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Neil deGrasse Tyson
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New York City
haydenplanetarium.org/tyson/
Joined January 2009

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    Neil deGrasse Tyson‏Verified account @neiltyson 21 Apr 2017

    Show me a Nation with a science-hostile government, and I'll show you a society with failing health, wealth, & security.

    7:01 PM - 21 Apr 2017
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    2,130 replies 78,455 retweets 152,190 likes
      1. New conversation
      2. Colin Field‏ @ColinFieldMusic 21 Apr 2017
        Replying to @neiltyson

        I have one solution: Warren/Tyson 2020

        13 replies 10 retweets 170 likes
      3. Joe the Stable Genius‏ @jgoodman751 21 Apr 2017
        Replying to @ColinFieldMusic @neiltyson

        I prefer Tyson/Nye

        5 replies 9 retweets 255 likes
      4. Colin Field‏ @ColinFieldMusic 21 Apr 2017
        Replying to @jgoodman751 @neiltyson

        I like that idea too.

        0 replies 1 retweet 1 like
      5. End of conversation
      1. New conversation
      2. Yo-G‏ @TheRealYoG 22 Apr 2017
        Replying to @neiltyson

        Yo-G Retweeted Yo-G

        https://twitter.com/TheRealYoG/status/855936965232910336 …

        Yo-G added,

        Yo-G @TheRealYoG
        The same nation rejected native wisdom #WeAreAllConnected. Science is catching up to what your nation tried to kill. https://twitter.com/neiltyson/status/855602547326947329 …
        1 reply 2 retweets 9 likes
      3. Yo-G‏ @TheRealYoG 22 Apr 2017
        Replying to @TheRealYoG @neiltyson

        Yo-G Retweeted Yo-G

        Is it surprising the same nation ignoring the science which parrots what we natives already knew, ignores us again?https://twitter.com/TheRealYoG/status/837077599121596416 …

        Yo-G added,

        Yo-G @TheRealYoG
        Rooted in elitism, North America was stolen, founded on the genocide of the native american brave & built on the backs of the African slave.
        1 reply 4 retweets 16 likes
      4. Yo-G‏ @TheRealYoG 22 Apr 2017
        Replying to @TheRealYoG @neiltyson

        "All things are bound together. All things connect. Whatever happens to the Earth happens to the children of the Earth." - Chief Seattle

        1 reply 9 retweets 19 likes
      5. Yo-G‏ @TheRealYoG 22 Apr 2017
        Replying to @TheRealYoG @neiltyson

        "Man didnt weave the web of life, he is merely a strand in it. Whatever he does to the web he does to himself" Chief Seattle #sciencemarchdc

        0 replies 6 retweets 21 likes
      6. End of conversation
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      2. Claudio Froncillo‏ @froncillojr 21 Apr 2017
        Replying to @neiltyson

        Almost seems like you're talking about here in Brazil, unfortunatelly =/

        2 replies 1 retweet 18 likes
      3. Mike Schnelle‏ @MikeSchnelle 21 Apr 2017
        Replying to @froncillojr @neiltyson

        It feels like he should have added "if you think this is about you, it probably is"

        2 replies 1 retweet 33 likes
      4. Claudio Froncillo‏ @froncillojr 21 Apr 2017
        Replying to @MikeSchnelle @neiltyson

        Indeed! 😅

        1 reply 1 retweet 4 likes
      5. Mike Schnelle‏ @MikeSchnelle 21 Apr 2017
        Replying to @froncillojr @neiltyson

        Blowing all those billions on the World Cup and Olympics probably isn't helping either...

        2 replies 1 retweet 13 likes
      6. Claudio Froncillo‏ @froncillojr 21 Apr 2017
        Replying to @MikeSchnelle @neiltyson

        Don't tell me about it. And this is actually small compared to all other corruption cases we're finding here.

        1 reply 1 retweet 8 likes
      7. Mike Schnelle‏ @MikeSchnelle 21 Apr 2017
        Replying to @froncillojr @neiltyson

        I wish more people would care about corruption up here. Unfortunately too many people want to shoot the whistleblower...

        2 replies 2 retweets 17 likes
      8. Claudio Froncillo‏ @froncillojr 21 Apr 2017
        Replying to @MikeSchnelle @neiltyson

        Are you from USA?

        1 reply 0 retweets 2 likes
      9. Mike Schnelle‏ @MikeSchnelle 21 Apr 2017
        Replying to @froncillojr @neiltyson

        Yep, hour north of Pittsburgh, PA

        1 reply 0 retweets 5 likes
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      2. Satan‏ @LuciferGOP 21 Apr 2017
        Replying to @neiltyson

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        65 replies 419 retweets 1,500 likes
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      2. John Blackman‏ @DefyMasters 22 Apr 2017
        Replying to @ivyn19641 @neiltyson

        Yeah, but if the world went renewable tomorrow, Saudi Arabia would be Somalia by year's end.

        2 replies 0 retweets 2 likes
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      4. John Blackman‏ @DefyMasters 22 Apr 2017
        Replying to @ivyn19641 @neiltyson

        US foreign policy is nothing if not predictable. If there were precious commodities on Korean peninsula we'd have been there already.

        2 replies 0 retweets 5 likes
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      6. John Blackman‏ @DefyMasters 22 Apr 2017
        Replying to @ivyn19641 @neiltyson

        Mainly oil, but any resource that corporations find valuable. It's the classic "follow the money"

        2 replies 0 retweets 7 likes
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      8. John Blackman‏ @DefyMasters 22 Apr 2017
        Replying to @ivyn19641 @neiltyson

        Hey, it can even be fruit!http://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/21/world/americas/an-apology-for-a-guatemalan-coup-57-years-later.html …

        1 reply 1 retweet 2 likes
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