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Oswald the Lucky Rabbit
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The curse of Toumaï: an ancient skull and a bitter feud over humanity's origins
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2 days ago
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31 comments
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Defending adverbs exuberantly if conditionally
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86 points
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9 days ago
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52 comments
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Sid Meier's Pirates – In-depth (2017)
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168 points
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15 days ago
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72 comments
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The Art of the Critic
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46 points
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benbreen
17 days ago
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7 comments
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Making maps with noise functions (2022)
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54 points
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17 days ago
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3 comments
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Why were Belle Époque cities beautiful?
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24 days ago
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William James's Grief (2024)
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25 days ago
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Onfim's world: Child artists in history
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37 points
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benbreen
30 days ago
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7 comments
10.
Ninth Bridgewater Treatise
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33 days ago
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As Bright as a Feather: Ostriches, Home Dyeing, and the Global Plume Trade
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2 points
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benbreen
34 days ago
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Henry James's family tried to keep him in the closet (2016)
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35 days ago
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24 comments
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Hill or High Water
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31 points
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37 days ago
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AI makes the humanities more important, but also a lot weirder
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resobscura.substack.com
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2 points
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38 days ago
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The Once and Future Genius
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literaryreview.co.uk
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43 days ago
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Shakespeare may not have been a remote husband, new study finds
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47 days ago
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How Much Should You Know About Your Child Before He's Born?
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50 days ago
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Henry James was not at home in America
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19 points
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52 days ago
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14 comments
19.
Georgetown–IBM Experiment
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2 points
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54 days ago
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Mistaking Mary Magdalene
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42 points
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55 days ago
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29 comments
21.
Home Depot's $20B secret garden
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3 points
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benbreen
56 days ago
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Onfim's World: Child artists in history
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resobscura.substack.com
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13 points
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benbreen
59 days ago
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Typographic Pictures Composed Entirely of Brass Rule (2024)
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glyphdrawing.club
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66 points
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63 days ago
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11 comments
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When Jorge Luis Borges met one of the founders of AI
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167 points
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73 days ago
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61 comments
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Lapham's Quarterly Announces New Stewardship
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45 points
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76 days ago
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6 comments
26.
Legacy of the Angels
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4 points
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benbreen
84 days ago
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The Wright brothers invented the airplane, right? Not if you're in Brazil
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246 points
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85 days ago
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511 comments
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Pain Management Before Anaesthetics
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historytoday.com
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89 days ago
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Small Archives
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31 points
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benbreen
3 months ago
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11 comments
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Somnium Scipionis
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4 points
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benbreen
3 months ago
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