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This is beautiful!

'Seeing her is a piece of history': Ohtani, Roberts meet 100-year-old Nagasaki survivor DENVER -- When Dodgers play-by-play broadcaster Stephen Nelson told Shohei Ohtani about the woman in the wheelchair a few yards behind them, Ohtani immediately went over, knelt down and shook her hand...

An incredible story as Shohei Ohtani and @stephennelson.bsky.social met the 100-year-old survivor of the Nagasaki bombing. Story from Manny Randhawa: www.mlb.com/rockies/news...

Artemis II Crew Turns Emotional During First Words After Return YouTube video by Scientia Plus

First reflections from Christina Koch (starting at ~10:00 minute mark): just beautiful! I hope there is a transcript at some point. I think it might fit in a HS ELA curriculum. Story of start & end of voyage. The meaning of a “crew” & how she connects it all at the end! 🌏

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You border on the Adriatic!

My favorite commentary was from astronaut Dr. Mae Jemison, who said missions are so much more than STEM, and how the humanities help connect us to wondering about the sky. Also love how she explained the global cooperation, such as the European Service Module on this mission.

We can never just enjoy a lead for more than 5 minutes.🤦‍♀️

On a black background of space, a blue and white Earth just before 'setting' behind the Moon, in foreground, seen from Artemis II, 6 April 2026

Totality seen from lunar orbit, the Moon eclipses the Sun, revealing a view few humans have ever witnessed, a dark disc surrounded by a pale solar corona.

✅ #Artemis II update: 'Earthset', 6 April 2026, and 'totality', 7 April, seen from lunar orbit, the Moon eclipses the Sun, a view few humans have ever witnessed (pics: NASA)

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🌔 👋 The crew of NASA's Artemis II mission had some nice words for Earth as they regained communications with Mission Control. Watch with us: spklr.io/6001EyN07

Listening to this description live was incredible, as well as descriptions of the plateau with greenish hues and highlands with brownish shades. 🌘

The Moon as seen by Artems II on 4 April 2026. Mare Orientale is seen side on as the feature narrow feature on the right limb of the Moon, just past the darker blob of crater Grimaldi.

OK this is cool. The first time humans have seen the whole Mare Orientale on the far side of the Moon with their own eyes. See flic.kr/p/2s5HA2X 🧪🔭

Still my favorite. Miss him so much on this team.

I was student teaching. We were watching it live with 5th graders. My mentor teacher handled it incredibly well. Today’s launch, agree - felt like I was holding my breath.

Hmmmm how can I add this to my Meteorology unit? 🧐 Nothing better than Science x History cross-curricular. Also could add this to the Ken Burns American Revolution episode clip with the Great Hurricane of 1780 impact on British war ships.

This is amazing! Thanks for sharing!

What a terrific course! We study sea level rise in our Gr 8 Massachusetts curriculum. Each year we have a mini-project where student groups choose a location anywhere in the world to research SLR & solutions. I’ve had groups choose Tybee Island. Thanks for sharing photos!

Thank you so much for your expertise! I loved getting caught up on games through your excellent coverage.

TEXT: "2026 Workd Baseball Classic Champions- Ranger Suarez, Wilyer Abreu, Willson Contreras" IMAGE: Cutouts of Ranger Suarez, Wilyer Abreu, and Willson Contreras all in matching blue Venezuela uniforms, celebrating against a graphic of an abstract globe with Red Sox B's.

Congrats to our 2026 World Baseball Classic Champs!

TEXT: Boston on the world stage at the plate Combined - Anthony, Yoshida, Duran, Abreu, Rafaela, Contreras, Eaton, Cheng .310 batting average (35-for-113) .417 on-base percentage 8 home runs 22 runs 26 runs batted in IMAGE: Graphic featuring Red Sox players’ combined statistics at the plate heading into the 2026 World Baseball Classic quarterfinals. The graphic features layered cutouts of Roman Anthony for Team USA, Masataka Yoshida for Team Japan, Jarren Duran for Team Mexica, Wilyer Abreu for Team Venezuela, Ceddanne Rafaela for Team Netherlands, Willson Contreras for Team Venezuela, Nate Eaton for Team Great Britain and Tsung-Che Cheng for Team Chinese Taipei. All players are seen in action and are wearing their teams’ uniforms. The cutouts, stats and text are all layered on top of a black background and a white outline of a globe. In the bottom left corner there is a World Baseball Classic logo next to the Red Sox hanging Sox logo.

