According to MIT News, Margaret Hamilton died at the age of 90. "A profoundly influential computer scientist best known for leading the software engineering team at MIT’s Instrumentation Lab during NASA’s Apollo program". This famous photo 🔽 inspired the For All Mankind character Margo Madison.

bryan newbold@bnewbold.net · 2d ago

ah damn, RIP Margaret Hamilton. she took safety-critical software engineering seriously, and got people to the moon and back. news.mit.edu/2026/margare...

ah damn, RIP Margaret Hamilton. she took safety-critical software engineering seriously, and got people to the moon and back. news.mit.edu/2026/margare...

Had a work trip this week out to Miami, and so decided after to take the opportunity to travel up to KSC and finally tick Atlantis off the list, I have now visited every Shuttle. I need to go back and revisit Endeavour now its stacked vertically, but that's for another time.

i also just have to say that pointing at a falling down barn while bragging about how fewer people are coming to america is about the perfect encapsulation of how MAGA believes in making america smaller and weaker

Seth Cotlar@sethcotlar.bsky.social · last wk.

When the US State Department is doing such great work to project a friendly American face to the world, it’s a total mystery why fewer people are choosing to visit.

A cash-strapped rural police force struggles to deal with Red Diesel gangs. Until its chief inspector realises can get the Met Police to deal with the problem... ...if he pretends they're Iranian. A new six part comedy starring Toby Jones.

The Economist@economist.com · 2w ago

The security services remain tight-lipped about possible motives. Russian sabotage, Islamist extremism and direct action from anti-war protesters were not ruled out. But, given the context, Iran would be an obvious suspect

It's new episode day and there's already hot quick artwork by the great man, Glynrick !! Coyote vs. ACME review ep out now on all pod apps with some infamous returning segments 🔥 #coyotevsacme #weeklyplanetpod

haha. Im a reactive idiot and all my opinions are based on vibes, and even I foresaw this lol

Sam Freedman@samfr.bsky.social · 2w ago

Times this morning. Me in December last year. It was pretty damn obvious this would happen to anyone who did the maths. samf.substack.com/p/the-oversh...

The Star Wars Underworld@theswu.bsky.social · 2w ago

Question: What is the overarching theme of the Sequel Trilogy's story? #StarWars #SequelTrilogy

This news is important because all the fucks out there actively attempting to wreck the world want you to think that the work is hopeless and just mitigating the worst case scenario. It's not. Fucking keep going.

Hope For The Planet@h4tp.bsky.social · 2w ago

We now have rigorous pooled data showing that even without active restoration efforts, cleared rainforest can rebound to 75% of their former species composition and 90% of species diversity within just thirty years. #goodnews

To be fair most of these represent the series as a whole

John C@badsocialism.bsky.social · 2w ago

It's quite important to understand I've always been like this my9games.com/en/s/5aa7886...

You joined "grand vizier chat (secret)" You: dark rumors from aboard You: abroad* fuck Sssnakecharmer: mf said aboard WhispersintheChapel: ahoy matey lol PonderMyOrb changed the group name to "rumors from aboard"

Justin Baragona@justinbaragona.bsky.social · 2w ago

Welp. According to Semafor, David Ellison has discussed bringing Elon Musk on as an investor in Paramount's merger with Warner Bros., which could mean Musk could have a stake in CBS News and CNN. www.semafor.com/article/09/2...

Ah, yes - that famous American 'precision' bombing they like to boast about, with one of their unexploded weapons forcing the evacuation of the key German port of [checks notes] Falmouth www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cv...

Falmouth WW2 unexploded bomb: Plans to evacuate 300 homes as experts deal with ordnance

More than 300 Falmouth homes could be evacuated if a cordon is expanded at the site of an unexploded World War Two bomb, found in the water at the docks on Monday.

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Starfleets Deadnought Moment: or how I learned to stop worrying and love the Galaxy Class

John C@badsocialism.bsky.social · 2w ago

Right then, our turn What's your fake Star Trek academic paper

Is there someone you know whose a massive Dredd or 2000AD fan who NEEDS to come to Lawless Comic Con?! The Noble Bolt-01 Award can make it happen! Lawless will cover the costs for One Nominated Person to join us at the show Head on over to www.lawlesscomiccon.co.uk to complete the form!

Lawless Comic Con UK 2027 | Bristol Comic Convention

Join Lawless Comic Con UK in Bristol on 8-9th May 2027. Meet comic creators, discover indie comics, attend panels, and enjoy cosplay.

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New #MapMen episode!!! 🗺️ How many languages are there in the world? And can you put them all on one map? (No.) youtu.be/hX21ctsGhNc Share and enjoy!

Why a Language Map of the World is Impossible

YouTube video by Map Men

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when ai leaves u behind

Xero now with 100% more 🎃@artificer-ind.bsky.social · last mo.

Still patiently waiting to be "left behind" by AI rather than it chasing me across every damn space like a slasher in a low budget flick.

I’m continuing my exploration of the sci-fi designs of The Expanse alongside concept artists with a NINTH article 🔥 This time, the lineup includes the Bashi Bazouk, Dewalt (Drummer’s Ship), Tycho Transport Pod, Lovell City (Luna), Baltimore in 2355, the BTC Chopper, the Savage Industries robot...

The Art of The Expanse - Season 5 | The Spaceshipper

Four years after the end (for now?) of The Expanse, I want to take a look back at the creation of the greatest space fiction series of the l

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I am not complicit. Computer, delete that entire skeet .

Sisko Cheers with a Drink

Alt: Sisko Cheers with a Drink

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Gail Simone@gailsimone.bsky.social · 3w ago

I am not complicit.

But yeah, YEAH, with AI we won't need doctors any more...! (...the vagina. THE VAGINA.) 😆

PZ Myers@pzmyers.bsky.social · 4w ago

Q: What's the large muscular organ in a woman's chest called? A: The heart? Q: I'm sorry, Bob. It's the SPLEEN. The spleen. freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2...

a great letter in the times today. perhaps worth sharing in these troubled times. #RNLI #heroes

The world’s scientists breathed a sigh of relief this week as temperatures in the UK dropped below 35 degrees, meaning that everything is fine and we can go back to burning fossil fuels forever without any worries. From the Private Eye archive. Issue 1682, August 2026.

Art is obviously subjective and people can like whatever they like… But if you dismiss this novel as “cringe” you may be broken inside.

This September 13 is also the 26th anniversary of the tragic Second Impact (in Neon Genesis Evangelion, 1995)!

The Spaceshipper 🚀@thespaceshipper.com · 4w ago

On this Breakaway day, our thoughts are with Commander John Koenig's teams on Moonbase Alpha. Today marks 27 years since the Moon left Earth's orbit, taking with it the last of the Eagles that hadn't yet exploded… It was Gerry and Sylvia Anderson's Space: 1999 (1975-1977).

It's #Breakaway Day; remember to take care of your moons. #Space1999 💥🌔

they should have followed the long history of safe handling of plutonium at los alamos hold on I’m getting a note

Making a free cycling game@dfeldman.org · 4w ago

Just in case you ever have impostor syndrome, remember that in 2011, workers at Los Alamos National Laboratory brought six kilograms of plutonium together to take a picture to show their management. The amount was enough to start a chain nuclear reaction if they had been slightly closer.