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Larry R. Nittler πŸš€πŸŽΉπŸŒ–β˜„οΈ
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Hermeochemist, Interstellar Dust Buster, and Cosmic Organist. Professor @SESEASU asteroid 5992 Opinions are my own. pronouns: he/him/his
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Larry R. Nittler πŸš€πŸŽΉπŸŒ–β˜„οΈ @larrynittler.bsky.social Β· 9h
My homemade Robin Hood costume, 3d grade(?) I made the construction paper witch on the door too. Probably my sister made her wind-up toy costume.
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Larry R. Nittler πŸš€πŸŽΉπŸŒ–β˜„οΈ @larrynittler.bsky.social Β· 9h
photo?
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Larry R. Nittler πŸš€πŸŽΉπŸŒ–β˜„οΈ @larrynittler.bsky.social Β· 19h
H fusion in the Sun's core produces the energy equivalent of 3 moles of M&Ms every minute
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Larry R. Nittler πŸš€πŸŽΉπŸŒ–β˜„οΈ @larrynittler.bsky.social Β· 1d
Proud of my PhD Institution. Hope I can soon say the same about my employer.
pjmaciak.bsky.social Phillip Maciak @pjmaciak.bsky.social Β· 1d
WashU in STL just announced, in a university-wide email, that we will NOT be signing The Compact.

This statement, I believe, exists thanks to the tremendous energy generated w/in our community by, among others, the Faculty Senate, the revived AAUP, and student journalists. I'm proud of everybody.
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Larry R. Nittler πŸš€πŸŽΉπŸŒ–β˜„οΈ @larrynittler.bsky.social Β· 3d
He's going to demolish the MLK monument and replace it with a golden statue of himself, isn't he?
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Larry R. Nittler πŸš€πŸŽΉπŸŒ–β˜„οΈ @larrynittler.bsky.social Β· 4d
Yes, this accurately sums up my GenZ daughter's view of the film (which she loves)
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Larry R. Nittler πŸš€πŸŽΉπŸŒ–β˜„οΈ @larrynittler.bsky.social Β· 4d
Who robbed the louvre? Right answers only
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Larry R. Nittler πŸš€πŸŽΉπŸŒ–β˜„οΈ @larrynittler.bsky.social Β· 4d
NY post used "sewage" which seems perfectly reasonable
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Larry R. Nittler πŸš€πŸŽΉπŸŒ–β˜„οΈ @larrynittler.bsky.social Β· 5d
By the time you strap yourself in to the machine, power it up, and enter the 26 digit security code, several minutes have elapsed. Same for shutdown and getting out of machine.
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Larry R. Nittler πŸš€πŸŽΉπŸŒ–β˜„οΈ @larrynittler.bsky.social Β· 6d
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Larry R. Nittler πŸš€πŸŽΉπŸŒ–β˜„οΈ @larrynittler.bsky.social Β· 7d
I dunno, man, losing both Ace Frehley and Susan Stamberg on the same day
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Larry R. Nittler πŸš€πŸŽΉπŸŒ–β˜„οΈ @larrynittler.bsky.social Β· 8d
Every time you start our microwave it plays a 3-note motif that is the exact start of Tony Bank's synth solo in the Colony of Slippermen, so that weird song is stuck in my head *all the time*

youtu.be/jyNKjAUd_HQ?...
Genesis - The Colony of Slippermen
YouTube video by moonlitknight009
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Larry R. Nittler πŸš€πŸŽΉπŸŒ–β˜„οΈ @larrynittler.bsky.social Β· 9d
You're all a bunch of rich girls and you've gone too far
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Larry R. Nittler πŸš€πŸŽΉπŸŒ–β˜„οΈ @larrynittler.bsky.social Β· 9d
When I was a teenager I decided I hated both the Eagles and Hall & Oates. I stand by the Eagles opinion, but wtf was I thinking with H&O?
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Phil Plait @philplait.bsky.social Β· 10d
Holy crap. This is terrible.

The article states it's "not related to the current U.S. government shutdown". But of course it is: they are both connected by the GOP destroying everything good about this country from the top down and the bottom up.
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Larry R. Nittler πŸš€πŸŽΉπŸŒ–β˜„οΈ @larrynittler.bsky.social Β· 10d
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soto.space Alejandro Soto @soto.space Β· 13d
Finally, back in April, the Lucy mission flew by and imaged the Donaldjohanson asteroid. Now they have official names for all of the features. Plus, we have a new technical term, "collum", for the "neck" that is seen on a lot of these elongated small bodies.

7/7

www.swri.org/newsroom/pre...
Features on asteroid visited by SwRI-led Lucy spacecraft given official names | Southwest Research Institute
The NASA spacecraft visited the asteroid Donaldjohanson on April 20, 2025
www.swri.org
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Larry R. Nittler πŸš€πŸŽΉπŸŒ–β˜„οΈ @larrynittler.bsky.social Β· 11d
Sure, but I don’t want troops sent into those cities either!
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Larry R. Nittler πŸš€πŸŽΉπŸŒ–β˜„οΈ @larrynittler.bsky.social Β· 14d
I'm genX (b 1969) and only watched two of these shows, Cheers and Twilight Zone. I guess I saw a few I love lucy and AITF episodes, but where is M*A*S*H?
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Larry R. Nittler πŸš€πŸŽΉπŸŒ–β˜„οΈ @larrynittler.bsky.social Β· 15d
Still haven't gotten my Soros check for the 2017 women's march- can you help with that?
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Larry R. Nittler πŸš€πŸŽΉπŸŒ–β˜„οΈ @larrynittler.bsky.social Β· 15d
We charge our Ioniq 5 off our solar panels. Basically free to drive. Just had its first required maintenance at 8K miles - a tire rotation.
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Larry R. Nittler πŸš€πŸŽΉπŸŒ–β˜„οΈ @larrynittler.bsky.social Β· 16d
And the fraction of women among Physics Nobelists drops from 2.21 to 2.18% (5/229). For reference, women have earned something like 15% of Physics PhDs over the last 50 years
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Larry R. Nittler πŸš€πŸŽΉπŸŒ–β˜„οΈ @larrynittler.bsky.social Β· 16d
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theplanetaryguy.bsky.social Paul Byrne @theplanetaryguy.bsky.social Β· 16d
See that small, moving splotch?

That's 3I/ATLAS, a comet that formed in a different star system, photographed from Mars orbit by the ESA Exomars Trace Gas Orbiter.

A comet from a DIFFERENT SOLAR SYSTEM photographed by a ROBOT ORBITING MARS

last Friday
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Larry R. Nittler πŸš€πŸŽΉπŸŒ–β˜„οΈ @larrynittler.bsky.social Β· 17d
Flew from Denver to Phoenix this morning and flight was delayed by 45 minutes with no explanation.
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Larry R. Nittler πŸš€πŸŽΉπŸŒ–β˜„οΈ @larrynittler.bsky.social Β· 17d
LOL. I don't want the newspaper that bad :^)
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Larry R. Nittler πŸš€πŸŽΉπŸŒ–β˜„οΈ @larrynittler.bsky.social Β· 17d
I'll give you fifty bucks and a case of Schlitz. Whaddaya say?
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