Eugen Rochko4h ago
Normally I'd be more excited about a moon mission, but I'd vastly prefer if any other nation was doing it. Can't really care about it when the US is bombing civilian bridges in Iran and then bombing the first responders (and as of today, apparently announcing genocide. Not their first time, I guess).
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@Gargron

yup, the #USA fucking sucks

that dampers enthusiasm for #Artemis #Artemis2 #ArtemisII

i say:

be happy for #JeremyHansen, first Canadian in deep #space

and his mission patch was designed by #Anishaabe artist #HenryGuimond, referencing the Teachings of the Seven Grandfathers

"Hansen asked Guimond to design a personal patch for his flight suit after participating in a vision quest at Turtle Lodge Centre of Excellence"

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/manitoba-indigenous-artist-artemis-ii-patch-9.7148013

#Canada #Indigenous

2:31pmWeb
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@Gargron

' #NASA astronaut #VictorGlover, recently named as the pilot of the #ArtemisII #Artemis2 #Artemis mission around the Moon, listens to #GilScottHeron's poem "Whitey on the Moon" twice a week on the way to work'

https://web.archive.org/web/20260330105128/https://www.axios.com/2023/04/18/nasa-astronaut-victor-glover-whitey-on-the-moon

A rat done bit my sister Nell
(with Whitey on the Moon)
Her face and arms began to swell
(and Whitey's on the Moon)
I can't pay no doctor bill
(but Whitey's on the Moon)
Ten years from now I'll be paying still
(while Whitey's on the Moon)

#BlackMastodon

Show threadJoe ❌👑2h ago
@benroyce @Gargron So Axios took this article down at some point?
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@not2b @Gargron

the axios article is paywalled so i linked to an archive.org screenshot of it. the link isn't working? you can see part of the article if you strip off the archive.org part from the front of the url and thus get the original axios link

edit: the archive.org link works for me

Show threadJoe ❌👑1h ago
@benroyce @Gargron The link works, thanks
Show threadBongolian2h ago

@benroyce @Gargron In 1969 and again in 2026, Science News editors also made the connections between accomplishments in space and failures on Earth:

"It is impossible to minimize the astronauts’ accomplishment. But the verdict of #history may well be that, while the world erupted, we ignored the real challenge and chased a rocket trail to the #moon."

#war #Artemis #poverty
https://www.sciencenews.org/article/ed-note-april-2026

Science and armed conflict

Editor in chief Nancy Shute discusses how science and armed conflict have been intertwined throughout history, from the Greeks in 400 B.C. to the use of tear gas in the protests across the United States as recently as a few months ago.

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