What ’event’ was sketched here ?

This is one of the outcomes of said event:
Boston operator (to Portland operator): “Please cut off your battery [power source] entirely for fifteen minutes.”
Portland operator: “Will do so. It is now disconnected.”
Boston: “Mine is disconnected, and we are working with the auroral current. How do you receive my writing?”
Portland: “Better than with our batteries on. - Current comes and goes gradually.”
Boston: “My current is very strong at times, and we can work better without the batteries, as the aurora seems to neutralize and augment our batteries alternately, making current too strong at times for our relay magnets. Suppose we work without batteries while we are affected by this trouble.”
Portland: “Very well. Shall I go ahead with business?”
Boston: “Yes. Go ahead.”"

PS: Please try not Googling the text. That just makes things boring.

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Identify the ‘kit’ in the pic below:

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The ages-old predecessor to this object is probably far more popular than the object itself. Nevertheless, identify the object in the picture.

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Simple question - identify the man and the project.

(Also: Hello peoples! In case any of you noticed, I’ve been missing for a while, but I’m back now :) )

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What it is? Who are “they”? (see below)

And yeah, “they” set it into orbit.

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What is happening here?

Very bad. Very bad.

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What is this guy already camping out for?

Ye gods.

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What is this? Tell us what the XBOX and the controller are dressed up as.

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%gqh% Manish Achuth sends us this question to celebrate something.

What is this? What are we celebrating?

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%gqh% Rogi sent in the exact same question I wanted to ask today. Whoa!

Still pointless after all these miles.. What incident from earlier this week had folks thinking our Computer Overlords were capable of making a mistake?

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