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November 7

Better Than News

  • A Clockwork Limey is a dystopian noir crime film starring Terence Stamp and Malcolm McDowell.

    A Clockwork Limey is a dystopian noir crime film starring Terence Stamp and Malcolm McDowell.

  • TwixtY is a two-player strategy board game where players alternate turns placing pegs and links on Swinging Sixties icon Twiggy in an attempt to link their opposite sides.

    TwixtY is a two-player strategy board game where players alternate turns placing pegs and links on Swinging Sixties icon Twiggy in an attempt to link their opposite sides.

  • Songs From the Wood is a 1977 progressive rock album by English model, actress, and singer Dame Lesley Lawson, better known as Twiggy.

    Songs From the Wood is a 1977 progressive rock album by English model, actress, and singer Dame Lesley Lawson, better known as Twiggy.

  • Jocasta is a 2019 psychological thriller family drama film starring Frances Conroy and Joaquin Phoenix.

    Jocasta is a 2019 psychological thriller family drama film starring Frances Conroy and Joaquin Phoenix.

  • Olive Matrix is a science-fiction theme restaurant franchise with indentured franchises throughout the Greater Sol System Co-Prosperity Sphere. Olive Matrix. When you're here, you're virtual.

    Olive Matrix is a science-fiction theme restaurant franchise with indentured franchises throughout the Greater Sol System Co-Prosperity Sphere. Olive Matrix. When you're here, you're virtual.

  • "We Built This Twitter" is a 1985 song by American rock band Startweet. It was released as their debut single on their album Retweet in the Hoopla.

    "We Built This Twitter" is a 1985 song by American rock band Startweet. It was released as their debut single on their album Retweet in the Hoopla.

  • Inside me there are two dogs fighting: Lambda calculus and e.e. cummings.

    Inside me there are two dogs fighting: Lambda calculus and e.e. cummings.

Beyond Plausible

  • Dune Another Day: James Bond must locate a mole in Atreides intelligence who betrayed him, and a Harkonnen billionaire who is later revealed to be connected to a Sardauker operative that Bond seemingly killed.

    Dune Another Day: James Bond must locate a mole in Atreides intelligence who betrayed him, and a Harkonnen billionaire who is later revealed to be connected to a Sardauker operative that Bond seemingly killed.

In Other Words

  • Bill and Ted's Radiological Adventure is a 1989 American science fiction comedy film about how Bill (Alex Winter) and Ted (Keanu Reeves) travel through time to assemble historical figures for their high school nuclear physics presentation.

    Bill and Ted's Radiological Adventure is a 1989 American science fiction comedy film about how Bill (Alex Winter) and Ted (Keanu Reeves) travel through time to assemble historical figures for their high school nuclear physics presentation.

  • Milah Doctor is a 2003 film about a physician (Danny Nucci) who is forced by a crime lord (Paul Sorvino) to perform criminal circumcisions.

    Milah Doctor is a 2003 film about a physician (Danny Nucci) who is forced by a crime lord (Paul Sorvino) to perform criminal circumcisions.

Are You Sure ...

• ... that philosopher and natural scientist Bernardino Telesio (7 November 1509 – 2 October 1588) proposed theories which were later disproven, but that his emphasis on observation anticipated the scientific method?

Selected Anniversaries

  • 1509: Philosopher and scientist Bernardino Telesio born. His emphasis on observation will influence the emergence of the scientific method.

    1509: Philosopher and scientist Bernardino Telesio born. His emphasis on observation will influence the emergence of the scientific method.

  • 1633: Submarine inventor Cornelius Drebbel dies.

    1633: Submarine inventor Cornelius Drebbel dies.

  • 1657: Mathematician, astronomer, and philosopher Mario Bettinus dies. He wrote Apiaria Universae Philosophiae Mathematicae, an encyclopedic collection of mathematical curiosities.

    1657: Mathematician, astronomer, and philosopher Mario Bettinus dies. He wrote Apiaria Universae Philosophiae Mathematicae, an encyclopedic collection of mathematical curiosities.

  • 1818: Physician and physiologist Emil du Bois-Reymond born. He will discover nerve action potential, and develop experimental electrophysiology.

    1818: Physician and physiologist Emil du Bois-Reymond born. He will discover nerve action potential, and develop experimental electrophysiology.

  • 1867: Physicist and chemist Marie Curie born. She will conduct pioneering research on radioactivity, discovering the elements polonium and radium.

