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  There are people in this world who actually have acquired high-level expertise. You know what they all have in common? They have no need to embarrass themselves with ridiculously exaggerated bragging like this.

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  Hey, Mastodonverse, know what today is? Today's the 96th anniversary of the first appearance of particle accelerator technology in the literature - with Ernest Lawrence's publication of "On the Production of High Speed Protons" in the journal Science, back on October 10th, 1930.

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  Remember when the Jurassic Park movie opened back on June 11th, 1993? That was now a third of a century ago. You're welcome.

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  Damn, I haven't heard anyone butcher a pronunciation like this since Mickey Goldmill! #RockyVreferenceOfTheDay!

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  What do yinz suspect about the prospects of humanity technologically exploiting some new fundamental, and totally unexpected, discovery in high-energy physics before this century concludes?

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  Trump: The Ass Trilogy

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  "Hey, Donnie, quit tryin' to horn in on my racket, willya? 'Cause beatboxing sound effects is clearly *my* shtick!" - Michael Winslow (probably)

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  Hey, Mastodonverse! Recognize this famous photograph? These 29 scientists (17 of whom were/became Nobel laureates) gathered together here for the 5th Solvay International Conference on Physics, which started 99 years ago today, running from October 24th to 29th back in 1927. 1/

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  I've just learned this sad news: Walter Koenig has died at 90. September 14th, 1936 - October 25th, 2026

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  It was 15 years ago today when results were announced of a 'timing anomaly' at the OPERA experiment - one with a 6.2σ statistical significance. The anomaly indicated an apparent observation of neutrinos with a velocity exceeding that of lightspeed, and the media took notice! 1/

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  Anyone else here remember that episode of South Park showing retired football players with brain damage? For no particular reason, I just happened to remember this expression on the face of this guy who wandered on to the field then pretended to bake an imaginary birthday cake.

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  Whaddya get when you cross a Rudy Giuliani dye job with a Steven Seagal hairstyle? 1/

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  For 30 years, the Space Shuttle fleet enabled construction of the International Space Station, provided 5 service missions for the Hubble Space Telescope, which it also deployed, and conducted numerous science missions, until being officially retired, 15 years ago today.

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  So, here's where we are: Trump has proven himself impotent to actually fix what he promised. However, he has been able to make things worse. When actual problems become too prominent, he makes some superficial gesture to appease his sycophants. Sadly, for them, that's enough.

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  Decided to just get pizza delivered this evening, but was delayed a bit before eating it. In related news, did yinz know that an accidentally tipped-over 2L Coke bottle with only a partially secured cap will spray EVERYWHERE like an out-of-control fire hose? #GuessHowIknowThat https://mastodon.world/@Science_George/117044135054714551

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  44 years ago today, the world *(well, at least "our" world, that is!) lost Hugh Everett III, who introduced the world *(again, "ours") to the Many-Worlds Interpretation of quantum mechanics, which has influenced the physics community for generations. 1/ *(See what I did there?)

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  Some anniversaries today: 81st of the Trinity test 57th of Apollo 11's launch 38th of 103°F in Pittsburgh* 32nd of Comet Shoemaker-Levy 9's 21 fragments beginning to impact Jupiter *(our highest temperature, ending our longest heat wave of 13 days where the high remained 90°F+)

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  Today would've been the 104th birthday of @Fermilab's second, and longest-serving, Director - Leon Lederman. He opined that all of us are born physicists because as children we incessantly ask the right questions about every facet of our world - always asking "WHY?" 1/

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  Yinz all caught this part about 45 seconds from the end of his speech, right? 1/

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  The Islamic Republic of Japan?!? Tell 'im, Jules!

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  Remembering a very dear friend on America's 250th anniversary of Independence Day today. Fifty years ago, a photo of her as Betsy Ross appeared in the newspaper due to her matching birth name. She always felt a little awkward about that, but I'm thankful she shared the memory.

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  Today is the 14th anniversary of when the discovery of the Higgs boson was announced by CERN on July 4th, 2012. Do you remember that day? Peter Higgs surely remembered it! 1/

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  Had to check to make sure, and it turns out this is real.

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  President Abraham Lincoln...

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  Hey, Mastodonverse! Join me for "Commentary X", my 10th annual live-tweeted commentary on this year's 'Advertising Extravaganza' where I'll be commenting on those advertisements during their interstitial breaks - you know, when all of that 'sports-related filler material' airs!