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'''''Fiction''''' is an ongoing work of [[fiction (nonfiction)|fiction]] and [[nonfiction (nonfiction)|nonfiction]] by [[Karl Jones (nonfiction)|Karl Jones]].
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== Better Than News ==   
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== In the News ==
== Beyond Plausible ==


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File:Hollerith_Punched_Card.jpg|link=Hollerith card (nonfiction)|[[Hollerith card (nonfiction)|Hollerith punched card]] contains two tickets to premier showing of documentary film ''Unexpectedly Hanging Chad''.
File:Guo_Shoujing_studies_the_Pleiades.jpg|[[Guo Shoujing (nonfiction)]] studies the Pleiades, discovers new form of [[Gnomon algorithm]].
File:Paper_tape_relay_operation.jpg|link=Unexpectedly Hanging Chad|Documentary film ''[[Unexpectedly Hanging Chad]]'' is surprise hit at electoral policy conference.
File:Neptune_Slaughter.jpg|link=Neptune Slaughter|Supervillain [[Neptune Slaughter]] manifests as gigantic ice worm, drinks up several million gallons of arctic seawater.
File:Green_Spiral_9.jpg|link=Green Spiral 9 (nonfiction)|''[[Green Spiral 9 (nonfiction)|Green Spiral 9]]'' now online.
File:Poicephalus senegalus egg tooth.jpg|link=Egg tooth (nonfiction)|Baby bird with [[egg tooth (nonfiction)]] is adorable and menacing at the same time.
File:Cleopatra-dies-of-asp-bite-and-IBM-PC.png|link=Death of Cleopatra|[[Death of Cleopatra|Cleopatra dies]] of asp bite and IBM-PC.
File:The Eel receives news from informants.jpg|link=The Eel's henchmen|[[The Eel]] receives news from informants. Note the golden serpent ring which The Eel uses to [[The Eel's henchmen|hypnotize and recruit henchmen]].
File:Red Eyes.jpg|link=Red Eyes|[[Red Eyes]] and [[Computational Human Phantom]] may form crime-fighting team.
File:Joseph_Schillinger_and_the_Rhythmicon.jpg|link=Drum machine (nonfiction)|Music educator Joseph Schillinger assures Rhythmicon that it will grow up to be a full-fledged [[drum machine (nonfiction)]].
File:Bread_mold_flavor,_best_flavor,_crazy_talk.png|link=Bread mold flavor (nonfiction)|[[Venn diagram (nonfiction)]] shows [[Bread mold flavor (nonfiction)|intersection of "Bread mold flavor", "Best flavor", and "Crazy talk"]].
File:Radon Lake.jpg|link=Radon Lake|[[Radon Lake]] contained within high-energy plasma bubble.
File:Alistair Treadgold 1916.jpg|link=Alistair Treadgold|[[Alistair Treadgold]]'s research into electrolysis influenced a generation of [[Musical electroplating ensemble (nonfiction)|musical electroplating ensembles]], including [[Chrome Plover]].
File:The Joker circa 1940.jpg|link=Physicist (nonfiction)|[[The Joker (nonfiction)|The Joker]] imprisons, tortures famed [[Physicist (nonfiction)|physicist]] Galileo Galilei.  Church authorities say they are "powerless to intervene".
File:Cryptographic numen modelled as nano-wire.jpg|link=Cryptographic numen|[[Cryptographic numen]] modeled in nanowire, generates micro-epiphanies.
File:Bacon's_Drama_Dial.jpg|link=Shakespeare-Magellan Expedition|Bacon's Drama Dial is key to [[Shakespeare-Magellan Expedition]], according to new cryptographic analysis.
File:Jason Nelson.jpg|link=Jason Nelson (nonfiction)|[[Jason Nelson (nonfiction)]] does not know [[This is how you will die (nonfiction)|how you will die (nonfiction)]], so please stop asking.
File:Mud_pot.jpg|Mud pot in northern California runs dry, may relocate to [[Devil's Mud Pie]] area.
