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[[File:Mpls riots umbrella man 2.jpg|thumb|link=Minneapolis riots umbrella man (nonfiction)|[[Minneapolis riots umbrella man (nonfiction)]].]]'''''Gnomon Chronicles''''' is a work of [[fiction (nonfiction)|fiction]] and [[nonfiction (nonfiction)|nonfiction]] by [[Karl Jones (nonfiction)|Karl Jones]].
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'''''The Gnomon Chronicles''''' is a work of fiction and nonfiction by [[Karl Jones (nonfiction)]]. Fresh content daily.<br>   
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== Better Than News ==   
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Be aware that '''[[Minneapolis riots umbrella man (nonfiction)]]''' is real.
== Beyond Plausible ==


== Minneapolis riots Umbrella Man ==
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Umbrella Man is a masked operative of unknown identity and motive who carefully committed a planned act of property damage during a riot. He wears a distinctive full-face gas mask, and carries a black umbrella which he uses to conceal his face.
== In Other Words ==


A video of the AutoZone windows attack shows the event clearly. Umbrella Man breaks a series of windows in a crisp, efficient attack.  There are shouts of "Are you a cop?"  Umbrella man then swiftly leaves.
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Umbrella Man works with an accomplice ("Pizza Dude", "Pink Shirt Dude"). In the attack video, Pizza Dude appears to confront Umbrella Man. But in another video, Umbrella Man and Pizza Dude walk side-by-side, looking very much like a team, a pair.
== Are You Sure ... ==


=== Identity of Umbrella Man not known ===
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Please - '''Tamp down rumors and speculations about the identity of Umbrella Man'''. 
== Selected Anniversaries ==


'''DO NOT repeat the allegation that Umbrella Man is a police office'''.
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* Saint Paul PD has denied the allegation
== Topic of the Day ==
* It is not possible to determine Umbrella Man's identity from the videos I have watched.
* Very likely the perpetrators staged the scene to create a false "It's a cop" narrative.


Private speculation is okay, of course. But keep it offline, quiet conversations on the side, not social media posts.
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Investigate like a detective, with all your suspicions alert.
== Interview ==


Speak like a prosecuting attorney, aggressive as possible but never beyond the evidence.
'''INTERVIEW''': "[https://www.trillmag.com/entertainment/gnomon-chronicles-an-interview-with-the-man-who-makes-up-movies/ Gnomon Chronicles: An Interview With The Man Who Makes Up Movies - Meet the satirist blurring the line between entertainment and reality…]" by Aaron Cowell for Tr!ll online magazine.


== About the Gnomon Chronicles ==
== Favorites ==


I have a documentary mind.  I document, I chronicle. I do it compulsively every day, always have. It makes me happy. That's why I have a wiki. 
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I also write fiction. I do it compulsively every day, always have.  I need ⁠— emotional and physically ''need'' ⁠— to express the Jonathan-Swift-meets-Edward-Lear nonsense that comes into my head.  If I don't, I get itchy troubled feelings which make happiness difficult.
 
I launched the Gnomon Chronicles wiki as a medium where I ''deliberately confuse nonfiction with fiction''.  It is a deconstructed historical novel, a collection of definitional fabulisms, a half-finished graphic novel.  I take great care and pride in my conflation of truth and lies (that's how fiction ''works'', right?) ... sly mashups of incongruous ideas, Spoonerisms disguised as restaurants or technologies, flying bison, flying lunch cars, carnivorous dirigibles, portable envy, autonomous gibbets, downloadable alien liquor as metaphor for parasitic consumer capitalism, transdimensional drugs with spooky actions at a distance ... weird ideas fused onto normal ideas fighting normal ideas infused with weird ideas ... science fiction and fantasy.  Comic book stuff.  Superheroes, time travel. Unforgivable puns. Encyclopunk.
 
But I have always, from the beginning, rigorously labelled all of the nonfictional page titles (nonfiction), and elsewhere noted "nonfiction", and carefully marked "Fictional cross-references".  On the fictional pages, I have similarly rigorously provided nonfictional links. 
 
So no matter how unsure you are whether I am wearing my Apollonian hat or my Dionysian garter belt, the clues are always nearby, the answer is no further than one click away.
 
Every nonfictional page which has (nonfiction) in the title is a truly nonfictional page written in Wikipedia style.  I mimic Wikipedia in most things (apart from choice of subject matter, and personal opinion or research which I mark as such).
 
I know this is a peculiar place to document citizen detective-journalism, so I want to make clear that '''[[Minneapolis riots umbrella man (nonfiction)]]''' is no fiction, no flight of fantasy.  This is real. 
 
Anyway, who better than me?  I know all about untangling fact from fiction.  I am the Disambiguator. It's my thing.
 
