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Category Archives: GENERAL OBSERVATIONS & THOUGHTS
How ‘2001: A Space Odyssey’ predicted the future more than 50 years ago
More than 50 years ago, Stanley Kubrick and Arthur C. Clarke joined forces to create the sci-fi cult movie ‘2001: A Space Odyssey.’ The movie, directed by Kubrick, predicted many of the technological advances that we have today. Continue reading
The Maltese Territorial Regiments of the British Army
The Territorial Army in Malta: an interview with Dr. John Consiglio Former 3/11th Regiment, Royal Malta Artillery (Territorials) member. Dr. John Consiglio, sits down to explain the benefits to Maltese society that the part-time soldiers brought to the Island nation’s … Continue reading
Carmakers are spying on you — here’s how to stop them
Privacy? Not if your car has a say. Modern cars are computers on wheels, giving manufacturers plenty of opportunities to track you. Continue reading
Plato’s Advice
Wisdom from Plato: Whatever issues US residents currently have with their elected representatives, they alone are to blame.
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THE MANDALORIAN’S STAR ACTOR SET TO JOIN GLADIATOR 2’S CAST
THE MANDALORIAN’s Pedro Pascal is in final negotiations to join Paramount’s upcoming sequel to Gladiator. Continue reading
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700 drones give a spectacle of light over Grand Harbour
Malta-themed night-time lit-up drone formations over Grand Harbour in Valletta. Uncertain if this was a first for our Islands or not, but the rave reviews of images as shared on social media by many, have nothing but praise for the initiative… Continue reading
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“No film should be revised based on the lenses we now are, either voluntarily or being forced to peer through.” – Steven #Spielberg
Spielberg blasts revising old films for modern audiences, admits ‘mistake’ in editing guns from ‘E.T.’ | Fox News “E.T.” director Steven Spielberg denied that any film should be updated for modern audiences’ sensibilities, and admitting he made a mistake in … Continue reading
100 kilos of explosives under the bridge between Latina and Cisterna discovered after 79 years
One hundred kilos of explosives, dating back to the Second World War, a quantity of dynamite capable of blowing up the Mascarello bridge, between Latina and Cisterna, in case of need. Continue reading
‘Consuming happiness’
Given the discontent that we have seen to be inherent in a market-led, sensation-driven, pleasure-seeking approach to happiness, what is there to be said for a recovery of the older Philosophical and religious tradition that sees happiness in terms of a life well led? Continue reading
THREE THINGS YOU OUGHT NOT TOLERATE AT YOUR WORKPLACE
Rory Hession’s take, as a weird mental health advocate, on what one ought not to tolerate at one’s workplace. Continue reading