Black women calculating orbits, Deaf students with damaged vestibular systems. Fuck, it's like this stuff is so fucking hard we need EVERYBODY. Imagine if we could find a way to let everybody do their best all at the same time? Cheers to the Gallaudet 11. Cheers to us all.

Heyyy, I kinda left my old GoFundMe alone because I felt bad when others are more deserving, but everyone is deserving of help. I have referenced the old one, soooo help by sharing? I still feel bad because of the ongoing economic crisis! I appreciate you all for any help! gofund.me/5fda7199d

That iconic Day2 Wiseman photo of the Earth with the thin crescent glow and visible aurora was taken at 51,200 ISO

More context on this #Artemis II image: * This is the night side, lit by moonlight. You can see city lights in Spain & Portugal, & a sliver of day at lower right * The Sun is entirely behind Earth, which makes it a kind of solar eclipse, but w/ Earth doing the eclipsing instead of the Moon: ☀️🌍🚀🌕

New Blue Marble just dropped

A statement on the IOC's decision to reintroduce mandatory sex testing for women. Please share widely. Alt text follows in the following posts.

As Bluesky collectively realizes Andy Weir sucks, I feel obliged to relink my reviews of all the 2022 Hugo Award for Best Novel nominees, including Project Hail Mary, which I ranked below No Award. www.eruditorumpress.com/blog/seven-t...

This gives me hope that in a thousand years there will still be artists as horny for LotR characters as renaissance artists were for St Sebastian

Some of the small spot illustrations by Eric Fraser that accompanied the Radio Times magazine’s weekly listings for the BBC’s 1981 radio adaptation of Tolkein’s “The Lord Of The Rings”.

art gallery: You finish that painting of Frodo and Gollum? Artist: Sure did boss, real fuckin sexy just like you asked.

Incredibly funny that the president of the United States can do this and retain command of the American Armed Forces, but I said it about a literal Nazi and got fired from a job writing superhero comics.

Just in case the feds are reading, it's Yma o Hyd. No way I could resist after listening to that on loop 😉

My only comment is that this obviously belongs on the tenner, it's a perfect colour match

wait, fuck, this is gorillaz

The French Republican calendar says dydd gŵyl Dewi hapus!

this is the most Queer As In FUCK YOU story I've ever read in a mainstream magazine I'd describe it to you, but that would violate bsky's terms and conditions, so you should just go read it instead

Happy abseiling lesbians day to all who celebrate!!!

Right wing nut jobs: Mamdani is going to impose Sharia law on NYC. Actual Mamdani: please stay warm by reading the free hockey smut available at your local public library.

This raises a question for @nogodsnomayors.com and @postoctobrist.bsky.social: if the Mayor of New York has a sanitation department zip jacket, is he also entitled to wear DSNY dress uniform?

Holy hell, what an obituary

update the thing that's most confusing is "during a flight, cabin crew would take young passengers up to the front of the plane to meet the pilots and look out the front window"

Heated Rivalry (1935)

historically accurate☑️

Did a really fun video with the V&A at their cool storehouse location! WAs such a delight to get to see some of really cool objects up close and chat about art ehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Js3LV1KZ7M

Just got my hands on this beautiful poetry comic by @chrissywilliams.bsky.social and @tomhumberstone.com. It's wonderfully written and illustrated and it's an artifact that cries out to be treasured and studied thanks to the way the art engages with it's printing process.

Watch Lucy Dacus perform the women's suffrage and workers' rights anthem "Bread And Roses" at @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social's NYC mayoral inauguration

You can tell that LotR was written by an academic because Gandalf disappears for like 20 years doing research to answer a single question.

Oh wow, Gandalf is Jesus isn't he? Not quite sure how I didn't realise that before...

It’s Christmas Christmas Christmas Christmas Christmas Christmas Day…. It is Chri hi hi hi hi stmas Day!

Geeeeettttt…. DRESSED, you merry gentlemen, let nothing you dismay! For it is Christmas Christmas Christmas Christmas Christmas Day!

Had more than one person tell me they wanted to hear "a Catholic commentary track for WAKE UP DEAD MAN," and it was a fun excuse to rewatch the movie with my Jesuit friend JRod as we talked about how this thing feels from the perspective of young clerics currently immersed in theology studies.

i made a bot that posts random wikipedia birds if that would help

Dazzle Ships, South Docks, Liverpool Shipping, 1918, by Edward Alexander Wadsworth.