everyone's talking about gerrymandering when you should be talking about gerry meandering

gerry (meandering in): this kind of wordplay was stale even before you joined bluesky. the only thing worse is if you turned it into a meta commentary joke about how bad it is

me: wazzaaa gerry

gerry: wazzaa

Wonder what could it be? It's my take on the Wolf Among Us!
What do you think?

I confused Marlowe with Christopher Smart (entirely different *centuries! I plead fatigue 🙃) and thought 'no chance his cat Jeoffry would have permitted it, after all that effort to save him from the Devil!'

(Siobhan Carroll, "For He Can Creep", top-notch)

yiiiikes

This is great- that glowing pupil is .... realll good

Huge fan of ostensibly human characters with eyeshine, just the right kind of spooky

"-Gravities Georg, who lives in cave & spent $273.9M on tickets, is an outlier adn should not have been counted."

>> We're not made outta money, kiddo!
>> Have you tried giving the unit a little [LOVE TAP] right above the {CAPACITORS}?

The First WORLD FENCING LEAGUE is happening April 25th!!! I'M GEEKING!!!

Japanese engineers developed this "Sword Tip Visualisation" tracking technology specifically for this event that will make it so much easier for the average person to see what's going on!

I MUST WATCH THIS ENTIRE TOURNAMENT

let's fuckin goooooooo

https://www.theonion.info/

DG The Daily Galaxy A 10-Year-Old Girl Wrote to NASA Asking Them to 'Restore Pluto to a Planet,' and NASA's chief Replied with Four Words No One Expected

"No. They know why."

"I didn't hear no bell"

A fox sitting calmly on rocky ground illuminated by warm, low sunlight during dusk or dawn.

A fox peeks out from behind rocky terrain, its alert eyes focused forward in a natural, rugged environment.

Grid of four photos of foxes, each standing on rocky terrain with dry bushes and shadows in a sunny outdoor setting.

Spotted: curious locals on Cerro Pachón 👀🦊

At NSF–DOE Rubin Observatory, it’s not just about galaxies and asteroids. Sometimes foxes wander by to check out what we’re up to, reminding us we’re part of a bigger ecosystem right here on Earth.

Science is wild. Sometimes literally! 🔭🧪

NASA Shuts Off Instrument on Voyager 1 to Keep Spacecraft Operating - NASA Science On April 17, engineers at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in Southern California sent commands to shut down an instrument aboard Voyager 1 called the

Voyager 1 has had another instrument shutdown. On Friday, the team at JPL sent the command to shut off of the low energy charged particle instrument. That means that there are now only two operational science instruments on the spacecraft.

science.nasa.gov/blogs/voyage...

Book cover to "How to Avoid Huge Ships: Second Edition" by Captain John W. Trimmer. The cover depicts the massive bow of a cargo ship at sea.

get Chuck Tingle on the phone ASAP

Return to the Moon Follow the Artemis mission to bring humanity back to the Moon for the first time since Apollo.

YO SPACE NERDS: The Nova documentary Return to the Moon, which follows the recent NASA #Artemis mission, is live now on the PBS site (and should be on the app/channel/etc). Spread the word! Turns out we *can* have nice things, as long as they are in spaaaace www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/vi...

The Integrity Orion capsule European Service Module is at left; the Moon occupies most of the scene, but mainly the night (unilluminated) side is visible. A portion of the illuminated lunar surface is visible at lower right. Crescent Earth, partially occluded by the Moon, is in the distance at centre.

Whoa.

Check out this photo from the Artemis II mission—the Orion service module on the left, the lunar limb at bottom right, and in the middle, a crescent Earth rising from behind the Moon.

It looks like it's sci-fi, but it's real. And just happened last week.

edit of an Achewood comic with JD Vance walking into a room and announcing "hey guys! guess who just got... ex- communicated!" in three panels

“Stasis” is a portrait painted by the artist Zara Alfonso, and is the first piece in her series about invisible illness. A portrait painting of a girl with skin so pale she’s almost translucent, her lips are tinged blue and she gazes upward through seemingly unseeing eyes. Pale moths and winged insects cover the expanse of her face and body, blending into her skin in places.

“Medusa Portrait” is a portrait painted by the artist Zara Alfonso. A portrait of a young Medusa who looks peacefully towards the viewer, her hair is flowing mass of thick iridescent dark indigo snakes tied up in a head wrap.

"Winternight Stories” is an oil painting by the artist Zara Alfonso, done for the Magic: The Gathering Tarkir: Dragonstorm. An orc stands in the middle of a small crowd, telling a story of the battle against dragons with a swirl of watery blue magic.

Zara Alfonso's oil painting of the official card illustration for “Dualcaster Mage” for Magic: The Gathering Secrets of Strixhaven Special Guests.

Hi #portfolioday I'm Zara, a Canadian artist working mainly on Magic: The gathering and painting for myself in my free time 🖤

photoshop edit of an Achewood comic with JD Vance walking into a room and saying "Hey guys! Guess who just got... ex- communicated!" in three panels.

I'm impatiently waiting for the "find out" bit

Dessin sur post-it représentant la tête d'un corvidé emmêlé dans un fil, derrière des arbres en ombres chinoises

Hush

my sister recently found this out the hard way. on a self-checkout purchase of $280, she forgot to scan one $18 item. they illegally detained her, accused her of stealing every item she'd purchased. she wasn't allowed to leave until she signed a paper admitting to the theft, or they'd call the cops.

This reality check by Rebecca Solnit grabs you right from the killer first sentence. Do yourself a favor & give it a read.

vintage ad for a lab blender capable of "unique tissue disruption by mechanical shearing and cavitation"

For a hot second I thought this was the Polytron and its soup-like homogenate 😅

Artemis II Return NASA's Orion spacecraft carrying Artemis II Commander Reid Wiseman, Pilot Victor Glover, and Mission Specialist Christina Koch from NASA, along with Mission Specialist Jeremy Hansen from the CSA (Canadian Space Agency), splashes down in the Pacific Ocean near San Diego, California, at 5:07 p.m. PDT, (8:07 p.m. EDT) on Friday, April 10, 2026. The Artemis II test flight launched on Wednesday, April 1, from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida to begin its 10-day journey around the Moon for scientific discovery, economic benefits, and to build on our foundation for the first crewed missions to Mars. NASA’s Landing and Recovery team and the U.S. military are coordinating efforts to extract the Artemis II crew from the Orion spacecraft. Credit: NASA/Josh Valcarcel

What a great photo just added on the NASA Johnson Flickr page www.flickr.com/photos/nasa2...

Headline reads: White House budget seeks to scrap 54 major NASA science missions. Over an image of Jupiter.

Experts found that the White House budget request for the upcoming fiscal year could defund 54 NASA science missions, including a spacecraft currently studying Jupiter and two planned Venus missions: www.scientificamerican.com/article/whit...

Wait, I could have just posted the original tweet? 😂 even better