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August 2023

The Bookmarks Bin, September 2023
Shamelessly copying Scott Alexander's link compilation articles
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Dylan Black
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July 2023

Spoken Egyptian in Age of Mythology
A Partial Answer to a Decades Old Mystery, and a Call for Help
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Dylan Black
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June 2023

Top 16 History-Adjacent Podcasts of 2023
Are list-based articles even allowed anymore or did Buzzfeed already beat that horse to death?
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Dylan Black

May 2023

April 2023

The Sibylline Oracles and the Last King of Rome
Never haggle with a prophetess. The story of Tarquinius Superbus and the Cumaean Sibyl, and the real history behind it.
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Dylan Black

March 2023

A Lukewarm Defense of Imperial Units
In which I defend the use of Fahrenheit over Celsius, sort of defend inches and feet, and make a halfhearted attempt at explaining why I like cups as a…
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Dylan Black
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The Evolution of the Alphabet
From Egyptian Hieroglyphs through the Aramaic, Hebrew, and Arabic alphabets. And my own secret alphabet, just for fun.
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The Great Kings of Assyria Reply to Yet More Spam Texts
A continuation of my ongoing efforts to frustrate and annoy spam texters with the help of the greatest Assyrian monarchs
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Dylan Black

February 2023

Scaling Problems in Social Control
In which I discuss Reddit engagement statistics, angry moderators, Dunbar's number, and dive headfirst into pseudoscience.
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Dylan Black
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January 2023

Ancient Alien Linguistics, The Pyramids, and Radio Antennas
In which I discuss the incredible effort put into making Stargate's Egyptian/Alien thesis historically accurate, and William Shatner exposes the true…
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Dylan Black
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