Once Republicans are done using our troops for political gain they don’t care

Two things are true. 1. Most *people* did not watch the launch live because shuttle launches weren't super popular TV by that point. 2. NASA had a huge PR campaign to get television broadcasts of that specific launch to be shown live in classrooms across the country, so many *kids* did watch live.

By all means--continue. www.hamiltonnolan.com/p/go-ahead-a...

Have YOU been fired because you‘re a woman and won’t do all the illegal things your boss wanted you to do? Have YOU been fired because you would degrade yourself but not ENOUGH? Have you been discriminated against because you’re not crazy? You may have rights. CALL POPEHAT NOW

Every year, hundreds of people walk silently through the streets of Minneapolis… looking at the windows of the houses. It's the Wedge Cat Tour: the residents put the cats in the window and the crowd stops to admire them. Yes. This exists. 😹

It is crazy how few people know this: Russia now occupies less Ukrainian land than it did one month into the full-scale invasion four years ago

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"fascinating and revelatory" Delighted to see the publication of my interview with Mathew Lyons to coincide with the paperback edition of SHAKESPEARE'S BORROWED FEATHERS @ManchesterUP Read the interview here: Shakespeare at work share.google/VM3rzNR2Rbrm...

This empty head of an empty suit knows nothing. But many in the US media will report this so called speech as important. It isn't. They have no plan, they have no hope. They are simply a collection of ignoramuses grifting on those who crave importance.

Trump’s big announcement: We are still at war. Nothing has changed. Thanks for your attention. (Am I getting the message right?)

There’s no announcement coming. There is no plan.

Michael Collins' book Carrying The Fire should be required reading for everyone

Incredibly moved by the Artemis II launch. (I might be crying. Not saying I am, but I might be.) We can still do amazing and good things.

Trump really cannot pull off the primetime speech that he has to read. He sounds addled.

It’s been an unacceptably long time since I mentioned this so fuck this bigoted old shitbird and fuck all you shitbirds out there who support him.

Reminder to next dem government: take all of SpaceX’s federal contracts and give the money back to NASA.

"I am stating publicly that I can generalize about how all the members of this racial minority have low intelligence and no morals. But please do not call me a racist"

Our country has never been more divided, but Americans across the spectrum of backgrounds, regions, religions, ideologies, and all our other myriad differences just watched Artemis II launch and felt proud. That's pretty great. Thanks, NASA.

This is heinous, racist bullshit. Somali folks make Minnesota so much better and they don’t deserve this continuous hate from anyone, let alone a sitting President.

Trump had repeatedly been attacking the Haitian community in Charleroi by name as Daphy's mental health was pushed past its breaking point. She was arrested for yelling in the street, spent 6 month in jail w/o a trial, only to be released to ICE. paydayreport.com/after-death-...

Haitian immigrant Daphy Michel was found dead of heart attack at a Pittsburgh bus stop after being released from ICE custody. Daphy had suffered a mental health breakdown as Trump attacked her Haitian community in Charleroi name & died paydayreport.com/after-death-...

Nasa PR and education outreach were hit VERY hard in last years layoffs, just slashed

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.

This is the photo, the moment, the unspoken comment on where we actually fit in this universe. It's been waaaaaaaaay way way too long since we've done this.

"We've got a beautiful moonrise and we're headed right at it." -Wiseman

Artemis II lifts off

NEW: The Marine Corps is scrambling to reassure military families that there will be no immigration enforcement during boot camp graduation ceremonies, officials said, after an outcry over plans for ICE agents to join security efforts at upcoming events. www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...

Treat yourself today by watching this classic.

Wang makes her best point, which was made in one of the briefs: Babies of Japanese citizens born while their parents were INTERRED during world war 2 were [wait for it] US citizens. That history ALONE should be dispositive.

Now imagine the 99.9999999999% of users who use this stuff with a blanket assumption that whatever it spits out is correct and doesn't need to be treated with any skepticism.

Officials at an Omaha-area high school ordered the student newspaper to remove this editorial cartoon criticizing ICE, then demanded prior review of articles about their censorship. Via @splc.org, which is advocating for the students: splc.org/2026/03/nebr...

This movement has never been about violent criminal aliens, undocumented immigrants writ large, or even immigration in general, but about the country’s changing ethnic and religious makeup. It has always been about white Christian nationalism.

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I don't care how much room it takes up or if it ruins the lyricism of the lede, newsrooms should require this the first time any article mentions executive orders: "—which are directives that only apply to executive branch employees, and may only be in regard to how they carry out existing law—"

“He is not the owner” A Bush judge. Wow. www.yahoo.com/news/article...

I'm not sure 'passing someone's stuff through an AI tool' (for pretty much any definition of that phrase) makes it copyright-free. Actually, I'm pretty sure it doesn't, for much the same reason that selling an AI-generated print of R2-D2 would still violate Disney's copyright. Yes, really.

There it is.

Breaking: The president has signed an executive order on mail voting. He has no lawful authority to write the rules that govern our elections. He tried a year ago; we sued him; we won. A year later, he has tried again. He can expect the same result. 1/2

Elbow Reef Lighthouse thread of photos. Last manually lit and cranked lighthouse in the world.

Cannot stress this enough. The mere fact the court took the birthright citizenship case and is treating it like a genuine dispute is a problem, no matter what the end result.

The data we are getting out of ICE now conclusively destroys their "worst of the worst" narrative. Since the Los Angeles raids began in June last year, there has been a massive expansion of ICE arrests against people with no criminal record, while arrests of others remained flat.

American judiciary: Ballroom, no; list of Jews, yes. Passover starts in 30m; chag sameach.

The idea that pedestrians should "move rapidly" to ensure drivers don't hit them is some bottom dweller victim blaming bullshit.

This is what we call an "easy case" for a lawsuit; the idea that the President can order the Post Office to adopt rules refusing to carry mail-in ballots that don't conform to the President's preferred design. Laughably, obviously unconstitutional if USPS tries to go forward with it.

If he forces himself on you, call the police.

Honestly cannot think of a time I knew less what was going to happen at court than I feel ahead of oral arguments on birthright citizenship tomorrow. The fact that this is getting a full hearing instead of a 9-0, per curiam, benchslap is already beyond disturbing.

Repeat after me, "Executive Orders Are Not Laws. The Federal Government Has Very Limited Constitutional Authority Over Elections Which Are Conducted By The States."