Former NASA climate scientist, now Senior Scientist at Project Drawdown, Dr. Kate Marvel, has a fantastic piece in the New York Times today. This is a must-read if you care about science, the planet, and the future. www.nytimes.com/2026/04/08/o...

There are posts in my feed obliquely shaming those of us that were (and still ARE) experiencing Moon Joy. For anyone born after 1972, this flyby is something we’ve waited a lifetime for. I refuse to apologize for enjoying it. That little crumb of joy is all that keeps us from the brink of despair.

They got Artemis a coffee and a donut. That’s so nice, it was a long day for him! #SailorMoon #ArtemisII

I’m sitting in the break room eating my lunch, watching the live Moon flyby feed on my phone, as coworkers buzz around going about their days, and I want to scream “WE’RE FLYING AROUND THE MOON RIGHT NOW!!” at everyone, which I’m choosing not to do.

This image of home just came down from the Artemis II crew. Taken after their translunar injection burn, there are aurorae at top right and lower left, and zodiacal light at lower right. Credit: NASA/Reid Wiseman

You say “casual Friday at work”, I say REGALIA DAY TWO.

THIS MAKES MY ENTIRE YEAR RIGHT HERE 😭😭😭😍😍😍

Happy March 32nd

New painting just dropped!! HYAKUTAKE IN DREAMS, 10x8”, pearlescent watercolor on black paper w/aluminum mount. (Really!) #watercolor #SpaceArt #SpaceArtist #SciArt #comet

So if you thought I was showing up to work NOT in full regalia… you’d be wrong.

This is a great list of techniques for getting real information out of a Google search and avoiding AI slop and paid results. (One thing not included is that if you add "-ai" to a search, you block the AI summary) cardcatalogforlife.substack.com/p/google-has...

I have what I’ve described to my coworker as a classic Danielle-did-all-the-things-too-long burnout cold (see: every finals week of college, about halfway through. And sick through whatever week of vacation followed.) [SNERK] 😓

✨18k Print giveaway!✨ Winner can pick any one s/m size art print in my shop 💖 Rules: • Follow • Like • Repost Ends Thurs March 12 MIDNIGHT EST Open to US & Canada Winner will be contacted through DMs I’ll use a random number generator to select the winner ko-fi.com/babeandoak/shop

This is a tiny victory amid all the horrors [waves hands around] …but sharing because this is my first official copyright EVER, and I fuckin LOVE that @rckhnd.com‘s nerdy Jolly Rockhound is now in the Library of Congress. 😍

10/10 take. no notes

repost to save a life

Nothing like getting your artwork back from a show and it’s damaged. Think this is my last year @ TAPS. 😔

Lately there’s been little art and much gem show prep (@rckhnd.com). Contemplating cutting back on volunteer duties; am basically working two full time jobs. Also I sell stuff on eBay to keep the bills paid. (Hubs lost his job in January.) I can honestly say, I’ve never hustled so hard in my life.

Alfred Bester is great reading in general—I also recommend The Demolished Man.

Did anyone take pics at TAPS? I’d love to see the art!

Mitosis, Ink on Yupo, 2026

Regarding the Discourse, lemme just say that if you can't draw, yes you can. Everyone can draw, and folks will almost certainly respond more positively to your stick figures than some generic "A.i." slop. Also, there are LOADS of resources for free images. Like this! 🧵 www.nga.gov/artworks/fre...

In classic ADHD fashion I forgot what I wanted to post because I got distracted. 😂 Fellow A(u)DHD folks: is there a to-do list app you use for more than five minutes before discarding? One that’s somehow motivating, intriguing or fun? I need the reminders, but so far I’ve ignored two apps.

Not only did Neil Gaiman get away with absolutely heineous SA without any fucking legal consequences he now claims he's writing a new novel. He hasn't published a book since 2013 and now thinks he can just magnanimously drop a literary turd to reclaim our goodwill. Do not support him or buy his book

I automatically assume posts like this are coming from @etherbrian.bsky.social because it’s exactly his vibe 😂

Go and check out a bunch of awesome space art this weekend! (I can’t be there, but I have three paintings in the show!)

Death Valley sunset.

I was terrible at keeping up with posting during our Tucson trip, but I’ll post some highlights now that we’re home. Tired (home bed is best bed), broke (relatively speaking, but we were buying for our entire 2026 show season), and burned out on gem shows (again, relatively speaking lol.) 😝

So here I am in Tucson for the first time in 14 years, and it’s been amazing so far. Last time I was a diamond-eyed gemology student in a lousy marriage; now I’m a business owner with the best partner ever, buying incredible specimens for our 2026 gem show lineup. How things have changed!

Doing art badly is good and sacred

There's too many fucking people in the Epstein files. Need Yakko Warner to sing a song about it to help me get caught up

A zine documenting the National Park Service’s “Life Under Slavery at George Washington House” exhibit—removed by the government January 22, 2026 in an act of censorship (zinebakery.com/bakeshop/cen...)

Not claimed yet: Buy this framed and matted print and I'll donate proceeds to People Over Papers. Mail day is tomorrow so I can get it out to you that quickly!

Still needing input on this.

So I got into The Art of Planetary Science..!! All three pieces! 😵‍💫 thanks to those who encouraged me to submit (especially @stellerarts.com ) And weirdly since I will BE IN TUCSON on 2/13 I get to drop them off like a normie? 😅 AND see the Kuiper Building/campus? SUPER DUPER YAY

Also sorry I’ve been quiet, things have been a little @&$!$*%#@$ behind the scenes.

Tucson peeps! We will be there for a week in February for as many gem shows as we can fit in, but my burning question is: what’s your favorite place to EAT? 😍

This bobtail squid burrowing into the sand is already adorable, but please watch till the very end! It sticks out its little arms and earnestly sprinkles sand over itself 🦑𓂃◌𓈒𓐍

I grew up where the headwaters of the Sacramento River come bursting out of the bottom of (aptly named) Spring Hill. Glacial cold and pure.

THREAD: I'll fact-check all the viral misinformation about the US military operation in Venezuela in this thread This image, purporting to show the US military arresting Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, is AI-generated. According to Google's SynthID detector, it was created using Google AI.

I’m good with my first thing here in 2026 being the reposting of a poem. ‘into the open arms of the air.’

…I’ll take it.

Do I know someone with a good understanding of physics, who is willing to answer a couple of specific questions about the three-body problem, and/or point me to a good explainer on the topic? (It’s for a painting; I’d like to work some equations and/or text into the piece but in a non-stupid way.)

For New Year’s Day 2026, a hellenistic glass vase shaped like a pomegranate. 2nd century BC - 1st century AD. A symbol of abundance and good luck for the year ahead! 📷 Phoenix Art phoenixancientart.com/work-of-art/... #Archaeology

Today I reminded myself why I left web design, and how quickly CSS can send your brain from zero to murderous rage. 💀 In other news, I’m rethinking this Shopify page I was trying to make prettier.

They're going to *throw out* one-of-a-kind NASA archives?! Not even a year since the Inauguration & we're already at the 2nd-time-as-farce version of the burning of the Library of Alexandria.

Sitting a stewing in frustration isn't nearly as cathartic as just designing a poster. Let's see how often I remember that in 2026.

The final Calvin and Hobbes, which appeared in papers 30 years ago today.

Where is everyone making their art vs artist grids?