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jin guangyao, hang in there

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(follows from @ratheralark, Eglantine on AO3) (icon by @shuangdaozhang)
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tagged by @cryptidafter and @takonxmz

Last Song I listened to: Surround You by WILD, apparently-- i'm listening to my daylist lol

Currently Watching: just binged the latest series of Glow Up

Sweet/Savoury/Spicy?: sweet sweet sweet

Relationship Status: well i'll have had my dog for two years next month

Current Obsession: very into Dungeon Meshi. also my various ttrpgs, as ever

i'll tag @wei--wuxian, @inappropriatewenning, and @littleappleandfriends

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disir-ex-machina

"Because of the geomagnetically induced current from the electromagnetic field, telegraph systems all over Europe and North America failed, in some cases giving their operators electric shocks. Telegraph pylons threw sparks. Some operators were able to continue to send and receive messages despite having disconnected their power supplies. The following conversation occurred between two operators of the American telegraph line between Boston, Massachusetts, and Portland, Maine, on the night of 2 September 1859 and reported in the Boston Evening Traveler:

Boston operator (to Portland operator): "Please cut off your battery [power source] entirely for fifteen minutes." Portland operator: "Will do so. It is now disconnected." Boston: "Mine is disconnected, and we are working with the auroral current. How do you receive my writing?" Portland: "Better than with our batteries on. – Current comes and goes gradually." Boston: "My current is very strong at times, and we can work better without the batteries, as the aurora seems to neutralize and augment our batteries alternately, making current too strong at times for our relay magnets. Suppose we work without batteries while we are affected by this trouble." Portland: "Very well. Shall I go ahead with business?" Boston: "Yes. Go ahead."

The conversation was carried on for around two hours using no battery power at all and working solely with the current induced by the aurora, the first time on record that more than a word or two was transmitted in such manner.

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Carrington Event - Wikipedia
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Sept. 2, 1859: Telegraphs Run on Electric Air in Crazy Magnetic Storm
1859: A magnetic explosion on the sun causes bright auroras on Earth and upends the the fledgling telegraph network. On Sept. 2, 1859, at th
WIRED

the Wired article is a good article on that specific event, but also sometimes, humanity, you're great. "if we turn the batteries off it works fine. well fuck it. why not"

#this. is the plot of little mushroom.
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