A couple of yellow-bellied sapsuckers are doing what they do in a tree. The first one gasps and says: "Leaves! Finally! Spring is here! Relief from the misery at last!" The second one goes "Oh, this winter wasn't so bad, in fact, the daily highs were well above average–" but this statement gets interrupted by the thoughts of the first bird thinking "I could kill him. No one would have to know."
Releaf
Large orange, yellow, and red clouds of dust and gas tower in the image, interspersed with a few pink stars.
Resembling a pair of butterfly wings, two lobes of a nebula stretch out from a central point, reaching to the upper right and lower left of the image. The lobes glow in pink, white, red, and orange hues, against a black background of space dotted with stars.
A roughly circular nebula, glowing in bright blue near the left curve, fills most of the image. At the top left corner is a region of gold-brown gas and dust. The "bubble" has bright pink stars seen throughout and is in front of dark blue and brown regions of gas and dust.
This Hubble image shows how young, energetic, massive stars illuminate and sculpt their birthplace with powerful winds and searing ultraviolet radiation. In this Hubble portrait, the giant red nebula (NGC 2014) and its smaller blue neighbor (NGC 2020) are part of a vast star-forming region in the Large Magellanic Cloud, a satellite galaxy of the Milky Way, located 163,000 light-years away. The image is nicknamed the "Cosmic Reef," because the nebulas resemble an undersea world. By contrast, the seemingly isolated blue nebula at lower left (NGC 2020) has been created by a solitary mammoth star 200,000 times brighter than our Sun. The blue gas was ejected by the star through a series of eruptive events during which it lost part of its outer envelope of material.
HAPPY 35TH BIRTHDAY TO THE BEST TELESCOPE EVER!! THANK YOU FOR GIVING US SUCH BEAUTIFUL AND ICONIC IMAGES OVER THE YEARS!!! 🌌🤩
Me waking up with some random song that I’ve not listened to in years stuck in my head.
False color image of the Bubble Nebula (NGC 7635) in Cassiopeia.A ghostly blue bubble sits among golden orange clouds of gas, punctuated by sharp violet pinpricks – young stars.
Spiral galaxies NGC 4038 and NGC 4039 –– the Antennae Galaxies. White, blue, and red swirls of stars from two disrupted spiral galaxies captured mid-collision, with messy lanes of dark gas and dust stretching between their bright yellow cores.
The globular cluster NGC 1866 in the Large Magellanic Cloud. A jewel box of tightly clustered white, blue, and red stars.
False color image of the Lagoon Nebula captured by Hubble for its 28th anniversary in 2018. Red, purple, blue, green, yellow, and orange clouds surround a region of active star formation, with our view obscured by dark molecular clouds.
Happy birthday to the Hubble Space Telescope, launched from the Kennedy Space Center #OTD in 1990. Here's to a remarkable 35 years of imaging the Cosmos. 🧪 🔭 ⚛️
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When Phil knows more about redstone, you know something wrong
#Philzafanart #mumzafanart
Monstera plant laying on the ground with broken leaves and dirt falling out of the pot on a light blue background. written under the drawing is >face planting<
I'm sorry I had to
Painting. A green asian dragon covered with moss or grass and shrubs. The face and paws are reminiscent of a fox. The horns are trees. A small asian looking house is on it’s back To the right is a miniature of the woodblock print the dragon is inspired from. 'Aoigaoka Waterfall in the Eastern Capital' by Hokusai
I wish I could live here.
Dragon inspired by the woodblock print 'Aoigaoka Waterfall in the Eastern Capital'
from 2021
A fan art drawing of the mane six ponies from My Little Pony Friendship is Magic, drawn in a fat pudgy style and gathered around together, laughing and talking with each other.
Scientist eliminates HPV
Todays hero
"Most non disabled people are unable to face the fact that health is temporary. That all it takes is one virus, accident or stroke of bad luck to leave you permanently disabled. They don’t want to face it, so they blame us for our illnesses and tell themselves it can’t possibly happen to them."
When people keep asking, “What can I do?” when referring to improving the state of the world, you can wear a mask. It’s one of the easiest ways to protect minorities and create community care. It also shows noncompliance. You want to be a revolutionary? Wear a mask!
I'm feeling spicy tonight. If you say 'artists need to create art now more than ever' and that statement isn't followed with 'and post your ko-fi/patreon link below so everyone can pitch in 5 bucks to keep you going', with all do respect, shut up.
No more of this 'inspiration to us all' nonsense
Yes. Former Treasury and OMB officials explained to me in detail what sort of power Elon Musk has now been granted. They described it as akin to having his hands on a series of spigots that he can now turn on and off:
newrepublic.com/article/1910...
If you're still using period tracker apps, stop
If you need to digitally track them, call it something else. Visit with your aunt
If you're helping someone access abortion pills, no you aren't. You're buying groceries
If you're taking someone out of State for abortion, you're visiting family
Wearing a mask is still the simplest thing you can do to resist & show solidarity with vulnerable people.
Protecting your health is more important than ever right now. Fighting back is easier when you’re healthy.
It also tells the government that you will not leave people behind.
Yes, it can happen again. 👀
#Witches! Resist with your wallet, that's too a form of #Resistance ✊🏼💙🔥
Just FYI good.store has some truly remarkable teas and blends and they have plenty of caffeine and loose leaf teas allow you to control the strength of your tea while getting superior flavor with less waste.
Also, 100% of profit goes to strengthen healthcare systems in the developing world.
One step is progress.
Be proud of whatever progress you’ve made; even the smallest step.
There’s a new pony pin and tarot deck Kickstarter launching this week!
Be sure to press the “notify me” button- there are limited early bird discount spots: www.kickstarter.com/projects/cat...
SHARE WIDELY.
KNOW YOUR RIGHTS.
With mass deportations starting today across the country, it is vitally important - for both citizens and non-citizens - to know your rights.
You have the right to remain silent. Assert it. You have the right to a lawyer. Ask for one.
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Pick your focus and stick with it. We cannot fight in all fronts or we will become overwhelmed. But we can all peel off a corner in our area of expertise and begin to reveal effective strategies for resisting the chaos. Every single one of us has something to offer.
With ICE raids already starting, remember this when you get asked if you've seen anyone they're looking for,
NO
I don't remember
I haven't seen anyone
I don't know
Fuck off
Ok, maybe not the last one, but erase your memory
Be an ally
Mutual aid is not just a disaster response, it’s a way of caring for one another, building stronger communities, and preparing for whatever life may throw at us next. It’s a labor of love—and a way of life.
I put together a reading list (and words of advice) for LitHub: lithub.com/we-only-have...
so i heard you wanna support queer and trans artists during this trying time...
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You won't believe this. My team and I make this show called SciShow that works hard to be rigorous and accurate while also being appealing and entertaining.
We reach a LOT of people every year with episodes about crabs and neutrinos and gender and cancer and vaccines.
It's great, I love it.
hug your pets and give them as much love as possible ❤️