A physicist who writes about science.
Mostly Tegucigalpa, Honduras
Joined August 2009
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Today is Nov 7. #OTD in 1867 Marie Curie was born. She won 1903 @NobelPrize in Physics for research on radioactivity and won 1911 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for the discovery of the elements radium and polonium.
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This is an @ESO image of the region known as NGC 2264 — an area that includes the sparkling blue baubles of the Christmas Tree star cluster and the Cone Nebula.
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I hadn't seen much today in Central Park until I stopped by the grassy knoll. Suddenly. a Red-tailed Hawk, a Red-bellied Woodpecker, a White-breasted Nuthatch, an Eastern Towhee and this Ruby-crowned Kinglet appeared! See the li'l crown! 👑👑👑 #Kinglet #CentralPark #birdcpp
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salon.com/2026/11/05/goodbye…
Sam Harris on Salon: “There’s a real confusion about what journalism has become, and I can assure you that very few people realize that much of what appears on your website is produced by malicious freaks who are just blogging in their underpants.”
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Today is Nov 6. #OTD in 1814 musician Adolphe Sax was born. He invented the saxophonein the early 1840s, patenting it in 1846. He also invented the saxotromba, saxhorn and saxtuba, and redesigned the bass clarinet in a fashion still used in the 21st century.
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The pair of interacting galaxies NGC 1531/2 in this @ESO image, are engaged in a cosmic dance. The pair is located about 70 million light-years away from Earth.
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I wasn't going to share this photo of a European Starling, but then I noticed how incredibly beautiful the patterns created by its feathers are. I'm sure each has a purpose, but the intricacy is sublime! ❤️❤️❤️ #Starling #CentralPark #birdcpp
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I don't often post photos of Starlings, but occasionally one catches my eye--like this one in a crabapple along the Central Park reservoir! Wowza! 😎😎😎 #Starling #CentralPark #birdcpp
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I’ve been on Hacker News since 2012 and have a very large karma score.
But now I’ve decided to stop participating in the site. The #racism was too much for me.
lee-phillips.org/byeHN/
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When someone tries to murder over 100 Jewish toddlers in a preschool, and your immediate instinct is to contextualize the terrorist with "hurt people hurt people"—you’ve shown us exactly who you are.
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Good news! Wikipedia admits its readership has declined this year.
Yet it still asks for donations, promising “fully reliable” knowledge.
What it fails to mention is how biased editors coordinate to systematically manipulate what millions of people read.
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Boy George landed in Israel today. Boycotted, threatened, called a fascist, struggled to find musicians for Israel. Came anyway.
Nova site on 3 Nov. A Tel Aviv show for Nova families on 7 Nov.
More spine than every keffiyeh in Hollywood.
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Arp 256 in this @NASAHubble image is a stunning system of two spiral galaxies, about 350 million light-years away, in an early stage of merging.
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I am very happy to report that our Mallard-loving Wood Duck is back in Central Park and is paddling around with a lovely Mallard couple! Could it be they're a throuple? 💞💞💞 #Ducks #CentralPark #birdcpp
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If we've all fallen back to standard time, could we please leave the clocks alone?
Letting the railways decide time instead of the Earth and Sun was bad enough ...
#timekeeping #StandardTime #StandardTimeBegins #DaylightSavingTime #TimeZones #clock #astronomy
ALT Surreal elderly man with cane walks toward a giant clock in a cosmic galaxy, courtesy W. Krause 2019 via Pixabay
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Today is Nov 2. #OTD in 1815 mathematician George Boole was born. He helped establish modern symbolic logic and his algebra of logic, now called Boolean algebra, is basic to the design of digital computer circuits.
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I don’t get many clear shots of Cooper’s Hawks for some reason, so i was thrilled to see this beauty on West 100th Street on my way to Central Park! 💯💯💯#hawks #centralpark #birdcpp
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For those who celebrate #Samhain, may the light you carry see you through the dark months to come.
#crossquarter day marking roughly halfway between #autumnalequinox & #wintersolstice
once considered beginning of #winter & #newyear
#calendar #timekeeping #seasons #astronomy
ALT Spooky Halloween still life with pumpkins and candles in a dark rustic setting, courtesy Stocksnap 2017 via Pixabay
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🎉🎉🎉Yay! The Hooded Mergansers are back! They are the most art deco of all the ducks! Spotted on Central Park's Reservoir this #Marathon Sunday. #Merganser #CentralPark #birdcpp
