Earthset captured through the Orion spacecraft window at 6:41 p.m. EDT, April 6, 2026, during the Artemis II crew's flyby of the Moon. A muted blue Earth with bright white clouds sets behind the cratered lunar surface. The dark portion of Earth is experiencing nighttime. On Earth's day side, swirling clouds are visible over the Australia and Oceania region. In the foreground, Ohm crater has terraced edges and a flat floor interrupted by central peaks. Central peaks form in complex craters when the lunar surface, liquefied on impact, splashes upwards during the crater's formation.

Moon Signs

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For 10 days in April, I made the Artemis II mission my entire personality. I tuned in every morning to hear the crew's wake-up song from NASA's official playlist, and kept the live feed on all day via desktop or tv like a police scanner. The booster jettison, the naming of Carroll Crater, the unceremonious omission of Pink Pony Club’s chorus…I was there in real time for it all. It made me feel human, connected, and ironically grounded as we floated along with Reid, Victor, Christina, and Jeremy.

The Blogtober 2026 Playlist

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This is the 11th installment of the Blogtober Playlist, and as per usual, it's a mix of tunes that seemed to fit a certain vibe once grouped together, culled, and curated.

In anticipation of Blogtober 2026: 2025’s Heights of Horror

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Perhaps the most notable discovery I made compiling 2025's list of favorite horror flicks was that my top film of the year was a horror film, but not my top horror film of the year.

One more time with feeling

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Shake It Up Returns Remixed to Shakespeare & Company July 31–August 3 Shakespeare & Company’s Tina Packer Playhouse transforms once more into Twelfth Night’s Elephant Lounge for Shake It Up: The Remix, a mash-up of modern music and Shakespeare’s verse, playing July 31–August 3. Co-created by Allyn Burrows and Jacob Ming-Trent and directed by Burrows, this season … Continue reading One more time with feeling