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| '''''Fiction''''' is an ongoing work of [[fiction (nonfiction)|fiction]] and [[nonfiction (nonfiction)|nonfiction]] by [[Karl Jones (nonfiction)|Karl Jones]]. | | {{Daily Image/{{#time:F j|now -4 hours}}}} |
| | '''''The Gnomon Chronicles''''' is a work of fiction and nonfiction by [[Karl Jones (nonfiction)]]. Fresh content daily.<br> |
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| == In the News == | | == Beyond Plausible == |
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| File:Cryptographic numen modelled as nano-wire.jpg|link=Cryptographic numen|[[Cryptographic numen]] modeled in nanowire, generates micro-epiphanies.
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| 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.
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| 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.
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| File:Mud_pot.jpg|Mud pot in northern California runs dry, may relocate to [[Devil's Mud Pie]] area.
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| 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)]].
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| File:Electric S'mores in Brasília.jpg|link=Electric S'mores|[[Electric S'mores]] now open in Brasília!
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| File:Hazmatterhorn.jpg|link=Hazmatterhorn|Matterhorn encapsulated in gigantic glass vial, converted to copper sulfate pentahydrate crystals. See [[Hazmatterhorn]].
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| 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]].
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| File:The Eel.jpg|link=The Eel|[[The Eel]], freshly incarcerated in the [[Nacreum]], remains defiant: "No prison can hold me!"
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| 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.
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| File:Niente da Fare Antonio Rotta.jpg|link=Scarpomancy (nonfiction)|Cobbler admits inability to divine [[Scarpomancy (nonfiction)|future of old boots]].
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| File:Mispent Youth.jpg|link=Mispent Youth|Taste sensation: [[Methylphenidate (nonfiction)|Methylphenidate]] + [[Extract of Radium]] = [[Mispent Youth]]. Shown here with vodka and olives.
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| 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.
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| File:First computer bug.jpg|link=Software defect (nonfiction)|[[Software defect (nonfiction)|Computer bug]] demands rematch. "That relay sucker-punched me!" says moth.
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| File:Electric S'mores.jpg|link=Electric S'mores|[[Electric S'mores]] open for business.
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| 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.
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| 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.
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| 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.
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| 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.
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| 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.
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| 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."
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| File:Companion of Asclepius Myrmidon.jpg|link=Asclepius Myrmidon|[[Asclepius Myrmidon]] provides emergency medical services after [[Pi disaster]].
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| 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.
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| File:Dick_Turpin_of_Mars.jpg|link=Hopalong Cassidy (nonfiction)|Highwayman Dick Turpin of Mars takes parting shot at [[Hopalong Cassidy (nonfiction)|Hopalong Cassidy]].
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| 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]].
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| Fugitive_Rubies_interrogation_800x600.jpg|link=Fugitive Rubies|Captured supervillain [[Fugitive Rubies]] involuntarily luminesces under green laser interrogation, re-emits red light.
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| File:Bourbaki_virages_dangereux_fruiting_body.jpg|link=Outsider mathematics|Fruiting body of ''Bourbaki virages dangereux'' nominated as symbol of [[Outsider mathematics|outsider mathematics]].
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| File:Tunguska-Preservation-TV.jpg|link=Tunguska Event Preservation Society|Join [[Tunguska Event Preservation Society]], receive interactive 1927 expedition.
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| 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.
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| 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]].
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| File:Wizard Jan Kochanowski.jpg|link=Jan_Kochanowski|Poet and wizard [[Jan Kochanowski]] adapts [[Nebra sky disk (nonfiction)]] for use as [[scrying engine]].
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| 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]].
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| 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]].
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| File:Red-Limned Sea Quetzalcoatl.jpg|link=Sea Quetzalcoatl|Red-limned [[Sea Quetzalcoatl]] disguised as Tree of Life.
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| 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]].
