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• Res Obscura

  Notes on the history of technology, medicine, science, art, drugs, and empire. Also: AI in research and teaching.

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• The "mechanical miracle" that ruined Mark Twain's life

  Res Obscura · 2026-08-05

• Quality non-fiction books are the antithesis of AI slop

  Res Obscura · 2026-07-22

• What is happening to publishing?

  Res Obscura · 2026-05-19

• Why they stopped building wooden stupas

  Res Obscura · 2026-05-14

• Are "Vintage LLMs" the start of a new humanistic field?

  Res Obscura · 2026-04-29

• The handmade beauty of Machine Age data visualizations

  Res Obscura · 2026-04-22

• Photos from my time in Iran, 2017

  Res Obscura · 2026-03-31

• The Secret History of Knocking on Wood

  Res Obscura · 2026-02-24

• What is happening to writing?

  Res Obscura · 2026-02-18

• Why I have been writing a niche history blog for 15 years

  Res Obscura · 2025-12-04

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