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This, a lengthy and thorough read well worth the effort.
In which Lawrence Roberts summarizes - with shortfalls, the current state of Cosmology, and makes suggestions and revisions that he thinks may help us on to a greater (and improved) understanding. One of his postulates suggests that gravity accreting at the end of the visible universe may help to explain the red-shifting we have long attributed to expansion.
There are some very good ideas here, well and simply explained so that someone with almost no experience in what he's discussing can come to a comprehension of what he's suggesting.
Link: The Expanding Awareness Cosmology: A New Vision of the Universe
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I was brought here by the rumour of a witch, trapped in a silvered glass bottle...
This varies from the usual Witch bottle, which are bottles filled with charms, fetishes, etc, usually laid in a foundation or threshold to keep witches out.
Scroll down and you'll see it:
Link: https://www.prm.ox.ac.uk/agu-nsi-bottle-rowan-loops
This was displayed in a different context as part of 7 part exhibition of "Presence and Absence" by Marina Abramović, who's show you can also view on the website. (Link here: https://www.prm.ox.ac.uk/event/marina-abramovic-pitt-rivers-museum)
I rather love these museums, that bring together objects of great antiquity and curiosity, little totems and trinkets who's ideas and associations far transcend the sum of their parts, and the varied and visually dense arrangement and curation.
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A fun little website that converts finger taps/keyboard strokes into sound and light. Like a pocket synthesizer. I'll let you play with it and figure it out...
Link: Patatap.com
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Probably you heard about Saudi Arabia's plan for the "Line" - a "revolutionary" living/commercial/city that will when completed extend some hundreds of miles across the desert. Critics have denounced it for the displacement of indigenous peoples along the route, and various other things.
If you're not familiar you should take in their "vision" here: https://www.neom.com/en-us/regions/theline
It looks impressive. I was pretty skeptical, though, still am, I mean - anyone remember the hype about all the "World Islands" built in Dubai? Here's a refresher: The World Islands - hint, most are already eroded and under water.
Now, news that so far "The Line" Project has cost 21, 000 lives - mostly Nepali, Indian and Bangladeshi - with another 100, 000 missing. 100, 000 people missing. One Hundred Thousand.
Anyways, while it will be built, I'm reasonably certain that it won't take even a hundred years for it to be revealed as the colossal folly it is. A place for the new goatherds and survivors of the new stone age to take refuge from the heat, and wonder what in the hell we were thinking...
Link: https://www.archpaper.com/2024/10/documentary-reveals-21000-workers-killed-saudi-vision-2030-neom/
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Link: 0xbeef.co.uk/random
Description: From when the internet used to be an interesting place. Randomly generated links to obscure and forgotten content. Kill some time and remember the potential the internet used to be, not the corporate hellscape it's become.
And this, their other project, seems somewhat curious: Alchemy, the infinite crafting game. Given the 4 basic elements, how many things can you make?
Link: https://allchemy.io/