Cirr. Elizabeth Ann x rothschildianum is in full bloom (and yes there’s a species phaelanopsis sneaking in at the edge, too) #orchid #bloomScrolling #gardening #flowers

The application center for the 2024 Institute for Research Design in Librarianship will open on December 1, 2023. Sign up for an application information webinar at https://library.lmu.edu/irdl/. I welcome any questions you may have about the program. #librarians #research #continuingeducation

@taoofcoffee you could do it with the footnotes alone!

@scissortail #appreciation

My 1 year old son has just started making noises when he plays with cars. He doesn’t say “brrrrm” or similar, he says “eeeee”. We own electric cars.

Think of it, a future where cars, buses, trucks, tractors go “eeeee” instead of “brrrrrm” in the minds of children.

#ElectricVehicles

Take a breath

If you don't love birds then I don't know what to tell you.

#X

I have the best conversations with my mom. I try my best at a translation of the call I just had with her:

phone ringing
Me: Hello m...
Her: Eʟᴅᴇʀ Sᴘᴀᴡɴ.
Me: ...
Me: Yᴇs Gʀᴀɴᴅ Mᴀᴛʀɪᴀʀᴄʜ.
Her: I sʜᴀʟʟ sᴜᴍᴍᴏɴ ʏᴏᴜ ᴛᴏ ᴘᴀʀᴛᴀᴋᴇ ɪɴ ꜰᴇᴀsᴛɪɴɢ ᴏɴ ᴛʜᴇ sᴀᴄʀɪꜰɪᴄᴇs ʟᴀɪᴅ ʙᴇꜰᴏʀᴇ ᴜs ᴛʜɪs ᴅᴀʏ ᴏꜰ sᴜɴ. Wɪʟʟ ʏᴏᴜ ʜᴇᴇᴅ ᴍʏ sᴜᴍᴍᴏɴs?
Me: checks calendar
Me: Tʜᴇ sᴛᴀʀs ᴀʟɪɢɴ, ɴᴏᴛʜɪɴɢ ᴡᴏᴜʟᴅ ᴘʟᴇᴀsᴇ ᴍᴇ ᴍᴏʀᴇ ɢʀᴇᴀᴛ ᴍᴏᴛʜᴇʀ. I sʜᴀʟʟ ᴍᴀɴɪꜰᴇsᴛ ɪɴ ʏᴏᴜʀ ᴄᴏᴜʀᴛ ᴀᴛ ᴛʜᴇ 12ᴛʜ ʜᴏᴜʀ ᴡʜᴇɴ ᴛʜᴇ sᴜɴ ʙᴇʟɪᴇᴠᴇs ɪᴛsᴇʟꜰ ɪɴᴠɪɴᴄɪʙʟᴇ.
Her: Tʜᴜs ᴛʜᴇ ᴡᴏʀᴅs ᴀʀᴇ sᴘᴏᴋᴇɴ, ᴛʜᴜs ɪᴛ sʜᴀʟʟ ʜᴀᴘᴘᴇɴ.
Me: Great, see you on sunday.
Her: Try to be punctual.

I always refer to her when people ask me "why are you like this?".

Last night at the French Embassy in DC, I was honored with the Award for Imagination in Service to Society . #africanfuturism

Past winners include Samuel Delaney, Ted Chiang, George RR Martin, Ursula LeGuin, Margaret Atwood, Cixin Liu. I’m honored to join such ranks! 😃

More info here: https://clarkefoundation.org/

Terrific article (and dataset) out now @QSS_ISSI showing just how much the Big 5 publishers made from #APCs over four years - $1.06 Billion!

Also clearly lays out how different publishers pursue different strategies - "Elsevier and Wiley mak[e] most APC revenue from hybrid fees and others focus on gold."

Big congrats to the team! @stefhaustein @leighbutler https://doi.org/10.1162/qss_a_00272

🔥 [slaps roof of sun] This baby can hold so many billionaires in it

Using a vibrant array of real flowers and foliage, North Yorkshire-based artist Olga Prinku designs intricate embroideries that explode with natural colors and textures, embracing experimentation at a large scale.

https://colossal.art/olga-prinku

@VickyRampin Aw. *soft shoulder punch*

#SilentSunday

The sommelier knife, waiter's friend, or wine key is a corkscrew in a folding body similar to a pocket knife. It was conceived by German inventor Carl F. A. Wienke in 1882 and patented in Germany, England, and the U.S. (1883). Here is the U.S. patent:
https://patentimages.storage.googleapis.com/da/2b/6c/a351a9329a40c5/US283731.pdf

Over the next few weeks I'll be slowly posting some highlights from #DIYMethods23 -- our zine-based conference on experimental research methods.

I thought I'd start with a few of the most interactive and inventive formats in the proceedings this year, highlighting the ways that the forms research-exchange takes on can be really generative in the way we constitute arguments and demonstrate claims (when you don't have to fit your thoughts into a journal article, they can take new shapes) 🧵

@adr we say his name like in this clip, but now with “king” in place of “prince”: https://youtu.be/xXZTnTltPXM?feature=shared

If there was a Nobel Beets Prize I'd win it. I've got a PhB(eet). Master of the Hefty Beet. I'm all about the beet, no turnip.
#gardening #beets #puns