Impending Elimination of Ohio?

I don't know the context, but I hope my friends at Ohio State are ok. (Are you still out there, MBI people?)

Welp, it had a good run. pic.twitter.com/BdWfByZlhM

— Scott Kerr (@scott_kerr) February 18, 2019

Museum Notice of the Day

Wow! This is spectacular!

I want this to be my obituary. pic.twitter.com/od4pJLn5cO

— Dr Jez Phillips (@drjezphillips) May 12, 2017

(Tip of the cap to Meghan Duffy.)

Eighteenth-Century Rotating Table: I Want One!

Not that this is the most practical and efficient 21st-century method to address this issue... but I want one!

A must for every library: eighteenth-century rotating table allowing readers to view multiple volumes at once. pic.twitter.com/p18X8LRpPo

— NSCM (@LitteraCarolina) April 14, 2017

(Tip of the cap to Gabrielle Birkman.)

A Table of Perverse Incentives in Academia

I can't argue with this table.

It would also be relevant to include a line for "tenure", because that too has a very good intended effect (time to work on impactful blue-skies research without undo pressure and harmful immediacy) and unfortunate side effects (e.g., slacking, dead weight, insufficient accountability on certain things).

Here's the horrifying key table from the paper Siddhartha Roy co-authored on perverse incentives in academia. #AAASmtg pic.twitter.com/sdrUlPmXs7

— Mike 48% Tⓐylor (@MikeTaylor) February 18, 2017

Update: There are some worthwhile comments in my associated Facebook post.

New App: "Make Trump Tweets Eight Again"

This app is funny. It's admittedly somewhat rude, but it's also merited.

We made a browser extension that converts Trump’s Tweets into their rightful state: a child’s scribble. Download: https://t.co/pgL64CCJ00 pic.twitter.com/XQ30Fz6m9H

— The Daily Show (@TheDailyShow) February 15, 2017

(Tip of the cap to Alain Barrat.)

"I'm From the Physics Department, and I'm Here to Help"

I am amused. :)

The 10 scariest words in the social sciences: "I'm from the physics department and I'm here to help."

— Simon DeDeo (@SimonDeDeo) January 7, 2017

(Tip of the cap to Bruno Gonçalves.)

What's the Network for "Freebird"?

But what's the network for "Freebird"? Freebird!

"On the Modeling of Musical Solos as Complex Networks” #facemelter #rockon https://t.co/RhMQR8I1vD pic.twitter.com/swnHg4XPq8

— Chris Danforth (@ChrisDanforth) October 4, 2016

My comment had to be made.