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Hosting a Website on a Disposable Vape
Hosting a Website on a Disposable Vape
Hackaday Article
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September 15, 2025 at 8:07 PM
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A curious Arctic Fox pup checks out a nature photographer
July 22, 2025 at 8:54 PM
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Two British academics discovered that a "copy" of Magna Carta, held in Harvard Law School’s library for 80 years, is one of seven originals dating from 1300.

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ALT: A large, framed, yellowing document. Text reads: "Harvard Law Paid $27 for a Copy of Magna Carta. Surprise! It’s an Original." Photo credit: Lorin Granger/Harvard Law School
May 15, 2025 at 9:55 AM
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Let's hear it for the Stewart Bros!

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Jon Stewart & Rory Stewart on Trump’s Restructured Global Order | The Weekly Show
YouTube video by The Weekly Show with Jon Stewart
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April 25, 2025 at 3:25 AM
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Art.
April 21, 2025 at 9:51 PM
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Perfection
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While the gospels say that Judas led the Romans to Jesus, a new theory is gaining traction with some Biblical scholars. There is evidence, some say, that Judas merely shared Christ's location on an insecure group chat that accidentally included several Roman officials and journalists.
April 21, 2025 at 2:06 AM
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The Bizarre Right-Wing War on…Empathy?
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The Bizarre Right-Wing War on…Empathy?
It’s hypocritical and often misogynistic—and echoes totalitarian rhetoric.
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April 22, 2025 at 2:06 AM
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Soane and Modernism: Make It New
Sir John Soane has often been referred to as the first modernist architect due to his emphasis on light, open space, abstract forms and restrained use of ornament. Soane and Modernism: Make It New is ...
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February 12, 2025 at 11:25 PM
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Today, over on YouTube, I will be discussing why I prefer Hans #Holbein’s preparatory drawings to the final product. I think Holbein’s sketches captured the raw immediacy of his subjects, preserving the spontaneity of his first impressions: youtu.be/DmCl1GrPSVU?...
February 7, 2025 at 12:48 PM
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Destigmatising Classics: opening up the ancient world to all | Varsity
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Destigmatising Classics: opening up the ancient world to all
Calum Murray discusses the lack of classics education at state schools; speaking with students and academics about how classics can move out of elite circles, and be more inclusive.
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February 7, 2025 at 7:01 PM
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Stoked!
February 6, 2025 at 12:01 AM
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First glimpse inside burnt scroll after 2,000 years
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First glimpse inside burnt scroll after 2,000 years
The document charred by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius is being 'unwrapped' using X-ray scans and AI.
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February 5, 2025 at 8:17 PM
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I love that people think USAID funds The Bulwark. It cracks me up. Sadly it’s not true. www.thebulwark.com/p/the-real-r...
The Real Reason Musk Is Mad at Us
The anatomy of a conspiracy theory
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February 5, 2025 at 11:47 PM
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Missing link in Indo-European languages' history found
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Missing link in Indo-European languages' history found
Where lies the origin of the Indo-European language family? Ron Pinhasi and his team in the Department of Evolutionary Anthropology at the University of Vienna contribute a new piece to this puzzle in...
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February 5, 2025 at 7:38 PM
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Two anniversaries, two impeachments and an election historyofparliament.com/2024/06/06/t...
Two anniversaries, two impeachments and an election - The History of Parliament
Sacheverell’s unexpected popularity was a harbinger of the Tory support the Whigs would face at the next general election, which by statute would take place
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February 5, 2025 at 11:56 PM
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Scientists review Arabic manuscript containing lost works of Apollonius and shed light on Islamic scientific tradition
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Scientists review Arabic manuscript containing lost works of Apollonius and shed light on Islamic scientific tradition
Scientists say that the two lost, but extremely important books by Apollonius, the Greek mathematician known to the ancient world as "The Great Geometer," have survived in an Arabic manuscript kept un...
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February 5, 2025 at 8:01 PM
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it’s baby lizard season and this little guy was just chilling in the pond
February 5, 2025 at 11:14 PM
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This !!
February 5, 2025 at 5:47 PM
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FBI Uncovers Al-Qaeda Plot To Just Sit Back And Enjoy Collapse Of United States
FBI Uncovers Al-Qaeda Plot To Just Sit Back And Enjoy Collapse Of United States
WASHINGTON—Putting the nation on alert against what it has described as a “highly credible terrorist threat,” the FBI announced today that it has uncovered a plot by members of al-Qaeda to sit back an...
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February 5, 2025 at 6:31 PM
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Q.8 Henry Sacheverell is a hero. Do you agree?

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Political Compass: 'Rage of Party'/Queen Anne edition
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February 5, 2025 at 11:33 PM
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A Five-Pound Hunk of the World's Oldest Known Synthesized Pigment Was Found in Nero's Palace | Smithsonian
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A Five-Pound Hunk of the World's Oldest Known Synthesized Pigment Was Found in Nero's Palace
The discovery might illuminate the link between the blue pigment's ancient Egyptian roots and its rediscovery by Renaissance artists centuries later
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February 5, 2025 at 8:09 PM
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Reading the Herculaneum Scrolls: Secrets from the only surviving Classical library – The Past
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Reading the Herculaneum Scrolls: Secrets from the only surviving Classical library | The Past
Thanks to an ingenious digital technique, a particle accelerator, and an internet competition, we stand on the threshold of being able to enjoy what is pote ...
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January 23, 2025 at 8:20 PM
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The most blatantly lawless and comically corrupt major politician in history, the leader of the self-identifying “party of law and order,” pardons the January 6 mob of insurrectionists and violent vigilantes.

The perverse apotheosis of “law and order” politics and Trumpism as a political project.
January 21, 2025 at 6:14 PM