Artemis II is about to return to Earth: Here's how NASA tested their Orion capsule for re-entry before even sending one to space! www.youtube.com/watch?v=UvA21...

If you see this, post a character from Spaced.

Artemis II just set a new record: the furthest any human has ever been from Earth. But how far is that? I made a to-scale diagram of the Earth–Moon system to try to make sense of it. 🧵

Government looking at decoupling electricity and gas prices to bring down bills news.sky.com/story/ed-mil...

It has been discovered that Charles Dickens 'A Tale of Two Cities,' was serialised in a couple of local newspapers. It was the Bicester times It was the Worcester times. 🐢💨

As a bit of a space nerd, it's fun to see Artemis getting people excited about spaceflight again. But what happens after you've launched a satellite, with no astronauts on board to drive it to its new home‽ I visited the European Space Agency to find out. youtu.be/0i1Xz-xiYSU

This image of home just came down from the Artemis II crew. Taken after their translunar injection burn, there are aurorae at top right and lower left, and zodiacal light at lower right. Credit: NASA/Reid Wiseman

Posting your favourite tweets without this in there is a CRIME.

There are now 10 toilets in Space International Space Station: 4 Crew Dragon Docked at ISS: 1 Soyuz Docked at ISS: 1 Tiangong Space Station: 2 Shenzhou Docked at TSS: 1 Artemis II on way around Moon: 1 This will be the first time a toilet has left low earth orbit!

On their way to the moon, but they’ll have to stop at a space service station every 90 mins for a wee and a quick stretch, wondering why, even in the depths of the inky endless firmament, the WH Smith’s are always trying to sell them wetsuits and neck pillows.

April Fool’s Day. A day where you shouldn’t trust anything you read or anything anyone says. So basically the same as every other day then.

It's Trans Day of Visibility, but a shout out to the invisible trans people - the ones who haven't realised, the ones who haven't shared it, and, sadly, the ones for whom it's just too dangerous to be yourself in public. I might not see you, but I know you're out there.

Mocked by birds. 😜

In return for information about the thieves, Crimestoppers are offering a large bounty.

Every sentence brings something new to the madness. Stick it on CEEFAX.

These people have a funny way of saying "Environmentalists have been proved right yet again."

First, the good news. The bathwater has been disposed of.

The Jetsons lied to us

independent.co.uk/news/health/... Yet another reason we should be doing absolutely everything in our power to get people off gas and electrify everything.

It’s funny how specifically LIDL is mentioned. Discount supermarkets and balcony plug-in solar (“Balkonkraftwerk”) – the German export successes that help ordinary people keep money in their pockets.

This is an excellent summary of the US War on Iran current situation. I’m an existentialist and borderline absurdist and even I struggle with the current moment. This summary is just fantastic.

I have a linguistics joke but it gets lost in translation.

I have a black hole joke but I’m not sure you’d get anything out of it

I can't get exercised by what is on bank notes but this is very amusing. Apparently euros feature fictional bridges so they don't offend anyone (and they do, we checked!). So a Dutch town built the bridges that are on the notes and now all euros feature that town. 😂 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eurobri...

Without naming your job, tell me something you say over and over again at work. "...it works fine for me"

Share some of the best eyes in movies. 🎥 👀 🖤 #filmsky 📽

Renewables

Heat pumps are the most efficient heating technology ever invented. They harvest and compress pre existing heat in the air, ground or water and transport it where it is needed. That energy is all around us. It does not have to pass through the Strait of Hormuz or any other geopolitical chokepoint.

Two things kept me going through the long dark night that I spent watching over my dying grandmother. The example of Granny Weatherwax, who provided a much-needed guide in uncertain times, and my battered copy of Going Postal. A man's not dead while his name is still spoken. #GNUTerryPratchett

Renewables

"I'd far rather be happy than right any day." "And are you?" "No. That's where it all falls down, of course."

Your own purrsonal assistant! 😬😺

Donning his new canine decoder, Professor Schwartzman becomes the first human being on Earth to hear what barking dogs are actually saying.

A nice day out! 😺

“I’m sorry ... try the wizard up the road. I just used my last heart and brain.”

There's no big mystery. This wasn't "electoral fraud" or "postal votes" or "family voting" or "sectarianism". Reform's platform is all about shouting at foreigners and Muslims. And a diverse, young, well-educated population told them where to go. It was no deeper than that!😆 25/25

Red Dwarf predicted the Board of Peace.

Criminally funny, but also I'm crying inside Norway comes for the #TechBros www.forbrukerradet.no/breakingfree vimeo.com/1168468796?f...

Unusual bird spotted on our bird feeder...

Feels like the first day of spring...

I hacked car charging to work with my electric bike! www.youtube.com/watch?v=i6Iyu...

If you liked this experiment, I published a full piece today in the same vein: a text that gets 100 years older with every section, from a modern blog post to a medieval chronicle. It's a single story spanning 1000 years of English. See how far you get. www.deadlanguagesociety.com/p/how-far-ba...

Today was take your egg to work day. (or I forgot I'd collected an egg* from coup this morning and found it in my pocket when I got to work) (*actually 2 eggs)

Give this journalist a raise. This cracked me up. www.theguardian.com/sport/2026/f... #Olympics #Journalism

Those who can, do. Those who can't, use genAI.

post a tree you photographed

Mornington Crescent: a rant. Or: how a goofy word game about train stations is the key to how devout causes can ruin people's ability to have a conversation. Stand clear of the closing doors, let's begin. 1/18

What's that you say! It was all just fear pushing by bad faith groups and that trans women pose no threat to cisgender women. www.independent.co.uk/news/science...

Is The Tetris Company going to celebrate what should be "Tetris Month"? In February 2026, the four weeks are lined up perfectly as four lines - which is exactly what a Tetris is! The last time this happened was in 2015, and the next two times will be in 2037 and 2043. #Tetris