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Adolphe Millot’s natural history posters

Adolphe Millot (1857–1921) was the senior illustrator at Paris’s Muséum national d’histoire naturelle. He painted these natural history…

Nov 13, 2023

Adolphe Millot’s natural history posters

Nov 13, 2023

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John Dee’s mirror

Made from obsidian and used for what he called “angelic communications”, John Dee’s mirror did no small amount of damage to his reputation.

Nov 1, 2023

John Dee’s mirror

Nov 1, 2023

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Mao Zedong’s ‘Four Pests’ campaign

Mao Zedong’s ‘Four Pests’ campaign in 1958 caused the near-extinction of the Eurasian Tree Sparrow which, in turn, contributed to 20m+…

Oct 27, 2023

Mao Zedong’s ‘Four Pests’ campaign

Oct 27, 2023

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The Forgotten of Saint Paul Island

In 1929, La Langouste Française hired 30 people to go lobster fishing in l’Île Saint Paul. For 7 of them, life would never be the same…

Oct 11, 2019

The Forgotten of Saint Paul Island

Oct 11, 2019

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The Oldest Surviving Film — and the Real Father of Cinema

While Thomas Edison and/or the Lumiere brothers are popularly credited with the invention of the moving picture — something which Edison…

Oct 8, 2019

The Oldest Surviving Film — and the Real Father of Cinema

Oct 8, 2019

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America’s Loneliest Road

Running from Ocean City, Maryland on the U.S. east coast all the way to Sacramento in California, U.S. Route 50 cuts an impressive swathe…

Oct 7, 2019

America’s Loneliest Road

Oct 7, 2019

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The Fastest Men in the World

Fists, bribes, guns and wheels: Plugger Bill Martin, cycling’s first official hard man

One by one, the riders entered Martin’s hotel room. On the bed, bribes were laid out in piles of notes and sovereigns; Martin, loaded…

Oct 7, 2019

Fists, bribes, guns and wheels: Plugger Bill Martin, cycling’s first official hard man

Oct 7, 2019

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The Last Passenger Pigeon

In the Spring of 1860, a flock estimated at 3.7 billion Passenger Pigeons flew over Ontario. Eleven years later, some 136 million breeding…

Sep 1, 2017

The Last Passenger Pigeon

Sep 1, 2017

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This Woman’s Wort

Hold the cheese: Off aromas in Amarillo SMASH brew

Cheese and beer are a match made in heaven. Just not in the same glass. I know plenty of people who love their funky flavours and bretts …

May 11, 2016

Hold the cheese: Off aromas in Amarillo SMASH brew

May 11, 2016

Pamela Weaver

May the Source be with You…

A thing or two about IT career development Star Wars can teach you.

May 3, 2016

May the Source be with You…

May 3, 2016

Pamela Weaver

Pamela Weaver

I write for a living. Mostly about technology. I like Linux, history, bikes, books, cricket, gardening, my dogs and my lousy taste in music.

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