Jezero Crater, Mars. Thursday. Composite Perseverance rover Right Mastcam-Z camera images taken Thursday, 18 December 2025 at a local time of just before noon. Colour and brightness adjusted to better match human vision. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASU/Paul Byrne

Fun fact: when Michael Flatley drinks champagne he turns into Michael Bublé.

As someone with chronic illness and chronic pain who _always_ tries to convince myself I dont need emergency care and it _always_ turns out to be emergent, I simply need to say: Always seek care immediately if something is feels different or is "off."

This is a 13,000-year-old mammoth tusk carving of two reindeer swimming, on display at the British Museum. It was produced in what is now France by people of the Upper Neolithic Magdalenian culture. It serves no known practical purpose & is the oldest artwork in any British museum collection.

1/n 2 NEW epic images of Phobos over Mars just released by @esa.int Mars Express This view is especially striking, with Phobos between the Tharsis volcanoes and Noctis Labyrinthus–Valles Marineris Full resolution 300MP(!) & info on: flic.kr/p/2rMW4so Credit: ESA/DLR/FUBerlin/AndreaLuck CC BY 🧪🔭

Front row seat to the stars ✨

It’s not a fantasy. If you look it up there are objective standards as to what indoor air quality should be. It should not be 7% rebreathed fraction of air chock full of bugs. We are living in the swamp version of indoor air.

Just uploaded a 2.5 hour video that I'm SUPER excited to finally share only to have it stalled by a copyright claim... on NASA footage that's definitely in the public domain! I'm still hoping to have this out before the Holiday but now who knows. Anyways, hopefully a new long form video is coming!

I've had a knot in my skull for the past half hour. #pain #sadface

JFC. How long are we gonna do this?! "Exposure to higher aerosol concentrations - at close range or due to concentration build-up in crowded &/or poorly ventilated spaces - &/or longer duration exposures facilitate disease transmission." Water is wet. Ugh.

In the ruined turbine hall of a DTEK power station, shattered by russian attacks, a choir sings Shchedryk. Truly, a performance worth a million words 💔

President of the European Council António Costa announced that the EU has reached an agreement to provide €90 billion in funding for Ukraine for 2026–2027‼️‼️‼️

Australia will start a gun buyback program to take surplus, newly-banned and illegal firearms off the street, following the terror attack in Bondi Beach which left 15 people dead

pain interrupts your life, both immediate and chronically. #pain #sadface

crushing press pushing into my skull. #pain #sadface

Gender affirming care for trans people is safe, effective, and has a lower regret rate (4%) than almost any major medical procedure. It saves lives. These are facts. The right's talking-points are recycled "they are coming for your children!" scare tactics well over fifty years old at this point.

If any journalist wants to talk to a trans man with a PhD in Human Genomics who was trained in labs that studied the evolution of sex, I'm right here Or just keep platforming Republicans who have a 5th grade understanding of biology so they get more trans people killed, sure 🤷🏻‍♂️

Could a person with depression do this?! (grimly goes about activities of daily living)

I suspected it was a bad idea to have a meeting when all the humans were running out of brain capacity.

moss pig

I just added these pieces to my online shop! If you’re looking for gifts, have a look around. WavingPinesPottery.co.uk/shop Everything ships UK 24hr tracked. From my hands to your home :)

You never had to question the breathing. ~ Terami Hirsch

This #InternationalMigrantsDay, newcomers to the UK are living under threat of dangerous rule changes that could force them to wait decades to settle safely. If you believe in welcome, take a moment to sign the petition against the plans: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/do...

Every trans adult was a trans child. No amount of criminalizing healthcare can change that. The only thing it will do is make for more traumatized kids. And those traumatized kids will, at best, become traumatized adults. But many will kill themselves first. That is the point of this legislation.

Cycling UK have recently stated that their annual 100 Women in Cycling award won’t include any trans women or non-binary Over 50 current nominees and previous winners have rejected or returned their awards. I know many of them personally I’m proud of my cycling sisters. All of them

Picard management tip: Once all their basic needs are taken care of, crew members are motivated by the meaningfulness of their work.

cleaver to the skull. #pain #sadface

fingers feel like they're being strangled. #pain #sadface

poison brain. #pain #sadface

The wealthiest 20 Americans increased their net worth from $1.3 trillion to $3 trillion in just the last five years.

Red trailed Geminid meteor, passed from Orion. By Paul Smith 🎵: ​Infinite Reflections•Evenfall www.instagram.com/reel/DSQSHEB...

Kharkiv tonight ❄️

​I don't know why the winter holidays in war plunge me into such a melancholy. ​Maybe it's the eternal darkness of days that last barely a few hours, paired with electricity shortages. It's strange what constant darkness does to us. ​

spike to the temple. #pain #sadface

🎶 Looking for reasons Looking for footnotes 🎶

in too much pain, don't want to exist. #pain #sadface

They used to "laugh and call him names." Now they're all dead

The “tired” you feel when chronically ill is very different than a healthy person’s version of “tired”. A healthy person can take a nap and feel 100%. They can have a coffee and perk up. We are tired 24/7. Sleep doesn’t fix it. Rest doesn’t fix it. It’s soul destroying.

in too much pain, don't want to exist. #pain #sadface

This year's unique ornament comes from a little shop in downtown Glendale called Cactus VHS. @techconnectify.bsky.social and @cathoderaydude.bsky.social would be proud

Let people be their true selves, as they know and understand them. Let children explore their identities. Celebrate difference and variety and the incredible spectrum of humanity. The only alternative denies an opportunity to celebrate the joy of human flourishing and is ultimately unspeakably cruel

Can I just extrapolate this to healthcare and say that whatever solution most hospital systems propose is a workaround to adequate staffing, pay, work conditions, etc

Hoodies are great cause you can just pull a string and suddenly the person talking to you disappears completely

I liked a YouTube video: Tattoo (selective memory) - Ally Salort. www.youtube.com/watch?v=j9BB...

The EU just decided to indefinitely immobilise Russian assets‼️ This ensures that up to €210 billion in Russian funds stay on EU soil, unless Russia fully pays reparations to Ukraine for the damage it has caused. 🥳🎉 now we are talking 🥂🍾

what with all this flu and covid going around it is honestly wild to me that someone who stays home when they are sick (me) is seen as a malingering scrounger, while those who soldier on and spread their lurgy to all and sundry are selfless heroes. like can we end this cultural fuckwittery already

Explosions in Kharkiv ‼️ before the alert

Stoats (Mustela erminea) undergo a molt twice a year, changing from brown to snow-white to blend in the snow. They don't store fat & must eat up to 25% of their weight per day (~50 g), mostly in rodents. Recent studies have found that they register an 11.7 on the cuteness scale (out of 10).

BREAKING: Kilmar Abrego Garcia has been released from immigration detention after a federal judge's order Thursday, his attorney's office says.

feels like a giant weight is crushing on my back. #pain #sadface