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oschene @oschene.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 2d

Old origami joke -- wasn't all that funny. "Where are the penguin diagrams?"

Wasn't really about Feynman. Or was it?

https://www.quantamagazine.org/origami-patterns-solve-a-major-physics-riddle-20251006/

Origami Patterns Solve a Major Physics Riddle | Quanta Magazine

The amplituhedron, a shape at the heart of particle physics, appears to be deeply connected to the mathematics of paper folding.

www.quantamagazine.org

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oschene @oschene.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 4d

Whenever I see a good article in Wired, it almost always turns out to have come from Quanta:

https://www.quantamagazine.org/quasicrystals-spill-secrets-of-their-formation-20250818/

Quasicrystals Spill Secrets of Their Formation | Quanta Magazine

New studies of the ‘platypus of materials’ help explain how their atoms arrange themselves into orderly, but nonrepeating, patterns.

www.quantamagazine.org

oschene @oschene.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 4d

Saw this film at the Academy of Music today. Highly recommended.

https://missionjoy.org/

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ほりたみゅ // 2025-10-04_MakerFaireTokyo2025 @hyrodium.bsky.social · 4d

変形の様子は以前YouTubeに投稿しました
www.youtube.com/watch?v=lkW4...

Transformable Archimedean Solids, and their making

YouTube video by Yuto Horikawa

www.youtube.com

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oschene @oschene.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 9d

Soup of the evening,
Unusual Soup,
Soup of the evening,
Unusual Soup
https://onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu/webbin/book//lookupid?key=olbp107035

A Book of Unusual Soups, by Mary D. Chambers | The Online Books Page

onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu

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oschene @oschene.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 11d

It did not end well for Fat George.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File%3AProclamation_of_Rebellion%2C_August_23%2C_1775_-_Museum_of_the_American_Revolution_by_Joy_of_Museums.jpg

Proclamation for Suppressing Rebellion and Sedition, 08/23/1775.

oschene @oschene.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 12d

The F.B.I. Considered as a Puffed-up Frog

#aesop #origami

An origami frog on a real lily pad. The frog has been folded from the seal of the Federal Bureau of Investigation.

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oschene @oschene.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 14d

No one speaks of the Goops anymore. Because so many of them are in government, I suppose.

oschene @oschene.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 18d

The Omphalos, an #anamorphic #origami model.

With apologies to the shade of Leonardo da Vinci.

https://clip.place/w/2nigxshYXb4moWM3Bhh9EX

@origami

The Omphalos

An anamorphic origami model, with apologies to the shade of Leonardo da Vinci.

clip.place

oschene @oschene.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 19d

When I hear AI music, I'm often reminded of this interchange in #neuromancer:

‘Listen,’ Case said, ‘that’s an AI, you know? Artificial intelligence. The music it played you, it probably just tapped your banks and cooked up whatever it thought you’d like to –’
‘Babylon,’ broke in the other […]

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oschene @oschene.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 24d

Locust borer (Megacyllene robinae) on goldenrod.

oschene @oschene.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 24d

Cartoon panel from Peanuts, early 60s. Violet and Patty berate Charlie Brown: Cad! Villain! Snoop! Spy! Fifth columnist!

oschene @oschene.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 26d

Sow's Thistle, I think.

oschene @oschene.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 26d

The new Medicare and You booklet has no mention of the COVID-19 vaccine.

https://www.medicare.gov/publications/10050-medicare-and-you.pdf

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oschene @oschene.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 28d

Horst-Wessel-Lied does not improve with time.

Reposted by oschene

Nordern @nordern.chaos.social.ap.brid.gy · Sep 5

Day 5 - Iris

Instructions used: https://origami.me/iris/

Strangely brief text instructions, but you can follow thanks to the video. I think this is also the one with the least guided folds. Step 10 "Petal Fold the top layer" felt very unguided.

Also, I think […]

[Original post on chaos.social]

An origami iris flower folded from paper with a reddish pink to blue gradient.

It's laying on its side.

An origami iris flower folded from paper with a reddish pink to blue gradient.

It's standing upright, leaving against a back wall

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oschene @oschene.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · Sep 5

Stella ranae Toletanae or frog-base Toledo star. #origami @origami

Origami star against a background of leaves and grass.

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oschene @oschene.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · Sep 4

Curved pleats on a cylinder, before and after collapsing. #origami @origami

These are chunks of a sine curve, 54.74 degrees to 125.26 degrees.

Origami model -- a cylinder with curved pleats.

Origami model -- the pleated cylinder collapsed.

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oschene @oschene.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · Sep 4

Violet dances with Snoopy, Charlie Brown watching.

oschene @oschene.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · Sep 3

Noted with pleasure: The Wikipedia entry for The Dictionary of Old English is a modular #origami rhombicosidodecahedron, made of discarded research material.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dictionary_of_Old_English

oschene @oschene.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · Aug 29

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollo_13_%28film%29?wprov=sfla1

Now It Can Be Told : the neoclassical music in Apollo 13 is Jimmy Webb's "All I Know."

Who coincidentally wrote, "The Moon is a Harsh Mistress." (Well, after Heinlein, not before.)

Not in the notes. Opie?

Apollo 13 (film) - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

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oschene @oschene.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · Aug 28

Listening to Neil Young's Ohio, last night, and it occurred to me, that is what's coming next. What happens then?

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oschene @oschene.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · Aug 25

A close reading suggests Lefty never got to Mexico -- indeed, probably never got south of the Ohio. Still needs your prayers.

oschene @oschene.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · Aug 23

The text, like a good 3d barcode, is redundant and can last through centuries without losing meaning.

Put it on stickers and put it around.

The Preamble to the Constitution of the United States of America as a dithered QR code, containing a link to the Gutenberg.org text of the Constitution of the United States of America.

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oschene @oschene.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · Aug 23

It is the lack of surprise which is surprising.

Dithered QR code of Rick Astley, leading to the video of Never Going to Give You Up.

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