It's Friday, which is as good an excuse as any to remind you about my fantasy subway maps. The Middle Earth Public Transit Authority needs your support! #Tolkien #Subway #Maps #LoTR You can purchase prints and such (w/o the water mark) here: www.etsy.com/shop/Surpris...

I’m begging democrats to find the guts to run every race on a genuinely progressive new green deal, unapologetically brave, something our children can be proud of. We need to clear out the rot and decay of our government from more than 40years of active sabotage

I refuse to be tone policed by fascists

"Trump says"— I'm going to stop you right there and insist that you think back at your career so that you can pinpoint the moment when you stopped being a journalist and began working as a stenographer

The Moon.Simulation.

Why would a ROBOT have an ACCENT. Talking about the terminator movie. Sorry this is about 40 years late I've been busy

If the moon were only 1 pixel wide... https://joshworth.com/dev/pixelspace/pixelspace_solarsystem.html (brilliant scale model of the solar system)

when are they going to add a fifth galilean moon

This one clips hard this week.

🔭 🧪 #EduSky New version of my 'Capuchin' paper #sundial More detailed calendar, declination scale, meridian elevation scale. This altitude sundial dates from the 16th c. Can be printed on book-sized paper and slipped in a book. Add a weighted thread with a bead. 1/2

I’ve been trying to figure out why I’ve been obsessed with the Artemis II mission — more obsessed than I usually am with NASA stuff. This explains it! (IG: morganevelyncook)

Trying my hand at the #astropy #Python package for #astronomy with some *very* basic scripts. Just learning to retrieve altaz and heliocentric coordinates, so far. Scripts available on my website: www.astrolabe-science.fr/graphiques-a...

It would seem that I am losing patience, for when the man in front of me asked why I was masked I promptly replied: “so I can outlive my enemies,” and based on the expression the man made in response it would seem that was one of my better responses to that question.

Artemis 2 was the furthest human voyage from Earth. Per the final JPL Horizons trajectory I estimate the max distance from the geocenter was 413145 km at 2304 UTC Apr 6 (about 4 km less and 1 min later than PAO's report at the time). (1 / n ).....

I meant to share this in January, but, well things happen! Here's a list of enhancements added to SkyCalPro. A lot done. Perhaps there are some calculations in there you didn't realise?

Vance Goes Toe To Toe In A Battle Of Wits With Ralph Wiggum, No Winner Emerges After Marathon Session

Look at the women at NASA. They are the ones pushing the boundaries of science, solving problems most people can’t even understand, and carrying this country forward, while our politicians right now posture and stumble through talking points. And they are doing it all with joy.👇

Its like people are interested in space again for some reason.

we don’t owe the “why didn’t she report it” crowd a single response

This is a fantastic photo #ArtemisII

Weather satellites were able to see the Artemis II launch and re-entry. Space is cool, satellites are cool. It's all cool!!!

impact flash moonjoy pog, live science director Kelsey Young's reaction

I had to look this up. It's TRUE. 😮 Before 1974, banks typically required a father's or husband's signature in order for a woman to open a credit card account. HOLEEEE SHIT. In my lifetime?!! The patriarchy really sucks. #ArtemisII

Literally me after the week I just had

"I became insane, with long intervals of horrible sanity." —Edgar Allan Poe

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Good luck! 😂

Yup! Orbital mechanics FTW.

If you were wondering what those bright flames were seen in this infrared view - those are RCS puffs to bring the capsule in an optimal landing orientation to reduce impact loading during splashdown #Artemis

watching NASA hit a very specific target in the big big ocean with a vehicle that just came back from outer space at 25,000mph definitely has me reflecting on the charter bus company that couldn't get me to a bus station

New SkyCalPro Release! Added visual sky track for ISS Close Passes and Transits of Sun and Moon. Improved ISS events with more detailed data. Fixed an issue where some ISS transits were missed. Thanks Chris Becke @chrisbecke.bsky.social for helping with that! skycalpro.com #Astronomy

Sick of worrying about the same shitty people constantly doing the same shitty things but worse

'the Moon certainly does not possess a smooth and polished surface, but one rough and uneven, and, just like the face of the Earth itself, is everywhere full of vast protuberances, deep chasms, and sinuosities'. - What Galileo Galilei saw through a telescope in 1610

Things that help calm the nervous system, quickly: - Box breathing (in for 4, hold for 4, out for 4, hold for 4, repeat) - Immerse your face in cold water (activates mammalian dive reflex) - Humming (stimulates vagus nerve) - Exercise (anything helps, outside even better) - Impeachment and removal

🔭 Playing with data from exoplanet.eu Almost 8200 exoplanets registered. #Python script with the pandas module (managing data). 1/3

after a quick review of my timeline i feel the need to point to the sign

"I'm just going to let people be wrong on the internet" remains the single most difficult New Year's Resolution I have ever made, hands down. Nothing else comes close.

BREAKING FROM NASA: There is no dark side of the moon, really. Matter of fact, it's all dark.

How would you measure the rotation rate of a fidget spinner? Let's use your phone's magnetometer with #phyphox.

Ich see trees of grene Redde roses too Ich see them bloome For me and you And Ich thynke to myselfe What a wondirful worlde Ich see welkin blue And cloudes of whyte The brighte blessid daye The darke sacred nighte And Ich thynke to myselfe What a wondirful worlde www.nasa.gov/image-articl...

Has anyone studied the psychic toll of years spent waking up to the unhinged rantings of a vicious madman who could kill us all — and then going about one’s day per usual?

Men get emotional about women sports,,, I just try do it in a positive way

Have a break. Have 12 Tonnes of KitKat. Remember, kids, Nestle is literally the company who literally told African mothers that their breast milk wasn't good enough in order to sell more formula. Don't be a snitch, now.

Here are 300 stimulating ideas for Physics Practical Investigations by Dr Richard Walding #iTeachPhysics #Science 🧪 drive.google.com/file/d/1sIW8...

My take on a Universe Size Comparison. On and off, this took several months to make! Check it out of you have 10 minutes and be sure to put your 🎧 on for the full experience youtu.be/2D9vHQOaauM (New and improved, reupload!)