A starfield filled with thousands of stars and shining clouds of dust. The Milky Way\u2019s elegant spiral structure is dominated by just two arms wrapping off the ends of a central bar of stars. Spanning more than 100,000 light-years, Earth is located along one of the galaxy\u2019s spiral arms, about halfway from the center. Credit: NASA

OH. MY. GOD.

THIS IS THE MILKY WAY SHOT BY THE ARTEMIS II CREW. LOOK AT ALL THOSE STARS!!!!

Karoline Leavitt parody courtesy of "This Hour Has 22 Minutes" in Canada

This dog brings his “BFF toy of the day” to every meal
Like… he won’t eat unless his bestie is sitting with him.

😃Made my Day 😃

ICE doesn’t belong at our airports.

Our Office of Immigrant Affairs has updated guidance and you can call their legal hotline at 800-354-0365.

Independence Lake north of Truckee, #California was on private timber company land, which put it up for sale. Larry Ellison wanted to buy it as a private lake for his billionarity, but the company instead sold it to the Tahoe Donner Land Trust. Now it has trails and free kayak use for the public!

Too adorable not to post. She's making sure you see the sign.
#birdoftheday #birds #owls #adorable

"WhAT wAs LiFe lIKe iN tHe 90s?!"

Well, we grabbed books from our local indie bookshop instead of from a certain online mega-retailer. Let's bring that energy back.

Happy St. Patrick's Day, New York.

The troubles

Carmen Sandiego from the 90s cartoon

Happy International Women's Day to the original International Woman

Tracy Chapman - Give Me One Reason (Official Music Video) YouTube video by Tracy Chapman

Dang. We've got storms coming our way. Fav song of ours...
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We can throw another $500,000,000,000 at the Pentagon this year and spend $1,000,000,000/day on a wholly useless war, but we can't afford to hire doctors and nurses to take care of our veterans? The United States is such an irresponsible, messed up country right now.

Like, follow, share to help support libraries!

#library #libraries #read #reading #book #books #librarylove #author #publiclibrary #literature #lit

Macro photograph of an abalone shell

Cosmic Womb
Macro photograph of an abalone shell
#278 taken 7:12 pm
#photography #art #abstract

PETITION: Don't Let the Federal Government Regulate Your Reading Not one country's freedom and liberty has ever been increased by banning books.

The Federal Book Ban bill uses funding threats to pressure schools to remove books.

Federal control over local policy - and federal control of reading, writing, and publishing - is unacceptable.

Sign the petition to stop it. action.everylibrary.org/hr_7661 via @everylibrary.bsky.social

#Treetops Emit #Ultraviolet Sparkles During #Thunderstorms. Researchers Just Filmed It in Nature for the First Time

Link for more info and photos: www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/t...

The cover of The Complete Persepolis by Marianne Satrapi.

Now would be a good time for anyone who wants to learn about recent Iranian history to read this. It is well worth your time and money (I am sure your local library has it if you don’t want to purchase it).

Irish Independent: Man stole three coffee machines in a week from Monaghan department store.

How does he sleep at night?

Louisiana juvenile justice system costs grow as state locks up more youth The costs of running Louisiana’s juvenile justice system surged over the past seven years as elected officials decided to keep more teens and young adults in youth prisons. Gov. Jeff Landry’s…

The costs of running Louisiana’s juvenile justice system surged over the past seven years as elected officials decided to keep more teens and young adults in youth prisons.

via @lailluminator.com

February 14, 1945: POW Kurt Vonnegut survives the fire-bombing of Dresden by British & US planes with other POWs locked in a meat-storage cellar & under a slaughterhouse.

we need to talk about that Ring Super Bowl ad

Ghislaine Maxwell got into jail for engaging in pedophilia and sex trafficking.

Ghislaine Maxwell hopes to get out of jail by engaging in extortion.

I'm beginning to get the impression that Ghislaine Maxwell enjoys criming.

I heard melania is worse than having a Vogon read poetry!

In solidarity with today's ICE OUT OF MINNESOTA blackout, MinnMax is donating $1 to the Immigrant Law Center of Minnesota for every share of this Bluesky post for the next hour.

Because this is a totally normal thing that could not have been avoided. 🙄

Buffalo Springfield - For What It's Worth 1967 YouTube video by PettyYou007

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