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The Gnomon Chronicles is a work of fiction and nonfiction by Karl Jones (nonfiction). Fresh content daily.
January 13

Better Than News

  • There Will Be No Country For Old Blood is an American historical crime drama film starring Daniel Day-Lewis, Tommy Lee Jones, and Woody Harrelson.

    There Will Be No Country For Old Blood is an American historical crime drama film starring Daniel Day-Lewis, Tommy Lee Jones, and Woody Harrelson.

  • Stranger Crowns is a revisionist historical drama television series about the reign of Queen Elizabeth II.

    Stranger Crowns is a revisionist historical drama television series about the reign of Queen Elizabeth II.

  • She's Gotta Habit is a 1986 American fashion-religion film about a young clothing designer who serves the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost, and the feelings this arrangement provokes.

    She's Gotta Habit is a 1986 American fashion-religion film about a young clothing designer who serves the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost, and the feelings this arrangement provokes.

  • The Mini-Defibrillator is a miniature personal defibrillator device manufactured by Sony for the amateur paramedical market.

    The Mini-Defibrillator is a miniature personal defibrillator device manufactured by Sony for the amateur paramedical market.

  • The Fellowship of the Squid is the first of three volumes of the epic Middle Earth survival drama The Lord of the Squid.

    The Fellowship of the Squid is the first of three volumes of the epic Middle Earth survival drama The Lord of the Squid.

  • The Six-Fingered Droid is a science fiction adventure comedy romance film directed by Rob Reiner and George Lucas, starring Ewan McGregor, Hayden Christensen, and Mandy Patinkin.

    The Six-Fingered Droid is a science fiction adventure comedy romance film directed by Rob Reiner and George Lucas, starring Ewan McGregor, Hayden Christensen, and Mandy Patinkin.

Beyond Plausible

  • Perl is a 2018 romantic thriller software development and maintenance film starring Keanu Reeves, Ana Ularu, and Larry Wall.

    Perl is a 2018 romantic thriller software development and maintenance film starring Keanu Reeves, Ana Ularu, and Larry Wall.

  • The Private Afternoons of Robert Oppenheimer is an American historical hardcore adult film starring Barbara Bourbon and Cillian Murphy. It is loosely based on the Manhattan Project.

    The Private Afternoons of Robert Oppenheimer is an American historical hardcore adult film starring Barbara Bourbon and Cillian Murphy. It is loosely based on the Manhattan Project.

In Other Words

Are You Sure ...

• ... that mathematician Kurt Gödel showed that neither the axiom of choice nor the continuum hypothesis can be disproved from the accepted axioms of set theory, assuming these axioms are consistent, and that the former result opened the door for mathematicians to assume the axiom of choice in their proofs?

• ... that mathematician Max Beckmann wrote "Height, Width, and Depth are the Three Phenomena which I transferred into One Plane to form the abstract surface of The Picture, and thus protect the Infinity of Space from Myself" while under the influence of the experimental transdimensional drug Clandestiphrine?

• ... that physicist and inventor Alexander Stepanovich Popov became interested in oscillations of high frequency electrical currents while trying to solve a problem with the failure in the electrical wire insulation on steel ships, which turned out to be a problem with electrical resonance?

• ... that mathematician Charles Hermite, in a letter to Thomas Joannes Stieltjes, wrote "I turn with terror and horror from this lamentable scourge of continuous functions with no derivatives"?

Selected Anniversaries

  • 532: The Nika riots begin in Constantinople, with nearly half the city being burned or destroyed and tens of thousands of people killed over the next several days.

    532: The Nika riots begin in Constantinople, with nearly half the city being burned or destroyed and tens of thousands of people killed over the next several days.

  • 1876: Mathematician Erhard Schmidt born. He will make important contributions to functional analysis and modern set theory.

    1876: Mathematician Erhard Schmidt born. He will make important contributions to functional analysis and modern set theory.

  • 1898: Émile Zola's J'accuse…! exposes the Dreyfus affair.

    1898: Émile Zola's J'accuse…! exposes the Dreyfus affair.

