Ramius for senate

the story of STARSHIPS

Mark Ham wowed the world with this picture. But then someone wowed me even more by pointing out that the moon always has the same phase when it's in a rainbow! (1/2)

When my Civ VI game gets really interesting

“But, but, but, LOLMets?!?” #ConfirmationBias #LGM

Congratulations to all the men now mansplaining ancient Egyptian pyramid construction to me, an Egyptologist who has excavated pyramids and works on a pyramid site and has surveyed the pyramid fields. Truly, you are doing the Lord's work. Go cry to your mummies.

Not saying that game was stolen from Egypt but it is now on display at museum in London.

❗This rule would end peer review as we know it at NASA. For 80 years, experts decided which federal research gets funded based on merit. A new OMB rule would give politicians final say instead. But this isn’t over yet. Comment by July 13: www.planetary.org/ombgrantrules

TRAVESAÑO! Or as we say in hockey: BAR-DOWN!

Single payer national health care is a business-friendly policy.

you're hearing about the American Century of Humiliation more and more

For two nights in a row, the Mets continue their season-long extreme yet reliable efforts to find a way to lose… …and FAIL SPECTACULARLY two nights in a row!! IN ATLANTA, no less! #LGM (Seriously, ABSURD amounts of 9th and 10th inning drama the last two nights).

It’s Time!

according to the Treaty of Tordesillas this is a home game for Spain

I haven’t seen so many ineffective crosses in Mexico since Hernán Cortés couldn’t convert the Aztecs in 1519

2026. Tall ships parades are battlefields.

I was a teenager in 1976, and lived through the year-long Bicentennial bash. It's striking how different it was from thos joyless, cheesy, angry 250th is. This one feels like an official celebration in Pyonyang, under the point of a gun.

Happy 4th of July, my fellow Americans! Enjoy a vintage piece of celebratory art from 1976 featuring a cornucopia of hamburgers, hotdogs, TVs, baseball, and lightbulbs! youtu.be/qDrpUiTcpv4?...

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Happy Victory over Oppression and Treason Day to all who celebrate! #July3rd #Gettysburg #Vicksburg #TheGettysburgFlag

I would contribute to crowdfund a necromantic ritual read this to Shelby Foote's ghost.

Happy Henry Hunt day to all who celebrate!

“Now we’ll see how professors fight” So much for the tolerant left

Since Taylor and Travis are getting married in MSG, does that mean Divorced in 5

163 years ago right about now, you’d be watching 12,000 troops advance out across this valley to occupy positions a mile in front of the US line

love this picture of the Minnesota soldier who captured the flag posing with it. Somehow looks like a guy’s dating profile pic even though it was taken in 1864

Patrick “Paddy” O’Rourke, an Irish immigrant who graduated the top cadet of the West Point class of 1861, was killed in action on July 2, 1863 leading the 140th New York Infantry Regiment to save the Union position on Little Round Top which was on the verge of collapse. He was 26 years old.

Happy “liberal arts professor helps save the Union” day to all who celebrate

Run ads pointing out that 4 Justices of the United States Supreme Court would have disallowed this goal.

Meanwhile, “copy, Moon Joy”! Lest we forget 🥹 Thank you @nasaartemis.bsky.social 🧪

Taps the sign.

‘Tis the season… …to put down Treason! #GettysburgExtended

The technical term for this kind of event is “Rehearsal”.

really cannot be emphasized enough that the drafters of the birthright clause very much considered cases analogous to undocumented immigrants and *included them too*

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As part of our NASA-funded work to understand why ferns were so successful in the aftermath of the impact that killed the dinosaurs (for centuries!) team lead @ebsessa.bsky.social's graduate student led a study of gametophytes, the tiny stage that ferns go through that you may not even know about.

Every missing grant should have gone to someone. Last week @science.org reported that the NSF cut research by 20-30%. That's maybe why only ~12% of 2025's grant total had been awarded by June 15 2026 (~70% through the fiscal year). Funding can be restored. Lost scientists? Not so much. More 👇

I have done the research and this is true.

neat

Not even remotely in question. Doubt me, just check the turnout for the Bicentennial (which includes me!)

The only thing Mauricio’s hit all month… …and it’s his Teammate. 🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️

On July 4, 1777, Washington and his troops were in Central Jersey, with Route 1 barely moving and all the good diners were closed.

yes. you cannot win calvinball by taking advantage of the new rules. you have to fire the refs

This is another page in the age-old Republican playbook: Make policy that enshittifies a formerly useful public service, then use the now-shittiness to justify deleting or privatizing the service. (Don't mention your role in enshittifying government when banging on about how shitty government is!)

It also makes enshittification of federal science agencies really easy. Create a personnel choke-point - all grants must be approved by political appointees before payments are made - then give the president unilateral power to fire those people. No staff or slow staff = no awards or slow awards.

The long term issue is that this Supreme Court is effectively eliminating civil service reforms that eliminated the spoils system that promoted widespread corruption and graft. The federal government cannot function effectively if every single political appointee switches out every 4 years.

What better way to celebrate America's 250th than with a bunch of empty federalist-style bouncy castles on the national mall

That's it, I'm inspired by the responses to this appalling video to name the "event" currently happening in Washington DC: The Temucentennial! 🤮🤮🤮