this nice thing possibly also happened and didn't happen: the rooftop champagne party SH threw for time travellers where he didn't send out the invites till after it ended
(sadly in our crappy timeline no one came to it)
― mark s, Wednesday, 14 March 2018 17:02 (six years ago) link
listening to hawkwind, pouring one out for hawking
― reggie (qualmsley), Wednesday, 14 March 2018 17:55 (six years ago) link
Hawking got into a beef with Jeremy Hunt last year, over the creeping privatisation/under-funding of the NHS. And Hunt accused him of spreading "pernicious falsehoods" which was obviously the absolute opposite of what he was doing ヽ(_ _ヽ)
― calzino, Wednesday, 14 March 2018 18:10 (six years ago) link
I hope it’s Quark, Strangeness and Charm xp
― i'm surprised to see your screwface at the door (NickB), Wednesday, 14 March 2018 18:53 (six years ago) link
Stephen Hawking Was Right to Worry About Our Impending Doom
― Karl Malone, Wednesday, 14 March 2018 20:18 (six years ago) link
#TwitterGold being spun here pic.twitter.com/m01sIdmQFM— BadgEUr Meinhof (@Badger5000) March 14, 2018
― calzino, Wednesday, 14 March 2018 21:11 (six years ago) link
Guilty lols
― albvivertine, Wednesday, 14 March 2018 21:14 (six years ago) link
Good thing this is the respectful thread
― I leprecan't even. (Ye Mad Puffin), Wednesday, 14 March 2018 21:23 (six years ago) link
Perhaps that does go a bit further than a bit of irreverence. But it's nothing compared to some of insultingly abelist comments on many of the "tasteful" obits today.
― calzino, Wednesday, 14 March 2018 21:35 (six years ago) link
Plenty of talk about his impact on popular culture, but haven’t seen much mention of this.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Ype_ldyUJE
― Dan Worsley, Wednesday, 14 March 2018 22:23 (six years ago) link
he was in the brand new hitch-hiker’s radio play (hexagonal phase) only last week
― reverse-periscoping (Autumn Almanac), Wednesday, 14 March 2018 22:41 (six years ago) link