Part 2 To continue with this fantastic space art book from 1965. Above is the 1963 Hungarian cover. I have...
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Six Days on Luna One (1965) Part 2

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To continue with this fantastic space art book from 1965. Above is the 1963 Hungarian cover. I have not been able to find the book yet. There is so much here I run out of comments. This is a translation into Russian of a 1963 Czech book. The 1963 book's title was:  Šest dnů na...
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Fireside Friday, September 4, 2026 Hey folks! Fireside this week! Last week’s post was a monster (over 10,000 words compared to our...
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Fireside Friday, September 4, 2026

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Hey folks! Fireside this week! Last week’s post was a monster (over 10,000 words compared to our more typically ~6,000) which left me with some non-blog catching up to do. Next week, we’ll be starting our next Teaching Paradox series, this time looking at Hearts of Iron IV, which...
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Star Trek’s Space Babes: Vintage Photos of the Women Who Captivated 1960s Audiences When Star Trek premiered in 1966, it introduced audiences to a vision of the future filled with...
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Star Trek’s Space Babes: Vintage Photos of the Women Who Captivated 1960s Audiences

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When Star Trek premiered in 1966, it introduced audiences to a vision of the future filled with advanced technology, distant worlds, and a diverse crew working together aboard the USS Enterprise. Alongside its groundbreaking ideas about space exploration and human progress, the...
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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...
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What the mudslide along China-Nepal border tells us about Himalayan Risk

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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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Who Was the Real Aspasia? The “Prostitute” Who May Have Taught Socrates
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Who Was the Real Aspasia?

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The “Prostitute” Who May Have Taught Socrates
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How Do You Know That Document Is Real? A history of verification
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How Do You Know That Document Is Real?

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A history of verification
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Wigs: Selling Hair in 1980s London “If your hair gone with the wind?” – sign in a wig shop, Stepney, Tower Hamlets, London   People...
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Wigs: Selling Hair in 1980s London

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“If your hair gone with the wind?” – sign in a wig shop, Stepney, Tower Hamlets, London   People were keen to fix their hair in the 1980s. Before the buzzcut became the norm for men with a thinning thatch and hair extensions for women became popular, Peter Marshall spotted high...
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The Road Not Taken. And some sacrifices along the way.
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The Road Not Taken.

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And some sacrifices along the way.
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The Silicon Gold Rush: How AI is Driving Development of New Chips The California Gold Rush created fortunes not only for prospectors, but also for the people selling...
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The Silicon Gold Rush: How AI is Driving Development of New Chips

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The California Gold Rush created fortunes not only for prospectors, but also for the people selling picks and shovels. At CHM Live, computer architecture pioneers Bill Dally of NVIDIA and Norm Jouppi of Google joined CHM Fellow David Patterson to discuss the modern version of...
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The Daily Shame (耻) UK News Report #8: August 2026
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The Daily Shame (耻)

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UK News Report #8: August 2026
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Modern Worries Hope is more fragile than fear.
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Modern Worries

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Hope is more fragile than fear.
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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...
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WW1’s Togoland Campaign

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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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Republicans have a big midterm cash advantage Democrats have alienated billionaires without winning back the working class.
2 weeks ago
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Republicans have a big midterm cash advantage

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Democrats have alienated billionaires without winning back the working class.
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Summary of changes for August 2026 Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
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Summary of changes for August 2026

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Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of August. Wiki, updated various sections in solar cooking experiment. Donsol, putting some final touches to the new release. Hakum, completed Recharge. Rabbit Waves, added an image for...
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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...
2 weeks ago
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Sufi Rituals, Papal Editcs, and Other Fascinating Facts About the History of Coffee

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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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‘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...
3 weeks ago
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‘Smock-Faced’ and ‘Imperbicke: The Shame of Beardlessness’

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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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Years of Salt and Metal | The crash of Hop-a-Jet flight 823
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Years of Salt and Metal | The crash of Hop-a-Jet flight 823

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The most lied-about place on earth Depth against slogans: what we saw in 6 weeks driving through Xinjiang
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The most lied-about place on earth

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Depth against slogans: what we saw in 6 weeks driving through Xinjiang
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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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Taiwan Strait Tensions and the KMT's Case for Dialogue and Exchange Taiwan’s largest opposition party cannot set official cross-Strait policy. But its efforts to deepen...
11th Aug 2026
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Taiwan Strait Tensions and the KMT's Case for Dialogue and Exchange

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11th Aug 2026
Taiwan’s largest opposition party cannot set official cross-Strait policy. But its efforts to deepen high-level exchanges and dialogue with the Chinese mainland offer another possibility.
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Collections: Pre-Modern Armies for Worldbuilders, Part Va: Putting It Together This is the first half of the final part (I, IIa, IIb, III, IVa, IVb, Va) of our apparently...
8th Aug 2026
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Collections: Pre-Modern Armies for Worldbuilders, Part Va: Putting It Together

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8th Aug 2026
This is the first half of the final part (I, IIa, IIb, III, IVa, IVb, Va) of our apparently five-part series laying out some general guidelines for how pre-modern armies are organized, in particular exploring the principle that armies cannot help but recreate their civilian...
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Ukraine, Lenin and Sultan-Galiev Re-reading Richard Pipes’ "The Formation of the Soviet Union"
6th Aug 2026
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Ukraine, Lenin and Sultan-Galiev

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6th Aug 2026
Re-reading Richard Pipes’ "The Formation of the Soviet Union"
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The "mechanical miracle" that ruined Mark Twain's life Learning from the automation dreams of the first Machine Age
5th Aug 2026
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The "mechanical miracle" that ruined Mark Twain's life

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5th Aug 2026
Learning from the automation dreams of the first Machine Age
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The Limits Of Our World. And the prisons we make for ourselves.
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The Limits Of Our World.

