"The basic tool for the manipulation of reality is the manipulation of words. If you can control the meaning of words, you can control the people who must use the words." -- Philip K. Dick
June 1, 2025

On this day in 1990, Paul Verhoeven's Total Recall got its full US theatrical release. Adapted from a story by the great Philip K. Dick, the feature film starred Arnold Schwarzenegger, Sharon Stone, and Michael Ironside.

Bluestem Prairie: South Dakota hunger relief group says it’s facing a $2.5 million budget shortfall due to federal cuts.

Dave Dubya's Freedom Rants: Monsters.

Blue Virginia: Saturday News: “Trump says he plans to double steel, aluminum tariffs to 50%”; GOP Attitude Towards Medicaid Cuts = “Well, we are all going to die”; “Musk’s Drug Use Much Greater Than Previously Known”; GOP “Medicaid cuts threaten Virginia’s rural hospitals”.

Attention dinosaur nerds! Scientists look to dinosaurs for modern cancer treatment.

Round Up by driftglass of the Professional Left Podcast and Science Fiction University

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