@mcnees

Should you have any Jim Hartle anecdotes, would enjoy hearing them.

He wrote so many recollections papers, e.g., Thorne, Wheeler, Feynman, Weinberg, Hawking. Now that he has passed, may someone likewise write a paper celebrating his life and scientific career.

@mcnees

Love this whole Weinberg tribute thread. In many of your OTD posts, you weave in beautiful anecdotes about the quiet, graceful humanity of the person. I find this Weinberg example very touching in his perceptual awareness of the situation that prompted him to gift you the book. Another shining example you told of this kind of perceptual awareness by a prominent person recognizing how a simple act could benefit others is the magnificent Joe Polchinski anecdote at https://twitter.com/mcnees/timelines/805900100862115841

A few years ago, I created a single page summary overview to a full year of the remarkable @mcnees #OTD tweets, with links to each full thread and just enough of the text to give a sense of what each thread is about.

That original page is now retired and replaced with a new page where the links are being converted to the Mastodon threads.

The old page remains for now with a message redirecting to the new Mastodon threads page.

New page: https://jrdmb.netlify.app/otd-by-mcnees.html

@mcnees

Pleased to participate in this Girl Scout Cookie campaign by donating my purchase to the local troop so they can be given to local heroes. I appreciate that this donation option is available.

@mcnees

Love this thread! Everything about it is fascinating (especially so as a long-term PBS Masterpiece viewer). And you even got to tour the house!

This is a link to a thread-renderer single-page view of the entire thread.

https://thread.choomba.one/thread?url=https%3A%2F%2Fmastodon.social%2F%40mcnees%2F109909092783440966

#OTD

@mcnees I thought Skip and Shannon did justice to Michael Jordan's iconic legacy on their show on his 60th birthday (17-Feb-2023). Very much enjoyed it. Their awe is quite evident, and both contribute very interesting perspectives. ICYMI, thought you might like enjoy it.

https://youtu.be/2QBe2uLckdY

@mcnees

Hold on, there's this guy, who Leo made sure was credited with a Jan 11 #OTD post about him. Happy Birthday! 🎂

https://twitter.com/duetosymmetry/status/1216016962175803393

I know you've been doing these #OTD posts for at least 5 years. Hope you'll say a few words about their history, when and how they got started, etc. They are a shining example of the very best content in social media!