I pulled up a single clip from CATS (1998) to show a friend Mr. Mistoffelees's energy (hi @iknowadamseats.bsky.social) and now every other recommended video is something related to CATS, particularly skewed towards The Rum Tum Tugger. ... anyway. Can't wait to see Jellicle Ball later this month!

As @springernature.com continues to employ tired and costly union-busting tactics, we just wanted to say we’re so grateful to all the subscribers, scientists and journalists who’ve reached out and said they’ll stand with us as we fight to ensure @sciam.bsky.social lasts another 180 years. Thank you!

It feels so loud that the Tonys went with just three Best Revival nominations rather than give the fourth spot to Chess. Like, I love the show and I don’t even think it deserved to win, but not even NOMINATED? (So glad Nicholas Christopher got a nom though, he performs the hell out of Anatoly.)

The only way I can describe one of the characters in the shown I saw tonight is what if Alan Wake and Johnny Silverhand merged and got caught in a Phantom of the Opera/Vampire Lestat crossover fanfic. Just. The wettest cat of a rock star in over his head due to powers beyond his control.

This is probably almost as repeated as the example, but: Harrison Ford had dysentery while filming Raiders of the Lost Ark, so he asked if he could just shoot the swordsman instead of doing the planned elaborate fight choreography. Spielberg thought it was hilarious and said yes.

I’m not strong enough to do this again. Why is it always Pluto!

Today is Earth Day. Two weeks ago, humans saw the Earth from the moon for the first time in 54 years. I wanted to know what historians were thinking about the moment, and the images we all loved so much. 🧪 🌍

The rink was playing Simple and Clean during my first lesson of this semester and I am taking that as a blessing on my ice skating antics.

I think my most insufferable party trick is being able to do Not Getting Married Today at the drop of a hat. In hindsight, it is a minor miracle I did not inflict this party trick on my sister last weekend.

wrote about unc, and the way that the internet works as an accelerator of cultural appropriation aftermath.site/unc-aave-afr...

Editing this @sciam.bsky.social piece brought the six-year-old Pokémon trainer in me. Thanks @whysharksmatter.bsky.social for the nostalgia trip (and for allowing me to flex my Pokémon knowledge)! www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-...

Hello, Bluesky! We, the staff of Scientific American, are pleased to announce we have formed a union with @wgaeast.bsky.social. Just as mitochondria are the powerhouse of the cell, we are the powerhouse of the publication, and we’re excited to have a new way to contribute to its success.

LRP: I literally made the quip “I’m not a Christian, but I did play one in a model UN crisis committee,” so I cosign that this is 100% MUN. (I was in a College of Cardinals crisis committee. When I told the chair on the last day I was Jewish he looked like I’d slapped him, he was so shocked.)

"this is a simulation" "this is a sitcom" wrong. this is model UN

I have been singing this song all week, and no one else remembers the song so I have been feeling very alone in this endeavor.

Good morning! All day today my colleagues and I will be on STRIKE. You can help us send a message! Please do not visit ProPublica's website and tell management to give us a fair contract so we can get back to work: actionnetwork.org/petitions/te...

I have no good words for today, but my cat is incredibly cute and we all find reasons and ways to keep going.

Chess is one of my favorite weird musicals and the current Broadway version leans HARD into the specter of nuclear war (it has always been a Cold War musical but this staging takes it to the next level). This is from the Chess in Concert version but STILL HITS.

Every now and then I remember that Elsie Bray’s voice actor was also the referee on Nickelodeon Guts and take just a little bit of psychic damage.

Just in case folks miss this due to the block

I know I’m doing great because this made me cry??

Mission control is full of nerds because capcom just responded “Amaze amaze amaze” to I believe Wiseman talking about a photo he took of the moon in one window amd the Earth in the other, and I love that so much.

To add on to this: this is Jeremy Hansen’s first spaceflight. You are never too old to do new things. Never.

MASSIVE. F-ING. NERDS. Every single person that works at NASA - especially the Astronauts. I love them.

Jason Brown just posted a photo of Ilia Malinin in a Naruto cosplay at tonight’s Stars on Ice in Japan and the yelp I emitted…! My guy really did a Naruto program I’m CRYING, that’s so funny. Stars on Ice lets skaters just be silly and have fun and that’s why I love it.

Artemis and the Artemis II mission! I can’t stop thinking about the Artemis plushie watching over the launch of the Orion hahaha #art #sailormoon #artemisII

Ch. 7: The Summit of Celeste. Really any level of Celeste, but The Summit comes together in such a satisfying way and it is a joy to play. And then, yeah, throw another Titanfall 2’s Effect and Cause onto the pile. (Honorable mention to D2‘s Last Wish and Deep Stone Crypt raids, if they count.)

