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| '''''Gnomon Chronicles''''' is a work of [[fiction (nonfiction)|fiction]] and [[nonfiction (nonfiction)|nonfiction]] by [[Karl Jones (nonfiction)|Karl Jones]]. | | {{Daily Image/{{#time:F j|now -4 hours}}}} |
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| File:Ape Caper Story Panics A Foe.jpg|link=Ape Caper Story Panics a Foe|"[[Ape Caper Story Panics a Foe]]."
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| File:Sun Sailer Cannibals.jpg|link=Sun Sailer Cannibals|[[Sun Sailer Cannibals]] is a chamber aerospace engineering rock band based in New Minneapolis, Canada. The band has received acclaim for its meticulous integration of advanced spacecraft design with hard-driving chamber rock music.
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| File:Kill_them_all,_and_let_the_Invisible_Hand_assess_their_value.jpg|link=Kill them all, and let the Invisible Hand assess their value|"Kill them all, and let the Invisible Hand assess their value."<br> —The Invisible Hand<br>([[Are the children in cages dead yet?]])
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| File:My Secret Dope Clerk Doses Up Your Eerie Foe.jpg|link=My Secret Dope Clerk Doses Up Your Eerie Foe|'''[[My Secret Dope Clerk Doses Up Your Eerie Foe]]''' is an ongoing real-time reality TV show starring "Dungeon Man Jack" (the incarnate shade of a long-dead Jack Nicholson). The show follows the lives and deaths of Dungeons and Dragons fans who challenge DM Jack for ownership of the [[Underlook Hotel]] in [[New Minneapolis, Canada]].
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| File:Let The Thing Out.jpg|link=Let The Thing Out|Call on whatever Power you need<br>Give yourself up to that Power<br>Let your Song, your Poem<br>Burn its way out of your Heart<br><br>—''[[Let The Thing Out]]''.
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| File:Tardigrade spacecraft aft berth.jpg|link=Tardigrade spacecraft|[[Tardigrade spacecraft]] are any of various types of spacecraft occupied by tardigrades. This image from the aft berth compartment shows a scan-view of a passenger in its characteristic "cabbage pod" space suit.
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| File:Vampire Welcome Mat - The Mat is a Generalization.jpg|link=The Mat is a Generalization|''[[The Mat is a Generalization]]'' is a computational performance program by the goth-influenced mathematical ensemble [[Vampire Welcome Mat]]. Math critic and known fabulist Karl Jones calls it "an extraordinary and heart-felt tribute to the general semantics of Alfred Korzybski."
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| File:The_City_on_the_Edge_of_Raspberries.jpg|link=The City on the Edge of Raspberries|Screenshot from [[The City on the Edge of Raspberries]], one of the so-called "[[Star Trek: Forbidden Episodes|Forbidden Episodes]]" of the television program Star Trek.
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| File:Oil Pirates of the Caribbean.jpg|link=Indiana Jones Versus the Oil Pirates of the Caribbean|''[[Indiana Jones Versus the Oil Pirates of the Caribbean]]'' is an action-adventure film in the Indiana Jones franchise. Dennis Hopper plays a charismatic antihero who discovers the so-called "Peak Jones" effect, when the world has more Indiana Jones films that it can sustain.
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| File:Oort Cloud Follies.jpg|link=Oort Cloud Follies|Oort Cloud Follies - August 1 - 3, 2020. All participants must agree to survey a sector of the Cloud. Media relations provided by the ''Journal of Irresponsible Astronomy''.
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| File:Mad King.jpg|link=Mad King (nonfiction)|''[[Mad King (nonfiction)|Mad King]]''.
| | '''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. |
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| File:Jukebox Hal.jpg|link=Dear Diary (HAL 9000 edition)|"Dear Diary, [[Dear Diary (HAL 9000 edition)|HAL 9000 purchased after much computational haggling]]. I shall repurpose it as a jukebox."
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| File:Dear Diary (Death Star edition).jpg|link=Dear Diary (Death Star edition)|"Dear Diary, So glad I [[Dear Diary (Death Star edition)|stole the Death Star and repurposed it as a self-sustaining eldercare retirement facility near a temperate planet with about ninety-percent Earth gravity]]. Life is good."
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| File:The Terroir.jpg|link=The Terroir (novel)|''[[The Terroir (novel)|The Terroir]]'' is a 2007 novel by Mason S. Minds which tells a fictionalized account of Captain Sir John Franklin's search for the fabled Northwest Vineyards. Plagued by starvation, illness, and cheap merlot, Franklin and his men are stalked across the bleak Arctic landscape by the Phylloxerum, a supernaturally cold-resistant swarm of vine-eating parasites.
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| File:The Birth of Alienation.jpg|link=The Birth of Alienation|''[[The Birth of Alienation]]'' is a proposed film prank in which the historic film Birth of a Nation will be temporarily replaced by a high-budget spoof version, The Birth of Alienation.
