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  "thread": {
    "id": 5288,
    "subject": "black holes eat suns",
    "messages": 2,
    "voices": 2,
    "first": "2008-12-22T17:54:02+00:00",
    "last": "2008-12-22T18:50:37+00:00"
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  "messages": [
    {
      "message_id": "<e11bddb60812220954r6d9062bdq57ed45e9313856b2@mail.gmail.com>",
      "from": {
        "name": "Thomas Bitterman",
        "address": "tom at bitterman.net"
      },
      "date": "2008-12-22T17:54:02+00:00",
      "subject": "(urth) black holes eat suns",
      "in_reply_to": null,
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          "text": "http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg20026875.600-burrowing-black-holes-devoured-first-stars-from-within.html\n\nNote the time scale - somewhat less than a million years for the\nexample.  It shouldn't be too hard (!) to change the black hole mix\nto get whatever length of time was required.\n\nEnamel"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "message_id": "<BF9CDADD-94AE-4CED-8381-314F65F3251A@butcherbaker.org>",
      "from": {
        "name": "Son of Witz",
        "address": "sonofwitz at butcherbaker.org"
      },
      "date": "2008-12-22T18:50:37+00:00",
      "subject": "(urth) black holes eat suns",
      "in_reply_to": "<e11bddb60812220954r6d9062bdq57ed45e9313856b2@mail.gmail.com>",
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          "depth": 1,
          "text": "On Dec 22, 2008, at 9:54 AM, Thomas Bitterman wrote:\nhttp://www.newscientist.com/article/mg20026875.600-burrowing-black-holes-devoured-first-stars-from-within.html\n\nNote the time scale - somewhat less than a million years for the\nexample.  It shouldn't be too hard (!) to change the black hole mix\nto get whatever length of time was required.\n\nEnamel"
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          "text": "Cool find.\n\nI love this:\n\n\"It is easier to grow truly huge black holes quickly if you start with  \na larger seed.\"\n\nI find I get the best, strongest black holes when I use large seeds,  \nfertile loam, and miraclegrow.\nI used to have a nice little hydroponic black hole garden, but I got a  \nbit paranoid having all that going on in my basement.\nI did have my Medicinal Black Hole card, but it still seemed a bit  \ndangerous.\n\n~witz"
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