No one refuses the Phantom!

Independent bookstores make quiet comeback as big chains dominate retail About 422 indie bookshops opened in 2025, up 31%, defying predictions of retail consolidation

"Independent bookstores make quiet comeback as big chains dominate retail"

"About 422 indie bookshops opened in 2025, up 31%, defying predictions of retail consolidation"

Drop your crime fighting Catholics.

Not bad. Not too bad at all. #ArtemisII

Visitors From Outer Space (NASA's Artemis II Astronauts) Splash Down Off The Coast Of San Diego - Jalopnik

Coming home is never easy after a long trip, but it's a lot harder when you're traveling around Mach 35.

Probably an entire cauldron of Kraft Mac n Cheese

WHO WAS IN THE SAILBOAT

Either someone who snagged themselves a great view or someone who was REALLY surprised.

Y'all don't actually need to share the Iran government's AI propaganda slop. They're bad too.

FBI agent Denise played by David Duchovny and Dale Cooper, played by Kyle Maclachlan, Twin Peaks 1990

David Duchovny played a transgender woman, Denise, on Twin Peaks in 1990 and when greeting Cooper, the show's protagonist, she says, "I prefer Denise, if you don't mind" and Cooper responds with "OK" and her identity is settled within a couple seconds and was a non-issue, 36 years ago.

All the work Google's been putting into fixing hallucinations, and its AI still thinks Pope Francis is alive

The Integrity spacecraft just entered the lunar gravitational sphere of influence, at 0438 UTC Apr 6. Wiseman, Glover, Koch and Hansen are now the 25th to 28th humans to have left terrestrial space.

Journey to the Moon - NASA Artemis II lifted off from Kennedy Space Center in Florida on April 1, 2026, and will reach the lunar sphere of influence—when the Moon's gravity exerts more force on the Orion spacecraft than the Ear...

FYI, this gallery has all the photos NASA is sharing from Artemis II in one place, with descriptions.

Many people on this website do not like me! Here’s why it’s your problem: (1/57)

Did you get your anti-Elon check this month? I think mine is late.

NASA's Artemis II Crew Send Stunning Pictures Of Earth Back To Earth - Jalopnik

May you be grateful that you yourself are looking at a screen right now, instead of being subjected to such powerful cosmic wonder.

That's home. That's us.

This image of home just came down from the Artemis II crew.

Taken after their translunar injection burn, there are aurorae at top right and lower left, and zodiacal light at lower right.

Credit: NASA/Reid Wiseman

We came in peace for all mankind

@chrislhayes.bsky.social: "On this Trans Day of Visibility, I just want to say to all the trans folks out there watching that we see you, we support you, and we have your back, and you absolutely do not deserve all the despicable cruelty being thrown your way."

What To Know About (And How To Watch) NASA's Artemis II Mission To The Moon - Jalopnik

NASA says that is a stepping stone to going to Mars. Really, it might just be the most historic thing our species has done since... well, landing on the Moon.

What To Know About (And How To Watch) NASA's Artemis II Mission To The Moon - Jalopnik

NASA says that is a stepping stone to going to Mars. Really, it might just be the most historic thing our species has done since... well, landing on the Moon.

Just remember what your dad taught you

Gosford Park (2001)

Gosford World (2015)

Gosford World: Fallen Kingdom (2018)

The DC Metro

Happy birthday to the Washington Metro, which opened 50 years ago today with service on 4.6 mi of Red Line between Rhode Is. Ave & Farragut N. System now serves 130 mi.

The DC Metro shows that, with good planning & enough investment, the public sector can succeed & build something extraordinary.

EIA: New solar, wind + storage capacity will swamp fossil fuels in 2026 In 2025, solar, wind, and storage added over 55 GW of new capacity, and projections for 2026 are even more dramatic, according to the EIA.

Good morning with good news: US solar generation in January 2026 surged 15%, compared to January 2025.

January solar in 2026 is up 69% over 2024!

All RE rose 11%, generating 25% of US electricity in January.

Coal FELL 12.8% & gas was down 3.4% in January!
electrek.co/2026/03/25/e... #energysky

Gregory Brew o @gbrew24 I brought this on myself Gregory Brew O @gbrew24 X.com Are we expecting an exogenous oil supply shock on the scale of late '78-early '79? ® Gregory Brew •@gbrew24 • 8/25/23 They redid the chart, but it still pains me to point out that something "very" specific happened in 1978-79 to facilitate a second major spike in inflation. And it's unlikely to happen again. wapo.st/3YT6iED The last decade of U.S. inflation mirrors 1966

lol

Perfect

We did a trip to Lexington and Concord, the sites of the first armed engagements of what became the American Revolutionary War. It took me a long time to realize that not every kid gets to do that, just us Massachusetts kids.

Oscar winners going to In-n-Out after the awards is my favorite "everyone in LA knows about it, nobody else thinks it's real" tradition.

This should have a special scenario. No legion counters: just the Caesar counter... and 12 senator counters.

BuzzFeed Nearing Bankruptcy After Disastrous Turn Toward AI Three years after its pivot to AI, the writing is on the wall for BuzzFeed. The company said there's "substantial doubt" it can keep going.

Self-own of the decade: BuzzFeed pivots toward AI slop, loses everything.
futurism.com/artificial-i...