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Historian vs. AI: The technology sucks and is basically a scam.
King of the “Contactees”: The bizarre UFO saga of George Adamski.
Nuclear war: The existential threat we don’t talk about.
Historic Painting: “Karneval in Nizza” by Otto Dinger, 1912.
In Wildness: Chris McCandless, Cheryl Strayed, and journeys of discovery.
Interiors: Crewman’s cabin from the SS Balao (reconstructed), Norway, early 1970s.
The Verge
Interiors: Napoleon’s Bedroom, Grand Trianon Palace, Versailles.
King of the “Contactees”: The bizarre UFO saga of George Adamski.
Historic Painting: “Karneval in Nizza” by Otto Dinger, 1912.
In Wildness: Chris McCandless, Cheryl Strayed, and journeys of discovery.
Interiors: Crewman’s cabin from the SS Balao (reconstructed), Norway, early 1970s.
Thunder from above: the demise of the U.S. Navy airship USS Akron.
Historic Photo: Sons and grandsons of Bounty mutineers on Pitcairn Island, 1862.
The Outer Garden
Historian vs. AI: The technology sucks and is basically a scam.
The generative AI industry is a con. It may be one of the biggest cons in history.
Nuclear war: The existential threat we don’t talk about.
Nothingburger: The 2025 JFK Assassination document dump.
Historic Painting: “Katharsis” by José Clemente Orozco, 1934.
Historic Photo: Native American ice-cutting crew in winter, 1880s.
Year’s end: The best of the Garden in 2024.
My upcoming novel, “The Gangster Crown,” is now available for pre-order!
The Inner Garden
Behind the Scenes: The Bounty, a geographic history.
My latest video takes a globetrotting look at the famous 1789 British naval mutiny and its aftermath.
Behind the Scenes: 1981, Britain’s Awful Year.
Behind the Scenes: The Gulf of Tonkin Incident, Explained & Deconstructed.
The strangest dictator: The odd world of Moammar Qaddafi.
Behind the Scenes: August 1939, Eve of War.
The book I’ve been working on: introducing “The Gangster Crown.”
