Please stop saying TACO. We’re talking about an ungodly number of people who could die or maimed. It’s not time for cutesy little internet slang. We have to get away from this bizarre desensitization.

Personally, I always got the impression that “and I feel fine” was more about conveying numbness than actual peace or confidence in the face of the end of the world as we know it. No idea why that’s on my mind now, though.

publishersweekly.com/9780593803400 Such a wonderful starred review of 'The Traveler' ... 'Readers will be rapt by this immersive recreation of an intellectual awakening’

This is real

My fellow Brits: letters for us to write, too, to ensure they hold the line on this.

Whenever I see "Chris Jansing" I can only think about her orginal Polish name when she was a local anchor in Albany, NY.

A sitting Senator has more power than a grunt in the military and you pass the buck to them. You're a shithead. you know that right? Go do your job. Make a scene. Get your lazy ass back to work

If someone can spot the original version of "Red Skies" somewhere on Apple Music, let me know, because the last time I played this I'd had to find a different version because the original had disappeared.

I'm sorry, Dave, I'm afraid I can't do that, as I can only post from Earth.

Today is a good day to remember that Carl Sagan was as outspoken about the dangers of war and nuclear weapons as he was an advocate of space exploration.

Are we, uh—are *we* the civilization?

Do I think the president threatening nuclear war is bad and he should be removed from office? Yeah. Do I also think he thinks about nuclear war on the daily and we’re in no more danger today than we are every day? Also yeah. Am I freaked out? I’m a Cold War kid, I’m always freaked out.

You are a senator.

THE REDEMPTION CENTER IS CLOSED ON SUNDAYS drops May 26 📚🐾 St. Berdoodle detective solves dimension-hopping murders ✅ Messy queer love story ✅ Alien tricksters causing chaos ✅ My funkiest book yet ✅ #NewRelease #TheRedemptionCenterIsClosedOnSundays #BlackFantasy #tordotcompublishing

Happy release day to Aviary: a sapphic, surreal, literary-leaning horror-thriller that was so hard to write it almost drove me into total madness. In addition to the stated dedications, it is *especially* dedicated to angry women and my fellow chaos queers.

It might be true that certain modes of political activity or expression by scientists do, in fact, erode public trust. But as the OP notes, the only solution is to confront that challenge, not to endorse by silence the status quo of science’s devaluation.

A friend described doing an exercise w/ a group of students from around the world, asking them to write down the best & worst thing about a bunch of different countries. Answers varied a lot for all countries except for one: every single person said the best thing about the USA is NASA.

We're delighted to see two Solaris books - @vajra.me 's THE SAINT OF BRIGHT DOORS and @sapphomancer.bsky.social 's METAL FROM HEAVEN included in the Goodreads Editors' Top Fantasy Picks of the Past 5 years! https://www.goodreads.com/blog/show/3089?ref=topeditors_eb

Meth, measles and black mold can also spread rapidly in schools. This means they must be important for educators to integrate in the classroom! That’s just logic, which Randi has definitely mastered.

they really said "they should have sent a poet"

#Artemis crew to Mission Control, after seeing and attempting to describe the eclipse: "And if you could give me about 20 new superlatives in the mission summary tomorrow, that'll help my vocabulary out a bit. Thank you."

This is the face of a lunar scientist who has just been told that the #Artemis II crew saw SEVERAL impact flashes (the flashes when meteors hit the lunar surface) in real time 😃 🌓💥

Beef creator and co-showrunner of The Bear is a very interesting direction for what will presumably be the flagship MCU franchise going forward.

www.twitch.tv/moohoodles/c... we watch the astronauts look through Earthrise photos as Moo goes bananas for all of us @moohoodles.bsky.social

Please note I am not a lawyer and have not investigated the legality of my claims concerning raccoons and their anuses.

🌒 Orion and its crew have reached their furthest point from Earth, 406 772 km away 🌍 They are now on their way home, brought back by the free return trajectory our European Service Module engines set them on 🚀

I really appreciated this video by Kihana Wilson (who is not on Bluesky, alas) about the mixed feelings of #Artemis II. Follow her on Instagram (www.instagram.com/the_astro_st...) if you're over there!

On the one hand, I could do without the Jesus when they are representing the mission, because it excludes me. On the other hand, lots of Christians these days who need a reminder of what their main man Jesus said.

The "can he be trusted" bit in this headline is de facto pointless, because you don't simply "trust" *anyone* with power over other people, let alone society, period.

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Me: *in tears* It's so amazing that all of humanity has set aside their differences to partake in this amazing scientific expedition, isn't it amazing, Fiasco? Fiasco: MURDER MURDER KILL KILL

The data center isn't getting built in our town!! We defeated it!! I so needed this win right now.

Y'all there is a woman and a black man circling the moon and NASA's mission control+ science teams are so diverse and people are nerding out about science and exploration this is all a gigantic middle finger to the stupid and hate and grotesque ghouls running our country

This livestream is amazing. Science team on ground just asked the Artemis II about something they were seeing re: Grimaldi’s shadows & the response from the crew member onboard was I don’t know, & “I don’t want to bother the window team rn.” The Window Team. Aka the two crew looking out the window😅

Look, Bluesky, one of us has got to get their shit together, and I’d really prefer it not to be me.

I like SFFH but not exclusively, and have tragically low tolerances for both tweeness and bad prose. Best thing you’ve read in the last five years?🙏

THE NUTELLA HAS COME LOOSE

A stunning view of Artemis II on April 6, 2026, moving across the sky (bottom left to top right) on its way to the moon. Follow our coverage spklr.io/6001EyN07 📸 s2a systems via X

When my book first came out, I was invited to do a seminar with the Artemis science team. And after that, I know at least one crew member definitely read it. And loved it. It’s amazing to think that OUR MOON and some of its ideas are in the minds of the people scrutinizing our satellite today 🌕❤️📘

Jesus it’s so broken. Replies not posting or posting without being attached to the OP. What a mess.

🎛️ Welcome to the White Flight Control Room at NASA’s Johnson Space Center. Here flight controllers operate the spacecraft and monitor the #Artemis II mission 🚀 We are just a few hours away from the crew’s lunar flyby 🌙

when that banner disappeared 10 seconds in i laughed so loud i owe an apology to the smol birb

Sorry, my @redsox.com, but today is about the Moon. Just heard lunar science flight operations lead Kelsey Young tell the crew they’ve adopted “Moon joy” as a motto. #Artemis

“What’s missing in the rest of the world is courage,” she said. “Mayors could say: ‘This is my opportunity [to leave a] legacy,’ but most will not dare.”

Great thread.

A lot of journalists hate Bluesky because it shows them they’re more conservative and bigoted than they think they are. If you rush to defend the NYT and have nothing to say about the paper’s persistent, manufactured anti-trans hate campaign it makes money off of? Hey guess what side you’re on.

"We're all fine here, now...how are you?"