2026-06-04T02:17:41Z https://yabu.me Marc Abrahams https://yabu.me/npub1rf6j8pw0xtyd325ghxx6gjektmhd99cf26agcjr4gzq5lx49uuhsw4y5n6 https://static.mstdn.science/accounts/avatars/109/365/716/710/560/030/original/439d06a6fae9ba40.jpg https://static.mstdn.science/accounts/avatars/109/365/716/710/560/030/original/439d06a6fae9ba40.jpg https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsfu86shrc2l7875l6mv2fhycq9xjqsunldgwft3e4x2fgdquen4wczyqd82gu9euev3k923zucmfztxe0wa55hp9tt4rzgw4qgznu65hnj7ns4z35 TOMORROW — Tickets to attend the Ig Nobel Prize ceremony go on sale (12 May, 2026, 10 am CET) at www.improbable.com —— The 36th first annual Ig Nobel Prize ceremony will take place in Zurich Switzerland, in early September. <a href="https://improbable.com/the-36th-first-annual-ig-nobel-prize-ceremony/">https://improbable.com/the-36th-first-annual-ig-nobel-prize-ceremony/</a><br/> <img src="https://static.mstdn.science/media_attachments/files/116/555/469/241/415/229/original/f739ab8da1067473.jpg"> <br/> 2026-05-11T10:29:33Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsgdru5mpgsuc85f9aheangefxzxy3n553g7vky9jec75c3v45l55qzyqd82gu9euev3k923zucmfztxe0wa55hp9tt4rzgw4qgznu65hnj73jmen0 Techniques of Successful Con Men: Remember that it’s easier to extract money from an organization you control than from an organization controlled by other people.<br/>A Washington Post headline, on Feb 19, 2026, says: “After leaving WHO, Trump officials propose more expensive replacement to duplicate it — HHS proposes spending $2 billion a year to re-create systems the U.S. accessed through the WHO at a fraction of the cost, according to officials briefed on the matter.” <a href="https://improbablestuff.substack.com/p/con-men-work-with-organizations-that">https://improbablestuff.substack.com/p/con-men-work-with-organizations-that</a><br/> <img src="https://static.mstdn.science/media_attachments/files/116/548/923/662/053/775/original/a9935ab25c1b635a.jpg"> <br/> 2026-05-10T06:44:42Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsx4ddxsd06s7swxkd5q3thtrm72e4592fnvqctzzmz4hvtdjnnekgzyqd82gu9euev3k923zucmfztxe0wa55hp9tt4rzgw4qgznu65hnj7dq4f76 5 DAYS until Ig Nobel Prize Ceremony TICKETS go on sale (12 May 2026). improbable.com/the-36th-first-annual-ig-nobel-prize-ceremony/<br/> <img src="https://static.mstdn.science/media_attachments/files/116/531/960/959/650/999/original/ef3aeae4bd48f137.jpeg"> <br/> 2026-05-07T06:51:46Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs9uqp7r6vznfzuysxg8drpt72vz30jvdpz5dkfrajlsay9mva6mzgzyqd82gu9euev3k923zucmfztxe0wa55hp9tt4rzgw4qgznu65hnj77elcyh Ig Nobel Show at LUND UNIVERSITY, Sweden — TUESDAY, April 21, 2026, 3:30 pm (European Central Time). The tickets are all booked, but you can watch the live webcast <a href="https://www.lu.se/evenemang/ig-nobel-euro-tour-i-lund">https://www.lu.se/evenemang/ig-nobel-euro-tour-i-lund</a> 2026-04-20T19:16:18Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsrxz7j2dq33ux6srygyw6m3anwva0affgcxek2ms0smgd9nsgkknczyqd82gu9euev3k923zucmfztxe0wa55hp9tt4rzgw4qgznu65hnj7ufjuj6 Ig Nobel show at the UNIVERSITY OF DUISBERG-ESSEN, in ESSEN, GERMANY tonight, Friday, April 17! <a href="https://improbable.com/2026/04/16/a-serendipitous-ig-nobel-prize-gathering-and-chatfest/">https://improbable.com/2026/04/16/a-serendipitous-ig-nobel-prize-gathering-and-chatfest/</a> 2026-04-17T06:53:33Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs24puksaknjs2q6d3ccsecwtt28gcsllsv50uhvdgpg4z3rpht3nszyqd82gu9euev3k923zucmfztxe0wa55hp9tt4rzgw4qgznu65hnj79lwct5 Every Republican politician supports almost everything this man has done and is doing, including whatever this is: &#34;Tuesday will be Power Plant Day, and Bridge Day, all wrapped up in one, in Iran. There will be