Tom Swanson

@Swansontea

I am an atomic physicist working in atomic clock R&D at the Naval Observatory.

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Joined September 2010
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    am i doing this right

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  2. 2 hours ago

    Speaking of alerts, they just tested the emergency broadcast system on my phone. Half-expected to see a nuclear launch alert.

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  3. 2 hours ago

    If you executed it flawlessly, then everything stayed the same. Any mistake brought negative attention to you. So the best-case scenario was it ONLY being a time-sink.

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  4. 2 hours ago

    Just got a "Dump-on, ahoy!" alert. The phrase was from my navy days, to signify a collateral duty that had only (or mostly) negative aspects. Not glamorous, no percs associated with it.

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    2 hours ago

    An excellent thread and I agree 110%. (The extra 10% comes from my cats agreeing, too.)

    I could talk about Important Shit this morning, or I could talk about why Rey's parentage is best left as it was in TLJ, but also how JJ Abrams could have his cake and eat it, too. LET'S GO WITH THE STARB WARBS
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  6. 2 hours ago

    The article also mentions cordierite and tourmaline, but when I looked on Amazon, these appeared to be opaque. At least the samples for sale were (which were invariably for new-age crap, or decorative. Not for Science!™)

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  7. 2 hours ago

    I had heard about sunstones before, but this one prompted a purchase. We have a "bring your kid to work day" lined up in a few weeks, so a birefringent crystal is a good addition.

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  8. 2 hours ago

    Just ordered some calcite because of this article Viking seafarers may have navigated with legendary crystals

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    Apr 4

    this... may be the greatest story ever told

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  10. 4 hours ago

    A colleague is printing out a poster and experiencing the "discover a typo that only reveals itself after you hit 'print'" phenomenon.

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  11. 4 hours ago

    But I'm going to use ALL the Kings horses and ALL the King's men!

    It's time for a gut check on Washington's growing preference to instinctively reach for the U.S. military as the preferred tool to address problems outside its core missions.
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    Jan 14

    a friend just texted me the most amazing autocorrect mistake. I'd like to meet this "judy," she sounds awesome.

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    17 hours ago

    Thread. Kindness.

    On the way to the gym today, I drove past an elderly lady sitting on the sidewalk. It's 40 today and it seemed like a weird place to sit. I told myself she was probably fine, but I also felt uneasy. So I went back.
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  14. 16 hours ago

    "I'm not corrupt, I'm incompetent!"

    Pruitt has *no idea* who gave his aide a $57,000 raise
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    18 hours ago

    CERN would have been a worthwhile use of money even if they'd never hired Tim Berners-Lee. (PM repost )

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    19 hours ago

    If we had clear backpacks the entire year, the only thing about February 14th that would’ve gone differently is that we would have had clear backpacks.

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    Apr 4

    WELCOME TO MY STAR TREK CRYPTOCURRENCY IT IS BASED ON THE BALOKCHAIN

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  18. Apr 4

    Crap. Now it's raining, and snow is expected this weekend.

    The butterfly effect...
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    Apr 3

    This is the best version of this meme

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  20. Apr 4

    See also: 30 sec ad for 20 sec video

    WEBPAGE: I see you have an adblocker on. To see our content you have to turn it off. ME: I really don't need to see it that bad.
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