You mean the Bishop of Rome, Vicar of Jesus Christ, Successor of the Prince of the Apostles, Supreme Pontiff of the Universal Church, Servant of the servants of God? The most Catholic person who Catholics? *Sovereign* of Vatican City? That pope?
I can't even get an Uber to the airport 7 miles away for that much 🥲
Not to mention the train is often more environmentally friendly than driving! And significantly more enjoyable!
A picture of a library shelf with a small rolled up note on it. The note says “read this” in child’s handwriting.
A picture of the note unrolled. In the same child’s handwriting it reads “beware of the future!!”
Still thinking about this note I found in the children’s section of the public library when I worked there back in 2018. This kid tried to warn us…
IT ABSOLUTELY THE FUCK IS NOT
me with the time machine, to my 1996 self:
the year is 2026. the Pope is the only world leader you respect. you believe unironically that the cultural mores and sexual behavior of San Francisco are destroying America. computers were a mistake
I’m thrilled to announce the launch of Literature & Government, or L&G with the LG, a lecture series engaging campuses across Virginia in thoughtful dialogue on democracy, leadership, and public life.
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health policy timeline cleanse ☺️
Friendly reminder that we can just…ban these.
Just like we can ban abusive AI, data centers and mass surveillance.
This stuff isn’t inevitable, we can decide we simply don’t want things that are antisocial as part of civil society.
"If you can't solve the smallest task in someone's life, why would they ever trust you to solve the biggest one?"
Mamdani's revival of early 20th century "sewer socialism" here is the inverse of Guiliani's "broken windows" approach.
Starting small to do big things, but this time, they're good.
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...
Completely ridiculous! $75 for ECONOMY parking. There's anything economy about that.
(I'm guessing it has something to do with the airport basically being a little island with limited space?)
The airport wants to charge me $75-90 to park for less than 36 hours.
That's RIDICULOUS. I'll order a car, it'll be cheaper. SMH.
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A 'Dinosaur Smarties' Easter egg.
Erm, they're called palaeontologists, actually.
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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Can I just say, mad props to whomever is writing the detailed captions (which have been used as alt text) for the #ArtemisII images on NASA's website. It's wonderful and exciting to understand what I'm actually looking at.
Project Hail Mary was a masterpiece of a movie. I cried, I laughed, I cried some more. EXCELLENT movie, 10/10 would recommend without hesitation
Me post-run and shower: *sobbing in the car about how I feel like a burden and need to find a job ASAP*
Therapist voice: did you eat yet? Did you hydrate?
Let this be a reminder to everyone: When the darkness creeps in, take a moment to eat and hydrate.
This is so, so well-articulated.
A full disc image of Earth, as seen from the Orion Crew Module. The planet is a pale blue, swirling with white clouds and glowing slightly lighter blue in place from reflected light. At lower left, a large brown landmass is Africa, with Spain and Portugal with twinkling lights where the planet curves. At top right, auroras glow in a thin green glow, just barely separated from the planet's surface. Earth is set against the black of space (pic: NASA/R.Wiseman)
More context on this #Artemis II image:
* This is the night side, lit by moonlight. You can see city lights in Spain & Portugal, & a sliver of day at lower right
* The Sun is entirely behind Earth, which makes it a kind of solar eclipse, but w/ Earth doing the eclipsing instead of the Moon:
☀️🌍🚀🌕
Spectacular high-resolution image of our home planet viewed through the Orion Crew Module window by the Artemis II astronauts as they continue their journey to the Moon on Flight Day 2, 3 April 2026 (pic: NASA)
A full disc image of Earth, as seen from the Orion Crew Module. The planet is a pale blue, swirling with white clouds and glowing slightly lighter blue in place from reflected light. At lower left, a large brown landmass is Africa, with Spain and Portugal with twinkling lights where the planet curves. At top right, auroras glow in a thin green glow, just barely separated from the planet's surface. Earth is set against the black of space (pic: NASA/R.Wiseman)
😮 Awesome views from Day 2 of #Artemis II this morning.
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I don't know if I'll ever get tired of the little thrill that comes from using something I learned in grad school, even when the context is different.
In this case: understanding a model/technique because it was the basis of my dissertation analyses.
This feels like the epitome of the lolsob emoji. My postdoc is also time-limited and I'm trying not to despair as I look at what's next. Fingers crossed and good vibes for a good post-postdoc position!
Your feelings are beyond valid. I wish I could do more to support you and all of our trans siblings in this dumpster fire of a world. Your birding posts bring me joy!
I hope the rest of the semester goes well and you don't have to deal with more political garbage that's been thrown into academia!
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March 20th is Fred Rogers' birthday. Be a beautiful neighbor, or maybe even just spend some time figuring out how and planning to be the best neighbor you can.
New favorite line I've gotten to write: The members of Congress looked considerably less glamorous than the Housewives.