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5th Aug 2026
And the prisons we make for ourselves.
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A Closer Look at Australopithecus Deyiremeda The discovery of Australopithecus deyiremeda led to some very surprising results. Australopithecus...
4th Aug 2026
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A Closer Look at Australopithecus Deyiremeda

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4th Aug 2026
The discovery of Australopithecus deyiremeda led to some very surprising results. Australopithecus deyiremeda, from Wiki Commons In 2009, researcher Yohanne Haille-Selassie, working at a place called Burtele in the Waranso-Mille region of Ethiopia (not far from where Lucy had...
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Seven books I keep close because I love them The bookshelf by my elbow, the one that I can reach without getting up, has seven books on it, not...
3rd Aug 2026
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Seven books I keep close because I love them

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3rd Aug 2026
The bookshelf by my elbow, the one that I can reach without getting up, has seven books on it, not necessarily the ones I look in the most, but the ones whose emanations I most hope will infuse me as I write. Roget's Thesaurus (4th edition) The one I actually refer to most often...
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The White Masks of Gabon: “Foreign” symbolism in Traditional African sculpture. Among the most refined works of African art are the distinctive white masks of southern Gabon in...
2nd Aug 2026
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The White Masks of Gabon: “Foreign” symbolism in Traditional African sculpture.

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2nd Aug 2026
Among the most refined works of African art are the distinctive white masks of southern Gabon in Central Africa.
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Why Sheep Need Pigs in Sheepdog’s Clothing Your success in life will be determined largely by your ability to speak, your ability to write, and...
2nd Aug 2026
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Why Sheep Need Pigs in Sheepdog’s Clothing

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2nd Aug 2026
Your success in life will be determined largely by your ability to speak, your ability to write, and the quality of your ideas.
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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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2nd Aug 2026
Weekly Wisdom Quiz
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A Narrow Gate The long history of the Khyber Pass, from the archives
2nd Aug 2026
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A Narrow Gate

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2nd Aug 2026
The long history of the Khyber Pass, from the archives
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Europe on fire UK News Report #7: July 2026
2nd Aug 2026
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Europe on fire

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2nd Aug 2026
UK News Report #7: July 2026
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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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Saturday discussion post
1st Aug 2026
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Saturday discussion post

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1st Aug 2026
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Commodus’ Last Night in the Bath and the Chaos it Sparked Over the course of the late 2nd century AD, the emperor Commodus was accused of progressively...
1st Aug 2026
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Commodus’ Last Night in the Bath and the Chaos it Sparked

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1st Aug 2026
Over the course of the late 2nd century AD, the emperor Commodus was accused of progressively slipping into megalomania. Masquerading as a gladiator in the arena and presenting himself as the hero Hercules, he even had plans to rename the city of Rome after himself. Patience was...
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Terry-Thomas, Jimmy Tarbuck And The Diamond Cigarette Holder Heist TERRY-Thomas had arrived. It wasn’t exactly overnight but most people thought so. It was 1946 and he...
1st Aug 2026
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Terry-Thomas, Jimmy Tarbuck And The Diamond Cigarette Holder Heist

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1st Aug 2026
TERRY-Thomas had arrived. It wasn’t exactly overnight but most people thought so. It was 1946 and he was compèring a revue called Piccadilly Hayride at the Prince of Wales Theatre. The post Terry-Thomas, Jimmy Tarbuck And The Diamond Cigarette Holder Heist appeared first on...
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Quick's Flying Saucers and Rocket Ships (1953) A couple of rare (ish) punch-out books from 1953. I had tried to find copies for a while but finally...
1st Aug 2026
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Quick's Flying Saucers and Rocket Ships (1953)

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1st Aug 2026
A couple of rare (ish) punch-out books from 1953. I had tried to find copies for a while but finally it cam together. I really like the space graphics and the space helmet on the back. I also want my own "Robot Man" mask to wear. Lots of cool space toys. Jones, Jim and Virdone,...
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Quality non-fiction books are the antithesis of AI slop ...so I vibe-coded a tool for finding more of them
22nd Jul 2026
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Quality non-fiction books are the antithesis of AI slop

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22nd Jul 2026
...so I vibe-coded a tool for finding more of them
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Progress Update: New article coming soon, and a teaser
18th Jul 2026
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Progress Update: New article coming soon, and a teaser

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A self-absorbed giant Dearth of Chinese lessons for the rest of the world
12th Jul 2026
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A self-absorbed giant

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12th Jul 2026
Dearth of Chinese lessons for the rest of the world
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Starting to understand epsilon-zero This post is going to be about what infinite ordinal numbers are, and about is in particular. I...
10th Jul 2026
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Starting to understand epsilon-zero

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10th Jul 2026
This post is going to be about what infinite ordinal numbers are, and about is in particular. I had a brainwave a while back (18 months now, wow, I have definitely not been blogging enough) and suddenly understood much better than I did before. I have several related ideas...
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Manufactured Betrayal : A Statement from Fire Ant Movement Defense on Solidarity and Betrayal in the... On July 4, 2025, roughly a dozen people participated in a demonstration at the Prairieland Detention...
7th Jul 2026
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Manufactured Betrayal : A Statement from Fire Ant Movement Defense on Solidarity and Betrayal in the Prairieland Trials

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7th Jul 2026
On July 4, 2025, roughly a dozen people participated in a demonstration at the Prairieland Detention Center, a facility serving Immigration and Customs Enforcement. At the conclusion of the demonstration, a participant named Benjamin Song saw a police officer aim a gun at a...
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The First Trip Around the World Ferdinand Magellan is usually given credit for making the first circumnavigation of the globe, but...
7th Jul 2026
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The First Trip Around the World

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7th Jul 2026
Ferdinand Magellan is usually given credit for making the first circumnavigation of the globe, but in fact he was killed halfway through the trip and never made it. . Juan Sebastian Elcano, photo from Wiki Commons When the Portuguese navigator Ferdinand Magellan set sail for the...
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The End of PlayStation Discs Why physical media is ending on PlayStation, and why the answer is more complicated than the...
5th Jul 2026
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The End of PlayStation Discs

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5th Jul 2026
Why physical media is ending on PlayStation, and why the answer is more complicated than the backlash suggests.
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A History of Agadez: The Desert city of Aïr (1400-1900) Journal of African Cities: chapter 21
5th Jul 2026
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A History of Agadez: The Desert city of Aïr (1400-1900)