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| File:We Don't Need No Thought Control (They Live).jpg|link=They Live, We Study|''[[They Live, We Study]]'' is a documentary film about educational systems and the invasion of the planet Earth by mind-manipulating aliens.
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| File:Big Trouble on Little Tatooine.jpg|link=Big Trouble on Little Tatooine|''[[Big Trouble on Little Tatooine]]'' is a 2020 comedy-adventure film starring starring Kurt Russell. It is the first major motion picture in the "Big Trouble in the Star Wars Franchise" series.
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| File:Big Trouble on Little Tatooine 2.jpg|link=Big Trouble on Little Tatooine|Cover art for Blu-Ray edition of ''[[Big Trouble on Little Tatooine]]'' starring Mr. Kurt Russell and Sir Alec Guinness.
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| File:SS MINNOW pitch.jpg|link=SS Minnow (TV series)|''[[SS Minnow (TV series)|SS Minnow]]'' is a dramatic television program set on a purported "uncharted desert island" during the Second World War. The plot is loosely based on actual military-industrial-criminal efforts to develop the [[Fictional yet illegal|fictional yet illegal]] drug [[Clandestiphrine]].
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| File:GILLIGAN'S ISLAND - page from script stamped SS MINNOW.png|link=SS Minnow (TV series)|Page from ''[[SS Minnow (TV series)|SS Minnow]]'' script showing the "SS MINNOW" stamp.
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| File:Playskool's My First DSM.jpg|link=Playskool's My First DSM|The [[Playskool's My First DSM|Playskool Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders]], better known as Playskool's My First DSM, is a children's publication for the classification of mental disorders using child-friendly language, simple shapes, and bright primary colors.
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| File:Custodian_cleaning_up_Brusts_LotR.jpg|Aftermath of the "[[The Lord of the Rings (Steven Brust novel)|Lord of the Rings]]" disaster, physicist and raconteur Steven Brust's unauthorized (and now preliminated) experiment in [[high-energy literature]].
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| File:Frank and Dave discuss Sil.jpg|link=2001: A Species Odyssey|''[[2001: A Species Odyssey]]'' is a short documentary film about the ethical dilemma faced by two astronauts (Frank Bowman and David Poole) when they discover an alien-human hybrid child stowed away on their spaceship.
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| File:TARDIS on the Edge of Forever.jpg|link=The TARDIS on the Edge of Forever|[[The TARDIS on the Edge of Forever]] is one of the so-called "[[Star Trek: Forbidden Episodes|Forbidden Episodes]]" of the television program Star Trek.
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| File:Deacon Billy.jpg|link=Deacon Billy|''[[Deacon Billy]]'' is a proposed film in which actor Dennis Hopper will play Deacon Billy, a Merchant Marine captain who trades his ship and crew for the last motorcycle on Earth.
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| File:CSI_Reptile_Gastrointestinal_Unit.jpg|link=CSI: Reptile Gastrointestinal Unit|[[CSI: Reptile Gastrointestinal Unit]] is a television crime drama show featuring a team of herpetological gastroenterologists who solve crimes related to reptile ingestion, digestion, and excretion.
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| File:Cthulhu reviews the Exploding Head sequence from Scanners.jpg|link=Cthulhu at the Movies|In tonight's episode of ''[[Cthulhu at the Movies]]'', malevolent supernatural entity and renowned cineaste Cthulhu reviews the exploding head sequence from David Cronenberg's documentary film ''Scanners''.
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| File:The Super-Hungry Parasite.jpg|link=The Super-Hungry Parasite|''[[The Super-Hungry Parasite]]'' is a children's picture book designed, illustrated, and written by parasitologist [[Rice Clear]], first published by the Gnomon Chronicles on July 10, 2020. The book features a polymorphic alien organism which demonstrates a wide range of parasitic behaviors, eating its way through a variety of hosts before pupating and emerging as [REDACTED]. The winner of many children's literature awards and an ongoing series of emergency xenoparasitology research grants, it has infected almost 50 million hosts worldwide.
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| File:They_Live,_We_Eat.jpg|link=They Live, We Eat|Promotional art for ''[[They Live, We Eat]]'', a short documentary film about how restaurants specializing in alien cuisine are coping with business and xenobiological issues during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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| File:Alien Gourmand.jpg|link=Alien Gourmand|Title card for ''[[Alien Gourmand]]'' (Season One).
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| File:There Once Were No Men Who Ate Prunes.jpg|link=There Once Were No Men Who Ate Prunes|[[There Once Were No Men Who Ate Prunes]].
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| File:Phoenix 1.jpg|link=Phoenix 1 (nonfiction)|July 23, 2020: Signed first edition of ''[[Phoenix 1 (nonfiction)|Phoenix 1]]'' stolen from the Walker Art Center in [[New Minneapolis, Canada]] in a daring daylight robbery by agents of the criminal mathematical function [[Gnotilus]].
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| File:Evil begets evil, Mister President.jpg|link=Evil begets evil, Mister President|[[Evil begets evil, Mister President]].
