Brian M Knoblock 🇺🇸🇳🇴 🦊

Department of Mathematics, Vulprisian Academy of Sciences
Writer, meteorology, mathematics / forfatter, meteorologi, matematikk
Snakker norsk 🇳🇴 Octal Math
Central Jersey raised / Twin Cities resident
Always dreaming of Bergen og Vestlandet

Mostly riffing 60 y.o. Star Trek eps until I can get back to #Norway
UiB fanboy / MSTie (card carrying since '93)
#RingTheBell
#FlyEaglesFly

Owner, GM, Manager - New Jersey Ferrets Baseball Club
#GoFerrets

Aspiring Norwegian

Story things completed: 52 stories / 55 TV hours
Currently active projects: 10 [TOS 51, 52-53, 54, 55, 56, 57]; [GRF 4, 5]; [VUL 4, 5]
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Website: https://math.vulprisia.online

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2026-10-22 03:28:54 UTC

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He’s a main character and along with the engineering extension courses, he probably took Diplomatic Liasoning 1001 at the Academy.
#AllStarTrek #TheForsaken #StarTrekDS9 #PlotConvienenceTheatre

2026-10-20 00:38:20 UTC

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Kevin Harlan called two NFL games at one time. You can toot two #StarTrek episodes at one time.

2026-09-27 04:04:16 UTC

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Say Yes to VHS

2026-08-06 23:23:25 UTC

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New CFO is trying to get the return to office thing going when half the team is 90 minutes plus hours from the office, thinking it’s 2017 again, under the magic word “collaboration”.

2026-07-17 17:41:32 UTC

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It dizes!
It slices!
Order your Authodizer now!

2026-06-12 21:57:40 UTC

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Banana soda, but red? Because splits usually have cherries on top?
This doesn't compute.

2026-06-09 22:54:07 UTC

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Either that or y'all got a new volcano you haven't told anyone about.

2026-05-27 01:51:13 UTC

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"A sad yet compelling character study."
https://www.denofgeek.com/tv/every-bryan-fuller-star-trek-episode-ever-ranked/
So the Ocampa are just like older Humans where they'll walk into a room, forget why the they walked into the room angry, and then go back to watching the news at volume level 99 of 100.

2026-05-14 21:29:35 UTC

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Given the current political climate, this may just be what it's like in a couple of decades.

2026-05-09 00:07:26 UTC

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Like the MST3k shirt. 👍

2026-05-04 13:57:03 UTC

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I doubt most Americans can name all the planets, just like they couldn’t find states on the map of they tried.

2026-04-20 02:43:07 UTC

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I was born in the late 70's but knew of Lawrence Welk through his TV show because it was on whenever we visited one of my Polish aunts.
In my Norwegian class at UMN, we had listening exercise day and after one of them I told the professor that one of the actors sounded like Welk. I was waiting for his "anna one, anna two, ..." which got my Poland-born Norwegian professor to laugh.

2026-04-12 23:17:52 UTC

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I admire European signage. So much better than some of what we have in the States.
My favourite is the dude crossing the street along the magical piano keys.
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2026-04-07 01:47:29 UTC

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#PlotConvenienceTheatre

2026-01-26 02:03:08 UTC

0th and 0
It is both nothing and away from nothing.
#NFL #NFCChampionship #philosophy
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2026-01-14 14:36:05 UTC

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SAVE FERRIS

2026-01-08 02:07:18 UTC

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I misread "Type 15 Shuttlepod" as "This is _____MY_____ Shuttlepod".

2026-01-04 23:25:59 UTC

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I love renting the paddle boats at Centennial Lakes and also their putting course.
We had our office holiday party at the nearby Pinstripes a few years. It makes it worth heading to Edina from Plymouth.

2025-11-28 03:57:49 UTC

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Strategically or in general?
Because if you are meaning strategically, I can understand, because I get myself into trouble every time I play RISK and think I can win by using Scandinavia as my base of operations.

2025-11-27 18:59:35 UTC

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It looks like it has an inch-deep layer of Lawry's Seasoned Salt.
#AllStarTrek #StarTrekVOY #WorkforcePart2

2025-11-25 02:49:36 UTC

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One hashtag: #klingonpol
#AllStarTrek #StarTrekTNG #SinsoftheFather

2025-11-05 01:10:51 UTC

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Noooooo, not the Abominable Snowunicorn!
#AllStarTrek #StarTrekTOS #APrivateLittleWar

2025-11-03 03:07:54 UTC

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I always liked Mike Leinbach's "Good luck and godspeed" to the Shuttle crew after finishing his final poll for launch.

