Richard

Final Collisions at the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider YouTube video by Brookhaven Lab

The experiment (STAR) and machine (RHIC) with which I have been involved for the past 28 years will record their final events tomorrow and then shutdown in preparation for the next machine (EIC). You can watch LIVE tomorrow morning at 9 am eastern time!

www.youtube.com/live/nhRbgI4...

Cover of The Demon-Haunted World by Carl Sagan

No,this was in the original location on the Mall. Photo is from 2024.

Yep, though the last time I was there (this photo), the museum building was still finishing renovation, so it was actually on the Independence Ave. Side of the building.

The original USS Enterprise NCC-1701 model that was used in filming three original series of Star Trek. The model is sitting in a glad enclosure fully lit surrounded by people in the atrium off the national air and space museum.

And here she is now, fully restored and beautiful as ever in the national air and space museum!

Collective Amnesia

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Congratulations!!! 🍾🎉🎈 It’s a long road, but very much worth it!

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Wishing a very Happy New Year to all of you!! 🍾🎉🍾 May it be the year you’ve always wished for.

Christmas tree lighting a darkened room with many different colored lights. Several presents lay wrapped under the tree.

Santa's work done for another year. Merry Christmas to all who celebrate! Health and happiness to those who don't! Goodnight to all of you!

Coleco Telstar Arcade - Wikipedia

First actual computer was an Atari 800XL for me. First console was this. Anyone else have one?

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Hey John,
I’d follow you again if I could buddy.

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Happy Veterans Day to all who have served us, no matter where, no matter when!

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Congratulations!!!! 🎆🎇🇺🇸🎇🎆

The great thing is, now that you’ve listed them all at once, you only have to do them one at a time.

Best wishes and strength for you. Here’s one you likely know very well.
“Our doubts are traitors, And make us lose the good we oft might win, By fearing to attempt”.

YouTube video by Fleetwood Mac Fleetwood Mac - Hold Me (Official Music Video) [HD]

Hold Me by Fleetwood Mac

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Daikatana (for people of a certain age)

301, wishlisted

Exactly.

Liked and wishlisted!

I feel seen.

I’m a physicist. Sewage systems are sexy.

Wow! I literally have tears in my eyes seeing how hard you worked. You deserve all the congratulations you’re getting and the feeling of accomplishment I’m sure you have every day.

Liked and wishlisted!

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That’s fantastic news! Enjoy every minute of it!

There is truth to this. I cannot prove it of course. But look at it this way, what could it hurt?

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Congratulations!

Watching these kinds of videos and looking at images of galaxies and star clusters helps me remember that my problems are small and fleeting. I hope it does the same for you.

Yep. Think about this as often as you can. It helps with keeping things in perspective (at least it helps me).