A drawing of a frog holding a pond lily umbrella for a mouse. The caption reads, "your needs are not burdensome"

🐸🌸🐭

You were moved to do this by pride and by hate. Is it any wonder the result was ruin?

A softly textured warm beige background with a fluffy black cat centered at the bottom. The cat has wide, round white eyes and delicate whiskers spreading outward, giving it a gentle, attentive expression. Above the cat, in simple white handwritten-style text, it reads: “I hope that no matter how busy things get, you don’t forget to rest, eat well, and be gentle with yourself.” The overall mood is calm, comforting, and caring.

colorful anthropomorphized moon smiling at a small Orion spacecraft in space

“you came back!” ✨🥹

I do not want to create an account or open a subscription I just want to buy a thing and never hear from you again why is this so hard.

a frog holds itself upright while poking its upper body out of a manhole cover set in a pavement or road

truth coming out of her well to shame mankind

BREAKING: The U.S. bishops’ Committee on Doctrine just issued a formal statement defending Pope Leo XIV's teaching authority on just war doctrine — less than twelve hours after JD Vance told a Turning Point USA crowd the pope should “be careful” talking theology.

This is a serious escalation.

"pounds fist on box office window* TAKE MY MONEY

Apple blossoms and bright green leaves. Some of the pale pink clusters of flowers are open, showing their petals' white interior. Closed buds range from pale to dark pink.

Apple blossom in the back garden ##TinyJoys

I am very fond of that book! Was always compelled by the garden. I'm very bad at picking faves, but maybe Diane Duane's So You Want To Be a Wizard, or Tamora Pierce's Tortall books. And (more tween, here) not only did Margaret Mahy's The Changeover rewire my whole brain, it still holds up.

Nation's UPS Men Break Out The Shorts MANCHESTER, NH—In a welcome sight heralding the end of another winter and the arrival of spring, United Parcel Service men across the nation are breaking out the shorts.

It’s that time of year!

All autistic people are time lords!!

Honestly what a takeaway. "This bighearted curious emotional person must be autistic or neurodivergent!"

PSA

It’s ok to not be ok. It’s ok to be angry, unfocused, traumatized. It means you still have a shred of empathy left

Do not try to weather this alone. Reach out to friends and allies. Many of us are feeling the same things. Support each other. Remind each other of the good still in this world 💚

A lovely mossy boulder with a face. I walked past this venerable stone gentleman on Dartmoor when I was beginning to write my first novel, Villager, and it whispered all 104,000 words of the book to me. So now I have to pay it all of my royalties. Unfortunately my ex-publisher stopped paying me royalties last year. Understandable, the boulder was not happy. But now I have a new publisher and the book has been republished. So remember if you purchase a copy you will be helping a boulder to eat, pay the rent on his riverside moss garden, and feed his boulder family.

Yes it could be argued that keeping up with world events is important but alternatively can I interest you in hugging an ancient mossy boulder that looks like a face and quietly listening while it tells you stories from centuries cloaked in mist.

Big fan of Headley’s, “bro.”

🚀 If you need more of this 👇🏻 sweet, sweet space nerd joy, may I once again recommend Mary Robinette Kowal’s Lady Astronaut book series & S1-3 of For All Mankind (Apple TV) [I make no promises regarding anything past the end of season 3]

Fed up with your world? Visit ours. Clarkesworld robot looks to the right where the cover of issue 235 is located. It features a tall spacecraft floating over a dockyard in a pink and purple sky.

Friday is a great day to subscribe.
clarkesworldmagazine.com/subscribe/
(Ok, so any day is good, but why wait?)

#sciart
Night Sky in Cobalt & Viridian
10”x10” Oil on cradled wood panel

Cherry trees in bloom in central park in front of the guggenheim museum

Cherry blossoms in front of the Guggemheim near dawn

Broken bench underneath weeping cherry trees in an overgrown, unloved park. Wayward, unimpressed child in a light green coat off to the side.

Take a seat. Or don’t.

Graveyard Keeper is apparently free for a couple of days. I didn't get very far into this game at the time (no shade, just wasn't in the mood), but I thought it was an amazing idea and it's well done.

kotaku.com/graveyard-ke...

space horror is the best horror. what's out there? no one knows! big rocks. creepy things. sticky things. math! stuff on fire. big holes. big holes with math in them.

Moon's haunted. Happy Wednesday.

I don't remember seeing an image of Earth before that captures the (thin, fragile, tiny layer of) atmosphere so clearly. I mean, look at that.

There are horseshoe crabs decorated with cherry blossoms. It feels soft and spring-like.

Cherry blossom horseshoe crab 🌸

Cherry blossoms late in life, dangling over a bokeh river of their fallen comrades.

past peak perfection

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!!!!

I know the world is on fire but please take a few minutes to look at the photos of the moon from yesterday. A gallery of some of the most astounding pictures ever taken. Here's one with Venus on the left

www.nasa.gov/gallery/luna...