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benbreen

46,165karma·2,755submissions·June 2, 2014
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40 pts
Luster Lost: Pondering the way that physical objects degrade over time(tedium.co)
2y ago·14 comments
105 pts
Scientists built their own Stone Age tools to figure out how they were used(arstechnica.com)
2y ago·83 comments
70 pts
How likely are chance resemblances between languages? (2002)(zompist.com)
2y ago·65 comments
80 pts
The Institute for Illegal Images(theparisreview.org)
2y ago·24 comments
3 pts
Mystery Airship(en.wikipedia.org)
2y ago·discuss
50 pts
Bookish Diversions: Do Audiobooks Count?(millersbookreview.com)
2y ago·86 comments
1 pts
How well can AI imitate an early modern doctor?(resobscura.substack.com)
2y ago·discuss
369 pts
Antarctic English(en.wikipedia.org)
2y ago·158 comments
32 pts
Solar storms, ice cores and nuns' teeth: the new science of history(theguardian.com)
2y ago·3 comments
85 pts
What do we get wrong about the Byzantine Empire?(historytoday.com)
2y ago·101 comments
3 pts
Hex Marks the Spot(museumofplay.org)
2y ago·discuss
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An Asteroid Wiped Out Dinosaurs. Did It Help Birds Flourish?(nytimes.com)
2y ago·discuss
24 pts
The long-running joke of a moon made of cheese(snackstack.net)
2y ago·4 comments
3 pts
How well can AI imitate a 17th century doctor?(resobscura.substack.com)
2y ago·1 comments
3 pts
Catch Me Who Can(en.wikipedia.org)
2y ago·discuss
168 pts
John Locke's recipe for Pancakes (2021)(rarecooking.com)
2y ago·98 comments
32 pts
Evidence of the intentional use of black henbane in the Roman Netherlands(cambridge.org)
2y ago·4 comments
41 pts
Margaret Mead's LSD Memo(slate.com)
2y ago·7 comments
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Author here - I love Dune and mostly just used the phrase for the title. But I did write this about Herbert and the drug/spice trade which might be of interest: https://lareviewofbooks…
2y ago·view thread
71 pts
The (history of) spice must flow(resobscura.substack.com)
2y ago·22 comments
1 pts
History by Numbers (2022)(aeon.co)
2y ago·discuss
13 pts
William Dampier, Revered and Reviled (2022)(sciencehistory.org)
2y ago·3 comments
1 pts
The 100-Year Extinction Panic Is Back, Right on Schedule(nytimes.com)
2y ago·1 comments
53 pts
Drug history is a backdoor to cultural history(resobscura.substack.com)
2y ago·22 comments
9 pts
Colophon for Psymon.com (1998-2021)(psymon.com)
2y ago·1 comments
1 pts
Pedestrianism(en.wikipedia.org)
2y ago·discuss
67 pts
Martello Tower(en.wikipedia.org)
2y ago·26 comments
28 pts
Clear Shadows (1867)(publicdomainreview.org)
2y ago·discuss
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He's in there! In fact I decided to cut several pages on him, since a lot has already been written. Michael Pollan's How to Change Your Mind, among other books, has a lot of detail that I co…
2y ago·view thread