Adam O'Byrne

"Ramble On" is 56 years old and Robert Plant just walked onto The Late Show and made it sound like he wrote it this morning.

Christina Koch was a firefighter at the South Pole at -111°F before she ever applied to be an astronaut. That was maybe the fourth most interesting line on her resume. She grew up in North Carolina, got three degrees from NC State, and her first real job was building deep-space instruments at NASA. Then she left for Antarctica. Spent three and a half years bouncing between the Arctic and Antarctic as a research scientist, including a full winter at the South Pole base. That means going months without sunlight or fresh food, with a crew of about 50 people and no way out until flights resume. While she was down there, she also joined the glacier search-and-rescue team. After coming back, she went to Johns Hopkins and built instruments for two NASA missions (one of them is still orbiting Jupiter right now). She figured out how to start a tiny vacuum pump that NASA designed for a future Mars rover. Johns Hopkins nominated it for their Invention of the Year in 2009. Then she went back to the field. More time in Antarctica and a stretch up in Greenland. A government research station in northern Alaska, near the top of the world. Then she ran another one in American Samoa, near the equator. In 2013, NASA selected her from 6,300 applicants. Eight people got in. Her first space mission was supposed to be a normal rotation on the International Space Station, but NASA extended it. She ended up staying 328 straight days and orbiting Earth 5,248 times, covering about 139 million miles (roughly 291 round trips to the Moon). Up there, she ran over 210 experiments, including tests of cancer drugs in zero gravity and 3D printers that can build structures close to human tissue. Six spacewalks, 42 hours floating outside the station. She learned Russian for the training. She flies supersonic jets. Right now, Koch is on Artemis II, heading for a flyby behind the far side of the Moon. The crew launched on April 1 and is on track to travel about 252,000 miles from Earth, which would break the all-time human distance record of 248,655 miles set by Apollo 13 in 1970. That record has stood for 56 years, and it was set during a disaster that nearly killed the crew. Fred Haise, one of the Apollo 13 astronauts, is 92 now. He told Koch: "I heard you're going to break our record." Nobody had left Earth's neighborhood since December 1972. Koch and her three crewmates are the first in 53 years, and they are coming home at about 25,000 mph. That is faster than any crewed spacecraft has ever come back through the atmosphere.

opening weekend sweep plus our pitchers breaking franchise AND mlb records

@AndyTFE It also didn’t have the upper fairway.

The restoration of one of the coolest holes in the world right here. I love the way you can bounce in a shot to the front punchbowl using the left. Previously the course had lost the front portion of this green.

Every year, the remains of Canadian soldiers are still being discovered in farm fields in Belgium and Northern France. Bert Detmold died for Canada over a century ago, but the recent discovery of his remains connects his sacrifice to our own time. May Private Detmold rest in peace, and may we never forget the supreme sacrifice made for Canada by 118,000 of our fallen.

If you’re starting to make summer plans, there's even more to discover with the Canada Strong Pass. Starting this June — free admission to national parks, free experiences for kids, and more: canada.ca/en/canadian-he…

@AMCsAnneRice We got the hometown skyline in the credits. I’m a proud Toronto boy.

And now, you Beautiful Unwell, a sensational gift guaranteed to blow your senses wide open. Witness the official opening titles of #TheVampireLestat, debuting June 7 on AMC and AMC+.

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Americans: we live in a fallen state—embroiled by sin, cheating, lying, and evil. You cannot trust anyone, not even those who claim to know you best Canadians: I love my neighbors and my friends!

Season 3 of @AMCsAnneRice's The Vampire Lestat debuts this June, and we've got an exclusive clip for #IGNFanFest.

THE VAMPIRE LESTAT DEBUTS IN JUNE. NEW TEASER NOW!

@healeytypes This was his best take? Yeesh.

1. He looks tired 2. This sounds like an excellent way to jam emergency rooms

This is LA right now btw

They gave it their all, and that’s what Canada is about. 🍁 Proud of Team Canada, and the hard-fought game that earned them the silver medal. 🥈🏒 📸: Photo by Leah Hennel/COC @TeamCanada | @HockeyCanada

Behind the salacious stories, vicious rumors and leather pants is a vampire. #TheVampireLestat premieres this summer on AMC and AMC+.

AMC shares a statement from the Vampire Lestat about Long Face. Not Sam Reid. Lestat. And new plot details about Lestat being “haunted by ‘muses’” on tour. More in-character press PLEASE #iwtv #tvl #thevampirelestat More here: tvinsider.com/1245558/interv…

Congratulations to Buck Martinez on a legendary career! Martinez announced his retirement today from Sportsnet, where he became the voice of Blue Jays baseball. On top of broadcasting for Toronto, Martinez also spent the final 6 years (1981-86) of his playing career with the Blue Jays and managed Toronto in 2001 and 2002.

an extremely worth your time 3 minutes from @getnickwright who is rapidly becoming one of the best narrators on the precarious state of our democracy

Terry Fox arriving in Toronto on July 11, 1980 during his Marathon of Hope. credit: Terry Fox Foundation