In honor of #EarthDay, here is a reminder that there is a bot account that posts a photo of the whole Earth from a million miles away, taken by the Deep Space Climate Observatory, several times daily. You can view all the images (and zoom in) here: epic.gsfc.nasa.gov
This paper represents a small but deeply impressive and genuinely important achievement by the much maligned British state in what is probably the most important global issue of our era.
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was once New Amsterdam.
Young adult happiness is falling. Percent of young people who are pretty or very happy has dropped from 88% to 76% over the last 15 years after having held fairly steady between 1980 and 2010
My hottest “I have no data to back this up” take is that phones aren’t making young people less happy. What’s making them less happy is living in a world where everyone is having their reality defined by recommendation algorithms that can only care about whether something keeps you watching.
The Moon is tidally locked so one side always faces us.
From that side, Earth is a permanent fixture in the sky 13 times larger and 43 times brighter than the Moon appears from Earth.
Four humans photographed this.
Every crater in this frame is older than any life on land.
Artemis II
On a black background of space, a blue and white Earth just before 'setting' behind the Moon, in foreground, seen from Artemis II, 6 April 2026
Totality seen from lunar orbit, the Moon eclipses the Sun, revealing a view few humans have ever witnessed, a dark disc surrounded by a pale solar corona.
✅ #Artemis II update: 'Earthset', 6 April 2026, and 'totality', 7 April, seen from lunar orbit, the Moon eclipses the Sun, a view few humans have ever witnessed (pics: NASA)
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The Artemis 2 crew name a new crater on the moon after Reid Wiseman's wife Carroll.
One of the most beautiful videos you’ll ever see 🥹
The Met Office announce that Storm Dave has been named. The background photo is of the sea, looking appropriately moody. Because Dave’s like that.
Originally, of course, it was Storm UK Gold Classics.
NASA just dropped this image of Artemis II astronaut Christina Koch looking back at us. The first woman to ever see our planet in its entirety. I’m not crying you’re crying 🥹🔭🧪 📸: NASA
Particularly alarming that this includes Lebanon & Gaza. I had just shared imagery from March 18 showing the demolition of villages along the southern border of Lebanon by the IDF and now not even that imagery is available: bsky.app/profile/godi...
Mass demolitions haven't stopped in Gaza, either.
FYI, this gallery has all the photos NASA is sharing from Artemis II in one place, with descriptions.
So sorry, I hope you have good WiFi and good books to keep you going. But mostly I hope you're out of there really soon and feeling better!
I took the German or Autistic diagnostic and scored Neither. I am apparently the control group. My German Grandfather would likely have been a little disappointed german.millermanschool.com
NASA aren’t on here (presumably US gov agencies have to only use channels loyal to their great leader) - but the European Space Agency is, and is sharing key updates on the Artemis mission…
jonny over on masto doing god's work:
> anthropic [is running] an ENTIRE AD CAMPAIGN around "Claude code is written with claude code" and after the source was leaked that has got to be the funniest self-own in the history of advertising because OH BOY IT SHOWS.
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Tommy Robinson accidentally posting on the wrong account.
New post just out:
"Cordon Sanitaires and Purity Spirals"
Antisemitism is becoming mainstreamed on both left and right at an alarming rate.
What can it teach us about the way radicalisation takes root? And can it be stopped?
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The Government Chief Scientific Adviser will have a year focusing on the theme of ‘Trustworthy Information’. Great role in her office for a social scientist to provide support on this crucial topic and on other projects (£33k - £40k)
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Forced evacuation orders have displaced more than a million people in Lebanon, with Israel vowing not to let the hundreds of thousands who lived south of a different river, the Litani, return to their homes in the near future.
A million people forcibly displaced.
How does insider trading work? And is Trump doing it?
Apropos of nothing....but can we please stop making all women's trousers "barrel" style...I look ridiculous
This is incredibly cool.
I've just remembered when I put the theme from Death in Paradise over the title sequence from The Wire.
Sorry, that's pretty rubbish 😞 wishing you a speedy recovery!
Graph showing renewables overtaking fossil fuels
For when someone tells you everything is irredeemably broken - tell them that the EU produced more electricity with renewables in 2025 that from fossil fuels. And the trend is accelerating (especially after the current oil / gas price disasters).
