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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 Mar 21

    No. Contrary to widespread suspicions, Stephen Hawking and I were never buddies in childhood.pic.twitter.com/XEzeeBnwoM

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      2. Mobius‏ @Mobius___Strip Mar 21
        Replying to @neiltyson

        I am glad you knew the Hoff thopic.twitter.com/svJnF6GAXp

        5 replies 6 retweets 331 likes
      3. Mobius‏ @Mobius___Strip Mar 21
        Replying to @Mobius___Strip @neiltyson

        Reading the replies to your post makes things readily clear People think that if you're in a wheelchair, you can't be part of a joke I'm pretty sure that most of the angry people in this thread aren't in a chair Treating people with disabilities like they are fragile flowers

        3 replies 1 retweet 109 likes
      4. Mobius‏ @Mobius___Strip Mar 21
        Replying to @Mobius___Strip @neiltyson

        Is pretty much what they don't want You have a great humor, and I feel sad you've lost a good friend and peer I hope people know that

        1 reply 0 retweets 59 likes
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      6. Mobius‏ @Mobius___Strip Mar 22
        Replying to @3YearsOfMyLife @neiltyson

        I am not, but I am familiar with the ableist stigma I don't think I can speak from the PoV of someone who is But I see it all the time, and it is dismissive at best, condescending at worst When you put someone in a box and label them, its easier to go "oh poor them" then ignore

        1 reply 0 retweets 2 likes
      7. Mobius‏ @Mobius___Strip Mar 22
        Replying to @Mobius___Strip @neiltyson

        them like they were a ghost. I have known some very funny disabled people and I have known some assholes. Because they are humans not teacups. You shouldn't toss them in a case and lock them away for their own protection. I go out of my way to normalize people that would

        1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
      8. Mobius‏ @Mobius___Strip Mar 22
        Replying to @Mobius___Strip @neiltyson

        Normally be marginalized and put in a corner. It's a lot easier to "don't look at them" than to look at them and see a person vs a chair or crutches or any of those things.pic.twitter.com/y34zqZzFvK

        1 reply 0 retweets 2 likes
      9. XVideos Archaeologist‏ @justinyoclooney Mar 22
        Replying to @Mobius___Strip @neiltyson

        Someone in a wheelchair told me it's more noticeable when you try to not look at them. I don't understand why some people treat them as delicate feeling people some of them even joke about their disability.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HXztUb4z9WU …

        1 reply 1 retweet 4 likes
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      1. Chad Freiling‏ @CEWaffles Mar 21
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      2. mikeynerd‏ @mikeynerd Mar 21
        Replying to @neiltyson

        No, but I still (and will always) love the story of when you went to Carl Sagan's house and he offered to put you up for the night because snow

        3 replies 0 retweets 215 likes
      3. Kaan Kurtoğlu‏ @TheBullseye8 Mar 21
        Replying to @mikeynerd @neiltyson

        He almost cried when he told this story in Cosmos. What a story...

        1 reply 0 retweets 63 likes
      4. Marcus‏ @marcusrg Mar 22
        Replying to @TheBullseye8 @mikeynerd @neiltyson

        I did cry when I saw that episode and he told us that story.

        1 reply 0 retweets 21 likes
      5. Mark Krenz‏ @mkrenz Mar 22
        Replying to @marcusrg @mikeynerd @neiltyson

        Another interesting thing about that story and their connection is that the day they met (Dec 20th) is the same day on which Carl died in 1996.

        1 reply 0 retweets 9 likes
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      2. Rowan Durian‏ @theothermarkzuc Mar 21
        Replying to @neiltyson

        He didn't develop ALS until his late 20's

        13 replies 1 retweet 84 likes
      3. Sarah D.‏ @berry_buzz Mar 21
        Replying to @theothermarkzuc @neiltyson

        pic.twitter.com/suhzIoqyoy

        1 reply 0 retweets 82 likes
      4. Obi-Wan Kenobi‏ @SirBenKenobi Mar 22
        Replying to @berry_buzz @theothermarkzuc @neiltyson

        There was a whole movie about it recently.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OUpl0HDGq1Q …

        1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
      5. Sarah D.‏ @berry_buzz Mar 22
        Replying to @SirBenKenobi @theothermarkzuc @neiltyson

        Yes but the image Dr Tyson posted was from Different Strokes. It was a joke. That isn't Neil and the kid in the wheelchair isn't Stephen.

        1 reply 0 retweets 13 likes
      6. Obi-Wan Kenobi‏ @SirBenKenobi Mar 23
        Replying to @berry_buzz @theothermarkzuc @neiltyson

        pic.twitter.com/f5iVKPDonJ

        0 replies 0 retweets 4 likes
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      2. Rosie‏ @Myth1221 Mar 21
        Replying to @neiltyson

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