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Writer, columnist, blogger, gardener, site planner, Landscape Architect and plant geek.

Ft. Myers, Florida
Joined June 2008
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The Longest Equation in Physics The model Lagrangian is a mathematical expression that summarizes the Standard Model of particle physics, which is the most successful theory of the fundamental interactions between elementary particles. It is composed of four different parts, each describing a different aspect of the Standard Model. The model Lagrangian is written in a compact notation that uses symbols and operators from quantum field theory, such as covariant derivatives, field strength tensors, Dirac matrices, and gauge group generators. It also uses various constants and parameters that are determined by experiments, such as coupling constants, masses, and mixing angles. It is one of the longest equations in physics because it contains many terms and factors that account for all the possible interactions and symmetries of the Standard Model. It was transcribed by Thomas Gutierrez who derived it from Martinus Veltman's Diagrammatica: The Path to Feynman Diagrams.
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Common interests are important
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Verisimilitude? Yep. I kept thinking that events just seemed…oddly forced, fancifully concocted, not rooted. Which is fine, in fables, but reality is what is claimed.
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Replying to @Natalie66582
@Natalie66582 The next great book? What’s your view of the last great book? What do you like to read? What’s a great book to you?
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The last books I’ve read: Butcher, Joyce Carol Oates Fox, Joyce Carol Oates Sense and Sensability Collected Stories, Arthur C. Clarke
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BREAKING NEWS The Norwegian Nobel Committee has decided to award the 2025 #NobelPeacePrize to Maria Corina Machado for her tireless work promoting democratic rights for the people of Venezuela and for her struggle to achieve a just and peaceful transition from dictatorship to democracy. #NobelPrize
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Atheists must make a positive case that only material things exist. That’s why instead of debating “Does God exist?” I prefer to debate the question “What better explains reality: atheism or theism?
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Learning that ‘them’ is the other novel @JoyceCarolOates wanted to be best remembered (with Butcher) I went to Audible, but alas no recording. What an imperfect Universe😃. Reading is a difficult chore for these aging eyes. Decided to reread two Didion titles, for now.
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I am now convinced that theoretical physics is actually philosophy. -- Max Born
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please RT this video - painful as it is to those with souls - so everyone can see that whatever was human in ICE has ceased
WATCH: Illegal alien desperately holds onto to his wife and kids as they resist his arrest by masked ICE agents outside immigration courts in NYC Agents are able to wrestle him away and escort him down the stairs to a processing center on another floor
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Possibly the funniest tech cartoon panel ever! I laughed out loud! (Alas, won’t be appreciated by my non-techie friends. I love them anyway. 😊) imgs.xkcd.com/comics/fantast…
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So Jimmy's coming back tomorrow — do not think this story is over. And the future depends on Mr. Kimmel — does he slouch onto stage, or come out swinging? or, perhaps wore, a mealy mouth half-assed apology? Stay tuned, folks.
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This man is a soulless creature.
🚨HOLY SHIT: Trump suggests people shouldn’t feel bad for Biden having cancer: “Biden was always a mean sob. Not working out too well for him right now. So, when you start feeling sorry for him, remember he’s a bad guy.” So much for their BS lectures.
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Dear American citizens, whatever you wish more German citizens would have done in 1933, do that now.
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Recently one of my rescues walked out the door, never having shown the slightest interest before. She’s back and well; the grounds here a quite benign. So now I’m having a flea infestation! Thanks to meds, kitties are flea-free. If there is a ‘best’ spray I’ve not found it.
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The good ol’ days 🙄
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Literary fiction, perhaps alone, yields insight into the deeper parts of the human soul, elevating mere storytelling into literature.
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BREAKING 🅱️ RFK Jr is preparing to ban Pharmaceutical Ads on TV.. Thoughts?
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Psaki goes there
When kids are getting shot in their pews at a catholic school mass and your crime plan is to have national guard put mulch down around DC maybe rethink your strategy
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BlackSky signs seven-figure #spacedomainawareness expansion contract with @heospace for fully automated #nonearthimaging missions. Imagery data services deal unlocks additional Gen-2 constellation value and brings unprecedented speed to pattern-of-life insights for orbiting spacecraft and other objects of interest.  🧵Learn more: blacksky.com/blacksky-signs-… #spacesituationalawareness #automation #spacebasedintelligence #defense #intelligence
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