Project Isthmus - G+ Community Archive

All Good Things Must Come To An End Hello Investigators, G+ has served as the main platform since the inception of Project Isthmus. With G+ shutting down in less than a month, and given our personal allocation of time "behind the scenes", we wanted to wrap up a handful of items here prior to the shut down. I. Re-cap of accomplishments, and thank yous II. Where to find / how to contact Project Isthmus post G+ closure III. The unreleased "Final Script" of PI I. Re-cap of accomplishments, and thank yous. We will keep this brief - not listing each accomplishment, not catching everyone we really should in the thank-yous. If you take your memory's and mind's back to December 2015, when we founded PI, it was a much different scene in the Investigation than it is today. Back then there was a G+ Community that a handful of people knew about and participated in. There was also a secret Hangouts channel that was very hard to learn about, let alone get into. The founde...

Agent derp's field research, theories, and questions... Operation Essex Andrew Krug Linda B  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4OH40lF8FSE

Not all questions are external... Operation Essex Andrew Krug Linda B  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U6iE7yqnVEQ

Opposite ends of the world... Operation Essex Andrew Krug Linda B  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r35GXvS2zlo

Glyph Theme 5/5: Journeys and Cycles   In this fifth and final “glyph talk” post about glyphs, I will be discussing the glyph themes of Cycles and Journeys. This is not the end of my glyph message discussions. This is the end of my introductory thoughts on the glyphs as a memetic language and some of the prevailing themes I have seen in the messages. To get caught up, you can read the first four glyph posts: https://plus.google.com/+ProjectIsthmus/posts/EnDjgnm987t   Glyph Talk 1/5 – The Senders Glyph Talk 2/5 – Glyph Theme: Togetherness Glyph Talk 3/5 – Glyph Theme: Aggression Versus Safety Glyph Talk 4/5 - Glyph Theme: Chaos Versus Harmony   One of the strongest glyph themes is that of Journeys and Cycles. These themes are expressed as historical statements, temporal facts, physical manifestations, and mental instructions. The most interesting thing about this theme of journeys and cycles is that they appear to be, for the most part, from both the Shapers and the N’zeer. There are so...

I received a response after sharing what Beauregarde Bittner was able to decode from the previous message.  I must say, I'm a little bit paranoid now.  The picture overlay, though it has filters on it, I'm fairly certain it is me. I'm also fairly certain that both Matt Stevenson and Jaime Quinonez were there with me, this was on the Mission Day just after Obsidian Seattle.  I think we may have all been being surveilled that day... probably because of the arrowheads, but maybe that has led to something else.  I'm really not sure what to think. Project Isthmus Operation Essex  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kmmZZ46ZCuU

I'm a bit... concerned. I received a communication this morning with a video clip. I uploaded it so I could share it.  I think it came from someone I met at Obsidian Seattle, though I'm not 100% positive.  I'm not a codebreaker really, so, any help would be appreciated? Project Isthmus Matt Stevenson Operation Essex  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cc2jwgkalYU

You’re walking down a path and come to a fork in the road. After careful consideration, you take the left path. Further down this path is another fork. You think about the information you have and take the right path and, happy in your decision, believe you know the way, but then...the road splits again. This happens again and again. The more you walk, the more you make a left or right turn, the more you realize that you are sure you have been here before. Janus, the god of water, archways, the beginning and the end, is the father of Tiberinus Janus is also believed to be before the gods, quite possibly the father of the gods Tiberinus, the god of the river Tiber, is the father of Agrippa and the grandfather of Remus and Romulus. Tiberinus is said to be the 9th king of Alba and a descendant of the Trojan Prince, and Roman hero, Aeneas. Remus and Romulus as said to be the founders of Rome which sits on the river Tiber. Romulus founded a cult based around Tiberinus. Cybele is called magn...

Project Isthmus Investigator Agent derp Posts The Acolyte's Artifact Speech From Vienna I'd like to thank fellow Project Isthmus founder M. K. for taking this video of the Acolyte, Nicole Kraler, and myself. We are happy to be able to provide this to the Niantic Project & Operation Essex Investigators, and the broader Ingress community as well. Edgar Allan Wright H. Richard Loeb flint dille Hank Johnson Stein Lightman Oliver Lynton-Wolfe Luma Viride Andrew Krug Linda B  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m6jCeKqraUs

Glyph Talk 4/5 - Glyph Theme: Chaos Versus Harmony   In this fourth post about glyphs, I will be discussing the Glyph Themes of Chaos and Harmony. To get caught up, you can read the first three glyph posts: https://plus.google.com/+ProjectIsthmus/posts/EnDjgnm987t   Glyph Talk 1/5 – The Senders Glyph Talk 2/5 – Glyph Theme: Togetherness Glyph Talk 3/5 – Glyph Theme: Aggression Versus Safety   As before, the glyphs are a memetic language imparting concepts to influence the human mind. There appears to be two themes in conflict with each other: Harmony/Peace and Chaos. It is clear that the concept of Harmony/Peace comes from the Shapers side of the equation. It is not clear what the word “Chaos” is referring to, though it seems to both a N’zeer warning against the Shapers and a Shaper warning against the N’zeer. Between the two concepts, Harmony is a simple one (if hard to get to) while Chaos is complex and means too many different things based on context.   The concept of Harmony/Peace ...

