GBU-43/B MOAB × Quantinuum +11.1% × ITV Reform UK
JAEV, Content, 15 October 2026
On 15 October 2026, the Wikipedia article on GBU-43/B MOAB was read 453,110 times, 929 times more than a week earlier. Quantinuum rose 11.1 % on the Nasdaq. On Bluesky, "ITV investigates Reform UK councillors" was among the trending topics. This work takes its title from them. Its image is made from this text.
The day's attention
The work was made on 16 October 2026 from three measures of attention. The Wikipedia figures are for 15 October 2026; the Bluesky topic was trending when the work was made.
Wikipedia: GBU-43/B MOAB
On 15 October, the English Wikipedia article on GBU-43/B MOAB, described by Wikipedia as “American large-yield bomb”, was read 453,110 times, the 4th most read article on English Wikipedia that day. A week earlier it was read 488 times. Over the last thirty days its readership peaked on 15 October, with 453,110 readers. The article exists in 41 language editions of Wikipedia.
| German | GBU-43/B Massive Ordnance Air Blast | 26,230 |
| French | Massive Ordnance Air Blast Bomb | 9,622 |
| Italian | GBU-43 Massive Ordnance Air Blast bomb | 9,461 |
| Russian | GBU-43/B Massive Ordnance Air Blast | 6,434 |
| Polish | GBU-43/B MOAB | 5,694 |
| Japanese | GBU-43/B MOAB | 5,054 |
| Spanish | GBU-43/B Massive Ordnance Air Blast | 3,559 |
| Arabic | جي بي يو-43/بي | 3,179 |
Nasdaq: Quantinuum
Quantinuum (QNT) rose 11.1 % on 15 October, from $33.03 to $36.68 a share. Among Nasdaq-listed companies worth more than five billion dollars, it was the largest move of the day. 5,909,673 shares changed hands, and the company is valued at about $8.8 billion.
Bluesky: ITV investigates Reform UK councillors
"ITV investigates Reform UK councillors" was among the trending topics on Bluesky when the work was made, in the category politics, with 1,638 posts, trending since 14 October, 18:04 UTC. ITV Exposure undercover report films Reform UK figures sharing racist and misogynist views
The work
The text at the top of this page was turned into a fingerprint, the SHA-256 hash below. The hash chose one possibility in each part of the work:
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| Shape | circle |
| Edge | pixel |
| Colours | mono |
| Movement | flip |
| Symmetry | mirror |
| Layers | 1 layer |
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Sources: Wikipedia and Wikimedia pageviews; Nasdaq; Bluesky trending topics.
How the works are made
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