We Shall Never Fly Cars: From steam, to gas, to electricity, regardless of how a car has been or shall be powered, the feasibility of the commercially available personal flying vehicle is slim to none. The reasons are straight-forward: Due to inevitable occasional neglect and catastrophic mid-air vehicular failure, no commercially available brand of flying…
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Lingua Francas: Bridge Languages
What’s necessary when you speak and prefer to speak one language, but your neighbor speaks and prefers to speak a different language and neither of you understands the native, preferred language spoken by each other? Lingua Franca! A lingua franca (Frankish tongue), is a generally accepted term for a third, "bridge language," shared by speakers…
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The Duke and Duchess of Sussex: No Longer Senior Royals
There is plenty of room for conjecture and supposition here, but it would be extremely unfair to deal with this matter as such, given that the royal couple have of late been visited by such unprofessional reporting by media, even in England. Simply accepting their point of view seems the right course of action, thus,…
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The Next Ruler of England: Prince William?
A broadcaster named Sherrie Hewson presumes the succession of the throne of the United Kingdom, stating the crown may well be passed over Prince Charles, first in line as Queen Elizabeth's eldest son, in favor of his eldest son, Prince William. Source: express.co.uk
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Australian Wildfires
CNN -- Australia is being ravaged by the worst wildfires seen in decades, with large swathes of the country devastated since the fire season began late July. SOURCE: CNN International aid!
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Umwelt
/ˈo͝omvelt/ noun: Umwelt; plural noun: Umwelten (in ethology) the world as it is experienced by a particular organism. "the worlds they perceive, their Umwelten, are all different" This idea is of interest because, though seemingly complex, it is quite simple, yet incredibly sophisticated in theory. There is a hint of "lifestyle" there, if one looks…
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Pope Francis Slaps A Woman; Apologizes
I recently watched a long interview of Drake, in which he asserts that the coming decade would see some real "slappers" from him. Sorry, Drake. Ain't even one slapper you can create that's gonna outshine this ultimate slapper (pictured above), in which Pope Francis has to teach a woman that grabbing the Pope's arm is…
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RELENTLESS.COM
Everyone's favourite shopping website, Amazon.com, was almost named "Cadabra.com," which was changed because "cadabra" sounds like "cadaver," but an even lesser known fact is Amazon.com was, after, almost named "Relentless.com," but that name sounds too sinister. Interestingly enough, www.relentless.com is still owned by Amazon's founder, Jeff Bezos, and it redirects to www.amazon.com!
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Unreal Instagram Models
These models are unreal. Like, actually, they are not real. They are computer generated imagery (CGI). Take a look at their accounts on Instagram, because they are at the forefront of what is possible and what is to be in the digital spaces in which we are inevitably delving more deeply in lockstep with the…
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That’s a Wrap!
https://twitter.com/BlossomHacks/status/1205916963425280000
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Keep It Simple, Stupid
“It is not daily increase but daily decrease, hack away the unessential. The closer to the source, the less wastage there is.” -- Bruce Lee
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