Eric Rodgers

I like to count things, and for things to count. Mover of other people's possessions. I like funny, wherever that shows up.

[Orin Kerr @OrinKerr]

Extraordinary.
https://t.co/7LXeEUGcQW

[𝐎. 𝐀𝐥𝐚𝐧 𝐍𝐨𝐛𝐥𝐞 @TheAlanNoble]

This will deeply add to the loneliness epidemic by inviting people to depend on Dessa bots over human relationships. We don’t need this. We need embodiment. Go talk to someone.

[Roger Clemens @rogerclemens]

Thought that was the ball at first..

[Sarah Salviander @sarahsalviander]

Our intuition tells us that a giant planet like Jupiter - standing at 11 times the diameter of Earth and more than 300 times its mass - should spin far more slowly than Earth. But the opposite is true: a Jupiter day is only 9.9 Earth hours.

That rapid spin is a remnant of Jupiter’s formation long ago.

When a newly-forming planet gathers up gaseous material, it gravitationally contracts as it slowly spins in some net direction. As this material falls inward, its spin rate increases due to conservation of angular momentum, much like a twirling figure skater spins faster as she pulls her arms inward. The giant planets, like Jupiter and Saturn, retained a lot more of this angular momentum than the terrestrial planets, like Earth and Mars, which were more influenced by heavy impacts.

Jupiter is not a solid sphere, like the terrestrial planets, but is essentially a giant ball of gas, like the much larger Sun. So, Jupiter rotates differentially, just like the Sun, spinning fastest near its equator and slower near its poles. Measurements of Jupiter’s magnetic field tell us its interior - where layers of metallic hydrogen may surround a slushy rock/ice core - rotates more rigidly and a little more slowly than its surface.

Majestic Jupiter is one of my favorite planets. The ancient Romans were equally impressed with it. They saw this bright wandering object in the sky and named it after their chief god - the “sky father.” But this chief of the planets was made by the true Father of the sky, who is infinitely greater than any god or object in the universe. As David wrote in Psalm 19, “The heavens declare the glory of God, and the skies proclaim the work of his hands.”

[Samurai Shiba @SamuraiShibaJP]

My coworker spent one year in Tennessee.

He came back to Tokyo two months ago.

He is not the same man.

He says "y'all" in meetings. To our boss.

He holds the door for the entire floor. Twelve people. Every morning.

He asked the convenience store clerk how her day was going. She had to sit down.

He calls every man "bud." Including the CEO.

He refuses to describe anything under three hours away as "far."

He waves at drivers who let him cross. One driver waved back and almost hit a pole.

Last week, he told a junior employee, "I'm proud of you."

She went to the restroom and cried for ten minutes.

We thought it would wear off.

It didn't. It's spreading.

Three people in accounting now say "y'all."
The junior employee holds the door.
The convenience store clerk asks HIM how his day is going.

Tennessee, I don't know what you did to him.

Please do it to the rest of us.

[Eric Rodgers @JEricR]

Who wants to go in with me? I just need a billionaire. And a storage unit.

@jaredhollick ? @benmcg76 ?

[The Breaks @WatchTheBreaks]

tbh... one of the billionaires out there could probably do a crazy buy-up acquisition campaign, create a "standard" for value, and then get a few endorsing parties alongside them to turn Beanie Babies BACK into a bajillion-dollar industry.

Below is the playbook ⤵️

[Eric Rodgers @JEricR]

What, no “diet cheese curds?”

[katiebakes @katiebakes]

@AsteadWesley here's a pic I took while in Wisconsin of the "Lighter Fare" portion of a menu. goals, truly

[Eric Rodgers @JEricR]

When I first saw this movie I IMMEDIATELY started it over to watch it again. Just a great film.

[DiscussingFilm @DiscussingFilm]

First trailer for the first-ever 70mm film and IMAX release of Christopher Nolan's ‘THE PRESTIGE’.

In theaters on January 29.

[On3 @On3]

NEW: Tennessee set the highest scientifically verified dB record in College Football history against Alabama on this play (130.3), the school announced.

(via ABC) https://t.co/lpPKY0Vfz2

[Eric Rodgers @JEricR]

A good man who my parents deeply respected. Sorry to learn this news. He did so much through his service to Farragut.

[Knox News @knoxnews]

Former Farragut mayor Eddy Ford III dies at 87 https://t.co/TCgdtEJZ1e

[BaseballHistoryNut @nut_history]

The second baseman was blinded by the sun so the SS decided to give him a bounce pass. Is this the first 5-0-4-3 put out in MLB history?

[Eric Rodgers @JEricR]

@nut_history Would have been a great Stadium Club card!

[Craig @itsalwayscraig]

Billy Dee Williams

[Eric Rodgers @JEricR]

@UnshavedMouse Just read this for the first time (of many, I am sure!) with my son. Really fun book, beautifully illustrated by @dsantat - thanks so much. Grateful for @dollyslibrary putting it in our hands!

[Adam Sparks @AdamSparks]

When Wes Rucker died, @Gentry_Estes was the head of the phone tree for many of us, even though he was in Italy covering the Olympics. That's another story for another day.

Grief hit him at Neyland Stadium Saturday. So he wrote about his friend of 20 years
https://t.co/cdLPwm9ktx

[gmannVOLS @gmannVOLS]

🔥This is the full Dixieland Delight that was played in Neyland after Tennessee beat Alabama 🔥

The Skycam feed had the stadium audio connected, so Dixieland Delight came in crystal clear as it was played for fans. It was slightly out of sync but I think I fixed it.

[Eric Rodgers @JEricR]

Thanks for a fun day, @AD_DannyWhite - loved being in Neyland with all our buddies. Could you please send someone to check your new sound speakers in Z12? Thanks so much.

[voLs @MillerOfMemphis]

How Dixieland Delight is about to hit me

[Knox News @knoxnews]

How QB Seaton Moffett's legs churned 'amazing' CAK football win vs Grace Christian https://t.co/PyeD6oIxWQ

[Eric Rodgers @JEricR]

“Roads? Where we’re going, we don’t need roads.”

[sunny madra @sundeep]

Goodbye traffic jams 🤣🤣🤣