Not going to lie, hearing Jim Lovell's voice congratulate the crew on the livestream made me cry.

I am ready to geek-out in the next few hours.

The Iranian 'ask' concerning a 'toll' at Hormouz, $2 million per tanker, would amount to about $1 per barrel ... With barrels gig at $120+ and oil-companies raking in windfall profits it seems to me that in these companies this $1 per barrel should be paid through taxes, or lives lost, they're nuts.

When Trump posts a deranged, insulting rant that threatens war crimes, it's treated as a fresh approach from a bold leader. When AOC gave an off-the-cuff answer consistent with decades of sensitive US–Taiwan–China relations, they transcribed ordinary verbal breaks to suggest ignorance and waffling.

Any US officer, commissioned or non-commissioned, or soldier obeying orders to this effect are co.mitting war-crimes and can, and *should* be investigated & prosecuted accordingly.

I mean, you don't really need a translator

You may not control all the events that happen to you, but you can decide not to be reduced by them. Happy Birthday to Dr Maya Angelou (born April 4, 1928)

Rising above. A cartoon drawn for the @cartoonmovement.com #nasa #moon #artemis #cartoon

Every time I see such posts I have so many questions🤔 Is there another BlueSky I don't know of? Am I supposed to like everything I read?🤷 If so many folks get "dogpiled" here, am I doing something wrong for not seeing or experiencing that?

Say what you want ... but this isnthe kind of view you only get from oitside low-earth orbit. It's been too long since we last saw this! 😍

Trump is committing war crimes in Iran and is threatening more and worse ones. His entire war strategy at this point is war crimes. A functional Congress would be far down the road of impeachment and removal.

"Ladies and gentlemen, I am so excited to tell you that for the first time since Apollo 17 in 1972, human beings have left Earth orbit." -- Dr. Lori Glaze, opening the Flight Day 2 press conference

🔥 Farage roasted by 🇺🇸 Rep Jamie Raskin “How he shows his face in public after Brexit debacle is beyond …Isn’t that considered a disaster in history? I cannot imagine a society that produced some of greatest writers, poets and musicians… falling for a free speech imposter and charlatan like that.”

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🚨🚨"Surprise, surprise": Hungary’s top diplomat Péter Szijjártó admitted today to being a #traitor and #Putin envoy having spoken to Russian officials as EU ministers considered new economic measures targeting Moscow. 🧵 www.politico.eu/article/hung...

@katie0martin.ft.com Perv alert.

I am starting to thoroughly enjoy the rejections of the Don by my fellow EUropeans 🤭

Read the full investigation by @poojachaudhuri.bsky.social at www.bellingcat.com/news/2026/03...

#Derisking from #US software is slow. Currently I am trying-out #WeGo as a Google-Maps replacement and I must say I am quite impressed. Good functionality and no rubbish add-ons. With #Euroffice now coming online I think I am going to take a hard look at MS Office replacements.

The more I listen to Carney's Davos speech, the more I am convinced he is spot on about the diagnosis and catastrophically wrong about the treatment.

EXCLUSIVE: We've obtained a cache of text messages and recorded conversations between Russian intelligence officers and a student they coerced into becoming an informant. Here’s a rare insight into Moscow’s efforts to infiltrate opposition groups abroad:

Es ist doch erstaunlich: Überall wird debattiert, wie sich die steigenden Preise für Benzin & Gas ertragen und senken lassen – doch kaum ein Verantwortlicher fragt, wie wir uns von den fossilen Importen lösen können. Und zwar möglichst schnell. Dabei ist genau das die einzige langfristige Lösung🧵

Vewy, vewy, scawy ... www.youtube.com/watch?v=uDky...

Dudes who fry their brains "vibe-coding" seem really susceptible to the idea that if you're wealthy enough you should be entitled to "vibe-code" your country's public health legislation, consumer protection, economic competition policy and constitutions. Giving them free reign gives you USA 2026.

Fantastisch essay van Lamyae Aharouay, die hiermee afscheid neemt als politiek redacteur bij NRC. Spot on, zoals dat heet. www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2026/...

"Maar waar ik mezelf op ben gaan betrappen, is het geloof dat ignorance écht bliss is. Hoe heerlijk moet het zijn om níét alle verschuivinkjes van dichtbij te aanschouwen, om níét de hele tijd te hoeven piekeren over wat in razend tempo normaal aan het worden is, over waar dat toe zou kunnen leiden"

Wanneer weet je dat de periode die je beschrijft de geschiedenis zal veranderen en wanneer weet je zeker dat iets een voetnoot zal blijken te zijn? Na 7,5 jaar stop ik als politiek verslaggever. Lees hier mijn afscheidsstuk: www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2026/...

I am 💯 with Lagarde here. youtu.be/gFfMY1WoUYI?...

This the 'guardrails" having been broken. You can look at a congress, seeing people enter it and comfort yourself the institution still exists. But if it doesn't act when a president declares an illegal war of aggression without authorization, then it's just a building, not an institution.

🇺🇸 😕 Daughter deployed to war, father deported. Trump’s America. wegotthiscovered.com/politics/wev...

I've always thought that the UK media reported about the covid pandemic's first two waves in an incredibly sanitized way. Even now few people realize that in those 18 months, there were more covid deaths, even proportionally to total population, than during all WW2's German bombing raids on the UK.

I don't understand how the Labour leadership can produce a policy whose effect is 'you are not going to come and study here because if you do you might apply for asylum and we might award it to you because you come from a dangerous country [and one that might punish studying abroad]'.

I quite enjoy EU and ESA snubbing #SpaceX earlier this week on the basis of #strategicautonomy (and right they are) an today launching the #ESA mission #Celeste with New Zealand's #Rocketlab from Māhia on their launch "Daughter of the Stars". Even the naming vibes so much better.

28 March 1935 | A French Jewish boy, Leon Ramo, was born in Paris. He arrived at #Auschwitz on 23 August 1942 in a transport of 1,000 Jews deported from Drancy. He was among the 892 people murdered in gas chambers immediately after selection.

Deux siècles après la Révolution, les descendants de familles nobles toujours surreprésentés dans les grandes écoles

Hey #Americans, you really want to annoy your president? Here's flag he won't like seeing to bring to your demo.

Anybody in Europe putting any trust in the US is naive: They are stealing our money.

This thievery needs to end. The US is no longer an ally of Europe. It is a hostile power, that will do anything to suck the lifeblood out of European defence. #DecoupleNow

This is typically UK: first they'll complain about foundation-year students getting to many 2.2's or below😵‍💫, but when that changes the country will scream "grade-inflation!!!"😱 Education culture is borderline toxic. share.google/qldUG6mcgSkv...

Weekend update

I am looking forward to decades of papers analysing the "omniscience of markets" in the light of the perpetual panicked reactions to farts from the White House or other carbon-based hysterics.

Attention universities:

The negotiations with Iran are in the final phase and Trump expects an agreement soon….

I am no fan of the horrendous Iranian regime. But when this behaviour in an interview plays next to sex-offender Trump's delusional and adolescent ramblings, and boozed-up Hegseth's teenage fantasies about lethal military violence ... the US looks abysmally deficient. www.youtube.com/shorts/4n5vi...

If the US is a "Superpower" that runs out of ammo within 4 weeks of an air-campaign amd then needs to steal European money allocated to Ukraine to restock US supplies ... then perhaps we're not that dependent on the US afterall, and the US isn't that much of a superpower?🤦

Good news😊👍