I appreciate the media keeping an eye on this story. It's absurd that we still can't get an answer on why this decision was made, especially given the practical implications of it. Infectious illnesses don't respect "national sovereignty" no matter how furiously we post about it.

Speaks to my approach to gardening that the cucumber plant died maybe a month ago but I keep finding cucumbers

a few really valuable things I learned: I didn't realize that invoking the 25th requires 8 cabinet members, and therefore the project of driving demon spawn like Kristi Noem out of their seats and refusing to confirm equally demon spawn replacements makes the path narrower and narrower

So why is the crew using a 10 year old Nikon? For those that are interested: petapixel.com/2026/04/06/t...

Meet Bahmi, a 4yo orangutan who lives at Auckland Zoo. Things he loves: blowing raspberries. Things he hates: Cleaning his teeth.

Iranian musician Ali Ghamsari has staged a sit-in outside the Damavand power plant in protest against US and Israeli threats to target vital infrastructure. Ghamsari said he would remain at the site and play music there in the hope of helping prevent attacks on Iran’s energy facilities.

"Bluesky is down" "Yeah for pretty much anything"

Police, ambulances, paddy wagons, special ops forces descend on Bondi to confront man wearing "F#%& Israel" t-shirt. Again. #andrewbrown #auspol #israel michaelwest.com.au/police-rush-...

One of the very best from Clickhole

I don't think we've ever got his assessment of any subsequent explanations that were provided, of things that it was up to people to explain

Another one of the big giveaways is where their IP address originates. It’s a simple matter of looking at email time and cross-reffing it to a service like Statcounter ( which has a free tier) It’s not always Nigeria, but it definitely often is

the next mentoring day has been canceled

It would be funny to interrupt him to say that you are under attack from aliens and then cut the feed. He would believe you

second of all I must add how hilarious it was to have a fellow Bluesky Queer come up to me at the end and go "omg it's Claire from the internet!", prompting the very nice older ladies sitting nearby to ask what I'm what I'm famous for, and being very confused when I was like " . . . posting" 💀

Oh like literally on fire

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A real mix of reactions in the chat

Anything they can do to screw up air travel in ways that don't get people killed is pretty much ideal for us

The government is obsessed with fighting ghosts of covid’s past, cause they have no new ideas. But are they really saying they would’ve magically disappeared the inflationary impact of the pandemic? Which happened worldwide. They also advocated for more spending the whole time!

The reaction of Dr Kelsey Young at the Science Desk was one of the best things in the feed but I'd also like to acknowledge the dude in the lower left corner of the control room view doing his own little dance of joy during Jeremy Hansen's discussion of his corona observations. #Artemis

If I'd proven to be as abysmal at simple threat assessment and basic common sense as one of the Harper's signatories, I'd probably avoid weighing in on important topics for the next few decades.

so do you think the spiky bits are bony or like, malleable and fleshy, do you think they are sensitive to the touch

Look at this fabulous concept art (made by Georges Méliès himself!) for the aliens in Le Voyage dans la lune (A Trip to the Moon).

I love the Talmud

If nothing else changes then this is just the face of the war; constant jabber about peace while everyone takes halting potshots at everyone else in range & everyone keeps waiting for it to make sense

The Artemis II crew just reported several impact flashes—explosions from hypervelocity impacts of meteoroids with the Moon—during the solar eclipse. We make a big effort to see a handful of these from Earth with telescopes. That astronauts flying by the Moon saw >4 in tens of minutes is AWESOME.

And a reminder, from 2020 (the archive date from the bad place).

Someone with the handle @velocity69.bsky.social is sharing a video with the caption: "The highest quality video of the moon was just released… so beautiful * Artemis II" It's gone viral, but it's not from Artemis II. If you've shared it, you might want to un-share.

thanks for your views, former senior trump white house staffer chris liddell, who doesn't mention the word trump anywhere in his piece, or his disclosure. i love the reckons of a man who stayed with trump even after jan 6 when several others quit. www.nzherald.co.nz/business/eco...

I remember once seeing that Louisa May Alcott received the same payment for a short story that I got for one of mine. Not the same amount adjusted for inflation. The same dollar figure. Once upon a time you could make a living as a writer. Not anymore.

NZ Green candidate for Northcote, Bhen Goodsir has run 26 ads on Meta over the last month, but seems to be far more interested in spending his money on targeting Green Party members than on the voters of Northcote! #nzpol

4′33″ is the greatest music ever. No notes.

SHAMELESS SELF-PROMO Kenneth Feller - The Outsiders of Orkland Chaotic, fast-paced, Australasian dark fantasy. www.goodreads.com/book/show/24...

This war is horrible and Trump is a POS. That doesn't change the fact that the Iranian regime is a horrific violator of human rights. Just like you don't have to hand it to white nationalists, you also don't have to hand it to regimes which just recently murdered thousands of their own citizens.

What is the number of times that Israel can break a ceasefire before the Western media will call it "breaking a ceasefire."

I don't like to talk about covid in wastewater as cases much beyond "line go up means cases go up", and there is sooo much confusion in distinguishing detail like the difference between asymptomatic (no symptoms) and pre/post symptomatic (no symptoms at test time), but here is an observation 1/9

A few have suggested that some aspects of this mission--joy, international teamwork, diversity--are being played up to stick it to the hateful attitude of the administration. But I don't think it's that. I think it's just that those things are essential to and inseparable from a mission like this.

can't blame the king; it must be his advisors.

I recently did a collaboration with the Department of Conservation to develop a line of merch for their iconic visitor centres at Tongariro and Aoraki National Parks... The Aoraki designs aren't public yet, but I can share the Tongariro designs which are now available for purchase on location.

I love how so many people simultaneously screenshotted and posted the blurry, squished image of the crescent earth going behind the moon yes we will get better photos later yes we're all seeing the same thing not being sarcastic, i genuinely love this about people

The use of four GoPros on the Artemis II ensures a statistical likelihood that we will see at least one cyclist being hit.

Holy wow. Artemis is about to go behind the moon from our POV so that's Earth as it starts to slide behind the moon from the space capsule's POV!

As above so below I guess

The Garden of Earthly Delights (detail), by Hieronymus Bosch, 1480-1505, 📸 by @alexbrandon

Things spotted during a walkthrough that make life harder for people with brain injuries.

Absolutely insane. The entire Jan 14th story of the ICE agent in Minneapolis being attacked with shovels has fallen apart. The Federal prosecutors didn't even bother to watch the video of the incident. They just relied on the officers ridiculous claims. (Gift article) www.nytimes.com/2026/04/06/u...

let me tell you something ... an absence of values will have you looking crazy when you run into people with values