From a wildlife refuge in Alaska.

Two cats sleeping cuddling together amongst several pillows on a bed.

Pretty sleepy cats:

On moonshots and Minneapolis Space exploration can bring people together and reflect deep societal divisions.

I've been really struggling to write about space while living through the ICE occupation in Minneapolis this winter. I was shocked to find myself thinking, "Who cares about sending people to the moon?"

That feeling is more historically resonant than I thought. 🧪🔭
www.sciencenews.org/article/moon...

Imagine spending millions and millions of dollars on an add so bad that it causes thousands of people to throw out devices they already own...

My cats taking turns "helping".

What's Next for WoW Housing? Interview with Devs Jay Hwang and Garth DeAngelis YouTube video by meggoart

I got a chance to interview two of the devs working on housing and ask questions about what's next for the system ! Some juicy stuff in here:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=RimL...

#WOWKEA #warcraft

Thank you, congresswoman!

Don't Buy Starbucks! At any location, today and beyond, while workers are on ULP strike!

As of this morning, Starbucks workers across the country are officially ON STRIKE. And we're prepared for this to become the biggest and longest ULP strike in Starbucks history.

Say #NoContractNoCoffee with us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS for the duration of our open-ended ULP strike! $SBUX

They're trying to keep him from getting lost on the way to the oval office...

I like the giant green text where they defensively point out that this time they're not accidentally leaking classified documents.

BREAKING (DECISION DESK HQ): Virginia Lieutenant Gubernatorial Race Called for Democrat Ghazala Hashmi

I get that the news cycle is packed right now, but I just heard from a colleague at the Smithsonian that this is fully a GIANT SQUID BEING EATEN BY A SPERM WHALE and it’s possibly the first ever confirmed video according to a friend at NOAA

10 YEAR OLD ME IS LOSING HER MIND (a thread 🧵)

Was busy this past weekend but have now cancelled my Disney+ subscription and put in something about Kimmel as the reason. Yay voting with your dollars.

Map of Regional Public Health Coalitions Northeast Public Health Collaborative (Blue) West Coast Health Alliance (Yellow)

IT'S OFFICIAL: Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York State, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island and New York City have formed the Northeast Public Health Collaborative.

The collaborative will issue their own vaccine recommendations and coordinate public health efforts.

Ouch!

"Florida is the first state to take the courageous step toward decluttering itself of excess children, but under the inexpert guidance of Robert F. Kennedy Jr., other states may follow"

@petridishes.bsky.social

www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...

Health officials from Massachusetts, Maine, Vermont, Connecticut, Rhode Island, New York, New Jersey and Pennsylvania met this week to consider coordinating their own vaccine recommendations, separate from the federal government.

Good.

Cover of THE LAST SOUL AMONG WOLVES, which has golden lanterns and stars and moons on a teal-ish green background, with a big swirly connecting them and a wolf with a lantern in its mouth walking on the swirl, and there's a silhouette of a woman with a sword in one of the lanterns.

TODAY IS THE DAY!!!!!!!

THE LAST SOUL ALMONG WOLVES is out!!!!! AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!

I'm getting ready to jump on a plane for most of the day so it's a weird release day for me but AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHH IT'S LOOSE IN THE WORLD AAAAAAAAAHHHHHH RUN!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 🎉

Forged signatures found on Mayor Adams’ petitions to run as an independent The Adams campaign said it is conducting a review after Gothamist found signatures that were fraudulently obtained or outright forged.

NEW: Mayor Eric Adams’ re-election campaign submitted faked and fraudulently obtained petition signatures in his effort to secure a spot on the November ballot as an independent candidate, a Gothamist investigation has found.
gothamist.com/news/forged-...

The Catholic Church is authorizing parishioners to indefinitely skip Mass out of fear of ICE raids😕

a still of mahmoud khalil as he exited ice detention. he’s wearing a long sleeve khaki button up and a white and black keffiyeh wrapped around his neck. he’s got a big smile on his face and his fist raise in the air, defiant and proud.

Mahmoud Khalil is free.

Ouch.

The comment period for this ends in 3 DAYS. Please leave a comment telling them EVERYONE should be able to get covid boosters.
www.regulations.gov/commenton/FD...

Aerial photo of the 6200 Block of Osage avenue in West Philadelphia after the infamous Move Bombing

On this day May 13th, 1985 the city of Philadelphia dropped a bomb on the Move Home at 6221 Osage Avenue killing 11 people including 5 children.
collaborativehistory.gse.upenn.edu/stories/move...

I'm sad because honestly Boston is usually pretty lovely right now... if it's not raining...

Because it's almost the weekend. It (apparently) always rains on weekends.

That was so much fun, I'm glad I got to participate.

My guild having a very normal raiding experience...