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

<p><strong><em>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?</em></strong></p><p>Sponsors:</p><ul><li>Gabi Insurance, <a href="http://gabi.com/kottke" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">gabi.com/kottke</a></li><li>Ladder, <a href="http://ladderlife.com/kottke" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">ladderlife.com/kottke</a></li></ul><p>Links:</p><ul><li><a href="https://www.vice.com/en/article/akd5zg/the-last-time-the-suez-canal-was-blocked-a-utopian-communist-micronation-was-formed-at-sea" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">The Last Time the Suez Canal Was Blocked a Utopian Communist Micronation Was Formed at Sea</a> (Vice)</li><li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eIoxV0C4NHQ&amp;feature=emb_title" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Suez: The Yellow Fleet trapped by the 1967 Arab-Israeli War</a> (Al Jazeera)</li><li><a href="https://www.wsj.com/articles/suez-canal-opens-but-shipping-will-be-snarled-for-months-11617142994" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Suez Canal Opens, but Shipping Will Be Snarled for Months</a> (Wall Street Journal)</li><li><a href="https://finland.fi/life-society/wandering-witches-welcome-finnish-easter/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Wandering witches welcome Finnish Easter</a> (This Is Finland)</li><li><a href="https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/nasas-insight-detects-two-sizable-quakes-on-mars" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">NASA's InSight Detects Two Sizable Quakes on Mars</a> (NASA JPL)</li><li><a href="https://www.syfy.com/syfywire/nasas-insight-measures-mars-core" rel="noopener