IMO in a better copyright system this would absolutely fall under fair use. But instead we have a system where streamers are flagged while the AI companies get to devour all the music they want for training systems to (theoretically) make them money

At first glance I was wondering why the crystal was covered in spiders 💀

still writing my essay on artemis (im slow srry) but @chanda.blacksky.app just posted one on it and she is MUCH more qualified to talk about this than me, and the text is fantastic pls give it a read and share it news.chanda.science/archive/dese...

My God, supervisors would not let nearby coworkers perform CPR, told them to get back to work

Stable continental interiors are *useful*.

I think there is some irony in the record now being between astronauts on Artemis II and on Tiangong given that the station partially exists because of the US's absolute refusal to allow China to collaborate on the ISS

A thread about the farthest apart two humans have ever been

Only Congress can cancel Gateway. KSP isn't real life engineering. The timeline is ludicrous. The TRLs are too low. No Mars scientists were consulted about Skyfall. Instruments have _not_ been solicited. CLPS won't lower costs long term. Missions are not dice rolls. This will be bad for science.

Hope I'm wrong, but I wouldn't be surprised that if we see any major budget realignments in Europe they are towards military spending more than anything else. At least for the immediate future.

oh to be a wild canid living in a city park with no responsibilities or complex thoughts whatsoever

A Chicago coyote kicks back (while another one saunters past)

Behold the future of the British breakfast

i will never forget how elon musk said absolutely nothing at all about the NASA artemis ii mission except one post making fun of that women who took the photo of the launch in the reflection of her glasses. he hates space

Considering the tendency of all LLMs to spiral into delusional feedback loops with vulnerable people, here's no way this thing doesn't rack up an actual body count by the end of the year.

A lot of bigger historic narratives don't fit Tucson well--in big part because it's been a part of the borderlands for every aspiring nation-state that's come to own it in 300 years. And kind of a borderlands for every distinctly not nation-state around it for the 200 years before that.

Been getting into Satisfactory lately. Trying to get some hours on the new computer stuff before I leave town for a work trip again :3

@hiddenstash.bsky.social I put one up at the Hawthorne food carts for you :)

I don't appreciate the use of AI to fake pictures of space. There are many thousands of amazing pictures in the public domain through NASA and other public agencies. There is no excuse to fake shit.

Ok I am just posting this as an idea, but I wouldn't mind if people joined me in reporting the account @ redditspaceviewes. It has a huge following claiming to share astrophotography and other space related pictures. It is an AI slop account, even claiming fake images are sourced from NASA itself

I bet the astronauts get at least a little annoyed like we do on the ground when a little smudge on the window shows up in your photos

There is no McTry.

You still don’t understand what you’re dealing with, do you? The perfect organism. Its structural perfection is matched only by its stupidity.

just had a thought...

'A simple (perfect) life' - my spring landscape is finally finished! An apple orchard in bloom, old railway, sheep with their lambs and an allotment being prepared for growing :) Zoom in to see all the other tiny details too... I think this might be my favourite aerial embroidery I've ever done!

The United Steel Workers union called the directives a “dangerous rewriting of radiation safety rules.”

Critics say the state’s attempt to boost ungulate populations lacks scientific grounding and transparency.

They're being stuffed into the traditional national sacrifice zones for a reason. (Not a widely enough used term, so link:)

Bro literally pulled one of these.

A scan of the Coyote Sunset riso :0) Ink colors used were sunflower, aqua, blue, and red. Printed with Outlet PDX !

Like, look at this slow-mo video of the launch of Artemis II from the OSB 2 Balcony.

She works :3

I try really hard to always be courteous to my fellow internet denizens but apparently a quick way to get on my bad side is to be misleading and/or inaccessible with space/science things. Science should be for everyone and misinformation about it undermines the whole point of scicomm.

Another possible actual application for a "Moon Base" (this one I have not heard of previously).

This is good news! Uranium mining has done way more than enough damage in northern AZ, particularly to the people of the Navajo Nation

Thought-provoking video by my friend @climateadam.bsky.social. A counterpoint though: I think more talk about space missions can be a nice wedge to talking about other science & why it needs funding. Just yesterday I was interviewed about US science funding BECAUSE of dissonance w/ Artemis coverage!

The change of the season was marked this morning by the arrival of the first Angled Satin Moth (Thalaina angulosa) of the year. We see these stunning moths in the Perth Hills between April and June. #teammoth #ausinverts #wildoz #Lepidoptera #inaturalist

New published photo this morning from #ArtemisII, "Moonjoy" images.nasa.gov/details/art0...

Drafting the grant application for this now.... How do you say "for the bit" in multi-syllable science speak?

Orchid Mantis (Latin: Hymenopus coronatus) The Malaysian flower mantis, or orchid mantis, is a very rare insect. These mantises come in a variety of colors, ranging from pink to yellow to white. Original post

Long-wavelength radio astronomy is some of the only science that would get a major benefit from being on the lunar far side. The Moon blocks radio noise from the Earth & presents the possibility of ground-based astronomy with no atmospheric interference. (Of course there are many other challenges!)

More of a legitimate use of helium-3 than "fusion reactor"!

just "hangin' around" incredible

this is the most desperate for approval he's sounded imo

"If we yell about the 25th amendment enough, it will magically change to fit what we believe it says"

The TACO thing is such a smug, smarmy privileged bullshit thing to say. There are PLENTY of people who have felt the wrath of him not 'chickening out.' The meme smacks of those who know — and are fine with — someone else will pay the cost. Be better. Do better. It's gross.

"oh he threatened genocide but then he chickened out, what a coward lol, lmao this is so funny!"

SPACE NUTELLA

I *hate* the TACO (“Trump Always Chickens Out”) meme. Trump has not “chickened out” on destroying the federal government, putting immigrants in concentration camps, or committing international war crimes. Backing away from the worst precipice isn’t TACO; it’s a strategy to normalize atrocities.

Like even if this all ends without an escalation from the present level of bloodshed Trump and his administration should be held accountable for the threat alone. Making this threat, on its own, is a crime against humanity.

Tucker is one of the few far-right figures who is reasonably good at personal risk assessment. He knows damn well that there will be consequences to the war crimes Trump has committed and plans to commit in Iran. And he doesn't want to wind up like Julius Streicher some day.