There’s a baby bird in my lavender

Sol 1903: Right Mastcam-Z Camera, acquired at 13:06:51.152 (local mean solar time), image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASU

How it started; how it's going

I can’t be the only one who thinks it’s INSANE that we are simultaneously hosting the World Cup and bombing one of the nations playing in said World Cup.

Every time I make the typo "grabity" part of me wants to argue that it should have been called that all along.

That moment when you find a whip spider chewing on rainbow candy in the middle of the Amazon... Heterophrynus batesii, one of the most impressive arachnids in the Amazon area, seems to like feeding on the colorful Hyperphrona gracilis katydids. I see this scene very often on my visits to the region.

For the first time on record, solar generated more electricity than coal across the entire U.S. - despite active federal policy pushing the other direction. Read more at the link below!

Am I being over-sensitive here or does the term “side effects” have an inherent negative connotation and therefore this headline is sci-comm malpractice? The “side effects” are reduced risk of serious cardiac complications and reduced risk of all-cause cardiac events. Benefits. That’s the word.

Because we all just need something cute right now.

World Central Kitchen is en route to Venezuela to provide hot meals for those affected by the devastating twin earthquakes as well as first responders, a vital, life-saving service if you are able and funds allow, you can donate at the link below donate.wck.org/campaign/815...

I'm pleased with this

"Speaking as an early American historian who spent decades immersed in what the founding generation thought about political power — specifically about executive power — this presidency is entirely out of bounds and beyond anything the founding folk could have conceived of." — @jbf1755.bsky.social

next time you hear someone “throws like a girl” this is what you should assume they mean

I had not heard of these star-gazing train trips. 🤩 🔭 www.nytimes.com/2026/05/13/t...

Anything can be a cat toy if you have the right cat attitude. 😼

If you hear any noise that's just me and the boys dressed in rat costumes, with our tails tied together, having a hella rowdy rat king party in your back yard.

Building a puzzle with the cats. I'm live on Twitch, come hang out! www.twitch.tv/hogan698?sr=a

Los Alamos National Laboratory: Scientists Uncover New Insights into Gamma Ray Bursts www.lanl.gov/media/news/0...

Vaccines save lives. This is the FIRST time that ZERO cervical-cancer deaths have been recorded for this age group, and it’s thanks to the introduction of a vaccine against the human papillomavirus (HPV). Yes, you read that correctly. ZERO.

As it’s #PrideCymru today, let’s remember this lovely Twitter exchange from years gone by…

The welding shop is a bike shop this summer. Getting some old bikes in running condition.

A fun SciAnts Game Day! We chatted ink science and played #RealofInk! Thank you @thugshells @paleontologizing.bsky.social @rabbitorfox @FelineFancy @hogan698.bsky.social @actualeducation @keeblersweets.bsky.social for the raids! We passed the love to @ashleefl.bsky.social ! #keymailer #scicomm

Tonight we chatted concussions in birds, flies, and humans along with neuroprotective genetics! Thank you @ashleefl.bsky.social @hogan698.bsky.social @sharkgeek.bsky.social @fischman001 @tehnessa.bsky.social @rhacodactylus.bsky.social @thecraftycub for the raids! We passed the love to @melzii!

Sol 1879: Front Left Hazard Avoidance Camera (Hazcam), imaged at 15:22:23.209 (local mean solar time)

Thank u for the fun Microscopy Monday! We chatted about a new paper discovering a 100mya true insect with clampers! We also chatted so many science rabbit holes! Thank you @hogan698.bsky.social @thugshells @dostuffmakethings.bsky.social for the raids! We passed the love to @raregangster.bsky.social

Thank you for the fun SciAnts Sunday! We played Lego Batman, chatted bats, and even found Sponge Bob! Thank you @hogan698.bsky.social @huginn9129.bsky.social @ninjagloppy.bsky.social for the raids! We passed the love to @billygoatttv.bsky.social !

