The thing with the luddites is that it didn't fade out, it was actively crushed by capitalist interests. These are people who stood against a future that they were absolutely correct to have fought against. There have been echoes of this ever since and the stakes keep getting more drastic.
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Image of Earth bisected by the terminator line. The terminator divides Earth\u2019s surface diagonally, shrouding the top left half in darkness. Earth\u2019s illuminated surface is mostly blue and covered in swirling white clouds. Credit: NASA
Image of crescent Earth. Against the blackness of space, the shining blue and white of Earth appears like a smile. Credit: NASA
Image of Earth from the Artemis II mission. Earth fills the bottom half of the image, its surface covered in blue water and swirling white clouds. Earth\u2019s limb is a blue glow against the curvature of Earth. Credit: NASA
Image of Earth from the Artemis II mission. Earth fills the top half of the image. Through the gaps in white cloud cover, green and brown land masses are visible, as is blue water. Credit: NASA
WE HAVE NEW IMAGES OF EARTH FROM ARTEMIS II!!!
LOOK AT HOW BEAUTIFUL OUR PLANET IS!! HAPPY EARTH DAY!
“Why don’t you want to have a conversation about AI?”
“I broke into your house and stole your shit and now I just want to talk.”
Pulitzer-worthy reporting here from Minnesota immigrant news @sahanjournal.bsky.social.
70+ children detained during Operation MetroSurge.
30 sent to Dilley. Two dozen held >20 days, a Flores violation.
7 still detained as of March 10. ~20 have been deported.
sahanjournal.com/immigration/...
republicans will yowl and piss and moan and that to my mind is all the reason to do it
DC statehood yesterday
Blacklist everyone involved, including co-authors and senior authors, reviewers and editors.
We only have one chance to nip this in the bud.
fuck sam altman forever for taking away the last places where we could engage in good faith: the creative arts, which should be a testament to human ingenuity. i am so mad that everything i read or listen to or admire is now tainted with doubt. do you understand? he is a thief of joy and i HATE HIM
god this guy rules. he says "I'm going to fix this" and then just goes and does it. really humiliating for every other mayor honestly
birds: they will never email you. and that’s a promise.
White Trillium blooming next to a fallen log.
Red trillium blooming in leaf litter next to an early goldenrod. A tree trunk is visible in the background.
View of the trillium and goldenrod from standing, with a trunk in the background. A person in boots is in th foreground.
A view of the tree canopy from the same spot the viewer was standing at with th trillium.
Adventures in the woods! Saying hello to some lovely spring ephemerals.
Everyone was a bit droopy after the frost last night, but starting to perk up.
Appreciating the reminders from the forest about perspective — about how death not only a part of life, but a necessary element of the cycle.
This parent did the right thing, but because other parents did not, her daughter is dead. Vaccinate your kids, people.
Done and done! I am looking for a new face sunscreen. This will be great!
Screen shot of the sun safety kit bag with all the samples on the label
Screen shot of all the sample bottles
This Set Contains: - 0.33 oz/ 10 mL Lancome UV Expert Defense 50+ Sunscreen - 0.17 oz/ 5 mL Peter Thomas Roth Water Drench Broad Spectrum SPF 45 Hyaluronic Cloud Moisturizer - 0.33 oz/ 10 mL Sofie Pavitt Face Screentime Hydrating Non-Comedogenic Sunscreen, Broad Spectrum SPF 30 - 0.015 oz/ 0.5 mL Tatcha The Silk Sunscreen - 0.68 oz/ 20 mL Tower 28 Beauty SOS Faceguard Broad Spectrum SPF 30 Sunscreen - 0.5 oz/ 15 mL Ultra Violette Sheen Screen SPF 50 Hydrating Lip Balm - 0.5 oz/ 15 mL Ultra Violette Future Screen SPF 50 Modern Mineral Skinscreen - 0.33 oz/ 10 mL Beauty of Joseon Day Dew Sunscreen Lightweight SPF 50 - 1 oz/30 mL Biossance Squalane + Daily Mineral Sunscreen SFP 50 - 0.24 oz/ 7 mL Dermalogica Dynamic Skin Recovery SPF 50 - 1.69 oz/ 50 mL Glow Recipe Watermelon Glow Dew Shield Hydrating Fluid SPF 30 Sunscreen PA+++ - 0.33 oz/ 10 mL innisfree Daily UV Defense Sunscreen Lotion Broad Spectrum SPF 50+ PA++++ - 0.34 oz/ 10 mL ISDIN Fusion Water Magic - 0.5 oz/ 15 mL Kiehl's Since 1851 Better Screen UV Serum Broad Spectrum SPF 50+
Heads up: the Sephora sun safety kit releases today. For $40 you get an assortment of fancy face sunscreens which is a great deal and all proceeds go to @mskcancercenter.bsky.social for melanoma research. Protect yourself from cancer this summer! www.sephora.com/product/sun-...
Stage managers. What you’re looking for is stage managers
I’m at abolish SCOTUS at this point, tbh
“Doctors who patiently walked her through concerns - instead of throwing data at her - helped affirm her decision to start catching up on immunizations for her daughter.”
Please share! Truly important piece for clinicians and parents. Gift link 🎁 #pedsky #medsky #measles #vaccineswork
Evergreen reminder this 420: No one should be in prison for weed.
This discourse rolls around every six months and I'm always happy to chime in: ELEMENTARY is a great TV show qua TV show and best modern interpretation of Holmes, including that one you're thinking of, which was more of one dude's intermittent hobby, which also somehow turned into CRIME DR. WHO.
Grey cat sitting in a tree house, with his head emerging from one doorway, tail through another. One paw on the threshold.
Ozzy in his cat condo, with an extra doorway for his tail.
Looks like an ICU nurse just arrived on shift.
A red tailed hawk starting to take flight off a telephone pole with high voltage signage
Caught a red tailed hawk album cover today. 🪶
Fishtopher, a classic brown tabby cat with green eyes, laying on his back in a sunny windowsill. His head presses against the ground and his canine teeth peek out from gravity. Behind him is a black cat in a yellow cat bed. Next to him is another tabby cat. Fish's body is curled to fit himself in between them, and his front paws are tucked towards his body.
Fishtopher in the same position as the last photo, but now has his front legs stretched out. He shows off his underbelly.
oooh big stretch
An article from dw.com It is white text on dark blue Germany: Neighbor attacked for pounding schnitzel too loudly Srinivas Mazumdaru | Timothy Jones with dpa, Reuters, AP, AFP, epd, KNA Published 04/18/2026 | last updated minutes ago Police in southern Germany were called in to settle a schnitzel dispute that had turned violent, with a man reportedly slapping his neighbor for pounding his schnitzel too loudly. DW has more.
Roses are red,
The weather is cloudy.
palantir should be viewed as the enemy of modern society
"Pancreatic cancer mRNA vaccine shows lasting results in an early trial: Scientists caution that more research is needed, but nearly all of the patients who responded to the personalized vaccine are still alive six years later."
“In Finland, the number of homeless people has fallen sharply. Those affected receive a small apartment & counselling with no preconditions. 4 out of 5 people affected make their way back to a stable life. And all this is CHEAPER than accepting homelessness.”
IT SAVES PUBLIC MONEY to house people.
a gang of six tiny penguins on a beach leaning forward like theyre ready for a rumble
3 tiny slightly mad-eyed penguin chicks in a burrow
today i learned there is an official smallest penguin, and they're called fairy penguins, and they're so cuuuuuuute
Damn. He’s good.