This is beautiful

Yeah that’s cool

Guys it’s my fault, I’m sorry

I can’t believe it went, I am shocked it worked so well

LIFTOFFFFFFFF OH MY GOD I AM CRYING

out of respect i will now capitalize Moon and continue to capitalize nothing else ever

No, an article is never part of the name; apologies to @ohiostatepress.bsky.social. It’s option 2. If you write “we’re going to the moon,” I might ask, “which one? Around which planet?” This is my point. Earth’s Moon was the only moon until Galileo. We should have made this change back in 1611 IMO

Hill I will die on today, Artemis II day, but on all days too: The Moon is a place, a world, a sacred relative in some cosmogonies, and a fundamental part of Earth. So it’s a PROPER NOUN and you should give it a capital M! I will make this case in as many words as somebody wants me to write!

🚨🚨🚨 March 2026 was the warmest March on record according to Prism climate data (1895-present). Previously, 2012 was far and away the warmest March, but this March beat 2012 by about half a degree Fahrenheit. This map shows how March temperatures ranked compared to all other Marches.🔥🔥🔥

🚀 🌔 NASA is planning to launch Artemis II to the moon in just seven hours! Here's your quick guide to the mission--read more at www.scientificamerican.com/report/nasa-...

I think it’s also the foreboding promise of exporting our “enshitificafion” to the moon. The moon’s future is likely one of extraction and corporate conquest. We wanted a future of Star Trek and got the Weyland-Yutani Corp instead. Or as @rboyle31.bsky.social’s excellent OUR MOON reads:

The four astronauts of NASA’s Artemis II mission hope to inspire people to feel part of something bigger. But is the world too distracted and divided for people to feel united around the latest moonshot? nyti.ms/4sEArpf

Roxanne is one of the smartest science writers out there, and I have no doubt her first book will change how we think about ourselves. You should order it!

Pope Leo says aerial bombing should be banned in fresh condemnation of war Pontiff tells Italian airline staff planes ‘should always be carriers of peace, never of war’

My local industrial gas supplier also wanted people to know this recently

Irish Times recipe uncannily aware of my emotional fragility

This really sucks

Klimaat is één groot systeem. Wat zich aan de andere kant van deze bol afspeelt kan ook hier gaan voorkomen, laten we ons geen illusies maken. Rebecca Boyle heeft nu te maken met hitte, buitensporige hitte . . . Ze wil ons vertellen over wat dit betekent. Dat we niet zeggen: ik wist er niet van....

It’s hot in the Rocky Mountains. Hot! It should not be like this in mid-March. I know everything is a lot right now, everywhere, but we here in the West want you to know what we’re facing. My editors @theatlantic.com asked me to tell you about it: www.theatlantic.com/science/2026...

Hey! Someone was just nice and helped me with something. You won’t read about it in the news but worth mentioning.

Excited to start my Victory Garden this weekend! What better time than in the 86° heat of Colorado in March!!1! (Sarcasm emoji)

Solidarity. ☘️ Happy St. Paddy’s indeed. This video was very much not what I was expecting, and I will need some time to get over it

(Here's the feature! We hope he and you both like it, dear reader.)

I was just informed that @breezybrik.bsky.social told Ryan Gosling to read my current feature at the end of this clip and I HOPE HE LIKES IT www.scientificamerican.com/video/ryan-g...

Brief leans into the argument that the Trump admin is retaliating against Colorado for Tina Peters conviction. Highlights Administrative Procedures Act violations, including punitive reporting requirements and gag orders on UCAR leadership

On top of the slowdown in grantmaking I wrote about last week - this is another deeply worrisome trend for scientists, physicians, patients, families, and basically anyone who wants new treatments and new tools to promote health. 🆘🧪🥼 open.substack.com/pub/elizabet...

“To the beautiful chaos of a mother’s heart” - Jessie Buckley winning an Oscar on March 15, Mother’s Day in the UK and Ireland (the 4th Sunday of Lent). Love art, love art made by human beings, now and forever.

Pope Leo XIV demanded a ceasefire in the Middle East on Sunday in his strongest comments to date, directly addressing the leaders who launched the war in Iran.

I think it’s cool that some people focus on curing disease and some people focus on understanding what animals are up to and some people think about our place in the universe and how things came to be the way they are. People are driven by curiosity and I promise you you don’t want it any other way

“AI is basically sucking up all human knowledge and throwing it back at us - and charging a price.” Talking Heads founding member David Byrne speaks to @faisalislam.bsky.social about AI and its impact on creativity. #Newsnight

As some commenters in this thread have pointed out, the money we've burned through in one week in Iran is about the equivalent of 1 JWST. Or the annual budget of the NSF. The money is there to do big things, the question is what are the big things we want to do?

Hi scientists of Bluesky! I’m on the lookout for positives. Tell me: Why is your field the best right now? What are you excited about? Have any good news to share? (Yes, I know. I’m working on something.) If you’re willing to talk to me, reach out here or Rebecca.B.Boyle at gmail. Please share!

There's a broken cuneiform tablet from the Old Babylonian period, nearly 4,000 years ago, which preserves a tiny portion of a dialogue between two friends. It feels a bit like the conversations I've been having for the past week, so I wanted to share it.

this is like the thesis statement of our times

Everyone is sharing a summary of the school bombing in Iran that includes a screen shot. The screen shot is apparently FROM THE VERY AI PROGRAM we are upset about. Here is a different screen shot, from the actual NPR story, by @gbrumfiel.bsky.social and colleagues Link: www.npr.org/2026/03/04/n...

That’s precisely how advanced the AI is

See, this is why I am a nonfiction writer. The truth can be its own metaphor

You should apply for this award, starting today & through April 3. I almost didn’t enter in 2025, and then someone reminded me my book was eligible. So I went for it - and won the top journalism prize! 💰 You can’t win contests you don’t enter. Submit your best work & you might win - just ask me.

I've been really struggling to write about space while living through the ICE occupation in Minneapolis this winter. I was shocked to find myself thinking, "Who cares about sending people to the moon?" That feeling is more historically resonant than I thought. 🧪🔭 www.sciencenews.org/article/moon...

The truth is not the average of a fact and a lie.

This one is for a REAL need and imma hopeful that an auto company gonna step up. KELLY PANNEK from the women’s hockey team got hits by someone who totaled her car. She needs a new car. Lots of brands commenting that they want to help,, but few truly stepping up. Who can help,??

Sounds a lot like the WPA, or the CCC. It is good to work together.

Most people don’t realize how soon the Colorado River basin will be in crisis. Lake Powell may reach deadpool by the end of 2026. It won’t generate electricity, and no water will flow out of it to the Grand Canyon, Lake Mead, and all the cities and farms downstream that depend on it.

I wrote about why it really needs to snow, a lot, ASAP, in Colorado. Yep, I’ve heard the Sierras are getting a lot! That’s great, and is not going to help Lake Powell or Lake Mead. We need snow in the Rockies. You all should be paying more attention. Gift link: www.theatlantic.com/science/2026...

Exotic black hole stars could explain the mystery of Little Red Dots Astronomers are racing to understand mysterious ancient objects that pepper James Webb Space Telescope images www.scientificamerican.com/article/what...

This is the last thing you have to do before you finish your degree in physics.

In @nytopinion.nytimes.com “There is a lot of wonder to be had in the dedication that precedes the Games,” Kelly Corrigan writes about the Olympics. “Devotion, the opposite of smash and grab, is slow and full of faith.”