Shop Shenanigans Saturday. I'm live on Twitch, come hang out! www.twitch.tv/hogan698?sr=a

Thank you for the fun SciAnts News Friday! We chatted box jelly and formacine ant venoms, plus mass spectrometry! Thank you @ineslauradawson.bsky.social @hogan698.bsky.social for the raids! We passed the love to queen miss @shanaleigh.bsky.social !

Built some LEGO on stream today. Cat Cam up while I'm at work, with shenanigans to follow in the morning. www.twitch.tv/hogan698?sr=a

These are the coolest images.

Mercury emissions from U.S. coal plants increased 9% last year. Mercury impairs fetal and childhood brain development. Thank you President Trump. www.nytimes.com/2026/05/11/c... via @hirokotabuchi.bsky.social @irenatfh.bsky.social

A fun Wacom Wednesday! We chatted snail teeth, signaling, and did some science art! Thank you @rhacodactylus.bsky.social @fischman001 @hogan698.bsky.social @epicrealms.bsky.social @blaisebits.bsky.social @shanaleigh.bsky.social for the raids! We passed the love to @midnightsumo.bsky.social !

Same!!! It is fantastic! Books and also art!! Metal sculptures by @hogan698.bsky.social Books by @tkingfisher.com and @restingdinoface.bsky.social and @premeemohamed.com and @saimihanma.bsky.social Art by @martynwarren.bsky.social And more 🥰 Y’all are the best

Artemis II Earthset: a sequence of 59 images captured with the Nikon Z9 #Artemis 🧪🔭

A century ago during the 1920s, America experienced what the historian Merle Curti aptly called a "cult of prosperity," an era that -- just like our own -- conflated "rich and powerful" with "brilliant and wise" I'm a bit fuzzy on the details, but I bet it worked out great for everyone back then.

this morning’s baby frog tour around the tadpolery

MAY • DAY maydaystrong.org 🇺🇸 NO work 🇺🇸 NO school 🇺🇸 NO shopping BEING LOUD TOGETHER— for our loved ones & neighbors! 💖 to celebrate we’re doing #ArtBites with @bitememedusa.bsky.social — because ART IS PROTEST! www.twitch.tv/mellemony 🔥🌈🌤️💙🔥🌈🌤️💙🔥🌈🌤️💙

We played #adorableadventures, chatted pig science, and played more Saros with eclipse science! Thank you @bitgamey.bsky.social @emi_kiko @hogan698.bsky.social @pyrokittytavern.bsky.social @gmrkitty.bsky.social @paleontologizing.bsky.social @onlythomwilltell 1/2

The official date was yesterday, but we're observing World Tapir Day on today's stream! Join us for a discussion of these wonderfully peculiar animals (so skillfully illustrated in the quoted post), and a celebration of their evolutionary history @ twitch.tv/paleontologizing

One of the best I've ever seen! Absolutely eye popping cabinet sized highly UV reactive blue Red Fox Agate from Patagonia. 📷 The Mineral Collective #minerals #geology

Huge thanks to @helenpearson.bsky.social for joining me on Twitch yesterday to talk about her amazing journey in science communication and her new book Beyond Belief - available for preorder now and published tomorrow! The vod is up! www.twitch.tv/videos/27575... #science #stem #scicomm

🧵1/9 Recently released maps are showing “interstellar glaciers” inside the Milky Way. NASA’s SPHEREx mission has created wide IR maps of vast clouds of frozen water, carbon dioxide, and carbon monoxide spread across hundreds of light-years. It’s mind-blowing.🔭🧪⚛️ www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/interst...

I made a smol fren today

Sol 1841: Left Mastcam-Z Camera, imaged at 13:47:41.178 (local mean solar time), image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASU

Chasing sunsets!  Over 70% complete, our ELT is glowing in the sunset light of the Chilean Atacama Desert, surrounded by massive cranes hard at work to get this telescope up and running. 1/2 🔭 🧪 📷 ESO/G. Vecchia