Scenes from a personalist regime: A nominee to an independent federal body refuses to acknowledge that the President ever lost an election.

The vision for New Orleans espoused by its most powerful decision makers has always been that of a playground for tourists and profit centers for landlords where nobody actually lives.
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heartwarming video of astronaut Christina Koch greeting her dog for the first time after returning from space. the pup can be seen snarling, back arched, before scampering to its word buttons and pressing "IMPOSTOR" repeatedly, then "FALSE. SKIN. FALSE. SKIN." several times

MAGA never got their gold phones they paid around $500+ for, did they?
They never asked for them, either, did they? 🙄

#Pathetic

Pope Leo on an airplane, standing in the aisle, holding a baseball bat.

Say "weak on crime" again. I dare you.

Trump TS post featuring an illustration of himself as a Christian faith healer

I’m not sure it has broken through to the general public that the president is a megalomaniac crazy person. Hopefully posts like this help.

People make fun of government agencies for still being on Flickr but photos produced by the government are copyright-free and I have yet to see a better photo-centric platform for delivering higher resolution photos that anyone can easily download.

watching field of dreams and kevin costner’s character pays $7 for two hotdogs and two beers at fenway… truly a field of dreams

wait why are they climbing back into the capsule
come back

Friendly reminder, the current administration doesn't care about science.

a man in a suit and tie is standing in front of a display of bow ties ALT: a man in a suit and tie is standing in front of a display of bow ties

Really stoked that the next step in the return to the Moon is *checks notes* practice docking in low Earth orbit. #artemis

It’s been fascinating to watch this AP story circulate through the web this week and horse-shoe back to the local press. I broke the story about the effort to digitally preserve Aadam’s collection 15 months ago. Glad more folks are digging through his recordings!

Republicans on Senate committee kill bill to create Louisiana Voting Rights Act Republicans on the Louisiana Senate Governmental Affairs Committee April 8 killed a bill that would have created a statewide voting rights act, despite two hours of people speaking in support of it an...

Louisiana Republicans block bill to create a state-wide Voting Rights Act, following a 2 hour public comment period in which every person spoke in favor

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I do have a ticket for that day, although I didn't look at the promotions beforehand. Some of the giveaways go to everybody, but some of the giveaways require you to purchase a specific ticket to get them.

This is also a phenomenal read and you should definitely pick up a copy!

Lol, that's a Two Mike Burger, eh @profmcconville.bsky.social?

Kevin is exactly right in this. As I argue in my book Through the Heart of Dixie, Sherman remained within the bounds of the laws of war. He destroyed property, not people.

“You develop an instant global consciousness, a people orientation, an intense dissatisfaction with the state of the world, and a compulsion to do something about it. From out there on the moon, international politics look so petty. You want to grab a politician by the scruff of the neck and drag him a quarter of a million miles out and say, ‘Look at that, you son of a bitch.” ― Edgar Mitchell Image: Earthset captured through the Orion spacecraft window at 6:41 p.m. EDT, April 6, 2026, during the Artemis II crew’s flyby of the Moon. A muted blue Earth with bright white clouds sets behind the cratered lunar surface. The dark portion of Earth is experiencing nighttime. On Earth’s day side, swirling clouds are visible over the Australia and Oceania region. In the foreground, Ohm crater has terraced edges and a flat floor interrupted by central peaks. Central peaks form in complex craters when the lunar surface, liquefied on impact, splashes upwards during the crater’s formation.

Waking up to the awe-inspiring images from NASA at the same time the US President is implying that he will commit genocide, I can't think of a better quote for the times than this one from Apollo astronaut Edgar Mitchell. I added it to today's Earthset image:

"The [images] we already have back are beautiful, stunning and iconic - taking by astronauts not by robots. This is a voyage of exploration, not lunar science, and that's fine!"

PARMA!

Today I learned I can read German

Hey Christians, what do you think of your president’s Easter morning message?

There is no excuse for downplaying or eliding the insanity of Trump’s morning post. It is the most unhinged public comment by a president in US history and should be reported and remarked upon as such.

A scary rabbit

Happy Easter from one of South Dakota State’s old mascots.

Molly Lambert @mollylambert I respect the moon's unwillingness to be photographed on a phone 12:31 PM • 12/12/19 • Twitter Web App 59.5K Retweets 294K Likes

Lance St. Laurent @LanceStLaurent When you see this blatant anti-moon propaganda, consider the source The Sun @TheSun • Jan 18, 2019 'Super blood wolf moon' may trigger end of the world this weekend thesun.co.uk/news/8223896/s. 8:32 PM • Jan 20, 2019 • Twitter for iPhone 49.9K Retweets 493 Quote Tweets 238.7K Likes

Paul Ford v @ftrain When the moon hits your knees And you mispronounce trees Sycamore 5:14 AM • 2/27/18 • Twitter for Android 13.6K Retweets 37.3K Likes

dustin Couch @Dustinkcouch nasa employee: oh hey u guys are back early astronaut: moon's haunted nasa employee: what? astronaut: *loading a pistol and getting back on the rocket-ship* moon's haunted 10:18 PM - 29 Oct 2018

please enjoy these classic Moon Tweets™

Is it a good sign that the White House commandeered prime time on the networks to broadcast what was essentially an unconvincing proof-of-life video?

College football can be “fixed” with legislation.

#AprilFools

Wow, there was some energy put into that. Somebody in my office got me one year with an empty box of donuts that just had 'April fools' sharpied on the inside of the lid.

Happy Artemis launch day everyone!

Blast off currently scheduled for 23:24 UK (18:24 EDT). There is go/no-go decision to start loading the propellants around 12:30 UK.

Some music while you wait?