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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...
21 Jun 2024 3 minute read 0 comments Ship Shard
Publication in Russian on the Zen bloghttps://dzen.ru/a/Zmlt9MR1uFY6iV3z The deep-seated belief in the Russian psyche that we are impervious to outside influences finds its roots in a selective interpretation of our history, particularly the 1940s. T...
17 Jun 2024 5 minute read 0 comments Investigator515
This hack exploited dial-up and weak security to steal millions. If you aren’t a medium member, you can read with no paywall via substack We’ve talked much about how the earlier days of the internet were a very different time, especially with regard...
