Tsuba made of iron with a crayfish in high relief; gold details. (1916) by Georg Oeder, from Japanische Stichblätter und Schwertzieraten.

Source: Boston Public Library / Internet Archive

https://pdimagearchive.org/images/b9a78ba2-0a87-45de-b2ff-d201df8bb905

#lobsters #japan #samurai #swords #metalwork #design #circular #tsubas #art #publicdomain

Illustration by Edward J. Woolsey, from Specimens of Fancy Turning (1869).

Source: Philadelphia Museum of Art

https://pdimagearchive.org/images/74a47e2a-d487-4050-8977-a190f1345fdd

#woodwork #craftmanship #ornament #circular #geometry #pattern #art #publicdomain

New recycling tech recovers nearly pure nickel and cobalt from old EV batteries

Researchers have developed an eco-friendly recycling tech that extracts 99 percent pure nickel and cobalt from waste batteries.

Interesting Engineering

#circular : in the form of, or bounded by, a circle

- French: circulaire

- German: kreisförmig, rund

- Italian: circolare

- Portuguese: circular

- Spanish: circular

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2 Bloomberg: Today, #Oracle and many other #artificialintelligence companies are facing a wave of skepticism due to heavy #capital #expenditures and the #circular nature of some arrangements. 🧵
FREITAG Turns Truck Tarp Offcuts Into Collectible Bag Charms

FREITAG’s Lucky Trucking Charms turn truck tarp scraps into one-of-a-kind bag accessories – blending the charm craze with circular design.

Design Milk

The last time I read an article like this it was entitled “Is Enron Overpriced?” in Fortune magazine.

“Vibe Earnings” are just the “Mark to market accounting” of the 2020’s.

https://substack.com/inbox/post/179453867

#ai #artificialintelligence #slop #circular #financing #enron #fraud

The Algorithm That Detected a $610 Billion Fraud: How Machine Intelligence Exposed the AI Industry’s Circular Financing Scheme

On November 20, 2025, trading algorithms identified what may become the largest accounting fraud in technology history—not in months or years, but in 18 hours.