Pierre Picard

[Adenot Sophie @Soph_astro]

[🇫🇷 version FR 👇] Today is World Osteoporosis Day. As a woman in my 40s, my bone mass would naturally be expected to start decreasing. Add months in microgravity, where our bones no longer have to support our body weight as they do on Earth, and you might expect that decline to accelerate.

The first results are encouraging: after nearly eight months in space, my initial assessments showed no significant change in my bone mass, and even a slight increase in some areas! While there is still much to learn from the data, it’s a powerful reminder of the important role that very targeted exercise, alongside good nutrition, can play in protecting bone health, in space and on Earth!

🎥 @esa

Aujourd’hui, c’est la Journée mondiale contre l’ostéoporose. Passée la quarantaine, la masse osseuse tend naturellement à diminuer chez les femmes. Ajoutez à cela plusieurs mois en micropesanteur, un environnement dans lequel les os n’ont pas à supporter le poids du corps, et l’on pourrait s’attendre à ce que cette diminution s’accélère.

Les premières évaluations sont encourageantes : après près de huit mois dans l’espace, aucune variation significative de ma masse osseuse, et même une légère augmentation par endroits ! Même s’il reste encore beaucoup à apprendre des données recueillies, cela démontre le rôle essentiel que peuvent jouer des exercices très ciblés, associés à une bonne alimentation, dans la préservation de notre santé osseuse, dans l’espace comme sur Terre !

#εpsilon • @esaspaceflight • @ESA_fr • #WorldOsteoporosisDay

[Lisa🌺 @NurseLJohn707]

Good morning. Happy Tuesday.

Make today great in your own special way.

[Canadian Armed Forces @CanadianForces]

It is with profound sadness that we confirm that a fire incident at CFB Wainwright on October 17 resulted in fatalities and injuries. Our immediate priority is supporting those affected and notifying next of kin.
https://t.co/XT21ihOR53

[Admiral Giuseppe CAVO DRAGONE - NATO CMC @CMC_NATO]

On behalf of the NATO Military Committee, we extend our deepest condolences to the families and loved ones of those who lost their lives in the tragedy at CFB Wainwright, and our wishes for a full recovery to all the injured.

Wainwright is where Canadian soldiers, and so many Allies with them, train for the hardest tasks of our profession. Those who fell there served our common security, and the Military Committee will honour their memory.

We are grateful to the first responders, medical staff and the people of Wainwright for their courage and solidarity.

@CDS_Canada_CEMD, Canada does not carry this grief alone. All 32 Allied Chiefs of Defence stand with you and the Canadian Armed Forces. 🇨🇦

* * * * *

Au nom du Comité militaire de l'OTAN, on adresse nos plus sincères condoléances aux familles et aux proches des disparus de la tragédie survenue à la BFC Wainwright, ainsi que nos vœux de prompt rétablissement à tous les blessés.

C'est à Wainwright que les soldats canadiens, et tant d'Alliés à leurs côtés, se préparent aux missions les plus exigeantes de notre métier. Ceux qui y sont tombés ont servi notre sécurité commune ; le Comité militaire honorera leur mémoire.

Notre gratitude va aux premiers intervenants, au personnel médical et à la population de Wainwright pour leur courage et leur solidarité.

@CDS_Canada_CEMD, le Canada ne porte pas ce deuil seul. Les 32 Chefs d'état-major de la défense alliés sont à vos côtés et aux côtés des Forces armées canadiennes. 🇨🇦

@CanadaNATO @Canada @CanadaOTAN @CanadianPM @NATO @SHAPE_NATO @NATO_ACT
#StrongerTogether #WeAreNATO

[Made In Canada @MadelnCanada]

The Canadian moose is a remarkable creature 🫎

[Canada @Canada]

Up #North, Canadian fall means crisp air, darker skies and more time to look up. As winter approaches, the northern lights bring a little extra magic to the season. Where in Canada would you most like to watch the night sky? 🍂🌌

📷 Liz.tran/IG

[Lisa🌺 @NurseLJohn707]

Happy Monday and New Week. Happy Thanksgiving to all celebrating today. May your day be filled with love, kindness, and laughter with family and friends.

[Canada @Canada]

There’s nothing quite like #Canada during the fall. Fiery maples, golden forests, mirrored lakes and crisp autumn air make fall a spectacular time to explore Canada’s natural beauty. In your opinion, where is the best Canadian place to travel to in the fall? 🍁🍂

[Pierre Picard @1Picard]

@freya_redheels Wow! Very inspiring.

