Anson

@ansonkennedy
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"Your problem is you think too much," Episcopal priest explaining why I'm going to hell.

And now I'm here.

I firmly believe Star Trek V: The Final Frontier was an outstanding ST:TOS third season episode.

#Humanist. #Skeptic. #Nerd. #Engineer. Firm believer in the Oxford comma. And other things.

"Reducing employee satisfaction surveys for over thirty years."

Bloghttps://ansonisms.com/

The story of the making of The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari is as odd and confusing as the movie itself.

#movies #horror #SilentMovies #allegory

https://reactormag.com/the-cabinet-of-dr-caligari-an-allegory-of-anxiety-and-terror-in-the-aftermath-of-war/

The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari: An Allegory of Anxiety and Terror in the Aftermath of War - Reactor

Unpacking the murky origins and warring interpretations of a legendary silent film.

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I can’t seem to find out any information about this Lego…robot…sensor…something set that I came across in my university lab, does anyone out there know what it is?

NASA plans to put a nuclear reactor on the Moon.

What could possibly go wrong?

#NASA #NuclearReactor #Moon #Space #SpaceExploration

This has generated some interesting comments.

Some more context on the quote. There's some ambiguity on who said it (Frank Herbert? Ray Bradbury? Theodore Sturgeon? All of them?) and the exact wording.

https://quoteinvestigator.com/2010/10/19/prevent-the-future/

Quote Origin: I Do Not Want to Predict the Future. I Want to Prevent It – Quote Investigator®

The Star Trek: Enterprise Finale's Worst Problem Is Also The Key To Fixing Its Canon

The "Star Trek: Enterprise" finale is infamously controversial. But the easiest way to fix it may lie within the episode itself.

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Science fiction has failed us.

#SciFi #ScienceFiction #prediction #future

Researchers Wanted Preschool Teachers to Wear Cameras to Train AI

“With your permission, your child’s lead teacher may wear a small teacher-worn camera that captures the teacher's approximate first-person perspective, and/or we may place a fixed video camera in the classroom,” a document given to parents and later shared with 404 Media reads.

404 Media

Quiz question heard on NPR's Sunday Puzzle today, Between the Lines:

The speaker names two things in the same category. Name the only other thing in that category that fits between those two things alphabetically. Example: Blue and indigo. The answer is green (colors of the rainbow).

One of the pairs was Deep Space Nine, Next Generation.

What would you answer?

#puzzles #quiz #game #NPR #SundayPuzzle #StarTrek

https://www.npr.org/2026/05/17/g-s1-121892/sunday-puzzle-between-the-lines

The "Lost Years" That Led Gene Roddenberry Back To Star Trek - Reactor

There's a decade between the Original Series and Trek's big screen revival. What did its creator do in the interim?

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