I want to give just the biggest kudos to Kelsey Young, the Artemis II science officer. She did a phenomenal job today of communicating clearly and joyously and it was honestly orders of magnitude more distracting than I thought it would be to have on.

This is the face of a lunar scientist who has just been told that the #Artemis II crew saw SEVERAL impact flashes (the flashes when meteors hit the lunar surface) in real time 😃 🌓💥

The Moon eclipsing the Sun from the perspective of the Artemis crew (2x speed). Incredible to watch this live and see the corona appear as soon as the disc of the Sun is fully covered.

Yes, that perfectly describes my rather complex feelings about watching Artemis.

"we love you, from the moon" We love you too, Artemis II

Ok NASA listen, you have to play Dark Side of the Moon when Artemis goes behind the Moon. Yeah sure you can argue semantics, that since the Moon gets light evenly there is no "Dark Side" of it, but Apollo 17 was in 1972, and DSotM didn't come out until 1973, so you have to play the album!!

Reminder: including alt-text on your images is helpful in many ways! It increases accessibility, can add context/detail, makes search more effective, & can improve your reach (a lot of us won’t re-share images without alt-text). If you set it as required in accessibility settings, you can’t forget!

what if running the global economy on the liquefacted corpses of ancient beings somehow cursed us?

Best Star Trek crew. “Wrong” answers only

I don't know how anyone else feels about this, but to me, sharing a screenshot of chatbot output to make a point of some kind is an excellent way to undermine any credibility that might otherwise be granted to you in the context of whatever you're trying to say.

Happy Easter!

guys jesus is dead rn do your sins

With alt text

And there it is.

yes you fucking morons free preschool for everyone or it becomes just "free preschool for the poors" and then you call them leeches and ask for tax breaks when really we want free preschool for everyone because we want smart well adjusted kids why is this so hard? www.nytimes.com/2026/03/31/n...

Christ Appearing to His Mother, by Juan de Flandes, 1496, 📸 via @MartinFLSheriff

“A lot of people are saying the Smurfs are gay. I wouldn’t know. Is it Smurfs or Smurves? Marco, do you know? Smurfs or Smurves? Anyway Smurfette was hot. Wasn’t she hot? Gargamel was the bad guy on that show. That’s what’s going on with Iran right. A lot of Gargamels.”

Did he ever say what "the job" actually is?

The National Press Club needs to explain why they think it's appropriate to invite the Israeli ambassador to speak - a man representing a country that has murdered 300 journalists since it started is genocide in Gaza. Hillel Newman should be expelled, not honoured by the media.

Reposted with ALT cos its funny . How using an algorithim to select photos for your news article is going:

he electoral version of "doing a Bradbury". Independent Lou Nicholson wins the South Australian seat of Finniss from fourth place after the distribution of preferences. #auspol antonygreen.com.au/sa2026-finni...

It's a surreal feeling to know what is coming with oil and food prices, but most people around me / the news / the politicians haven't caught up yet.

Twitter is such a toxic information environment. No context, links are suppressed, unfiltered bigotry, boosted propaganda, and scams everywhere. Even the sharpest people I know can't stay on top of it when they go on that hellsite, it actively erodes your ability to detect misinformation.

always a good sign when the food cart has Deep Space Nine-themed pride stickers

I hate that politicians are allowed to lie. I hate that political candidates are allowed to lie. I hate that, after they've lied, there are no consequences for them or their career.

But George, what if we go through fitting solar panels and batteries to all our houses and the oil price comes back down. And I'm left with nothing except a clean and essentially free source of power forever? What then man?!

ABC News. “a plot against the West”. Oh no, Iran is exercising its right to self defence. Remember ABC backing of Israel’s justification of the ‘right to self defence’ when they devastated and slaughtered thousands in Gaza. But now they deny this right to Iran. Of course.

every few words making me vince mcmahon meme lol

This was a cool one! Got to sit down with @HarvardBiz for a lengthy Q&A on the Iran War and the ongoing, historic energy supply crisis: how it works, how bad it could get, and how decision makers should think about the risk. Check it out: hbr.org/2026/03/the-...

friendly reminder that you can in fact decide that queerphobia and transphobia are unacceptable positions for your community to indulge. you can in fact decide that queer and trans safety is more important than the comfort of bigots.

DLSS 5 OFF // DLSS 5 ON

You might have formed the impression that Paul Johnson, former director of the Institute for Fiscal Studies, knows what he's talking about. The media treats him like the voice of God. But here he is - and not for the first time - talking out of his hat. Let's break it down in a short thread. 🧵

The most culturally impactful game of the last 10 years looks like this.

PSA: I'm a religion and politics reporter. That means I cover politics — professionally — for a living. And I can assure you: I still *do not care* what prediction markets think when it comes to elections. I put them in the same category as that octopus that chooses soccer game outcomes.

So Iran may to have to withdraw from the Fifa World Cup (Report, 12 March) because it is being bombed by the winner of the Fifa peace prize. Robert Lee Hampton, London Bang on.

So, Australia agreed to send our VERY expensive Wedgetail AEW&C to the UAE to 'augment' their AEW&C capabilities and then the UAE's own AEW&C is destroyed on the ground; presumably at the base our Wedgetail will be sent to. #auspol: why risk it? defencesecurityasia.com/en/iran-dron...

Louise Adler is an Australian of whom we can all feel proud. #auspol #FreePalestine

It is fascinating that as Trump threatens and insults US allies to try and get them to get him out of this ridiculous strategic bind, he does not have the courage to even ask Putin politely to stop helping Iran kill American soldiers. Interesting that.

Yes. The real victim of Robodebt was *checks notes* Scott Morrison...

( 007 theme song playing )

Personally, my favorite allied-country expression of naval non-commitment is “intensively looking”. What’s yours?

If we made the green energy transition this war would be unthinkable and these authoritarians wouldn’t be in power — not in the US, not in Iran, not in Saudi Arabia, not in Russia. Hydrocarbons are killing our freedom and just plain killing us.

It's hard to believe that this is the first in the world, but damn, can we follow their precedent?

June and I had an idea for a bumper sticker and now it exists in real life

ACCC site is down. Quick, form cartels!

These people are such bloody bastards. Making people impoverished so that their bottom line looks better