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skrishna, 4 days ago to space

INCREDIBLE images from China's Chang’e 6 lander, which landed on the far side of the moon late on June 1 and lifted off in an ascent vehicle with the first lunar samples from the far side of the moon yesterday.

Image credit: CNSA

#space #science #moon #spaceflight

the moon’s surface looking browinsh gray, not a lot of large rocks
The moon’s surface with one black and gold lander leg in the photo
A wide angle shot with the lander leg in the front and the moon in the distance

mekkaokereke, 4 days ago to random

Some of y'all are still confused as to why it seems that Silicon Valley billionaires are "turning to Trump." That's because you don't listen to Black people, you disrespect poor white people, and you ignore obvious statistics that have been staring you in the face for decades.

Silicon. Valley. Billionaires. Have. Always. Supported. Trump.

Not because they like the tax breaks. Because they are more likely to be racist, and racism is the greatest predictor of Trump support.

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vagina_museum, 4 days ago to random

Here's everything you ever wanted to know about giant anteater vaginas, but were too afraid to ask...

(The anteater is giant, not its vagina, for clarity)

kjhealy, 5 days ago to random

This seems like both a personal cry for help and an indication that you work for a dangerously dysfunctional organization

yurnidiot, 5 days ago to Dogs

Houndai: making fetch happen

#dogs #Mondog

dog in the back of a hyundai chasing the rear window wiper back and forth

Kierkegaanks, 5 days ago to random

It’s 100 years since Franz Kafka passed away. We celebrate the day by being arrested without explanation.

Pidge, 5 days ago to random

Okay but why are aquarium rocks made to look like that if I am not allowed to eat them?

clive, 6 days ago to random

Pointillist bubble-wrap paintings

amazing what you can do with paint

bubble wrap

and a hypodermic needle

Item #1 in my latest "Linkfest" newsletter, free to read and subscribe here here here 📬 : https://buttondown.email/clivethompson/archive/linkfest-20/

kate, 9 days ago to random

In the same way most of us say “goodbye” without realising it derives from “god be with ye”, maybe one day people will end conversations with “likensubscribe”

kbeninato, 9 days ago to random

Alito's furiously ruffling through the Flag Closet.

clive, 12 days ago to random

Behold the "poetry camera" -- you take a picture, it writes a poem based on what it sees and prints that up

you don't get a photo

just the poem

Item #2 in my latest "Linkfest" newsletter: https://buttondown.email/clivethompson/archive/linkfest-20/

overholt, 14 days ago to random

These fake William Morris prints for sale on Etsy are such an aggressive attack on historical reality. Not content with mutating his work to better fit a 21st century market, they come with fictitious provenance as well. https://maggieappleton.com/generative-forgery

A print of an orange tree. Text at bottom: COTTON PRINTS EXHIBITION WILLIAM MORRIS TEXTILES HISTORY OF BRITISH DESIGN LONDON THE ART OF XIX CENTURY

clive, 16 days ago to random

Know any NYC students, or their parents?

The mayor closed the libraries on Sundays, and is set to close them Saturdays too -- citing budget constraints 📚

The budget's being debated right now!

So, if you live in NYC?

Here's a form that'll auto-send a letter to your city councillor telling them to vote to "keep the libraries open sundays": https://actionnetwork.org/letters/open-the-libraries-nyc/

Forward it to any students in NYC 🤘

Parents can use it too -- just rewrite the opening salutation to say "I'm a parent"

Vagrarian, 16 days ago to art

"Quilt, Tumbling Blocks with Signatures Pattern," Adeline Harris Sears, begun 1856.

Sears (1830-1931) was only 17 when she had the idea for this quilt. She mailed diamonds of white silk to every significant person she could think of or read about, requesting they be autographed and mailed back. Most people did.

Sears' family was wealthy, and it's said she got Lincoln's autograph in person, and danced with him at his inauguration.

