View of the Artemis rocket launch. Source: Andrew J. McCarthy

My nephew, @ajamesmccarthy.bsky.social took some neato photos from the Artemis II launch. With the news all sucky, it's nice to still ride this high.

Lookiee:

In Toronto, Canada we have about 3,000 now, Japan started gifted them to us in 1959 as we began making amends for the internment camps and post-war prejudice. Many Japanese Canadians now help fund the project.

Thank you Japan for your contribution to our city. We love Sakura in High Park.

Gout Gout, 18, breaks Usain Bolt's under-18 200m record with 19.67 seconds - Australian sprinter from Brisbane is the new fastest teen on Earth

The hyperrealistic art of Huang Jianbo

Artemis 2 was the furthest human voyage from Earth. Per the final JPL Horizons trajectory I estimate the max distance from the geocenter was 413145 km at 2304 UTC Apr 6 (about 4 km less and 1 min later than PAO's report at the time). (1 / n ).....

And frogs, crickets, anything that hunts, anything trying to avoid being hunted... Everything needs to listen. This is why it's so important to pass pre-emptive noise regulations, so these things can't be built.

The Glover Family.

abstract expressionist study, gestural marks, fragmented forms, dark starry night, bright crescent moon, planetary alignments, trees in silhouette, astrocore, mountain silhouettes in atmospheric perspective, earth meeting sky, colour field interaction, implied rather than literal, rhythmic composition --ar 3:4 --stylize 300 --v 7

"Goodnight moon" #synthart

The painting is called Cardón, State of Oaxaca (1887), by the renowned Mexican landscape artist José María Velasco. It is a vertical oil on canvas that holds an important place in Mexican art history.

The painting is titled 'Cardón, State of Oaxaca' (1887) and was created by the renowned Mexican landscape artist José María Velasco. It is a vertical oil on canvas that holds a significant place in Mexican art history.

The Glasshouse Theatre, a new venue at the Queensland Performing Arts Centre (QPAC) in Brisbane, Australia

The Glasshouse Theatre, a new venue at the Queensland Performing Arts Centre (QPAC) in Brisbane, Australia

Scientists think dark matter might come in two forms A mysterious glow of gamma rays at the center of the Milky Way has long hinted at dark matter, but the lack of similar signals in smaller dwarf galaxies has cast doubt on that idea. Now, researchers p...

Scientists propose dark matter may consist of two interacting particle types, not one. This could explain why gamma-ray signals appear in the Milky Way but not dwarf galaxies, since detection depends on the balance of both types in each galaxy

Today I heard a Boomer call a manhole cover a theyhole cover because “everything just HAS to be politically correct now,” and I literally can’t stop thinking about it

Cloaked Raised $375 Million To Poison Your Data—And The NFL Wants In An inside look at how this Forbes 30 Under 30 data security company closed more than $400 million in funding. And why the NFL and the Chicago Cubs are investing.

"But the gravity of the situation changed when one day he picked up his phone to see that the model had a full text conversation with his then-girlfriend—saying “I love you” and sending her memes."
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The Linux Kernel Organization now lets developers submit AI-generated code, as long as it complies with the guidelines, licensing, and attribution requirements (Simon Batt/XDA Developers)

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Love the the Artemis crew.

Four extraordinary humans: brilliant, disciplined, and deeply mission-driven.

What stands out even more than their intelligence is their character.

Kindness. Positivity. Humility. Empathy.

The future of space exploration shouldn’t just be bold, it should be human.
🚀✨👇

Looking 62, not 82, and full of life, and love, and hope, here’s Dad ringing the end of radiotherapy bell today. Landmark moment for my favourite dad.

NHK World confirms Japan has perfected a process to extract high purity lithium from dead batteries with a 90 percent recovery rate. Great

It's NASA tradition to wake up astronauts with a song. Here are the crew's favorites

What’s your favorite Artemis II image so far?

This is a shoebill stork (Balaeniceps rex), a real African wetland bird famous for its massive shoe-shaped beak and dinosaur-like vibe.

“Our energies are directed far more toward war. Hypnotized by mutual mistrust, almost never concerned for the species or the planet, the nations prepare for death. And because what we are doing is so horrifying, we tend not to think of it much.”

— Carl Sagan

Worth the click! "A Wisconsin city just made a historic push to say no to Big Tech’s data center frenzy."

“We explore outer space to benefit ourselves as humans,” White told NASA’s Gary Jordan. “Is there some larger purpose we’re fulfilling? ..., are we doing anything to benefit the universe?”

“What can we do to justify our existence, other than helping ourselves?”
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A large nebulous cloud of red gas that has a large hole in its centre due to the bright stars there. The rest of the image has a dense star field.

1 hour on Rosetta Nebula just now as I awaited my next galaxy to rise above the trees. That’ll be tomorrow’s image.

This cluster of bright, young, hot stars is excavating a cavity in this enormous cloud of hydrogen gas and dust.

An annoying satellite crossed into the FoV.

Captured on SeestarS50.

PHOTO by James Wheeler. A vivid sunset ignites the sky with streaks of lavender, coral, and gold, casting their hues across a blanket of scattered clouds. Below, a perfectly still lake mirrors the dramatic canvas above, creating a seamless reflection of color and light. A narrow strip of land with silhouetted trees and distant mountains separates sky from water, anchoring the surreal scene in quiet solitude.

Sometimes, what matters most is not the light or the dark, but the in-between moment.

Pope to Olympic Athletes: “It is possible to win without humiliating. One can lose without losing oneself. And this also applies beyond sport. It applies in social life, in politics, in relationships between peoples, because sport, if lived well, becomes a workshop for a reconciled humanity.”

Look at all that DEI sending astronauts around the moon.

How to Build Your First AI Agent (Basics) Six months of mistakes, a real walk-through, and everything I wish someone had told me before I started.

Full environment is why the $20 sub ended up being enough for me. API calls would have burned through that budget in a week. thoughts.jock.pl/p/how-to-bui...

Google Offers Free PC Upgrade For 500 Million Windows Users All change for Windows — it's now decision time for 30% of all PC owners.

"The threat of hundreds of millions of PCs becoming unusable has created headlines as various waste organizations calculate the landfill impact."
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