In response to your efforts to turn Pharyngula's domination of the virtual scienceblog world into a real world conquest, John Wilkins has suggested another strategy for organizing meetups: Facebook. There is a Scienceblogs Facebook group, which could be a useful tool for finding people in your region. There is also a Pharyngula Facebook group and a PZ Myers for World President Facebook group (shouldn't that be "PZ Myers for Galactic Overlord"?)
So there we go, another mechanism for finding each other.
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No. Richard Ballinger Seaton is Galactic Overlord, and Marc C. Duquesne has decided to let him have the job.
fusilier, SMOF, jg (ret.)
James 2:24
This is all beginning to sound like Trekkie-dom what with fan conventions starting up. What's next - Pharyngula: The Movie, Pharyngula II: The Wrath of Tard...?
Well someone else suggested it in the backchannels, but I stole it.
Incidentally, I've tagged you with a meme.
I, for one, welcome our Cephalapodian Overlords.
For the fiber-arts practitioners amongst us, there's also the "Pharyngula Phan Klub" group on Ravelry - a small, quiet little group, but we're there. Someday soon we will even have our own knitted squid mascot...
You have to run for Galactic Overlord?
I'm confused -- why would you want to be Galactic Overlord when you're already Grand Caliph of the Multiverse. Wouldn't that constitute a demotion?
Don't you have to currently be enrolled in an educational institution to get a Facebook account and wouldn't that be ignoring most of the world population? I just don't get Facebook.
Only the Galaxy? I thought you would at least aim for Supreme Overlord of the Universe!
"PZ Myers for Galactic Overlord"?
I can already see the Campaign Slogan: So long; thanks for all the squid!
Like Carl in comment #4 above, I am interested in learning whether there are other readers of these blogs in my area but I am quite leery about associating with Facebook. (I am so old and unhip that I never looked at Facebook until yesterday, when a couple of Pharyngula posters started directing other readers to look there.) It seems that you cannot look at anything in Facebook until you have first given Facebook your own personal information. Are they trustworthy in terms of privacy, or will we all end up receiving previously unheard-of volumes of spam etc. if we sign on with Facebook? Wasn't there recently some controversy about the lack of any reasonable opportunity to disengage from these networking sites if one is dissatisfied? Or is there nothing to worry about?
I don't use Facebook, period. Plus they block it at work.
the facebook group looks like a graveyard in terms of forum activity, although there are a few hundred members...
for what it is worth, i started a thread for a NJ/NY meetup
We're even on Ravelry?!
See you there...
Speedwell wrote "I don't use Facebook, period. Plus they block it at work."
Same for me (well, not the work part); which is why I suggested going through the "Nexus" section at http://www.skepticforum.com/index.php
(I'm cross-posting this from the "What A Strange Phenomenon..." thread:)
Bho, pyrogirl, ChemBob, and Faithful Reader,
How about a meet-up for us and other Michiganders in Ann Arbor? The Arbor Brewing Company is a nice microbrewery with large tables and a pleasant vibe.
If you're interested in a meet-up, email me at
pathat 32 at hotmail dot com.
Here ya go, Boston!
The Dark Lord Myers...from the land of Morris where the shadows lie.
I'm waiting for the PZ Myers Action Figure.
I expect it to fit right in with my My Dinner With Andre Action Playset (very old SNL reference there).
Except, perhaps, for when you push the button -- and the tentacles spring out.
I finally joined Facebook some months ago. You can edit your preferences and tell it not to email you any notifications. Also, you only need to have an email address. If you're worried about any other spam coming through because of signing up, I suggest a gmail account. Not a single piece of spam has made it through to my inbox since I joined gmail. You can also manage many other email addresses through it, (though not hotmail, the bastards).
I too started a Toronto specific meet-up thread.
Cheers
Kimbits
Arvind - YEAH! The NY/NJ contingent has finally shown up. I was too busy to post yesterday. Work blocks Facebook, so I'll have to look for your group when I get home. Dawn (in NJ....)
Speaking of world presidents and galactic overlords: the poll at my e-mail provider keeps going. Most of the so far 50859 respondents are Germans, so the results are probably representative of Old Europe. Results so far:
No comment necessary.
LOL!
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Damn, I was excited to see PZ mentioned my Facebook group, only to realize it needs updating. Oh well, we can work one step at a time I guess.
Speaking of world presidents and galactic overlords: the poll at my e-mail provider keeps going. Most of the so far 50859 respondents are Germans, so the results are probably representative of Old Europe. Results so far:
No comment necessary.
LOL!