Workers on the Millennium Bridge, by reducing the headroom of the bridge while they work, have triggered an ancient by-law of London requiring that a bale of straw be hung underneath to warn river traffic:
This week, they're placing the fourth block on the Zeitpyramide (literally 'time pyramid') in Bavaria.
Started in 1993, one is placed every ten years and the monument should be entirely finished by October 3183, if you wanted to wait until then to visit.
The data is fixed but you move the borders around, slowly working your way through harder and harder elections / levels.
Would also give you an intuitive understanding of how these things are actually done IRL.
Good: Had a productive writing day.
Bad: Wrote like a whole page explaining the principles behind molecular spectroscopy, then realised that I actually needed to explain *mass* spectrometry, not molecular - which operates on entirely different principles and oh my god I swear t-
I know I'm doing it to myself really, but damn does it sting when you look up a topic you've had in the back pocket for years and see that just recently it's been scooped by someone else.
In Memory of PH Nargeolet
Our hearts are heavy as we mourn the loss of our close friend and colleague, Paul-Henri Nargeolet. Please share any photos, stories or kind words here for PH and his family.
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