“Oh, picky, picky, picky.” Beatrix Rousseau, Soap Carver

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[background is yellow sky with pink flowers in foreground] another day.... another stupid, stupid day. mybodyistryingtokillme.com

In other news, condoms will no longer be sold in the commissary

(I've been 4F my entire adult life and have no idea if condoms have been sold in commissaries)

Wait, I think I saw this one recently

Absolutely fucking brilliant

warfighters? more like sick and dead fighters

They're discussing how quickly to break the next ceasefire

Of course I'm also sleep deprived from freezing out at the telescope all night, so ymmv

Rather proud of this one

Oceania has always been at war with Elbonia

Oceania has always been at war with Elbonia

This deep image shows the unusual galaxy NGC 3109, located 4.34 million light years away in the direction of the constellation of Hydra. NGC 3109 is a dwarf barred spiral galaxy, similar to the Large Magellanic Cloud, and has an approximate diameter of 25,000 light years. It is oriented almost edge-on from our vantage point and contains a large amount of hydrogen gas. For this image I collected over 14 hours of H-Alpha exposure in addition to the LRGB, and as a result the hydrogen clouds are clearly visible as spectacular red HII emission regions scattered throughout the galaxy. The emission is caused by vigorous star formation and many blue giant stars and clusters are visible in the galaxy. It also hosts an unusually high number of planetary nebulae and a significant amount of dark matter but does not seem to have any well defined galactic nucleus. NGC 3109 was discovered from South Africa by John Herschel on March 24, 1835. It is a member of the Antlia-Sextans Group which also includes the very small Antlia Dwarf galaxy. Studies of the gas in the Antlia-Sextans group members indicate that NCG 3109 and the Antlia Dwarf had a gravitational interaction in the past, about 1 billion years ago. The group is thought to be either the most distant members of our Local Group of galaxies, or perhaps be the nearest other galaxy group outside of the Local Group. Image details: Date: Feb 2019 - May 2020 Exposure: LRGBHa: 1240:175:160:165:855 mins, total 46 hours @ -25C Telescope:...

A Deep View of the Dwarf Spiral Galaxy NGC 3109 - From Rolf Wahl Olsen - https://flic.kr/p/2jCSJYJ

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You're not my Mom

“It’s amazing what you can accomplish if you do not care who gets the credit.”

- Harry Truman

As Trump proves often, the reverse of this is also true.

It’s amazing how much you can fuck things up when the only thing you care about is getting the credit.

Blue 2, by Joan Miró, 1961

Originalism just seeks to align rulings with the intentions of the Founders: Rupert Murdoch and Roger Ailes.

wut

Canada annex YOU

Canada annex YOU

oh sure but when i run across the field naked it's "illegal"

I gotta see this yet. I owe it to my boyhood.

The Article’s assertions that Director Patel has used his position to “target political or personal adversaries of the president”; that he complained that the FBI merchandise “isn't intimidating enough”; and that days before the U.S. launched its war with Iran, he “fired members of a counterintelligence squad that was devoted, in part, to Iran,” leaving the country vulnerable, are each false. Director Patel has not targeted political or personal adversaries

So I'm reading the Kash Patel lawsuit, and he's claiming it is false and defamatory to say that he's used his position to “target political or personal adversaries of the president.”

Has he thought this through? Because I believe that's what the President expects him to be doing.

“What I’m telling you is, don’t be afraid to get your hair mussed.”

Trump may have closed the Strait of Hormuz. But it's up to the incoming Democratic president to reopen it.

--Bret Stephens, January 2029

Republicans may lose both Congress and the White House in 2028. But if they can cause a long and deep economic downturn, they are likely to return to power in 2030 and 2032.

Four frame color mosaic of southern Lunae Planum and eastern Valles Marineris, imaged by Viking Orbiter 1. This image is constructed from four pairs of violet and red images. This image was taken during on April 11, 1978, during Viking Orbiter 1's 663rd revolution around Mars. Image Credit: NASA / JPL / USGS / Justin Cowart

Lunae Planum - Viking Orbiter 1 - From Aster Cowart (terrasabaea.bsky.social) - https://flic.kr/p/21Nzufq