On a less cheerful (and maybe more honest) note - I’m so ready for this to be done with. Heart issues are not fun. Not knowing what caused the issue is not fun. The nagging feeling of something possibly happening is not fun. Heart meds are not fun (one of them turned some of my hair red?)

Yay after 9 months of waiting I’ve finally done my heart MRI this morning. Grateful for the care I’ve received from the cardiac team at St. Paul’s hospital (which has some of the best cardiac doctors in the world). The MRI is the last hurdle for me. An extra happy Canada Day for me 🇨🇦

Yay my mom is home after 9 days in the hospital. And she doesn’t have any of the things I convinced myself she had. And she feels good and isn’t stuck in a bed. And I can see her and be close to her. And we are all happy.

IRAS 18090+0130 Image date: 24 April 2008, 15:00 This system consists of two interacting spiral galaxies. The galaxy to the left displays a dim plume of luminosity that extends to the right in the direction of the second spiral. Both galaxies are partly obscured by dust lanes. The galaxy at cen...

Venus between the trees. Jupiter hidden somewhere below.

💗

Now no discourse, except it be of love

Okay.

See ya

Remember yesterday’s post? Here is the actual timelapse of that spectacular southern aurora, sparked by a recent solar event. Captured by NASA astronaut Jess Meir aboard the International Space Station #NASA #ISS

Yellow and blue, old and new Image date: 29 September 2025, 06:00 Stars of all ages are on display in today’s NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope Picture of the Week. This sparkling spiral galaxy is called NGC 6000 and it is located 102 million light-years away in the constellation Scorpius.  This ...

NGC 695 Image date: 24 April 2008, 15:00 NGC 695 is a peculiar galaxy which looks like a revolving tornado. It is a disturbed spiral galaxy, seen face-on, with loosely wound spiral arms. Knotty star-forming regions are tangled in a mesh of dust and gas. NGC 695 is in an interaction with a small...

This seems pretty judgemental from a horoscope app.

Damn it.

ok water calm down

It’s Flavour of Flavio at our house!

Did I understand Backrooms? No. But I watched it at Cineplex VIP in a squashy chair and had nachos and a fancy mocktail so it was worth it and I’m happy.

Mirra Andreeva is unreal. 19 years old, wins the French Open and it’s her first major title. Fuck yes.

Date night sorted.

Such a bummer for Matteo Arnaldi to have to withdraw from the FO this way. It was sure to be a fun match between him and Flavio. What a way to end it ... and what a strange French Open so far.

In space, no one can hear you scream

Where exactly would you evacuate?

😭

Once in a Blue Moon …

A spiral galaxy in a merger, observed with the Hubble Space Telescope in the GOODS-N-FULLDEPTH survey. It is at redshift 0.41 (lookback time 4.51 billion years) with coordinates (189.17124, 62.16375). 40 volunteers classified this galaxy in Galaxy Zoo: Hubble.

The Moon and Venus.

I spy with my little eye … 🦭

A perfect afternoon on the seawall.

And apparently he’s out and about in vancouver right now for a new project!

I begrudgingly planted these bulbs in October while I was off work on medical leave. Just one of those days you don’t want to get out of bed. Now they’ve bloomed six months later! 🤩

My Queen of Night tulips have bloomed!

Weirdo Shit. Using that.

I am to wait, though waiting so be hell

Astronomers found 87 new faint star streams in the Milky Way’s outskirts using Gaia data and a new algorithm, revealing many were missed before. These streams help map the galaxy’s structure and dark matter, offering clues to its formation

Clean sweep of the three by-elections. 174 seat Liberal majority under Carney.

Carney Liberal Majority Government 🤯

My imaging of our galactic neighbour. From a backyard somewhere in South Vancouver. 🌌

A piercing eye in the sky Image date: 2 August 2010, 10:00 This dramatic image from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope shows the planetary nebula NGC 3918, a brilliant cloud of colourful gas in the constellation of Centaurus, around 4900 light-years from Earth. In the centre of the cloud of ga...

Ridiculously photogenic lad

Somewhere in South Vancouver…

Daily bunny no.3285 made it home safely

And none of this would be possible without science, math, physics - those who teach and those who are willing to learn. So inspiring, it’s enough to make you feel again.

Blasting off from Earth, spending 6 days getting to the moon, historic lunar flyby, going further than any human before, falling back to earth at 40,000 km/h, being busted out of the Integrity vessel, hoisted by helicopter…all the blood, sweat, tears and hard work to get here. Humanity at its best.

This is wild!

Loud cheers from the teams at NASA as all four astronauts finally are able to step out of Integrity. They then get hoisted by helicopter and taken to land. What a day!

amaze amaze amaze 🚀 All four astronauts are safely out of the Integrity vessel!