As I recall Lincoln had read and liked some pro-Union and pro-Lincoln articles Marx had published, but it would be a big stretch to call him a...
The Torah, New Testament, and Qur'an all begin with their respective version of the letter "B".
Socialism hadn't made much impact in the US, but it wasn't unheard of in abolitionist circles. The black educator Peter H Clark, who founded...
I used to listen to a lot of this music... your post has me digging up old favorites. [MEDIA] This one feels a lot to me like an...
Full-register singing prizing volume and energy over ornament and modulation (not that the latter are wholly absent). The exultant cry of misty...
You're welcome. I hadn't heard of Last Days of Humanity, I looked them up... goregrind isn't a genre I have ever really enjoyed, I think the only...
If you like Electric Wizard you might like: The Wounded Kings [MEDIA] Daevar [MEDIA] Sleep [MEDIA] Yob [MEDIA]
Have you read up on varieties of real-world magic, past and present? There are loads of explanations for how it's supposed to work (or how to even...
I forgot another great book for rainforest survival information- FS Chapman's WWII memoir The Jungle is Neutral, which recounts his experience as...
India and Southeast Asia have crocodiles. A whole bunch of my family is on Borneo and they're a pretty common sight. There are indigenous people...
On the subject of free will, one of the early philosophers recognized as a materialist, Epicurus, broke with his forebear Democritus on this...
A tribute to David Lynch by film critic Eileen Jones: https://jacobin.com/2025/01/david-lynch-obituary-twin-peaks As for me... before I knew who...
If I had to guess, from the embroidery at the sleeves, maybe someone of Ruthenian or Carpathian origin.
BYOK looks pretty awesome. I already pledged for the Zerowriter but it's nice to know there are widening options for this sort of thing.
I know of at least two roleplaying games that have sourcebooks specifically devoted to Constantinople- Vampire: The Dark Ages and Mythras. There...
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