✅ #ArtemisII update: European Service Module's last trajectory correction burn 👍

Melania Trump: ‘Never Once In My 4,000 Years Have I Been To Epstein Island’

Thrilled that my first new short story in several years, "Constellations," about astronauts crashlanding on a distant planet, has been published by the @technologyreview.com. Acquiring editor Rachel Cortland. Art by Rogan Brown. Free link to avoid the paywall: ter.li/r3tbrsgr

GOOD NEWS! Researchers at Stanford University have developed a UNIVERSAL vaccine known as GLA-3M-052-LS+OVA, that protects against a wide range of respiratory viruses, bacteria AND even allergens. The vaccine is delivered intranasally AND provides broad protection in the lungs for several MONTHS.

This looks like a set design from The Man in the High Castle.

I loved the return to the world of Ann Leckie's Imperial Radch with RADIANT STAR. I don't think anyone has done such well-observed examinations of culture and society since Ursula K. LeGuin. #ewgc

This was why I said at the end of my "I'm terrified" thread on Monday that I fear this could end up being the most consequential event for the world in the 21st century. Just the sheer reach. Also fuel prices will impoverish or lower living standards of many, w/ US likely feeling the effects last.

I'm sure it's just a coincidence.

Little Snitch is coming to Linux obdev.at/blog/little-...

Just a quick reminder that IN THE DEVIL WIND, the absolutely goddamn final Sandman Slim novel, is available for preorder at all your favorite online sites and bookstores. Abd don't worry, I'll still be writing short stories set in Stark's world.

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A group of investigative journalists obtained another intercepted conversation between Hungary’s FM Péter Szijjártó and Lavrov. It appears that Moscow may have been able to access virtually any information it sought from the EU/NATO via Budapest.

Israel out there bombing the shit out of Lebanese civilians like there are Palestinian toddlers hiding there

God, these lovely, peaceful morning hours in Europe before that stupid cunt wakes up.

The problem is that both Trump and the Iranian régime are vicious liars, and Netanyahu a liar no incentive at all to stop. Therefore, you cannot and should not believe a damn thing any of them say. Which makes analysis and planning rather difficult. Best to assume pro tem everyone lost here.

Recklessly producing and then accepting a situation where a foreign power can restrict freedom of navigation is not just a strategic defeat, it is a reversal of the most fundamental foreign policy and national security priority of the United States since the founding of the republic.

im not sure, i dont know if its possible, probably not but please somebody correct me, do you think maybe iran could add a bluesky-edit-button to its list of demands

That's it, drinkers. The new novel is finished. Have a shot of Writers Tears on me.

The novel It destroyed its cage Yes YES The novel is out Published today: us.macmillan.com/books/978125...

Spend a little time with my novel The Subtle Art of Folding Space! Available today! Bugs in the physics! Status reports in the form of food! Finding a family! us.macmillan.com/books/978125...

Vance: "We want you to make a decision about your future with no outside forces pressuring you or telling you what to do. I'm not telling you exactly who to vote for." Vance 20 minutes later: "Go to the polls at the weekend. Stand with Viktor Orbán!"

this stuck with me. one more point. we haven’t seen a story like this - a large chunk of the top cabinet tossing the president under the bus by talking to an elite paper - since george w bush’s 2nd term. & even then not until the final year when it was clearly a failed presidency.

Remember: we’re not agreeing with Tucker Carlson, Alex Jones, MTG, and Candace Owens: They’re agreeing with US.

HOLY SHIT

weird juxtaposition where people in power and influence are saying absolutely heinous, deadly things without any restraint of conscience, and everyone reacting to it is having to bite their tongue and speak in euphemisms not to get banned or arrested or whatever

The Moon: oh wow you guys decided to come back Artemis II crew: earth’s haunted

oh my god oh my god oh my god www.nasa.gov/image-detail... www.nasa.gov/image-detail... www.nasa.gov/image-detail...

It’s easy to make fun of Ian Leslie at a terrible time like this. So let’s do that.

Astronauts set distance record, revealing the Moon as a place to be explored arstechnica.com/space/2026/0...

Armageddon is terrible, but our only other option was diversity trainings at work.

russiagate is a theory like gravity

1. Incredible news out of Romania. An appeals court in the country has forced them to recognize the legal gender of a trans man. It is the first known internal enforcement of a 2024 EU Court ruling. Romania has ranked last by ILGA on LGBTQ+ rights in EU. Subscribe to support our journalism.

the fact that this is what he does when he knows his base is starting to lose enthusiasm (they’ll never actually abandon him) should be a case-closed piece of evidence against any fool who spent any of the last 10 years saying MAGA was about economic anxiety rather than racism and sexism.

Me, joking: I can’t believe we chose “destroying the economy” and “losing wars” over “being nice to trans people occasionally” Conservatives, dead serious: it was a tough choice, but I’m glad we picked “destroying the economy” and “losing wars” over “being nice to trans people occasionally”

🧵 Democracy feels like it's in a rough state at the moment across the globe, and we hear various explanations, like polarisation, extremism, disinformation, and loss of trust. But what if those explanations are mainly symptoms and we've been trying to treat them rather than the underlying causes?

Thought-provoking thread, well worth reading!

One of the towns that Israel is detonating, Khiam, is where they ran their notorious torture prison during their previous occupation of South Lebanon. If you know Soha Bechara's story, that was in Khiam. bsky.app/profile/ayou...

We are so, so small. #Artemis

things folks might not know about me, since I mostly post about fighting the climate crisis and the fascists... I write solarpunk, hopepunk, futuristic sci-fi, YA SF, cyberpunk, steampunk romance, MG fantasy, (spicy romantasy/PNR under a penname), plus a solarpunk bookclub, Discord & podcast🌞

I should probably share my books more often 🌞(And I need to update this pinned post!!) (Psst... this is the last day BRIGHT GREEN FUTURES is *free*)

NASA just dropped this image of Artemis II astronaut Christina Koch looking back at us. The first woman to ever see our planet in its entirety. I’m not crying you’re crying 🥹🔭🧪 📸: NASA

People don’t wanna put two and two together with what he did to usaid and him putting up those maps of global birthrates and saying white people are being replaced

Half a million people dispossessed and exiled in mere days. Can't wait to see the archeological excavations that will come from this and be presented about by very nice people who don't take part in bad things because it's not bad if you're an academic and there's a publication at the end.

The last of the ships that made it out of the strait is set to arrive in Japan & S. Korea in the next 8-10 days. Then it's lights out for some countries in Asia. www.cbc.ca/news/busines...

Oh hey this is my article

I read this to my son in a pleading horse voice with accompanying horse sounds. I regret nothing.