French speakers may react differently to this sign 😳

Randall Monroe is a genius

JFC

Sound advice here

Links to Geology-related Open GIS Data open.substack.com/pub/ikegami/...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Claudette Colvin, whose refusal to move seats on a segregated bus helped spark the civil rights movement, dies at 86.

Armadillo! 😍

Nope. He was *paid* $74.3M. No CEO really earns that kind of money.

When you're about to land but realize it's the US.

Got such a lovely review from the team at @thecandidbookclub.bsky.social for #ATSEA!! Remember, out in May inshallah and you can pre-order here: buythebook.online/at-sea (Also so many other AMAZING books I want to read 🥹🥹🥹🥹🥹 youtu.be/8k3xoMrNafk?...

They’ve finally taken Extraordinary Rendition one step too far www.nasa.gov/blogs/spaces...

Just muted any posts that mention Epstein, because FFS what can I possibly do with any of this? Anything that will actually change anything?

Eg har skrive bok som kjem ut i januar! I Krigens laboratorium utforskar eg vitskapens rolle i våpenutvikling, men også korleis vitskapen kan brukast til å arbeide for nedrusting og fred. Bodskapen min er at vi har eit val når det gjeld korleis vi vil bruke kunnskapen vår: skald.no/b%C3%B8ker/a...

This is one of my favourite space pictures. Crescent Earth, photographed by the crew of Apollo 15.

Aaaaaand 2026 is off to a rip-roaring start, eh?

The US is conducting terrorist operations in Venezuela, and my Google News feed keeps giving me the latest on how much of an asshole Chevy Chase is. Call me crazy, but I think Google is rather missing the big picture here.

The C is now silent

What’s the collective noun for the volcanoes within in a pumice throw of one’s house? 🧪⚒️🌋 View from Karakunidake 韓国岳 of Oonaminoike 大浪池 and Sakurajima, Kirishima, Kyūshū

Deep in rural Japan last night we had a party: three families, three languages (JP, EN, FR), six countries (Japan, Martinique, France, England, Pakistan, South Africa) represented, and a rainbow of colors. Haven’t seen such a cultural mix since the time I lived in NYC. 😍

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Rock and dust samples brought back from the near-Earth asteroid Bennu contain organic matter, including amino acids and all five DNA and RNA nucleobases, according to two papers published in Nature Astronomy and Nature in January. go.nature.com/40SlwfF go.nature.com/3CC6ZLO 🔭 🧪

Anyone Else Here xkcd.com/3188/

It could happen to anyone

I’ve started the year with what is, for me, a viral post! 😍 Perhaps this presages a 2026 full of fabulous success 😃. Or perhaps it’s an omen of another pandemic… 😳

Beautiful day at the beach today

“Get your ass on board!”

A mathematical cookie

I want to send Happy New Year’s greetings to all my friends but I did that a year ago and look where that got us

Truer words were never spoken

My thoughts on 2025 going into 2026

I desperately want to believe her www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

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This seems to be uniquely American failing of late. #USA

💯 www.polygon.com/eat-the-rich...

I fervently hope Kimmel is right www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Magnitude : 5.9 Region: *Taiwan * Time: 2025-12-24 09:47:06 UTC Epicenter : 121.28°E 22.90°N Depth: 10 km *First posted at: 09:53 UTC* https://geofon.gfz.de/eqexplorer/events/gfz2025zczy/general ##GEOFON ##GFZ ##earthquake ##magnitude

Meanwhile, they still have a good sense of humor in Chicago. This place has been around a long time.

Quite

Change? In Japan?!? 笑笑 www.scmp.com/week-asia/li...

Appunto

Yet another reason why I no longer feel British

What's it like, US vs Canada? The US just don't look so good... #USA#Health

Achingly beautiful

Emmy Noether! 🧪🧮⚛️

Earthquake shake in Taipei a few seconds ago. Probably a M~5 not too far away (Hualien again?) 🧪⚒️

🐣 Found: newborn stars and planets #ESAGaia & ALMA joined forces to study 31 baby star systems, finding hints of planets 👉 www.esa.int/ESA_Multimed... The collage also shows our own Solar System for reference on the bottom right, as it is predicted to have looked at an age of 1 million years. 🔭 🧪

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