I just want the man to be miserable at all times. I hope he lives a long and healthy life where he is just fucking miserable every single day and nothing he endeavors leaves him feeling the least bit of satisfaction. I hope he finds himself retiring at age 103, utterly alone.
I actually really hope Hegseth is keeping his promise not to drink anymore, because the idea of Hegseth jealously and longingly smacking his lips while staring at the footage of Kash Patel wasted off his ass is hilarious to me.
The FBI Director, the DC US Attorney, and the Secretary of Defense walk into a bar.
Apparently like every day.
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Bryum argenteum Pillars in my faith which had rusted yet rains which had brought such change also brought boundless inspirations That's a different poem though I write this as I walk on my work break Bluesky is down but I'm thankful Thankful I found so many people who resonated with the insanity I felt building up within me It exploded in unfathomable ways and allowed me to connect many topics bringing coherence to incoherence Thankful I actually have made friends that I talk to daily and get to watch grow each is ever inspiring as well Infinite things for which to be thankful but with the ending of this poem, there's one which stands out, and that's you Dear reader, thank you for pausing to read this and other poetry you have no idea how much you matter
Bryum argenteum
#poetry
One of the most reassuring things I learned from Artemis II is that the public does give a shit about crewed space flight, they just don't care about SpaceX. When NASA does something it feels like a collective accomplishment of humanity. SpaceX? Not so much.
Artemis II Leslie J. Anderson When Prometheus gave us fire this is the kind of thing he hoped for, not the blood on our hands but the burn of the rockets bright as the light in our eyes. Surely he saw in us the willingness to be torn asunder again and again, to send our bodies out against the talons of the universe to come home, wrap our arms around each other and sing, rejoice! There is still no end of the world!
a poem about going
Idk; I think burning capital as part of a rights dispute is a good, arguably tame, response to the violence of the bourgeois class.
a low resolution screen shot from the artemis 2's outside camera showing the module, but then also the most beautiful and simple view of a crescent earth, with blue water, and swirling white clouds
this is so crazy. like this is their little outside webcam, their shitty little low-res webcam image.
it really is just LIKE that... it's just how it looks, normally.
I kindof get it now. the "look at that you bastard" feeling. oh my god. I am a bit emotional lmao #artemis
“If they can automatically enroll men into the draft at 18, they can automatically register Americans to vote at 18.
Ask yourself why they won’t”
Josh H.
SPOILERS ARE FINE ACTUALLY, PEOPLE ARE JUST WHINERS.
"“Ironically, while the FBI was monitoring my phone and investigating Courtney on vague and weak charges, the perpetrators of half a dozen murders involving Fort Bragg soldiers involved in the drug trade have gone entirely unsolved," Harp wrote in a statement posted on X."
Happy Appomattox Day to all that celebrate
A screenshot of a post on X by Christopher Hale (@ChristopherHale) quoting an earlier post of his. The main post reads: "UPDATE: Letters from Leo can now independently confirm that the meeting took place — and that the Vatican was so alarmed by the Pentagon’s tactics that Pope Leo XIV shelved plans to visit the United States later this year. Many in the Vatican saw the Pentagon’s reference to an Avignon papacy as a threat to use military force against the Holy See." The quoted post reads: "NEW: A stunning new report claims that the Pentagon summoned Pope Leo XIV’s top American diplomat and threatened him after the U.S.-born pontiff gave his January state-of-the-world address." The bottom of the post shows it was last edited at 3:22 PM on Apr 8, 2026, and has 1.5M views.
The Trump administration threatened to kill the pope to the Vatican's ambassador and install a antipope in the US.
Pete Hegseth is roleplaying as an actor playing the role of Tough Military Guy From A Low Budget Action Movie From The 1980's.
The Aussies are taking this as a moment for self-reflection on the Profession. We might learn from that.
"There is a very interesting debate raging at the moment about the nature of sin, for example,” said Oats. “And what do they think? Against it, are they?” said Granny Weatherwax. “It’s not as simple as that. It’s not a black and white issue. There are so many shades of gray.” “Nope.” “Pardon?” “There’s no grays, only white that’s got grubby. I’m surprised you don’t know that. And sin, young man, is when you treat people as things. Including yourself. That’s what sin is. “It’s a lot more complicated than that . . .” “No. It ain’t. When people say things are a lot more complicated than that, they means they’re getting worried that they won’t like the truth. People as things, that’s where it starts.” “Oh, I’m sure there are worse crimes . . .” “But they starts with thinking about people as things . . . ”
I just think it would be prudent to post this quote from Discworld, no reason for it, really.
We very often failed to live up to that ideal. Now, we don't profess any kind of ideal at all. Artemis II carries men and women of great courage and competence, farther than any human has ever traveled before. But the country that launched this mission has squandered any chance of ever saying to the world: Trust us, we will use this power well and wisely. So, on a nervous night, the world watches us again, not gathered communally around black-and-white televisions to look at the moon, but individually staring at our cellphones, wondering whether there may be nuclear bombs in that ominous tool kit the vice president mentioned. Artemis II feels like an echo of a world that has passed, an old, beloved leitmotif from a symphony we have shredded. Once again we wonder about technology and power, but it is not the wide-eyed wonder of unprecedented achievement of the Space Age, but an unprecedented promise to return an entire people to the Stone Age.
Watching Artemis II at the same time as everything else going on felt heartbreaking. Theres is a younger version of me in my head that still enjoys things, and it closed its box of space toys, with their little American flags, and walked out of the room for good
The Moon: oh wow you guys decided to come back
Artemis II crew: earth’s haunted
Please stop saying TACO. We’re talking about an ungodly number of people who could die or maimed. It’s not time for cutesy little internet slang. We have to get away from this bizarre desensitization.
I guess we're just waiting around to see if this demented psychopath kills everyone: defector.com/i-guess-were...
Democrats rising to the moment like unleavened bread in Antarctica
Apparently this one isn't from Artemis but from the DSCOVR satellite, and was taken a decade ago.
Ah well, i hadn't seen it yet and its really fucking cool.
www.planetary.org/space-images...
I didn't know anything about the Artemis II astronauts a week ago and now I would fight my way into Hell for any of them.
A photo of the back of the moon with the earth behind it
My fucking god.
What a shot.
I’m geeking out over the photos of the geeks geeking out.
Signed,
A Geek
The Artemis II mission seems good because it is.
People seem excited by it because they are.
It looks like a testament to the value of teamwork because it needs many people working together to succeed, and it’s succeeding.
One of the best things about this is how straightforward it is. Authentic.
Evil continues when too many people think it's someone else's job to stop it.
We're not lacking in information here.
We're lacking in agency.
We're here because people sat home instead of standing up to prevent a criminal tyrant from taking power.
The 25th Amendment won't save us. It can't.
