All eyes on space

⚛️🔭 Hey physics/astronomy science communicators: apply to come to @perimeterinstitute.ca for a workshop in October on how to engage the public in science! Anyone can apply, working in any kind of scicomm (video, audio, text, live performance, whatever it is you do). Check the link for more details!

MOON DAY!!!

Good morning everyone today is MOON DAY 🚀🌖🥰 #Artemis

@astrokatie.com Proud! "Canada plays key role in the mission beyond Hansen's historic presence on Orion. "Calgary astronaut Jenni Gibbons will serve as Hansen's voice-link to Earth; crew trained for the mission in northern Labrador; Cdn tech is maintaining communication lines between Orion & Earth.

It's frequently pointed out that NASA activities (and basic/exploratory science in general) have a fantastic return on investment, contributing far more to the economy than they take. But even if they didn't, no one's actually taking from the "cure sick people" pot to put money in the "rockets" pot.

Allons-y!

We've subsidised oil companies for decades as we "need" their products to run society, but now we dont, we need to use those same subsidies for heat pumps, EV's, solar panels, turbines, bio mass what ever else we can use to generate electric, it's only fair, we'd get to "net 0" real fast that way.

Thank you for making my heart lift as I open the blinds.

Christianity is the biggest, most profitable scam in America.

Sauces that pair nicely with eating the rich

More than 100 Indigenous women have been leading a peaceful occupation for over 21 days in Altamira, Brazil, defending the Xingu River in the Amazon. They are protesting against a project by Canadian company Belo Sun Mining Corp which plans to build the largest open-pit gold mine in Brazil.

Oh this can’t be good 👿

This is so great 🇨🇦 www.theguardian.com/science/2026...

A beautiful, beautiful moment

This is particularly enjoyable because #Apple CEO, #TimCook, has so completely kissed the ass of the orange felon since day one. www.cbsnews.com/news/apple-d...

Just WOW! Total must/watch!!!!!

On the NASA #Artemis II livestream just now: "... and the song you heard was Pink Pony Club by Chappell Roan to kick off the crew's day" 🩷🐴🌈

Canadians are being warned about a scam involving text messages that claim recipients are eligible for a so-called “milk settlement,” even though no such class action exists. #Canada www.ctvnews.ca/canada/artic...

If at first you don’t succeed, try, try again. That appears to be the thinking behind the 2027 budget request to Congress that President Donald Trump unveiled today. https://scim.ag/4sRnw3x

I made a little Instagram reel about this image because it’s just so frickin’ cool

“Just a friendly reminder: There will be a Protestant Service (No Catholic Mass) for Good Friday today at the Pentagon Chapel,” reads a Friday email that went out to employees across the Pentagon. A peeved employee passed it along.

BREAKING: Today I'm leading a lawsuit against Trump for his unlawful executive order attempting to interfere with our elections. The Constitution is clear: States, not the White House, regulate elections. I won't back down from ensuring that every Massachusetts voter's ballot is counted.

Happy NEWS! it is a miracle!!! torontolife.com/city/michael...

For the newly launched Canadian publication @be-giant.bsky.social, I interviewed Chris Hadfield about Artemis II and the anniversary of his historic spacewalk: www.begiant.ca/stories/peop...

I wrote quite a ranty column about living in a carsick city after your child gets hit by a car www.thestar.com/gift-redeem?...

Fellow human beings are bravely flying out into the cold darkness of space today. With this mission, NASA is laying the groundwork for so much more exploration over the next few years. I’ll be watching, hoping, dreaming with them at launch time, and I’m so glad to be alive to see the next chapter

While it’s not clear what the impact of the ruling will be — it’s likely to be appealed and a lot of damage to public broadcasting has already happened — this is important, good news.

crazy. four new print papers, in Outer Mongolia... I mean, the towns surrounding Toronto. good luck to you all!

@benwaldman.bsky.social congrats on being a finalist, Ben, NNAs, re: Captain Canuck!

Artemis II manned flight around the moon is launching Wednesday or soon after … with a Canadian, a woman and a black astronaut aboard. Wonder what Donald thinks of THAT?!

New Outlook doesn't seem to mark things "read" if you've read them. Only if you click on them and then click the "mark read" button. Wild.

Anyone else notice this? Mainstream journalists have forgotten their duty to speak truth to power. It is why it is one of the rights written into the Constitution. Political cartoonists are the real and true heroes of the moment.

📣‼️ The handmaidens at 👇🏽 #NoKings Nashville protest holding names 📃 in the Epstein files ‼️📣 ✊🏽

“Vice President JD Vance thinks aliens are visiting earth and that they are Demons” is the most “I wish Carl Sagan were alive” moment I’ve had in a while.

Alice Augusta Ball found the cure for leprosy at 23. She died in a mysterious lab accident at 24. Arthur Dean stole her research, stole it and renamed it from "The Ball Method" to "The Dean Method." It took 90 years before her original research papers were found and she got the credit due to her.

Unreliable narrator.... my favourite kind 😉

🌿 ❤️🩵💛💚💜🧡❤️ 🌿

The Sons of Hercules Board Game - Milton Bradley (1966) atomic-chronoscaph.tumblr.com/post/8123449...

@thadmcilroy.bsky.social Just read Ken Whyte's piece on Shy Girl, Thad. You are a hero for bringing that AI-generated "book" to public attention. Bravo!

Let’s make the Wanker sweat! #FightFordProtests #Ontario

us gov't: we've been talking to iran iran gov't: we are not on speaking terms us gov't: they want a ceasefire iran gov't: stop manipulating the stock market us gov't: they really really want a ceasefire they sent me a nice gift iran gov't: not only are we not negotiating, we're sending mental help

Rare, great opportunity to come join The Local as a permanent full-time reporter! Looking for someone who knows and loves Peel Region to join the team.

Meta and YouTube were both found liable by a California jury for harming a plaintiff's mental health with the design of their products. A massive ruling in a bellwether case that will open the floodgates for other lawsuits

Bloomberg (28 minutes ago) — “Israel Presses On With Iran Strikes at ‘Full Intensity’ “ exactly how does mr ‘ART-OF-THE-DEAL’ expect to bring this mess to a conclusion like THAT? especially after already shattering ANY trust by launching a massive bombing in the middle of closing the last deal?!

Israel calls an emergency UN session, accusing Iran of using cluster munitions. Weapons banned by 120+ countries… yet neither Israel nor Iran signed the treaty. Make it make sense 🤔

The 2036 wardrobe, as predicted in 1936. We’ve got 10 years to develop some serious ironing skills and forget the whole trousers thing

Bless Ms. Rachel, who is currently fighting to close an ICE facility in Texas that's detaining children.

Ontario Place bike lanes speed cameras city council size I'm sure I'm missing some