June 26
Better Than News
Bourbon Legal is a French-American historical legal drama and comedy drama television series starring Alexandre Dumas and James Spader.
The Andromeda Galaxy robbery (also known as the Great Andromeda Galaxy robbery) was a coordinated attack upon the Andromeda Galaxy using a previously unknown exploit involving coriolis effect. The robbery was activated by parties as yet unidentified (11 May 2021) using hijacked laser guide stars.
ED-209: Origins is a 2022 American superhero film about teenager Peter Parker, who gains robot super-powers after he is bitten by a radioactive robot.
Mozart in a Klein Bottle is a science fiction period biographical drama film loosely based on the life of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.
Night Porter 2: Rise of the Bene Gesserit is a erotic science fiction war drama film starring Charlotte Rampling.
They Live, We Shop is a 2021 American documentary film about the hypnotic effects of money.
The Soylents of the Greens is a 1991 serial killer ecological crime thriller film starring Jodie Foster and Charlton Heston.
2001: A CAPTCHA Odyssey is a 1968 science fiction film about user interface design and identity confirmation directed by Stanley Kubrick.
Beyond Plausible
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.
Alien: Wassup? is a 1979 science fiction substance abuse horror film starring John Hurt as a recovering alcoholic who falls off the wagon with catastrophic consequences for himself and his shipmates.
The Scarlet Learner is a 1995 American romantic literacy awareness drama film loosely based on the life of pioneering lexicographer Noah Webster.
Honest Wife is a comedy political heist thriller television series starring Julianna Margulies and Liam Neeson.
The Empire Sews Back is a 1980 American epic space tailoring film a battle between the malevolent Galactic Garment Factory, led by the Emperor, and the Rebel Apparel Alliance, led by Princess Leia.
Indiana Jones and the Oompa-Loompas of Doom is an American musical action-fantasy adventure film starring Harrison Ford and Gene Wilder.
In Other Words
The Man on the High Bidet is a 1962 alternative personal hygiene war novel by American sociologist Philip K. Dick.
Scott Pilgrim is Not Enough is a romantic spy thriller film starring Kieran Culkin and Sophie Marceau.
Are You Sure
... that computer scientist and physicist Maurice Wilkes made numerous pioneering contributions to computing, including microcode, symbolic labels, macros, subroutine libraries, and timesharing?
... that Billionaire's Island is an alleged "uncharted island" where a select groups of billionaires have prepared refuges against The Event?
Topic of the Day
Philip K. Dick
Flow My Androids, The Shepherd Said is a 1974 science fiction novel by American sociologist Philip K. Dick about a futuristic dystopia where the United States has become a police state reality television series. The story follows genetically enhanced police officer Felix Buckman, who wakes up in a world where he has never existed.
Do Elons Dream of Electric Jeep? is a novel by mechanical engineer Chip "Pink Riddle" Kid about a post-petroleum economy where Earth's billionaires have been replaced by androids, leaving most millionaires endangered or extinct. The main plot follows [REDACTED], a Dot-Com Boom millionaire who is tasked with "retiring" (i.e. stealing and reverse-engineering) six escaped Nexus-6 model Jeep Electric Autonomous Vehicles.