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See the Graffiti Bored British Soldiers Carved Into a Castle Door More Than 200 Years Ago
Smithsonian Magazine· 7 days agoStarting in the 1790s, thousands of British soldiers were stationed at Dover Castle in case of a possible invasion by French troops led by Napoleon Bonaparte. Apparently, they had lots of time ...
France’s headscarf ban in the 2024 Summer Olympics reflects a narrow view of national identity,...
San Francisco Chronicle· 1 day agoEds: This story was supplied by The Conversation for AP customers. In September 2023, the International Olympic Committee, upholding freedom of religious and cultural expression for all athletes ...
Book Reviews for May 28, 2024
The Valdosta Daily Times· 3 days agoAge of Revolutions: Fareed Zakaria
Guest columnist Alexander Taylor: UMass — Sow the wind, reap the whirlwind
Daily Hampshire Gazette· 3 days agoUMass Chancellor Javier Reyes is no Kevin Costner, not just because only Kevin Costner can be Kevin...
Watch Steve Jobs describe ChatGPT decades before its creation
Boing Boing· 6 days agoThe reason LLMs are such good language models is precisely because they are so large, and have consumed so much text. The amount of “good quality, peer reviewed, verifiable” text is paltry in ...
The woman who sold time - and the man who tried to stop her
BBC News· 4 days agoFor more than a century a member of the Belville family would visit the Royal Observatory at...
'Evil,' 'Furiosa,' and a killer Talking Heads tribute top this week’s Must List
Entertainment Weekly· 6 days agoWe’re big Drag Race fans here at EW, and last week's All Stars 9 premiere did not disappoint. You'll...
Pierre Olivier Joseph Coomans -
Mountain View Telegraph· 6 days agoPierre Olivier Joseph Coomans was a Belgian painter, illustrator and engraver. Student of Pierre de Hasselaere at the Academy of Gand and then of Nicaise de Keyser and of the Baron Wappers at ...
Central Coast leftists are traveling a dangerous path
Santa Maria Sun· 3 days agoOnce again, our Central Coast “woketariat” is in an uproar! This time, the irritated and indignant insurgents have fixed their sights on Cuesta College Trustee Pete Sysak, and on Paso Robles ...