Vulture
Soon You’ll Be Able to Make Your Own Feature-Length Movie Movie With AI
6 min · · Some argue that AI is too derivative. But in Hollywood, shallow riffing on preexisting IP is a lucrative skill. · Shared by 101, including Dr. Marigo Raftopoulos, Iain Brown, PhD, Ziad Shihab
deseretalphabet.info
Deseret Alphabet Classics
7 min · · The Deseret Alphabet Classics series provides Deseret Alphabet editions of some of the great works of English literature and LDS theology. Our goal is to encourage the use of the Deseret Alphabet by… · Shared by 8, including Ziad Shihab
aphelis.net
“Global Civil War” A Primer
13+ min · · A short introduction to the expression “global civil war” as it was used from the outset of the First World War to the aftermath of 9/11. · Shared by 6, including Ziad Shihab
Ars Technica
Riffusion’s AI generates music from text using visual sonograms
2 min · · Stable Diffusion-powered music generator processes sound in the visual space. · Shared by 8, including Ziad Shihab
berfrois.com
The Significance of the English Civil Wars in The Crying of Lot 49
10 min · · The Crying of Lot 49 is an embryonic encyclopaedic novel... · Shared by 6, including Ziad Shihab
Collider
10 Film Noir Tropes That Most Film Noir Movies Break
6 min · · It's not always black and white. · Shared by 6, including Ziad Shihab
Creative Bloq
New John Wick 4 poster features an awesome optical illusion
2 min · · The logo's great, too. · Shared by 10, including Ziad Shihab
heritagedaily.com
Metallurgical fingerprint points to lost Roman legion
2 min · · A new scientific study has provided Roman legions with a so-called metallurgical fingerprint, which has allowed researchers to identify the lost 19th Legion that was completely destroyed in the Battle… · Shared by 6, including Ziad Shihab
mythweb.com
The Trojan War from Homer's Iliad
11+ min · · Background The great god Zeus, almighty ruler of creation, once fell in love with a nymph named Thetis. Nymphs were minor deities, immortal like the twelve gods who lived atop Mount Olympus, but by no… · Shared by 5, including Ziad Shihab
mythweb.com
Jason, the Argonauts, and the Golden Fleece
16+ min · · The Early Years Jason was the son of the lawful king of Iolcus, but his uncle Pelias had usurped the throne. Pelias lived in constant fear of losing what he had taken so unjustly. He kept Jason's… · Shared by 7, including Ziad Shihab
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Tenuto and Fermata: Rebels Against the Tyranny of Notation
6 min · · For a million years or more, singers and instrumentalists playing on natural instruments made music freely with the sole goal of expressing their feelings. But once notation appeared the “rules” of… · Shared by 5, including Ziad Shihab
wegotthiscovered.com
Almost 25 years later, and everyone still hates the exact same thing about an influentially unheralded sci-fi gem
1 min · · No surprise to discover it was added at the studio's request. · Shared by 5, including Ziad Shihab
hilobrow.com
HYPOCRITE IDLER 3Q2022
13+ min · · By: Joshua Glenn September 25, 2022 To idle is to work on meaningful and varied projects — and to take it easy. The title of the series refers to this self-proclaimed idler’s inability to take it… · Shared by 7, including Ziad Shihab
LessWrong
A non-magical explanation of Jeffrey Epstein
16+ min · · On some level, in order to understand the society they live in, most people have to be conspiracy theorists. Forming correct conspiracy theories is a critical and essential part of understanding poli… · Shared by 7, including Ziad Shihab
booksofbrilliance.com
The Ten Best Fiction Books of All Time
2 min · · Find out what the ten best fictions books are according to Books of Brilliance and which ones made the cut! · Shared by 5, including Ziad Shihab