2025-11-03 03:04:33 UTC

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I have the year off as the Mayor was elected last year, Walz is up for 2026 and I have zero local board and/or school bond questions this year.
Sending good vibes to other communities and states, otherwise.

2025-10-29 01:36:00 UTC

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The screencap looks like SyFy's attempt of Tweenage reboot of Mission: Genesis.

2025-10-23 01:13:45 UTC

Ikke dårlig vær, bare dårlig klær.
There are so may points on these Romulan uniforms that balloons are banned from all of their parties.
#AllStarTrek #StarTrekTNG #Contagion @npub177x…u9jc
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2025-10-09 01:47:56 UTC

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I love the short bit where Worf and LaForge run through the corridor to the mock Miami Vice theme.
#AllStarTrek #StarTrekTNG #Conspiracy

2025-10-09 01:23:20 UTC

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Dytallix B sounds more like a failed 2150's hair replacement formula.
#AllStarTrek #StarTrekTNG #Conspiracy

2025-10-05 18:23:19 UTC

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$$ $hameless plug $$
https://www.atbpublishing.com/product/outside-in-can-live-with-it-171-new-perspectives-on-171-star-trek-ds9-stories-by-171-writers/
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2025-09-07 12:49:01 UTC

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And tomorrow we find out how far this infection has spread to Norway.

2025-09-01 01:26:15 UTC

Difficult choice in the first match.
#Chrysotile is a mineral that will make you sick while #Pectolite sounds like short-lived artificial sweetener that will eventually make you sick.
#MinCup25 #MineralCup
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2025-08-31 21:40:07 UTC

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We need a Tournament of Champions like they have on Jeopardy!.
#MinCup25 #MineralCup

2025-08-30 23:56:32 UTC

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No #Quetzalcoatlite? What a bummer.
#MinCup25 #MineralCup
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2025-08-28 03:26:43 UTC

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Occasionally it gets stuck on top of one of the pins and you have to use the trusty Plinko Stick (TM) to dislodge it?

2025-08-22 00:24:49 UTC

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How did Koenig's performance NOT win an Emmy in this scene?
#AllStarTrek #StarTrekTOS #TheTholianWeb

2025-08-22 00:09:11 UTC

The Enterprise crew prepare to take care of a hornet infestation on the USS Defiant.
#AllStarTrek #StarTrekTOS #TheTholianWeb @npub17zn…z5e5
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2025-08-21 00:05:19 UTC

Stardate 5476.3. The Enterprise is being pursued by an assembly of dots that represented the enemy in Beach Head.
#AllStarTrek #StarTrekTOS #FortheWorldIsHollow #AndIHaveTouchedTheSky @npub17zn…z5e5
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2025-08-15 14:55:14 UTC

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Sierra Nevada Mountains heading west.
On the other side was a collection of trees, desert, subdivision, more desert and another isolated random subdivision.
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2025-08-15 02:49:43 UTC

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Allamaraine sounds like a incredibly delicious pasta.
#AllStarTrek #StarTrekDS9 #MoveAlongHome
@npub17zn…z5e5

2025-08-01 01:22:57 UTC

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I source my eps from the DVDs released in the 2000s, but I am getting channels on my Samsung TV.

2025-07-31 02:45:34 UTC

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I thought it was the song Big Bird sang about the Alphabet.
#AllStarTrek #StarTrekDS9 #ExtremeMeasures

2025-07-18 00:42:39 UTC

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That just gives Colbert an entire year to turn up the volume of his critique and criticism towards CBS. What are they going to do? Fire him?
Over-the-air television in the US is legacy media and will likely be limited or pay in another decade.

