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Panorama mosaic photo of Saturn, seen from the night side, with the rings fully lit and shown in detail.

#PPOD: Saturn is captured here by NASA's Cassini spacecraft. Cassini orbited the gas giant for thirteen years before ending its mission by plunging into the planet's atmosphere on September 15, 2017. This image is a mosaic compiled from frames recorded by Cassini two days before its final dive. 🧪 🔭

Grandiloquent Word of the Day logo - Sepia-toned graphic with a baroque Victorian typeface and a woodcut illustration of a demonic chimera that combines elements of a goat, bat, bird, and human.

Ostentiferous [os-ten-TIF-er-us]
(adj.)
- That which brings omens, monsters, or strange manifestations.

Used in a sentence:
“The book’s ostentiferous properties had rendered it too perilous for scholarship and too sacred for destruction.”

Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory (1971) Directed by Mel Stuart stars Gene Wilder. Screenplay by Roald Dahl, based on his 1964 novel Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.

In the '70s, Hayao Miyazaki tried to revive the cartoons of his youth. And he kept mentioning Fleischer's Mr. Bug Goes to Town.

He loved its animation and use of "space," and the physical way its characters navigate its world. We look into the story:
animationobsessive.substack.com/p/miyazaki-a...

A title card from the episode, which shows “It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown” on a pumpkin.

Today is the anniversary of “It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown,” which premiered on October 27, 1966.

YouTube video by Jose Rafael Leon Duck Amuck 1953

60 scenes from television that shaped my love of animation (in chronological order, 1 episode per show). My 2nd is actually a short, the brilliant Duck Amuck but Chuck Jones... youtu.be/6QZDeDsadDs?...

The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014)
dir. Wes Anderson

𝘠𝘰𝘶 𝘴𝘦𝘦, 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘧𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘵 𝘨𝘭𝘪𝘮𝘮𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘤𝘪𝘷𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘻𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘭𝘦𝘧𝘵 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘣𝘢𝘳𝘣𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘤 𝘴𝘭𝘢𝘶𝘨𝘩𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘰𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸𝘯 𝘢𝘴 𝘩𝘶𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘺. 𝘐𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵’𝘴 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘸𝘦 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘷𝘪𝘥𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘰𝘸𝘯 𝘮𝘰𝘥𝘦𝘴𝘵, 𝘩𝘶𝘮𝘣𝘭𝘦, 𝘪𝘯𝘴𝘪𝘨𝘯𝘪𝘧𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘯𝘵… 𝘰𝘩, 𝘧*𝘤𝘬 𝘪𝘵.

Guillermo del Toro quote "...think about wealth for me for example. A wealthy man that has enough..."

"not a man that needs more. If you have enough to invite somebody to beer..."

"...you're rich. If you have, whatever-"

"- yachts and planes and islands and you STILL need more? You're not rich."

Guillermo del Toro on wealth: "a wealthy man is a man who has enough, not a man that needs more. If you have enough to invite someone for a beer? You're rich. If you have a yacht, planes, islands, and you still need more? You're not rich."

YouTube video by Big Think Why 2025 is the single most pivotal year in our lifetime | Peter Leyden

Peter Leyden asserts that in 2025 the world faces an #historic #TurningPoint, marked by rapid technological advancements. This @bigthink.com #video explores three key #TippingPoints - #Al, #CleanEnergy, & #bioengineering - & their potential to reshape #civilization.

#TheFreeThinkInterview #BigThink

YouTube video by StarTalk Cybercrime in the Age of AI, with Bogdan Botezatu

@neildegrassetyson.com & co-hosts Chuck Nice & Gary O’Reilly explore #deepfakes, #scams, & #cybercrime with the Director of #ThreatResearch at Bitdefender, Bogdan Botezatu.

Discussing how #scammers exploit psychology & #technology. How does #AI supercharge a problem that has existed for centuries?

