December 21st, 2025

On Christmas Eve 1968, in Lunar orbit, the Apollo 8 crew took this photo: “Earthrise." I'll never forget how inspiring the Apollo missions were to my brother and me as kids. They showed us what our country and humanity can accomplish when we work together toward a common goal.

Hoy celebramos el nacimiento de Brian de Nazareth, también llamado Brian al que llaman Brian. Hijo de Traviesus Maximus, se ganaba la vida como podía vendiendo snacks romanos hasta que entró en el Frente Popular de Judea. No era el Mesías pero era majete.

Me he reído solo un buen rato

This evening Freedom 250 is ringing in the New Year by illuminating the story of America, including reaching for the stars, and highlighting our achievements in space, on the Washington Monument. 🇺🇸 🚀 More Images: flic.kr/s/aHBqjCFhUw

Welcome to 2026, the future time of METROPOLIS, released in 1927.

This is the model of the alien Mother Ship used in the filming of the movie "Close Encounters of the Third Kind." The ship was conceived by director Steven Spielberg and then made by a team lead by Gregory Jein. It is on display at the Udvar-Hazy Center. #ScienceFictionDay

On this day in 1958, Sputnik, the world's first artificial satellite, burned up on reentry into Earth's atmosphere. The satellite sent signals back to Earth for almost a month before its batteries died. More on Sputnik and the Space Age: s.si.edu/3RIDhsh

Wernher von Braun in front of Saturn V engines, 1969. Amazing historical photos: bit.ly/44OpIzi

Esta historia del The Washington Post está de locos: Fuentes cercanas a The White House dicen que Trump frenó su apoyo a Machado porque aceptó el Nobel de Paz. Aunque se lo dedicó después, fue un "pecado imperdonable" Si lo hubiera rechazado por ser de Trump, hoy sería presidenta de

BBC journalists have been banned from describing the kidnapped Venezuelan leader as having been kidnapped. The BBC News Editor has sent this to BBC journalists.

Marco Rubio in 2016: For years to come, there are many people on the right...that are going to be having to explain and justify how they fell into this trap of supporting Donald Trump because this is not going to end well.” (2016)

Trump with a straight face: Denmark can't claim Greenland just because "they had a boat land there 500 years ago"

Dear #Minnesota: Sorry to hear about your troubles. As your president doesn’t appear to mind border reshuffling between our two nations, have you considered becoming Canada’s 11th province? I think you’d like it here. We don’t hunt and kill our residents. #MAGA #ReneeNicoleGood

#OTD in 1976, Helios 2 launched to investigate solar processes. It was put into heliocentric orbit and made its closest approach to the Sun (27 million miles) in April of that year, becoming the record holder at the time for the closest flyby of the Sun.

Ready to roll! 🚀🇺🇸

AKAT 1 analog computer, Polish, circa 1960s.

Mirad los países en los cuales las familias tienen que hacer menos esfuerzo para pagar un piso digno: Dinamarca, Suecia, Noruega, Alemania. Bien, son los países que más políticas públicas y más intervención estatal presentan. Esto de que es mejor que haga el mercado es fake.

Sounds like the U.S. in 2026

Windows 95 launch in 1995