nothing like it!!! Open the Fuckin&#39; Strait, you crazy bastards, or you&#39;ll be living in Hell - JUST WATCH! Praise be to Allah. President DONALD J. TRUMP&#34; #EveryRepublicanPolitician<br/> <img src="https://static.mstdn.science/media_attachments/files/116/354/003/185/033/619/original/98390c6361c9f457.jpeg"> <br/> 2026-04-05T20:34:05Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsdmzycgwn2cewcaqa0c9ug0ghajksedd5wy40qwvd39f9d0tlp27czyqd82gu9euev3k923zucmfztxe0wa55hp9tt4rzgw4qgznu65hnj797r8cw RE: <a href="https://spore.social/@Victor/116310401027442498">https://spore.social/@Victor/116310401027442498</a><br/><br/>If they ever build a Donald Trump Presidential Library this is where the bricks will come from.<blockquote class="border-l-05rem border-l-strongpink border-solid"><div class="-ml-4 bg-gradient-to-r from-gray-100 dark:from-zinc-800 to-transparent mr-0 mt-0 mb-4 pl-4 pr-2 py-2">quoting <br/><span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Article"><a itemprop="url" href="/note1ctvnaks8q9494easdmatpj5yprp6f7fep7yc6s4qs34gqpr5yewq0l89p9" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1">note1ctv…89p9</a></span><br/> </div> Rock Springs’ new $20 million solar sludge-drying system will start drying out human waste year-round starting in the summer. #biosolids #wastewater #solar <a href="https://cowboystatedaily.com/2026/03/28/rock-springs-is-making-a-big-stink-about-its-solar-drying-facility-for-human-waste/">https://cowboystatedaily.com/2026/03/28/rock-springs-is-making-a-big-stink-about-its-solar-drying-facility-for-human-waste/</a> </blockquote> 2026-03-29T05:07:38Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsxat2xfw4q90vh6n6ywuk62t6jypha7zlmc5p3wc4e6qmajs6xadszyqd82gu9euev3k923zucmfztxe0wa55hp9tt4rzgw4qgznu65hnj7m5nwtm RE: <a href="https://mastodon.social/@coreyspowell/116270760514177310">https://mastodon.social/@coreyspowell/116270760514177310</a><br/><br/>Oh, con men say all sorts of things.<blockquote class="border-l-05rem border-l-strongpink border-solid"><div class="-ml-4 bg-gradient-to-r from-gray-100 dark:from-zinc-800 to-transparent mr-0 mt-0 mb-4 pl-4 pr-2 py-2">quoting <br/><span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Article"><a itemprop="url" href="/note1xftja6e5fku9jggdguar5e5rnen4r3yvthhhfn4fzsd77jzwglhsh0sph3" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1">note1xft…sph3</a></span><br/> </div> I keep seeing versions of this post, which imply a bizarre misunderstanding of how we know the world.<br/><br/>Do people imagine that if we'd never observed galaxies or neutrinos or exoplanets or the cosmic microwave background, we could have *imagined* these things & that would be just as real? <br/><br/>Or that we've magically reached the point, just now, where we no longer need to observe the world? <br/><br/>#science #nature #technology<br/> <img src="https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/116/270/756/846/200/929/original/e11140a40656132b.webp"> <br/> </blockquote> 2026-03-22T04:40:44Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsgj4k9lw2ynn2sh03muu0t3t8y2s3gdsgnss6pckm4gu3w4r7rvhczyqd82gu9euev3k923zucmfztxe0wa55hp9tt4rzgw4qgznu65hnj7dqky5j What’s this? Dueling lasers? Border Patrol uses one to try to shoot down something or other (reports vary as to what). Then the US military uses a laser to shoot down a Border Patrol drone. [The current crop of cabinet members seem to see anything and everything as being their personal toys — maybe they will they start shooting lasers at each other?] <a href="https://apnews.com/article/military-laser-border-drone-texas-airport-55aaab7093f7d6dd174f909f3875001c">https://apnews.com/article/military-laser-border-drone-texas-airport-55aaab7093f7d6dd174f909f3875001c</a> 2026-02-27T04:02:36Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsq4m6g02nkd3qmty5k6cnzqmwj2xnlxhfslhe5a7aywcd8q6a5rrczyqd82gu9euev3k923zucmfztxe0wa55hp9tt4rzgw4qgznu65hnj77m5nuz In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsw4l3tp4ft3e5v9lskxvet9hksetwpfv0w65l938w3len4vw76f9sunvdj7'>nevent1q…vdj7</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I didn’t know about it. Am curious to see how much it counteracts some of the general degradation they’ve “engineered” into things the past few years. 