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After months of planning (and way too much caffeine), the moment has arrived. Windycon51's theme: Rise of the Machines A warning A challenge A vision of the future. #Windycon #RiseOfTheMachines

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WE HAVE STAIRS!!!! The broken escalators are gone.

Today in 2015 The Man in the High Castle TV series based on Philip K Dick's novel premiered on Amazon prime.

Today in 2018 Amazon Prime released all 10 episodes of Electric Dreams. Each episode was based on a different Philip K. Dick story.

Today in 1973 Day of the Dolphin was released.

Today in 1984, 2010 The Year We Make Contact was released.

Today in 1973 Apple Records releases Paul McCartney & Wings album "Band on the Run" in US

Today in 1964 The Beatles release "Beatles For Sale", their fourth studio album

Today in 1913, the continuous moving assembly line introduced by Ford in his Highland Park, Detroit, Michigan, factory was capable of delivering a car every 2-min 38-sec.

Today in 1954, in Sylacauga, Alabama, Ann Hodges, was bruised on the arm and hip by a meteorite that fell through the roof of her house into her living room.

Today in 1961 Enos the first chimpanzee to orbit the Earth was launched into space by NASA.

Today in 1964 Mariner 4 was launched from Earth to Mars!

Today in 1895 the Nobel Prizes were established.

Today in 1986 Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home was released.

Today in 1998 the final episode of Babylon 5 aired.

Today in 1859 Charles Darwin's On the Origin of Species was published.

Today in 1963 the very 1st Dr. Who episode (An Unearthly Child) premiered on the BBC!

Today in 1996 Star Trek First Contact premiered.