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5th Jul 2026
Journal of African Cities: chapter 21
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Ranking medieval plague cures Number 4 may surprise you!
4th Jul 2026
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Ranking medieval plague cures

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4th Jul 2026
Number 4 may surprise you!
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Collections: On the Declaration of Independence Hello again all. It is once again the week of July 4th and so, as is customary here, I am going to...
4th Jul 2026
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Collections: On the Declaration of Independence

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4th Jul 2026
Hello again all. It is once again the week of July 4th and so, as is customary here, I am going to use this week’s post to talk about the United States. This is going to be a bit more of an open musing than an argument as compared to previous years (2021, 2022, 2023, … Continue...
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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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Why one Chinese county spent 76 years planting trees The story of Youyu offers a window into what the CPC calls a "correct view on governance...
3rd Jul 2026
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Why one Chinese county spent 76 years planting trees

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3rd Jul 2026
The story of Youyu offers a window into what the CPC calls a "correct view on governance performance."
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Musk built a monopoly on space. Can China break it? There is an argument being made that what Tesla did to boost the Chinese EV industry, SpaceX will do...
3rd Jul 2026
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Musk built a monopoly on space. Can China break it?

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3rd Jul 2026
There is an argument being made that what Tesla did to boost the Chinese EV industry, SpaceX will do to boost China’s commercial space industry.
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Johnny Rotten in Jamaica, 1978 ‘First thing that happened at the airport was this group of Rastas saw us and they were, like ’hey...
2nd Jul 2026
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Johnny Rotten in Jamaica, 1978

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2nd Jul 2026
‘First thing that happened at the airport was this group of Rastas saw us and they were, like ’hey Johnny Rotten mon! God save the Queen!’. And we looked at each other and smiled and were like, “we gonna be cool here”‘. —Dennis Morris   John Lydon still knows how to piss people...
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Color Photos Capture Life and Pollution Along the Ohio River in the Early 1970s In the early 1970s, the Ohio River was both a vital economic artery and a stark reminder of the...
2nd Jul 2026
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Color Photos Capture Life and Pollution Along the Ohio River in the Early 1970s

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2nd Jul 2026
In the early 1970s, the Ohio River was both a vital economic artery and a stark reminder of the environmental costs of industrial growth. Barges carried coal, steel, chemicals, and other goods through the heart of the Midwest, while millions of people depended on the river for...
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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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What If Museums Were Full of Copies? Victorians once tried to make it happen
1st Jul 2026
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What If Museums Were Full of Copies?

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1st Jul 2026
Victorians once tried to make it happen
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Nobody likes a party crasher Trump has ruined America’s 250th anniversary. I’m still celebrating.
1st Jul 2026
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Nobody likes a party crasher

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1st Jul 2026
Trump has ruined America’s 250th anniversary. I’m still celebrating.
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The triumph of Brand Scotland Good luck booking a holiday in the Highlands next summer
1st Jul 2026
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The triumph of Brand Scotland

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1st Jul 2026
Good luck booking a holiday in the Highlands next summer
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Summary of changes for June 2026 Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
1st Jul 2026
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Summary of changes for June 2026

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1st Jul 2026
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of June. Wiki, we had a few things fail this month, see: solar cooking experiment, and ipad media station. Also, the pressure sprayer that we use as an outdoor shower and to rinse dishes...
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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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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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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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Weber, Aristotle, Girard, Kripal
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Captain Ray-O-Vac’s Adventure and Game Book (1952) Sorry for the sporadic postings, I should have some lined up for the next couple of months.  Mostly...
19th Jun 2026
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Captain Ray-O-Vac’s Adventure and Game Book (1952)

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19th Jun 2026
Sorry for the sporadic postings, I should have some lined up for the next couple of months.  Mostly there will be comic book premiums and punch out books. To start how about "Flashlights in Space...!" This was a comic premium from Ray-O-Vac batteries company. There was not much...
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China’s cross-Strait integration experiment in Xiamen and Kinmen Nearly three years have passed since Chinese authorities unveiled a plan in September 2023 to...
19th Jun 2026
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China’s cross-Strait integration experiment in Xiamen and Kinmen

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19th Jun 2026
Nearly three years have passed since Chinese authorities unveiled a plan in September 2023 to support its eastern Fujian Province in exploring new approaches for integrated development across the Taiwan Strait.
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Sony 80 Is Almost Here On June 23rd, the next ObsoleteSony book launches on Kickstarter.
16th Jun 2026
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Sony 80 Is Almost Here

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16th Jun 2026
On June 23rd, the next ObsoleteSony book launches on Kickstarter.
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Egyptian fractions for 2/105 The ancient Egyptians had a terrible notation for fractions. They had notations for for each , for...
12th Jun 2026
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Egyptian fractions for 2/105

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12th Jun 2026
The ancient Egyptians had a terrible notation for fractions. They had notations for for each , for , but everything else was written as a sum of these, with repeats forbidden, so that for example had to be written as . (Wikipedia) In an older article about Egyptian fractions...
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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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7th Jun 2026
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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Collections: Pre-Modern Armies for Worldbuilders, Part I: Why They Fight This week I want to try something a little different. Rather than taking apart a particular fantasy...
6th Jun 2026
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Collections: Pre-Modern Armies for Worldbuilders, Part I: Why They Fight

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6th Jun 2026
This week I want to try something a little different. Rather than taking apart a particular fantasy military system, I thought I might try to lay out a more general sense of how military systems tend to map on to societies, both because such general historical frameworks are...
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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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The Pax Silica Con The US's "Pax Silica" sells itself as a wall against China, when it's really a cage to keep...
4th Jun 2026
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The Pax Silica Con

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The US's "Pax Silica" sells itself as a wall against China, when it's really a cage to keep America's "partners" in - dependent on American tech, and unable to build their own.
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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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We Must Change How We Source Morality Consider three sources of opinions or habits:
3rd Jun 2026
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We Must Change How We Source Morality

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Consider three sources of opinions or habits:
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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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Rare 1960s Photos Offer a Fascinating Look at Swimsuit Fashion of the Era Fashion has a way of reflecting the world around it, and in the 1960s, the world was moving fast....
3rd Jun 2026
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Rare 1960s Photos Offer a Fascinating Look at Swimsuit Fashion of the Era

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3rd Jun 2026
Fashion has a way of reflecting the world around it, and in the 1960s, the world was moving fast. The postwar economic boom had put more disposable income in more pockets than any previous generation had known. Vacation culture was expanding, domestic air travel was becoming...
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Nothing In Common... Is all we have left.
3rd Jun 2026
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Nothing In Common...

