Tosny Digest 62: Freedom Leads to Freedom
🐋 Welcome. 🐨 Here are the things that I have done or discovered
🐶 What did I do?
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🙊 What the Quote?
The function of freedom is to free someone else.
🗨️ Toni Morrison
While Morrison is a celebrated Nobel laureate, this specific, powerful call to action is less cited than her more lyrical passages about memory and identity.
🙋 What is… Jentacular?
Definition: (adjective) Of or pertaining to breakfast.
His jentacular routine was sacrosanct, consisting of black coffee and a single piece of dry toast, consumed in absolute silence.
📰 Pieces of News
Ireland Launches National AI Strategy
The Irish government has launched its first-ever National Artificial Intelligence Strategy, focusing on using AI to enhance public services, drive business adoption, and establish a robust regulatory and ethical framework.Ancient Roman Winery Found in Switzerland
Archaeologists in Basel have uncovered the remains of a large-scale Roman winery, complete with a sophisticated grape press and fermentation tanks. The discovery provides new evidence of sophisticated viticulture north of the Alps in the 2nd century AD.Japan’s JAXA Launches Satellite to Monitor Greenhouse Gases
The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) successfully launched the GOSAT-GW satellite, a new observatory designed to precisely monitor global concentrations of carbon dioxide and methane from orbit.
🗺️ Where in the world is… Silfra?
This is a crack between the North American and Eurasian tectonic plates where you can go snorkelling or diving in crystal-clear, filtered glacial water. The visibility is over 100 meters, and you can literally touch two continents at once.
🕵️ What did I find?
Map Crunch: This site lets you see a random Google Street View location. It’s a fascinating way to virtually explore a random street corner, desert highway, or remote village somewhere on the planet.
Scale of the Universe: An interactive animation that lets you scroll from the smallest conceivable quantum foam (the Planck length) all the way out to the observable universe, scaling past quarks, atoms, humans, planets, galaxies, and beyond.