What I saw on the web on 2024.5.14

[reblogarythm]

1. Why this solar storm was so monumental, and other things to know about the light show
   by Benjamin Shingler
   https://www.cbc.ca/news/science/northern-lights-aurora-borealis-solar-storm-1.7202860
   shared mostly for the nominative determinism
   via rss
   
   
2. What's the Point?
   by Tom Murphy
   https://dothemath.ucsd.edu/2024/05/whats-the-point/
   in case you need a dose of ecological existentialism. and, honestly, who doesn't?
   via rss
   
   
3. Timothy Gowers discussing The Princeton Companion to Mathematics
   by Timothy Gowers talking with some disembodied voice
   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b2bftGgAge0
   sir Tim talking about the very long introduction to mathematics (worth reading!)
   via youtube recommends
   
   
4. 8CD FRIPP SOLO BOX SET
   by Robert Fripp
   https://www.dgmlive.com/news/8cd-fripp-solo-set-music-for-quiet-moments
   i mean, when's the last time i actually played a CD? but it'd be nice for long drives....
   via recollexion