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The story behind this perfectly normal photo. Today we dive into yet another surprisingly convoluted online rabbit hole; the case of the Cooper Family Falling Body Photo and its elusive creator. ~humanities.history Video 1:02:52, published May 30 2025 23 votes
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Remembering May 4 (Kent State massacre) - An interview with Devo's Jerry Casale ~humanities.history Article 1194 words 16 votes
Salvage of the century: The lost WWII gold of HMS Edinburgh ~humanities.history Video 41:51, published Feb 29 2024 10 votes
The endangered languages of New York ~humanities.languages Article 1638 words, published Feb 22 2024 16 votes
Capitalism is dead. '[Technofeudalism is] something much worse’: Yanis Varoufakis on extremism and the tyranny of big tech Article 2785 words, published Sep 24 2023 36 votes
Ada Palmer on viking metaphysics, contingent moments, and censorship ~humanities.history Article 11 254 words, published Jul 7 2018 15 votes
True kilts: Debunking the myths about highlanders and clan tartans ~humanities.history Article 4589 words, published Nov 15 2017 10 votes
Navigating the ethics of ancient human DNA research archaeology anthropology ethics Article 2434 words, published Jan 19 2023 1 vote
The true history of the Knights Templar with Dan Jones ~humanities.history Video 44:49, published Aug 31 2022 4 votes
Interviews with three conference interpreters: The hardest job in language language Video 51:51, published Jul 22 2022 4 votes
Leopoldo López on activism under autocratic regimes ~humanities.history Article 8678 words, published Jul 7 2018 3 votes
Zeynep Tufekci on the Sociology of The Moment (Live) (Ep. 130) Article 10 988 words, published Jul 7 2018 4 votes
Tyranny, slavery and Columbia U - Interview with North Korea defector Yeonmi Park Video 2:11:23, published May 31 2021 4 votes
Thomas Frank on the podcast "Useful Idiots" ~humanities.history Video 1:13:14, published Aug 8 2020 3 votes
Situating LessWrong in contemporary philosophy: An interview with Jon Livengood philosophy Article 6002 words 3 votes
Interview with one of the developers of Interslavic: the constructed language used in "The Painted Bird" which aims to be mutually intelligible with all Slavic languages. ~humanities.languages Link 9 votes
Considering interfaith relations between Jews, Christians, and Muslims: an interview with Patrick J. Ryan, S.J. theology religion Article 1793 words, published Sep 27 2018 2 votes
The last slave ship survivor gave an interview in the 1930s. It just surfaced in the form of a new book. ~humanities.history Article 727 words, published May 3 2018 3 votes