Science-George
@science-george.bsky.social
Your Friendly Neighborhood Science-George is heavily influenced by stand-up comics, late-night TV & Star Trek; and was practically raised by comicbook superheroes & Rocky Balboa.
Born in Pittsburgh (aka "Iceburgh"),PA
on Monday, December 21st, 1970.
Born in Pittsburgh (aka "Iceburgh"),PA
on Monday, December 21st, 1970.
My evolving assessment of them was due to changing evidence, not 'cause I'm a shill for 'Big M'. Although..., if the good folks over at *M&M's* ever wanna give me cash to endorse their fine products, I'd be totally cool with that!
(Diverting into silliness is my cue to exit.)
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(Diverting into silliness is my cue to exit.)
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December 4, 2025 at 5:05 PM
My evolving assessment of them was due to changing evidence, not 'cause I'm a shill for 'Big M'. Although..., if the good folks over at *M&M's* ever wanna give me cash to endorse their fine products, I'd be totally cool with that!
(Diverting into silliness is my cue to exit.)
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(Diverting into silliness is my cue to exit.)
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Perhaps Richard Feynman expressed the work of theorists best as 'imagination in a tight straitjacket'.
I'm reminded of my changed assessment of string theories, which initially struck me as being off the right track. I warmed to their consolidation by Ed Witten via M-theory.
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I'm reminded of my changed assessment of string theories, which initially struck me as being off the right track. I warmed to their consolidation by Ed Witten via M-theory.
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December 4, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Perhaps Richard Feynman expressed the work of theorists best as 'imagination in a tight straitjacket'.
I'm reminded of my changed assessment of string theories, which initially struck me as being off the right track. I warmed to their consolidation by Ed Witten via M-theory.
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I'm reminded of my changed assessment of string theories, which initially struck me as being off the right track. I warmed to their consolidation by Ed Witten via M-theory.
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Today is the 95th anniversary of Wolfgang Pauli predicting the existence of neutrinos - to account for the conservation of mass-energy as applied to the observation of missing mass in particle interactions.
True to his perfectionist reputation as 'the conscience of physics',
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True to his perfectionist reputation as 'the conscience of physics',
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December 4, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Today is the 95th anniversary of Wolfgang Pauli predicting the existence of neutrinos - to account for the conservation of mass-energy as applied to the observation of missing mass in particle interactions.
True to his perfectionist reputation as 'the conscience of physics',
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True to his perfectionist reputation as 'the conscience of physics',
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How many have you visited?
(Yeah, I know that some of them are just around here, and others ain't even with us anymore, but whaddya gonna do?)
(Yeah, I know that some of them are just around here, and others ain't even with us anymore, but whaddya gonna do?)
December 4, 2025 at 4:33 PM
How many have you visited?
(Yeah, I know that some of them are just around here, and others ain't even with us anymore, but whaddya gonna do?)
(Yeah, I know that some of them are just around here, and others ain't even with us anymore, but whaddya gonna do?)
How it sounds to me whenever I hear anyone claim that they actually like snow.
December 2, 2025 at 1:31 PM
How it sounds to me whenever I hear anyone claim that they actually like snow.
Beware the Legion of Grifters!
Ranga Dias
Martin Fleischmann (posthumously)
Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.
Avi Loeb
Stanley Pons
Andrew Wakefield
#WhoElseIsOnThisSupervillainTeam?
Ranga Dias
Martin Fleischmann (posthumously)
Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.
Avi Loeb
Stanley Pons
Andrew Wakefield
#WhoElseIsOnThisSupervillainTeam?
November 27, 2025 at 1:08 PM
Beware the Legion of Grifters!
Ranga Dias
Martin Fleischmann (posthumously)
Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.
Avi Loeb
Stanley Pons
Andrew Wakefield
#WhoElseIsOnThisSupervillainTeam?
Ranga Dias
Martin Fleischmann (posthumously)
Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.
Avi Loeb
Stanley Pons
Andrew Wakefield
#WhoElseIsOnThisSupervillainTeam?
Anyway, despite being extremely burned out, I'm gonna return to working here alone at home, but at some point later today I'll hafta deal with bosses about this week's nonsense.
You know, I quit gambling decades ago, but odds are pretty good that they won't like my response!
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You know, I quit gambling decades ago, but odds are pretty good that they won't like my response!
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November 24, 2025 at 9:46 AM
Anyway, despite being extremely burned out, I'm gonna return to working here alone at home, but at some point later today I'll hafta deal with bosses about this week's nonsense.
You know, I quit gambling decades ago, but odds are pretty good that they won't like my response!
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You know, I quit gambling decades ago, but odds are pretty good that they won't like my response!
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Hey, Blueskyverse!
Join me in wishing
a very Happy Birthday
today to Zhongbo Kang!
Follow him at:
@zhongbok.bsky.social
Join me in wishing
a very Happy Birthday
today to Zhongbo Kang!
Follow him at:
@zhongbok.bsky.social
November 23, 2025 at 11:04 PM
Hey, Blueskyverse!
Join me in wishing
a very Happy Birthday
today to Zhongbo Kang!
Follow him at:
@zhongbok.bsky.social
Join me in wishing
a very Happy Birthday
today to Zhongbo Kang!
Follow him at:
@zhongbok.bsky.social
Today is November 22nd, the 62nd anniversary of when Lee Harvey Oswald was indirectly responsible for the near death of.....ok, I know what you're thinking: "What's he mean by *indirectly* responsible and *near* death? Oswald killed JFK!"
Yeah, but I'm not talking about JFK.
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Yeah, but I'm not talking about JFK.
