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== Better Than News ==
== Better Than News ==


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== Beyond Plausible ==
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== In Other Words ==
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== On This Day in Fiction and Nonfiction ==
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Latest revision as of 07:41, 4 November 2024


Better Than News

  • BRICS is an American neo-noir intergovernmental thriller film written and directed by Rian Johnson, starring an ensemble cast including Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa.

    BRICS is an American neo-noir intergovernmental thriller film written and directed by Rian Johnson, starring an ensemble cast including Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa.

  • Five Easel Pieces is a 1970 drama art film about a surly watercolor painter (Jack Nicholson) whose rootless existence belies his privileged youth as the heir to oil wealth.

    Five Easel Pieces is a 1970 drama art film about a surly watercolor painter (Jack Nicholson) whose rootless existence belies his privileged youth as the heir to oil wealth.

  • The Dark NFT is a 2008 superhero NFT film about the Joker (Heath Ledger), a deranged database engineer who threatens to delete all the non-fungible tokens in Gotham City.

    The Dark NFT is a 2008 superhero NFT film about the Joker (Heath Ledger), a deranged database engineer who threatens to delete all the non-fungible tokens in Gotham City.

  • Double Space Boomers is a literary drama thriller film about a traumatized Vietnam War veteran (Charlie Sheen) who turns to copyediting for solace.

    Double Space Boomers is a literary drama thriller film about a traumatized Vietnam War veteran (Charlie Sheen) who turns to copyediting for solace.

  • Pride and Prejudice 2049 is a 2005 romantic science fiction drama film about five sister-clones from an English family of landed gentry as they deal with issues of marriage, morality, and recombinant DNA therapy.

    Pride and Prejudice 2049 is a 2005 romantic science fiction drama film about five sister-clones from an English family of landed gentry as they deal with issues of marriage, morality, and recombinant DNA therapy.

  • No Country for Old Mimics is a science fiction crime thriller film directed by Guillermo del Toro and Joel and Ethan Coen.

    No Country for Old Mimics is a science fiction crime thriller film directed by Guillermo del Toro and Joel and Ethan Coen.

  • "You Shook Me Throughout the Anthropocene" is a song by Australian anthropological research team and hard rock band AC/DC.

    "You Shook Me Throughout the Anthropocene" is a song by Australian anthropological research team and hard rock band AC/DC.

Beyond Plausible

  • Velvet Days and Mondays (Always Get Me Blue) is a musical noir thriller film directed by David Lynch and starring Kyle MacLachlan, Dennis Hopper, David Lynch, and the Carpenters.

    Velvet Days and Mondays (Always Get Me Blue) is a musical noir thriller film directed by David Lynch and starring Kyle MacLachlan, Dennis Hopper, David Lynch, and the Carpenters.

  • Murders in the Ruby Morgue is a American horror film about Doctor Mirakle (Bela Lugosi), a carnival sideshow entertainer and gemologist who kidnaps Parisian women to mix their blood with the dust of crushed rubies.

    Murders in the Ruby Morgue is a American horror film about Doctor Mirakle (Bela Lugosi), a carnival sideshow entertainer and gemologist who kidnaps Parisian women to mix their blood with the dust of crushed rubies.

  • "Walnut in the Fold": Scottie must brief a charming alien on recent advances in warp core technology before an immortal malefic spirit takes possession of his flesh and stabs her to death. [Star Trek: Forbidden Episodes]

    "Walnut in the Fold": Scottie must brief a charming alien on recent advances in warp core technology before an immortal malefic spirit takes possession of his flesh and stabs her to death. [Star Trek: Forbidden Episodes]

  • "Denote an Olympian" is an anagram of "Napoleon Dynamite".

    "Denote an Olympian" is an anagram of "Napoleon Dynamite".

In Other Words

<gallery> File:I Spam the Walrus.jpg|link=I Spam the Walrus|"I Spam the Walrus" is a song by the British rock band and meat-packing company the Meatles.

File:Lobster interviews Joe Rogan.jpg|link=Lobster Interviews Joe Rogan|"Lobster Interviews Joe Rogan" is a 2022 interview with Joe Rogan conducted by a lobster.


Are You Sure

• ... that mathematician, physicist, and philosopher Hermann Weyl (9 November 1885 – 8 December 1955) conducted research will had major significance for theoretical physics?

Selected Anniversaries

  • 1885: Mathematician, physicist, and philosopher Hermann Weyl born. He will be one of the most influential mathematicians of the twentieth century: his research will have major significance for theoretical physics as well as purely mathematical disciplines including number theory.

    1885: Mathematician, physicist, and philosopher Hermann Weyl born. He will be one of the most influential mathematicians of the twentieth century: his research will have major significance for theoretical physics as well as purely mathematical disciplines including number theory.

  • 1920: Materials engineer and academic Philip G. Hodge born. He will study the mechanics of elastic and plastic behavior of materials, contributing to plasticity theory including developments in the method of characteristics, limit-analysis, piecewise linear isotropic plasticity, and nonlinear programming applications.

    1920: Materials engineer and academic Philip G. Hodge born. He will study the mechanics of elastic and plastic behavior of materials, contributing to plasticity theory including developments in the method of characteristics, limit-analysis, piecewise linear isotropic plasticity, and nonlinear programming applications.

  • 1922: Mathematician, philosopher, and academic Imre Lakatos born. He will be known for his thesis of the fallibility of mathematics and its 'methodology of proofs and refutations' in its pre-axiomatic stages of development.

    1922: Mathematician, philosopher, and academic Imre Lakatos born. He will be known for his thesis of the fallibility of mathematics and its 'methodology of proofs and refutations' in its pre-axiomatic stages of development.

  • 2005: The Venus Express mission of the European Space Agency is launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.

    2005: The Venus Express mission of the European Space Agency is launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.

Topic of the Day

Petroleum

  • 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.

    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.

  • Stomach Oil Exporting Petrels (SOEP) is an interspecies organization of 13 stomach oil-exporting varieties of petrel. The 13 varieties of petrel account for 40 percent of global stomach oil and 73 percent of the world's "proven" stomach oil capability, making SOEP a major influence on global stomach oil prices.

    Stomach Oil Exporting Petrels (SOEP) is an interspecies organization of 13 stomach oil-exporting varieties of petrel. The 13 varieties of petrel account for 40 percent of global stomach oil and 73 percent of the world's "proven" stomach oil capability, making SOEP a major influence on global stomach oil prices.

  • "And The Petroleum Shall Leak" is one of the "Forbidden Episodes" of the television series Star Trek.

    "And The Petroleum Shall Leak" is one of the "Forbidden Episodes" of the television series Star Trek.

  • How to Pump and Dump Your Planet Without Really Trying is a 1967/2021 American musical industrial training film based on the 1961 military program of the same name, which in turn was based on [REDACTED]'s 1952 Presidential Emergency Action Documents.

    How to Pump and Dump Your Planet Without Really Trying is a 1967/2021 American musical industrial training film based on the 1961 military program of the same name, which in turn was based on [REDACTED]'s 1952 Presidential Emergency Action Documents.

  • "OK. Which one of you jokers ordered the Halloween weather for Memorial Day weekend" — Industrial Humans. That's Just Fuckin' Great™

    "OK. Which one of you jokers ordered the Halloween weather for Memorial Day weekend" — Industrial Humans. That's Just Fuckin' Great™

  • "I'd Buy Earth for a Dollar" is an epic documentary film about macroeconomic petroleum extraction theory on the planet Earth.

    "I'd Buy Earth for a Dollar" is an epic documentary film about macroeconomic petroleum extraction theory on the planet Earth.

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