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== Better Than News ==
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== Are You Sure ==
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== On This Day in Fiction and Nonfiction ==
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== Topic of the Day ==
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Revision as of 06:49, 24 August 2022

Ely 8 pm (31 August 2023).

Better Than News

  • Do Gardens Dream of Earthly Delights? is a science fiction novel by American sociologist Philip K. Dick.

    Do Gardens Dream of Earthly Delights? is a science fiction novel by American sociologist Philip K. Dick.

  • "The Lady Don't Bind" is a song by the Talking Heads about a quantum state of a particle subject to a potential such that the particle has a tendency to not remain localized in one or more regions of space.

    "The Lady Don't Bind" is a song by the Talking Heads about a quantum state of a particle subject to a potential such that the particle has a tendency to not remain localized in one or more regions of space.

  • Anchor Management is a 2003 American buddy comedy film about a businessman (Sandler) who must work with an unconventional ship designer (Jack Nicholson).

    Anchor Management is a 2003 American buddy comedy film about a businessman (Sandler) who must work with an unconventional ship designer (Jack Nicholson).

  • Not Milk? (stylized as not milk?) is an advertising campaign encouraging the non-consumption of milk by Bronze-age warriors.

    Not Milk? (stylized as not milk?) is an advertising campaign encouraging the non-consumption of milk by Bronze-age warriors.

  • Rock Around the Strawberry Alarm Clock is an album by various artists performing rock and roll versions of songs by the band Strawberry Alarm Clock.

    Rock Around the Strawberry Alarm Clock is an album by various artists performing rock and roll versions of songs by the band Strawberry Alarm Clock.

  • From Russia With LSD is a 1963 British spy film in which James Bond (Sean Connery) is sent to assist in the defection of Soviet pharmaceutical chemist Tatiana Romanova in Switzerland, where BLOTTR plans to avenge Bond's killing of the Blue Meanies.

    From Russia With LSD is a 1963 British spy film in which James Bond (Sean Connery) is sent to assist in the defection of Soviet pharmaceutical chemist Tatiana Romanova in Switzerland, where BLOTTR plans to avenge Bond's killing of the Blue Meanies.

  • The Spacing is a 1980 psychological horror mathematics instructional film about tensor calculus.

    The Spacing is a 1980 psychological horror mathematics instructional film about tensor calculus.

  • Hellcheeser is a 1987 British supernatural horror film about a cheese-based snack food which summons the Cheddarbites, a group of extra-dimensional, sadomasochistic beings who cannot differentiate between Cheetos and Doritos.

    Hellcheeser is a 1987 British supernatural horror film about a cheese-based snack food which summons the Cheddarbites, a group of extra-dimensional, sadomasochistic beings who cannot differentiate between Cheetos and Doritos.

Are You Sure

... ISIS-K is an advanced, vitamin-fortified combat breakfast cereal manufactured by Chef Grand Tarkin under license from the Great Sol System Co-Prosperity Sphere?

On This Day in Fiction and Nonfiction

  • 1897: Thomas Edison patents the Kinetoscope, the first movie projector.

    1897: Thomas Edison patents the Kinetoscope, the first movie projector.

  • 1899: Georg Cantor writes to Dedekind, remarking that his "diagonal process" could be used to show that the power set of a set has more elements than the set itself.

    1899: Georg Cantor writes to Dedekind, remarking that his "diagonal process" could be used to show that the power set of a set has more elements than the set itself.

  • 1945: Mathematician and academic Stefan Banach dies. Banach was one of the founders of modern functional analysis.

    1945: Mathematician and academic Stefan Banach dies. Banach was one of the founders of modern functional analysis.

  • 1950: Mathematician and philosopher Kurt Gödel addresses the International Congress of Mathematicians, in Cambridge, Massachusetts, on his work in relativity theory.

    1950: Mathematician and philosopher Kurt Gödel addresses the International Congress of Mathematicians, in Cambridge, Massachusetts, on his work in relativity theory.

Topic of the Day

Cereals

  • Jungian Charms is an alleged breakfast cereal which manifests the user's shadow self.

    Jungian Charms is an alleged breakfast cereal which manifests the user's shadow self.

  • ISIS-K is an advanced, vitamin-fortified combat breakfast cereal manufactured by Chef Grand Tarkin under license from the Great Sol System Co-Prosperity Sphere.

    ISIS-K is an advanced, vitamin-fortified combat breakfast cereal manufactured by Chef Grand Tarkin under license from the Great Sol System Co-Prosperity Sphere.

  • Tungsten-Nuts is a rogue transdimesional corporation which attempts to camouflage itself as a breakfast cereal. Tungsten-Nuts is toxic to most Euclidean-based life forms, including humans.

    Tungsten-Nuts is a rogue transdimesional corporation which attempts to camouflage itself as a breakfast cereal. Tungsten-Nuts is toxic to most Euclidean-based life forms, including humans.

  • Probabilitios is a probability theory breakfast cereal which uses dice-like cereal bits to generate a pseudo-random experience for each consumer.

    Probabilitios is a probability theory breakfast cereal which uses dice-like cereal bits to generate a pseudo-random experience for each consumer.

  • Awkward Sparkles is an emotionally troubled breakfast cereal which suffers from anxiety attacks.

    Awkward Sparkles is an emotionally troubled breakfast cereal which suffers from anxiety attacks.

  • Lucky Cosmos is an unlicensed transdimensional breakfast cereal camouflaged as an autonomous cosmological model which describes the observable universe from the earliest known "First Bowl" through its subsequent large-scale evolution into the most important meal of the day.

    Lucky Cosmos is an unlicensed transdimensional breakfast cereal camouflaged as an autonomous cosmological model which describes the observable universe from the earliest known "First Bowl" through its subsequent large-scale evolution into the most important meal of the day.

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