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3rd Jun 2026
Is all we have left.
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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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WannaCry: The Ransomware Attack That Shut Down Hospitals It was 3 PM on a Friday. A doctor at an NHS hospital in the UK tries to check his email. Instead,...
2nd Jun 2026
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WannaCry: The Ransomware Attack That Shut Down Hospitals

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2nd Jun 2026
It was 3 PM on a Friday. A doctor at an NHS hospital in the UK tries to check his email. Instead, one of the PCs in the room reboots into a scary red screen demanding $300 in Bitcoin [23].
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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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Hong Kong Nights 1974-1989 Greg Girard photographed Hong Kong at night between 1974 and 1989. The Canadian photographer’s...
1st Jun 2026
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Hong Kong Nights 1974-1989

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1st Jun 2026
Greg Girard photographed Hong Kong at night between 1974 and 1989. The Canadian photographer’s pictures show us a city full of promise alive after dark, much as Gerry Cranham did with his night shots. He returned to the city many times after his first visit as a teenager in 1974....
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Explore This Historic Ship When It Docks In London This Summer Nao Victoria sails into St Katharine Docks.
1st Jun 2026
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Explore This Historic Ship When It Docks In London This Summer

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1st Jun 2026
Nao Victoria sails into St Katharine Docks.
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It all started in 1948 Featuring my recent appearance on Louise Perry's podcast
1st Jun 2026
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It all started in 1948

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1st Jun 2026
Featuring my recent appearance on Louise Perry's podcast
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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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6 Empires That Conquered Ancient Egypt Ancient Egypt flourished for over three millennia, maintaining its unique culture and political...
1st Jun 2026
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6 Empires That Conquered Ancient Egypt

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1st Jun 2026
Ancient Egypt flourished for over three millennia, maintaining its unique culture and political identity. But that does not mean that Egypt was never impacted by external threats. The Egyptians were conquered several times by foreign powers, who brought their own culture and...
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Two Views, Both Not Quite Photographs From a 1902 postcard, a profile view of the Brooklyn Bridge (with bonus Fulton ferry) and a smaller...
1st Jun 2026
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Two Views, Both Not Quite Photographs

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1st Jun 2026
From a 1902 postcard, a profile view of the Brooklyn Bridge (with bonus Fulton ferry) and a smaller view of the walkway. If you know the bridge well, as I do, the promenade view is actually quite accurate, but I suspect it’s a little bit difficult to parse for people who haven’t...
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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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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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The Tyranny of "We" Why "We Are All One Humanity" Is the Most Dangerous Idea on Earth
10th May 2026
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The Tyranny of "We"

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Why "We Are All One Humanity" Is the Most Dangerous Idea on Earth
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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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6th May 2026
For full happiness is possible only in stagnation.
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My Temporary Enemy's Temporary Enemy... Can be my temporary friend.
6th May 2026
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My Temporary Enemy's Temporary Enemy...

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6th May 2026
Can be my temporary friend.
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May Day Black Blocs and a Car Bombing : Spring comes to Portland, Oregon On May Day, anarchists in Portland participated in two black blocs, adding a confrontational edge to...
3rd May 2026
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May Day Black Blocs and a Car Bombing : Spring comes to Portland, Oregon

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3rd May 2026
On May Day, anarchists in Portland participated in two black blocs, adding a confrontational edge to public protests. As anger against the economy and the government spreads alongside desperation and despair, it’s up to us to create opportunities for collective action. Anarchists...
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African Revolutions and External Influences during the Long Nineteenth Century In the opening decades of the 19th century, Africa witnessed the emergence of new economic and...
3rd May 2026
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African Revolutions and External Influences during the Long Nineteenth Century

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3rd May 2026
In the opening decades of the 19th century, Africa witnessed the emergence of new economic and political dynamics that intersected with, and were in some areas the outcome of, external influences.
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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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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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These Vintage Alcohol Ads Are as Bizarre as They Are Fascinating There is a certain kind of discomfort that comes from flipping through old magazines from the 1960s...
1st May 2026
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These Vintage Alcohol Ads Are as Bizarre as They Are Fascinating

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1st May 2026
There is a certain kind of discomfort that comes from flipping through old magazines from the 1960s and 1970s. Not because they feel foreign, but because they don’t, entirely. The clothes changed. The hairstyles changed. The alcohol ads, though, reveal something rawer about that...
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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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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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The Man Behind The History Thucydides' Life & Legacy
1st May 2026
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The Man Behind The History

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1st May 2026
Thucydides' Life & Legacy
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May Day History The Haymarket Riot NOTE: I rerun this diary every year. In the US, May Day used to be the internationally-recognized...
1st May 2026
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May Day History The Haymarket Riot

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1st May 2026
NOTE: I rerun this diary every year. In the US, May Day used to be the internationally-recognized day of recognition and celebration for Labor and its struggles–at least until the Soviet Union ruined it with their idiotic military parades. But in honor of the true meaning of May...
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The Tsarist Mindset On the 'anti-Semitism national security emergency'
1st May 2026
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The Tsarist Mindset

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1st May 2026
On the 'anti-Semitism national security emergency'
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The Five Rivers of Hades in Greek Mythology and Beyond The Greek afterlife wasn’t simply a shadowy realm of nothingness. Over time, from Homer to Hesiod,...
1st May 2026
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The Five Rivers of Hades in Greek Mythology and Beyond

