Tosny Digest 52: Credit Card Windows

Sep 30, 2025

🐶 What did I do?

“The obscure we see eventually. The completely obvious, it seems, takes longer.“

🗨️ Edward R. Murrow

Adjective: Given to using long words; characterized by long, multisyllabic expressions.
“Her sesquipedalian speech left many in the audience impressed, but others reaching for their dictionaries.”

Thousands protest in Madagascar, government dissolved amid grievances
In Madagascar, youth-led protests over power and water outages escalated, resulting in at least 22 deaths and over 100 injuries. President Andry Rajoelina dismissed the government (Prime Minister Christian Ntsay and cabinet) and is operating in an interim mode while new leadership is arranged.
Hedge funds log biggest weekly sell-off in over 5 months in Asian emerging markets
According to Goldman Sachs, profit-taking in tech stocks and market uncertainties before major regional holidays led to a significant pullback in emerging Asia equities, especially in China, India, and Taiwan.
Minor eruptions at India’s only active volcano, Barren Island
In the Andaman Sea, Barren Island has shown renewed volcanic activity with small eruptions observed. It is the only active volcano in India.

This tiny remote island lies more than 1,000 km from any other land in all directions.
It has a raised rim of reef around a central lagoon that sits about 1 m below sea level, and there is almost no light pollution, so at night the stars are particularly vivid.

Credit-card thin windows could revolutionize the way buildings are designed. I have to see this to believe it.
The word syzygy refers to the alignment of three celestial bodies (for example, the Earth, Sun, and Moon) in a straight line.
Alpyn - a rare heraldic creature, stocky with a knotted tail and often depicted with dragon or eagle talons in its fore‐legs.