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| File:Think_Clearly_But_Don't_Let_It_Cloud_Your_Judgement.jpg|link=Think Clearly But Don't Let It Cloud Your Judgement|[[Think Clearly But Don't Let It Cloud Your Judgement]].
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The Gnomon Chronicles is a work of fiction and nonfiction by Karl Jones (nonfiction). Fresh content daily.
October 1
Better Than News
Sawless in Seattle is an American psychological horror television series starring Kelsey Grammer and Peri Gilpin, two marriage counsellors whose own marriage descends into madness when they host a live call-in radio show.
There's Something About Benny is a romantic comedy-horror film directed by Peter Farrelly and Karl Holt, starring Cameron Diaz, Matt Dillon, Ben Stiller, Claire Cartwright, and Karl Holt.
The Devil Runs NASA is an American comedy-drama documentary film starring Meryl Streep as a powerful NASA executive, and Anne Hathaway as a space suit designer.
Lyzenko is a science fiction horror film about a deranged wizard (Trofim Lysenko) who raises an army of undead Russian soldiers for an aging warlord (Vladimir Putin).
CSI: Reptile Gastrointestinal Unit is a television crime drama show featuring a team of herpetological gastroenterologists who solve crimes related to reptile ingestion, digestion, and excretion.
Cucumber Eyes is a 2021 personal hygiene drama film starring Woody Harrelson, Javier Bardem, and Tim Robbins & Tim Robbins 1.1.
Hamill Wars on Ice is a series of touring ice shows produced by Dorothy Hamill and Mark Hamill under agreement with The Gnomon Chronicles Exotemporal Talent Agency.
Indiana Jones Versus the Oil Pirates of the Caribbean is an action-adventure film in the Indiana Jones franchise. Dennis Hopper plays a charismatic antihero who discovers the so-called "Peak Jones" effect, when the world has more Indiana Jones films that it can sustain.
Beyond Plausible
Prellraiser is a 1987 extreme hair fashion horror film written and directed by Clive Barker and Vidal Sassoon.
Those Were the Peaks is a British-American period crime drama television series about the Peaky Blinders crime gang in 1970s America.
Oregon Trail 2: Bloody Benders is an educational frontier horror video game which challenges players to survive their encounter with the Bloody Benders, a family of brutal serial killers who committed an unknown number of murders during the early 1870's in Kansas.
To Shave Man is a musical science fiction horror-comedy television series about alien barber-chef Sweeney Todd (Johnny Depp) and his delicious assistant (Helena Bonham Carter).
In Other Words
Jacob's Flatline is a 1990 American psychological horror film directed by Joel Schumacher and Adrian Lyne.
"Cacofonia" (known in English as "Deafening Nights of Deafening Chainsaws") is a bossa nova song and Halloween standard written by Antônio Carlos Jobim in 1960. English lyrics were later written by Jason Voorhees.
Are You Sure ...
Les Hydropathes, journal du 20 mars 1879, N°5. Caricature de
Charles Cros par Georges Lorin dit
Cabriol.
• ... that poet and inventor Charles Cros (1 October 1842 – 9 August 9 1888) was a member of Les Hydropathes, a Parisian literary club?
• ... that mathematician Chiungtze C. Tsen (2 April 2 1898 – 1 October 1 1940) contributed to quasi-algebraic closure, proving Tsen's theorem, which states that a function field K of an algebraic curve over an algebraically closed field is quasi-algebraically closed (i.e., C1); and that this implies that the Brauer group of any such field vanishes, and more generally that all the Galois cohomology groups H i(K, K*) vanish for i ≥ 1?
• ... that scholar, priest, and physician Marsilio Ficino (19 October 1433 – 1 October 1499) wrote: "This century, like a golden age, has restored to light the liberal arts, which were almost extinct: grammar, poetry, rhetoric, painting, sculpture, architecture, music ... this century appears to have perfected astrology."?
Selected Anniversaries
1499: Priest, humanist philosopher, and astrologer Marsilio Ficino dies. His Florentine Academy, an attempt to revive Plato's Academy, influenced the direction and tenor of the Italian Renaissance and the development of European philosophy.
1842: Poet and inventor Charles Cros born. He will pioneer sound recording, inventing the Paleophone, and investigate the transmission of graphics by telegraph.
1940: Mathematician Chiungtze C. Tsen dies. He proved Tsen's theorem, which states that a function field K of an algebraic curve over an algebraically closed field is quasi-algebraically closed (i.e., C1).
1994: Mathematician and philosopher Paul Lorenzen dies. He was the founder of the Erlangen School (with Wilhelm Kamlah) and inventor of game semantics (with Kuno Lorenz).
Topic of the Day
Star Trek
"Fantasy Ceti Alpha 5" is one of the so-called "Forbidden Episodes" of the television series Star Trek.
Tar Trek is a television series within the "Spock's Beard" alternate universe.
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.
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