Real Life

Devon shared his thoughts on Red One, a Christmas action movie involving a military operation to save Santa, describing it as “a slog and not clever,” though his kid loved Home Alone. Steven wrapped up holiday cleanup and started reading Future Noir, a deep dive into the making of Blade Runner. He also reflected on the differences between narration in Blade Runner and Dark City. Ben has been dealing with his son’s walking pneumonia and spent time playing Inertial Drift (check out the free prologue). On the music side, he enjoyed 311’s cover of The Offspring and The Offspring’s cover of 311.

Future or Now

• Note this: Exploring the Obsidian Digital Garden Plugin, a tool to publish notes from Obsidian directly online. Supports static site generation and free hosting on Vercel or Netlify.
  Obsidian Digital Garden Docs | Ben’s Demo
• All Around the Globe: Discussed Flat-Earthers’ humbling experience in Antarctica while attempting to prove their theories.
  Article: Flat-Earthers Travel to Antarctica
• Nevermind That Noise You Heard: Highlighted research on the link between poor sleep and mental health issues due to brain deficits that block unwanted thoughts. Related to themes from Reminiscence.
  Science Daily Article
  Reminiscence IMDB link

Book Club

• Next Week: The Ones Who Walk Away From Omelas by Ursula K. Le Guin
  Read Online
• This Week: Arthur C. Clarke’s The Nine Billion Names of God
  Read Online | Audiobook on YouTube
  Discussion on its themes appearing in works like Three-Body Problem, Spin, and Blindsight.
• Steven and Devon brainstorm the logistics of a Futurama-style “smell-o-scope,” inspired by Godfellas.
  Futurama Wiki: Godfellas
• Devon: Talked about philosopher Philipp Mainländer and his fascinating, existential ideas.
  Wikipedia: Philipp Mainländer