I think that the "passion can lead to overwork and then burnout", emotional exhaustion and self-regulation literature in psychology is what people in software development should be reading more of right now

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FYI for folks so they can support the picket line

[alt text by NASA] The Moon, seen here backlit by the Sun during a solar eclipse on April 6, 2026, is photographed by one of the cameras on the Orion spacecraft’s solar array wings. Orion is visible in the foreground on the left. Earth is reflecting sunlight at the left edge of the Moon, which is slightly brighter than the rest of the disk. The bright spot visible just below the Moon’s bottom right edge is Saturn. Beyond that, the bright spot at the right edge of the image is Mars. Credit: NASA

Whoa 🤯

The Moon, in full eclipse, with the #Artemis II Orion spacecraft. Part of the Moon and spacecraft are lit by Earthshine, and both Saturn and Mars are visible to the lower right. Incredible. Details: images.nasa.gov/details/art0...

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A golden doodle laying next to a picnic table looking into the camera

On the plus side, Benny here is just enjoying a relaxed lunchtime outside in the unseasonably warm weather in Denver

Yeah, this.

I was not particularly a fan of Harris, and in the alternate reality where she won I think we’d be talking about several horrible things her admin was doing.

…I would much rather be dealing with those problems than the ones we have today.

As a physics major turned computer person, I’ve followed QC at a really surface level for a long time. The tech is fascinating and it’s been fun to watch it develop.

I think it’s unlikely that we’ll have a CRQC in 2030, but I wouldn’t bet a *lot* against it at this point.

I’m really excited to read this book

I’m ashamed of this country for a majority voting for this man. And I’m ashamed of the Congress and larger government for not removing him.

The photos from this mission are just awe-inspiring

Ok this one actually made me laugh

I feel like there’s a solid anime in combining SCP with an order of exorcist priests

I hadn’t planned on one, but maybe I should rethink!

Not to say that it couldn’t be used by a cabinet that thought the President was mentally (or morally!) unfit.

But the intention seems to be (IMHO) more along the lines of “the President had a stroke and someone needs to do the job”.

I’m not a historian, but even a little light Googling bears this out.

The 25th was passed in the wake of Kennedy’s assassination, and in the context of multiple previous presidents who were incapacitated due to stroke, illness, or injury but whose VPs could not legally assume power.

Today’s “fun” discovery: an electrical outlet above the ceiling in our basement, not used for anything, just hanging out.

Older homes with lots of past DIY are wild sometimes.

Written by a foilist, because of course he is

This thread is shocking in the best possible way.

Reading a quantum cosmology paper that has an excellent footnote: “We leave the theological implications of this statement as an exercise for the reader.”

I’ve known a few people in this camp,
and it’s mostly been “the cost for the space program is so huge!”

Which… like, it’s a lot of money, but in the context of the larger budget it’s not. There are things I’d cut first.

I mean in this case it’s just boring old supply chain problems getting in the way

If anything, this particular story is radicalizing me into believing we need mandatory thermodynamics classes in high schools

On the NASA #Artemis II livestream just now: "... and the song you heard was Pink Pony Club by Chappell Roan to kick off the crew's day" 🩷🐴🌈

Expanding on this: one of the things that Good Trek gets right is competence porn - it's very satisfying to watch skillfull professionals carrying out valuable tasks they care about with high competence. Tuvok is the character in Voyager who most often hits that particular beat.

Huh.

Ok yeah that post is indefensible.

FWIW I think of targeting datacenters as more analogous to destroying industrial infrastructure. Which might be valid in times of war! But yeah as a general policy would be viewed as terrorism or similar.

I dimly remember this being covered in Daniel Immerwahr’s “How to Hide an Empire”.

One of the key themes being that the US has a “pointillist empire” of bases and carriers, focused on force projection vs holding territory or invasion. A sensitivity to casualties feels like it goes with that.

Entirely aside from being bad behavior, btw. Like, I disagree with the Bluesky team on a ton of things, but they should get to build the site they want to.

I was reminded of this excellent post again today, and I do think this mismatch is responsible for a ton of the problems on this site.

I see folks who seem to think that they can instead bully the Bluesky devs into building the site *they* want. Which… does not feel like a winning strategy.