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Since people seem to be extremely into the horse-cake photo...here are his 30th and 31st birthday cakes, and a before-and-after of him eating a slice. There was always singing and sometimes balloons. He died just short of his 34th birthday, a good, long life for a horse. Give the horse cake!

Can confirm that my horse loved carrot cake for his birthday each year, but with none of that terrifying boy-killing fire on top.

Today I learned I can read German

Ran into old friend I'd heard has cancer. She's refusing radiation and chemo because "it's all from the COVID vaccine", and that mistrust now extends to cancer meds. I will NEVER forgive public health for downplaying COVID, leaving the goal wide open for all this garbage.

A British flight attendant has been arrested in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) after sharing an image of a drone strike, highlighting a widening crackdown on people documenting the war and raising questions about Dubai’s image as an open global hub. The 25-year-old cabin crew member was

'Not the moon that I'm used to seeing': Artemis II astronauts describe seeing the far side www.nbcnews.com/science/spac...

When @natickbobcat.bsky.social chimes in #2026MMM

The arrest of Salah Sarsour is inexcusable.

It looks like Sarsour was booked into the Clay County Jail in Brazil, IN on 3/30. ICE has repeatedly used Clay County to move people out of the Chicago area. Another detainee in Clay County is Juan Espinoza Martinez, who a Chicago federal jury acquitted in January of placing a hit on Greg Bovino.

Other than Obama, every president since Clinton has been older than Clinton.

like planet earth, i too look like i have my shit together from an incredible distance

NASA tried something called faster, better, cheaper before. Thankfully it was the robotic program so we “only” ended up losing a bunch of Mars spacecraft. Not looking forward to the human version.

Some of the imagery coming down from the Artemis II crew is breathtaking...

Here are some real-life space toilets. The USSR was ahead of the US in space toilet technology as they started designing space stations in 1971. Left: Mir space station toilet (1986 to 2001). Right: US Space Shuttle toilet (1981 to 2011) #ArtemisII 🧪

Since the toilets on Orion are a continuing topic of fascination, here's a thread about space toilets. It's not just about function - toilets are symbolic and social too, and raise issues of privacy and intimacy. This image shows how to use the Apollo Fecal Containment Device. #ArtemisII 🧪

In 'A Study of Space Bathroom Design' (one of my all-time favourite papers for its beauty and elegance), space architect Zachary Taylor describes the brutality of space toilets. The picture is a submarine toilet - a similar confined space with no possibility of popping outside. 🧪 #ArtemisII

I am going to be telling people about the Mir Space Station piss halo at parties for the rest of my life now

It’s definitely a good watch this weekend, especially seeing an alternate history of sending a woman to the moon during the Apollo missions. We’re only starting to catch up 50 years later.

Good luck to the Artemis II crew

People ask "how will I explain LGBT to my kids" And don't think about how, when I was a kid, I thought: * The Easter Bunny was a bunny * The Easter Bunny absolutely laid the eggs * The Easter Bunny is a cis male And I did not have any issues with believing all this at once

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Great essay by @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social "the very resistance by the political right to marriage equality as an equal right is because it demonstrates that marriage can be a freely negotiated relationship between equals, which threatens the patriarchial order." www.theguardian.com/world/2026/m...

If you devote thousands of hours of your life to writing and publishing a book, I give you permission to post about it a lot.

They’re spider opossum dolphins. They’re pizza spaghetti sandwiches

You can deny he’s at Walter Reed all you want, but for him to not leave this weekend (several reports he’s still in DC) to go to Florida of all weekends is pretty telling.

“we’re all traumatized by covid” ok but i specifically need to know if you were traumatized because the government cancelled brunch or because of all the death, this is a super important distinction

Artemis and the Artemis II mission! I can’t stop thinking about the Artemis plushie watching over the launch of the Orion hahaha #art #sailormoon #artemisII

My book Selling Out Santa is about the cultural consequences of political pressure on Hollywood in the post-war period. It's Open Access and I stand by that; everyone should have access to education and scholarship. But I am also unemployed, so any copies sold/venmo tips really do help a lot!

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this is it, right here. this is the take

We wanted to know how everyday Judean people felt about the crucifixion of Jesus. So we talked to three Roman soldiers at a taberna in Gadara.

Who’s got a book coming out this year? Reply with a link, a photo of you with a galley, your Publisher’s Weekly screen shot, whatever. I genuinely miss being a bookseller and seeing people get excited about their new books gives me joy. It’s rough out there. Let’s see your 📚!

If it happens, I hope NASA has a way of letting the astronauts join in the celebration. I’d be so bummed if I was off-planet for it.

If you get self-conscious about posting repeated promo, let me give you all my long-standing promo-hack, for free. (I'm not currently using it, but I will be soon! lol) This is a site without an algo, but also one that does not punish links. So what you want to do is make a strategic thread.

Authors, please talk about your stuff. People who like to read need to find out about your stuff. You're doing us a favor!

I mean, it’s not like he doesn’t warn you

What does this mean? Instead of the isolated Spaceship Earth, floating alone in a sea of darkness, the #ArtemisII image shows Earth interconnected with the solar system and galaxy. We have a responsibility to the space environment that we’re part of – including the Moon. 🧪

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

All excellent choices. But I think many folks-in-the-know will be "Donning" what Cher threatened to wear to Danny Aiello's funeral in "Moonlighting": a red dress.

The point is not to push you in any one aesthetic direction, but simply to encourage you to have one special outfit for when "It" happens. A good outfit will elevate your mood and help you mark the occasion. Celebrating in a t-shirt is fine — but a nice outfit is better.

One day, "It" will happen, by which I mean sudden and unexpected news that you want to celebrate. In such cases, you will want the right outfit. 🧵

It’s seems a lot of discourse it’s related to people being angry that BlueSky doesn’t automatically sense and curate to their personal preferences. But you can curate that yourself! There’s just no algorithm doing it for you!

The solar array selfie stick!

Being "not dead" is very different from being in good health. "There has never been a President who has worked harder for the American people. On this Easter weekend, he has been working nonstop in the White House and Oval Office. God Bless him." Bit of a weird ending to that tweet

did It Happen? no, of course not but the periodic weekend “maybe It’s Happening” rumor mill is an important mental health salve, carry on

I ordered some Thai food delivery, and the top of the email receipt says expected delivery by Saturday, August 9… WTF? The bottom of the email has the expected delivery time with the correct date, so hopefully that’s just a weird error!

The sound of one of the highest glass ceilings breaking!

killing him off on easter sunday might actually make me believe in God.

Watching a great horned owl and took a second to realize she wasn't staring back at me. 🪶