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Larry R. Nittler πŸš€πŸŽΉπŸŒ–β˜„οΈ

@larrynittler.bsky.social

Hermeochemist, Interstellar Dust Buster, and Cosmic Organist. Professor @SESEASU asteroid 5992 Opinions are my own. pronouns: he/him/his

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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

07.10.2025 15:58 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

πŸ”­πŸ§ͺ

07.10.2025 15:44 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Flew from Denver to Phoenix this morning and flight was delayed by 45 minutes with no explanation.

07.10.2025 05:53 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

LOL. I don't want the newspaper that bad :^)

06.10.2025 17:21 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I'll give you fifty bucks and a case of Schlitz. Whaddaya say?

06.10.2025 17:02 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Maybe he could preemptively call them up himself and send them to some rural MAGA town to harass white racists.

05.10.2025 00:10 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Also Lawrencium

04.10.2025 20:54 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Oh I guess it’s hard to count, more LPs released in US than UK

04.10.2025 20:25 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Wait, I think that was 11. But Let it Be is purty good too

04.10.2025 20:23 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
Boy Meets Girl
YouTube video by Free To Be Foundation, Inc. Boy Meets Girl

youtu.be/VUpLiJfV4_A?...

04.10.2025 15:41 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

the newsletter is shit

03.10.2025 22:21 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Fun fact: more people voted for Trump last year in Chicago than in the state of Wyoming.

03.10.2025 19:55 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Is it brought to us by the Willy Wonka folks?

03.10.2025 16:21 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

and we'll send you a text message asking you to fill out a survey before you have even left the office!

02.10.2025 18:44 β€” πŸ‘ 17    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Thousands of NASA employees to bid farewell to the NASA they knew As October begins, thousands of longtime NASA employees are leaving the agency. 4000+ will exit by January 9, 2026, changing NASA forever.

Thousands of NASA employees to bid farewell to the NASA they knew

Yes, NASA science is being destroyed, and the NASA we know is actively in the process of being gutted.

Here are the receipts.
bigthink.com/starts-with-...
#space #astro #nasa #usa

01.10.2025 16:05 β€” πŸ‘ 58    πŸ” 30    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 8

OK, sure, let's add a program that can't do basic arithmetic to Excel. OTOH, maybe it can add "1-2" to excel without it instantly turning into January 2

01.10.2025 21:26 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

oh wait, I thought you said "song you get tired of after 10 seconds"

01.10.2025 20:16 β€” πŸ‘ 12    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
IT'S A SMALL WORLD After All Lyrics
YouTube video by STAR Kids Music IT'S A SMALL WORLD After All Lyrics

www.youtube.com/watch?v=2rTZ...

01.10.2025 20:16 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
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Gemini Data Critical to Revealing that Hayabusa2 Target is Tinier and Faster than Thought - Gemini South paves the way for characterizing small asteroids from the ground with new data on spacecraft Ha... Astronomers using observatories around the world, including the Gemini South telescope, the SOAR telescope and the VΓ­ctor M. Blanco 4-meter Telescope funded in part by the U.S. National Science Founda...

Gemini South finds Hayabusa2’s target asteroid is 3x tinier and spinning 2x faster than previously thought! #astronomy noirlab.edu/public/news/...

Gemini Observatory/NOIRLab/NSF/AURA/T. Santana-Ros
ESO/M. Kornmesser. Asteroid: T. Santana-Ros et al. Hayabusa2 model: SuperTKG (CC-BY-SA)

01.10.2025 17:02 β€” πŸ‘ 11    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

maybe quit sane-washing the Republican party and its leader?

01.10.2025 17:50 β€” πŸ‘ 9    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I think the next Dem president should convert it into a homeless shelter/ free abortion clinic

01.10.2025 17:48 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

This thread is making me sad that I have never needed to use QM in my research career, even though I absolutely loved it as a student (using the Cohen-Tannoudji book) and I've forgotten so much. But I love what I do, so oh well.

01.10.2025 17:39 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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We are thrilled to announce that our NEW Large Language Model will be released on 11.18.25.

01.10.2025 14:38 β€” πŸ‘ 24595    πŸ” 8209    πŸ’¬ 648    πŸ“Œ 2183

Now how those kids gonna get indoctrinated by Charle Kirk types?

01.10.2025 14:57 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Walron Goggins was in thst one show. You know. Dunno about pete fella

30.09.2025 05:05 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

People should relentlessly throw beads at them and yell at them them to show their boobs

30.09.2025 03:17 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

If you are going to have a power failure on the NanoSIMS, I recommend it not be during a weekend -long bake of the vacuum system

30.09.2025 03:16 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
First of all, it’s obviously a comet. Just look at it.

First of all, it’s obviously a comet. Just look at it.

The best take-downs are the simplest

29.09.2025 23:17 β€” πŸ‘ 15    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Fuck, and I mean this most sincerely, Ohio State University

29.09.2025 21:03 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Me too, brother

29.09.2025 19:21 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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