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RedPen/BlackPen @redpenblackpen.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Who hasn't made this mistake at at least one conference?

Cartoon with a figure standing in a trench coat with hands on either side of the opening. They are saying "So. Which way to the flash talks?" The caption says "Due to a simple misunderstanding Dr. Red was never invited back to the conference"

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Jason McDermott @biodataganache.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

This is just to say... I have 'discovered' the protein that was in the phage and which you probably wanted to save for your thesis Forgive me it was uncharacterized so function and much AI

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RedPen/BlackPen @redpenblackpen.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Who hasn't made this mistake at at least one conference?

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Jason McDermott @biodataganache.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

'tis the season www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/its...

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RedPen/BlackPen @redpenblackpen.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

That's a nice paper you got there. It'd be a shame if anything .... happened to it

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RedPen/BlackPen @redpenblackpen.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

That's a nice paper you got there. It'd be a shame if anything .... happened to it

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RedPen/BlackPen @redpenblackpen.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

Todays substack on AI for paper writing - does it work? (spoiler: no, and you probably don't want it to either) open.substack.com/pub/redpenbl...

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RedPen/BlackPen @redpenblackpen.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

Tag yourself with your current location!

A map in the style of Tolkein titled 'The Map of Manuscript Earth'. This is something I'm calling 'artography' - and it lists lots of geographic locations on the way to submitting a (scientific) manuscript.

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RedPen/BlackPen @redpenblackpen.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Soooo.... did y'all get that this is calendar Tetris... or .... no?

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RedPen/BlackPen @redpenblackpen.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

It's weird to me that they are on the same street tho

A cartoon showing two buildings. The building on the left reads: Center for Advanced Scientific Research. The building on the right reads 'Institute of Remedial Science Studies'

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RedPen/BlackPen @redpenblackpen.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

No cap this is a niche pun.

Four panel cartoon with two figures talking to each other: p1, figure 1 'I was looking at the budget limits for that grant we're working on'; p2, figure 1 'It turns out there's no ceiling'; p3, figure 2 'No cap?'; p4, figure 1, 'Right. That's what it means'

No cap for grants means there's not limit on how much can be requested.
No cap is also slang for 'seriously?'
This pun is so niche you probably think it's about you. Don't you?

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RedPen/BlackPen @redpenblackpen.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

It's weird to me that they are on the same street tho

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Nick Sousanis @nsousanis.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

Ok, final teaser from my minicomic as syllabus for my new Comics in Ed course! This spread was, ummm, kind of dense! A lot going on, and it points to a lot of what we are going to do/cover along the way. It probably needs footnotes :) I'll finish & post the whole thing early next week. Stay tuned!

a spread from a minicomic syllabus. It's arranged on a mobius strip. The upper left to lower right talks about reading and analyzing comics. Lower left to upper right talks about making comics and studying comics terms. There is a lot going on on each twist of the strip, and then all the books we might draw on are in the negative space in the loops

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RedPen/BlackPen @redpenblackpen.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

Holy wow. I was just blown away by the truth of my own skeet form 6 months ago…. Waaaaaaait a minute, does this mean this is my life now?

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RedPen/BlackPen @redpenblackpen.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

I will say, it's soooo satisfying to see that entire day of meetings dissappear. Though as you progress in your career the meetings start coming faster and faster. Eventually they're gonna overflow to Saturday and it's game over.

Comic with multiple panels showing a calendar scheduling grid where Monday is an entire red block with one tiny sliver. A voice bubble is saying 'Wow your Monday meeting schedule looks like hell!' - the second panel a blue meeting on Friday flips around and another voice says 'Nah- watch this'. The blue meeting block (L-shaped) moves to Thursday with a 'plunk' - voice says 'Whaa?!' - then moves to the Monday block with a 'shoop'. The entire Monday block dissappears 'Shiiiing!' and all the remaining meetings move to the left. Voice says 'Problem solved!'

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Rob Haug @robhaug.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

At the end of my sabbatical year, I've gone from the Beautiful Fields of I Have Plenty of Time and This is Going to Be Easy, sailed the Sea of Other Responsibilities, had a long sojourn in Rabbit Hole Meadows, and arrived at the Desert of This is Never Going to Be Over and I'm Going to Die Here.

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turrigiano.bsky.social @turrigiano.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

I seem to be all over the map

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Dr. Rabbithole @drrabbithole.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

Always in Rabbit Hole Meadows, naturally!!!

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S.J. Pearce @homophonous.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

Current location (X), anticipated route, and destination marked.

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Ed Rybicki 🇿🇲🇿🇦🇬🇧🍷🚀 @edrybicki.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

…until you are observed, of course, and then the wave form collapses and you are stuck in one location.

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RedPen/BlackPen @redpenblackpen.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

Nay, it DEMANDS simultaneous co-location

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Travis Wheeler @wheelerlab.org · 16/08/2026

I'm already thinking about manuscripts while I'm in the shower, so it's not much of a jump.

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Travis Wheeler @wheelerlab.org · 16/08/2026

Do the physics of this planet allow an individual to be in many locations at the same time?

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Travis Wheeler @wheelerlab.org · 16/08/2026

lol

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Nirodha Weeraratne @nirodhaweeraratne.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

📍The Pit of Doom

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merryn @merryn02.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

Considering this sort of academic journey. Not sure that I really want to go to all of these places.

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Glendon Mellow @flyingtrilobite.com · 11/08/2026

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Shawn Prest @shawnprest.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

Stuck in some mud somewhere behind "The Prestigious Throne of Journal Acceptance"

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Angry Rutabaga @streamlass.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

Wandering about the 90% Finished Prairie waiting for my coauthors to stop getting distracted & actually read the thing. Send beer.

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Caitlin O’Brien @membranebiology.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

“Just one last figure” rockslide

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RedPen/BlackPen @redpenblackpen.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

Ah yes. You are lost in the 'Mountains of Hitting Refresh Waiting for the Journal' that lie beyond Submission Pass. They aren't quite visible on this map but if you pay the fee you'll be able to gaze on those lands as well... (not really, just riffing on the idea of a paywall - I should draw more)

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