2026-02-27T03:55:30Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsf65f2au6rc3lrqktm7ukvxavgsc3eyuuy9c3jmh4exxx0wxw9kaszyqd82gu9euev3k923zucmfztxe0wa55hp9tt4rzgw4qgznu65hnj7q4jj2j &#39;Verbatim mode —— is the most powerful feature most people have never used. After any search, click Tools (just below the search bar), then the “All Results” dropdown, then select “Verbatim.” &#39; <a href="https://substack.com/home/post/p-188856309">https://substack.com/home/post/p-188856309</a> 2026-02-27T03:50:11Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs8u9jce2prsfvejhg6afgguzednz957tqw5dst4dryjmmmqrjehaczyqd82gu9euev3k923zucmfztxe0wa55hp9tt4rzgw4qgznu65hnj73sve63 &#34;This satirical counterpart to the Nobel Prizes rewards (real) mad scientists&#34; [Slate] <a href="https://www.slate.fr/sciences/prix-ig-nobel-travaux-recherches-edition-boston-loufoque-savants-fou-droles">https://www.slate.fr/sciences/prix-ig-nobel-travaux-recherches-edition-boston-loufoque-savants-fou-droles</a> 2026-02-22T17:14:00Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsrhlswgrq5wxwdcgez3kethdxx87rdzgamzxfw3mrdgmxwmf7sf0gzyqd82gu9euev3k923zucmfztxe0wa55hp9tt4rzgw4qgznu65hnj7wynxp2 The American Mathematical Society (AMS) published this tribute to Tom Lehrer <a href="https://www.ams.org/journals/notices/202602/noti3297/noti3297.html">https://www.ams.org/journals/notices/202602/noti3297/noti3297.html</a> 2026-01-20T23:48:14Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsgc7tc8lpyl2lgyz27nck3la77a53rp0nwjd53uj2pstf49npt44czyqd82gu9euev3k923zucmfztxe0wa55hp9tt4rzgw4qgznu65hnj7cnaksg The #Epstein files are still sitting there, illegally hidden from the public. <br/>Somebody (who could it be?) keeps stirring up lots of noisy trouble to distract from that fact. #EpsteinFiles 2026-01-14T20:39:07Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsg94uzsse9spg9nud0jr4xlkqndxfntrhzwymndlp6mlft2yr6ltqzyqd82gu9euev3k923zucmfztxe0wa55hp9tt4rzgw4qgznu65hnj7na242d The straight poop: “New study finds square feces may deliver information” <a href="https://improbable.com/2026/01/13/the-straight-poop-new-study-finds-square-feces-may-deliver-information/">https://improbable.com/2026/01/13/the-straight-poop-new-study-finds-square-feces-may-deliver-information/</a> 2026-01-13T14:10:08Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsdly22qc4gv6vwss9upmqflumq5mnc0pxxh7g8zkmgd0n0m4v9uyszyqd82gu9euev3k923zucmfztxe0wa55hp9tt4rzgw4qgznu65hnj7wz7qdc &#34;Techniques of Successful Con Men: Tell people that, by doing business with you, they will save money,&#34; A February 26, 2025 NBC News headline says: “Dozens of DOGE ‘receipts’ saved no money and killed contracts meant to boost efficiency — Many of the receipts published by Elon Musk’s DOGE aren’t receipts at all” <a href="https://improbablestuff.substack.com/p/con-men-be-frugal-f1c">https://improbablestuff.substack.com/p/con-men-be-frugal-f1c</a><br/> <img src="https://static.mstdn.science/media_attachments/files/115/797/732/709/111/564/original/f6c97d7f6784e83d.jpg"> <br/> 2025-12-28T14:47:17Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqswwel4uwqduqfzfk9hvuu0l7mupr4zduxzykvvuafg869wk5nca9szyqd82gu9euev3k923zucmfztxe0wa55hp9tt4rzgw4qgznu65hnj7004hgd In the USA, two little