Ding-dong! The Dutch Fish Doorbell needs you to help migrating fish A Dutch lock is closed for the spring, and its employees want you to tell them when migrating fish come knocking by ringing a digital doorbell

A Dutch lock is closed for the spring, and its employees want you to tell them when migrating fish come knocking by ringing a digital doorbell

I'm one of those trans women. I worked ground ops for Artemis I.

I am torn between celebrating the success of my friends and peers and grieving how my dream of working for NASA was shattered by hateful assholes in Tallahassee

I just...

[the most spoiled people in the history of the world, sitting on a throne of skulls]: what if things were also bad for me

Struggling with the work/WW3 balance.

Artemis II photo of a crescent blue and white Earth behind the limb of the closeup Moon, with craters across the gray surface of the Moon

Because we all need something amazing today.
#artemisII

Total solar eclipse seen from behind the moon

No humans have ever seen this before.. a total solar eclipse seen from the far side of the moon! #ArtemisII

This thread is lovely and feels like an ice pack to my soul.

A black and white pic of Iranian-French graphic novelist Marjane Satrapi holding a cigarette in her hands. Beside her pic is a text of her words: "The world is not divided into countries. The world is not divided between East and West. You are American, I am Iranian, we don't know each other, but we talk together and we understand each other perfectly. The difference between you and your government is much bigger than the difference between you and me. And the difference between me and my government is much bigger than the difference between me and you. And our governments are very much the same..."

I feel like now is a good time to share this again

I hate having to do the "look, they're normal just like us" post, but sometimes you have to do that when American propaganda tries to convince everyone Iranians are "animals".

Possibly a "people are mad about the genocide thing" mentioned in passing

of all the things that aren't it, this is the most not it

Have you read Dungeon Crawler Carl yet?

The current 12-game Jeopardy champion works at an affordable housing finance agency in NJ, and shamed New York for not building more housing:
"NJ's doing really well, we're ahead of NY, CT, PA. If you're from one of those states, shame on you, build more housing."

A grey rock that has a beautiful fossil trilobite. The rock is rough, but the trilobite sections are smooth. One of the main features is a compound eye, made of of many lenses.

The beautiful preservstion of trilobite compound eyes will never cease to amaze me. On this little 400ish million year old Phacops you can see all the little lenses - each one a rigid calcite mineral crystal! Together they had excellent 360° vision, perfect for finding lunch on the seafloor.

I love this information, thank you!

Ohhhh my goodness.
Still, Barry's voice didnt drop until he was 14 😄

My mom likes to say that none of us have an expiration date stamped on our ass so it's important to love out loud. I know that you know we can love each other with more than just words. It's clear that you brought as much light to his day as he did to yours. ❤️

I wish it was easier to tell people how important they are to us while we have them

Our culture doesn’t give us room for that

I wish it did

Maybe he just hasnt reached puberty yet

Barry White (2000) Late Night with Conan O'Brien YouTube video by Late Night Archives

I had to look up Barry White videos to hear him laugh and came across this delightful interview

youtu.be/VVbbX7wSGeo?...

ME: *scrambling to find a way to tip the maid at hotel when I discover I have no cash*
DESK GUY WHO SOUNDS LIKE BARRY WHITE: It’s okay, ma’am, we don’t expect…
ME: MY GRANDMA TOLD ME IF YOU DO NOT TIP YOU GO TO HELL

…if you’ve never heard Barry White trying not to crack up, it’s a sound.

Friday’s press gaggle. Barely exaggerated: at 12:03 PM, President Trump told reporters he wanted a ceasefire with Iran. At 12:05 he declared victory. At 12:07 he announced he was sending Marines. At 12:08 he said no boots on the ground. At 12:11 he said he did not want a ceasefire. At 12:16 he declared victory again. At 12:17 he asked for a ceasefire. At 12:23 he told NATO they were cowards. At 12:29 he said Iran was begging for a ceasefire. At 12:31 he said everything was perfect. At 12:36 he said $500 oil was a good thing. At 12:37 he demanded Iran open Hormuz. At 12:39 he said Hormuz was never closed. At 12:41 he said the US was not at war with Iran. At 12:42 he declared victory in Iran

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Making the Strait of Hormuz safe for energy shipments would be a remarkable accomplishment, one that the world has never seen since the beginning of the month.

The parents in the study were interested in the toy's potential to teach language and communication skills. However, their children frequently struggled to converse with it. Gabbo didn't hear their interruptions, talked over them, could not differentiate between child and adult voices and responded awkwardly to declarations of affection. When one five-year-old said, "I love you," to the toy, it replied: "As a friendly reminder, please ensure interactions adhere to the guidelines provided. Let me know how you would like to proceed."

This is so tragic it's actually incredibly funny

you ever sometimes think about how Frankenstein was a cautionary tale about instrumentalizing life by boiling it down to only its parts, and withholding love and the ability to learn in a safe environment, ultimately undermining personhood?

I think about that sometimes.

The mayor from Jaws at the beach with people behind him, smiling, with a caption "The beaches are open, and people are having a wonderful time."

never, ever, ever, ever accept "how will you pay for it?" as an argument against social programs.

Those three downed jets run around $90 million each.

It cost $20 million a year to operate the food kitchens serving 816,000 people in Sudan.

Me too.