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24 Jul 2024 18 minute read 1 comment jasonmcgathey
Though situated along a major interstate, I-85, and boasting some 35,000 residents, it seems as though Salisbury is less well known than virtually any of the other nearby cities surrounding it. Even its Wikipedia page is a bit of a snoozefest. How...
21 Jul 2024 16 minute read 1 comment YouveBeenGreeked
With the death of the veteran and historian Thucydides around 400 BC, the narrative of the Peloponnesian War now, in 410 BC, flips primarily over to Xenophon, a renowned commander of his own time. With Athens striking back hard against Sparta at sea,...
18 Jul 2024 17 minute read 2 comments YouveBeenGreeked
Sparta and Persia, once the most bitter of rivals at battles like Thermopylae and Plataea, had now forged an alliance against Athens. Coupled with Alcibiades's defection, a recent defeat at Syme and revolts across the Delian League, many Athenians be...
16 Jul 2024 6 minute read 2 comments peerynt
[Cross-posting - the original post can be seen here.] Directed by Kevin Costner (also plays a character named Hayes Ellison), written by Jon Baird, Costner and Mark Kasdan, this Western of Westerns, the ultimate Wild West drama impresses right off th...
15 Jul 2024 7 minute read 10 comments Investigator515
In a digital world, it’s easy to forget how vital media storage once was If you aren’t a medium member, you can read with no paywall via substack As we’ve moved through our technical evolution, it's more than fair to say that we’ve seen substantial c...
14 Jul 2024 24 minute read 2 comments YouveBeenGreeked
In the late summer of 413, the once seemingly invincible state of Athens, at the head of its Delian League, now saw its complete destruction on the horizon. Constant raids against their homeland, the deadliest plague in memory at the time, great defe...
7 Jul 2024 4 minute read 0 comments Investigator515
Looking back in time at one of the largest retail attacks to occur From a security perspective, when you look back at a data breach or cyber security incident, there is often plenty of interesting data that are able to be reviewed to understand how t...
1 Jul 2024 7 minute read 0 comments Investigator515
If you aren’t a medium member, you can read with no paywall via substack The early days of aviation provided plenty of excitement. Not only was humanity learning about aviation and aerodynamics, but as aircraft evolved and performance increased, even...
26 Jun 2024 1 minute read 1 comment madventure
The first house - the house of an ordinary peasant from the village of Istebna The history of these houses dates back to the mid-nineteenth century. Both were located in the small village of Istebna in the Beskidy Mountains. In one a normal pea...
23 Jun 2024 2 minute read 0 comments Vladan Lausevic
I want to write more about the history of Bildung and Bildungish ideas and practices in Bosnia and Herzegovina during 1890-1920. I am focusing on Prosvjeta (meaning education or enlightenment - Prosvjeta in Bosnian standard dialect, while Prosveta in...