[Archaeo - Histories @archeohistories]

Janis Joplin (1943-1970) was an American rock and blues singer who became one of the defining counterculture icons of the 1960s. Inspired by early blues and folk legends like Bessie Smith, Lead Belly, and Odetta, she turned to music as an emotional outlet. She hitchhiked to San Francisco in 1963, diving headfirst into the bohemian and beatnik scene of Haight-Ashbury, while battling early struggles with alcohol and drugs...

In 1962, some male students at the University of Texas decided Janis Joplin would make a hilarious candidate for “Ugliest Man on Campus.”

She never forgot it.

Janis was 19 and already accustomed to being treated like an outsider. Growing up in Port Arthur, Texas, she had been mocked for her appearance, her weight, her acne and simply for being different. She painted, read Beat writers, listened to blues and refused to behave like the conventional young woman people expected her to be.

At UT, she wore Levi’s, sometimes went barefoot and carried an Autoharp around campus. The student newspaper noticed her almost immediately.

Its headline was strangely prophetic:

“She Dares to Be Different.”

But other students weren’t celebrating that difference.

As part of a campus contest, Janis was cruelly nominated for “Ugliest Man.” Contrary to the story often repeated online, reliable accounts don’t establish that she actually won.

The humiliation was real enough.

While historical accounts do not confirm that she officially won the vote, the public humiliation deeply wounded her. It was part of a lifelong pattern of bullying she faced about her appearance—dating back to her high school years in Port Arthur, Texas—and contributed to her decision to leave Texas shortly after for San Francisco, where she launched her music career.

She joined the psychedelic rock band in 1966. Musician Powell St. John, who knew Janis in Austin, later remembered finding her crying. He tried to comfort her by telling her she was better than the people tormenting her.

Her response was heartbreaking:

“Then why are they winning?”

Within five years, the woman they had ridiculed was standing onstage at the Monterey Pop Festival, delivering a performance so electrifying that it helped turn her into one of rock’s most recognizable stars.

Her raw, explosive, and soul-baring performance of "Ball and Chain" catapulted her to national stardom. She released major hits like "Piece of My Heart" with the band (on the album Cheap Thrills in 1968) before launching a successful solo career.

The clothes became louder. The hair became wilder. The voice became unmistakable. But fame didn’t magically erase the girl who had been made to feel ugly.

That is what makes Janis Joplin’s story more complicated than a simple tale of revenge.

The world eventually celebrated many of the qualities for which she had once been mocked.

But by the time everyone else decided being Janis Joplin was extraordinary, Janis had already spent years being taught that it wasn’t.

On October 4, 1970, Joplin died of an accidental heroin and alcohol overdose in Los Angeles at the age of 27, cementing her place in the tragic "27 Club". She was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1995 and received a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award in 2005.

#archaeohistories

[4️⃣00k Paris Paname 😊 @ParisAMDParis]

📸 Pierre Jamet.
Le squatter
Sans date. Paris chat

[YOYOKA (よよか） @yoyokadrums]

It’s been about four years since I moved from Japan to the United States to grow as a drummer and build my music career.

I feel truly honored to have been part of this incredible festival and to have played with such an amazing band!

I’m so grateful to everyone who made this possible and to everyone who has supported me along the way!

I’ll keep doing my best, working hard, and chasing my dreams!

Thank you all so much! ❤️🥁

[NASA Mars @NASAMars]

📍Gale Crater, Aug. 11, 2026, 8:30 a.m. local Mars time.

The Curiosity rover captures the Sun rising on crags known as yardangs, a scene that scientists have long been waiting to see up close. 1/2

[Made In Canada @MadelnCanada]

The colours of autumn in Mont Tremblant, Québec 🍂🍁

[Andy Yan | @ayan604.bsky.social @Ayan604]

"Returning the names of uprooted Japanese Canadians to the landscape of B.C." via @VancouverSun

#bcpoli #vanpoli #vanre

https://t.co/bL3HX9Hfcf

[Lisa🌺 @NurseLJohn707]

Happy Saturday.

[Esther Roque @EsRo123]

Hoy no quiero grandes cosas, quiero reírme fuerte, pensar poco y que la vida se pregunte qué estamos tramando...

[picard @picard_224]

今朝のニャンコ😺