2025-07-16 02:48:27 UTC

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Don't forget the matching sparkly hand towels... which are probably like drying your hands with an oven mitt.
#AllStarTrek #StarTrekTNG
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2025-06-21 00:08:06 UTC

Ahh Futura. The official font of the 1960s became the official font of the 2260s.
#AllStarTrek #StarTrekTOS #BalanceofTerror @npub17zn…z5e5
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2025-06-12 01:46:05 UTC

So, two people were barely able to push one container around the cargo bay and SOMEHOW they got them all stacked two containers high.
#AllStarTrek #StarTrekTNG #Disaster @npub17zn…z5e5
#FFS #nitpicking
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2025-06-12 01:37:59 UTC

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That's not a bad sitcom idea, actually.
#AllStarTrek #StarTrekTNG #Disaster

2025-06-05 22:00:20 UTC

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Trump will do a live address in a few days and be interrupted with Elon entering the room and they reconcile like Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis on the Telethon. This is 100% performance art. Bad performance are, but performance art nonetheless.

2025-05-29 01:35:00 UTC

This is exactly how #microsoft imagines #copilot right now.
#AllStarTrek #StarTrekTNG #TheNthDegree @npub17zn…z5e5
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2025-05-29 01:12:28 UTC

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It was for his Cyrano de Bergerac portrayal.
#AllStarTrek #StarTrekTNG #TheNthDegree @npub17zn…z5e5

2025-05-22 00:23:30 UTC

(Chariots of Fire theme plays)
#AllStarTrek #StarTrekTOS #TheEmpath @npub17zn…z5e5
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2025-05-18 21:29:10 UTC

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#StartrekVOY #Caretaker: where the crew of Voyager are transported to the set of Star Trek: Hee Haw.
#AllStarTrek

2025-05-15 01:24:25 UTC

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Per the email the pre-sale starts tomorrow. The publisher is ATB Publishing and they have similar books for #StarTrekTOS and #StarTrekTNG.
https://www.atbpublishing.com/product/outside-in-makes-it-so-174-new-perspectives-on-174-star-trek-tng-stories-by-174-writers/

2025-05-14 21:29:44 UTC

Just received an email that the book I contributed an episode review for is finally being published. I wrote an episode review of the #StarTrekDS9 episode #CivilDefense where Dukat attempts to spin the disastrous rollout of his security protocol as a win for his leadership abilities.
It was only 1000 words, but I'll have something published.
And I'll be in a book series that has had contributions from Tor and Star Trek author Keith R.A. DeCandido.
#AllStarTrek @npub17zn…z5e5

2025-05-12 02:36:42 UTC

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So is the corn dog considered a “cake” to them as it is bread-like, or is that considered in the “more” category.

2025-05-10 00:37:34 UTC

ROMULAN COMMANDER: Berry Blue Hawai'ian Punch, Mr. Spock?
#AllStarTrek #StarTrekTOS #TheEnterpriseIncident @npub17zn…z5e5
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2025-05-10 00:10:03 UTC

SUBCOMMANDER TAL: ...the device reentered at its predicted time and landed in the garden of a Romulan school. No future soldiers were harmed and the Empire remains strong. Turning to the weather...
#RomulanNightlyNews
#AllStarTrek #StarTrekTOS #TheEnterpriseIncident @npub17zn…z5e5
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2025-05-01 01:49:34 UTC

LAFORGE: Okay, this ship is going to start tearing itself apart in fifteen minutes. I want every idea on the table. I don't care how outrageous.
DUFFY: What if we're infested with ferrets?
#AllStarTrek #StarTrekTNG #HollowPursuits @npub17zn…z5e5
#ferrets
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2025-04-24 00:50:10 UTC

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Yeah, but could Mr. Peterson (or his stunt double) ever dropkick Bob?
#AllStarTrek #StarTrekTOS #WolfInTheFold
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2025-04-22 03:39:32 UTC

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Not just Star Trek. My Cousin Vinny.
Case closed.
#AllStarTrek #StarTrekDS9 #RulesOfEngagement

2025-04-16 01:53:20 UTC

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The writers tried their best to create a sleazy foil to the Federation's negotiating and they certainly didn't fail
#AllStarTrek #StarTrekTNG #ThePrice

2025-04-15 01:00:59 UTC

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He's just talking to the hand!
#AllStarTrek #StarTrekTOS #TheDoomsdayMachine

2025-04-06 22:45:47 UTC

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From one of the best Trek episodes ever to one of the worst Trek episodes ever.
I wouldn't fault anyone for skipping the Next Gen this evening.

