Two kids heading counterclockwise on the green lake outer cycle track. One is older and cycling confidently, and one is younger and weaving left and right a bit with only one foot on a pedal as the other foot kicks off the ground. Paint and flex posts delineate the car lanes from the bike lanes, and one of the flex posts has been mowed down by a car. It's a perfect partly cloudy Seattle spring evening.

Homeward bound after a lovely evening at Green Lake

Nothing but a flex post and a prayer between my entire world and vehicle traffic

The 3yo is so close to properly pedaling!

(She switched to one of our bikes once we got to roads and hills, but the 8yo held her own all the way home to Ballard.)

But like our telescope facilities use multiple data centers?? I admit the word "responsibly" was doing a lot of heavy lifting in my post

A big part of that is determining the actual compute capacity we need for various purposes 🙃

If we're going to oppose harmful infrastructure I thought it might be gas stations, pipelines, prisons, heck even parking garages, not… data centers

I think it's important to learn to build data centers responsibly on Earth so billionaires don't pull some stunt like, I dunno, launch them into orbit

Oh nothing just dreaming of a version of reality where we could spontaneously hop on a train, maybe with our family cargo e-bikes, and go see the tulips as a day trip this weekend

I just got back from Switzerland where it cost about $47 to take the train about 40 miles one way (yes I just did 2 unit conversions). The ticket is A -> B and you can just hop on whatever train in a ~30 hr period that is going that way.

Traveling to new places is great

But have you tried returning to your city in one 33-hour spring day of perpetual sunshine after spending 9 of those hours behind a reclinebro while wine is spilled on your leg?

Our transit is so close to being good

Heck, drivers do stupid shit that endangers others to save 3 seconds.

Ha ok that's even funnier 😂 thank you for this context!

Back of a Volvo charter bus that is painted something between orange and red and says "BlaBlaCar"

Well said, random bus at the Geneva airport, well said

Thoroughly enjoyed doing this trip with zero cars! I had a lovely time in Switzerland and am happy to be homeward bound

We're Hooked on Satellites. It Could Blow Up in Our Faces With 15,000 satellites crowding the sky and hundreds of thousands more planned, we may soon have a cataclysmic mess overhead.

It was a pleasure to go stargazing in Ballard with you, Joe 🔭

NASA women save stars. 🫶🏻💫

I found Bird bikeshares covering part of Lausanne, near where I'm staying this week, but better yet, I found an interactive map where locals complain about (and sometimes praise) bike infrastructure — some things are universal but also the bar is MUCH higher than it is in Seattle www.bikeable.ch/map

Amen to this

More of the crew images after landing on the aircraft carrier found here if you want to download them.

The smiles on their faces .... 13/10.

www.nasa.gov/gallery/arte...

Hello from a train in Switzerland, one of dozens going to my destination today

This train has self-serve bike racks, indicated stroller boarding areas, some kind of dining car, a kid play area car(?!), and both lake and mountain views

The bathroom in my car isn't working tho, so, not quite perfect

This whole thread is the perfect live recap I needed to read when I found internet again — I'm so happy the astronauts landed safely, they had to plummet through a lot of crap in orbit, and lots of systems had to work perfectly 🥰
WE DID IT - despite everything

Artemis II astronauts are set to return to Earth today. Here's what to expect After swooping around the moon, viewing an eclipse, breaking an Apollo distance record and testing out a space toilet, NASA's Artemis II mission is about to return to Earth. Here's what the astronauts...

Mildly annoyed I'll be on a transatlantic flight without wifi while Artemis II is landing ... safe to say at least 4 people are having a bigger travel day than me

Splashdown is set for 5:07pm PDT

www.npr.org/2026/04/10/n...

Screen capture from the NASA live stream during a CSA (Canadian Space Agency) PAO event. View from the inside of the Integrity spacecraft, showing four astronauts with very big grins and laughter all around.

Seeing the Artemis 2 crew's reactions on being asked about maple syrup vs. Nutella on pancakes is delightful!

There are so many worlds and so many moons and so much beauty in this universe if we just take the time to look

Artemis II in Eclipse art002e009301 (April 6, 2026) – Captured by the Artemis II crew during their lunar flyby on April 6, 2026, this image shows the Moon fully eclipsing the Sun. From the crew’s perspective, the Moon appe...

Just gorgeous images to look at on the NASA Johnson Flickr this morning www.flickr.com/photos/nasa2...

The Artemis II crew grinning and laughing together while floating in the Orion capsule, getting ready for their press conference.

I just love seeing how happy they all are 🥲 #Artemis

Astronauts Dedicate Moon Crater to Carroll Wiseman, Wife of NASA Commander

"It’s a bright spot on the moon,” CSA astronaut Jeremy Hansen said, his voice breaking up, “and we would like to call it Carroll.”

The crew all shared a hug after.

www.nytimes.com/2026/04/06/s...

This is the trail adventure variation option, you will take 2 wrong turns 😅

There's not a direct AND flat route, alas

The route I will call Zoo Hill is one option

Stone to BGT is another

Overshooting north to 75th also works

Or try a bus 44 bike rack if your bike isn't too big/heavy like mine is!

View of the NASA livestream of the Artemis II mission. There is a box in the corner with a photo of a woman, with text: "Voice of Christina Koch, Artemis II Mission specialist"

"I had an overwhelming sense of being moved by the moon...it is a real place, and when we have that perspective and we compare it to our home of the Earth it just reminds us how much we have in common - everything we need the Earth provides, and that is in and of itself somewhat of a miracle."

Absolutely incredible Nutella ad.

Plan your Monday wisely everyone

“Copy Moon joy” #Artemis

NASA's Artemis II Live Mission Coverage (Official Broadcast) YouTube video by NASA

I highly recommend putting this NASA #Artemis II mission livestream on and just leaving it playing as you go about your weekend. Live views of the spacecraft, occasional visualizations of the current config, views of the control room, space-ground radio audio. www.youtube.com/live/m3kR2KK...

NASA just dropped this image of Artemis II astronaut Christina Koch looking back at us. The first woman to ever see our planet in its entirety. I’m not crying you’re crying 🥹🔭🧪 📸: NASA