Fri. 04/02 - When Ships Were Stuck at the Suez Canal for Eight YEARS & a Micronation Was Formed at Sea

It turns out we got lucky with how quickly the Ever Given was freed. The last time the Suez Canal was blocked, it dragged on for eight years and led to the creation of a micro-nation at sea with a separate postal service and even their own Olympic Games. How Finland celebrates Easter with trick-or-treating and Easter Witches. NASA’s InSight lander has observed two strong marsquakes recently, helping us measure the planet’s core, but what are quakes like on a planet without tectonic plates? Sponsors: Gabi Insurance, gabi.com/kottke Ladder, ladderlife.com/kottke Links: The Last Time the Suez Canal Was Blocked a Utopian Communist Micronation Was Formed at Sea (Vice) Suez: The Yellow Fleet trapped by the 1967 Arab-Israeli War (Al Jazeera) Suez Canal Opens, but Shipping Will Be Snarled for Months (Wall Street Journal) Wandering witches welcome Finnish Easter (This Is Finland) NASA's InSight Detects Two Sizable Quakes on Mars (NASA JPL) NASA's Insight spacecraft has recently measured the radius of Mars' core (Syfy) NASA InSight (@NASAInSight) (Twitter) 'Game of Thrones' Play in the Works for Broadway, Will Revive Iconic Characters (Exclusive) (Hollywood Reporter) OMEGA MART — “Grand Opening” (Meow Wolf, YouTube) nonstandard mcdonald's (nonstandard mcdonalds, Twitter) Kottke.Org Jackson Bird on Twitter See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices