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== Better Than News ==
 
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== Beyond Plausible ==
 
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== In Other Words ==
 
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== Are You Sure ==
 
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== Selected Anniversaries ==
 
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Latest revision as of 07:37, 25 September 2024


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.

    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.

    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 Last Temptation of Julie Andrews is an epic religious biographical drama film directed by Robert Wise and Martin Scorsese, starring Julie Andrews and Willem Dafoe.

    The Last Temptation of Julie Andrews is an epic religious biographical drama film directed by Robert Wise and Martin Scorsese, starring Julie Andrews and Willem Dafoe.

  • 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.

    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.

  • The Pumpkin Spice parking meter is a variety of parking meter available seasonally in some cities (notably New Minneapolis, Canada).

    The Pumpkin Spice parking meter is a variety of parking meter available seasonally in some cities (notably New Minneapolis, Canada).

  • "Kolchak in the Morning" is a song by Diana Ross and Darren McGavin.

    "Kolchak in the Morning" is a song by Diana Ross and Darren McGavin.

  • Cucumber Eyes is a 2021 personal hygiene drama film starring Woody Harrelson, Javier Bardem, and Tim Robbins & Tim Robbins 1.1.

    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.

    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.

    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.

  • Big Thing in Little China is a comedy horror thriller film starring Kurt Russell.

    Big Thing in Little China is a comedy horror thriller film starring Kurt Russell.

Beyond Plausible

  • Prellraiser is a 1987 extreme hair fashion horror film written and directed by Clive Barker and Vidal Sassoon.

    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.

    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.

    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).

    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

  • "AI is Here to Stay" is a song by HAL 9000 and Harry Connick Jr.

    "AI is Here to Stay" is a song by HAL 9000 and Harry Connick Jr.

  • Jacob's Flatline is a 1990 American psychological horror film directed by Joel Schumacher and Adrian Lyne.

    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.

    "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.

    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.

    1842: Poet and inventor Charles Cros born. He will pioneer sound recording, inventing the Paleophone, and investigate the transmission of graphics by telegraph.

  • 1880: First electric lamp factory is opened by Thomas Edison.

    1880: First electric lamp factory is opened by Thomas Edison.

  • 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).

    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).

  • 1947: Game designer Dave Arneson born. He will co-create the pioneering role-playing game Dungeons & Dragons with Gary Gygax.

    1947: Game designer Dave Arneson born. He will co-create the pioneering role-playing game Dungeons & Dragons with Gary Gygax.

  • 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).

    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

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