boys named Donald &amp; Stephen grew up to make their dream come true — their dream of building concentration camps — really big concentration camps — so Donald &amp; Stephen can kick out or maybe even kill lots &amp; lots of people. And almost every Republican senator &amp; Republican Congressman is helping Donald &amp; Stephen realize their dream. &#34;ICE documents reveal plan to hold 80,000 immigrants in warehouses&#34; [Washington Post headline] <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2025/12/24/ice-immigrants-detention-warehouses-deportation-trump/">https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2025/12/24/ice-immigrants-detention-warehouses-deportation-trump/</a> #ChristmasMiracle 2025-12-24T21:22:17Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqspm5lndvz3pcetxahmju95nn0vnyf348weafd2z432fkjdlmy464qzyqd82gu9euev3k923zucmfztxe0wa55hp9tt4rzgw4qgznu65hnj7e6sgm6 News for anyone who thinks biology is dull: &#34;Journey to the egg: How sperm navigate the path to fertilization&#34; <a href="https://knowablemagazine.org/content/article/living-world/2025/how-sperm-navigate-the-path-to-fertilization-of-egg">https://knowablemagazine.org/content/article/living-world/2025/how-sperm-navigate-the-path-to-fertilization-of-egg</a> 2025-12-23T13:57:19Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsf928msyqafvhcu6tkj4sy4nuzqlxyx04vg78hm24tkvwhy2ps2agzyqd82gu9euev3k923zucmfztxe0wa55hp9tt4rzgw4qgznu65hnj7e3kty7 I suggest that you avoid purchasing any products or services from #Adobe.<br/>I base this on my recent experience with Adobe, buyng an upgrade — that fails to run on my computer. There is (apparently) no way for a customer to talk or correspond with a human being at Adobe. Because I have no record of any (impossible) correspondence with any Adobe human, Adobe and my credit card company both decline to issue a refund. REPEAT: I suggest that you avoid purchasing any products or services from Adobe. 2025-12-22T17:19:07Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqst6n2elqxtf0xjplseznugjf5sstghmv59z0l0tshpzgg7hgau8wgzyqd82gu9euev3k923zucmfztxe0wa55hp9tt4rzgw4qgznu65hnj7a3yt8n Knowledge from dead fish and upside-down rhinoceroses <a href="https://improbable.com/2025/12/02/statistics-lessons-from-a-dead-salmon/">https://improbable.com/2025/12/02/statistics-lessons-from-a-dead-salmon/</a><br/> <img src="https://static.mstdn.science/media_attachments/files/115/650/154/099/616/604/original/6a12502ef773e1f3.jpeg"> <br/> 2025-12-02T13:16:57Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqstnzz2vs0t29eqvqrl2eh77c97vyju9p9vgnw65w9sw6zu0ej43lszyqd82gu9euev3k923zucmfztxe0wa55hp9tt4rzgw4qgznu65hnj75564fy Several Ig Nobel Prize winners will gather in #Paris on December 9 and 10, to discuss their work with each other and with audiences. TICKETS are available for the 9th. (Tix for the 10th will soon become available.) <a href="https://improbable.com/2025/11/30/ig-nobel-events-in-paris-december-9-and-10/">https://improbable.com/2025/11/30/ig-nobel-events-in-paris-december-9-and-10/</a><br/> <img src="https://static.mstdn.science/media_attachments/files/115/640/900/879/831/819/original/452771dfb20dd6eb.jpg"> <br/> 2025-11-30T22:03:09Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsgs5qjjm7p4qefzk2eylz07x85083xgkht0ke2y98mc8xuykf0wvszyqd82gu9euev3k923zucmfztxe0wa55hp9tt4rzgw4qgznu65hnj74n37vd Some of 2025’s most ambitious young men seem emblematic of the Trump/Epstein/Miller/Bannon/Vance era: &#34;Federal prosecutors say two Texas men plotted to take over a Haitian island, one going so far as joining the U.S. military to acquire training for an armed attack, with the goal of killing all the men and using the women and children for sex.” [ABC News report] <a