Absolutely incredible.

NASA Astronaut Reid Wiseman, who commanded Artemis II, took this footage from the far side of the Moon with his iPhone.

Watch with sound on.

Palantir are about six months away from ordering their employees to leave audio logs scattered around their offices

A Newly Discovered Recording Lets You Hear Delta Blues Legend Robert Johnson in Stunning Clarity Great swathes of rock music since the nineteen-sixties would never have existed, we're sometimes told, were it not for the recordings of Robert Johnson. Certainly the likes of Keith Richards, Eric Cla...

Holy SHIT someone found the test pressing of Robert Johnson's Cross Road Blues and it is clear as a PIN www.openculture.com/2026/04/reco...

Restaurants lost is such a tragedy. There used to be a Hawaiian fusion place near me that did deep fried tofu “fries” covered in shiitake mushroom chili, onions, and mustard and I still dream of it. Unattainable white whale. :(

'Enormous' cave under Pembroke Castle could rewrite history, researchers say Archaeologists have so far uncovered "extremely rare" evidence of early humans and animals at the cave.

Hippo bones found in cave under Welsh castle where Henry VII was born www.bbc.com/news/article...

These fantasy worldbuilding agronomy threads are doing well (and are fun to write), so let's get another going!

This time: Orcs!

As a case study in slash-and-burn agriculture, agronomic change over time, and how population crises create conflict!

This one's gonna have some darker stuff.

Similar one for the Dwarves I detailed in their thread.

Here, grayed-out sections represent the extremely harsh winters at high altitudes - the Dwarves make the best of it with fast-growing crops, and try to keep the soil covered during Spring and Summer to prevent erosion.

Mysterious Lake District barn joins national treasures on heritage list Officials grant Grade II* protection to ‘rare building that raises more questions than it answers’ It is an elite list with some of the most significant and beautiful buildings and structures in England, including Battersea power station, Middlesbrough’s Transporter Bridge and the London Coliseum. Now the Grade II* landmarks are being joined by a mysterious, limestone rubble “barn” on a grassy knoll in the Lake District, which was most recently used as a shelter for sheep and cows. Continue reading...

Mysterious Lake District barn joins national treasures on heritage list

Was reminded it may not actually be common knowledge that the Amazon rainforest is a largely man-made feature. Huge swaths of even the soil are anthrosol. Many of our food crops today originate from this agricultural system.

two entoloma amongst ferns, and leaf litter

you guys have a gander at these cool blue mushrooms i saw 😊 werewere-kōkako (entoloma hochstetteri)

Absolute cinema watching that jar of Nutella escape contain behind the backs of the astronauts after packing other things away

extremely bad time for an astronaut to find out he's a werewolf

I'm finding the YouTube feed is definitely the way to go. 🙂

Me: Ok, I'm at the admin access console for the mainframe.
GM: Do you roll for hacking?
Me: Before I do, does the console have an attached keyboard?
GM: Yes?
Me: I flip it over and check for a sticky note.

I just saw this.

Artemis II astronaut Reid Wiseman named a newly discovered moon crater after his late wife, Carroll, who died in 2020 following a 5-year battle with cancer.

#ProudBlue #ArtemisII

the teeny tiny

I'm putting this here for my own future use and also because it's likely interesting to other folks.

In the late 1800's, there was a British subscriber magazine that worked as a sort of BBS, English Mechanic and World of Science.

In 1889, they had a years-long conversation about nipple piercing.

Explore live radio by rotating the globe Explore live radio by rotating the globe.

Your periodic reminder that there is a website that lets you listen to local radio stations anywhere in the world

This is honestly one of the coolest inventions ever, imo. Global access to hyper-local imagined communities

Rationale Usually the chips served are not flavored, or flavored only mildly, and the dip serves as a condiment. Serving them separately allows for simultaneous consumption, while also allowing for the eater to control the amount of dip according to their preference. When made from purchased processed foods, the dish is an easy finger food, as each item requires almost no further preparation. Not to mention, there is a large amount of combinatorial possibility inherent to the choice of dip being paired to the chip chosen.

i think it's smart that the Wikipedia page for Chips and Dip opens with a "Rationale" section. a lot of people are flabbergasted to find out about this concept and need some grounding before they get into the history

Long shadows fall across the ivy covered ruins of an abbey. Standing casually in the tall grass among the ruins, a woman in a white dress with a windswept lavender sash rests one hand on her hip as she glances to the side. Her palm is upturned as if releasing a stream of pale butterflies that flutter up and away past a tall pointed arch in a sweeping S-shaped curve.

AFTERNOON SHADOWS (2006)
Acrylic on Panel - 12” x 9”

Dedicated to my beloved mother-in-law Pat Larsen. “Mum” will never be forgotten.

Inspired by a ruined abbey I saw on the coast of England, this study is an exploration of feelings about the inevitability of time. 1/2

#art

A display of the grave goods, featuring a he chainmail shirt, a helmet on a stand, a long sword, small gold ornaments, and various metal, glass, and ceramic objects, all arranged against a dark background.

The early medieval burial from Gammertingen, 6th century AD.
The high-ranking warrior died in his early 30s and was buried with a Byzantine helmet (a so-called Spangenhelm), his weapons, and his mail armour, which consisted of about 45,000 iron rings!

📷Landesmuseum Württemberg

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In honor of Lunar New Year, one of my all-time favorite maps:

How dumplings spread around the world

(tl;dr: It was largely, though not exclusively, the Mongol invasions!)

Meteorological (mists, clouds, wind, rain, storm, tempest, smoke, darkness, shadows, gloom). Topographical (impenetrable forests, inaccessible mountains, chasms, gorges, deserts, blasted heaths, icefields, the boundless ocean). Architectural (towers, prisons, castles covered in gargoyles and crenellations, abbeys and priories, tombs, crypts, dungeons, ruins, graveyards, mazes, secret passages, locked doors). Material (masks, veils, disguises, billowing curtains, suits of armour, tapestries). Textual (riddles, rumours, folklore, unreadable manuscripts and inscriptions, ellipses, broken texts, fragments, clotted language, polysyllabism, obscure dialect, inserted narratives, stories-within-stories). Spiritual (religious mystery, allegory and symbolism, Roman Catholic ritual, mysticism, freemasonry, magic and the occult, Satanism, witchcraft, summonings, damnation). Psychological (dreams, visions, hallucinations, drugs, sleep-walking, madness, split personalities, mistaken identities, doubles, derangement, ghostly presences, forgetfulness, death, hauntings).

thinking about Nick Groom's suggested "seven types of obscurity" in Gothic novels, forming a handy "is it goth" checklist lmao

as the daughter of an addict and as someone who has in the past escaped into the dopamine of perceived progress in grindy MMORPGs i can tell you this is *exactly* what it looks like to be addicted to something that makes you *feel* like you're progressing

they might as well be playing MMOs though

A Pepper By Any Other Name Yes, I'm still thinking about chili and chili peppers

New Sauceome comic this week!!

Yes I’m still thinking about chili and chili peppers. 🌶️

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Thought up by a person who finished vacuuming the floor and then, not ready to be finished, started eyeing the walls

Notepad++

"Chinese-linked cyberespionage group with a long history hijacked the update process for the popular code editing platform Notepad++ to deliver a custom backdoor and other malware."

There’s a scene where he flashes back to all the whistling which transitions into the sound of a tea kettle’s whistle in the present day. He’s in the kitchen. His mom offers him tea, which he turns down because that’s sissy stuff.

If you wanted to take the time, I would be DELIGHTED to read a mini lecture about views on sex in Ancient Rome.