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1st May 2026
The Greek afterlife wasn’t simply a shadowy realm of nothingness. Over time, from Homer to Hesiod, Plato, and Virgil, through stories and poetry, it developed features of its own, with forests, mountains, cities, and lakes being considered as part of its geography. Of great...
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Ibiza 1976: In 1976, German-born photographer Walter Rudolph went to Ibiza. We’ve been there twice before, in...
1st May 2026
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Ibiza 1976:

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1st May 2026
In 1976, German-born photographer Walter Rudolph went to Ibiza. We’ve been there twice before, in the 1980s with Oriol Maspons (NSFW) and a group of British lads. In ’76, the Spanish island was a relatively untested destination for visitors to explore. In 2025, 19 million...
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Euler, enlightenment genius The talents and personality of the most prolific mathematician in history
23rd Apr 2026
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Euler, enlightenment genius

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23rd Apr 2026
The talents and personality of the most prolific mathematician in history
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The handmade beauty of Machine Age data visualizations How William James, W.E.B. Du Bois, and Francis Galton thought with diagrams
22nd Apr 2026
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The handmade beauty of Machine Age data visualizations

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22nd Apr 2026
How William James, W.E.B. Du Bois, and Francis Galton thought with diagrams
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True Comics, December 1948. (“Rocket Trip to the Moon” ) Something old about a trip to the Moon. Celebrating trying another trip to the Moon here is a...
10th Apr 2026
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True Comics, December 1948. (“Rocket Trip to the Moon” )

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10th Apr 2026
Something old about a trip to the Moon. Celebrating trying another trip to the Moon here is a non-fiction story from 1948. Stuck in an obscure comic book it tells the story of spaceflight to come. True Comics. No. 80, December 1948. (“Rocket Trip to the Moon” p. 10-15.) Chicago:...
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A Historic Pixel Art Exhibition In 1981, a groundbreaking show featuring digital art on monitors connected to framebuffers and a...
10th Apr 2026
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A Historic Pixel Art Exhibition

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10th Apr 2026
In 1981, a groundbreaking show featuring digital art on monitors connected to framebuffers and a computer made history. This is the story of the small team that pulled it off. The post A Historic Pixel Art Exhibition appeared first on CHM.
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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

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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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The Sound and Fury of a Collapsing Order : As Trump’s Power Wanes, A Window Opens for Change In the waning phase of Donald Trump’s reign, opportunities will open up for profound social change....
8th Apr 2026
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The Sound and Fury of a Collapsing Order : As Trump’s Power Wanes, A Window Opens for Change

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8th Apr 2026
In the waning phase of Donald Trump’s reign, opportunities will open up for profound social change. Here, we explore the nature of the difficulties besetting his administration and propose a few starting places for those who aim to do more than simply remove him from power. In...
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NASA’s Ocean Mission As part of its Apollo Moon program, NASA carried out an ambitious experiment in the depths of the...
7th Apr 2026
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NASA’s Ocean Mission

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7th Apr 2026
As part of its Apollo Moon program, NASA carried out an ambitious experiment in the depths of the ocean. The PX-15 submarine on display in Vancouver photo from Wiki Commons In the early 1960s, explorer Jacques Piccard was looking for funding. He had designed the research...
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How 1983 Changed the Shape of the Walkman The year Sony began breaking the Walkman into smaller, stranger, and more personal forms.
7th Apr 2026
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How 1983 Changed the Shape of the Walkman

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7th Apr 2026
The year Sony began breaking the Walkman into smaller, stranger, and more personal forms.
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The first Africanists: Intellectual Collaboration and the Origins of African Studies in the late... The first Africanists (specialists who study African languages, societies, and history) were not...
5th Apr 2026
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The first Africanists: Intellectual Collaboration and the Origins of African Studies in the late 19th to early 20th century.

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5th Apr 2026
The first Africanists (specialists who study African languages, societies, and history) were not colonial researchers, as is often assumed, but African intellectuals who were actively engaged in the production of knowledge about their own societies.
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What Punk Culture Really Looked Like in Its Prime: Rare Photos from the 1980s Photographs have a way of collapsing time, and the ones taken inside the 1980s punk scene do exactly...
4th Apr 2026
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What Punk Culture Really Looked Like in Its Prime: Rare Photos from the 1980s

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4th Apr 2026
Photographs have a way of collapsing time, and the ones taken inside the 1980s punk scene do exactly that, pulling you into smoky venues, street corners, and basement shows where a subculture was busy defining itself in real time. These images do not show a trend or a passing...
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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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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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Nations Double-Down on Status Years ago I noticed that when my kids tried out a new game, those who won more wanted to play it...
2nd Apr 2026
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Nations Double-Down on Status

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2nd Apr 2026
Years ago I noticed that when my kids tried out a new game, those who won more wanted to play it again.
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An Invitation to The Rats Wedding And Vietnam’s Ðông Hồ Folk Paintings Often used to illustrate Vietnamese New Year, Ðông Hồ paintings are bright, witty riffs on society...
1st Apr 2026
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An Invitation to The Rats Wedding And Vietnam’s Ðông Hồ Folk Paintings

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1st Apr 2026
Often used to illustrate Vietnamese New Year, Ðông Hồ paintings are bright, witty riffs on society and human desire. The traditional themes of Đông Hồ painting and woodblock prints are good luck signs, historical figures, folk allegories, popular stories, and social commentaries....
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Secret state The Nottingham Inquiry
1st Apr 2026
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Secret state

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1st Apr 2026
The Nottingham Inquiry
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Did Rome’s First Empress Kill for Power? Livia: “Mother of the Country” or “Evil Stepmother”? Behind the propaganda and bias, what is the...
1st Apr 2026
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Did Rome’s First Empress Kill for Power?

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Livia: “Mother of the Country” or “Evil Stepmother”? Behind the propaganda and bias, what is the true story of Livia Drusilla?
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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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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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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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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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Not Getting It Together. As shown by the Iran crisis.
1st Apr 2026
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Not Getting It Together.