href="https://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/federal-prosecutors-2-texas-men-made-plans-haitian-127769816">https://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/federal-prosecutors-2-texas-men-made-plans-haitian-127769816</a> 2025-11-25T23:53:12Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs8r2mtfegex5lfufrzr09vs3pgy5j3grpdtnwzsktqz5h0s6d4duqzyqd82gu9euev3k923zucmfztxe0wa55hp9tt4rzgw4qgznu65hnj7jqk689 &#34;AI is apparently replacing workers, but nobody appears to be able to prove it! ... To be clear, some people have lost jobs to AI, just not the [kinds of jobs] that the mainstream media and AI investors would have you believe.&#34; <a href="https://www.wheresyoured.at/the-case-against-generative-ai/?ref=ed-zitrons-wheres-your-ed-at-newsletter">https://www.wheresyoured.at/the-case-against-generative-ai/?ref=ed-zitrons-wheres-your-ed-at-newsletter</a> 2025-09-29T17:28:28Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsptcvgwxeed9ad5aaw552ehpn96c3khyyrrql3spa26w4t7ahfpegzyqd82gu9euev3k923zucmfztxe0wa55hp9tt4rzgw4qgznu65hnj7duwyqy The Added Difficulty of Producing the Ig Nobel Prize Ceremony in 2025 <a href="https://improbable.com/2025/09/19/the-added-difficulty-of-producing-the-ig-nobel-prize-ceremony-in-2025/">https://improbable.com/2025/09/19/the-added-difficulty-of-producing-the-ig-nobel-prize-ceremony-in-2025/</a><br/> <img src="https://static.mstdn.science/media_attachments/files/115/233/606/778/390/242/original/01cc02fcc3bc31ca.jpg"> <br/> 2025-09-19T23:43:00Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsdg4kactdn5pkjc22hrx2pk6sr265tju679v6s380wjnrr06m2mgczyqd82gu9euev3k923zucmfztxe0wa55hp9tt4rzgw4qgznu65hnj7pprlw4 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsqrz6ldad9fd5q4jyg0njg7fzge8qhgx2qtyue3gu757hw0suypnqk3z23p'>nevent1q…z23p</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Thus the accusation they will make: “He is unsuitable.&#34; 2025-08-25T22:43:38Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsddrykxnzyp47wgg2hf5v4tsvuaykqwaa8jram5980hmy4rg0dmkczyqd82gu9euev3k923zucmfztxe0wa55hp9tt4rzgw4qgznu65hnj7pvs4sq In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsw5dle5rw0gsfmtmt4vjrsr5wn9ssz4lkeugcuamy4c8624dfjlwse2xzj3'>nevent1q…xzj3</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Yup. I had the very same kind of experience the first time I went on national TV, and many times since. Most of them are careful to wear expensive-looking, authority-figure suits. Razsmatazz! 2025-08-25T16:52:44Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqspms7r8qjtel0exxddtvu8c85v27yqz0kz6p726g4xjpg5l7zlcjqzyqd82gu9euev3k923zucmfztxe0wa55hp9tt4rzgw4qgznu65hnj7u25p22 &#34;Key sections of the US Constitution deleted from government’s website” <a href="https://techcrunch.com/2025/08/06/key-sections-of-the-us-constitution-deleted-from-governments-website/">https://techcrunch.com/2025/08/06/key-sections-of-the-us-constitution-deleted-from-governments-website/</a> 2025-08-06T16:37:08Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsxzmtwr7lhhur0ulgq5mtpx9dum4kgfqwheu3jrcwfyj5dlwny5tgzyqd82gu9euev3k923zucmfztxe0wa55hp9tt4rzgw4qgznu65hnj7lnsw07 (Some of) Tom Lehrer’s influence <a href="https://improbable.com/2025/07/29/tom-lehrer-is-gone/">https://improbable.com/2025/07/29/tom-lehrer-is-gone/</a> 2025-07-29T17:12:21Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqszpykazjgp4ykd0x0cn0qan2n94znxkxljj9gv979lzrkx7shnk3qzyqd82gu9euev3k923zucmfztxe0wa55hp9tt4rzgw4qgznu65hnj70rykdl In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsfkr8pk5shqs8unzq6vg66v4wggrcav0vq9ef8yrshm5gl83r482c9ylklu'>nevent1q…lklu</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>QUESTION: How many of those “send me money” text messages (we all get them) are really from the people whose name is in the message? 