2025-04-04 01:00:34 UTC

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Posting this late as I was at a social function today.
Here is the original TV Guide synopsis from the Twin Cities stations and what Trek was up against on the original airing of #ErrandofMercy
#AllStarTrek #StarTrekTOS
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2025-04-02 22:51:56 UTC

Posting this here as it may become useful tomorrow morning:
#LiberationDay
https://www.investor.gov/introduction-investing/investing-basics/glossary/stock-market-circuit-breakers
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2025-03-27 01:45:30 UTC

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But will it make the Owon eggs taste better? That should be the real investigation.
#AllStarTrek #StarTrekTNG #TimeSquared @npub17zn…z5e5

2025-03-19 01:49:20 UTC

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Wasn't Wes supposed to notice by now?

2025-03-19 01:33:50 UTC

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Just like "Grandpa".
#AllStarTrek #StarTrekTNG #TheSchizoidMan

2025-03-11 01:43:21 UTC

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Does he drink it by the quart?
#AllStarTrek #StarTrekTNG #Conspiracy

2025-03-11 01:28:54 UTC

RIKER: There's no proof of anything.
PICARD: The last time I saw Admiral Quinn he tried to warn me about a secretive cabal selling Tribble pizzas underneath the Starfleet Academy bowling alley.
#AllStarTrek #StarTrekTNG #Conspiracy @npub17zn…z5e5
#Tribblegate
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2025-03-09 23:40:19 UTC

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#CivilDefense is one of my favorite Trek episodes of all time. I have a short story/review about it that will make me a published author if the book ever is released. I wrote the story and submitted it in 2020.
This is the TNG book:
https://www.atbpublishing.com/product/outside-in-makes-it-so-174-new-perspectives-on-174-star-trek-tng-stories-by-174-writers/

2025-03-05 02:21:14 UTC

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Klingons are always showing up on ships that are about to violently decompress.
#AllStarTrek #StarTrekTNG #HeartofGlory

2025-03-05 01:42:07 UTC

KIRK: Attention, all personnel. First Officer Spock has been placed under arrest. He has conspired with Doctor Lester to take over the ship from your captain. A hearing will be immediately convened to consider the charges Thank you for your attention to this matter.
Captain, this is a Wendy's drive-through.
#AllStarTrek #StarTrekTOS #TurnaboutIntruder @npub17zn…z5e5
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2025-02-19 02:46:57 UTC

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I'd like to see MechaGod versus Mechagodzilla.
#AllStarTrek #StarTrekTNG #JusticeTNG

2025-02-14 02:27:27 UTC

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My condolences. 🙂

2025-02-12 02:51:28 UTC

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In Loud As A Whisper, Geordi has a conversation with Pulaski about adjustments to the VISOR and Pulaski suggests she could grow him new eyes.

2025-02-12 02:45:37 UTC

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I’m trying to think of another mention but nothing is coming up.

2025-02-06 01:57:12 UTC

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They can also just lay on top of each other....
#StarTrekAfterLateShift
#AllStarTrek #StarTrekTOS #SpocksBrain

2025-02-05 01:20:19 UTC

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Is Spock's Brain tomorrow's TOS?

2025-01-30 02:11:03 UTC

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Agree with Spiner's performance in the episode, especially with how this episode is generally viewed as being in a deathmatch with #Emergence for worst #StarTrekTNG episode.

2025-01-29 03:55:05 UTC

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The surgery also appears to have shrunk him a few inches. The Marritza in the lone image they had in the database looks to be at least 3-4 inches taller.

2025-01-23 02:47:44 UTC

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That M-logo in the background belongs on a superhero's costume.

2025-01-23 01:59:19 UTC

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KIRK: Scotty where are the Tribbles?
SCOTTY: uh, Captain... what do you think's in the burgers?
#AllStarTrek #StarTrekTOS #TheTroubleWithTribbles
#YouCantDoThatOnTelevision

2024-12-04 23:06:43 UTC

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I was in Minneapolis today on the UMN campus and a 45 mph crosswind almost blew me over.

2024-11-20 03:19:51 UTC

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whoever figures out how to fit those Period 6 & 7 elements gets TWO Nobel Prizes. One for Chemistry and the Peace Price for surviving and then arbitrating the war that will break out within the Chemical Society.

2024-11-17 00:58:56 UTC

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Sometimes when I have a stressful drive home from work, I need an "angry pizza".