Gandalf's Quote About Social Media

Indeed. ;)

"He hated it and loved it, as he hated and loved himself.
He could not get rid of it. He had no will left in the matter."
- Gandalf (about social media) pic.twitter.com/aa5nmg2iNx

— Ethics in Bricks (@EthicsInBricks) February 19, 2019

Tolkienesque Maps of National Parks

I approve!

Please, please, please can we do this for university campus maps? That would be so awesome!

An artist is reimagining England’s national parks in the style of J.R.R. Tolkien’s maps https://t.co/Zx3cFjakKj pic.twitter.com/KdnQGI4Qgg

— Andrew Liptak (@AndrewLiptak) February 4, 2018

(Tip of the cap to Peter Dodds.)

Power Laws

I'm quick to rant and mock when it comes to power laws. Many of you have heard me do this before on multiple occasions. (Just search for 'power laws' in this blog and you'll see what I mean...)

Anyway, Aaron Clauset has just written a review with Mark Newman and Cosma Shalizi about getting power laws from empirical data. I don't know Cosma (though I know of Cosma), but I have tremendous respect for Mark and Aaron has both people and scientists. (Actually, Aaron has commented on this blog once or twice.)

The real reason I'm including the link is not the new article but rather the fantastic poem in Aaron's blog post. Go take a look at it.