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1st Apr 2026
As shown by the Iran crisis.
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Photos from my time in Iran, 2017 Travels through Tehran, Isfahan, Shiraz, Persepolis, and Yazd
31st Mar 2026
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Photos from my time in Iran, 2017

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Travels through Tehran, Isfahan, Shiraz, Persepolis, and Yazd
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Race and slavery in the Muslim world The role of anti-blackness in the Arab slave trades
29th Mar 2026
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Race and slavery in the Muslim world

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29th Mar 2026
The role of anti-blackness in the Arab slave trades
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In Memoriam: Sir Antony Hoare (1934–2026) CHM remembers 2006 Fellow Sir Antony Hoare, whose work is embedded in the very foundations of the...
11th Mar 2026
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In Memoriam: Sir Antony Hoare (1934–2026)

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CHM remembers 2006 Fellow Sir Antony Hoare, whose work is embedded in the very foundations of the digital world. The post In Memoriam: Sir Antony Hoare (1934–2026) appeared first on CHM.
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No, the war on Iran is not about China. Europe should be much more worried. The big talking point in the West these days to justify the illegal war of aggression against Iran...
11th Mar 2026
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No, the war on Iran is not about China. Europe should be much more worried.

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11th Mar 2026
The big talking point in the West these days to justify the illegal war of aggression against Iran is to say that it is, in fact, all about China - part of a strategy to encircle China energetically and deprive them of a geopolitical partner.
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“There is a great disorder under the heaven. The situation is excellent” A review of Westad and Chen, The Great Transformation: China’s Road from Revolution to Reform
8th Mar 2026
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“There is a great disorder under the heaven. The situation is excellent”

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A review of Westad and Chen, The Great Transformation: China’s Road from Revolution to Reform
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Are Humans Egalitarian? A common motive for studying “egalitarian” primitive social practices is a hope of supporting...
7th Mar 2026
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Are Humans Egalitarian?

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A common motive for studying “egalitarian” primitive social practices is a hope of supporting something like the following narrative:
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Reading China’s 15th Five-Year Plan Through “Investing in People” From public services to talent development, the draft outline shows how the idea is being translated...
7th Mar 2026
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Reading China’s 15th Five-Year Plan Through “Investing in People”

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From public services to talent development, the draft outline shows how the idea is being translated into policy priorities.
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Fireside Friday, March 6, 2026 Hey everyone, we have a Fireside this week and then next week we’ll get back to our somewhat silly...
6th Mar 2026
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Fireside Friday, March 6, 2026

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Hey everyone, we have a Fireside this week and then next week we’ll get back to our somewhat silly break discussing the mechanics of warfare in Dune. But I did want to stop to chatter a bit about something that came up in that discussion, which is something about the nature of...
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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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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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25 medieval manuscripts you can look at online right now They're all digital, baby!
4th Mar 2026
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25 medieval manuscripts you can look at online right now

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They're all digital, baby!
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Both Sides, Now. Fighting the Un-Person.
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Both Sides, Now.

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4th Mar 2026
Fighting the Un-Person.
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Bo Diddley Bo Diddley's cover of "Sixteen Tons" sounds very much like one of my favorites, "Can't Judge A Book...
3rd Mar 2026
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Bo Diddley

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Bo Diddley's cover of "Sixteen Tons" sounds very much like one of my favorites, "Can't Judge A Book By Its Cover". It's interesting to compare. Thinking on that it suddenly occured to me that his name might have been a play on “diddley bow”, which is a sort of homemade...
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The case for bundling substacks No man but a blockhead ever wrote, except for money
3rd Mar 2026
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The case for bundling substacks

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No man but a blockhead ever wrote, except for money
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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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France’s Little Corner of North America In the 17th century, France had a huge empire of possessions and colonies in North America. Today,...
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France’s Little Corner of North America

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In the 17th century, France had a huge empire of possessions and colonies in North America. Today, the French flag flies over just a tiny sliver. St Pierre in 1887 photo from WikiCommons The French motive for exploring the New World was the same as Columbus’s had been–they hoped...
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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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The myth of the Hamitic race in religious and pseudo-scientific literature: an African perspective In 1845, the abolitionist Frederick Douglass observed that American slaveholders appealed to the...
1st Mar 2026
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The myth of the Hamitic race in religious and pseudo-scientific literature: an African perspective

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In 1845, the abolitionist Frederick Douglass observed that American slaveholders appealed to the biblical claim that ‘God cursed Ham’ as a theological justification for slavery, an argument he rejected as fundamentally unscriptural.
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How the Ancient Game of Chess Spread Across the World Virtually everyone is familiar with chess, even if they are not avid players themselves. The game is...
1st Mar 2026
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How the Ancient Game of Chess Spread Across the World

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1st Mar 2026
Virtually everyone is familiar with chess, even if they are not avid players themselves. The game is a recurring motif in many of our films, TV shows, stories, and other media. Every year, thousands of chess players compete for prestige at the international level to secure their...
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Sunday Thread + Mailbag Ask your questions below.
1st Mar 2026
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Sunday Thread + Mailbag

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1st Mar 2026
Ask your questions below.
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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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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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Summary of changes for February 2026 Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
1st Mar 2026
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Summary of changes for February 2026

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1st Mar 2026
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of February. Wiki, updated knots with a figure-eight follow-through knot, also, Pino has a new headsail! Pavol, created a volume control tool. Adelie, made it so images are drawn...
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The Most Dangerous Line: Behind the Hawker stall test crashes
18th Feb 2026
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The Most Dangerous Line: Behind the Hawker stall test crashes

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What is happening to writing? "Cognitive debt," Claude Code, and the negative space around AI
18th Feb 2026
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What is happening to writing?

