‘Very potent’ supplement once given to Soviet cosmonauts can curb anxiety

Houston, we have a chill pill. Back in the 1960s, Soviet scientists developed a sweet little supplement that they stocked in the space kits of cos…
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https://www.diningandcooking.com/2192398/very-potent-supplement-once-given-to-soviet-cosmonauts-can-curb-anxiety/

[20:04] Fashion chain Mango's billionaire founder dies after fall while hiking on family holiday

The founder and owner of fashion empire Mango, Isak Andic, died on Saturday in a mountain accident, police said. He was 71. The businessman slipped and fell over 100 metres from a cliff while hiking with relatives in the Montserrat caves near Barcelona, a police spokesperson said. "His departure leaves a huge void but all of us are, in some way, his legacy and the testimony of his achievements. It is up to us to ensure that Mango continues to be the project that Isak was ambitious and proud of," Mango's CEO, Toni Ruiz, said in a statement. Born in Istanbul, Andic moved with his family to the northeastern Spanish region of Catalonia in the 1960s and founded Mango in 1984. He was worth $4.5 billion, according to Forbes. He was non-executive chairman of the company when he died. He was seen as a rival to Amancio Ortega, the owner of Inditex, the world's largest fast-fashion retailer. Mango had a turnover of 3.1 billion euros in 2023 with 33% of its business online and a presence in more than 120 markets.

https://www.independent.ie/world-news/europe/fashion-chain-mangos-billionaire-founder-dies-after-fall-while-hiking-on-family-holiday/a1416306852.html

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[13:45] National Library acquires poet Paul Durcan's archive

The National Library of Ireland has completed the acquisition of the archive of the poet Paul Durcan. The collection covers the period from the 1960s to the present day, and includes hundreds of the poet's notebooks, letters and cards.

https://www.rte.ie/news/ireland/2024/1111/1480294-paul-durcan/

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Anyone remember wishing hoping that she'd say your name?

Such a simple thing, right? But that was the power of such a new medium---TV.

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Retro SciFi Film of the Week…

The Outer Limits, “The Sixth Finger” (Oct. 1963)

I think everyone's familiar with the Outer Limits, the science fiction television series in the 1960s. This series is required viewing if you want to study the 1960s because many of the plots were metaphors for societal problems of the times.

In another thread someone mentioned the meme about AI art mis-drawing hands with six fingers and it reminded me of this episode, which itself, speculates about super intelligence.

As with most sci-fi at the time, a lot of the science facts in this show are wrong, but the philosophical examination isn't far off. The machine that the scientist uses in the film and the premise is really just there to provide a platform to think about what it would be like to have an intelligence that was so far beyond current human capabilities.

I highly recommend this one.

(Note: Some copies of The Outer Limits that are on streaming services have spoilers right at the top of video, so you might want to skip the opening segment.)

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accessible video description:
the video shows an shortened version of The Outer Limits introduction; then it shows a young woman walking into a laboratory and talking with the scientist in the laboratory; then it shows the same woman in a pub with a young man who is filthy from working in a coal mine and the woman’s mean sister tells her to deliver another loaf of bread; then it shows a scientist controlling a lever pushing it toward the position marked “forward” and the man is inside a chamber, he is all clean, but he is affected by the machine somehow; then the scientist opens the door and the man is covering his face with his arms so the audience can't see what he looks like and a scientist looks at him astonishingly and it fades out.

(fair use, unauthorized trailer)

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The Beatles song "Revolution" was released amid the revolution that occurred in the US during the late 1960s and early 1970s.

The revolution resulted in:

- the removal from office of Richard Nixon, the 37th president;

- the ratification of the 27th Amendment in 1971 lowering the voting age to 18;

- Establishment of the Environmental Protection Agency

- ending the Vietnam War;

- large scale integration of schools in the South;

- and many other substantial changes.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BGLGzRXY5Bw

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