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The sport of curling can be quite soothing to watch — though with any sport, one’s enjoyment mileage may vary. I do hope you find a wintertime steadying method.

Oh, shit. Seriously: oh, shit.

4-panel comic. (1) [Two people in front of tent. Person with short hair kneels, stacking sticks.] PERSON 1: Can you show me how to build a campfire? PERSON 2 with short hair: Sure! We’ll use the log cabin method. First, we build a square cabin out of sticks. (2) PERSON 2 [holding tiny table and chair]: Next, we’ll add interior walls, doors, and some cabin furniture made from twigs. PERSON 1: This is very elaborate. (3) [Person 2 runs wire to miniature cabin. Tiny lightning bolt symbols indicate the wire is energized.] PERSON 2: Now we’ll add some rudimentary plumbing and electrical wiring. 50 amps, nothing fancy. PERSON 1: It kind of seems like you’re just building a cabin. PERSON 2: I just— …Oops. (4) [The mini cabin is on fire.] PERSON 2: I think my wiring wasn’t up to code. PERSON 1 [leaning away and shielding face]: *AAAAA!* PERSON 2: …And that’s how you build a fire!

Building a Fire

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This is Lola. She is one of the most skilled soccer dribblers we've ever seen, so it makes sense that she's already capturing footage for her documentary. 14/10

Series of 4 screenshots from the Original Series. First up is Dr McCoy. He's standing outside on an earth like planet where it's sunny and nice with green trees and grass. He's chillin ho hum next to a pond, enjoying himself, taking in the scenery, not a care in the world just vibing, no phones in sight. Next we see a large person sized bunny rabbit wearing a stylish little sport coat / vest and holding an umbrella. The bunny looks like it may be startled by McCoy. Next, we see McCoy looking towards the bunny, only now instead of peacefully pondering nature he's all WTF and seems shooketh by this giant rabbit coming out of nowhere. Finally, we see the big giant rabbit leaving quickly.

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Alt in pic 1 Bonus joke why do people pain Easter eggs? Way easier than wallpapering them.

Oh thank you, Mr. McDavid. #OhCanada

It’s past my bedtime. Why am I watching a hockey game?
#existentialangst

I didn’t want to see helpless humans. I’d rather see smart ones rescuing each other.

This gave me joy. Thanks!

Oh yeah, this … is an issue.

Sharp PC-E500, Pocket Computer (1989)

To Make It to the Moon, Women Have to Escape Earth’s Gender Bias (Published 2019) The Apollo program was designed by men, for men. But NASA can learn from its failures as it aims to send women to the moon and beyond.

Let's talk about peeing in space.

Several people, in response to my NY Times essay, have said that women couldn't go into space because we lacked the technology for them to pee in space.

www.nytimes.com/2019/07/17/s...

A black dog with soulful brown eyes.

University Commas xkcd.com/2995

It’s not a bad show but this is a terrible episode where the characters are attacked by evil SecUnits. (That’s like the opposite of an oxymoron, since in the media, there’s no such thing as a non-evil SecUnit.) (Is there a word for the opposite of an oxymoron?)

Uhura’s Song, by Janet Kagan. (Star Trek TOS novel)

I hate it when ART is right.

Sometimes people do things to you that you can’t do anything about. You just have to survive it and go on.

ART said in my feed, Be careful. Find your crew. I tapped the feed in acknowledgment, because if I tried to say anything else I was going to sound stupid and emotional.

Is there a reason most of my SF books have a little box that food magically pops out of, ready to eat? Yes, yes there is. That would be amazing.

Why aren’t all those billionaires solving this problem instead of seeing who can make the most phallic rocket?

The Moon surrounded by a long wispy cloud that looks pinkish with the setting sun.

A closer view of the Moon surrounded by a long wispy cloud that looks pinkish with the setting sun.

A wide view of the Moon surrounded by a long wispy cloud that looks pinkish with the setting sun.

You’ve heard of a ‘blue moon’.🌖
How about the Moon pretending to be the nucleus of a pink comet?☄️ 😊💕

I could have become a mass murderer after I hacked my governor module

A pride flag with every color band represented by a NASA image. White is Earth clouds, pink is aurora, blue is the Sun in a specific wavelength, brown is Jupiter clouds, black is the Hubble deep field, red is the top of sprites, orange is a Mars crater, yellow is the surface of Io, green is a lake with algae, blue is Neptune, and purple is the Crab Nebula in a specific wavelength.

I made this Pride flag using only NASA images and our team thought it would be cool to share on social (I work on the NASA heliophysics communications team), but it's getting all sorts of hate on the bird app and Fbook. Thought y'all might be more appreciative of it here. ☺️🏳️‍🌈💖

Different images of the 70-metre wide deep space antenna dish at the Canberra Deep Space Communication Complex under different light conditions and skies covering the colours of the rainbow.

The universe is for everyone! 📡🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🌈
#Pride2024

That’s why I left you, Dr. Mensah, my favorite human.

Star Trek Lower Decks scene. We're outside on a planet with large industrial buildings in the background. Hovering in mid-air is Captain Ransom. He's floating and shooting rainbow colored fire out of each arm. His eyes glow yellow.

Happy #Pride month, fam!
#IDIC

A large deep space communication antenna dish, backlit by the setting sun.

What better way to end the week, than with a chat with NASA’s Voyager 2 spacecraft deep in interstellar space.
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Side-by-side photos of Premier Scott Moe and cabinet minister Jeremy Harrison speaking to reporters.

Premier Scott Moe says he believes Jeremy Harrison didn't remember bringing a gun into Saskatchewan's legislative building #skpoli www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

I wrote about the dismal data behind turmeric and how it’s not recommended for menopause. Oh, and the money you can make selling it. vajenda.substack.com/p/the-troubl...