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Robert McNees

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Professor, physicist. Black holes, quantum gravity, cosmology. Tennessean. Rocky Top. Tar Heel. RTs are spooky action at a distance. Views mine, not employer's.

Chicago, z=0
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4 years
Oh wow, if you like books maybe pick up a copy of my wife’s achingly beautiful novel about the love affair between Eleanor Roosevelt and Lorena Hickok?
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@KCJHoop @IanBegley This is the most joyless form of basketball.
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@byjuliapoe For pretty much the entire time Lonzo wasn't playing, they used a graphic on here that featured him. Now that he's back and Zach is traded...
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@NikolaVucevic In physics we call this Conservation of Zach.
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RT @atlantic10: Celebrating, remembering, honoring. The Atlantic 10 proudly celebrates those who have shaped our nation and our world. htt…
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RT @mcnees: Somehow I’ve lucked out and have an 8yo who thinks secretly reading under the covers past her bedtime is an act of rebellion, a…
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They do not give credit or remove posts, fwiw.
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@lindayaX @tradingMaxiSL Why are you thanking them for screenshotting other people's posts instead of retweeting or quote tweeting them? They don't even @ the original posters.
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@jimrome @Stacey21King I think my favorite part is when he just says "Shout out to everybody."
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@curiouswavefn This is especially funny to me, as I was Steve’s grader for his cosmology class.
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@Operadata @tomgauld @GuardianBooks That Wolf of X account just swipes other people’s posts, stuff like that is why folks who post good stuff are leaving this site in droves.
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@tradingMaxiSL Lol, why wouldn’t you just quote the actual tweet.
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4 years
Somehow I’ve lucked out and have an 8yo who thinks secretly reading under the covers past her bedtime is an act of rebellion, and it hasn’t yet occurred to her that her flashlights never seem to run out of batteries.
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And if they condone this, imagine what else they’re okay with.
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@Stacey21King Give ‘em the hot sauce, Stacey!
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@CHSN__ Hey are you going to switch 62.2 over to the Bulls or what? It’s still showing the same Blackhawks show that’s also playing on 62.3.
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But something something it’s all worth it if we get to Mars. Or maybe it’s some other excuse, it’s hard to keep up with all the ways loyalists will defend him. I’m sure folks who like his rockets will convince themselves he’s being treated unfairly.
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@Stacey21King I walk past her office almost every day, and see her in there working away or talking with students at age 105. Just a treasure.
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Did Elon remove blocks right after he posted a video from a Nazi telegram channel?
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