synchronize swatches.

one down, one to go!

[robertreich]

ICE is now even WORSE https://robertreich.substack.com/p/ice-is-even-worse

[jkottke]

Paul Brown’s iPod. This is a lovely remembrance & time capsule: a playable iPod emulator of “the music on the iPod my dad had in 2018 before he died”. Click wheel works and everything.

[jkottke]

ReciproCard: “Start by searching for your home library above to instantly see every free reciprocal agreement you qualify for.” Use this to have more options for Libby ebooks.

[nasa]

Roman is Ready to Go!

After being assembled, our Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope has passed final tests, and is being prepared to move to our Kennedy Space Center in Florida, where teams will work to prepare it for a launch in early September 2026.

With a field of view at least 100 times larger than Hubble's, Roman can potentially measure light from a billion galaxies in its lifetime. It will also be able to block starlight to directly see exoplanets and planet-forming disks, complete a statistical census of planetary systems in our galaxy, and settle essential questions in the areas of dark energy, exoplanets, and infrared astrophysics.

The observatory is named after Dr. Nancy Grace Roman, NASA’s first chief astronomer who made cosmic vistas readily accessible to all by paving the way for telescopes based in space.

Want to learn more about Roman? Check out our #Roman Space Telescope tag and visit our mission page.

Make sure to follow us on Tumblr for your regular dose of space!

[theonion]

Blow your paycheck like a well-informed citizen.

Visit the Onion Store.

[kereeachan]

Montana Supreme Court Rules Its Constitution Entirely Protects Trans Citizens In Landmark Ruling

The ruling will have enormous impacts for transgender residents in the state.

Heck yes Montana Supreme Court! And Montana's really progressive state constitution! Woo!

[ellewantsrevenge]

aadam jacobs's archive

[robertreich]

The truth about Harmeet Dhillon, Trump's likely pick for attorney general https://robertreich.substack.com/p/the-truth-about-harmeet-dhillon-trumps

[bluedevil]

this cover is insane

[lostinhistory]

TO INFINITY AND BEYOND

[chloesanchez]

Found a new motivational phrase to start using with my team.

[jkottke]

Aging Out of Fucks: The Neuroscience of Why You Suddenly Can’t Pretend Anymore. “…that point in midlife when your capacity to pretend, perform, and please others starts shorting out like an electrical system that’s finally had enough.”

[jkottke]

The NY Times went back through a century of women’s obituaries “to re-examine them with the benefit of distance — to see what was emphasized, what was minimized, what might have been left unsaid”. https://bsky.app/profile/prisonculture.bsky.social

[ulyssessimpsongrant]

Since it’s Holocaust Remembrance Day, I’m gonna circulate this site again.

Illuminate is a Holocaust remembrance and education initiative. Please take time to #RememberOne victim and join our global community.

[ulyssessimpsongrant]

I remember first discovering this site five or six years ago and they haven’t even cracked a million names yet. I think it’s a really wonderful memorial that emphasizes each name as an individual rather than just a statistic and doubles as a teaching moment to show the sheer devastation to the global Jewish community and emphasize exactly how large a number six million is.

[chamerionwrites]

“Crystalline Light,” reduction linocut, 2025. By William Hays

[hollowedskin]

THATS FUCKING INSANE

[thedurvin]

Heads up RVA folks, looks like we might be next: ICE is setting up a regional office in Chesterfield off Midlo (Arboretum Pkwy near the Powhite interchange) and there is a HEAVY police presence in the area since they’re making sure to set up in one of the bootlicker districts where cops will cooperate. I assume they’ll be crossing the river into the city before too long, unless they manage to hit their abduction quotas in the suburbs.

[thedurvin]

Ahhh fuck I just realized we have a big technically-left-of-center public event for people that nominally oppose/resist Trump in a couple of days

[jkottke]

Currently listening to this Thai house mix from Meltmode, played from a tuktuk tooling around the streets of Bangkok.