Meme Scholar with Madness (PhD)

[EndtheMadnessNow]

May 28, 585 BC: A solar eclipse occurs, as predicted by the Greek philosopher and scientist Thales, while Alyattes is battling Cyaxares in the Battle of the Eclipse, leading to a truce. This is one of the cardinal dates from which other dates can be calculated. It is also the earliest event of which the precise date is known.




May 28, 1908: Ian Fleming was born. While serving as an officer in the Royal Navy's Naval Intelligence Division, the creator of James Bond traveled to Washington to advise Col. "Wild Bill" Donovan on the development of the U.S. intelligence agency (OSS) that eventually became the CIA.


https://x.com/BBCArchive/status/1795341737310974112


Please don’t use explosives again!


Dead whale beached on the Oregon shore at Manzanita

Good time flashback...






Netherlands’ hard-right coalition chooses former spy chief as PM


Meanwhile...


https://x.com/HowardMortman/status/1795552445793260022






Trust The "Science"


A broadside illustration from 1597 depicting the execution of an alchemist, hanged upon a gallows made from the two tons of iron that he failed to turn into gold: 


The Gilded Gallows of Georg Honauer (1597)


The couple Nick Ercoline & Bobbi Kelly Ercoline on the Woodstock album cover, were still together 54 years later.


His wife passed away last year.
Woman who featured in iconic Woodstock album cover



1969: A Record Of The Year (Audio archive)

1. Richard Nixon
2. The Astronauts On The Moon
3. Senator Edward M. Kennedy
4. Vice President Spiro Agnew
5. The Woodstock Festival
6. Vietnam
7. Joe Namath
8. Prince Charles
9. The Vietnam Moratorium
10. New York Mets

This is a combination of songs from the 40th Anniversary edition of Woodstock bonus features. Its not any single disc from that collection:



0:00 - Woodstock festival setup
3:21 - Volunteers by Jefferson Airplane
6:19 - 3/5th Of A Mile In 10 Seconds by Jefferson Airplane
12:00 - Something's Coming On by Joe Cocker
16:14 - I Live One Day At A Time by Joan Baez
20:32 - Sparks by The Who
25:58 - We're Not Gonna Take It by The Who
35:06 - My Generation by The Who
42:42 - Mama Tried by The Grateful Dead
45:36 - I Put A Spell On You by Creedence Clearwater Revival
49:47 - Mean Town Blues by Johnny Winter
1:00:39 - Evil Ways by Santana
1:04:36 - Teen Angel by Sha Na Na
1:07:57 - Spanish Castle Magic by Jimi Hendrix
1:15:07 - Woodstock festival cleanup