Be assured — I will never write fictions about [[Minneapolis riots umbrella man (nonfiction)]], never tell jokes or post caricatures.  This is citizen journalism, not Alice in Wonderland.

Revision as of 07:33, 26 June 2024

The Gnomon Chronicles is a work of fiction and nonfiction by Karl Jones (nonfiction). Fresh content daily.
September 28

Better Than News

  • Jason and the Seventh Seal is a historical mythological adventure film written and directed by Ingmar Bergman and Don Chaffey about the adventures of the Jason, the world's mightiest swordsman and chess-player.

    Jason and the Seventh Seal is a historical mythological adventure film written and directed by Ingmar Bergman and Don Chaffey about the adventures of the Jason, the world's mightiest swordsman and chess-player.

  • The Primes of Miss Jean Brodie is a short novel by Muriel Sparks about a charismatic Scottish mathematics teacher, Miss Jean Brodie, and her influence on the lives of six impressionable number theory students.

    The Primes of Miss Jean Brodie is a short novel by Muriel Sparks about a charismatic Scottish mathematics teacher, Miss Jean Brodie, and her influence on the lives of six impressionable number theory students.

  • Cannablanca is a 1942 stoner war drama film about American expatriate Rick Blaine (Humphrey Bogart), whose old flame Ilsa (Ingrid Bergman) unexpectedly appears with her husband, award-winning cannabis farmer Victor Laszlo (Paul Henreid).

    Cannablanca is a 1942 stoner war drama film about American expatriate Rick Blaine (Humphrey Bogart), whose old flame Ilsa (Ingrid Bergman) unexpectedly appears with her husband, award-winning cannabis farmer Victor Laszlo (Paul Henreid).

  • Dr. Claymoney, or How We Got Along After the Ark is a dystopian science fiction novel by Octavia Butler and Philip K. Dick.

    Dr. Claymoney, or How We Got Along After the Ark is a dystopian science fiction novel by Octavia Butler and Philip K. Dick.

  • Jonathan Livingston Seagull 3: The Pizza Bird (full title: Jonathan Livingston Seagull 3: The Pizz Bird) is an allegorical fable about a seagull who competes with ravens, raccoons, and indigent humans for food scraps behind a pizza restaurant.

    Jonathan Livingston Seagull 3: The Pizza Bird (full title: Jonathan Livingston Seagull 3: The Pizz Bird) is an allegorical fable about a seagull who competes with ravens, raccoons, and indigent humans for food scraps behind a pizza restaurant.

  • Kon-Tiki: Across Walden Pond is a book by Henry David Thoreau and Thor Heyerdahl, reflecting upon the authors' simple traversal of natural surroundings.

    Kon-Tiki: Across Walden Pond is a book by Henry David Thoreau and Thor Heyerdahl, reflecting upon the authors' simple traversal of natural surroundings.

Beyond Plausible

  • Oz is a 1975 American fantasy adventure film about a police chief, a marine biologist, and a professional shark hunter who must travel to the Emerald City.

    Oz is a 1975 American fantasy adventure film about a police chief, a marine biologist, and a professional shark hunter who must travel to the Emerald City.

  • Moby-Peck is an 1851 novel by American writer Herman Melville about a giant white whale's maniacal quest for vengeance against actor Gregory Peck.

    Moby-Peck is an 1851 novel by American writer Herman Melville about a giant white whale's maniacal quest for vengeance against actor Gregory Peck.

In Other Words

  • To Hasp and Hasp Not is a novel by Ernest Hemingway about Harry Morgan, a fishing boat captain out of Key West, Florida who seeks a legendary treasure chest.

    To Hasp and Hasp Not is a novel by Ernest Hemingway about Harry Morgan, a fishing boat captain out of Key West, Florida who seeks a legendary treasure chest.

  • A Confederacy of Ileocoecal Valves (commonly known as A Confederacy of Valves) is a picaresque gastroenterology textbook by New Orleans gastroenterologist John Kennedy Toole.

    A Confederacy of Ileocoecal Valves (commonly known as A Confederacy of Valves) is a picaresque gastroenterology textbook by New Orleans gastroenterologist John Kennedy Toole.

Are You Sure ...

Florence Violet McKenzie with wireless (1922).

• ... that Florence Violet McKenzie OBE (28 September 1890 or 1892 – 23 May 1982), affectionately known as "Mrs Mac", was a pioneer of wireless technology, Australia's first female electrical engineer, founder of the Women's Emergency Signalling Corps (WESC), and lifelong champion of technical education for women?

