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History & Culture

Daily Medieval

A daily post on the Middle Ages by Tim Shaw.

  • Selling Sicily

    Pope Urban IV's first move to try to curtail Manfred of Sicily's imperial ambitions was to excommunicate him. This wa...

  • Richard of Cornwall

    When King John of England died in 1216, his eldest child, Henry, was barely nine years old. He would become Henry III...

  • Manfred's Imperial Ambition

    After Manfred of Sicily (née Lancia) was excommunicated by the pope in 1254, he handled it in two ways. The first was...

The Emu Café Social

A tranquil café with coffee and tea

  • Pook-Emu Bee: Links For 04-24-26

    I am a bit late today because I had a rush assignment to take care of. But now that it has been taken care of, I pres...

  • Bad IP Watch

    I checked my emails this morning and saw an alert from Cloudron that New Leaf Journal had become non-responsive. By t...

  • Pook-Emu Bee: Links For 04-23-26

    Delayed by work, but not denied, The drags on, Pook-Emu Bee links for April 23, 2026. 1. Hochul’s Fast-Track Booze Pe...

The Public Domain Review

An online journal exploring curious and obscure works that have entered the public domain, featuring essays, collections, and cultural commentary on historical art, literature, and media.

ℤ→ℤ

The mapping of integers to integers is a fair summary of the work of programming. A blog about computer science, history of computing, engineering, game theory, and other things that attract my interest.

Palladium

Governance Futurism

  • The Lifecycle of an Apocalypse

    Since World War I, our society has been convinced that civilization is on the brink of technological apocalypse. The ...

  • The Peoples of America

    The Human Geography of this Continent The post The Peoples of America appeared first on Palladium.

  • The Dostoevskian Moment

    As we accelerate toward superintelligence, our quest for self-mastery takes a spiritual turn. The post The Dostoevski...

The Scholar's Stage

A forum to discuss the intersections of history, behavioral science, and strategic thought, with an emphasis on East and Southeast Asian affairs.

  • China and the Future of Science

    THE CHINESE socio-political system differs from our own. From the perspective of the topic of this conference, here i...

  • On Bombing Iran

    THUS WE BOMB Iran. The administration does not give consistent reasons for the attack on Iran: some say we war to cha...

  • 35 Theses on the WASPs

    LAST MONTH American Affairs published my review of Alexander Karp’s The Technological Republic. While I had plenty cr...

A Collection of Unmitigated Pedantry

A look at history and popular culture