A screenshot of the Artemis livestream with the Integrity module on the left and a half-illuminated Earth getting big on the screen in the center. The black of space is all around.

The #Artemis II livestream continues to be the best thing on the internet. 😍

The return-to-Earth live coverage begins at 6:30pm Eastern (in about 90 minutes) with splashdown in the Pacific scheduled for 8:07pm Eastern.

www.youtube.com/live/m3kR2KK...

[alt text by NASA] The Moon, seen here backlit by the Sun during a solar eclipse on April 6, 2026, is photographed by one of the cameras on the Orion spacecraft’s solar array wings. Orion is visible in the foreground on the left. Earth is reflecting sunlight at the left edge of the Moon, which is slightly brighter than the rest of the disk. The bright spot visible just below the Moon’s bottom right edge is Saturn. Beyond that, the bright spot at the right edge of the image is Mars. Credit: NASA

Whoa 🤯

The Moon, in full eclipse, with the #Artemis II Orion spacecraft. Part of the Moon and spacecraft are lit by Earthshine, and both Saturn and Mars are visible to the lower right. Incredible. Details: images.nasa.gov/details/art0...

Earthset from Artemis II. I am overcome.

Lunar Flyby - NASA

Oh this is great: there’s now an #Artemis II Lunar Flyby Gallery on the NASA images site: www.nasa.gov/gallery/luna... (thx @dpmanchee.bsky.social for pointing it out)

we all deserved a little dose of space nerds, as a treat

Looking through one of the four windows of the Orion spacecraft, a tiny crescent Earth is illuminated against the blackness of space and grows smaller as the crew journeys closer to the Moon. Part of the window edge is visible; the rest is darkness. [Alt-text slightly revised from ESA/NASA version]

We are so, so small. #Artemis

A thin sliver of sunlight-illuminated Earth seen against the black of space, framed by part of one of the Orion Capsule window frames.

I can't get enough of these photos from Artemis II.

That's home. That's us.

Taken earlier today by one of the crew.

Credit: NASA/Artemis II Crew

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)

More context on this #Artemis II image:

* This is the night side, lit by moonlight. You can see city lights in Spain & Portugal, & a sliver of day at lower right

* The Sun is entirely behind Earth, which makes it a kind of solar eclipse, but w/ Earth doing the eclipsing instead of the Moon:
☀️🌍🚀🌕

A giant ox walks through a valley, it carries a city on its horns.

Been feeling a bit overwhelmed lately, so it feels like a good time to share my painting "Steady".

If you need a timeline cleanse, this entire thread, sound on. 🪿

TESS confirms what we saw with Kepler and K2 - on average, ***every single small red star has a planet around it***! And a short-period one at that (<30 days).

And you know what the galaxy is mostly made of?

Small red stars.

PLANETS. PLANETS EVERYWHERE!!!

Happy weekend pondering that, everyone.

If you have the means, please donate to the Trans Continental Pipeline right now. They are a Colorado based org that helps trans people relocate and they are overwhelmed with requests. Colorado borders Kansas, and TCP has the infrastructure to help get people out.

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This quote from Le Guin is also emblematic of why you can't be an "A.I. writer". The process is *everything*.

Olympic highlight in this house.

The Tumbler Ridge newspaper puts it better than I could

B.C. premier speaking now to devastated community in Tumbler Ridge, B.C. | CBC

Moving into our second night of continuous live coverage from and for Tumbler Ridge and Canada.

It is times like these that you most feel responsibility that comes with being part of a public broadcaster. I am proud to be able to contribute to this sort of service

www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

It's enraging to understand the amount of thought, time, craft, and care that every writer and artist I know puts into their work only to see these GenAI proselytizers have the gall to take that work, shove it into a blender, and then demand we enthusiastically support them and the resulting slop.

10 dead, including suspect, in mass shooting in Tumbler Ridge, B.C. | CBC

Absolutely awful news from Tumbler Ridge. I hope everyone in the community has all the support they need, not just tonight, but for all the difficult days to come... 💔

www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Tumbler Ridge is a small planned resource community, a winding 90 minute drive from the nearest city of at least 10,000 people.

A massive number of people are going to descend there tomorrow.

May those that arrive have respect and grace for the unimaginable grief.

Context: this speech is from SIR THOMAS MORE, a history written, as near as scholars can tell, in the early 1600s by 6 or 7 people including Dekker, Heywood, Chettle, Shakespeare, and Munday.

It was never performed, because Jacobean England was a police state and it was banned by the censor.

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You were moved to do this by pride and by hate. Is it any wonder the result was ruin?

Catherine O’Hara didn’t steal scenes she just showed up and ownership automatically defaulted to her

Transphobia is a cancer of the heart and mind.

It is a useless fear, based on ignorance and cruelty.

Trans people are not responsible for a single one of the problems we face.

Do the world a favor and grow the fuck up.

Many good tips in this thread for people not accustomed to the kind of cold weather + power outages that we in the northeast expect and prep for. If you're in southern states... read and take heed.

14th century painting of St. Margaret of Antioch attacking a devil woman in a virid dress hitting a demon with a hammer

Just making sure that 2025 is definitely over

🐈‍⬛🤍

David Lynch in the filming set speaking in the megaphone. He says “Okay, let's try that again, but this time good.”

Here’s to 2026

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