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1980's Rampage video game. Dinosaurs and King Kongs damaging buildings whilst being shot at by army tanks and helivopters.

This is the best site on the web

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Batman and Columbo

Bruce Wayne complaining to Alfred about his soup in the Batman film. Caption reads: "It's cold!"

Mary Butts, a modernist writer Mary Butts in 1919 (public domain photo) .  Every once in awhile, I run into a writer and wind up being surprised that I did not know the na...

Mary Butts, a modernist writer www.rawillumination.net/2026/03/mary...

A chart of differences between the books Illuminatus! Trilogy and Atlas Shrugged.

A lone battle: Why is Pedro Sánchez the only European leader to take on Trump? As the Spanish PM decries the war in Iran, other politicians are unable – or unwilling – to speak against the US president

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Rockets & Penises in the Persian Gulf | George Carlin | Jammin' In New York (1992) YouTube video by Official George Carlin

Hark ye now to the wise words of Saint Carlin

BYD’s Second-Generation Blade Battery Makes Western EV Tech Look Ancient The battery can add a staggering amount of range in under 10 minutes. Here's just how quick it is, and how it compares to the best Western designs.

On a 1,500-kilowatt charger, these batteries added over 500 miles of indicated range in ten minutes.

A documentary a day in March. Name the film and director. Provide an image.
Film: Jiro Dreams of Sushi (2011)
Director: David Gelb
#Sushi #DocumentaryChallenge #Filmsky #MovieSky #DocumentaryFilm #MovieChallenge #FilmChallenge #DocuSky

Orson Welles on distinguishing between a skilled and an inept director.

The Jesse Marcel Take YouTube video by Saucers, Spooks and Kooks

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The elections in May can't come around quickly enough!

What we read last month Another reading log from Mark Brown and myself. What Mark Brown read last month:  Trouble is My Business by Raymond Chandler 2/6  The Night ...

What we read last month www.rawillumination.net/2026/03/what...

Shabana Mahmood accused of mimicking Trump as she announces immigration plans Home secretary announces plans to overhaul system, including an end to permanent refugee status * UK politics live – latest updates Shabana Mahmood has put herself on a collision course with Labour MPs after announcing a set of changes to the immigration system that one backbencher said mimicked Donald Trump and another claimed would lead to a Windrush-style scandal. The home secretary announced her plans on Thursday, including an end to permanent refugee status and the removal of government support from asylum seekers who are deemed not to need it or who break the law. Continue reading...

Shabana Mahmood accused of mimicking Trump as she announces immigration plans

Swedish translation of Illuminatus! Pelle Lindhe contacted me recently to explain that a Swedish translation of Illuminatus! is in the works and will be published soon. Li...

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The cover of the Swedish translation of Illuminatus! by Robert Shea and Robert Anton Wilson. The book is big, blue and features an eye on the triangle at the top, printed in gold.

The title page of the Swedish translation of Illuminatus!. The text, in full, reads Robert Shea & Robert Anton Wilson ILLUMINATUS! ÖGAT I PYRAMIDEN DET GYLLENE ÄPPLET LEVIATAN i översättning av Peter Ebeling & Pelle Lindhe VERTIGO FÖRLAG MALMÖ/GÖTEBORG 2020

Probably one of the craziest projects I've heard of - the Swedish translation of Robert Anton Wilson and Robert Shea's Illuminatus! trilogy. Why would anyone do this to themselves? Love that it exists. Found it for $2 on a Swedish auction site, so quite a bargain... Hail Eris indeed.

Bunged up

‘No to war’: Sánchez doubles down after Trump threat to cut off trade with Spain PM says his country will not be complicit in growing conflict in Middle East ‘simply out of fear of reprisals from someone’

www.theguardian.com/world/2026/m...

Hague Group measures against Israel to be weighed up by 40 countries A GROUP of 40 countries are considering a package of measures to hold Israel accountable for its genocide in Gaza.

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The Illuminatus! Trilogy - Wikipedia

My lord, are you quoting Illuminatus? You're the wrong generation for that one, I would have thought... The Dealey Lama! Driving through Loch Ness in a yellow submarine!
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"Burn The Boats" is a Funeral for Joe Rogan's Comedy Career YouTube video by The Elephant Graveyard

My new obsession is Elephant Graveyard: this genius anonymous Canadian youtuber who makes this delicious long form videos satirizing Joe Rogan and his cabal of podcast dipshits.

Music, editing, deadpan delivery... all sublime. It's like early Chris Morris:

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Who wants to help two disabled people get their car back?

Our car was just repo’d because we still owe $9k on it. We’ve been waiting for 2 years for my partner to get her disability claim processed.

We can barely afford rent with our mother-in-law.

I work as a pharmacy tech. This is hell.

Surprise! It's a new book!

AI Expert Tells Bernie: “The Humans will be Discarded” YouTube video by Senator Bernie Sanders

Will AI become smarter than humans?

If so, is humanity in danger?

I went to Silicon Valley to ask some of the leading AI experts that question.

Here’s what they had to say:

EVs Outsell Petrol in Europe for the First Time EVER and Battery Trains Go Live! YouTube video by Everything Electric TECH

I hope you enjoy watching these as much as I enjoy putting them together. And yes, electric vehicles outsold petrol burners for the first time!!
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"The bastards are trying to immanentize the eschaton!"
-(Robert Anton Wilson)

A bit more on 'All Things Are Lights' I've updated my Feb. 20 post on Robert Shea's All Things Are Lights.  Here (in part) how Shea described the novel in an interview (reprod...

A bit more on 'All Things Are Lights' www.rawillumination.net/2026/03/a-bi...

Awesome comic about a great artist! and I managed to sneak in some McLuhanesque media theory and RAW's 22nd law while reviewing :)))