NYCurmudgeon

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Physicist Lise Meitner’s brilliance led to the discovery of nuclear fission. But her long time collaborator Otto Hahn, was awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry without her in 1944, even though she had given the first theoretical explanation.

Albert Einstein called Meitner “our Marie Curie." She also adamantly refused to work on the atomic bomb during WWII. https://whyy.org/articles/lise-meitner-the-forgotten-woman-of-nuclear-physics-who-deserved-a-nobel-prize/ #science #history

Lise Meitner – the forgotten woman of nuclear physics who deserved a Nobel Prize

Left off publications due to Nazi prejudice, this Jewish woman lost her rightful place in the scientific pantheon as the discoverer of nuclear fission.

WHYY
24 hours of Earth's rotation, with the camera locked to the sky instead of the ground. We're all hanging out on this spinning rock.
Brilliant video by Bartosz Wojczyński. https://artuniverse.eu/gallery/190705-rotation24h #nature #wonder #earth
Art Universe  •  Creative Astrophotography

@JenYetAgain I have no respect for Musk, but we do need to acknowlwdge that NASA had a number of failures of unmanned rockets before their succesful manned launches.

I see a number of new folks arriving from #Twitter so I’d just like to say:

Welcome! I’m glad you’re here. 👋

You’re going to like #Mastodon.

I joined last Fall & have been delighted at how friendly this place is. Make sure to use hashtags to share interests & you’ll find your community. And if you have questions, just ask.

@m_clem But a commencement speech is not a debate. The students are lectured to but have no opportunity to ask questions and express their own opinions.
@lauren there are password managers that do not put your information on the cloud. They keep it all on your computer or phone.
@hacks4pancakes USB is a 5 Volt standard. No USB power supply should provide 12 Volts
Are we really just going to move on to the next issue after the leading candidate for the presidency and former White House occupant urged the termination of the Constitution to reinstall him in power, as if this is just another off-kilter comment and not foreshadowing where this is heading? Six years on, have the media learned that little about the danger this man portends?

You’ve probably heard of “The Unsinkable Molly Brown” bc of her heroism on the Titanic, but there’s so much more to her story.

Margaret Brown (her real name) fought for workers’ rights, women’s rights, education & even ran for the Senate - before women could vote.

She established Titanic’s Survivor's Committee & helped erect the DC memorial.

And yet, Brown wasn't allowed to participate in the congressional Titanic hearings simply bc she was a woman. #history #women #HistoryRemix

RT @[email protected]

To those insisting trump would have brought Paul Whelan home, explain to me why trump didn't bring Paul Whelan home.

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/MuellerSheWrote/status/1600943416984027137

Mueller, She Wrote on Twitter

“To those insisting trump would have brought Paul Whelan home, explain to me why trump didn't bring Paul Whelan home.”

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