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How civilizations fall: A theory of catabolic collapse Article 5924 words, published May 24 2017 7 votes
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An extraordinary 500-year-old shipwreck is rewriting the history of the age of discovery ~humanities.history Article 4266 words 10 votes
Evidence for European presence in the Americas in AD 1021 ~humanities.history Article 3952 words 5 votes
The ingenious ancient technology concealed in the shallows ~humanities.history Article 3578 words 7 votes
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Thoughts on Dean Spade's essay "Solidarity Not Charity - Mutual Aid for Mobilization and Survival" PDF 5 votes
Against Theory, now with bots! On the persistent fallacy of intentionless speech language Article 4494 words, published Aug 2 2021 3 votes
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What we still don't know about Emmett Till's murder ~humanities.history Article 7545 words, published Jul 22 2021 2 votes
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The prison and detention camps built for Muslims in the Xinjiang region of China have enough room to detain over one million people religion Article 3166 words 18 votes
What to the Slave is the Fourth of July? ~humanities.history Article 10 509 words, published Jul 5 1852 12 votes
History as end: 1619, 1776, and the politics of the past ~humanities.history Article 5656 words, published Jun 8 2021 6 votes
Scientists and economists sold Karl Popper’s ‘falsification’ idea to the world. They have much to answer for philosophy Article 3141 words, published Feb 16 2021 7 votes
Statues of historical figures are lazy, ugly and distort history. From Cecil Rhodes to Rosa Parks, let’s get rid of them all. ~humanities.history Article 4524 words 10 votes
The filing cabinet was critical to the information infrastructure of the 20th-century. Like most infrastructure, it was usually overlooked. ~humanities.history Article 3354 words 10 votes
Introducing the pervert’s dilemma: A contribution to the critique of deepfake pornography philosophy Article 6260 words, published Nov 19 2019 13 votes