THANK YOU TO EVERYONE TAGGING ME IN ON THE VATICAN / PENTAGON BEEF HOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOLY SHIT

Not a single objective has been achieved. No regime change, no elimination of the missile launching capabilities, no commitment on the nuclear program. Iran now has a tollbooth at one of the world's busiest waterways. What an absolute fiasco.

The Moon: oh wow you guys decided to come back Artemis II crew: earth’s haunted

I’m seeing this picture going around today being dropped in with the other amazing Artemis II shots, but this is not an Artemis photo!!!! This was taken by the DSCOVR satellite in 2015, from a distance of a million miles from Earth. 🧪🔭 (1/3) 📸: NASA, NOAA

it's lucky that last year's Wireless headliner, Drake, was so unproblematic

Erm, they're called palaeontologists, actually.

Today I learned that one should ask a hospital where a loved one is being treated in an *ICU* if they will be monitored and treated by on-site care providers or through remote telehealth. This fatal dystopian story is about Yale New Haven Health. lawandcrime.com/lawsuit/no-o...

unicorn won't let me through, so I'm sitting on a cushion behind the sofa, listening to numberblocks and wondering how many they actually assigned personalities to (25, 35 and 45 inherit being musicians, because 5 is a 'star', but 26 is a spy and I don't know why)

"Croesus then asked if he should make war on the Persians and if he should take to himself any allied force. The oracles to whom he sent this question included those at Delphi and Thebes. Both oracles gave the same response, that if Croesus made war on the Persians he would destroy a mighty empire."

Well, if it’s 7 April, it must be 11 years since His Gracious Majesty, via the medium of the Daily Express, gave us this headline

Speaking of Threads, this one got me in the feels.

Small Child slept through the night for the first time in weeks and I am a new person. the whole bank holiday weekend she's been up four times a night and we've both got sinus colds and now I'm cured!

>Canadian company builds solar panels in Malawi >is paid in Malawi's (volatile) currency >invests those payments in local farmers growing chili peppers >sells chili peppers to Nando's, in USD >builds sustainable business model on Cheeky Nando's This is my favourite news story of the year so far.

Someone with the handle @velocity69.bsky.social is sharing a video with the caption: "The highest quality video of the moon was just released… so beautiful * Artemis II" It's gone viral, but it's not from Artemis II. If you've shared it, you might want to un-share.

lovely afternoon at the jousting finals (as you do), though sad there's no mead sponsorship this year. Small Child's favourite knight was proposed to by her squire, which was all very courtly love.

throwback to a few years ago when easter, passover, and ramadan all overlapped on margaret thatcher's death day

Oh my gd, the Artemis II crew doing a parody of a bad 1980s sitcom intro from in space. Source: www.instagram.com/p/DWwuHPfCZ8Z/

Think about every billionaire who simultaneously believes his job is indispensable and irreplaceable and extremely taxing, and that he can also do it while chatting nonstop 24/7 with Epstein and shitposting, and then sending exactly 3 emails a day related to business.

So the thing about the drama that not enough people are talking about is that it's not drama but a legit smear campaign from the right and music execs. She said "give artists health insurance" once and they said "well we gotta take her down"

It’s time to post one of my favorite memes of the year.

*movie trailer guy voice*

ooh, are we bringing back swatches of nice pictures? that was the most soothing type of image on Pinterest, back in the day. imagine your wedding in shades of nudibranch.

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 🧪

The state pension is a benefit. You pay NI for the entitlement to access it, but the cash you get back does not come from your own contributions. Be thankful that it does not: the typical 60-year-old has paid in £134k in NI, but will get back £222k in SP payments. 4/5

Know someone in the writers room on this & they are setting up an AWESOME twist for the opening of S2 #nospoilers

And on the third day, he- Oh

If you see a stolen KitKat, no you didn't

my husband just sent me this

You’re telling me these antibiotics are for broads on the spectrum?

Good grief take advantage of this amazing commission sale!

Something doesn't look right about the proboscis - what's all that hanging fleshy stuff? I think it may be AI and that it's based on this similar (real) video from @mbarinews.bsky.social youtu.be/CsxxAPOkkeU?...

Small Child: I don't want a ship in a storm, I want a bike in a forest. wise words, if a bit of a non-sequitor within the current conversation about being an easter bunny.

The horse op-ed is an instant classic. I can't tell you how much joy this piece gives me. It should be taught in every introductory writing class in no small part because the horse arguments are so compelling. "I have noticed that human children get to eat cake. But I am bigger than the children."

teleporting is real if you consider drunk driving a form of teleporting

Nice center of gravity demo 🎢

classic british bank holiday movie options on tv: The Sound of Music (1965), Funeral in Berlin (1966), Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines (1965), and Carry on Dick (1974).

I always wonder - usually in vain - just how big auction houses determine provenance information. Thanks to the Epstein Files, we can see exactly how a seemingly rock-solid provenance was built on shifting sands for this Hercules. 🧵

Thomas gets taken to a black ops site

There was a Passover-themed haiku contest at the community seder. My entry, which received a solid round of applause: Frogs frogs frogs frogs frogs Frogs frogs frogs frogs frogs frogs frogs Frogs frogs frogs frogs frogs

HASTINGS: I say, Poirot, this vial’s labeled “hyaluronic acid”! Is it a poison? SKINCARE HERCULE POIROT: Non, mon ami. This acid, it replenishes the skin’s barrier naturale HASTINGS: So this is a gal who takes care of her skin. SKINCARE HERCULE POIROT: *irritated* The gentleman may use it as well

Incredible footage from a United Airlines flight of the Artemis II launch.

Reminder that the moon that orbits the Earth has a name in English and that name is the Moon. There are lots of nicknames and names in other languages (Luna, for instance) but technically in English it is just the Moon. The concept of a moon is uncapitalized; our moon is the Moon.

In case you were wondering: Yes, there is a Jonathan the Great Tortoise angle to the Pam Bondi firing news.

Across Africa, solar panels imported from China