AFM | Wednesday, 12/19/2018 | #59
From the founding era. In 2018 this went out every weekday as a card, not an essay — so there is no narrative to publish here, and none has been invented. What follows is the edition itself, reconstructed from the two spreadsheets that recorded it.
This day in history
- 1971 A Clockwork Orange released The dystopian film was directed by Stanley Kubrick and was based on a novella of the same name by British author, Anthony Burgess. Based in a futuristic London, the film opened with critical acclaim, though the centrality of violence in it drew a lot of mainstream criticism. Today, the movie is considered to be one of the best movies of the 20th century.
- Generate Energy
- Raise Necessity
- Increase Productivity
- Demonstrate Courage
- 1803 Louisiana Purchase completed The United States was officially handed over the territory of Louisiana by the French. The French had regained control of the territory that spans over 15 present-day states and 2 Canadian territories in 1800. In 1762, Spain had taken over the territory.
- Generate Energy
- Raise Necessity
- Increase Productivity
- Demonstrate Courage
- 1959 Luna 1 is launched The Soviet spacecraft was the first to reach the vicinity of the moon and orbit the sun.
- Generate Energy
- Raise Necessity
- Increase Productivity
- Demonstrate Courage
- 1847 Samuel Colt sells his first revolver Captain Samuel Walker of the Texas Rangers placed an order for 1000 revolver pistols after having witnessed their devastating effect.
- Generate Energy
- Raise Necessity
- Increase Productivity
- Demonstrate Courage
- 2005 The European Huygens space probe lands on Saturn's moon Titan It was the first ever landing in the outer solar system.
- Generate Energy
- Raise Necessity
- Increase Productivity
- Demonstrate Courage
Died on this day
- 4.22 · 1.20.23 · 1.27.23
Recorded as a single run in the source sheet; we haven't matched each name to a year.
Think of the things you cannot live without. Think of the reasons why you cannot live without them. Now apply these reasons to everything else in your life.— anon
The answer
a strainer
The riddle itself wasn't kept. The index recorded the answer for every edition and the question for only some — this is one it didn't.
Aloha Friday Motivation
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