2025-06-13T13:39:32Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsvvav03w9fuw2hawhqmgyqmen95k5xul5ev2k763t0lklpe6j9p6gzyqd82gu9euev3k923zucmfztxe0wa55hp9tt4rzgw4qgznu65hnj74fwy00 Map of NO KINGS DAY protests across the USA, Saturday, JUne 14, 2025 <a href="https://www.nokings.org/">https://www.nokings.org/</a> 2025-06-11T20:39:58Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqswlqq4qjqcj9maajs6n3spz36x097g660an27zkyzcejztcdq4w6szyqd82gu9euev3k923zucmfztxe0wa55hp9tt4rzgw4qgznu65hnj7s3a960 Techniques of Successful Con Men: When you have a product that no one needs or wants, arrange to sell your inventory to a customer who cannot say no to a special bargain. <a href="https://improbablestuff.substack.com/p/con-men-sell-in-bulk">https://improbablestuff.substack.com/p/con-men-sell-in-bulk</a><br/> <img src="https://static.mstdn.science/media_attachments/files/114/653/392/614/277/667/original/7743ee014217f062.jpg"> <br/> 2025-06-09T12:26:23Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsrau023pwkad89xk9c0x724kxe84klqw7nspcetnl2gdkhkucau8szyqd82gu9euev3k923zucmfztxe0wa55hp9tt4rzgw4qgznu65hnj73jdl60 MIGHTY MUSK — HERE HE COMES TO SAVE THE DAY: [Heather Cox Richardson writes:] &#34;Musk believes that humans must colonize Mars in order to become a multiplanetary species as insurance against the end of life on Earth.... Critics note that while it is true the sun is expanding, the change is not expected to affect the Earth for another 5 billion years.... Musk is trying to make Starlink dominate the Earth’s communications, a dominance that would give him enormous power” <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RgJ04ysCyyU">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RgJ04ysCyyU</a> 2025-05-08T13:37:38Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsywyjeh73ax70hajn2mks78en095g8lw37kz56l5wg0y8q5ts8zmczyqd82gu9euev3k923zucmfztxe0wa55hp9tt4rzgw4qgznu65hnj75390hg Ig Nobel Prizes talk today (Saturday, May 3) in the #SantaBarbara library, at 1:30 pm. Organized by CALPACS (California Los Padres Section of the American #Chemical Society), open free to the public. <a href="https://www.lospadresacs.org/marc-abrahams-on-humor-in-science/">https://www.lospadresacs.org/marc-abrahams-on-humor-in-science/</a> 2025-05-03T14:07:51Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsz5t7q7glvds3ej8a9ue0npjvpjn6sz0yaswehx3xg33gdtktm7pszyqd82gu9euev3k923zucmfztxe0wa55hp9tt4rzgw4qgznu65hnj7pk73l3 Today (Friday, May 2, 2025) Ig Nobel Prizes talk at #UCLA. 4:30 pm in Mathematical Sciences building, room 5200 #LosAngeles <a href="https://improbable.com/2025/04/21/2025-ig-nobel-events-in-southern-california-may-2-5/">https://improbable.com/2025/04/21/2025-ig-nobel-events-in-southern-california-may-2-5/</a> 2025-05-02T17:37:58Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsp7vv5f8vacxw02d07m6wrjde24cewg0vjyzn4t8eswttwdgkjzqszyqd82gu9euev3k923zucmfztxe0wa55hp9tt4rzgw4qgznu65hnj74fx260 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsgmq3eq3ft0ydx6zax46al4vtzlru3ccjek6kzqwtxtdn6ymd6t3qygej3s'>nevent1q…ej3s</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>You may be misunderestimating the man, no? 2025-04-03T22:48:39Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqszfxw3tp7gl009e0sjv09fj7fef09lcwja45dajm75h8ycc66pugszyqd82gu9euev3k923zucmfztxe0wa55hp9tt4rzgw4qgznu65hnj7g5hp28 We are living in the opening scenes of a Batman movie. The cartoonish villains are looting Gotham City, and are scheming to eliminate each other. (Batman is not yet on the the scene, or even on anyone&#39;s mind.) <a href="https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/december-27-2024">https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/december-27-2024</a> 