Today in Labor History February 15, 1933: Giuseppe Zangara tried to assassinate President-elect Franklin D. Roosevelt in Miami. He failed, mostly because he was too short to see over the crowd. However, Chicago mayor Anton J. Cermak, who was shot in the attack, later died, in part from his wounds and in part from medical malpractice. Zangara confessed to the crime in jail, stating “I kill kings and presidents first and next all capitalists.” He was executed in Old Sparky, Florida’s electric chair in March, 1933. Philip K. Dick’s novel, “The Man in the High Castle,” is based in part on the premise that Zangara succeeded in killing FDR.
I am in passport control. I can see my face on a screen. The technology recognises me and lets me through. I scan codes showing my vaccination status and recent Covid test results. The machines assess the data regarding my health and microbiology. Through into the waiting room, people are staring into little screens. A strangely large number have the camera flipped, and are capturing their faces at different angles, as if they've forgotten what they look like. I open my laptop and join in. I give my details to a company to enter the digital realm. Adverts tailored to my personality pop up. They know me better than I know myself.
@MeeMee #HighStrangeness
Reality turns into a Philip K. Dick narrative.
In 2006, Philip K. Dick's android was sent to Mountain View, California, to meet with Google employees, when it vanished. It was apparently lost by an airline.
An #Android animated mannequin of #PhilipKDick goes rogue. 😂
Had a mad idea again and threw out the entire 6th module of my Intro to World Lit class (last minute again, because I live on the edge)
Making it pure SF this time, so because I'm thinking of including #PhilipKDick's short story #WeCanRememberItForYouWholesale on the roster, I'm rewatching #TotalRecall with Arnold Schwarzenegger
(not the soulless 2012 remake, thanks)
I did a #ComicCon panel last week on my favorite author #PhilipKDick! This happened on Sunday afternoon, July 23, 2023. Lots of people were taking photos and video. It looked like one mounted camera was recording the whole thing. Does anybody know how I can track down these videos? I'd love to see myself up there.
"No one can win against kipple," he said, "except temporarily and maybe in one spot, like in my apartment I've sort of created a stasis between the pressure of kipple and nonkipple, for the time being. But eventually I'll die or go away, and then the kipple will again take over. It's a universal principle operating throughout the universe; the entire universe is moving toward a final state of total, absolute kippleization.”