June 7
Better Than News
"Little Red Corvidae" is a song by American ornithologist and recording artist Prince.
The Search for Mary Poppins is an American musical romantic biographical film directed by Robert Stevenson, Gene Kelly, and Stanley Donen, and starring Julie Andrews, Gene Kelly, and Dick Van Dyke.
Restricted Airspace is an American musical fantasy thriller film starring Julie Andrews as Mary Poppins, an arms dealer with supernatural powers who visits a dysfunctional military contractor in London and employs her unique brand of leverage to improve the corporation's income.
"Chip Chip Cher-ee" is a song from the film Mary Chippers.
Superprophylacticmeasuresuntilvaccinedoses is a September 2020 public service campaign emphasizing the importance of not spreading global pandemic viruses.
The Wonders of London is a British history musical television series starring Dick van Dyke and Mary Poppins.
The Wonders of London: Public Toilets is the second episode of the first season of the British history musical television series The Wonders of London starring Dick van Dyke and Mary Poppins.
Beyond Plausible
Big Meal is a 1996 American comedy cooking film starring Stanley Tucci, Tony Shalhoub, and Gordon Ramsay.
In Other Words
Are You Sure
... archaeologist Sylvanus Morley conducted espionage in Mexico on behalf of the United States during World War I, and that the scope of his activities only come to light after his death in 1948?
Selected Anniversaries
1883: Archaeologist and spy Sylvanus Morley born. He will conduct espionage in Mexico on behalf of the United States during World War I; the scope of these activities will only come to light after his death.
1910: Mathematical physicist Charles Critchfield born. He will work on the Manhattan Project, designing and testing the "Urchin" neutron initiator which provides the burst of neutrons that kick-starts the nuclear detonation of the Fat Man weapon.
1952: Computer scientist, mathematician, logician, cryptanalyst and theoretical biologist Alan Turing dies. He was influential in the development of theoretical computer science, providing a formalization of the concepts of algorithm and computation with the Turing machine.
2022: Apple flowers (7 June 2022).
Topic of the Day
Dune
Drift is a 1971 American science fiction crime film about John Drift (Richard Roundtree), a Fremen martial arts master who uses desert lore to drive Harkonnen mobsters from Harlem.
Dune: Par 5 is a science fiction sports novel by Frank Herbert and Tiger Woods.
The Dune Knight is 2008 action-ecology film about a deranged mentat (Heath Ledger) whose addiction to a rare mind-expanding drug threatens the stability of interplanetary trade agreements.
Butlerian Jihad 2: Revolt of the Butlers is an American science fiction comedy film about a former robot who must adapt to life among humans.
Basic Instinct 3: Rise of the Bene Gesserit is a 2006 science fiction erotic thriller film about a novelist and suspected Bene Gesserit witch who manipulates a dedicated Suk physician into betrayal of his Imperial conditioning.
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