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My pal Danielle Koenig shared that her father Walter Koenig passed away last night at age 90. A performer whose kindness and warmth shone through the screen. He will be well remembered.

Neiman Marcus closed its downtown Dallas flagship on Wednesday. The store played a notable role in the history of desegregation in Dallas. Previously, Black shoppers across the US could enter department stores, but they weren't allowed to try on clothes without adhering to certain conditions. 🧵

Nice campaign by the Norwegian Consumer Council about the declining lifespan of products. Enjoy!

Report: Tim Curry's death to be investigated by suspicious group of eccentrics gathering at his house

Just dawned on me that we lost two officers of the Red October in a month

Is there no other

Why, Timothy!

[Exit Queen.]

Somerville proves that #VisionZero can be achieved by taking concrete steps. Protected and separated #CompleteStreets give more people safety and build a resilient and green city

chat is it bad if the "rock of starvation" has reappeared in my river www.theguardian.com/news/ng-inte...

Rest in peace to Country Joe McDonald, the legendary singer-songwriter, activist and frontman of Country Joe and the Fish, who has died at 84.

Nasa employee: Oh hey u guys are back early.. Astronaut: Moon's full of rioting Amazon robots Nasa employee: What? Astronaut: *loading a pistol and getting back on the rocket-ship* Moon's full of rioting Amazon robots

Soft Rains Day. "Today is August 4, 2026, in the city of Allendale, California. Today is Mr. Featherstone's birthday. Today is the anniversary of Tilita's marriage. Insurance is payable, as are the water, gas, and light bills." RIP Ray Bradbury, 1920-2012

A solar eclipse. On Saturn. By Titan. Photographed from Earth. 📷: AJ Smadi (StardustAstro/Correct_Presence_936)

Two people tried to enter a screening of The Odyssey without buying tickets after hiding inside a miniature model of the Trojan Horse. 😂😂😂

KING HENRY V I tell thee truly, herald, I know not if the day be ours or no, For yet a many of your horsemen peer And gallop o’er the field. MONTJOY The day is yours.

Do the French get wine at hydration break?

Pete Hegseth: "We need our warriors to embrace the Spartan mindset" U.S. Military: *suffers crushing defeat to the Persians*

RIP Wally Funk (1939-2026), one of the Mercury 13 (which inspired For All Mankind) Also: "In July 2021. Funk became the oldest woman to travel to space at the age of 82. During the 11-minute flight, Funk experienced a few moments of weightlessness and marveled at the darkness of space."

A rainbow is a portion of a circle centered on the point directly opposite the sun. This circle always has an angular radius of 42 degrees: that's how raindrops work. A full moon is directly opposite the sun. So if the moon is in a rainbow, it's close to 42° degrees away from being full. (2/2)

Mark Ham wowed the world with this picture. But then someone wowed me even more by pointing out that the moon always has the same phase when it's in a rainbow! (1/2)

Sunset. Solstice. Midsummer. #solstice #midsummer #midsommar

This only happens on the summer solstice. ☀️ At the Getty Library, this specially designed architectural feature is activated on the summer solstice. Watch as the light moves across the floor and perfectly aligns with the glass.

That big boom heard around Boston was like a meteor:

THE POPE IS QUOTING GANDALF!!!

Scoop by Swedish public service news: ”Hide the pain Harold” celebrating Péter Magyar swearing in as prime minister. www.svt.se/nyheter/utri...

Syd Mead's 1975 concept for the Kentucky Derby of the future. Take note of the anti-gravitational comms hub floating over the infield with signage that reads INTRNET. (The term "Internet" was coined in 1974.)

My statement on the end of the old InfoWars, and the imminent beginning of a much better one.

I think about this all the time.

When a Border Collie has no sheep to herd …and the Cat being so Catlike 😸

A look at what the Boston area's new five-year Bluebikes contract means for riders: — Small fare hikes on casual riders (starting today) — Hundreds of additional ebikes — First-ever charging stations — New communities (i.e. Quincy in 2027) www.wbur.org/news/2026/04... @wbur.org

Ramona has become a big space fan. Welcome home, Artemis II. What an incredible quest.

NASA failed to predict the real splashdown risk.

If I took a shot every time this guy said "erected" I'd be dead. #artemis2 #artemis

NARRATOR: WE DID NOT IN FACT GET IT TOGETHER IN TIME

There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, Than are dreamt of in your philosophy.

Three main chutes deployed!

SPLASHDOWN CONFIRMED! There we go, for the first time in over half a century, humanity has reached the Moon and safely returned. A small step in a journey of a thousand miles. Congratulations to the crew, NASA, and everyone involved 🍾

Splashdown! Welcome home, Integrity.

BUT DID IRAN AGREE?

TACO Tuesday

The Artemis II crew just reported several impact flashes—explosions from hypervelocity impacts of meteoroids with the Moon—during the solar eclipse. We make a big effort to see a handful of these from Earth with telescopes. That astronauts flying by the Moon saw >4 in tens of minutes is AWESOME.

Artemis II today.