History
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Pastwatch: Good alternative history but with plausibility issues
At a house party this fall, I noticed a wall-to-wall bookshelf filled with science fiction paperbacks. I recognized some of the authors like Kim Stanley…
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Pretty, Please: Don’t relegate beauty
The gay community has resisted cultural blandness more and better than any other. Ryan Khurana on Palladium: By the early 20th century, dedication to aesthetic…
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Hermits: More interesting than influencers
Christopher Knight, called the North Pond Hermit, lived in the wilderness of Maine for 27 years. The Lykov family lived in Khakassia in Siberia without…
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Lifelike Portraits from the Roman Empire: They could paint after all
We don’t have lifelike portraits of anyone until at least the Renaissance. Even the best sculptures and paintings from ancient Rome, Greece or China are…
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Insider Attacks: A massacre that probably didn’t happen
In Wind, Sand and Stars, Antoine de Saint-Exupéry describes a massacre of French colonial soldiers in North Africa, carried out by a local chieftain by…
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From Ole Worm to Christian Vibe: Connected by narwhals, the unicorns of the sea
Slime Mold Time Mold, on their blog, mentions Ole Worm, a Danish Renaissance naturalist. In 1638, he was one of the first to recognize that…
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