In a nutshell. 😊

3-panel comic. (1) (A person with a picture of a spacecraft behind head.] PERSON 1: There are now three spacecraft headed to Europe: NASA’s *Europa Clipper*, which will investigate Europa’s subsurface ocean, (2) [Person is gesturing at a picture of a different spacecraft while talking to a person with a ponytail and a person with short hair.] PERSON 1: ESA’s *Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer*, which will study the topography and chemistry of Europa and the other moons, (3) [Person with a picture behind head of a Zamboni with a rocket launcher underneath] and the NHL’s *Zamboni Voyager*, which plans to resurface Europa. PERSON FROM OFF-PANEL: Oh no. PERSON 1: We tried to stop them, but the league is set on an expansion.

Europa Missions

xkcd.com/3234/

Two hooded figures with lamps approach a moonlit, isolated cottage. A woman answers the door. We have come for the child, says the hooded figure So soon? she asks It is time, says the hooded figure. The woman is distraught. We should never have got him a library card! What is done cannot be undone, says the hooded figure We couldn’t see the harm! We just wanted him to enjoy reading! For most, it ends there, says the hooded figure, turning away and walking into the wilderness Oh lord, What have I done! says the woman, the child walks past her and out into the darkness with them. Do not cry mother. I am a writer now.

my latest books cartoon for @theguardian.com

Sam Wang, Politician-in-Training The neuroscientist went from analyzing elections to running for Congress. But can this rookie win over New Jersey locals—and Trump voters?

"When people were discovering radiation—‘Oh, radiation’s really good. We should put radium in everything! We should put radium in beverages!’ We’re in this weird, unregulated moment in AI where we just think it’s wonderful and put it everywhere: ‘Let’s put AI in TVs! Let’s put AI in our furniture!’”

The oldest known image of Keith Richards, published around 1140 AD ...

Reading, thinking, and hammering.

My retirement plan. ⚒️

The future starts now, in Burns, Oregon. California Quail and Doves. 🪶

Slope failures in Manicouagan Reservoir reveal landslide deposits, some tied to the 1663 Charlevoix earthquake. Sediment cores show disruption after impoundment.

Read more: geosociety.co/slope
Image: EROS/USGS, 1964/2024.

two images of the human body's circulatory system. One of them with good cable management

The human circulatory system, before and after proper cable management.

We have always been negotiating a ceasefire with Eastasia

Science Pub: Fifty Years of Paleontology at John Day A lecture in celebration of the John Day Fossil Bed's 50th anniversary as a National Monument. | May 19, 7-9 pm. Doors @ 6.

omsi.edu/events/scien...

I'm going to be giving a talk for @omsiedu.bsky.social about paleontology at JODA after the last 50 years!

Mt. St. Helens 4-18-26

Mt. St. Helens
4-18-26

#SorcerersKitchen

Mt. Hood at sunrise. Dark conifers, snowy mountaintop with some rock exposed, surrounded by pink-orange clouds with some indigo sky clouds behind.

One more… sunrise. Mt. Hood. 🩷☮️🫶🏻

#PNW #Mountain #Sunrise

A grid photo of 16 different characters all played by the legend Tim Curry.

Tim Curry, the absolute legend, turns 80 today. This man took huge swings.

A striped cat appears to be “yelling” at a kitten with the exact same coloring. The kitten’s eyes are wide open and their ears pinned back.

you just know somebody’s being called by their full name right now

The good news is that I identified the central problem with my life! The bad news is that it's me

Today is the 251st anniversary of Paul Revere's ride.

If bet if Paul could have seen 251 years into the future that horse never would have been saddled up.

The San Andreas Fault produced major earthquakes long before 1906. Here’s what we know about them Scientists say the northern San Andreas Fault produced 19 strong earthquakes over the past 3,000 years.

Wow. It’s the 120th anniversary of the Great San Francisco Earthquake and the Chronicle has a pretty good write-up on Northern San Andreas earthquake mean recurrence intervals.

www.sfchronicle.com/sf/article/e...

Food banks are not part of a safety net. they are proof we do not have a safety net.

Christian Nationalism is a Cult of Convenience

If you start a sentence with "AI can" and you don't follow that with "go fuck itself," then I will tune you out.

MAGA Is Increasingly Convinced the Trump Assassination Attempt Was Staged Conspiracy theories about the Butler, Pennsylvania, shooting have ramped up in recent weeks as once steadfast Trump supporters turn on the president.

One thing I’ll note is for a guy who’s mad about everyone who ever miffed him, he’s never once brought up the guy who shot him (allegedly)

Congrats on “opening” a strait that was open six weeks ago, and all it cost was at least 13 dead service members, thousands of dead Iranian civilians, tens of billions in taxpayer dollars, our loss in global standing, and the Iranian regime’s increase in power. Phenomenal work.

“They laughed at me when I said I was going to be a comedian. They’re not laughing now”
Bob Monkhouse.

Massive Attack / Tom Waits - Boots on the Ground YouTube video by Massive Attack

New today from Massive Attack and Tom Waits, images by photo artist thefinaleye:

Boots On The Ground

I am entirely serious that any Democratic contender for the presidency must commit to tearing down this, the ballroom, and anything else he manages to inflict on DC before his brain deliquesces entirely

with one exception, if he manages to build a statue of himself I'd be ok with leaving two vast and trunkless legs of stone

Pete Hegseth Quotes ‘Pulp Fiction’ Fake Bible Verse at Pentagon Prayer Service Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth meant to invoke holy scripture in discussing the rescue mission of an American fighter pilot stranded in Iran -- but he actually quoted Quentin Tarantino.

Pope Fiction