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Covers:  academia, history, history of globalization, archeology, global history, universities, globalization, education, drugs
The Appendix is a journal of narrative and experimental history.

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Editor at The Appendix, a journal of experimental history. PhD candidate at UT Austin. Occasional contributor to the Atlantic, Public Domain Review, Slate and Atlas Obscura.

Ben Breen’s Journalist Portfolio

'Alien Jesus': The Pre-Modern History of Outer Space

'Alien Jesus': The Pre-Modern History of Outer Space

A 16th-century monk saw a universe full of Christs.

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From the Lab to the Street: How 3 Illegal Drugs Came to Be

From the Lab to the Street: How 3 Illegal Drugs Came to Be

There's a huge gap, temporally and culturally, between the inventors of illicit drugs -- usually rather auste…

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Dear Space Aliens: Hello! Love, Jimmy Carter

Dear Space Aliens: Hello! Love, Jimmy Carter

On a cold evening in 1969, a peanut farmer was standing outside a Georgia restaurant when he noticed a myster…

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Painting the New World

Painting the New World

In 1585 the Englishman John White, governor of one of the very first North American colonies, made a series o…

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Calypso's Island: A Short History of the Apocalypse - Vol. 1, No. 1

Calypso's Island: A Short History of the Apocalypse - Vol. 1, No. 1

The word "Apocalypse" can mean both "an uncovering" and "an ending." Benjamin Breen explores the ambiguous hi…

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REVIEW: Why I Stuck a Flare Up My Ar*e for England

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By Ben Breen
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Reading Time: 3 minutes ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Rating: 4 out of 5. A heartfelt exploration of modern football hooliganism, packed with one-liners It was a truly viral photo: the England fan clenching a lit flare between his buttocks before the Euro 2020 final. For some, a symbol of the broken social contract. For others, harmless football-lad banter. But for playwright and performer Alex Hill, it’s the seed of his debut play.
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$12.5 million for Tupper Lake wastewater repairs in New York budget deal

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By Ben Breen
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TUPPER LAKE, N.Y. (ABC22/FOX44) – Included in New York’s state budget deal are millions of dollars for repairs to water systems in Tupper Lake, which has been dealing with water issues for years. “This has been years of advocacy, difficult conversations, setbacks, and persistence,” said Tupper Lake Village Mayor Mary Fontana. The water in much of the town has been discolored and brown since 2020 due to high levels of iron and manganese.
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REVIEW: zoë.exe

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By Ben Breen
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Reading Time: 2 minutes ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Rating: 4 out of 5. A biting comedy tackling big questions about artificial intelligence and humanity. Zack’s (Izaak Hamilton-New) flat mate Jo (Rachel Duncan) is spiralling after a bad break-up, but Zack has a plan. The AI company he works for is entering them into a beta test for their latest large language model (LLM). This one comes with a humanoid body, which Zack configures to replicate his flat mate’s former lover (Rhiannon Lucy Bird).
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