2024-12-28T14:15:42Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsr9dahhdxslv9j8cxdk626kxjqtnwatj4yrkq7kcjjppftgysq2dgzyqd82gu9euev3k923zucmfztxe0wa55hp9tt4rzgw4qgznu65hnj74z0vz9 In the US medical insurance business, the notion of #woke is getting a whole new meaning: &#34;Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield Won’t Pay for the Complete Duration of Anesthesia for Patients’ Surgical Procedures&#34; <a href="https://www.asahq.org/about-asa/newsroom/news-releases/2024/11/anthem-blue-cross-blue-shield-will-not-pay-complete-duration-of-anesthesia-for-surgical-procedures">https://www.asahq.org/about-asa/newsroom/news-releases/2024/11/anthem-blue-cross-blue-shield-will-not-pay-complete-duration-of-anesthesia-for-surgical-procedures</a> 2024-12-04T21:51:25Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsthmf9v8qf6ds3rlnjlkskfd5ahthdat4rl4hsqd8yjz2fwhlftmszyqd82gu9euev3k923zucmfztxe0wa55hp9tt4rzgw4qgznu65hnj7lfyyag We live in a golden age of con men. &#34;New hijacking scam targets Elsevier, Springer Nature, and other major publishers&#34; <a href="https://retractionwatch.com/2024/11/25/exclusive-new-hijacking-scam-targets-elsevier-springer-nature-and-other-major-publishers/">https://retractionwatch.com/2024/11/25/exclusive-new-hijacking-scam-targets-elsevier-springer-nature-and-other-major-publishers/</a> 2024-11-25T23:01:36Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs07a2fkgu9hg5rsjz9v0pys3m25rfqdlj66m8zdenq8pca7g2nvvqzyqd82gu9euev3k923zucmfztxe0wa55hp9tt4rzgw4qgznu65hnj756du0h What an Australian biology study says about what owning a dog compared with owning a cat says about the owner [in my column this week in New Scientist] <a href="https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg26435121-700-are-dog-people-more-resilient-than-cat-people-apparently-so/">https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg26435121-700-are-dog-people-more-resilient-than-cat-people-apparently-so/</a> 2024-10-10T15:27:31Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsg2lgsw9tt8jygn9snwafnsjz35eul46fuwj0skkx5vu7lxrzquhqzyqd82gu9euev3k923zucmfztxe0wa55hp9tt4rzgw4qgznu65hnj70zsvfg The importance of the hat on a cat in a hat <a href="https://improbable.com/2024/09/26/the-importance-of-the-hat-on-a-cat-in-a-hat/">https://improbable.com/2024/09/26/the-importance-of-the-hat-on-a-cat-in-a-hat/</a> 2024-09-27T03:21:17Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs963ta5ves9z8cxu42h9qmc29yj8fl34zqdna9ucghecqvs3u276czyqd82gu9euev3k923zucmfztxe0wa55hp9tt4rzgw4qgznu65hnj7apw5xq In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsvf3nvnhtzxez7svxm4t9wpep50v9c898alcak0s5s8vrm8nzsmds9yakc4'>nevent1q…akc4</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Nooooooooooooooo. 2024-09-26T16:00:56Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsx92g5zuqdatvplx774famtd8raf2nfmw089gszgwn4p4dazrd2fgzyqd82gu9euev3k923zucmfztxe0wa55hp9tt4rzgw4qgznu65hnj7r246jv Every year, the new Ig Nobel Prize winners get a discerning and artistic look by the science and graphics teams at Dagens Nyheter, Sweden’s largest newspaper. <a href="https://improbable.com/2024/09/26/the-new-ig-nobel-prize-winners-a-view-from-stockholm/">https://improbable.com/2024/09/26/the-new-ig-nobel-prize-winners-a-view-from-stockholm/</a> 2024-09-26T15:21:14Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs0w323nexzr6xffpc26ncr78cgwnm26hggtg6gh0egtwweytjk0hqzyqd82gu9euev3k923zucmfztxe0wa55hp9tt4rzgw4qgznu65hnj7698cau Lipstick interacts with the human brain mostly in indirect ways. [my col in New Scientist] <a href="https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg26335081-600-good-news-for-those-whose-lipstick-isnt-as-soft-as-they-hoped/">https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg26335081-600-good-news-for-those-whose-lipstick-isnt-as-soft-as-they-hoped/</a> 2024-09-16T15:06:33Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsy5ajnwtlvwc7spmwh0jyvrdt5ntpdmv5xcgjw3tgghmz3chc34zszyqd82gu9euev3k923zucmfztxe0wa55hp9tt4rzgw4qgznu65hnj7ghq25s &#34;Okinawa in Japan is one of these zones. There was a Japanese government review in 2010, which found that 82% of the people aged over 100 in Japan turned out to be dead. The secret to living to 110 was, don’t register your death.