Tim Thompson

@konstructivizm Could end up being advantegeous for us. Not sure a crowded neighborhood is the best place to be.

Astronomers have found growing evidence that the Milky Way is located inside a vast cosmic void—a region of space roughly 2 billion light-years across that contains significantly less matter than the cosmic average. This underdensity, sometimes called the KBC Void or Local Hole, features a matter density about 20–30% lower than typical regions of the universe.On the largest scales, the universe is not uniform: matter clumps into enormous filaments, walls, and clusters, separated by immense voids where galaxies and gas are sparse. Gravity in these voids is slightly weaker due to the reduced mass.This local underdensity may resolve the long-standing Hubble tension—the discrepancy between two primary measurements of the universe's expansion rate (the Hubble constant). Measurements of the nearby universe, using supernovae and Cepheid variables, suggest a higher value (73 km/s/Mpc) than those derived from the early universe via the cosmic microwave background and baryon acoustic oscillations (67 km/s/Mpc).If we live in a large void, the reduced gravitational pull from surrounding matter allows nearby galaxies to recede faster than expected in an average region. This local "boost" in apparent expansion mimics a higher Hubble constant without requiring revisions to fundamental physics or cosmology.Recent studies, including analyses of baryon acoustic oscillations and galaxy distributions, show that void models fit observational data substantially better than assuming uniform density. If confirmed, this would mean our cosmic neighborhood is atypically empty, biasing local measurements and forcing astronomers to adjust interpretations of expansion history and large-scale structure.Living near the center of such a giant void would mark a profound shift in our understanding of the universe's homogeneity—and a reminder that our vantage point may not be as representative as once thought.

@NFLNotify No rookie QB should have to start and have so much pressure on them. Its WAAAAAY too much to learn. Jordan Love and Patrick Mahomes sat and learned for a year.

Justin Fields has one of the nicest deep balls in the league 😳

@CitizenFreePres I think this was an X files episode🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

Tucker Carlson: "In 2008 it became really clear that Barack Obama had been having sex with men and smoking crack and a guy came forward, Larry Sinclair, and said 'I'll sign an affidavit and I'll take a lie detector' and he did. Nobody reported it."

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@adamchitwood Saw your Battlestar article. Loved the original and the reboot but always wondered why the reboot seemed to have few black male actors (accept for the Cylon guy who died 3 graphically horrible deaths) and I didn't see ANY amongst the survivors at the end.

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@OmariJHardy I also live and most folks are cordial but like anywhere else, racism can rear it's ugly head. Sad to see.

@RonDMoore Watching your BSG REBOOT. Loved that the original I watched in college had major male African American characters (Tigh and Boomer). Last scene of the reboot doesn't even look like any people of color SURVIVED. WTH? A 70's series MORE diverse than the 2000's?

Ronald D. Moore on the Original Four-Hour ‘Battlestar Galactica’ Series Finale and Why It Changed collider.com/battlestar-gal…

Are central bankers perversely thankful that covid-19 may force a cap on the 'irrational exhuberance' in the markets that they cannot?

Top general says letter suggesting US would withdraw troops from Iraq was a 'mistake' - CNNPolitics cnn.com/2020/01/06/pol…

@sav_________9 Ridoculous! Said the same thing about Diane Carroll when she was cast in Julia. If we can't get past this how the hell can we expect others to?

@KamiyahJean I thought we were done with the old 'Paper Bag' test. Get a grip!

I hate to say this but was it impossible to find an actress that wasn’t biracial to play Thelma for the live special of good times ?

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@WJeffreyBrown are you watching? Your thoughts so far.

@CillizzaCNN Wow! Talk about Pretzel logic.

@marcthiessen Beto only said what made sense. That is NO ONE other than military personnel need to have a military style, high mag capacity semi -automatic weapon, much less the so-called 'right' to open carry in Public. And yes I own a Glock and a shotgun.

Beto tanked his career last night. Not gonna a be POTUS and could not be elected dog catcher in Texas after his "hell yes" on gun confiscations.

@NicRobertsonCNN the Sunni vs Shia war has been going on for over a millennia. We should STAY OUT.

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