'Bro crush'? Barf! Time for Edward Snowden and Neil deGrasse Tyson to get a room

“Groan” is right.

In case you missed the news, Edward Snowden has joined Twitter:

This was his first tweet:

Can you hear me now?

— Edward Snowden (@Snowden) September 29, 2015

Isn’t that special?

You want to know what’s even more special? Noted astrophysicist and confirmed blowhard Neil deGrasse Tyson is engaging him in a full-blown love-fest.

Opening a conversation with Edward @Snowden, who I recently interviewed on @StarTalkRadio.Geek? Traitor? Hero?

— Neil deGrasse Tyson (@neiltyson) September 29, 2015

Feeling a Geek vibe. Edward @Snowden, the man behind the global mass surveillance revelations. Welcome to @twitter.

— Neil deGrasse Tyson (@neiltyson) September 29, 2015

.@neiltyson Thanks for the welcome. And now we've got water on Mars! Do you think they check passports at the border? Asking for a friend.

— Edward Snowden (@Snowden) September 29, 2015

Ed @Snowden, If you visit Mars, I'd bet any life forms there will greet you with a sip of that water — and a tourist visa.

— Neil deGrasse Tyson (@neiltyson) September 29, 2015

And, Ed @Snowden, glad to see the long exile hasn't affected your sense of humor. Staying busy?

— Neil deGrasse Tyson (@neiltyson) September 29, 2015

.@neiltyson Surveillance never sleeps, and secret projects @FreedomofPress are keeping me busy, but I still find time for cat pictures.

— Edward Snowden (@Snowden) September 29, 2015

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Ed @Snowden, many call you Hero, others Traitor. Whatever else you are, you’re a Geek to me. What do you say to those labels?

— Neil deGrasse Tyson (@neiltyson) September 29, 2015

.@neiltyson Hero, traitor — I'm just a citizen with a voice. [1/2]

— Edward Snowden (@Snowden) September 29, 2015

Awww, he’s so modest! Neil just loves that about him. Reminds him of himself, no doubt.

.@neiltyson, @DanielEllsberg told me #labels never stopped progress. Neither in 1776 nor today. [2/2] pic.twitter.com/CzRZ6ur6xc

— Edward Snowden (@Snowden) September 29, 2015

Ed @Snowden, after discussing everything from Chemistry to the Constitution on #StarTalk, you're a patriot to me. Stay safe.

— Neil deGrasse Tyson (@neiltyson) September 29, 2015

.@neiltyson Stay free.

— Edward Snowden (@Snowden) September 29, 2015

Get a room, you two.

https://twitter.com/akaTheNerd/status/648914259775258624

Preferably in a galaxy far, far away.