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"Cognitive debt," Claude Code, and the negative space around AI
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Read Me Historian and author Patrick McCray shares stories about writing his new book that explores a...
11th Feb 2026
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Read Me

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Historian and author Patrick McCray shares stories about writing his new book that explores a variety of books about computing. The post Read Me appeared first on CHM.
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1994: Publishing comes to the Web — and design matters Netscape's browser project was codenamed Mozilla during 1994; via Macintosh Garden. If web design is...
10th Feb 2026
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1994: Publishing comes to the Web — and design matters

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Netscape's browser project was codenamed Mozilla during 1994; via Macintosh Garden. If web design is not yet a profession in 1993 because of the technical limitations of HTML and early browsers, then 1994 is the year web authors start asking the question: why can't we control...
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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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China’s 10-minute dramas are becoming a real economy What Qiushi and Peking University’s NSD say about China's micro-drama industry’s scale, jobs, and...
6th Feb 2026
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China’s 10-minute dramas are becoming a real economy

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6th Feb 2026
What Qiushi and Peking University’s NSD say about China's micro-drama industry’s scale, jobs, and global reach
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John Haugeland on the failure of micro-worlds Buy Artificial Intelligence from Bookshop.org (with kickback) (without kickback) One of the...
5th Feb 2026
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John Haugeland on the failure of micro-worlds

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Buy Artificial Intelligence from Bookshop.org (with kickback) (without kickback) One of the better books I read in college was Artifical Intelligence: The Very Idea (1985) by philosopher John Haugeland. One of the sections I found most striking and memorable was about...
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How did medieval travellers communicate in foreign lands? Studies from the east and west
5th Feb 2026
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How did medieval travellers communicate in foreign lands?

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Studies from the east and west
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Beyond The Appearances. The joys of an Ideal world.
4th Feb 2026
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Beyond The Appearances.

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The joys of an Ideal world.
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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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Get ready for the Ursulawave There can be no Based Europe (an article which completely contradicts my previous article)
3rd Feb 2026
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Get ready for the Ursulawave

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3rd Feb 2026
There can be no Based Europe (an article which completely contradicts my previous article)
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What would a socialist Wall Street look like? Xi Jinping just told us What would a socialist Wall Street look like?
3rd Feb 2026
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What would a socialist Wall Street look like? Xi Jinping just told us

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What would a socialist Wall Street look like?
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What Is PS2 Recomp? PS2 Recompilation Explained How PS2 Recompilation Differs From Emulation, and Why the Hype Is Ahead of the Work
2nd Feb 2026
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What Is PS2 Recomp? PS2 Recompilation Explained

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2nd Feb 2026
How PS2 Recompilation Differs From Emulation, and Why the Hype Is Ahead of the Work
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How Can We Accept Change? And When Should We Not?
2nd Feb 2026
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How Can We Accept Change?

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And When Should We Not?
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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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What the Arctic Looked Like in the 1870s–1900s, Seen Through Old Photos At the far edges of the nineteenth-century world, the Arctic stood as both a lived homeland and a...
1st Feb 2026
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What the Arctic Looked Like in the 1870s–1900s, Seen Through Old Photos

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1st Feb 2026
At the far edges of the nineteenth-century world, the Arctic stood as both a lived homeland and a testing ground for human ambition. Long before explorers and photographers arrived with cameras and scientific instruments, Indigenous peoples such as the Inuit, Sámi, and Chukchi...
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Your Deepest Value is Adaption You like some people, food, and TV shows more than you do others.
1st Feb 2026
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Your Deepest Value is Adaption

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1st Feb 2026
You like some people, food, and TV shows more than you do others.
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Crowd Control: Appeasement, Vanguardism, and the General Strike : An Analysis from the Twin Cities In the following analysis, participants in the resistance to Immigration and Customs Enforcement...
1st Feb 2026
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Crowd Control: Appeasement, Vanguardism, and the General Strike : An Analysis from the Twin Cities

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1st Feb 2026
In the following analysis, participants in the resistance to Immigration and Customs Enforcement operations in the Twin Cities reflect on the lessons of the strikes of January 23 and January 30, looking for ways to expand and strengthen the movement. On January 23, 2026, a...
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Sunday Thread + Mailbag Ask your questions below.
1st Feb 2026
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Sunday Thread + Mailbag

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1st Feb 2026
Ask your questions below.
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Forgotten Cities of the Swahili coast: A history of Pemba in the Medieval Indian Ocean World (ca.... Journal of African Cities: chapter 19
1st Feb 2026
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Forgotten Cities of the Swahili coast: A history of Pemba in the Medieval Indian Ocean World (ca. 600-1822 CE)

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1st Feb 2026
Journal of African Cities: chapter 19
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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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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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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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Summary of changes for January 2026 Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
31st Jan 2026
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Summary of changes for January 2026

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Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of January. Uxn, we released a new SDL2 emulator called uxn2 to replace the ol' uxnemu! Wiki, updated moisture prevention underliner, chainplates(with new photos and measurements), and...
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An anecdote about backward compatibility A long time ago I worked on a debugger program that our company used to debug software that it sold...
26th Jan 2026
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An anecdote about backward compatibility

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26th Jan 2026
A long time ago I worked on a debugger program that our company used to debug software that it sold that ran on IBM System 370. We had that could display (I think) eight colors (if you count black), but the debugger display was only in black and white. I thought I might be...
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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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Why China Filed Plans for 203,000 Satellites The strategic thinking behind Beijing’s record ITU filings, what they mean in practice for everyday...
15th Jan 2026
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Why China Filed Plans for 203,000 Satellites

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15th Jan 2026
The strategic thinking behind Beijing’s record ITU filings, what they mean in practice for everyday connectivity, and the unavoidable global competition for orbital and spectrum resources.
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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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After BowieNet, David Bowie Goes Dark and Shuns Social Media DavidBowie.com, January 8, 2013. After 2004, the rise of the social web — and especially platforms...
8th Jan 2026
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After BowieNet, David Bowie Goes Dark and Shuns Social Media

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8th Jan 2026
DavidBowie.com, January 8, 2013. After 2004, the rise of the social web — and especially platforms like MySpace and Facebook — made niche social networks like BowieNet less relevant in the culture. This shift coincided with the slow decline of BowieNet itself. The portal and ISP...
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The Politics Of Destruction. Incorporating the destruction of politics.
7th Jan 2026
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The Politics Of Destruction.

