May 31
Better Than News
Dune: House Wonka is a science fiction musical fantasy film based on the novel of the same name by Frank Herbert and Roald Dahl.
Flipper 2049 is a science fiction nature film about a young Fish Runner who discovers a long-buried icthyographic secret which leads him to track down Flipper the Dolphin.
DeWalt Whitman Jr. was an American poet, essayist, and industrial designer. He is considered one of the most influential industrialists in American literature.
Bill & Ted's Excellent Virtualization is an American science fiction comedy-action film directed by Stephen Herek and the Wachowskis, starring Keanu Reeves, Alex Winter, Laurence Fishburne, Carrie-Anne Moss, and George Carlin.
Matrix: The Last Word is a 1999 American dystopian science fiction word game film.
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.