File:Draw Doug genetic algorithm.jpg|link=Genetic algorithm (nonfiction)|"How to Draw Doug" cartoon by Ruben Bolling explains [[Genetic algorithm (nonfiction)|genetic algorithms (nonfiction)]].
File:Electric S'mores in Brasília.jpg|link=Electric S'mores|[[Electric S'mores]] now open in Brasília!
File:Hazmatterhorn.jpg|link=Hazmatterhorn|Matterhorn encapsulated in gigantic glass vial, converted to copper sulfate pentahydrate crystals. See [[Hazmatterhorn]].
File:Fugitive Rubies and hand x-ray.jpg|link=Evil bit release|This photograph, if genuine, may show the moment following the [[Evil bit release|release of an evil bit]] by supervillain [[Fugitive Rubies]].
File:The Eel.jpg|link=The Eel|[[The Eel]], freshly incarcerated in the [[Nacreum]], remains defiant: "No prison can hold me!"
File:Wild Man in Hydrogen Bubble Chamber.jpg|link=Time travel (nonfiction)|Inventor of [[Time travel (nonfiction)|time travel]] travels to distant past, [[Wild man (nonfiction)|goes insane, becomes own ancestor]] -- not necessarily in that order.
File:Niente da Fare Antonio Rotta.jpg|link=Scarpomancy (nonfiction)|Cobbler admits inability to divine [[Scarpomancy (nonfiction)|future of old boots]].
File:Mispent Youth.jpg|link=Mispent Youth|Taste sensation: [[Methylphenidate (nonfiction)|Methylphenidate]] + [[Extract of Radium]] = [[Mispent Youth]]. Shown here with vodka and olives.
File:Alberta sulfur pyramids.jpg|link=Alberta sulphur pyramids (nonfiction)|Delicious aroma of [[Alberta sulphur pyramids (nonfiction)|sulfur pyramids]] attracts [[Comer's Midden Monster|Comer's Midden Monsters]] to Alberta.
File:First computer bug.jpg|link=Software defect (nonfiction)|[[Software defect (nonfiction)|Computer bug]] demands rematch. "That relay sucker-punched me!" says moth.
File:Electric S'mores.jpg|link=Electric S'mores|[[Electric S'mores]] open for business.
File:Dalton Trumbo prison 1950.jpg|link=Dalton Trumbo (nonfiction)|[[Dalton Trumbo (nonfiction)|Dalton Trumbo]] refuses to betray friends and principles, enjoys state-sponsored meals for nearly a year.
File:Dark Side of the Moon.png|link=Physicist (nonfiction)|''Dark Side of the Moon'' "kept my spirits up during the ordeal", [[Physicist (nonfiction)|Galileo]] heard to mutter while leaving the courtroom.
File:Galileo_E_pur_si_muove.jpg|link=Physicist (nonfiction)|[[Physicist (nonfiction)|Galileo]], imprisoned on trumped-up charges, uses nail to scratch the equation ''E pur si muove'' on dungeon wall, cuts his way to freedom.
File:Umbrella Man.jpg|link=Umbrella Man (nonfiction)|[[Umbrella Man (nonfiction)|Umbrella Man witnesses]] rubbed with [[Clandestiphrine]], 73% die of stack overflow allergy. Witness Protection Program implements software patch to prevent recurrence.
File:Electric_Kool-Aid_Acid_Test_cover.jpg|link=The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test|Early techno-thriller fails [[Turing test (nonfiction)|Turing test]], author invents [[High-energy literature]] techniques to improve readability.
File:800px-Nebra_Schwerter.jpg|link=Weapon (nonfiction)|Army research laboratories [[Weapon (nonfiction)|convert modern plowshares into ancient swords]].  Military contractors call technique "Astonishing breakthrough."
File:Companion of Asclepius Myrmidon.jpg|link=Asclepius Myrmidon|[[Asclepius Myrmidon]] provides emergency medical services after [[Pi disaster]].
File:Mandelbrot set command line depiction.png|link=Mandelbrot set (nonfiction)|Line printer [[Mandelbrot set (nonfiction)|Mandelbrot set]] yearns for color, launches Kickstarter campaign to fund upgrade.
