carnivals
pharyngula | May 25, 2006Read and discuss:
I and the Bird #24 (illustrated!)
Skeptics' Circle #35 (hosted by a pseudo-Skeptico…or is it a pseudo-pseudo-Skeptico?)
Carnival of the Liberals #13
Or talk about anything you want. The pope's presence annihilates ice cream and tampons. Bill Frist really needs to take a shower before working in the Senate. What kind of penalties would be appropriate for Kenny Boy? I'm sure you can all think of something to talk about—I'm buckling down for a few hours to finish reviewing a paper.
pharyngula | May 24, 2006
The newest edition of the Tangled Bank is now up at Science and Politics .
pharyngula | May 18, 2006We have a few carnivals up today:
Animalcules 1.8
Carnival of Education #67
Note also that the Tangled Bank will be appearing at Science and Politics next Wednesday. It's time to start sending in links to Coturnix, me, or host@tangledbank.net.
pharyngula | May 11, 2006Flitting about as I have lately means I've been missing this, that and the other thing. So here's a quick summary.
Tuesday night I was at the Café Scientifique in Minneapolis, where UMM's Timna Wyckoff gave a talk on antibiotic resistance. It was terrific! Lots of good questions throughout, and a mob of conversation afterwards. This is exactly how these events are supposed to go.
I missed Michael Ruse's talk at the UM on Wednesday—I was somewhere in Wisconsin, with a dorm room packed into a car—but I have one email report that he was entertaining but extremely aggravating. Anyone else care to…
pharyngula | May 4, 2006
Another Tangled Bank is coming up next week at Science Notes. Send those links to science-related blog posts to Mona Albano, me, or host@tangledbank.net by Tuesday!
In the meantime, while you're waiting for the Tangled Bank, you can read these other fine carnivals.
Animalcules 1.7
Carnival of Education
This is an open thread. Chatter away!
pharyngula | May 1, 2006Hey, I'm back home again, and crawling through my mail. While I'm simultaneously trying to recover from a long, long drive, skim through a mountain of mail, and get caught up on essential grading (there are days I'm glad I have three brains), read Circus of the Spineless #8. I will be back in the blogging business sometime soon.
pharyngula | April 27, 2006This week's collection of carnivals:
Carnival of the Liberals #11
I and the Bird #22
Skeptics' Circle #33
Carnival of Education #64
Anyone else feel that it's a shame CoE hasn't hit #66 yet?
Otherwise, you got your open thread right here.
pharyngula | April 26, 2006
The latest edition of the Tangled Bank is coming straight to you from Coruscant…and the opening text is almost as long as the latest from Lucas, although fortunately it doesn't say anything about the trade federation and boring treaties.
pharyngula | April 20, 2006A few carnival announcements:
Carnival of the Animalcules
Carnival of Feminists
Carnival of Education
The next Tangled Bank will be held next Wednesday at The Inoculated Mind (yes, it's back up!). Send your submissions to karl AT inoculatedmind DOT com with "Tangled Bank Submission" in the subject line, or send it to me or host@tangledbank.net.
As always, carnival barking threads are also open threads—talk about what you will.
pharyngula | April 14, 2006Hey, does anybody know what's happened with The Inoculated Mind? They're scheduled to be the next host for the Tangled Bank, and the site seems to be down.
If that's your weblog, get in touch with me soon.
pharyngula | April 12, 2006
I received 45 submissions for this edition of The Carnival of the Liberals, and the carnival rules required me to select only a final ten. That was harsh; there were many excellent links sent in, and I struggled with the need to reject so many. Ultimately, I just had to let my own biases rule my decision, so if you sent in a submission and I didn't use it, it's nothing personal and it says nothing about a lack of quality in your work—it just means it didn't fit my narrow criteria for what I wanted to read this time around. As you'll see, I tend to promote godless secularism and grappling…
pharyngula | April 12, 2006A Carnival of Education is up! I don't know that the plague theme is entirely encouraging, but as we creep towards the end of the term, it feels like it is entirely appropriate.
Also, tomorrow is the Invasive Species Weblog's fourth birthday (I know, she's really, really old), and Jennifer Forman Orth is celebrating with a contest—send her a link to an invasive species-related post by midnight Thursday and you might just win a prize.
pharyngula | April 11, 2006
We have a new Tangled Bank up, and it's enough to make this old Seattle boy homesick—the premise is to bring up all these nice science links during a walking tour of the city. If only they did sell Tiktaalik at the Pike Place Market…
pharyngula | April 6, 2006Two carnivals under my purview are coming up next week, both on Wednesday, 12 April, so let's get rolling on bringing in exciting links.
The Tangled Bank will be held at Discovering Biology in a Digital World, under the care of Sandra Porter. Send links to interesting science writing to her, to me, or to host@tangledbank.net by Tuesday.
For the first time, I'm going to be hosting the Carnival of the Liberals. The hosting guidelines for this one are interesting: it's competitive. I'm only going to post what I think are the ten best submissions. You can guess what I like: uncompromising…
pharyngula | March 30, 2006Here are a few recent carnivals to peruse…
31st Skeptics' Circle
20th I & the Bird
7th Circus of the Spineless
…and otherwise, chat away about whatever.
pharyngula | March 29, 2006There's a new Carnival of the Liberals online, in which I am reminded that yours truly is hosting this one on 12 April. So, like, ummm, go read it, get some ideas, and start sending me links.
pharyngula | March 29, 2006
There's something else that's been going on for almost two years now: the Tangled Bank. And unlike creationist promises, it has delivered plenty of good, accessible science on a regular biweekly basis, and this week's edition at Island of Doubt is no exception.
pharyngula | March 23, 2006
Here you go, a few entries in the carnival genre, and your opportunity to say whatever you want.
Carnival of the Animalcules
Carnival of Education
The Tangled Bank is coming up next Wednesday—send links to me or James Hrynyshyn.