• ... that astronomer and mathematician Ismaël Bullialdus (28 September 1605 – 25 November 1694) was an active and prolific member of the Republic of Letters, the long-distance intellectual correspondence network that had emerged as an international community of self-proclaimed scholars and literary figures; that his letters demonstrate the geographic reach of the Republic of Letters (his correspondents lived not only in nearby countries like Holland and Italy, but also in Scandinavia, Poland, and the Near East); and that the most famous of the known letters included in the original Archive Boulliau include correspondence with luminaries including Galileo, Marin Mersenne, Henry Oldenburg, Christiaan Huygens, and Pierre de Fermat?

• ... that mathematician and physicist Martin David Kruskal (September 28, 1925 – December 26, 2006) made fundamental contributions in mathematics and science, ranging from plasma physics to general relativity and from nonlinear analysis to asymptotic analysis; that Kruskal's single most celebrated contribution was the discovery and theory of solitons; that Kruskal was known as a mentor of younger scientists; and that Kruskal was notable for his playfulness?

• ... that September 28 is Provincial Chromatography Day in New Minneapolis, Canada, and that both the Mayor and Lieutenant Governor of New Minneapolis have personally lobbied the governor general of Canada (the federal viceregal representative of the Canadian monarch, currently Queen Elizabeth II) in support of a national Canadian Chromatography Day?

Selected Anniversaries

  • 1605: Mathematician and astronomer Ismaël Bullialdus born. He will be an active member of the Republic of Letters, and an early defender of the ideas of Copernicus, Kepler and Galileo.

    1605: Mathematician and astronomer Ismaël Bullialdus born. He will be an active member of the Republic of Letters, and an early defender of the ideas of Copernicus, Kepler and Galileo.

  • 1890 (or 1892): Electrical engineer Florence Violet McKenzie born. She will be was Australia's first female electrical engineer, founder of the Women's Emergency Signalling Corps (WESC), and lifelong promoter for technical education for women.

    1890 (or 1892): Electrical engineer Florence Violet McKenzie born. She will be was Australia's first female electrical engineer, founder of the Women's Emergency Signalling Corps (WESC), and lifelong promoter for technical education for women.

  • 1925: Physicist and mathematician Martin David Kruskal born. Kruskal will make fundamental contributions in many areas of mathematics and science, including the discovery and theory of solitons.

    1925: Physicist and mathematician Martin David Kruskal born. Kruskal will make fundamental contributions in many areas of mathematics and science, including the discovery and theory of solitons.

  • 1953: Astronomer and cosmologist Edwin Hubble dies. He discovered the fact that the Andromeda "nebula" is actually another island galaxy far outside of our own Milky Way.

    1953: Astronomer and cosmologist Edwin Hubble dies. He discovered the fact that the Andromeda "nebula" is actually another island galaxy far outside of our own Milky Way.

Topic of the Day

Batman

  • The Dark Pie Rises is a 2012 action-cooking thriller film about Chef Bane (Tom Hardy), a criminal mastermind restaurateur who kidnaps the world's greatest pastry chef (Alon Aboutboul).

    The Dark Pie Rises is a 2012 action-cooking thriller film about Chef Bane (Tom Hardy), a criminal mastermind restaurateur who kidnaps the world's greatest pastry chef (Alon Aboutboul).

  • Eternal Dark Side of the Thoughtless Mind is a 2004 American drama film which follows two halves of a bisociated billionaire who have erased each other from their memories. The film uses elements of psychological thriller, science fiction, and a nonlinear narrative to explore the nature of Batman and the Joker.

    Eternal Dark Side of the Thoughtless Mind is a 2004 American drama film which follows two halves of a bisociated billionaire who have erased each other from their memories. The film uses elements of psychological thriller, science fiction, and a nonlinear narrative to explore the nature of Batman and the Joker.

Interview

INTERVIEW: "Gnomon Chronicles: An Interview With The Man Who Makes Up Movies - Meet the satirist blurring the line between entertainment and reality…" by Aaron Cowell for Tr!ll online magazine.

Favorites

Hamlet is a 1979 science fiction horror film written and directed by Ridley Scott and based on the play of the same name by William Shakespeare.

Adam and Eve in Candyland is a 1531 painting by Cranach the Elder.

Lend a Hand voted Picture of the Day by the citizens of New Minneapolis, Canada.

Spectrum is a 2015 action-physics film about the scientific organization Spectrum and its enigmatic leader Ernst Stavro Blofeld (Isaac Newton), who intends to overthrow the dominant paradigm. Co-starring Daniel Craig as Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz.

Euglena Junction is a reality television program about the life of Euglena, a genus of single-celled flagellate protists. It is loosely based on the television program Petticoat Junction, with different species of Euglena playing the roles of Kate Bradley, her three daughters Billie Jo, Bobbie Jo, and Betty Jo, and her uncle Joe Carson.

Spiral Rings 2.
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