File:Dick_Turpin_of_Mars.jpg|link=Hopalong Cassidy (nonfiction)|Highwayman Dick Turpin of Mars takes parting shot at [[Hopalong Cassidy (nonfiction)|Hopalong Cassidy]].
File:Papillon_book_cover.jpg|link=Papillon (nonfiction)|Re-emitted red light suggests that [[Fugitive Rubies]] is secretly manipulating ''[[Papillon (nonfiction)|Papillon]]'', say [[High-energy literature|High-energy literature theorists]].
Fugitive_Rubies_interrogation_800x600.jpg|link=Fugitive Rubies|Captured supervillain [[Fugitive Rubies]] involuntarily luminesces under green laser interrogation, re-emits red light.
File:Bourbaki_virages_dangereux_fruiting_body.jpg|link=Outsider mathematics|Fruiting body of ''Bourbaki virages dangereux'' nominated as symbol of [[Outsider mathematics|outsider mathematics]].
File:Tunguska-Preservation-TV.jpg|link=Tunguska Event Preservation Society|Join [[Tunguska Event Preservation Society]], receive interactive 1927 expedition.
File:Brainiac head.png|link=Brainiac skull diodes (nonfiction)|Second-hand [[Brainiac skull diodes (nonfiction)|Brainiac skull diodes]] used for cut-rate [[Medulla oblongata (nonfiction)|Medulla oblongata]] upgrade.
File:Rule 90 trees.svg|link=Cellular automaton (nonfiction)|Latest version of [[Bernoulli family (nonfiction)|Bernoulli family tree]] powered by [[Cellular automaton (nonfiction)|cellular automata]].
File:Wizard Jan Kochanowski.jpg|link=Jan_Kochanowski|Poet and wizard [[Jan Kochanowski]] adapts [[Nebra sky disk (nonfiction)]] for use as [[scrying engine]].
File:Luminous dial of Soviet aircraft chronometer.jpg|link=Chronometer (nonfiction)|Luminous dial of Soviet aircraft [[Chronometer (nonfiction)|chronometer]] proud to represent all [[Chronometer (nonfiction)|chronometers]].
File:Orgasmatron from Sleeper.png|link=Artificial hedonism (nonfiction)|Tiny [[Spacecraft (nonfiction)|spacecraft]] with [[Artificial hedonism (nonfiction)|alien "Happy Ending" software]] converts human sweat into [[Extract of Radium]].
File:Red-Limned Sea Quetzalcoatl.jpg|link=Sea Quetzalcoatl|Red-limned [[Sea Quetzalcoatl]] disguised as Tree of Life.
File:Confiserie orientale berlin lokum cream lemon, lokum.jpg|link=Crime team (nonfiction)|[[Forbidden Ratio]] and [[Gnotilus]] use [[Turkish delight]] as symbol of [[crime team]].
File:Angry Feller Karl Jones 600x800.jpg|link=Angry Feller (nonfiction)|''[[Angry Feller]]'' expresses anger.
File:Cat guarding geese c1120 BC Egypt.jpg|link=Rumbustius|[[Rumbustius|Cat teaches geese a lesson they won't soon forget]].
File:Dinosaur studying mathematics.jpg|link=Chicxulub Chips|Dinosaur develops algorithm for [[Chicxulub Chips]].
File:Green-Ring Dick-Cavett-Show 1969.jpg|link=Green Ring|[[Green Ring]] interviewed by [[Dick Cavett]].
File:Geometers_program_medievel_pilgrimage.jpg|link=Pilgrimage|[[Pilgrimage|Geometers refactor medieval pilgrimage]].
File:Wumpuss-compass.jpg|link=Wumpus-compass|[[Wumpus-compass]] syndrome linked to [[Extract of Radium]] binge.
File:David_Hedison_releasing_neurotransmitters.jpg|link=Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (TV series) (nonfiction)|"Neurotransmitters deployed" says [[Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (TV series) (nonfiction)|David Hedison]].
File:Bernoulli_wappen.png|link=Bernoulli family (nonfiction)|Advances in [[Cellular automaton (nonfiction)|dynastic cellular automata theory]] reveal new members of [[Bernoulli family (nonfiction)|Bernoulli family]].
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== Interview ==
 
