Dr Strangelove - Leo Szilard and the Doomsday Men

Clip source: Dr%20Strangelove%2C%20Leo%20Szilard%20%26%20the%20Doomsday%20Men%3A%20On%20the%2050th%20Anniversary%20%7C%20PD%20Smith%20%7C%20Kafka%u2019s%20mouse PD SmithDr Strangelove, Leo Szilard & the Doomsday Men: On the 50th Anniversary31 January 2014 | Atomic Age, atomic bomb, C-bomb, cold war, Doomsday Machine, Doomsday Men, Dr Strangelove, H-bomb, Kubrick, mad scientist, My Books, nuclear weapons, scientists, SF, Szilard, Teller, Watching the Detectives, WMD | One comment http://www.pe...

The creepy Pennywise reference in Stephen King’s ‘The Dark Tower’

Since the 1970s, Hollywood has looked to Stephen King’s work as a go-to source of adaptation material. As a writer of horrors, thrillers, supernatural fiction, crime and sci-fi, King’s work has proved to be the perfect fit for the big screen, with over 50 of his stories receiving cinematic treatment. Some of the most successful adaptations of King’s work include Carrie, The Shining, The Shawshank Redemption, Stand By Me, and The Green Mile. However, none are as belove...

Complicated conversations - Tactics for dealing with conspiracy theorists

The season is upon us, which means you’ll likely be gathering with family members and friends to share a holiday meal, but that can also mean sharing some dubious claim someone has seen on the internet.  So we’d like to offer you a couple of tactics to use over the holidays to counter those claims you might face from your wacky relatives or friends — and to keep the peace. Moon landing Let’s start with a conspiracy theory that is very common. Ever since NASA sent men to the ...

Apocalypse 114 clue

Has anyone else seen Wag the Dog? Was this movie a wink to Stanley Kubrick?

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K as symbol for baseball strikeout - and O as a richly layered historical letter

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L names - Lore as a name - vs lore as tale

and Llewelyn the Lion ! Is there an onomastics reading of Llewelyn in No Country For Old Men ?Consider the pun of Wales (Welsh) as whales (animal) -zas Jun 2021

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National airport (CRM), Catarman, Philippines

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Antonin Artaud

Antonin ArtaudSourceURL: https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/antonin-artaud Poetry Foundation Antonin Artaud, considered among the most influential figures in the evolution of modern drama theory, was born in Marseilles, France, and he studied at the Collège du Sacré-Cœur. He moved to Paris, where he associated with surrealist writers, artists, and experimental theater groups during the 1920s. When political differenc...

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Teddy Bear Robotic Companions: Science Fiction in the News

Home | Glossary | Timeline | New Teddy Bear Robotic Companions A plush teddy bear sat on display at TechFest, a two-day Microsoft event that started today. Steven Bathiche, a research and development program manager, is looking to go beyond the bears you know. What kind of features might you expect in a 21st century bear? How about face recognitio...

Notable KD acronyms from 114 as 11 and 4 - hence KD - hence KD vs AAD in CRM-114

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These six big moon mysteries remain unsolved

These six big moon mysteries remain unsolvedEven 50 years after Apollo 11 landed on the moon. By Neel V. PatelJuly 18, 2019 Our Apollo missions created more questions than answers.NASA Saturday will mark the 50th anniversary of Apollo 11 landing on the moon, which was the first time in history humans set foot on an extraterrestrial world. But Earth’s only natural satellite is still a very unfamiliar place to us half a century later, and its history and geology are still puzzling—largely beca...

shine | Origin and meaning of shine by Online Etymology Dictionary

shine (v.)Old English scinan "shed light, be radiant, be resplendent, illuminate," of persons, "be conspicuous" (class I strong verb; past tense scan, past participle scinen), from Proto-Germanic *skeinanan (source also of Old Saxon and Old High German skinan, Old Norse and Old Frisian skina, Dutch schijnen, German scheinen, Gothic skeinan "to shine, appear"), which perhaps is from a PIE root *skai- "to shine, to gleam" (source also of Old Church Slavon...

The merry widows of medieval England….?

Thomas Stanley mentioned here, I believe. -zas The merry widows of medieval England….? Cecily Neville, Duchess of York, mother of Edward IV and Richard III Imagined scene of the meeting between the widowed Elizabeth Woodville and Edward IV. The above illustrations show two royal widows. On the left Cecily Neville, Duchess of York, mother of both Edward IV and Richard III. On the right an imagined meeting between Edward IV and the widow he was to marry, El...

Floyd Maltese falcon

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Does white or silver reflect more light

See this postReddit AppOPENBrowserCONTINUEUSE APPLog in / Registerr/askscienceDoes white or silver reflect more light?u/AuxoninI am asking if the color white reflects more actual light than silver. I understand that our perception of silver would reflect more light to the human eye (I think that is anyways) but I am curious as to a actual scientific answer explaining why the correct answer is correct. Share1 Comment1BestPost is archivedwalexjMechanical Design | Fluid Dynamics • 5yDepending o...

Comparing Shakespeare’s Prince Hal and Lin-Manuel Miranda’s Hamilton copy

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Remarks on Enlightenment

Remarks on Enlightenment For Douglas HardingJosé le Roy We talk a lot these days about awakening and enlightenment. In the Western world, more and more men and women are curious about their true nature. So it is more important than ever to be clear about what we mean by enlightenment.Enlightenment or awakening is the movement from total dentification with an individual to a life centred in Emptiness. This movement is revealed through the discovery of a totally new way of seeing oneself and th...

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Kublai Khan 1215-1294, who was Kublai Khan

Kublai Khan 1215-1294, who was Kublai KhanSourceURL: http://www.thenagain.info/WebChron/China/KublaiKhan.htmlAuthor: Z Shihab Kublai Khan Rules China 1215-1294 Kublai Khan (1215-1294) was a Mongolian leader who made an impact on China, not only through conquest, but also by ruling successfully. Many of the rulers before him were brutally land-hungry and apathetic to the conquered people; however, Kublai challenged the stereotypes of Mong...