hi, unfortunately im back because it’s an emergency and my life depends on it. i was gonna just give up and live on the streets but i at least wanna ask for help here as well. i’ll need $100 to get a room tonight if anyone can help 💕💸💕 kash app: $adrianmica ppal: walkingpersimmon bit.ly/40KRJ83

My latest Starbright post, on the cognitive impact of chronic pain, and the grace of starlight. #astronomy #disability #chronicpain www.patreon.com/posts/not-so...

Every once in a while, I like to watch this video clip of Joe Biden comforting a grieving Parkland family to remind myself what compassionate leadership looks like. This is the stuff I truly miss.

"... Jesus healing the sick, feeding the hungry and casting out demons. Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill Act ... will cut federal Medicaid spending by about $900bn ... with children’s hospitals warning the cuts will directly harm their most vulnerable patients." www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

This might be one of my favorites from Artemis II. A cinematic alignment of the Moon and Earth, each cradled within the warmth of sunbeams. Taken from behind the Moon on April 6th. flic.kr/p/2s6BABn

OH. MY. GOD. THIS IS THE MILKY WAY SHOT BY THE ARTEMIS II CREW. LOOK AT ALL THOSE STARS!!!!

New on @skyandtelescope.bsky.social: discovering a notable astronomer way back in my family tree! #Astronomy skyandtelescope.org/astronomy-bl...

Science / journalism folks! Daughter of a family friend, recent college grad, looking at first steps into science journalism, or comms for a science / sci-adjacent org. Talented, good training, rough launch post college because they had to help care for a terminally ill parent. Recs for programs? 🧪

It's the beginning of International Dark Sky Week! #astronomy #darksky darksky.org/news/darksky...

Want to help an author (and readers)? Suggest that your library carry their book—libraries LOVE patron suggestions and most have a way to suggest books online. Writers get paid, librarians get good book recs, readers discover new works—WIN for the literary ecosystem. #booksky @daleivan.bsky.social

Yes it could be argued that keeping up with world events is important but alternatively can I interest you in hugging an ancient mossy boulder that looks like a face and quietly listening while it tells you stories from centuries cloaked in mist.

OPPORTUNITY: The Space Telescope Science Institute in Baltimore, MD, is searching for a postdoctoral researcher to work on JWST investigations of AGN feedback, shock physics, and the response of the interstellar medium in both nearby and distant galaxies: https://bit.ly/4ekselL

CNN: Hungary election: Trump ally Viktor Orbán concedes defeat after 16 years as prime minister www.cnn.com/2026/04/12/w...

Experts found that the White House budget request for the upcoming fiscal year could defund 54 NASA science missions, including a spacecraft currently studying Jupiter and two planned Venus missions: www.scientificamerican.com/article/whit...

Good luck, Hungary. We're rooting for you out here today.

Please enjoy this puppy making friends with a butterfly. And bookmark it for when you’ve had a bad day.

Find out where to get free diapers and baby supplies in NYC. This guide provides resources for low-income families, regardless of immigration status.

Chaos agents

Back on NASA's live feed now, waiting to see the Artemis II crew's return to Houston. I already miss my Emotional Support Astronauts.

For 10 days, I ordered my time around the Artemis II mission, particularly for the lunar flyby. Moon joy! I've had NASA's live feed on almost constantly. Genuinely thrilled and relieved that the Integrity crew is home safe. Now I also must do a re-entry of my own, back to the mundane grind.

Four iconic images from the #Artemis II mission. Official description provided in the ALT text of each image. ➡️ www.flickr.com/photos/nasa2... 🔭 🧪 ⚛️ #Moon #Earth #Space #Astronomy

#apod 2026-04-11 Artemis II: Flight Day 6 Web page: https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap260411.html#apod

For 10 days, I ordered my time around the Artemis II mission, particularly for the lunar flyby. Moon joy! I've had NASA's live feed on almost constantly. Genuinely thrilled and relieved that the Integrity crew is home safe. Now I also must do a re-entry of my own, back to the mundane grind.

Now that the most delightful crew this side of Star Trek is safely home & getting its Earth legs again, let’s take a moment to appreciate this sublime photo of Earthset that NASA posted on its Flickr page a couple of hours ago. www.flickr.com/photos/nasa2... #ArtemisII

If you’ve been moved & inspired by Artemis, NASA needs your help. Literally during A2, the president proposed cutting NASA science 47%, canceling 54 missions, including many already in-flight. To help stop these cuts, check out @planetarysociety.bsky.social www.planetary.org/save-nasa-sc...

The Happy Birthday is a small card for a personal greeting glued to the back of the rabbit card. #papercraft

🚀 If you need more of this 👇🏻 sweet, sweet space nerd joy, may I once again recommend Mary Robinette Kowal’s Lady Astronaut book series & S1-3 of For All Mankind (Apple TV) [I make no promises regarding anything past the end of season 3]

I need to stress again that we figured out how to fly barely 100 years ago.

It's almost like those people at NASA know what they're doing. Welcome home, Artemis II!

SPLASHDOWN!!! Y'all, we just watched people go to the Moon AND BACK!

SPLASHDOWN!

And we're in comms black out.

Okay, but the view out the window of Integrity, with the Earth the way we're used to seeing it in photos from the ISS, is pretty awesome, because earlier today, it was still a sphere

If you're not already tuning in, you can watch the Artemis II return on NASA's live feed: www.youtube.com/watch?v=m3kR...

The Orion capsule with the #Artemis II astronauts is now on its final trajectory for re-entry. Angle and trajectory all good. Hoping the re-entry goes smoothly!

If you're not already tuning in, you can watch the Artemis II return on NASA's live feed: www.youtube.com/watch?v=m3kR...

During an interview today for TV the reporter asked me what I’m most looking forward to about the return of #Artemis II (referring I think to the science data/discoveries) and I replied that all I care about today is that the astronauts return home safely 🙏🏼

please *PLEASE* let them be safe

The Artemis II Splashdown countdown clock really got me. They're coming home. Good luck, Integrity! #NASA www.youtube.com/watch?v=m3kR...

✅ #Artemis II update: Day 10, Orion travelling at 15 884 km/h, 31 182 km from Earth and 359 527 km from the Moon. View now from one of European Service Module's solar array cams (pic: NASA). Safe travels, Integrity! Track at www.nasa.gov/missions/art... @exploration.esa.int

When my librarian heard my voice at the branch this morning, she came running out from the back to show me her NASA socks, worn in honor of today's Artemis II crew return. Her thinking: "The ONE person I know who will appreciate this is Jennifer Willis." :) Not long now . . .

Beautiful image from NASA's live Artemis II mission feed just now. #NASA #ArtemisII #astronomy

RTC burn coming up . . .

Pulling for Artemis II / Integrity on splashdown day! NASA's 24/7 live mission feed is on again in my office today, as it has been from the start. Also, shoutout to everyone who's had "Pink Pony Club" stuck in your head for the past day or so.

It's the last wake-up in space for the crew of Artemis II, and I am having all of the feelings.

This is so true. And it's an exhaustion that isn't remedied by sleep... especially if you're in too much pain to sleep well. You just scrape by on an energy deficit.

Something I've been noticing lately is that when I take an adequate dose of my pain meds, if most of the pain relieved I have more energy and don't feel nearly as tired as I did before I took it. Just being in #pain is fatiguing ALL BY ITSELF, even if you've done nothing all day. #NEISvoid

Earthrise incoming #sciart