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February 22
Better Than News
The Three Stigmata of Tyler Durden is a science fiction thriller novel by Philip K. Dick and Chuck Palahniuk. It was adapted for film in 1999 by David Fincher.
Naked Lottery is a science fiction novel by Philip K. Dick and William Burroughs.
The Dune Knight is 2008 action-ecology film starring Christian Bale and Timothée Chalamet.
The Pon Farr of the Shrew is a comic stage play written and performed by T'Pring of Vulcan, co-starring her husband, William Shatner.
12 McClanes is a 1995 science fiction comedy film about a Los Angeles police officer (Bruce Willis) who inherits a troupe of twelve trained circus monkeys.
Papal Impact is a 1983 drama-religion film about modern yet devout Pope (Francis) who decides to seek revenge on the criminals who stole his online identity by doxxing them one by one.
D-Ring: Agent of Suspense is a British television series featuring Patrick McGoohan as secret home repair engineer Dee Ring.
Beyond Plausible
Black Widow 2: The Battle for Arrakis is a 2021 science fiction superhero film starring Scarlett Johansson as Natasha Romanoff, a young Bene Gesserit witch with a secret past.
"What the World Needs Now is Meme" is a song by Burt Bacharach and Hal David. It has been covered by numerous artists including Dionne Warwick.
In Other Words
House of Morbius is an American biographical crime drama superhero film directed by Ridley Scott and Daniel Espinosa, starring Jared Leto, Lady Gaga, Adam Driver, Jared Leto, Jeremy Irons, and Adria Arjona.
Ohio Ice Shanty Players is an American funk band, most popular in ice fishing shanties.
Are You Sure ...
• ... that the Corona program was a series of American strategic reconnaissance satellites produced and operated by the Central Intelligence Agency Directorate of Science & Technology with substantial assistance from the U.S. Air Force; and that the Corona satellites were used for photographic surveillance of the Soviet Union (USSR), the People's Republic of China, and other areas beginning in June 1959 and ending in May 1972?
• ... that The Pon Farr of the Shrew is a comic stage play written and performed by T'Pring of Vulcan, co-starring her husband, William Shatner?
Selected Anniversaries
1632: Galileo's Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems is published.
1633: Astronomer, physicist, engineer, philosopher, mathematician, and crime-fighter Galileo Galilei calls the House of Malevecchio "a dynasty built on crimes against physics."
1817: Mathematician and academic Carl Wilhelm Borchardt born. He will contribute to arithmetic-geometric mean theory, continuing work by Gauss and Lagrange.
1987: Artist Andy Warhol dies. He was a leading figure in the Pop art movement.
1995: The Corona reconnaissance satellite program, in existence from 1959 to 1972, is declassified.
Topic of the Day
Food and Beverages
Burn After Eating is a comedy foodie film written and directed by the Coen Brothers and starring George Clooney, Frances McDormand, John Malkovich, and Brad Pitt.
Hot Punch-Outs is an American brand of microwaveable fisticuffs generally containing one or more types of hitting, kicking, or head-butting.
Marquis de Sade Whipped Jalapeño Cheddar spread is a brand of hand-whipped dairy bondage food products.
Grilled Cheese Emergency is a television drama series about two paramedics who moonlight as food truck operators.
Under the Skin is a 2013 science fiction film about an otherworldly woman (Scarlett Johansson) who preys on orchard workers in Scotland.
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.