It's my birthday, and so far this morning a paper accepted and some grant funding for an NGO I work with confirmed. I'll take it!

But also, what Paul Simon says: https://youtu.be/gOd5E0HPNSs

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The paper, by the way, was rejected by 4 (or was it 5?) journals before finding a home. Score one for the Tubthumping strategy: https://scientistseessquirrel.wordpress.com/2017/05/01/persistence-in-publishing-the-tubthumping-strategy/
Persistence in publishing: the Tubthumping strategy

Image: Asim Saeed via flickr.com CC-BY-2.0  This is a joint post by Steve Heard and Andrew Hendry (crossposted here on Andrew’s blog).  Another week, another rejection, right?  If you’ve been in sc…

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@StephenBHeard Belated birthday wishes! Please enjoy some proto-disco ;)
https://youtu.be/9f4CyQto-0E?si=k3mZh_L7f1ufnYIp
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@theorecol Nice! Thank you. Her reference to Mr. Big Stuff wearing "all those fancy clothes" made it abundantly clear that I am not Mr. Big Stuff (phew)🤣