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November 23, 2025 at 12:00 AM
Today is November 22nd, the 62nd anniversary of when Lee Harvey Oswald was indirectly responsible for the near death of.....ok, I know what you're thinking: "What's he mean by *indirectly* responsible and *near* death? Oswald killed JFK!"
Yeah, but I'm not talking about JFK.
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Yeah, but I'm not talking about JFK.
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As for the question, well, tell 'em for me, Chalmers!
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November 13, 2025 at 3:16 AM
As for the question, well, tell 'em for me, Chalmers!
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"And the answer is: No, of course not, don't be ridiculous."
- Carnac the Magnificent (probably)
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- Carnac the Magnificent (probably)
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November 13, 2025 at 3:15 AM
"And the answer is: No, of course not, don't be ridiculous."
- Carnac the Magnificent (probably)
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- Carnac the Magnificent (probably)
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Ok, that's enough freezing out here for one night.
Looks like I just ain't gonna see nothing.
If it isn't light pollution, or overcast skies, then it's too many trees obstructing my view.
Trying to see auroral or astronomical phenomena around here is too often, well, you know:
Looks like I just ain't gonna see nothing.
If it isn't light pollution, or overcast skies, then it's too many trees obstructing my view.
Trying to see auroral or astronomical phenomena around here is too often, well, you know:
November 12, 2025 at 2:50 AM
Ok, that's enough freezing out here for one night.
Looks like I just ain't gonna see nothing.
If it isn't light pollution, or overcast skies, then it's too many trees obstructing my view.
Trying to see auroral or astronomical phenomena around here is too often, well, you know:
Looks like I just ain't gonna see nothing.
If it isn't light pollution, or overcast skies, then it's too many trees obstructing my view.
Trying to see auroral or astronomical phenomena around here is too often, well, you know:
Hey, Blueskyverse!
Join me in celebrating
the 24th annual
World Science Day
for Peace and Development!
Join me in celebrating
the 24th annual
World Science Day
for Peace and Development!
November 10, 2025 at 10:01 PM
Hey, Blueskyverse!
Join me in celebrating
the 24th annual
World Science Day
for Peace and Development!
Join me in celebrating
the 24th annual
World Science Day
for Peace and Development!
Wait...
All day, every day, seven days a week, is *how* many hours a day?!?
Tell 'er for me, Jor-El!
#JustWhatExoplanetIsSheOnAnyway?
All day, every day, seven days a week, is *how* many hours a day?!?
Tell 'er for me, Jor-El!
#JustWhatExoplanetIsSheOnAnyway?
November 4, 2025 at 11:00 AM
Wait...
All day, every day, seven days a week, is *how* many hours a day?!?
Tell 'er for me, Jor-El!
#JustWhatExoplanetIsSheOnAnyway?
All day, every day, seven days a week, is *how* many hours a day?!?
Tell 'er for me, Jor-El!
#JustWhatExoplanetIsSheOnAnyway?
Hey, Blueskyverse!
Join me in wishing a
very Happy Birthday
today to Ocean!
Follow her at:
@omcintyre.bsky.social
Join me in wishing a
very Happy Birthday
today to Ocean!
Follow her at:
@omcintyre.bsky.social
November 3, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Hey, Blueskyverse!
Join me in wishing a
very Happy Birthday
today to Ocean!
Follow her at:
@omcintyre.bsky.social
Join me in wishing a
very Happy Birthday
today to Ocean!
Follow her at:
@omcintyre.bsky.social
Happy Anniversary to KDKA Radio!
Today is the 105th anniversary of their very first broadcast back on Tuesday, November 2nd, 1920 at 6pm of the election results.
Congratulations to them now being halfway through the first decade of their second century of broadcasting!
Today is the 105th anniversary of their very first broadcast back on Tuesday, November 2nd, 1920 at 6pm of the election results.
Congratulations to them now being halfway through the first decade of their second century of broadcasting!
November 2, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Happy Anniversary to KDKA Radio!
Today is the 105th anniversary of their very first broadcast back on Tuesday, November 2nd, 1920 at 6pm of the election results.
Congratulations to them now being halfway through the first decade of their second century of broadcasting!
Today is the 105th anniversary of their very first broadcast back on Tuesday, November 2nd, 1920 at 6pm of the election results.
Congratulations to them now being halfway through the first decade of their second century of broadcasting!
Happy Anniversary to the International Space Station for supporting what has - as of now - been *just over* 25 years of continuous human habitation of space, and congratulations on this historic achievement!
November 2, 2025 at 10:23 AM
Happy Anniversary to the International Space Station for supporting what has - as of now - been *just over* 25 years of continuous human habitation of space, and congratulations on this historic achievement!
Oh, and I was gonna make a new Halloween graphic featuring Paul Dirac - perhaps themed as Paul Diracula (um, perhaps not) - but just couldn't think of anything that'd top my graphic of Spooky Paul Dirax . . . get it, 'cause he's holding an ax? . . . so here it is again!
October 31, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Oh, and I was gonna make a new Halloween graphic featuring Paul Dirac - perhaps themed as Paul Diracula (um, perhaps not) - but just couldn't think of anything that'd top my graphic of Spooky Paul Dirax . . . get it, 'cause he's holding an ax? . . . so here it is again!
. . . how did NASA's Ingenuity Mars Helicopter make six dozen flights within a Martian atmosphere you claim Mars does not possess?
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October 29, 2025 at 1:30 PM
. . . how did NASA's Ingenuity Mars Helicopter make six dozen flights within a Martian atmosphere you claim Mars does not possess?
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Um, Avi, I gots me just a real quick question 'bout this . . .
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October 29, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Um, Avi, I gots me just a real quick question 'bout this . . .
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