The Milky Way photo contest is your annual reminder that the universe is big and beautiful 💫
https://www.thisiscolossal.com/2026/05/milky-way-photographer-of-the-year-contest-2026/
In an inscrutable order: poetry; empathy; family; nature; community; music
Open mind, open heart, and open source
Fiance, father, son. Friend and ally 🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈🌎
Currently playing a High Elf Druid on my first-ever D&D campaign
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The Milky Way photo contest is your annual reminder that the universe is big and beautiful 💫
https://www.thisiscolossal.com/2026/05/milky-way-photographer-of-the-year-contest-2026/
An orang utan was the first to be filmed crossing this wildlife bridge in Sumatra, which is essential for their survival
(Yes it would have been better to not have had those developments at all. Related: environmental activists in that area have pretty bleak mortality rates.)
Happy Earth Day!
"Consider again that dot. That's here. That's home. That's us. On it everyone you love, everyone you know, everyone you ever heard of, every human being who ever was, lived out their lives."
Carl Sagan, Pale Blue Dot
The always-welcome reminder that when we give up our attention, we're giving up the entirety of our self—our life—in that moment, thus framing it as a "life economy," is one of many worthy moments in this recent Struthless video. Not just a screed of doomer observations, it includes a suggested solution that appeals to the nascent punk in me.

If you're #trans and feeling lonely, repost this.
If you are an ally and care about trans people, repost this.
You may be feeling lonely. But, you're not alone.
I don't want a city on Mars.
I don't want AI in every app.
I don't want data centres in space.
I want clean water.
I want a stable climate.
I want bees to survive.