'''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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Latest revision as of 06:42, 27 September 2024

The Gnomon Chronicles is a work of fiction and nonfiction by Karl Jones (nonfiction). Fresh content daily.
September 27

Better Than News

  • Cowbell is a 2016 musical comedy science film directed by Dennis Villeneuve, starring Amy Adams, Christopher Walken, Jeremy Renner, and Will Ferrell.

    Cowbell is a 2016 musical comedy science film directed by Dennis Villeneuve, starring Amy Adams, Christopher Walken, Jeremy Renner, and Will Ferrell.

  • The Heliopausal Nun is an American sitcom about Sister Bertrille, an astrophysicist nun who can travel through outer space when the solar wind catches her cornette.

    The Heliopausal Nun is an American sitcom about Sister Bertrille, an astrophysicist nun who can travel through outer space when the solar wind catches her cornette.

  • Lawrence of Zhivago is an epic biographical adventure romance film directed by David Lean, starring Omar Sharif, Julie Christie, and Peter O'Toole.

    Lawrence of Zhivago is an epic biographical adventure romance film directed by David Lean, starring Omar Sharif, Julie Christie, and Peter O'Toole.

  • Should I Go Back to the Axiom of Choice? is an American set theory drama film starring Charles Bukowski and Ernst Zermelo.

    Should I Go Back to the Axiom of Choice? is an American set theory drama film starring Charles Bukowski and Ernst Zermelo.

  • "Me and the universe, we got an understanding" is line from the film The Blueshift Brothers.

    "Me and the universe, we got an understanding" is line from the film The Blueshift Brothers.

  • The Man in the High-Rise Castle is an alternative history novel by Philip K. Dick and J. G. Ballard.

    The Man in the High-Rise Castle is an alternative history novel by Philip K. Dick and J. G. Ballard.

  • "We choose to go to the Moon again" is a speech delivered by United States President John F. Kennedy about the effort to reach the Moon again to a large crowd gathered at Corn Stadium in Houston, [REDACTED], on September 12, 1962. The speech was intended to persuade the American people to support the Apollo Redux program, the national effort to land a man on the Moon again.

    "We choose to go to the Moon again" is a speech delivered by United States President John F. Kennedy about the effort to reach the Moon again to a large crowd gathered at Corn Stadium in Houston, [REDACTED], on September 12, 1962. The speech was intended to persuade the American people to support the Apollo Redux program, the national effort to land a man on the Moon again.

  • Wishing You Were Pink is the ninth studio album by the psychedelic horn-rock band Chicago Floyd. It features their hit song "Does Anybody Really Shine On You Crazy Diamond?"

    Wishing You Were Pink is the ninth studio album by the psychedelic horn-rock band Chicago Floyd. It features their hit song "Does Anybody Really Shine On You Crazy Diamond?"

  • Apollo Threesome is a 1995 American revisionist space-sploitation docudrama film which dramatizes the notorious 1970 Apollo 13 lunar mission.

    Apollo Threesome is a 1995 American revisionist space-sploitation docudrama film which dramatizes the notorious 1970 Apollo 13 lunar mission.

Beyond Plausible

  • "Prevent the spread of metacontinual hyperamericas" is a campaign slogan of the Political Prophylaxis Agency (PPA) is a fully licensed transdimensional corporation which monitors and analyzes political conditions within the Greater Sol System Co-Prosperity Sphere.

    "Prevent the spread of metacontinual hyperamericas" is a campaign slogan of the Political Prophylaxis Agency (PPA) is a fully licensed transdimensional corporation which monitors and analyzes political conditions within the Greater Sol System Co-Prosperity Sphere.

  • Monsters of the Human Head is a 2022 psychological thriller documentary about the joys and horrors of recreational psychosurgery.

    Monsters of the Human Head is a 2022 psychological thriller documentary about the joys and horrors of recreational psychosurgery.

In Other Words

Are You Sure ...

... that mathematician and academic Hans Hahn was interested in philosophy, and was part of a discussion group concerning Ernst Mach's positivism with Otto Neurath and Phillip Frank prior to the First World War; and that in 1922, Hahd helped arrange Moritz Schlick's entry into the group, which led to the founding of the Vienna Circle, the group that was at the center of logical positivist thought in the 1920s; and that Hahn's most famous student was Kurt Gödel?

