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🎉 We’re celebrating our 50th birthday on 30 May! For half a century, we’ve been serving Europe, inspiring its citizens and exploring the cosmos. Check out our #50YearsOfESA web site for stories, archive images and details of events coming up in the year. 🔗 esa.int/About_Us/50_...

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💫 🔭 A beautiful spiral galaxy dazzles in today’s picture from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope. This galaxy, Arp 184 or NGC 1961, gets its name from the Atlas of Peculiar Galaxies. Its uneven shape earned it a spot in the catalogue. 🔗 esahubble.org/images/potw2...

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Looking for your next read? Check out our curated SFF reviews, author interviews, and upcoming releases in Locus Magazine. Start your literary adventure today! www.locusmag.com

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Couple more photos from the #murderbot set visit. More info in the alt text:

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Enormously honoured to be featured on both the novel and series shortlists for this year’s Hugo awards.

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Monday comes around once more and this week I'm reading North American Lake Monsters by Nathan Ballingrud What book(s) are you reading this week? 💙📚 #BookSky #AmReading #MondayReads #TBR

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BREAKING & BIG: Today in PARIS, citizens voted in a referendum to PEDESTRIANIZE 500 MORE of the city's streets, giving fresh momentum to efforts by city leaders to create people-places, curb car usage, and improve air quality. 66% of Parisians voted in favour of the measure, official results showed!

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Monday comes around once more and this week I'm reading England: A Natural History by John Lewis-Stempell What book(s) are you reading this week? 💙📚 #BookSky #AmReading #MondayReads #TBR

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Since we all should be currently boycotting Amazon, a reminder that Bezos owns Goodreads and there is a great, Black woman owned, alternative that you can easily migrate to. Highly recommend. www.theguardian.com/books/2025/f...

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When a woman is empowered, the world is empowered.💜️ #InternationalWomensDay

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A brilliant Banksy.

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Your dignity honors the bravery of the Ukrainian people. Be strong, be brave, be fearless. You are never alone, dear President Zelenskyy. We will continue working with you for a just and lasting peace.

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The Bubble Nebula, also known as NGC 7635, is an emission nebula located 8 000 light-years away. This stunning new image was observed by the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope to celebrate its 26th year in space. Credit: NASA, ESA, Hubble Heritage Team #Astronomy

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Monday morning once more and this week I'm reading "Faithbreaker" by Hannah Kaner What book(s) are you reading this week? 💙📚 #BookSky #MondayReads #AmReading #TBR

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Next month, the #ladyastronaut universe expands! #themartiancontingency, the fourth book in @maryrobinettekowal.com's #ladyastronaut series is coming into land! Available to preorder now: https://geni.us/lamarcon

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Terribly sad to hear ChatGPT lost its job to an AI 😂

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Meta tracks your activity across millions of websites and apps, regardless of whether you use its platforms, and profits from that data through targeted ads. Here’s what you need to know if you want to limit the company’s ability to harvest and profit from your personal data.

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Read @hawkwing_lb’s review of AND THE MIGHTY WILL FALL by @kbwagers: “a damn fine science fiction action-adventure novel, nail-bitingly tense, with excellent character development, some stunning twists, and a bedrock sense that we save each other...” locusmag.com/2025/01...

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Europe has a message for Elmo.

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📚 Education is a fundamental human right. Without it, there is no freedom and no prosperity. We are committed to investing in high-quality education and continued training for citizens in Europe and beyond. #InternationalDayOfEducation

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The "European Alternatives" is a project which collects and analyzes European alternatives to popular webservices and products. It provides alternatives to many of the "big tech" companies, so give them a browse or maybe even some feedback: european-alternatives.eu/alternatives... 1/2

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Every star may be a sun to someone. ~ Carl Sagan, Cosmos

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Faithless, No Roots, 2004: Wicked mind is a weapon of mass destruction Misinformation is a weapon of mass destruction Racism is a weapon of mass destruction Fear is a weapon of mass destruction Greed is a weapon of mass destruction Inaction is a weapon of mass destruction

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One of the very greatest things about #cycling is that whatever difficulties you may be experiencing, there is a cycle for you! Here's one of our most popular blogs of all time, which runs through your options: wheelsforwellbeing.org.uk/top-tips-cho... #InclusiveCycling #DisabilityCycling

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Hello new people. I have two books coming out this year from @tordotcom.bsky.social: The Emilie Adventures, a revised compilation of the two Emilie which have been out of print for awhile (art by Colin Verdi), in May, and Queen Demon, the sequel to Witch King, (art by Cynthia Sheppard) in October.

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Locus Mag, a non-profit org, has been an integral part of the California Bay Area SFF scene since 1973. We rely on readers, writers, and fellow science fiction fans to keep us going. And we have a Patreon for monthly support - check it out! patreon.com/locus?ut...

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