Leo C. Stein
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Leo C. Stein
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Physics Prof @ U of MS. Sloan Fellow. Black holes, gravitational waves, general relativity & beyond. Formerly Caltech MIT Cornell. Need thin pizza + fruity coffee. He/him

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@duetosymmetry everywhere
That's my former office-mate!!! I taught him how to say "potato" in Russian!
November 26, 2025 at 3:02 AM
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I want to post something happier today as well, so here are some scientists whom I recommend platforming and financially supporting!

I'm a bit out of the loop, so I'm bound to miss people. Please reply with your own recommendations!
November 23, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Saw a kid running around the neighborhood with a fishing pole (maybe he was wearing camo too?). My mind immediately went to "He's training for Southern Biathlon". Just created a new sport
November 22, 2025 at 9:55 PM
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Keep this in mind when people claim cars mean business — closing Central #Madrid to cars over holidays resulted in a 9.5% boost in retail spending on its main shopping street: STUDY.

There was also a 71% drop in air pollution.

Via @carltonreid.com in @forbes.com. #citymakingmath #citiesforpeople
Closing Central Madrid To Cars Resulted In 9.5% Boost To Retail Spending, Finds Bank Analysis
City of Madrid significantly boosted the takings of its shops and restaurants last Christmas by banning cars from the CBD, finds an analysis by Spain's second largest bank.
www.forbes.com
November 20, 2025 at 6:21 AM
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Well count another faculty contribution to the, ‘Student caught using AI in violation of course policy, then uses AI to write their apology note’ genre.

I am so fucking sick of this bullshit.
November 20, 2025 at 10:42 PM
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"A Chinese immigrant was found dead in U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detention, with his hands and feet tied behind him, an attorney has alleged."

www.newsweek.com/ice-detainee...
Man detained by ICE found dead, hanging with hands and feet tied—attorney
The Chinese national died in Pennsylvania in August, but his family's requests for answers from DHS have gone unmet.
www.newsweek.com
November 20, 2025 at 2:15 AM
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🚨Using any kind of chemical weapons at this range is aggravated assault against peaceful protesters. They have no weapons, they pose no threat. ICE is the enemy. 1/2
November 19, 2025 at 12:56 PM
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These records indicate that someone successfully impersonated the FBI in order to get me swatted. I was already aware this had happened but had to wait nearly a year to get the document that proves it. My reports to the Dallas Police Department about this have gone unanswered.
November 18, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Bobby Xorr, Bobby Nott, Bobby Xnorr too... but turns out all of them are some number of Bobby Nandd's in a trenchcoat
The existence of Bobby Orr implies the existence of Bobby Andd
November 18, 2025 at 1:55 PM
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Imagine escaping the literal Nazis, making it to America, living three quarters of a century there making your life, and then this:
November 17, 2025 at 8:20 PM
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10/ A woman and her three young daughters are in a shelter in Chicago while her husband is detained in Kentucky. She has been given a few months to get U.S. passports for two of her kids, who are citizens, before they leave the country.
November 16, 2025 at 3:22 PM
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And people think mathematics isn't a romantic subject???

h/t @doctorbones.bsky.social

link.springer.com/book/10.1007...
March 16, 2025 at 6:07 PM
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"Prohibited activities would include joint research, co-authorship & advising a foreign graduate student or postdoc. The language is retroactive, meaning any interactions during the previous 5 years could make a scientist ineligible for future federal funding."
Dictators despise science.
U.S. Congress considers sweeping ban on Chinese collaborations
Researchers speak out against proposal that would bar funding for U.S. scientists working with Chinese partners or training Chinese students
www.science.org
November 14, 2025 at 3:58 PM
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“I want you to understand what it is like to live in Chicago during this time.”

aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
November 9, 2025 at 5:26 PM
November 8, 2025 at 8:59 PM
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ICE agents in Chicago violently detain a non verbal autistic man for being “non compliant”

He couldn’t “comply” because of his disability…they don’t care

This is not the first time they’ve gone after a disabled person

They target the most vulnerable because it’s an easy way to meet their quota
November 8, 2025 at 8:15 AM
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Another TikZ masterpiece I cooked up today 🧪⚛️🧮
November 7, 2025 at 4:12 AM
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CARTOON OF THE DAY

(From @mluckovichajc)
November 7, 2025 at 2:01 AM
Another TikZ masterpiece I cooked up today 🧪⚛️🧮
November 7, 2025 at 4:12 AM
Why do I have a strange craving for a footlong sub?
November 6, 2025 at 8:02 PM
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Federal agents pulling a woman out of Rayito Del Sol, a daycare by Lane Tech high school
November 5, 2025 at 2:47 PM
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Congratulations to Patrick R. Brady, of the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, on being awarded the 2026 Richard A. Isaacson Award in Gravitational-Wave Science! His citation reads:

⚛️🧪 1/2
November 5, 2025 at 4:26 PM
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In Chicago, a woman was driving to get coffee when a DHS vehicle fleeing an angry crowd crashed into her car. Armed agents jumped out of the vehicle, yanked her door open, pulled her by the legs out of her car at gunpoint, held her incommunicado for hours, then released her with no charges.
November 3, 2025 at 6:34 PM
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NEW: 12 Mississippi polling places have moved and 4 have been closed ahead of the Nov. 4 legislative special elections, an MFP investigation finds.

Counties also have incorrect addresses in the state system for 11 polling places, risking sending some voters to the wrong location.
12 Polling Places Move Before Mississippi Special Elections, 4 Close
County election officials in Mississippi have moved 12 polling places and closed four since 2024, an MFP investigation finds.
www.mississippifreepress.org
November 2, 2025 at 8:27 PM