this is giving 'snake juice' from parks and rec vibes

Oh, man, I didn't share the video I scrolled past earlier because I was hoping it was AI slop. But, no, the gilded statue of Trump is a real thing, and so was the christian pastor dedicating it. Ugh this toxic christianity is such a drag on the rest of Christianity.

Then maybe he should have stayed at Mar-a-Lago instead of running for president again. Maybe he should have refrained from “taking military action” there in the first place. 😡

It’s telling that Alabama took 14 years to implement Brown (you MUST desegregate) and < 14 days to implement Callais (you CAN eliminate Black districts if you call them Democratic, but you don’t HAVE to).

I read it a few years ago and it was a disappointment. It’s mostly (sneering?) grievances and self-congratulatory comments. It’s *barely* self-help because author keeps addressing other professionals. It doesn’t live up to the promise & potential of its resonant title.

I DO NOT WANT TO 'CHAT WITH MY FILES'

Your software is not sentient, but your printer is. It can detect urgency, and sometimes just enjoys messing with you.

They spent at least $50 BILLION over 2 months to bomb people in Iran. I don't want to hear a single thing about what can and cannot be funded in this country. Ever. The End.

Y’all pity our teenager, who just told their parents—a librarian & a professor of information science & English—that they couldn’t find 8 sources for a class writing assignment because “there’s basically nothing written about my topic”

If racism is no longer a problem, then why are all the states rushing to redistrict after the Supreme Court ruling all in The South? And all the people pushing to redistrict all White? 🤔🤔🤔

Eta Carinae Area and the Homunculus Nebula - From Rolf Wahl Olsen - https://flic.kr/p/2pqijFk

🌤️ Nice early-week stretch 😎 ☀️ 70s Mon 🔥 80s Tue 🌧️ Rain returns Wed ⛈️ A few storms possible 💧 Not a drought-buster, but a start 📢 CWG.Live has your full forecast

VOYAGER JUPÌTER (4) - From Jacint Roger (landru79.bsky.social) - https://flic.kr/p/2iRftW7

Happy Coronation day to King Aragorn II, Elessar, Estel, son of Arathorn, fostered by Elrond Half-elven, Heir of Isildur, Chieftain of the Dúnedain, unifying King of Gondor and Arnor, descendant of Númenor, formerly known as the scoundrel Strider, opener of double doors, wifeguy to Arwen Undómiel

So he’s comparing Trump to George III, right? That George III, his 4th great-grandfather, the one a whole declaration got written about and to? Okay. Okay.

Jupiter from Cassini - From Jason Major (jpmajor.bsky.social) - https://flic.kr/p/2knDJUC

Merry is vigilant at watching for birds and squirrels as the leaves come out.

I don’t recall ever learning this level of detail about the shooter in Butler. (We learned more about a name twin than about the actual person.) Why is that?

#OtD 26 Apr 1682 revolutionary Quaker abolitionist and little person, Benjamin Lay, was born in England. In 1718, he moved to Barbados as a merchant, but witnessing the horrific treatment of enslaved Africans he became a lifelong anti-slavery campaigner

The best way to be accurately informed about tonight’s events is to log off for the next 12 hours or so … and I’m going to follow my own advice

Pour one out for the Hilton staff who are working perhaps the worst shift in food service history rn.

A good demonstration of why it’s important to wait for confirmation of details of breaking news stories. Chaos does not lend itself to immediate accuracy

[Enter Rumor, painted full of tongues.]

Well, isn’t this a sight for sore eyes! 😍 Our beloved Hubble appears in this amazing image from one of Vantor's WorldView Legion satellites. It was 36 years ago today that Hubble was launched in the bay of the Space Shuttle Discovery from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center. Credit: Vantor.

the electric company: you used less electricity last week, well done! did you know that you use the most electricity during this part of the day on this day of the week? me: you mean, do I know that I use the most electricity when I am home, doing laundry & other chores, and using my computer? yes

With this online interactive from NASA, users can type in a name and see it spelled out in Earth features found in Landsat images. We wanted to play along. 😁 Can you see STScI? Use the tool to spell your favorite space object and share it with us: https://go.nasa.gov/3QIxKF7

Video from NASA astronaut Reid Wiseman shows an "Earthset" while he and the rest of the Artemis II crew performed their historic flyby of the moon.

". . . turning a blind eye to science’s potential for harm tends to harm marginalized people the most."

I LOATHE endnotes. They are inimical to narrative experience. Nothing is quite so calculated to derail & destroy one's train of thought – and hence the author's delicate construction of their argument – than having to flip through pages to find the supplementary information, then find one's way back

Why do we even bother with endnotes--this is my personal pet peeve as a historian, I need to read the spicy, sassy, whiny footnotes immediately

This is quite beastly and has been so for some time.

The Hermitcraft x #GFG2026 event starts today! Checkout the stream schedule. live.hermitcraft.com

First group photo of the Artemis II astronauts after arriving back to Earth: (Pic via NASAArtemis)

The 'kin' of ‘napkin’ means "little." ‘Nap’ comes from ‘nape,' which means “tablecloth.” So a napkin is a little tablecloth. 10/10, no notes.

Wait, do engineers not see themselves as being in the broad realm of the sciences?

What a great photo just added on the NASA Johnson Flickr page www.flickr.com/photos/nasa2...

ok his name is Rob Navias! WE LOVE YOU ROB www.nasa.gov/centers-and-...

I'm struck by the number of modes of transit these astronauts will experience today. 1. Slicing through the Earth's atmosphere in a spaceship 2. An inflatable raft 3. A rope swing 4. Helicopter 5 Aircraft carrier 6. Airplane. 7. Van.

“Crowds watch the Artemis II Orion capsule splash down off the coast of San Diego at the Air and Space Museum in San Diego, California.” Photo by Sandy Huffaker

And there's Reid Wiseman! The commander has left his vehicle and all of them are out on the front porch.

Three crewmembers! On the livestream, you can hear the people at mission control applauding as they each emerge. This is one of the things about a NASA mission, compared to a commercial one. The commercial flights applaud everything. NASA only applauds when people are safe.

Thumbs-up! Here comes the first astronaut. They'll go into a vest to get hoisted up to the helicopter, which will take them to the aircraft carrier. All of this is pretty much exactly what happened with the Apollo missions. The main difference is that the capsule is larger.

CURRENT MOOD

Sailor just gave a thumbs up. Emergence of the astronauts is imminent.

I'm moonscrolling

Apparently the currents are causing some issues getting the capsule stabilization and exit inflatables deployed. It’s not a problem — there’s plenty of time to get the crew out — but there is a bit of a delay.

One thing to think about is that this is the astronauts' first smell of Earth. Sea air and burning hydrocarbons. There's a breeze that they'll be feeling after days in a capsule. There are fans there, because without fans CO2 will build up around you. But not a breeze like off the ocean.

The side hatch is open! That means we're going to see some astronauts soon. The first thing they'll do is make sure the capsule is stable and then they'll go in to do a check to make sure everyone is healthy.

Let’s toast those astronauts. Then let’s wake up tomorrow and remind every American of what we all stand to lose to this regime. 🧪🔭