Iranian musician Ali Ghamsari has staged a sit-in outside the Damavand power plant in protest against US and Israeli threats to target vital infrastructure.
Ghamsari said he would remain at the site and play music there in the hope of helping prevent attacks on Iran’s energy facilities.
First look at the Moon and Earth together!
4 people on the left, 8.3 billion people on the right 🌎
Honestly, the great crisis of our society is the unwillingness of institutions to inflict consequences.
Impeach the president, fire the sex pests, expel cheating students, excommunicate an unrepentant heretic, prosecute the war criminals.
Believe in your institution enough to enforce its rules.
I worry a lot about communities formed around the commitment: anyone who ever tries to tell you anything short of the maximally emotionally satisfying thing to you right now is a liar who wants you to suffer.
Favorite books about women's history? Any time period, any geographic location. It's for a thing
Spectacular high-resolution image of our home planet viewed through the Orion Crew Module window by the Artemis II astronauts as they continue their journey to the Moon on Flight Day 2, 3 April 2026 (pic: NASA)
A full disc image of Earth, as seen from the Orion Crew Module. The planet is a pale blue, swirling with white clouds and glowing slightly lighter blue in place from reflected light. At lower left, a large brown landmass is Africa, with Spain and Portugal with twinkling lights where the planet curves. At top right, auroras glow in a thin green glow, just barely separated from the planet's surface. Earth is set against the black of space (pic: NASA/R.Wiseman)
😮 Awesome views from Day 2 of #Artemis II this morning.
@exploration.esa.int @esaearth.esa.int
This may be the first time I've seen this style of graphic where it accurately portrays the moon as a moving target.
Just a staggering amount of math and engineering that goes into this.
This is my favorite climate change chart. Japanese monks, aristocrats, and emperors kept meticulous records of cherry blossom festivals for 1,200 years and accidentally built the world's longest climate dataset.
there it is, all 7 continents
#NoKings from the arctic in Utqiaġvik, Alaska the northernmost city in the entire USA!
European regulators have approved acoziborole, a new treatment for sleeping sickness that cures the disease with a single oral dose. The drug replaces complex regimens requiring hospitalisation, spinal taps and weeks of monitoring. buff.ly/KX3Ld2B
#ShareGoodNewsToo
Art. Black and white drawing of an otter's, drawn with abstract shapes and lines. The otter is looking at you pretty hard, and it has a fish in it's mouth. Its whiskers are extremely whiskery. Surely the otter has a name, but otters keep such things a secret. So we'll have to call it Velmaroxe for now. Water curls around it, and there is a title next to it that reads: "The Otter: Friendly Water-Sausage"
Art. Black and white drawing, made of abstract lines and shapes, of a bird with a wicked grin sitting on a thorny branch. Next to it, impaled on a thorn, is a mouse. The title reads: "The Shrike: Nature's Bastard"
Black and white drawing of a hellbender salamander, made of abstract shapes and lines. It is curled around with it's tail pointing up and to the left. Above it is text made of abstract shapes that reads: "The Snot Otter", then a line, and below is is more regular sans serif text that reads: "It'snot an Otter." In the bottom right corner are the initials JWG, which is me, 'cause I drew it.
Black and white drawing of a raven, looking away from you as if you've done something terribly wrong. The drawing is made of abstract shapes and lines.
4/4: Some of my drawings are available as prints, or on shirts & mugs, at my Etsy store, here:
www.etsy.com/shop/Surpris...
Like this set of animals, or my very favorite grumpy raven!
NB: If you like one of my drawings, and would like it on a mug, shirt, etc., let me know. We can make it happen!
there's so much bad in the world but there's also people who lift up and carry an elderly bat around every day so he can pretend he's flying again, and that's the part of the world I think is worth fighting for
Jellyfish have survived all 5 mass extinctions which goes to show the best way to succeed in this world is to not have a brain or heart
A goat who lives behind my house, who is angling her neck awkwardly in a rather pathetic and desperate attempt to see my television set and catch the finale of season 7 of The Gilmore Girls.
THREAD.
A collection of photographs of excellent goats I have met during walks in the British countryside.
You will find the all-important captions to each photo in the alt text.
Yesterday I gave a guest lecture in a colleague's class. They had just wrapped up the ODYSSEY and had discussed other epics like the RAMAYANA before reading an excerpt from my FEATHERED SERPENT, DARK HEART OF SKY: MYTHS OF MEXICO.
I discussed an "Aztec" equivalent to "arete" and "dharma."
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This is deeply embarrassing to just everything
All it takes is one financial tragedy. Without the social safety net, you just fall right through. I've see physical and mental breakdowns that took people out of work for two years. You go from middle class illusions of stability to desperate poverty shockingly fast in this country.
I don’t really know what I expect in posting this, but maybe some people see it and can learn from it.
I’ll call it “lessons from an unwilling immigration attorney.”
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So, you have a logo.
I want you to run it through these tests, to see if it's an effective logo, or just a nice illustration.
Because I see so many people who reveal logos for their new, exciting thing ... and it's not fit for purpose.
And you'll learn that hard way if you don't check.
Happy Anniversary to those who celebrate cat attorneys.
venmo: @renthelpmpls
if you feel like passing around a link today and helping fundraise for rent that will actually get paid today (and in the next few days for families who have a grace period) you can send here.
we will be going hard all day. i won’t be posting about it because I don’t want to flood your feeds.
It's a thriller about an obstetrician who gets kidnapped by a cult and has to figure out how to endure and rebel and escape without getting murdered. Out in June, available for pre-order.
us.macmillan.com/books/978125...
anyway, my dudes, you are too old to believe in the logistics fairy
Inside of April 1976 Ebony article: Paul Robeson Farewell to a Fighter
Cover of April 1976 Ebony Magazine with headline: Paul Robeson - Farewell To A Fighter on top right corner
Various works on Paul Robeson, including a biography of his wife Eslanda Robeson and a book by his son Paul Robeson Jr
Paul Robeson died 50 years ago today.
Can you imagine being the most famous Black person in the world at one point, only to die in near obscurity?
The American government made sure no one would remember one of the greatest Americans to ever live.
He was 77
I don't remember seeing this particular justification for systematically excluding women before.
This line graph illustrates the percentage change in agency staff levels from the previous year for nine major U.S. federal scientific and health organizations between the fiscal years 2016 and 2025. The agencies tracked include the CDC, Department of Energy, EPA, FDA, NASA, NIH, NIST, NOAA, and NSF. For the majority of the timeline between 2016 and 2023, the agencies show relatively stable fluctuations, generally staying within a range of +5% to -5% change per year. However, there is a dramatic and uniform plummet starting in the 2024–25 period. Every agency depicted shows a sharp downward trajectory, with staffing losses ranging from approximately -15% to over -25%. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) shows the most significant decline, dropping to roughly -26%, while the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) shows the least severe but still substantial drop at approximately -15%.
This is the most astonishing graph of what the Trump regime has done to US science. They have destroyed the federal science workforce across the board. The negative impacts on Americans will be felt for generations, and the US might never be the same again.
www.nature.com/immersive/d4...
I just woke up from a nap and somehow while I was asleep, everyone on the bus has figured out we are not going to the right place
