Octopolis

Octopolis

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Tom's notes 15

  1. Tom Kirkman

    / Hat tip to Joel Kahn and Gavin McHugh in Joel's Post:

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    Joel: "I believe that Tom Kirkman should expand his research in zoology.
    Schrodinger's cat, the time traveling duck, the quantum rabbit, the solar powered cow, and the rest of the gang should meet the octopus.

    Gavin: "Fritz Lang's Octopolis? A 1927 film that exists only between my ears.

    https://www.linkedin.com/posts/joel-kahn-9458b4120_i-believe-that-tom-kirkman-should-expand-activity-7395638828671094786-gDNU

  2. Tom Kirkmanreplying to Gavin McHugh

    alternate image, although the text got garbled by AI.

    My text prompt to Grok AI was:

    Please create a *surreal dystopian film noir movie poster* in the style of Fritz Lang's Metropolis, a 1927 expressionistic science fiction black and white film.
    Entitle the movie "Octopolis".
    (Side note, an obscure plural of octopus is "octopedes", from the Greek origin of the word).
    Somewhere on the movie poster slogan, include the word "octopedes" as part of the crowd of *humanoid octupuses*."

  3. Tom Kirkman

    / Side note, a fairly obscure plural version of octopus is "octopedes", from the Greek and Latin origins of the word:

    “Octo-” comes from the Greek word “οκτώ” (októ), meaning “eight.”
    “-pede” derives from the Latin word “pedis,” meaning “foot.”

    https://goong.com/word/octopede-meaning/

  4. Tom Kirkman

    Octotropics causes Climate Change. Prove me wrong.

  5. Tom Kirkman

    Octotropics causes Climate Change. Prove me wrong.

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