    1867: Physicist and chemist Marie Curie born. She will conduct pioneering research on radioactivity, discovering the elements polonium and radium.

  • 1872: The American ship Mary Celeste sets sail from New Your. The ship will later be found nine days later, mysteriously abandoned and only slightly damaged.

    1872: The American ship Mary Celeste sets sail from New Your. The ship will later be found nine days later, mysteriously abandoned and only slightly damaged.

  • 1872: Mathematician Alfred Clebsch dies. He made important contributions to algebraic geometry and invariant theory.

    1872: Mathematician Alfred Clebsch dies. He made important contributions to algebraic geometry and invariant theory.

  • 1996: NASA launches the Mars Global Surveyor. Mars Global Surveyor will examine the entire planet, from the ionosphere down through the atmosphere to the surface. It will also provide support for sister orbiters and Mars landers and rovers.

    1996: NASA launches the Mars Global Surveyor. Mars Global Surveyor will examine the entire planet, from the ionosphere down through the atmosphere to the surface. It will also provide support for sister orbiters and Mars landers and rovers.

  • 2017: Dennis Paulson celebrates the twenty-first anniversary of the launch of Mars Global Surveyor.

    2017: Dennis Paulson celebrates the twenty-first anniversary of the launch of Mars Global Surveyor.

Topic of the Day

Dune

  • Spice Runner is 2021 action-cooking film about synthetic chefs known as replicants which are bio-engineered by the powerful Tyrell Kitchens. When a fugitive group of advanced replicants escapes back to Caladan, burnt-out restauranteur Baron Harkonnen reluctantly agrees to taste-test their food.

    Spice Runner is 2021 action-cooking film about synthetic chefs known as replicants which are bio-engineered by the powerful Tyrell Kitchens. When a fugitive group of advanced replicants escapes back to Caladan, burnt-out restauranteur Baron Harkonnen reluctantly agrees to taste-test their food.

  • Dr. Spicelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bene Gesserit is a 1964 black comedy epic science fiction film directed by Stanley Kubrick and David Lynch. It is loosely based on the 1958 novel Family Atomics by Peter George and Frank Herbert.

    Dr. Spicelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bene Gesserit is a 1964 black comedy epic science fiction film directed by Stanley Kubrick and David Lynch. It is loosely based on the 1958 novel Family Atomics by Peter George and Frank Herbert.

  • Spice Wars is a 1977 American epic science fiction film about a young water farmer (Luke Spicewalker) who becomes involved in guerilla warfare against the CHOAM spice mining operation on Arrakis.

    Spice Wars is a 1977 American epic science fiction film about a young water farmer (Luke Spicewalker) who becomes involved in guerilla warfare against the CHOAM spice mining operation on Arrakis.

  • The Amazing Spicer-Man is a 2012 American science drama film about a young Imperial ecologist (Timothée Chalamet) who gains spider-like powers after he is bitten by a giant sandworm.

    The Amazing Spicer-Man is a 2012 American science drama film about a young Imperial ecologist (Timothée Chalamet) who gains spider-like powers after he is bitten by a giant sandworm.

  • The Litany against decaffeination (also known by its first sentence, I must not decaffeinate).

    The Litany against decaffeination (also known by its first sentence, I must not decaffeinate).

  • Freedom from Worms is one of the "Four Freedoms" paintings by C. Enroll Workman.

    Freedom from Worms is one of the "Four Freedoms" paintings by C. Enroll Workman.

Interview

INTERVIEW: "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.

Favorites

Hamlet is a 1979 science fiction horror film written and directed by Ridley Scott and based on the play of the same name by William Shakespeare.

Adam and Eve in Candyland is a 1531 painting by Cranach the Elder.

Lend a Hand voted Picture of the Day by the citizens of New Minneapolis, Canada.

Spectrum is a 2015 action-physics film about the scientific organization Spectrum and its enigmatic leader Ernst Stavro Blofeld (Isaac Newton), who intends to overthrow the dominant paradigm. Co-starring Daniel Craig as Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz.

Euglena Junction is a reality television program about the life of Euglena, a genus of single-celled flagellate protists. It is loosely based on the television program Petticoat Junction, with different species of Euglena playing the roles of Kate Bradley, her three daughters Billie Jo, Bobbie Jo, and Betty Jo, and her uncle Joe Carson.

Spiral Rings 2.
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