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Revision as of 06:18, 12 February 2022
Better Than News
Do Empires Dream of Electric Slaves? (original title: The Empire Never Ended) is a 1968 collection of essays about the history of empires by American sociologist Philip K. Dick.
Soylent Yellow is a 1973 American agricultural dystopian thriller film about a murder investigation involving the extinction of Cavendish bananas.
Time Enough in Layers: A geologist (Meredith Burgess-Shale) unleashes a global nuclear holocaust in order to find a rare trilobite. (The Twilight Zone: Forbidden Episodes)
Ghost Phone is short documentary film about a man who sees the ghosts of dead cellphones.
Networktown is an American neo-noir thriller drama film about a ruthless entrepreneur (Faye Dunaway) who uses her computer network company to track down "the man with the broken nose".
The Silence of Laura Mars is a 1991 American psychological horror thriller film a young FBI trainee who is hunting a glamorous fashion photographer who sees real-time visions of the murders of her friends and colleagues.
Minty Fresh Potato Chips is a variety of potato chips distributed by Gnomon Chronicles Industries.
Edward Jazzhands is a 1990 American fantasy dance film about an artificial humanoid named Edward (Johnny Depp), an unfinished creation who aspires to perform a jazz hands dance number with Bob Fosse.
2001: A Djinn Chair Odyssey is a 1968 science fiction furniture design film about a mysterious black monolith which reveals exotic pink chairs from beyond time and space.
Terminator vs. Lovejoy is a 1984 American science fiction comedy-religion film about a time-traveling robot (Arnold Schwarzenneger) who befriends a Presbylutheran Minister (Timothy Lovejoy Jr.).
Are You Sure
• ... that physicist and chemist Richard C. Tolman made important contributions to theoretical cosmology following Albert Einstein's discovery of general relativity?
• ... that mathematician Hing Tong made contributions to algebraic topology, including a proof of the Katetov–Tong insertion theorem?
• ... that Stillsuit of the Night is a 1982 neo-noir psychological thriller film about a Suk doctor (Roy Scheider) who falls in love with a Fremen (Meryl Streep) who may be the psychopathic killer of one of his patients?
On This Day in Fiction and Nonfiction
1702: Thief Jack Sheppard born. He will be arrested and imprisoned five times in 1724 but escape four times from prison, making him a notorious public figure, and wildly popular with the poorer classes.
1881: Physicist and chemist Richard C. Tolman born. He will make important contributions to theoretical cosmology in the years soon after Einstein's discovery of general relativity.
Stillsuit of the Night is a 1982 neo-noir psychological thriller film about a Suk doctor (Roy Scheider) who falls in love with a Fremen (Meryl Streep) who may be the psychopathic killer of one of his patients.
2007: Mathematician Hing Tong dies. He made contributions to algebraic topology, including a proof of the Katetov–Tong insertion theorem.
2008: Game designer Gary Gygax dies. He co-created the pioneering role-playing game Dungeons & Dragons (D&D) with Dave Arneson.
Topic of the Day
Queen
"Some Blood Moon to Love" is a song by Queen 1.1.
America's Theme Song is "We Are the Champions" by Queen.
Queerosmith is a theoretical rock band comprising Queen and Aerosmith.