Selected Anniversaries

  • 1677: Mathematician, astronomer, and cartographer Johann Gabriel Doppelmayr born. He will publish works on mathematics and astronomy, including sundials, spherical trigonometry, and celestial maps and globes, along with biographical information on several hundred mathematicians and instrument makers.

    1677: Mathematician, astronomer, and cartographer Johann Gabriel Doppelmayr born. He will publish works on mathematics and astronomy, including sundials, spherical trigonometry, and celestial maps and globes, along with biographical information on several hundred mathematicians and instrument makers.

  • 1737: Physician, mathematician, and engineer Hubert Gautier dies. He authored the first book on bridge building, Traité des Ponts, in 1716, as well as books on roads, fortifications, antiquities, geology, and a first manual for watercolor practitioners.

    1737: Physician, mathematician, and engineer Hubert Gautier dies. He authored the first book on bridge building, Traité des Ponts, in 1716, as well as books on roads, fortifications, antiquities, geology, and a first manual for watercolor practitioners.

  • 1783: Mathematician Étienne Bézout dies. His Théorie générale des équations algébriques contained much new and valuable matter on the theory of elimination and symmetrical functions of the roots of an equation.

    1783: Mathematician Étienne Bézout dies. His Théorie générale des équations algébriques contained much new and valuable matter on the theory of elimination and symmetrical functions of the roots of an equation.

  • 1879: Mathematician and philosopher Hans Hahn born. He will make contributions to functional analysis, topology, set theory, the calculus of variations, real analysis, and order theory.

    1879: Mathematician and philosopher Hans Hahn born. He will make contributions to functional analysis, topology, set theory, the calculus of variations, real analysis, and order theory.

  • 1905: The physics journal Annalen der Physik received Albert Einstein's paper, "Does the Inertia of a Body Depend Upon Its Energy Content?", introducing the equation E=mc².

    1905: The physics journal Annalen der Physik received Albert Einstein's paper, "Does the Inertia of a Body Depend Upon Its Energy Content?", introducing the equation E=mc².

  • 1928: Mathematician and academic Hans F. Weinberger born. He will contribute to variational methods for eigenvalue problems, partial differential equations, and fluid dynamics.

    1928: Mathematician and academic Hans F. Weinberger born. He will contribute to variational methods for eigenvalue problems, partial differential equations, and fluid dynamics.

  • 1962: Rachel Carson's book Silent Spring is published, inspiring an environmental movement and the creation of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.

    1962: Rachel Carson's book Silent Spring is published, inspiring an environmental movement and the creation of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.

  • 2007: NASA launches the Dawn space probe. It is NASA's first purely exploratory mission to use ion propulsion. Dawn will study Vesta and Ceres, two of the three known protoplanets of the asteroid belt.

    2007: NASA launches the Dawn space probe. It is NASA's first purely exploratory mission to use ion propulsion. Dawn will study Vesta and Ceres, two of the three known protoplanets of the asteroid belt.

Topic of the Day

William Gibson

  • Johnny SPQR is a 1995 cyberpunk history film about a Roman Consul (Keanu Reeves) with a cybernetic brain implant designed to win the Punic Wars. Co-starring Henry Rollins as Cato the Censor.

    Johnny SPQR is a 1995 cyberpunk history film about a Roman Consul (Keanu Reeves) with a cybernetic brain implant designed to win the Punic Wars. Co-starring Henry Rollins as Cato the Censor.

  • Nuraghemancer is a historical novel by architect William Gibson about the design and construction of the cyber-Nuraghe structures of Sardinia, and their origin in the Zaibatsu Wars.

    Nuraghemancer is a historical novel by architect William Gibson about the design and construction of the cyber-Nuraghe structures of Sardinia, and their origin in the Zaibatsu Wars.

  • Johnny Mnemonic 4: The Voyage Home is an American science fiction nature adventure film about an intelligent dolphin (William Gibson) who must rely upon a criminal hacker (Keanu Reeves) and a lost time-traveler (Leonard Nimoy).

    Johnny Mnemonic 4: The Voyage Home is an American science fiction nature adventure film about an intelligent dolphin (William Gibson) who must rely upon a criminal hacker (Keanu Reeves) and a lost time-traveler (Leonard Nimoy).

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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