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We‘ve heard of several road construction projects diverted or completely derailed in Iceland to avoid encroaching on the dwellings of supernatural beings according to local lore. We learn, however—and not for the first time, fans of the Harry Potter franchise have successfully petitioned to reroute a multimillion pound energy project linking County Wexford in the Republic of Ireland with a pebbly beach in Pembrokeshire, Wales, which would have cut through the shrine to the memory of the fictional familiar Dobby.

The submarine copper cables connecting the Republic of Ireland to the UK national grid, following a rather massive outcry, was shifted to avoid the memorial—though in the process could possibly have damaged an archaeological site, an actual Bronze Age tomb with grave goods not fully excavated and conserved.

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one year ago: Waren am Müritz (with synchronoptica)

two years ago: social media platform formerly known as Twitter suing advertisers for leaving, assorted links worth the revisit plus more isometric renderings

three years ago: non-traditional anniversary gifts plus assorted links to revisit

four years ago: the Treaty of Verdun (843) plus more links to enjoy 

five years ago: the opening of the Louvre (1793), cartoonist Raoul Servais plus antique recipes for those on restricted diets

six years ago: a public bath in Sweden, Mamie Smith’s Crazy Jazz plus joyful rule-breakers

day one hundred fifty seven

Houthi rebels in Yemeni strike an oil refinery in Saudi Arabia. Netanyahu rejects Trump‘s Board of Peace deal for Gaza on grounds that it makes Israel look weak ahead of national elections and demands full Hamas disarmament. The US president says he has turned away from military action against Tehran and wants to stick with economic pressure—adding that he is only semi-negotiating with Iran. Oil prices swing higher as the Revolutionary Guard insists that their list of terms, including reparations for two wars, the lifting of the US naval blockade, unfreezing of assets, removal of sanctions and withdrawal of American troops from the region, must be met in full before the Strait of Hormuz will be reopened under joint Iranian-Omani control. Not seen in public since the start of the war, the government is preparing to release images of the Supreme Leader.

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one year ago: Markkleeburger See (with synchronoptica)

two years ago: more on teletext pages plus US vice presidents’ day

three years ago: a classic from The Small Faces 

four years ago: a promotional short from Bell Labs plus an homage to the history of film

five years ago: assorted links worth the revisit plus the 1975 Song of the Summer

six years ago: disabling automatic formatting, a coffee table book on tarot, more links to enjoy plus the martyrdom of Edith Stein

day one hundred fifty six

Greenlandic authorities issue stern warnings to a Trump-linked, Texas-based oil company when drilling equipment arrives and is unloaded via tugboats on the semi-autonomous arctic island without permission—or license for petroleum extraction with Nuuk having a moratorium on exploration since 2021 for environmental concerns and the site borders on a protected wetland. Scheduled to begin drilling according to the company in October, claiming there are a trillion barrels in the reservoir and ostensibly a path to lowering gas prices just before the midterms and a casus belli for annexation should Greenland refuse allowing kit to be put in place.

The US president responds to the situation with a dumb but very menacing AI generated image. The Revolutionary Guard announces that the exclusively Iranian-Omani deal to reopen the Strait of Hormuz is indefinitely postponed due to American interference and not honouring terms of their negotiations unless America corrects its behaviour, despite major concessions already granted—with extra disdain for Trump trying to insert himself into the talks that the US administration had nothing to do part in.

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one year ago: Ringo Starr for president (with synchronoptica) plus assorted links to revisit

two years ago: Laverne and Shirley billing 

three years ago: the alien artwork of Karla Knight 

four years ago: Nixon resigns plus more links to enjoy

five years ago: your daily demon plus an MST3K classic

six years ago: a cosmic running soundtrack,  Xanadu (1980) plus LEGO computer consoles

day one-hundred fifty-five (13. 696)

Türkiye enters a defence pact with Saudi Arabia and Pakistan, saying the alliance does not contradict its commitment to NATO. Small municipal water utilities across the US experience cyber attacks on their equipment, with authorities suspecting Iranian hackers though Trump dismisses the assessment—instead blaming the incompetence of political opponents like Wisconsin governor Tim Walz. America promises to lift the blockade of Iranian ports without conditions once Tehran and Muscat finalise negotiations to reopen the Strait of Hormuz.

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Web Curios directs our attention to an engrossing tool that explores planar percussion, allowing one to experiment with different drums and hear and explore the sonic output in great detail. With Eigendrum (see also) can also outline their own drum and listen to the acoustics, no matter how implausible, with visualisations of the reverb and fade and mallet. The intersection of maths and music, the sound of a standing wave across a bounded surface is −∇²u = λu, u being the edge where it zeroes out and lambda wave length. Most planes however are eigenvalues and do not follow the formula and must be solved numerically, scaled by inputs—in the case of one’s own creations. Bang a gong and do let us know what you discover.

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one year ago: the Milgram experiments (with synchronoptica) plus assorted links to enjoy 

two years ago: retroactive statehood for Ohio 

three years ago: an atlas of the internet, then and now 

four years ago: Come on Eileen 

five years ago: St Donatus, letters from space, dazzle camouflage for cars, mysterious emojis plus husband-and-wife trees

six years ago: getting rid of the rum-ration plus wine windows