Project Isthmus Announces New/Official PI Logo! Everyone, the Project Isthmus team is proud to announce our new & official logo today!  There was a fair amount of collaboration that went into creating this, allow us to share with you some of the thoughts and dialogue associated with that effort: "We designed this logo to look like a glyph because just like glyphs get messages to agents - we are, in essence, working to get our message to the fans and members of Project Isthmus, as well as the broader Operation Essex , and even broader still Ingress communities. An isthmus is a narrow strip of land with water on either side that links two larger pieces of land, which is why we chose to have two larger triangles connected by a single line. As most isthmus are not straight, the line itself isn't straight - you might believe it is a bit complex ... As for the color choices, it was our intention to represent not just the individual factions, but also how they connect and blend....

Glyph Talk 3/5 - Glyph Theme: Aggression Versus Safety   In this third post about glyphs, I will be discussing the Glyph Themes of Aggression and Safety. To get caught up, you can read the first two glyph posts: https://plus.google.com/+ProjectIsthmus/posts/EnDjgnm987t   Glyph Talk 1/5 – The Senders Glyph Talk 2/5 - Glyph Theme: Togetherness   As before, the glyphs are a memetic language imparting concepts to influence the human mind. There appears to be two prevalent themes: Aggression which appears to be primarily from the N’zeer side and Safety which appears to be primarily from the Shapers.   The Aggressive stance links into the previously discussed Togetherness theme. The following are N’zeer influenced: ==>Attack Shaper Evolution ==>Gain Portal Attack Weakness ==>Attack Weak/Complex Shaper Lie ==>Forget Conflict Accept War   In these, the glyphs advocate aggression. To fight against something—the Shapers and their influence. Their whole ideology is an aggressive one. ...

"You see the waves.  I see the water." The Acolyte has used this phrase many times for as long as she's been in the public eye... What does it mean? Here are three different shells, one given to Nicole Kraler, one to Matt Stevenson, and one to myself.  Their journey will be quick, but our journey with the shield of Obsidius appears to be just starting... Is there significance to the shells themselves? We know Martin Zehetmayer made a post on Operation Essex about one he too received.  A good discussion has been started here: https://plus.google.com/+MartinZehetmayer/posts/6FftTXyJE8g Acolyte photo credit: NCC1701R  Edgar Allan Wright H. Richard Loeb Operation Essex flint dille Hank Johnson Andrew Krug Linda B 

Thoughts on meeting the Acolyte As I saw Matt Stevenson open the box from Susanna Moyer, I knew from my recent meeting with flint dille during GORUCK  that we had a difficult path ahead of us.  Many investigators thought hard about the choice and after delivering the artifacts to The Acolyte. After receiving the artifacts, she said "we can now ignite the Obsidian Shield to protect us from the N'zeer."  I grew confident that we had made the right choice.  Shaper/N'zeer conflict benefits no one.  With the artifacts in her hand, I felt like I could rest easy. But there was no rest that day.  The Acolyte of Roland Jarvis said that now it's up to us!  It is up to us to prevail, and win, and fight.  A tall order, but the work of Ingress agents is never done.  The next step is approaching, and may hit close to home. Photo credit to NCC1701R  Edgar Allan Wright H. Richard Loeb Operation Essex flint dille Hank Johnson Andrew Krug Linda B 

The Enlightened Team Analysis Of The Obsidian Artifacts As most of you know, the Artifacts were won as part of an Ingress  challenge that started with Susanna Moyer. As such, in order for our global Enlightened team to make the best decision when presented with such a tough choice, we needed to analyze it. Special thanks to Andrea Marcolini GreyWagtail ENL Agent absolute 119966 and others for help with the analysis. Now that we have been allowed to reveal the complete Artifact images, let us show you our interpretation of them. This is the second of a two part series we are releasing today. ~Agent derp Edgar Allan Wright H. Richard Loeb Operation Essex flint dille Hank Johnson Andrew Krug Linda B 

Full Obsidian Artifacts Image Release Project Isthmus is happy to present the full images of the Obsidian Artifacts. These were photos taken that were originally sent to the Acolyte and corresponded about with Luma Viride  This is the first of a two part series we are releasing today. ~Agent derp Edgar Allan Wright H. Richard Loeb Operation Essex flint dille Hank Johnson Andrew Krug  Linda B 

One More Artifact Image We said no more images UNTIL Vienna... Well, that time is upon us! Operation Essex​ H. Richard Loeb​ Edgar Allan Wright​ Hank Johnson​ Luma Viride​ Andrew Krug​ Linda B​ Archit Bhargava​

Resistance On Point Special thanks to Vicki Ellen , Aze Bugy , and Mustafa Said  Project Isthmus respectfully asks you do not share our subtitles to subtitle sharing pages/lists/apps. ;-) Operation Essex Andrew Krug Linda B  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ky1biE39m-Y

Glyph Talk 2/5 - Glyph Theme: Togetherness In this second post about glyphs, I’m going to begin to look at some of the particular conceptual themes that keep appearing in the glyph messages. To understand where I am coming from, read Glyph Talk 1/5 – The Senders. https://plus.google.com/+JenniferBrozek/posts/YncHb9HDdaK   Glyphs are a memetic language imparting concepts to influence the human mind. One of these concepts is of togetherness or becoming part of the whole. This occurs in glyph messages from both sides of the line. Group think and group action is important to both the Shapers and the N’zeer.   For the Shapers, it appears to be about equality, perfection, and harmony.   For the N’zeer, it appears to be about safety and strength.   For both, it is about being part of the whole. Group think is important. Granted, glyphs are a limited way to get your message across and there are specific differences:   Together Discover Harmony Equality   Versus   Live Inside XM Lose Self   Sha...

Our Agent and the Acolyte   Looking forward to executing our delivery plan with the local Enlightened Vienna agent Nicole Kraler and the Acolyte. H. Richard Loeb Edgar Allan Wright Luma Viride Hank Johnson Andrew Krug Linda B