K-G Lee

Astrophysicist and Rainbow Maker. Cosmic cartographer and assistant prof at Kavli IPMU, University of Tokyo. Intellectual enochlophobe.

[Shun Saito/斎藤 俊 @ssaito_usa]

We are hiring a tenure-track assistant professor in astrophysics/cosmology! Please spread your words!

Our job opening is available on AAS: https://t.co/7222iLy8RS

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@NatashaCL7 When @guardiannews decided that only the first letter in acronyms needed to be capitalised

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@GaijinMommy I once got on the Hitachi Limited Express at Ueno thinking it'd stop at Kita Senju.

Got off at Mito, turned around and took the Joban back. Had to pay the 特急券 but otherwise the fare was 160 yen.

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@TheGeekyCast 1. Ray Romani

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@pitdesi Bar Centifolia in Azabu Juban. It’s on the 6th floor and it has an elevator!

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@DJSnM Just go all in and say it’s 1/2000th of a pound

[Sav Adler @savadler]

Linda usually does this bit but this time it’s for her so I’m doing it.

Dying is expensive especially when you can’t work.

Help her out here:

Venmo: Linda-Tirado-3
PayPal: Bootstrapindustries@gmail

https://t.co/G83s0jmG0N

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@aliluia Is this the so-called 'being horny on main'?

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@octonion In my astrophysics PhD program in Princeton , among the Chinese students there was a son of literal peasants (who had made it into Peking U for undergrad). Never did meet American students of equivalent socioeconomic class

That’s when I knew China was doing something right.

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@kittykat9312 Plenty of options in Ueno, about 25 min walk or 1 Metro stop from Hongo.

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@GaijinMommy Our Italian colleagues' 3-year old has influenced her entire hoikuen class into saying 'Ciao' and 'Arrivederci'🥹

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I am genuinely grateful to live in a country with so little going on that this kind of stuff makes it on national news.

[Mulboyne @Mulboyne]

BREAKING: There's a hole in the Mt. Fuji Lawson Screen. https://t.co/nzAk38JSBY

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@HKBradshaw I found this out when my then-institute (Max Planck Inst for Astronomy) invited a historian of science to be present a seminar. 😂

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@TimothyDSnyder RIP the Pentagon Hot Dog stand

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@KT_Carlisle 15 seconds walk. (I live in Tokyo)

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‘Boots Meal Deal’ is the most terrifying phrase in the English language.

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@380kmh @doctorow Because the customer/consumer is seen as a significant and in some cases the primary stakeholder in most Japanese businesses.

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@amannastro Many authors would want to do a press release for their Nature/Science article, and early arxiv submission would be stealing their own thunder a bit.

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@cygaraga @anthraxxx781 Day to day as a tourist they won’t bother you. They are racist against non white ppl living there.

[Tiffany Aching @WeatherwaxVimes]

Sharing this Discworld reading flowchart created by @/goddamnshinyrock on Tumblr

#TerryPratchettDay