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25 Nov 2025
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Eleanor Janega — holds since 2025-11-25 — tap for who they are
Same subject: The Renaissance and early modern period were not a better time to be alive than the Middle Ages they are said to have rescued Europe from. — tap to centre the map on it The Renaissance and early modern period were not a better time to be alive than the Middle Ages they are said to have rescued Europe from. Last stated a year ago
30 Apr 2025
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Eleanor Janega — holds since 2025-04-30 — tap for who they are
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Ada Palmer — holds since 2020-06-04 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Graham Hancock's research is good; his conclusion that one lost civilization seeded all the others is not. — tap to centre the map on it Graham Hancock's research is good; his conclusion that one lost civilization seeded all the others is not. Last stated 2 years ago
30 Sept 2024
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Ed Barnhart — holds since 2024-09-30 — tap for who they are
Same subject: The worldwide flood traditions record the Younger Dryas, not local floods that storytellers mistook for global ones. — tap to centre the map on it The worldwide flood traditions record the Younger Dryas, not local floods that storytellers mistook for global ones. Last stated 2 years ago
16 Oct 2024
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Graham Hancock — holds since 2024-10-16 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Treating history as a march of progress makes whole eras and regions disappear, dismissed for having failed to advance it. — tap to centre the map on it Treating history as a march of progress makes whole eras and regions disappear, dismissed for having failed to advance it. Last stated 10 years ago
4 Jan 2017
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Ada Palmer — holds since 2017-01-04 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Calling the lost civilisation advanced means only that it could calculate longitude, not that it built machines. — tap to centre the map on it Calling the lost civilisation advanced means only that it could calculate longitude, not that it built machines. Last stated 2 years ago
16 Oct 2024
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Graham Hancock — holds since 2024-10-16 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Major historical events do not necessarily have deep intellectual or ideological causes; assuming so is a common fallacy. — tap to centre the map on it Major historical events do not necessarily have deep intellectual or ideological causes; assuming so is a common fallacy. Last stated a month ago
17 Sept 2026
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Matthew Yglesias — holds since 2026-09-17 — tap for who they are
Same subject: How harshly people judge the Middle Ages tracks how little they know about it. — tap to centre the map on it How harshly people judge the Middle Ages tracks how little they know about it. Last stated a year ago
30 Apr 2025
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Eleanor Janega — holds since 2025-04-30 — tap for who they are
Same subject: The archaeological record of early writing is misleading, because people across the Middle East were sending each other messages long before the Sumerians. — tap to centre the map on it The archaeological record of early writing is misleading, because people across the Middle East were sending each other messages long before the Sumerians. Last stated 10 months ago
12 Dec 2025
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Irving Finkel — holds since 2025-12-12 — tap for who they are
Same subject: 'As long as it takes' lacks urgency, and it is a formula available to Ukraine's allies precisely because they are not the ones doing the fighting. — tap to centre the map on it 'As long as it takes' lacks urgency, and it is a formula available to Ukraine's allies precisely because they are not the ones doing the fighting. Last stated a year ago
10 Oct 2025
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Lawrence Freedman — holds since 2025-10-10 — tap for who they are
Same subject: 9/11 and Osama bin Laden's actions fundamentally shaped the world we live in today. — tap to centre the map on it 9/11 and Osama bin Laden's actions fundamentally shaped the world we live in today. Last stated a month ago
11 Sept 2026
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Matthew Yglesias — holds since 2026-09-11 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A ceasefire along the current lines would end the killing and still leave a long-term settlement between Russia and Ukraine possible. — tap to centre the map on it A ceasefire along the current lines would end the killing and still leave a long-term settlement between Russia and Ukraine possible. Last stated 2 months ago
26 Aug 2026
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Branko Milanovic — holds since 2026-08-26 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A nation of a million people cannot rule hundreds of millions by warfare; the Mongol Empire lasted because it offered its subjects things they actually wanted. — tap to centre the map on it A nation of a million people cannot rule hundreds of millions by warfare; the Mongol Empire lasted because it offered its subjects things they actually wanted. Last stated a year ago
31 Jul 2025
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Jack Weatherford — holds since 2025-07-31 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A nuclear war between the United States and Russia would kill five billion people. — tap to centre the map on it A nuclear war between the United States and Russia would kill five billion people. Last stated 3 years ago
22 Mar 2024
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Annie Jacobsen — holds since 2024-03-22 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A pro-West stance is mostly right: a world more aligned with the CCP or Russia seems a bad one. — tap to centre the map on it A pro-West stance is mostly right: a world more aligned with the CCP or Russia seems a bad one. Last stated 2 years ago
15 Oct 2024
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Nabeel S. Qureshi — holds since 2024-10-15 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A century of fire suppression policy in the American West has dangerously overloaded forests with fuel and made megafires more likely. — tap to centre the map on it A century of fire suppression policy in the American West has dangerously overloaded forests with fuel and made megafires more likely. Last stated 2 months ago
22 Aug 2026
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Jennifer Pahlka — holds since 2026-08-22 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A Chinese crewed landing on the Moon before America returns would be a defeat for the free world. — tap to centre the map on it A Chinese crewed landing on the Moon before America returns would be a defeat for the free world. Last stated 2 months ago
18 Aug 2026
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Casey Handmer — holds since 2025-10-31 — tap for who they are
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Eric Berger — holds since 2026-08-18 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A city's first rail line comes in at a reasonable cost and every line after it does not, because the follow-up outgrows the in-house team that oversaw the pilot. — tap to centre the map on it A city's first rail line comes in at a reasonable cost and every line after it does not, because the follow-up outgrows the in-house team that oversaw the pilot. Last stated 2 years ago
7 Dec 2024
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Alon Levy — holds since 2024-12-07 — tap for who they are