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Before The Past Was New.

Why should we bother trying to understand?

a week ago 6 votes
Quand ça s’arrêtera en Ukraine, qui éteindra les lumières?

Another of my essays in French.

a week ago 9 votes
What We Talk About, When We Talk About Talks.

The End may be further away than you think.

2 weeks ago 11 votes
Stories We Tell Each Other.

Because contingency frightens us.

3 weeks ago 15 votes

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How Stephen King Foretold the Rise of Trump in a 1979 Novel

Nobody opens a Stephen King novel expecting to see a reflection of the real world. Then again, as those who get hooked on his books can attest, never is his work ever wholly detached from reality. Time and time again, he delivers lurid visions of the macabre, grotesque, and bizarre, but they always work most […]

22 hours ago 3 votes
AI legibility, physical archives, and the future of research

A followup to "The leading AI models are now good historians"

14 hours ago 2 votes
Mystery, God And The Wonder of Death: Cristoforo de Predis’ Illuminated Visions

“He commanded and they were created.” – Psalm 33     Cristoforo de Predis (1440-1486) painted his visions of the final judgement in the late 15th Century. We see fish above the sea, the sun and moon dying, blood dripping from trees and winged demons dropping naked, fragile mortals into vats of freezing water. Predis … Continue reading "Mystery, God And The Wonder of Death: Cristoforo de Predis’ Illuminated Visions" The post Mystery, God And The Wonder of Death: Cristoforo de Predis’ Illuminated Visions appeared first on Flashbak.

20 hours ago 2 votes
The Wild Hunt in England

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23 hours ago 2 votes
Roman Britain: Origin or Decline?

What can we learn from Transition?

18 hours ago 2 votes