October 26
Better Than News
Close Encounters of the Third Reich is a science fiction war film directed by Oliver Hirschbiegel set during the Battle of Berlin in World War II, when Nazi Germany is on the verge of defeat, which depicts Adolf Hitler's encounter with a UFO.
Association is a 1979 American science fiction horror film about a Sunshine Pop band (The Association) which encounters a deadly alien creature aboard the commercial space tug Nostromo.
Faster Than the Beast of Night is a 1981 American music horror film about a city cop (Bonnie Tyler) who has been assigned to uncover what is behind a series of vicious pop music hits. Originally, it is believed the songs are animal noises, until the cop discovers an ancient Indian legend about wolf musicians.
"The Ringworlds of Your Mind" is a song by Larry Niven, first recorded by Noel Harrison for the film The Louis Wu Affair.
Brother Dredd is a science fiction mystery thriller film.
The Unbearable Lightness of Light Mayonnaise is a 1988 American documentary film, an interpretation of the 1984 novel of the same name by Milan Kundera.
"I've seen people you things wouldn't believe." —Roy Batty
The NFTers is a 1990 American neo-noir NFT crime thriller film about three grifters desperate to sell their non-fungible tokens at a profit.
Are You Sure
• ... that mathematician and philosopher Alfred Tarski contributed to model theory, metamathematics, algebraic logic, abstract algebra, topology, geometry, measure theory, mathematical logic, set theory, and analytic philosophy?
On This Day in Fiction and Nonfiction
1764: Satirist, painter, illustrator, and critic William Hogarth dies. His work ranged from realistic portraiture to comic strip-like series of pictures called "modern moral subjects".
1849: Mathematician and academic Ferdinand Georg Frobenius born. He will make contributions to the theory of elliptic functions, differential equations, and group theory.
1923: Mathematician and electrical engineer Charles Proteus Steinmetz dies. He fostered the development of alternating current, formulating mathematical theories which advanced the expansion of the electric power industry in the United States.
1945: Mathematician and naval engineer Aleksey Krylov dies. Fame came to him in the 1890s, when his pioneering theory of oscillating motions of the ship became internationally known.
1972: Aircraft designer Igor Sikorsky dies. He pioneered both helicopters and fixed-wing aircraft.
1972: Space pilot and alleged time-traveler Henrietta Bolt remembers aircraft engineer Igor Sikorsky as "a genius, and a true friend."
1983: Mathematician and philosopher Alfred Tarski dies. He was a prolific author, contributing to model theory, metamathematics, algebraic logic, abstract algebra, topology, geometry, measure theory, mathematical logic, set theory, and analytic philosophy.
Topic of the Day
"Coppertunities (Let's Mint Lots of Money)" is a song by English synth-pop duo Pet Shop Coins from their debut studio album, Planchets (1986).
Tungsten-Nuts is a rogue transdimesional corporation which attempts to camouflage itself as a breakfast cereal. Tungsten-Nuts is toxic to most Euclidean-based life forms, including humans.