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Jan 14, 2024

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The Dutch invent the modern world, the Finns and COVID, My Auschwitz twin friend, Central American refugees, Conservative symbols.....

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Teatime History

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Oksana Kukurudza's Sunflowers Rarely Break

Displaced in Europe after WWII

What happened to the eleven million displaced persons in Europe after WWII?

Jan 12, 2024

Displaced in Europe after WWII

Jan 12, 2024

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The Judean People’s Front

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Mallory Mosner

Are Ashkenazi Jews White?

1) No. And 2) If the answer to this question affects whether you think they deserve to live, please seek help

Dec 4, 2023

Are Ashkenazi Jews White?

Dec 4, 2023

Blanc2

The US was in the throes of the Great Depression leading into WWII.

During WWII, a lot of women took factory jobs. Manufacturing materiel was arguably the US's greatest contribution to the war effort. This…

Sep 19, 2023

Sep 19, 2023

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Momentum

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Dr. Allison Wiltz

Why Florida is So Desperate to Hide This Speech From Students

The oppression of Black people and their resistance is taboo

Aug 30, 2023

Why Florida is So Desperate to Hide This Speech From Students

Aug 30, 2023

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Ellemeno

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Alison Acheson

The Old Stuff of History

A way to live now

Aug 16, 2023

The Old Stuff of History

Aug 16, 2023

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Sensual: An Erotic Life

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Elle Beau ❇︎

Pair Bonding Is Ancient; Sexual Exclusivity Is Modern

For many humans, being married was never about just one sex partner

Oct 14, 2020

Pair Bonding Is Ancient; Sexual Exclusivity Is Modern

Oct 14, 2020

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INSURGE intelligence

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Ugo Bardi

Are You Ready for Another Round of Mass Exterminations?

By Ugo Bardi

Oct 21, 2017

Are You Ready for Another Round of Mass Exterminations?

Oct 21, 2017

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Curated Newsletters

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Lester Golden

A Polyglot’s Language Learning Roadmap 2.0: the Linguascape

Language, A Tool of Empire

May 5, 2021

A Polyglot’s Language Learning Roadmap 2.0: the Linguascape

May 5, 2021

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Lessons from History

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Lester Golden

Seeing Civilization’s Thin Red Line at Auschwitz with Otto Klein, Mengele Twin Survivor

My generation thought our parents had permanently beaten the genocidal barbarians back in 1945. This was a common assumption whether you…

Sep 23, 2020

Seeing Civilization’s Thin Red Line at Auschwitz with Otto Klein, Mengele Twin Survivor

Sep 23, 2020

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Curated Newsletters

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Lester Golden

Finnish COVID Response and Happiness Comes From Finnish History

And explains how it became the world’s happiest country and managed its COVID19 response rationally and more effectively.

Mar 23, 2021

Finnish COVID Response and Happiness Comes From Finnish History

Mar 23, 2021

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Lessons from History

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Lester Golden

Post Cards From The Border Refugee Crisis

The recent spike in unaccompanied minor refugee arrivals at the southern border has America’s xenophobic right hyperventilating again that…

May 18, 2021

Post Cards From The Border Refugee Crisis

May 18, 2021

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Lessons from History

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Lester Golden

The Modern World: a Dutch Invention the English Copy….

and the Americans Copy the Copy.

Jun 9, 2021

The Modern World: a Dutch Invention the English Copy….

Jun 9, 2021

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