Coachella is trying to wipe all of the footage of The Strokes protest set so I’m gonna post it here. The last images on the screen made me cry.

🚨 A state of emergency has been declared for the Wellington region. Here's the latest to keep ourselves and our region safe

TFW you look out the window and see the Earth disappear
🎥 Astronaut Reid Wiseman
📍 Artemis II from the far side of the Moon

Honestly think you could turn JPS and Simone into a bickering crime solving duo in 50s Paris, why the hell not

I'm sp Gen X I wear my sunglasses at night

Live: Heavy rain, reports of flooding in lower North Island Heavy rain and flash flooding has hit the lower North Island as severe thunderstorms strike, and more is on the way. Follow RNZ's live coverage.

🚨 Avoid ALL non essential travel in lower North Island
🚨 Large rain bands due approx 2pm and 8pm
🚨 Stay out of floodwater
🚨 Evacuate early if concerned. Do not wait for official warnings
🕸️Trust your own Spidey/danger sense
☑️ Keep track of events with RNZ

❤️ Look after each other ❤️

Live: Heavy rain, reports of flooding in lower North Island Heavy and flash flooding has been reported in the lower North Island as severe thunderstorms strike. Follow RNZ's live coverage.

🚨Stay safe out there and DO NOT DRIVE THROUGH FLOODWATER.
(With a helpful video attached of people driving through floodwater)

RNZ Live: Heavy rain, reports of flooding in lower North Island

Get away from her you BITCH!

I'm as keen on a good embattled leader stoush as the next person because I'm a petty wench and I love to see Luxon squirm.

But look at what they're doing. They're speed runnning Stephen Harper's playbook. It took him 1 1/2 terms to gut the science and info gathering functions of the state.
#nzpol

godDAMN this stupid milkloving piece of shit dumbass mean spirited sale at briscoes racist sexist 40% off deck furniture piss country

From the Book of Hera Lindsay Bird

Scientists left 'homeless' after government's job cuts, advocates say Cutbacks have led to the loss of about 700 roles and the withdrawal of hundreds of millions of dollars.

"I've seen people work, but it could be as little as two hours a week. I have seen people absolutely financially destitute - I know of someone who was down to their last dollar. I've seen people homeless, I've seen people suicidal."
#nzpol

Astronauts Victor Glover and Christina Koch in their orange astronaut suits as they sit inside the side of a helicopter after it has landed

LOL, trying to stay offline and do my work, and friends are sending me

"LOOK AT THIS NEW PIC!" texts ....

This one is worth it.

First PoC and first woman to go around another world. Don't stop talking about this point. It's important.

#ArtemisII

Storm water can back up into the sewerage system and flood water can be contaminated.

You don't want to be splashing around in it, and you don't wanna end up with dysentery in a severe climate event.

Be boring, stay home - you'll shit your pants way less.

Rex Manning Day Empire Records GIF Alt: Rex Manning Day Empire Records GIF

I nearly missed Rex Manning Day.

I've always loved the earth-rise photo.

You kinda forget that cameras have gotten a lot better since the 70s.

😍

Speaking of, I wonder if there will be a Kruschev style denunciation when the time comes

Same, the few I saw I waved at. They waved back and went on their way

Technical note, avtur rather than avgas, as Air NZ doesn't operate anything non turbine powered 🙂

It is just really wild to watch a streaming video on my computer and realize that it is a live stream of astronauts making an orbit around the moon.

Artemis II patch with Moon in foreground

Artemis II patch with Earth in foreground

All of Mission Control switched the visible sides of their Artemis II patches from the side with the Moon in the foreground to the side with the Earth in the foreground to commemorate the moment the spacecraft began its journey home.

NASA isn't why the US doesn't have universal healthcare, or a social safety net. The US doesn't have those things because politicians with the power to provide them choose specifically not to (with varying levels of support from voters). Enthusiasm for human spaceflight doesn't drive that choice.

This portrait of the entire Earth was made during the early part of the Artemis II flight, when our world still loomed large in the field of view. It was pieced together from two photos made with an I phone. Australia with its reddish deserts is prominent near the middle. Phone cameras are still inferior to a dedicated quality digital camera, but their images have closed the quality gap dramatically over the years. The inherently 'luminous' quality of the Earth across its entire sunlit portion is emphasized.

Earlier in the flight some nice 'looking out the window' photos were obtained, with Earth still looming large. This whole Earth view is from two photos made at that occasion, mosaiced from two of the Astronaut's phone camera images. Australia stands out in its color from the surrounding oceans.

In case anyone is wondering: yes I am obviously in the middle of making cupcakes for the horses at @merrymacsanctuary.bsky.social because of this @theonion.com op-ed.

Beyond rhe headline fodder, this kind of thing is exactly the point of a test flight (which this is), finding out what works and what needs work

"Humanity's next great voyage begins" #Artemis

As an antidote to all the doomposting and possibly a look into how my brain operates, here's some misaligned access covers I've spotted lately.

This will either make your day or ruin it, I don't make the rules

It's TWO VAST AND TRUNKLESS LEGS OF STONE Tuesday!

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Not advocating sending them to be part of the US war though.

It all counts - being seen to contribute to collective security goes a long way with allies and trading partners even if it's a small contribution. It's something the NZDF has been doing quietly and competently in various ways for decades (the air combat wing did a lot of it too).