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| File:Angry Feller Karl Jones 600x800.jpg|link=Angry Feller (nonfiction)|''[[Angry Feller]]'' expresses anger.
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| File:Cat guarding geese c1120 BC Egypt.jpg|link=Rumbustius|[[Rumbustius|Cat teaches geese a lesson they won't soon forget]].
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| File:Bertrand Russell in 1876.jpg|link=Bertrand Russell|Young [[Bertrand Russell]] approves of peace talks.
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| File:Dinosaur studying mathematics.jpg|link=Chicxulub Chips|Dinosaur develops algorithm for [[Chicxulub Chips]].
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| File:Green-Ring Dick-Cavett-Show 1969.jpg|link=Green Ring|[[Green Ring]] interviewed by [[Dick Cavett]].
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| File:Geometers_program_medievel_pilgrimage.jpg|link=Pilgrimage|[[Pilgrimage|Geometers refactor medieval pilgrimage]].
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| File:Wumpuss-compass.jpg|link=Wumpus-compass|[[Wumpus-compass]] syndrome linked to [[Extract of Radium]] binge.
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| 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]].
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| 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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| File:Voronoi-diagram-color-commentators.jpg|link=Fantasy Voronoi diagram|[[Fantasy Voronoi diagram]] upstages [[Fantasy football (American) (nonfiction)|Fantasy Football]].
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| File:Red-Charter.jpg|link=The Rubrics|Discovery of "Red Charter" implicates [[The Rubrics]] in blood sacrifice of [[H. P. Lovecraft]].
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| File:Twin_Cities_Rapid_Transit_Route_Map_1914.jpg|link=Gnomon algorithm|New study of [[Twin Cities|Twin Cities streetcar map (1914)]] finds [[Gnomon algorithm]] subroutines.
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| File:Pika-computational-activity.jpg|link=The Pika|New computational activity by [[The Pika]].
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| File:Madge_Palmolive.jpg|Consumer spokespersona says "[[geometry solvent]]" is nothing more than dish soap plus [[Extract of Radium]].
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| File:Grievous Mitochondria pleasure barge.jpg|link=Grievous Mitochondria|[[Grievous Mitochondria]] pleasure barge accepting reservations.
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| File:The_Carpet_Merchant_(c1887)_Jean-Léon_Gérôme.jpg|link=The Nested Radical|[[The Nested Radical]] seeking permission to display Jean-Léon Gérôme's painting [[:File:The Carpet Merchant (c1887) Jean-Léon Gérôme.jpg|The Carpet Merchant]] in upcoming art show.
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| File:ENIAC Empty-Noise-Into Alien-Communication.jpg|link=ENIAC (SETI)|ENIAC ("[[Empty Noise Into Alien Communication]]") researchers visualize key section of "[[Wow! signal]]".
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| File:Halobaena caerulea in flight - SE Tasmania.jpg|link=Stomach Oil Exporting Petrels|[[Stomach Oil Exporting Petrels|SOEP cartel]] patrols shipping lanes, vows to strafe [[Stomach oil (nonfiction)|stomach oil smugglers]].
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| File:Jekyll_Perfume.png|link=Jekyll (perfume)|[[Jekyll (perfume)|New perfume "Jekyll" targets sociopaths]].
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| File:Hypercube.svg|link=The Boxes|[[The Boxes]] invest in [[Jekyll (perfume)|Jekyll]] because "sociopathy is good for capitalization of matter-based organisms."
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| File:Orson Welles War of the Worlds 1938.jpg|link=Humanity and other non-essential services|Orson Welles tests positive for catch phrase ''[[Humanity and Other Non-Essential Services]]''.
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| File:Carnevale Tenebre vise 600x800.jpg|link=Carnevale Tenebre|[[Carnevale Tenebre]] uses vise to clamp souls.
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| File:Green_Spacecraft_img092_800x600.jpg|link=Green Spacecraft (nonfiction)|''[[Green Spacecraft]]'' sighted.
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| | '''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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