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Card 788 of 9832026-09-12 issue

Observed arrival · 2026-09-12

Spoolgnat, where a fly-shaped circuit sorts photographs

spoolgnat.xyz Observed source
Editorial interest 86/100 Selection signal · not a rating of the site

An experimental browser interface uses a reduced Drosophila vision model to classify a local photo spool as keep, shelf, or skip.

Landing page captured for the 2026-09-12 issue.

Field notes

The visible protocol separates image sampling, spike generation, and descending output rather than presenting a black-box classifier. It uses 37 browser cells and three labeled channels—DNa01, DNp09, and MDN—as metaphors for forward, freeze, and reverse movement. The page explicitly excludes OCR, caption interpretation, and full-connectome simulation, while storing overrides and tray position locally. A later broadcast layer is marked as planned rather than connected.

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Editorial observations of this landing page, not a rating.

○OpenPublic substance visible
✦PrettyNotable craft visible
●ProPolished or operationally mature
◎NicheUnusually specific use

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Landing page observed 2026-09-12. The live site may have changed.