I had to draw this cause it makes me very weepy 💖 #sailormoon #artemisii #fanart

U of Minnesota has named a new School of Nursing scholarship after Alex Pretti.

ARTEMIS FROM SAILOR MOON WAS AT THE ARTEMIS 2 LAUNCH AND IM VERY EMOTIONAL ABOUT IT www.reddit.com/media?url=ht...

Did Victor Glover attend Cal Poly on a wrestling scholarship & later play on the football team? Yup. Was he a prime agitator in forcing the administration to create a DEI plan of action? Yup. Was he part of a group of men selected to inform students about rape & sexual assault? YESSIR

I kind of suspect that the biggest return we get from NASA isn't even the science, but rather the sense of wonder and the broader perspective that space exploration it instills

I went back to capture what the astronauts said in full when the clock was stopped at T-10 minutes and they were asked if they were go for launch: This is Victor. We are going for our families. This is Christina. We are going for our teammates. This is Jeremy. We are going for all humanity.

Astronaut Jeremy Hansen is taking Indigenous culture past the Moon: his mission patch was designed by Henry Guimond, an Anishinaabe artist, incorporating one Indigenous perspective about the seven sacred laws, which are represented by animals. 🧪 #ArtemisII

YOU’RE ALL WELCOME LMAO

I decided to go home instead of stay at the office so if this thing launches at exactly 6:24 PM ET or really any time in the first 30 minutes of its window, you’re welcome.

A whole team of us at @sciam.bsky.social will be watching the Artemis II launch—NASA's first crewed mission to the moon in more than 50 years! Follow along for updates and in-depth coverage here: www.scientificamerican.com/report/nasa-...

🚀 🌔 NASA is planning to launch Artemis II to the moon in just seven hours! Here's your quick guide to the mission--read more at www.scientificamerican.com/report/nasa-...

It is a little surreal to me how… little awareness/attention Artemis II seems to be getting. No value judgment on that, there is SO much else going on and this one thing can seem less vitally important than… everything going on… but. We’re potentially seeing the launch of humans to the moon’s orbit!

Hey all, we still have a limited number of these charming stickers left over from our last Romancing the Vote. In honor of SCOTUS fuckery on today, the Trans Day of Visibility, we'd like to offer you the chance to get one. (Thread continues.)

if you want to know the history of this kind of policy, I made a podcast two years ago that explained why these tests make no sense, how they were already used and eventually abandoned by the IOC in the 80's and 90's, and the devastating impacts they have on real athletes: www.tested-podcast.com

I will say, today is one of those days where I am deeply grateful to no longer work where I did, because on days like today the hypocrisy and complicity of my former workplace in the name of “well it makes us so much money” would be impossible to bear. Mercifully, it is no longer my burden.

The things about Harry Potter, folks, is that for many Millennials (myself included) it *is* nostalgic. It *is* an important part of our coming of age. And it is essential not to support it in any way because the author is dedicating her substantial wealth to destroying trans lives.

For no reason at all, what about sharing some trans friendly MG/YA books for #TransRightsReadathon, hmm? Or for any time of the year, really! - Splinter & Ash, by Marieke Nijkamp; - The Prince and the Dressmaker, by Jen Wang; - Scarlet Morning, by N.D. Stevenson; - This Is Our Rainbow (anthology);

… so THAT’S why our flight into LaGuardia was cancelled overnight, I see, I see, cool cool cool. Remember before Trump, when air travel wasn’t regularly having crisis after crisis? www.nytimes.com/live/2026/03...

Out of necessity I used a men’s 2-in-1 as my conditioner tonight and I regret to say that my hair looks amazing.

I see a lot of people in threads like this one saying “well this is on the Israeli government for deliberately conflating Israel and Jews” and I hate to tell you, but if you’re being antisemitic because the Israeli government told you to then you are also a SUCKER

“Why are there so many Jewish comedians, don’t you think that’s WEIRD and disproportionate?” Humor is a coping mechanism and being the funny person could keep you alive. It endears you to others who could keep you alive. And just—with our history, you HAVE to laugh about it to keep from despair.

Y’all…I just…the growing antisemitism on the left and the acceptance of it. The way people shrugged and ignored the synagogue attack. The way people made excuses. The endless Platner shit. The way y’all warp and defend Jew hate. The way you don’t even see yourselves doing it. It’s eating me alive.