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I try my darnedest to avoid gamer culture, despite playing video games. But I did get interested in the #TeamZeroPercent effort to beat #SuperMarioMaker before the servers shut off. It was fun -- a clear goal, an immovable deadline, teamwork -- even if it reinforced how weird Twitch is to me.
But now the whole thing ends with a fizzle because the last level to beat was just an invalid troll job, and the real victory went unremarked when it happened a few days prior.
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The #NewYorkCentral and an Amtrak #Acela Avelia Liberty next to each other, just as God intended 🥲
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Hitting a double achievement on the #MBTA today -- traveling backwards (train reversing with passengers on board) while in the lowest numbered car in active service (not the oldest ... The Internet says that's 1616). Supposedly something is under the wheels of a train at Charles ( @universalhub )
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The American Astronomical Society, the primary professional society of #astronomy and #astrophysics in the US, has two meetings every year. In each meeting, ~12-14 distinguished scientists and awardees are given plenary talks, a rare honor most astronomers will *not* receive in their career.
By some conspiracy of fate, this summer we are having talks by both Carolyn Kierans AND Carolyn Kuranz.
I dare not attempt to calculate the probability.
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CW: Baseball
Oof, #ClevelandGuardians game cancelled due to inclement weather, meaning Jose Ramirez can't make one last attempt for 40-40 (-40). Hopefully he makes up for it by slugging through the postseason. #MLB #BaseballTakes #JoseRamirez
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I pretty much only ever watch local news whenever there's a bad storm coming, but there's something nostalgic about it when there's trouble brewing... #BostonWX #Noreaster
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That being said, I'd be obliged if #Vudu put the X-Files on sale again.
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I made 10 brackets randomly simulating (odds-adjusted) outcomes, and only 1 is still alive for the perfecto after two games. #MarchMadness is a cruel lesson in statistics, every year.
(That bracket picked 'Bama for the win)#Furman #Virginia #NCAAM #WhatWasThatNonsenseEnding #FURvsUVA
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The fun you can have #running with a #moustache when it's sub-zero wind chill...
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Guess I'm NOT going to the #GYBE show at Roadrunner this Saturday...
https://pitchfork.com/news/godspeed-you-postpone-remaining-us-tour-dates-citing-health-reasons/
#GodspeedYouBlackEmperor #BostonMusic -
Confirmed sighting of the new #Amtrak #Acela trainsets in #Boston. There's still plastic wrap on the seats, and the old Acela in the background is the one running service today, but by God we might have the #AveliaLiberty running service soon enough!
#Railfan #PassengerRail #Trains #Rail -
Just saw my first #Acela #AveliaLiberty in the wild! #Amtrak
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Traffic delays building on Concord in #CambridgeMA. Why? Not bike lanes -- but because we gave six people the ability to store their property on the road and the emergency vehicles had to take a travel lane. #BetterStreets
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It is currently 100 degrees out and I'm finding myself thinking that Fahrenheit has it right on this one. Any more degrees are too many degrees. #BostonWX #HeatAdvisory
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Real happy birthday to our dear XMM-Newton, who turns 25 today! I did my first paper using XMM data, and I'm glad to see that many years later folks are still getting the chance to get started with ESA's exceptional space telescope.
#ESA #Astrodon #Astrophysics #XMMNewton #Astronomy #XRaysAreTheBestRays -
Real happy birthday to our dear XMM-Newton, who turns 25 today! I did my first paper using XMM data, and I'm glad to see that many years later folks are still getting the chance to get started with ESA's exceptional space telescope.
#ESA #Astrodon #Astrophysics #XMMNewton #Astronomy #XRaysAreTheBestRays -
But think of all of the water cooler conversations we can have waiting for a bus! Standing and freezing in the Harvard upper busway is this organization's #SecretSauce!
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Never would have bet that Dick Cheney would outlive Joe Lieberman. #Lieberman #NoLabels
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New #Homestar days are few and far between, and we must cherish those we have left.
Today is such a day. NEW #HomestarRunner!
https://homestarrunner.com/toons/frontfacing -
Alright, #Boston, we really need to have a discussion about Oakleaf Cakes over by Northeastern. I don't know what this poor dog did to get the John the Baptist treatment! #CakeDesign #DogCakes #CakeDogs #SouthEnd
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Alright, #Boston, we really need to have a discussion about Oakleaf Cakes over by Northeastern. I don't know what this poor dog did to get the John the Baptist treatment! #CakeDesign #DogCakes #CakeDogs #SouthEnd
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I meandered to the station because I didn't need to catch that train, I needed to catch the next one, so why hurry?
Only to see that the train I barely missed was one of the new #MBTARedLine trains! Curses!
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Harvard to Park? 14:01, counting stops. #MBTA #MBTARedLine
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For those looking for an #MBTARedLine Update --
I had timed all of the stations from Park to Harvard, but it took so long that my Mastodon tab refreshed, killing everything I wrote. Part of that was the five minute / station wait due to the signal issues. However,
Park -- MGH: Still crawling, still lurching up the hill
MGH -- Kendall: Still crawling over the Charles
Kenny -- Central: Pretty nice, actually
Central -- Harvard: 3:29. Actually moves now, which is nice. -
Red Line really not handling the partial shutdown, innit?#MBTA #MBTARedLine #ScheduleAdjustments
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Fun sight on the #MBTARedLine today -- it's winter in #Boston, so we have to keep our third rails ice-free! (Hopefully the new trainsets can make this sign more visible ... the photo makes it look more apparent than it was in real life) #MBTA #PublicTransit
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Look, I'm not saying this article about #Parrots learning to make video calls to each other is a must-read, but I will say it includes pictures of parrots on video calls that are ABSOLUTELY ADORABLE. https://news.northeastern.edu/2023/04/21/parrots-talking-video-calls/ #Parrotstodon #Birdstodon #AnimalResearch #BrainScience