  • 1902: Mathematician Karl Menger born. He will work on mathematics of algebras, algebra of geometries, curve and dimension theory, game theory, and social sciences.

    1902: Mathematician Karl Menger born. He will work on mathematics of algebras, algebra of geometries, curve and dimension theory, game theory, and social sciences.

  • 1906 Jan. 13: Physicist and academic Alexander Stepanovich Popov dies. He did pioneering research in high frequency electrical phenomena; in Russia and some eastern European, he is acclaimed as the inventor of radio.

    1906 Jan. 13: Physicist and academic Alexander Stepanovich Popov dies. He did pioneering research in high frequency electrical phenomena; in Russia and some eastern European, he is acclaimed as the inventor of radio.

  • 1924: Physicist and academic Georg Hermann Quincke dies. He conducted prolonged research on the influence of electric forces upon the constants of different forms of matter, modifying the dissociation hypothesis of Clausius.

    1924: Physicist and academic Georg Hermann Quincke dies. He conducted prolonged research on the influence of electric forces upon the constants of different forms of matter, modifying the dissociation hypothesis of Clausius.

  • 1977: American rock band and film production company Steely Kubrick begins world tour.

    1977: American rock band and film production company Steely Kubrick begins world tour.

Topic of the Day

Brad Pitt

  • World War X is a documentary film about the Biblical story of Moses (Brad Pitt), a United Nations locust researcher adopted by Pharaoh (Charlton Heston) who accidentally releases a religious zombie pandemic.

    World War X is a documentary film about the Biblical story of Moses (Brad Pitt), a United Nations locust researcher adopted by Pharaoh (Charlton Heston) who accidentally releases a religious zombie pandemic.

  • Talk Club is an American drama thriller film directed by Oliver Stone and David Fincher, starring Eric Bogosian, Brad Pitt, and Edward Norton.

    Talk Club is an American drama thriller film directed by Oliver Stone and David Fincher, starring Eric Bogosian, Brad Pitt, and Edward Norton.

  • Legends of the Canticles Fall for Leibowitz is a novel by Walter M. Miller and Jim Harrison. It was adapted as a 2022 film starring Brad Pitt, Anthony Hopkins, Aidan Quinn, and Julia Ormond.

    Legends of the Canticles Fall for Leibowitz is a novel by Walter M. Miller and Jim Harrison. It was adapted as a 2022 film starring Brad Pitt, Anthony Hopkins, Aidan Quinn, and Julia Ormond.

  • Z2 is a 2013 political thriller horror film based on events surrounding the release of [REDACTED] under the Greek Junta and the subsequent spread of a worldwide fascism plague.

    Z2 is a 2013 political thriller horror film based on events surrounding the release of [REDACTED] under the Greek Junta and the subsequent spread of a worldwide fascism plague.

  • Severed is a 1995 American neo-noir psychological horror film about a troubled police detective (Brad Pitt) who find his own severed head in a cardboard box.

    Severed is a 1995 American neo-noir psychological horror film about a troubled police detective (Brad Pitt) who find his own severed head in a cardboard box.

  • Prêt-à-Zombie is a 1994/2006 American travel drama cautionary film co-written, directed, and produced by Robert Altman and shot on location during the Global Fashion Week aboard a nonstop round-the-world flight on a chartered CS-TEX Airbus A310-304 equipped with in-air refueling capability.

    Prêt-à-Zombie is a 1994/2006 American travel drama cautionary film co-written, directed, and produced by Robert Altman and shot on location during the Global Fashion Week aboard a nonstop round-the-world flight on a chartered CS-TEX Airbus A310-304 equipped with in-air refueling capability.

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

Spiral Rings 2.

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.

The Candidate: Endgame is an American political science fiction drama film about leftist lawyer Bill McKay (Robert Redford), who is recruited by Hydra to run for World Security Council Secretary seat against admired Republican Thanos (Josh Brolin).

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.

The Nixie Economy: How black market Nixie tubes fuel the underground economy is a nonfiction book by mathematician and Gnomon algorithm theorist Alice Beta about the economic and historical significance of Nixie tubes.

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

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.

Art is long, life is brave.
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