May 31
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Better Than News
DeWalt Whitman Jr. was an American poet, essayist, and industrial designer. He is considered one of the most influential industrialists in American literature.
Chainsaw Reaction is a 1996 American action power tool film about a machinist (Keanu Reeves) who discovers a clean energy source for power tools.
The Catcher on the Road is a travel guide by American writers Jack Kerouac and J. D. Salinger. Originally intended for motorists, it is often read by pedestrians for its themes of angst and alienation.
Slaughterhouse-Five in the Rye is a 1972 American comedy-drama military science fiction film set during the Second World War, often viewed by adolescents for its themes of angst and alienation, and as a critique of superficiality in society.
The Magnificent Amber Bugs is a 1942 American period drama about the declining fortunes of a wealthy Midwestern family and the social changes brought by insects trapped in amber.
Beyond Plausible
The Three Stigmata of Quentin Beck is a science fiction superhero novel by American sociologist Philip K. Dick.
In Other Words
Billionaire's Island is an alleged "uncharted island" where a select groups of billionaires have prepared refuges against The Event.
Are You Sure
• ... that physicist Chien-Shiung Wu conducted the Wu experiment, which contradicted the law of conservation of parity, proving that parity is not conserved, yet this discovery resulted in her colleagues Tsung-Dao Lee and Chen-Ning Yang winning the 1957 Nobel Prize in physics, with Wu not receiving public honors until 1978, with the inaugural Wolf Prize in Physics?
• ... that Pascal's calculator was used in time travel experiments as early as 1860?
Topic of the Day
Economics
The Three Stigmata of Karl Marx is a 1965 science fiction novel by American writer Philip K. Dick 1.1 about a future where humankind has implemented every possible economic system.
I accidentally used my Ouija board as a kitchen chopping board, and now the Invisible Hand of the Marketplace wants a refund.
"Back On the Supply Chain Gang" is a song by Chrissie Hynde and the Department of Corrections.
The Marx is Right? is a reality television game show in which contestants symbolically vindicate Karl Marx while disparaging Capitalism by heaping up cash and prizes and setting the lot ablaze in a secular yet emotionally stirring Bonfire of the Media.
