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"How do Act 2 scenes show, strain, or escalate their attempts to cope with their inner disparity? How do they eventually express the collapse of an inability or refusal to be at one with themselves?" —OneStory: Screenwriting as Self Becoming by Andrew Hewitt One Story

Happy Birthday #DavidCronenberg! One of the most inspiring filmmakers in the history of cinema.

The night Quentin Tarantino changed his life forever..

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Wow, this is the „feel the AGI“- Moment for robotics for me. Boston dynamics humanoid robots movement looks so clean it’s incredible. The robot can walk, run, crawl and so much more. I never have thought to see something like this already this year. I honestly can’t imagine

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As of today, I have now moved round our G type main-sequence star 49 times, at an average speed of 66,000 mph. 🎉

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Coming this October…

Glorious.

Absolutely.

Revenge is a process in life that never really feels satisfying. It's a dead-end psychological gesture that only promotes more suffering. Movies devoted to 'revenge' are potentially doomed from the start. Their humanity is circumvented. —Follow One Story

watching ALIENS (1986) tonight #aliens #anniversary one of finest sequels ever made in 125 years of cinema. immaculate in every dimension