🤩🖖🤠

The Mitchells Vs. The Machines 2 is in the works The Mitchells Vs. The Machines 2 is in the works

Like the 2021 original, the Mitchells Vs. The Machines sequel is headed from Sony Pictures Animation to Netflix.
www.avclub.com/mitchells-vs...

No. 20 by Jackson Pollock (1949)

A poster for Abbott and Costello Meet the Killer (1949).

Tonight's movie.

Grab Luigi's Poltergust 3000 and search for the missing Mario in the 2001 GameCube classic Luigi's Mansion, coming to the Nintendo Classics catalogue on October 30th! 👻

When Rivals Become Allies: Atari’s Intellivision Revival - Yanko Design https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=srqUdmzcQbc If you were a fully formed human in the 80s and you were into gaming, you lived through the fun rivalry between Mattel's Intellivision and Atari's...well, A...

#Atari now owns the #Intellivision brand. Rather than letting it collect dust in their IP vault, they’ve partnered with #Plaion to give this classic system a proper 45th-anniversary celebration.

#Gaming #GameConsole #Retro #Entertainment #OldSchool #IndustrialDesign #Design #GameDesign

Please. Make it stop.

#DeepFake #DeepFakes #AI #AISlop #RunAway #BadAI #BadIdeas

Ugh, gross. But thanks for letting us know.

Have Astrophysicists Spotted Evidence For ‘Dark Stars’? Data from the Webb Space Telescope may hold evidence of ancient "dark stars," which would've been powered by dark matter, not nuclear fusion.

Despite having “dark” in their name, these ancient orbs would have burned bigger and brighter than our current stars. If they existed, that is.

We can use ordinary sugar in the search for dark matter Physicists have tried so many different ways to find dark matter, but none has been successful. Now an unexpected contender has entered the arena - ordinary table sugar.

Physicists have tried so many different ways to find dark matter, but none has been successful. Now an unexpected contender has entered the arena - ordinary table sugar.

Watching a documentary on the collaboration between Dolly Parton, Emmylou Harris, & Linda Ronstadt when an unexpected talking head makes an appearance, with a brilliantly low-key intro from Linda… “I was going out with this guy who made films…”

For a timeline cleanse here’s a cute little row oat sitting in a cranberry bog on Cape Cod earlier today. Tap for full-size. I hope you have had a great day!

installation view of 'Ruth Asawa: A Retrospective' at the Museum of Modern Art

a lithograph by Ruth Asawa of a reddish pink peony against a background of dark blue

Ruth Asawa arrived in New York with a monumental retrospective this month, making the largest show dedicated to a woman artist in MoMA's history.

www.thisiscolossal.com/2025/10/ruth...

Two Rare Comets Will Appear Soon. Here's How to See Them The SWAN comet will return in around 700 years, while the Lemmon comet will take 1,300 years to come back.

The SWAN comet will return in around 700 years, while the Lemmon comet will take 1,300 years to come back.

Wow!

Here’s a Halloween treat from 1963, featuring Rowlf on THE JIMMY DEAN SHOW. Rowlf was Jim Henson’s first breakout character on a national scale, & it’s a joy to see how much fun Jimmy Dean seemed to always have in any of their interactions - most often just downright tickled…

The amazing Poster Collection series from Lars Müller Publishers is back!
Volume 37 focuses on the Art of the Protest Poster.

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Alexander Rodchenko 1891-1956, Museum of Modern Art, Oxford, 1979. Book Designed by David King
designreviewed.com/artefacts/al... #rodchenko #davidking

John Hopkins University has a new village-inspired student centre. Designed by Bjarke Ingels Group, the Bloomberg Student Center sits on the University's Homewood Campus in Baltimore and is formed by sustainably-sourced mass timber cubes that rise across the site.

📷 Laurian Ghinițoiu / Nic Lehoux

the brilliant orange of the marienplatz u-bahn station in munich, germany.