There's writers like Hawthorne, Dickens, Emerson, Irving, Longfellow, Julia Ward Howe, Harriet Beecher Stowe, and a number of scientists, politicians (with eight Presidents!), artists, educators, Civil War heroes, and clergy. It took her 11 years to complete the quilt, which has 360 signatures in all, and a total of 1,840 patches of cloth. The quilt was written about in national magazines of the time, and is now a museum piece.

Sears did other quilts, but nothing on the same level as this, a document of its time.

From the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.

#Art #WomenArtists #FabricArt #Quilts #Autographs #TumblingBlocks

GeekSusie, 16 days ago to random

Two Sisters, Florence And Susie Friermuth Arrested For Moonshining During The Prohibition, 1921

marisa, 17 days ago to random

You don't need that Cafe Au Lait scented candle...

just have me spill coffee. All. Over. Your. Kitchen.

rbreich, 19 days ago to random

When I was a mere clerk for the 1st circuit appeals court, I wasn't allowed to have a political bumper sticker for fear of creating even the appearance of bias on the court.

How can Justice Alito be allowed to rule on Jan 6-related matters after flying a pro-insurrection flag?

TiciaVerveer, 20 days ago to random Dutch

The frozen ground of the Altai Mountains preserved this beautifully detailed Scythian woman's boot for over 2,300 years.
The leather boot was decorated with a red woollen braid, with leather figurines and gold-leaf, possibly depicting ducklings.

Photo credit Sergei I. Rudenko/ Washington University. https://depts.washington.edu/silkroad/museums/shm/shmpazyryk.html?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTAAAR0ruczzG1TpZNqVjz9f4QTey_xlsE6VBN4lG5Ksn2yIsiJLTskn3YmqLj8_aem_AUMB1uCQewdUjL6CCmCwVIVAZrmdIQWfkLHBl3kxfHKhgRX32RKoM_r-74pNj9e98a2JsxuHlI5ga2jS98bsidwh

QasimRashid, 21 days ago (edited 20 days ago) to random

I’m so glad public libraries already exist. Could you I magine trying to sell the idea of libraries to politicians in 2024?

“You want to build a large public complex on prime real estate that gives away free books & education & community events—paid for by our tax dollars? Are you crazy??”

theropologist, 21 days ago to random

Beowulf is pretty wild, and I haven't even gotten to the fight with Grendel yet. Beowulf has just shown up and is like Hey this Grendel character? I'm gonna waste his ass for you. And then Unferth is like Pshaw! You can't even swim good, Bro! Breca totally crushed you in that swimming contest. And Beowulf is like Really? You want to go there? Sorry I was too busy slaying NINE sea monsters to worry about winning some stupid little race, and by the way I was swimming in full armor and carrying a sword, but you're welcome for the steep decline in sea monster attacks lately. Do you even slay, Bro? Oh wait l, what am I saying, if you were even halfway decent at slaying then I wouldn't have to come here with all my Geat bros to save your sorry ass! And Unferth just sits there in silence because what are you gonna say after having been so thoroughly owned?

loresjoberg, 21 days ago to random

What I get from the words “old-fashioned” and “newfangled” is that at some point in history we stopped fashioning things and started fangling them, and we as a culture never recovered.

yurnidiot, 23 days ago to random

can't tell me this isn't skilled labor 🥑💨

woman packing avocados in a box by tossing them from one hand to the other rapidly without looking at the catching hand

abetterjulie, 22 days ago to random

So you're telling me that other countries have safer, more effective sunscreens than the US? What the fuck.

https://undark.org/2024/05/14/america-fda-better-sunscreens

suzannealdrich, 2 months ago to Writers

Any #writers here? Are you fans of Scrivener, or Ulysses, or perhaps Obsidian Notes? Looking around for a writing system that will be future-proof. Also love the idea of using Markdown because that’s what my blogs all use now. #writing #writersofmastodon