TEXT: Boston on the world stage on the bump Bello, Anderson, Morán, Rivera, Suarez, Weissert, Whitlock - Combined 1.80 earned run average (4 earned runs in 20.0 innings pitched) 2-0 win and loss record 3 saves IMAGE: Graphic featuring Red Sox pitchers combined statistics on the bump heading into the 2026 World Baseball Classic quarterfinals. The graphic features layered cutouts of Brayan Bello, Jack Anderson for Team Great Britain, Jovani Morán for Team Puerto Rico, Eduardo Rivera for Team Puerto Rico, Ranger Suarez for Team Venezuela, Greg Weissert for Team Italy and Garrett Whitlock for Team USA. All players are seen in action and are wearing their teams’ uniforms. The cutouts, stats and text are all layered on top of a black background and a white outline of a globe. In the bottom left corner there is a World Baseball Classic logo next to the Red Sox hanging Sox logo.

Been a fun tournament so far 🍿

Sunset with shades of pink. Rooftop in bottom right corner.

Orange-pink sunset with trees in foreground.

Sunset with trees in foreground.

South of Boston

Bottom 9th
2 outs
Rafaela single
Bogaerts double
Albies walkoff HR
#WorldBaseballClassic🌎
#BaseballistheBest⚾️
#TeamNetherlands🇳🇱

🌌 March 2026 still has plenty to see in our sky charts!

WBC Exhibition games start Tuesday! ❤️⚾️

Infographic titled “The 2026 Winter Olympics medals” shows gold, silver and bronze medals with ribbons. Gold medal value is $1,938 / £1,437 and is 500 g silver with 6 g gold plating. Silver medal value is $1,003 / £744 and is 500 g of 99.9% silver. Bronze medal value is $5.13 / £3.81 and is 420 g copper. Text notes medals use recycled metals from the Italian State Mint and have protective coatings.

As the Winter Olympics draw to a close, what are the medals that the top athletes will be taking home made of? This graphic takes a look and also highlights the values of each medal: www.compoundchem.com/2026/02/22/w...

#ChemSky 🧪

February 2026 brings new highlights to our sky charts. 🌌 🧪

📍 Northern Hemisphere
📅 Feb 18–19: The Moon passes Mercury and Saturn, low in the western sky at dusk. You’ll need a clear view to the horizon to spot them.

That thermometer 🤦‍♀️

Adding this graphic to my ongoing slideshow for students: “Why we are *not* going to use A.I.”

a baseball player is getting ready to swing at a ball ALT: a baseball player is getting ready to swing at a ball

To be clear: baseball season never ended. Thanks to all the great winter leagues, there’s been baseball to watch almost every single day since the World Series ended — trust me, I’ve watched as much of it as possible!!

But now, MLB is up! And the WBC!!

BASEBALL IS THE BEST !!!

TEXT: World Baseball Classic Jarren Duran, Masataka Yoshida, Brayan Bello, Greg Weissert, Ceddanne Rafaela, Jovani Morán, Nate Eaton, Wilyer Abreu, Garrett Whitlock, Willson Contreras, Ranger Suárez IMAGE: A roster graphic of Red Sox players involved in the World Baseball Classic featuring the Red Sox hanging Sox logo and the World Baseball Classic logo at the top of the graphic. Beneath shows Jarren Duran next to a Mexico flag, Masataka Yoshida next to a Japan flag, Brayan Bello next to a Dominican Republic flag, Greg Weissert next to a Italy flag, Ceddanne Rafaela next to a Netherlands flag, Jovani Morán next to a Puerto Rico flag, Nate Eaton next to a Great Britain flag, Wilyer Abreu next to a Venezuela flag, Garrett Whitlock next to a USA flag, Willson Contreras next to a Venezuela flag, Ranger Suárez next to a Venezuela flag.

Repping in the World Baseball Classic!

Wow!!! It must be wild to teach history classes *right now*.
We’ve had our moments in Science this year: Natural Resources including rare earth elements in Greenland & Ukraine; Ss researching NOAA & NASA climate pages (oops some gone!)