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The Dali Museum has realized the mustachio'd maestro's unproduced 1937 screenplay using Google's Veo 2 generative video model. Here is a preview.

In celebration of the 30th anniversary of the release of A Goofy Movie, Disney has released a documentary on the production of the film, along with several fun shorts celebrating the film.One bit from the documentary that is both surprising and yet not is how then Disney exec Jeffrey Katzenberg is depicted as a petty tyrant who did not understand what made the characters...

Via TimeOut, the 100 Best Sci-Fi Movies of All Time. Top 10 are inside."From human clones to alien invasions: we asked scientists, filmmakers and writers to select the best sci-fi films in cinema history" 10. Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980) 9. The Terminator (1984) 8. Metropolis (1927) 7. Brazil (1985) 6. Star Wars (1977) 5. Aliens (1986) 4. Close...

In a far-flung country the CBC is often the main source of basic, daily news in rural and remote communities. (slTheTybee)Is Canada Ready for Life Without the CBC? Pierre Poilievre Thinks So. Why has Pierre Poilievre suddenly gone silent on defunding the CBC? BONUS: Learn more about our Conservative wiener candidate as he soars in Alberta but falls flat elsewhere. (I don't quite believe...

Viet Thanh Nguyen's newest work is an essay collection of his Norton lectures meditating on the role of the other and literary writing, and is also a call for radical, expansive, political solidarity.1. On the Double, or Inauthenticity 2. On Speaking as an Other 3. On the Death of Asian Americans 4. On Crossing Borders 5. On Being Minor 6. On the Joy of...

A happy tech consumer report, for a change. While "better DRM" might not top everyone's list of "how tech has gotten better," this is a fun read, with worthwhile comments. And the retro pic made me smile.But let the record reflect that, as the author says: "That something this simple could feel revelatory was a good reminder of just how crapified our tech and...

[CW: adult humour] Joe Lycett is a Birmingham comedian, social media user, prankster, poet and frequenter of TV shows. One of his identities is/was Rhubarb Bikini. Other identities led to problems when trying to establish a new gay village in Birmingham to raise the value of his house. Also, on local accents. In Joe's forthcoming TV show, he travels around the USA visiting various...

Since she didn't actually live in a singles complex, the novel could be described as a phony fiction about a phony woman duped by a phony culture selling what Lasner calls "the promise of sex, love, and companionship." Needless to say, such phoniness, and such phony promises, are as active today as they were fifty years ago—even more so in our internet culture—which is...

Boa constrictor on the loose in Sydney's south, locals on alert. The large snake was spotted slithering down a footpath onto sand near a Sylvania bridge in Sydney's south. Red-tailed boa constrictors are not native to Australia and are typically found in parts of Central and South America. It is illegal to own or keep boa constrictors as pets in Australia, as they are...

"When it was hinted that Rex, a noted child prodigy, had read the Bible by the age of two or the Iliad in the original Greek before he was born, Ruth would point out that she'd read everything Rex had, only she had read it first. "I don't want to be remembered as Rex Stout's sister," she said. "I want him to be remembered...

Sarah Vaughan, reissued in 1991 as Sarah Vaughan with Clifford Brown... was Vaughan's own favorite among her works through 1980. ... The Penguin Guide to Jazz selected this album as part of its suggested "Core Collection," stating "it is very difficult to find any flaw in what should be recognized as one of the great jazz vocal records," and awarded it "crown" status.*

'It was a translation, into literature, of a painful and half-articulated life experience of my own: specifically, the dawning realization, in my mid-thirties, that it isn't actually O.K. to be an unattached woman who cares too much about work. It makes other people anxious. That's the point in the book when I swore undying loyalty to Sayaka Murata, whoever she was. Also: who was...

Penguin Press announced that they will be publishing a new novel by the famously reclusive American master this fall. The novel, his first since 2013's Bleeding Edge, is titled Shadow Ticket, and clocks in at a supremely reasonable 384 pages. from Thomas Pynchon is publishing a new novel this fall [LitHub]

In "Tone Palette," animator Hojo Minori takes us on a whirlwind tour through the evolution of tuning systems in Western music. Meanwhile, LΛMPLIGHT uses microtonal music as the basis for their constructed language, Caftaphata.

"Fighting Back: A Citizen's Guide to Resistance" from the New Republic This is a lengthy article on what to do in the face of all things Trump. That being said, it also has many useful links. Among others, the article includes links to the following: Choose Democracy's What Can I Do To Stop This Coup? Peaceful Protest Opportunities at No Voice Unheard And... "Flood...

The Ties That Bind "The square, the sheet bend, and the overhand. Cultures worldwide have tied the same core set of knots for thousands of years. These knots do more than secure boats and packs. They offer a window into the information traded across cultures, according to a recent study in the Cambridge Archaeological Journal. The study created a database of more than 300...

In the small town of Kawara in Fukuoka Prefecture, something unexpected is happening at the Saidosho Community Center. While kids in most parts of Japan are obsessed with Pokémon cards, the children of Kawara are clutching to something a little closer to home. They are playing a trading card game (TCG) where the stars aren't fantasy creatures, anime heroes or even famous baseball players,...

To explain the Antoinist doctrine, Bernard pulled out pen and paper. He warned me that he is no great artist, and that the religion does not work miracles. "But it can soothe the soul," he said. "Human illnesses develop because of our way of life." While talking, he doodled circles traversed by arrows. "Individuals evolve through flow, which I define as energy or thought,...

Marine biologist and tourists in awe as 60 orcas attack pygmy blue whale off Western Austalia's south coast. Scientists and tourists are left in awe by a rare and dramatic encounter off the state's south coast.

He "is delighted by the chance to expand his mass deportations." And the press secretary says he wasn't joking.

The story goes that a ship captain gave Hemingway the cat. Polydactyl cats are considered good luck on ships; the thinking is that the more toes the better sea legs and bigger mitts to catch rats, but Hemingway took the cat home and cared for it. He even left a provision in his will to keep all of Snowball's descendants housed and fed on...

A Canadian Adventure: Minnesota Vikings in Churchil A hardy band of Minnesotan adventurers went even further North to the remote town of Churchill, Manatoba, Canada. The band included The Vikings offensive lineman, Walter Rouse, photographer Alli Rusco, Canadian short form content creator Ben Kielesinski, and for good measure, mascot Viktor the Viking.. National Geographic type content from a NFL franchise!