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7th Jan 2026
Incorporating the destruction of politics.
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The Trung Sisters Rebellion The Trung sisters led a rebellion in Vietnam in the first century CE and became symbols of national...
6th Jan 2026
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The Trung Sisters Rebellion

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6th Jan 2026
The Trung sisters led a rebellion in Vietnam in the first century CE and became symbols of national unity. In 111 BCE, an army from China invaded the area to their south that is now known as northern Vietnam and conquered it. As was their usual routine, they appointed some of the...
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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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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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The Intellectual Foundations of African Proto-Nationalism and the “invention” of Nations in the 19th... “What led to this production was not a burning desire of the author to appear in print, but a purely...
4th Jan 2026
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The Intellectual Foundations of African Proto-Nationalism and the “invention” of Nations in the 19th Century

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4th Jan 2026
“What led to this production was not a burning desire of the author to appear in print, but a purely patriotic motive, that the history of our fatherland might not be lost in oblivion.”
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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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The End of Egypt How the first cataract of the Nile has shaped millennia of history
4th Jan 2026
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The End of Egypt

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4th Jan 2026
How the first cataract of the Nile has shaped millennia of history
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Academia’s Abstraction Failure One of the greatest obstacles to humanity using abstract thought to help on its biggest issues is...
4th Jan 2026
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Academia’s Abstraction Failure

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4th Jan 2026
One of the greatest obstacles to humanity using abstract thought to help on its biggest issues is this: our main professional specialists in abstract though applied to big issues are academics, and they refuse to think abstractly about how they allocate resources.
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It must be nice to have Washington on our side Thomas Jefferson and the American genius
3rd Jan 2026
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It must be nice to have Washington on our side

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3rd Jan 2026
Thomas Jefferson and the American genius
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Was the world of the 1990s better than today’s? It is a fundamental question.
3rd Jan 2026
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Was the world of the 1990s better than today’s?

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3rd Jan 2026
It is a fundamental question.
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New Acquisitions: Tolkien and Éowyn Between Two Wars (PPP Moot Keynote) Hey folks! I am working on finishing up some things this week, so I thought I would post the text of...
3rd Jan 2026
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New Acquisitions: Tolkien and Éowyn Between Two Wars (PPP Moot Keynote)

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3rd Jan 2026
Hey folks! I am working on finishing up some things this week, so I thought I would post the text of the keynote I gave at the Prancing Pony Podcast Moot earlier this December. I’ve made some minor edits to conform a bit more to the form of a blog post, but this remains very …...
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The Sirens' Song Can You Resist?
2nd Jan 2026
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The Sirens' Song

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2nd Jan 2026
Can You Resist?
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The Watching Menace: Crowds, Voyeurism and Photography We’re in the crowd and watching in his album of found photos from collector Robert E. Jackson’s...
2nd Jan 2026
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The Watching Menace: Crowds, Voyeurism and Photography

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2nd Jan 2026
We’re in the crowd and watching in his album of found photos from collector Robert E. Jackson’s archive. Did you push yourself into the heart of the crowd, get in with the ‘in crowd’, and did run with in the mob? Come, let’s gather round and crane our necks, see what everyone …...
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To Struggle Is to Remember : January 18: Day of the Forest Defender Three years have passed since Georgia State Patrolmen Jerry Parrish, Bryland Myers, Jonathan...
2nd Jan 2026
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To Struggle Is to Remember : January 18: Day of the Forest Defender

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2nd Jan 2026
Three years have passed since Georgia State Patrolmen Jerry Parrish, Bryland Myers, Jonathan Salcedo, Ronaldo Kegel, Royce Zah, and Mark Jonathan Lamb entered the Weelaunee Forest in southeast Atlanta with their guns drawn. They shot and killed Manuel Teran, known to fellow...
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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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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

from Dreams of Space - Books and Ephemera [alt+shift+b] in history

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

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1st Jan 2026
Death and its inevitability have been a constant in humankind’s approach to living. In today’s world, we are perhaps not as vividly prompted to be conscious of our mortality as were the ancient Greeks, Romans, and early Christians. Artworks depicting skulls, hourglasses, dancing...
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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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Texts from the Periphery: Manuscript cultures in West Africa's frontier regions. At the turn of the 20th century, one of the most remarkable contributions to African ethnography was...
7th Dec 2025
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Texts from the Periphery: Manuscript cultures in West Africa's frontier regions.

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7th Dec 2025
At the turn of the 20th century, one of the most remarkable contributions to African ethnography was produced by Umaru al-Kanawi, a Hausa scholar born in Kano (Nigeria), who, after a brief stay in Salaga (Ghana), settled in Kete-Krachi (*Ghana) in 1896 and composed his...
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Macron in China: Trade, Trust and a Shared Vision for Multilateralism Good evening.
7th Dec 2025
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Macron in China: Trade, Trust and a Shared Vision for Multilateralism

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7th Dec 2025
Good evening.
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Spacewalks: Poems for the Moon Age (1971) So to keep up with my strange postings, today is strange (bad?) space poetry. I like the drawings...
5th Dec 2025
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Spacewalks: Poems for the Moon Age (1971)

from Dreams of Space - Books and Ephemera [alt+shift+b] in history

5th Dec 2025
So to keep up with my strange postings, today is strange (bad?) space poetry. I like the drawings that are VERY late 60s with spacecraft and other images mixed together. I also like his approach to using our Space Race as an inspiration to think about what people had done and...
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Che Guevara: A Life Told in Historical Photos from Youth to Final Years Few figures of the twentieth century have left behind a presence as unmistakable as Ernesto “Che”...
5th Dec 2025
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Che Guevara: A Life Told in Historical Photos from Youth to Final Years

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5th Dec 2025
Few figures of the twentieth century have left behind a presence as unmistakable as Ernesto “Che” Guevara. His image, reproduced on posters, album covers, and banners around the world, became an emblem of rebellion long after the man himself was gone. Yet behind the familiar icon...
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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?

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

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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