&#34; <a href="https://theconversation.com/the-data-on-extreme-human-ageing-is-rotten-from-the-inside-out-ig-nobel-winner-saul-justin-newman-239023">https://theconversation.com/the-data-on-extreme-human-ageing-is-rotten-from-the-inside-out-ig-nobel-winner-saul-justin-newman-239023</a> 2024-09-15T10:30:54Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsyn7pr4pmegwmh5gx9l9vhzsfz589mk93klc56nqfdyjkq5cn7fjczyqd82gu9euev3k923zucmfztxe0wa55hp9tt4rzgw4qgznu65hnj7pxgxs7 Tomorrow: the Ig Nobel Prizes... <a href="https://improbable.com/2024/09/11/one-day-until-the-ig-nobel/">https://improbable.com/2024/09/11/one-day-until-the-ig-nobel/</a><br/> <img src="https://static.mstdn.science/media_attachments/files/113/119/506/821/793/511/original/29180d3166bf4548.png"> <br/> 2024-09-11T14:59:37Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqswcmgtgshpee7w8k94tcn9ewpzfm9flhak994fw5m60d4gc70389qzyqd82gu9euev3k923zucmfztxe0wa55hp9tt4rzgw4qgznu65hnj7t3n8y9 We live in a golden age of con men. <a href="https://apnews.com/article/trump-harris-election-2024-misinformation-451b4f6ebc4c82ac941521b9059500d8">https://apnews.com/article/trump-harris-election-2024-misinformation-451b4f6ebc4c82ac941521b9059500d8</a> 2024-09-10T16:37:53Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqswzs5ts6zt4upd94e8zel3932jvsleatqefcy7xr3097mqv939u7gzyqd82gu9euev3k923zucmfztxe0wa55hp9tt4rzgw4qgznu65hnj7zrxysg Two days until the Ig Nobel Prizes. <a href="https://improbable.com/2024/09/10/two-days-until-the-ig-nobel/">https://improbable.com/2024/09/10/two-days-until-the-ig-nobel/</a><br/> <img src="https://static.mstdn.science/media_attachments/files/113/113/706/740/434/621/original/7a76305c454d669a.png"> <br/> 2024-09-10T14:24:20Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsxegw3jsr26dfsx2swvqf79f597gs34hmksf5t0mr4x95t4k5cs2szyqd82gu9euev3k923zucmfztxe0wa55hp9tt4rzgw4qgznu65hnj72g3nw7 This is the first in a series of drawings by artist Becky Moon, about her favorite Ig Nobel Prize winners. Moon has been a scholar of the Ig Nobel Prizes since she was a teenager.<br/><br/>This one celebrates Ig Nobel Peace Prize that was awarded in the year 2000. <a href="https://improbable.com/2024/08/21/becky-moons-tribute-drawings-about-ig-nobel-prize-winners-bang/">https://improbable.com/2024/08/21/becky-moons-tribute-drawings-about-ig-nobel-prize-winners-bang/</a><br/> <img src="https://static.mstdn.science/media_attachments/files/113/003/525/409/593/875/original/743c70a68369afbe.jpeg"> <br/> 2024-08-22T03:23:08Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqstmfp2a7cd4pflzwegd6krzt89k6rhz7lkcqf70a92fe066qgw8egzyqd82gu9euev3k923zucmfztxe0wa55hp9tt4rzgw4qgznu65hnj7te3v9u Monday night, June 24: the biggest, most joyful celebration in Boston since the Celtics championship parade: Museum of Bad Art 30th Anniversary Celebration. <a href="https://www.wickedlocal.com/story/regional/2024/06/08/museum-of-bad-art-turns-30-boston-things-to-do/74011128007/">https://www.wickedlocal.com/story/regional/2024/06/08/museum-of-bad-art-turns-30-boston-things-to-do/74011128007/</a><br/> <img src="https://static.mstdn.science/media_attachments/files/112/667/271/985/083/994/original/ecb33fb39826a064.webp"> <br/> 2024-06-23T18:10:51Z