An encouraging word...👏👏👏
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Posts by Smiling Cucumber
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Truth spoken by Mamdani lowers my blood pressure.
Funny how that works. 🗽
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This just ticked in from Svalbard...!!! "Just minding my own business and the water is boiling with belugas... Look how many babies there are! I haven't seen that many baby belugas, ever, combined, in my life." 🐋
I just signed a bill to rename Minnesota’s community solar program after Speaker Melissa Hortman.
Melissa was a true champion of solar and I was proud to sign this in honor of my dear friend.
Yes, libraries are invaluable for their collections and services they offer, but also social contact without the expectation to interact with anyone or spend money is so important to so many people
For all those still feeling the moon joy—Artemis II was brought to you by public schools and publicly funded science. Copy that! 👩🚀🚀💕
*All four astronauts went to public schools!
Hungary's brave choice last night is great for Europe, good for Ukraine, bad for Russia, bad for Trumpism, and bad for the far-right over the entire globe—all of which, to me, is a victory for the forces of good and democracy in the world: www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/the-joy-of...
Christina's thoughts here make my heart skip a beat.💓
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Nice one! 👩🚀🌕
Stunning! Avenue of the Baobabs in Morondava on the west coast of Madagascar.
MOM! SO glad you're baaaaaack! I have so much to tell you about!
even the most tenacious autocrats have a difficult time denying a landslide result against them
This couple has taught me tons and made me a better human. 🦅🦅 The livestream: www.youtube.com/watch?v=B4-L...
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This is soooo good! 🤸🤸♂️
Epic group chat today! (10 min)
Artemis II astronauts enthusiastically greet their International Space Station colleagues while all are having the time of their lives doing their jobs. Safe landing, Integrity crew! 🌎
www.youtube.com/watch?v=P-TN...
Hank Green at his best + best images from Artemis II = a great half hour in Space ✨ www.youtube.com/watch?v=oaXR...
Sweet Milkshake Marie, and it keeps getting better for her.
Everything is terrible but I burst into grateful tears *both* times I finished these 52 mins of Dr. Richardson's chat yesterday. 💖 She creates a beautiful quilt of comfort as she shares her wisdom, intelligence, warm good humor and deft historical references. Listen!
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"Diving Turtles plant" — why, yes! ❣️
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.”
Sincerely… NASA couldn’t have chosen a better team of people for this mission. They have been a bright light in the shadowy time here. It’s been a joy to watch.
#nasa #artemisii
Trump’s utter disregard, from the get go, for the rule of law made this moment inevitable. Here’s what we need to be doing about it. open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...
Professor Richardson helps keep us sane. 👩🏫
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Today is a good day to remember that Carl Sagan was as outspoken about the dangers of war and nuclear weapons as he was an advocate of space exploration.
Surreal to see proof of sunrise already in NZ, even as threats of the destruction of a whole civilization are bandied about by a drunk-driving madman.
"The lunar surface fills the frame in sharp detail, as seen during the Artemis II lunar flyby, while a distant Earth sets in the background. This image was captured at 6:41 p.m. EDT, on April 6, 2026, just three minutes before the Orion spacecraft and its crew went behind the Moon and lost contact with Earth for 40 minutes before emerging on the other side. In this image, the dark portion of Earth is experiencing nighttime, while on its day side, swirling clouds are visible over the Australia and Oceania region. In the foreground, Ohm crater shows terraced edges and a relatively flat floor marked by central peaks — formed when the surface rebounded upward during the impact that created the crater. Date Created:2026-04-06"
The Space of my dreams as a child. 💖
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Robert Arnold's coherent argument about, well... everything.
👍 "Every mistake echoes outward."
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“Copy Moon joy” #Artemis