Nag on the Lake

Sunday, October 27, 2024

Sunday Links

A map of the Milky Way with the area of Euclid’s first survey marked in yellow. (Image credit: ESA/Euclid/Euclid Consortium/NASA; ESA/Gaia/DPAC; ESA/Planck Collaboration)

The first piece of The Euclid space telescope’s map of the universe is crammed with 14 million galaxies and 100 million sources of light. The mapping project is now 1% done. (image above)

Hemingway, after the hurricane An eyewitness account that the writer, then a resident of Key West, Florida, gave of the catastrophic storm that levelled Upper Matecumbe Key and Lower Matecumbe Key and took the lives of more than 400 people, many of them World War I veterans. (via Miss Cellania)

Spin the 17th-Century Death Roulette Wheel and find out what would have killed you in 1665.

Each fall, across the United States and Canada, around 1500 empty storefronts are taken up by the signature yellow, orange and black signage of Spirit Halloween (and they let you play with things)

View-Master Glasses

Don't take too long to say goodbye next time you're at Dunedin Airport in New Zealand. There’s a time limit on hugs.

The Cabbies’ Shelters Of Old London Today, only thirteen remain.

I’m an Undecided Hobbit I’m feeling awfully torn up, like a tear-and-share cheese bread during Winter Solstice! I simply can’t seem to decide between the Dark Lord determined to return to power and stay there until shadows drown all of Arda, or the Elf Galadriel, who seems to be great and exceedingly normal, but I just wish I knew more about her.

An article on vernacular architecture, a style which includes various construction methods adapted to local climates, materials and cultural practices. This expertise is typically held by local builders and craftsmen.

Drones used to clear ice from overhead wires.

Wild oysters were once so abundant in European oceans that they were a dietary staple for rich and poor people alike. Overfishing and steam-powered dredges put an end to that era. REstoring the European Flat Oyster Reefs (via)

The tiny but luxurious ÖÖD House nearly disappears into nature by mirroring its environs.

Some hotels in Iceland offer an aurora wake-up call service.

Schuylkill Notes At least 139 of these have been discovered in Pennsylvania as of February 2024. They are found folded in product packaging, the pockets of store bought clothes, or packed into plastic bags closed with a string and attached to trees along trails. Read more

What happens to astronauts upon return from a lengthy space mission

A surprising statistic: In the past 40 years, the number of catastrophic injuries sustained by cheerleaders is greater than those sustained by female athletes playing all other high school and college sports combined. (NYT gift link)

Twenty vintage Trick or Treat bags

The rollercoaster king: Before this man created the UK's tallest roller coaster he was a crab feeder at an aquarium.

We want a car that looks like a confused cat. (Miss Cellania)

“I made plans to spend my 30th birthday in a dysentery ward.” A participant in a clinical trial shares his experience. (via)

Whatever happened to the boisterous selection of fruits that, for centuries, were a celebrated part of Italian cuisine and culture? A fruit detective is on the case.

This was 2022, and these living conditions reminded me of conditions experienced by enslaved people in the 1800s. They infringed upon every protection afforded by the U.S. Constitution and on basic human morality. This might be the worst thing happening in Texas right now. (via)