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Reflections by Versiq<p>Some forms of fading aren’t disappearance.<br>They’re survival. Stillness mistaken for absence.</p><p>What if beauty never left, only the world stopped returning it?</p><p>A short reflection on being seen, aging, and the quiet power of witnessing yourself:</p><p>👉 <a href="https://www.clickworlddaily.com/2025/05/the-woman-who-grew-old-without-ever.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">clickworlddaily.com/2025/05/th</span><span class="invisible">e-woman-who-grew-old-without-ever.html</span></a></p><p>Image generated with AI for tone and emotional resonance.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Feminism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Feminism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/aging" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>aging</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Invisibility" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Invisibility</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/QuietGrief" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>QuietGrief</span></a></p>
Estelle PlatiniIncest silentiation 🧶
The Krononaut Moon Project 🌑<p><a href="https://me.dm/tags/Cloaking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Cloaking</span></a> <a href="https://me.dm/tags/Device" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Device</span></a> <br><a href="https://me.dm/tags/TheTelegraph" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TheTelegraph</span></a>: '<a href="https://me.dm/tags/Invisibility" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Invisibility</span></a> <a href="https://me.dm/tags/cloak" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>cloak</span></a>' that could hide tanks and troops looks closer to <a href="https://me.dm/tags/reality" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>reality</span></a>. </p><p><a href="https://me.dm/tags/Wikipedia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Wikipedia</span></a>: ❛❛ Developments in <a href="https://me.dm/tags/scientific" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>scientific</span></a> research show that <a href="https://me.dm/tags/realworld" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>realworld</span></a> cloaking <a href="https://me.dm/tags/devices" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>devices</span></a> can obscure <a href="https://me.dm/tags/objects" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>objects</span></a> from at least one <a href="https://me.dm/tags/wavelength" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>wavelength</span></a> of <a href="https://me.dm/tags/EM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EM</span></a> <a href="https://me.dm/tags/emissions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>emissions</span></a>. ❜❜</p><p>🔗 <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pZMyWEWHCTM" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">youtube.com/watch?v=pZMyWEWHCT</span><span class="invisible">M</span></a> 2019 Oct 17<br>🔗 <a href="https://en.Wikipedia.org/wiki/Cloaking_device" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">en.Wikipedia.org/wiki/Cloaking</span><span class="invisible">_device</span></a><br>🎓 h/t <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@Oliviero65" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>Oliviero65</span></a></span> </p><p><a href="https://me.dm/tags/Community" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Community</span></a> <a href="https://me.dm/tags/TimeTravel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TimeTravel</span></a> <a href="https://me.dm/tags/Research" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Research</span></a> <a href="https://me.dm/tags/avoidance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>avoidance</span></a> <a href="https://me.dm/tags/invisibility" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>invisibility</span></a> <a href="https://me.dm/tags/technology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>technology</span></a> <a href="https://me.dm/tags/HarryPotter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HarryPotter</span></a> <a href="https://me.dm/tags/camouflage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>camouflage</span></a> <a href="https://me.dm/tags/Kronodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Kronodon</span></a></p>
The Kid Should See This 🌈🪐✨<p>“A spy presses a suit button and vanishes. A wizard wraps themselves in a cloak and disappears limb by limb. A star pilot’s ship blinks out of existence. <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Invisibility" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Invisibility</span></a> has captured our imagination... but could this fantasy power ever become real?" 🐰🎩 </p><p><a href="https://thekidshouldseethis.com/post/can-scientists-create-real-life-invisibility-cloaks" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">thekidshouldseethis.com/post/c</span><span class="invisible">an-scientists-create-real-life-invisibility-cloaks</span></a></p>
Matt Willemsen<p>This Common Backyard Insect Is Helping Scientists Develop Invisibility Devices<br><a href="https://scitechdaily.com/this-common-backyard-insect-is-helping-scientists-develop-invisibility-devices/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">scitechdaily.com/this-common-b</span><span class="invisible">ackyard-insect-is-helping-scientists-develop-invisibility-devices/</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/insects" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>insects</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/invisibility" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>invisibility</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MaterialsScience" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MaterialsScience</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Nanotechnology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Nanotechnology</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Leafhoppers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Leafhoppers</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Brochosomes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Brochosomes</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/UV" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UV</span></a></p>
IT News<p>Black 4.0 is the New Ultrablack - Vantablack is a special coating material, moreso than a paint. It’s well-known as ... - <a href="https://hackaday.com/2023/10/31/black-4-0-is-the-new-ultrablack/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">hackaday.com/2023/10/31/black-</span><span class="invisible">4-0-is-the-new-ultrablack/</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/currentevents" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>currentevents</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/invisibility" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>invisibility</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/originalart" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>originalart</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/vantablack" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>vantablack</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/featured" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>featured</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/interest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>interest</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/paint" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>paint</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/news" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>news</span></a></p>
Soh Kam Yung<p>Interesting interview with the author of a book on the science of invisibility.</p><p>"Gbur is the author of a new book from Yale University Press, Invisibility: The History and Science of How Not to Be Seen, covering the earliest discoveries in optical physics through to the present, along with how invisibility has been portrayed in science fiction (a longstanding passion for Gbur)"</p><p><a href="https://arstechnica.com/science/2023/07/exploring-the-ingenious-science-and-science-fiction-of-making-things-invisible/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">arstechnica.com/science/2023/0</span><span class="invisible">7/exploring-the-ingenious-science-and-science-fiction-of-making-things-invisible/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mstdn.io/tags/Books" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Books</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.io/tags/Science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Science</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.io/tags/Invisibility" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Invisibility</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.io/tags/Physics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Physics</span></a></p>
Colin Burgess<p>Squee! <span class="h-card"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@drskyskull" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>drskyskull</span></a></span> <a href="https://mastodon.nz/tags/invisibility" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>invisibility</span></a></p>
Mindy Weisberger (she/her)<p>I started playing D&amp;D because of <span class="h-card"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@drskyskull" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>drskyskull</span></a></span>, who is one of the best DMs you'll ever see. In an ironic twist, he's also an expert on the science of how not to be seen, which he explains in his new book! </p><p>If you're a physics or science history nerd, or if you just want to know how invisibility REALLY works, you may want to check it out.</p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/16/books/review/invisibility-gregory-gbur.html" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">nytimes.com/2023/04/16/books/r</span><span class="invisible">eview/invisibility-gregory-gbur.html</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/invisibility" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>invisibility</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/optics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>optics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/physics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>physics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/books" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>books</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/bookstodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>bookstodon</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>science</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SciComm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SciComm</span></a></p>
Magpieblog<p>Rua is still not quite ready to teach his invisibility master class.</p><p><a href="https://mas.to/tags/cats" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>cats</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/CatsOfMastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CatsOfMastodon</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/catsodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>catsodon</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/invisibility" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>invisibility</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/hiding" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>hiding</span></a></p>