My latest @newscientist.com cartoon
New Scientist (@newscientist.com)

The best place to find out what’s new in science – and why it matters.

Bluesky Social

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Trump voice:
We collected some samples… beautiful samples… some say the best samples ever collected! In fact, I collected them… but I never get the credit…

@87Barner @tomgauld.bsky.social

JD added: He does the best job, but they never even say Thank You!

@tomgauld.bsky.social Collected and tested the purest sample yet; prepare for unforeseen consequences. ~ #HalfLife voice

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AI Voice:

"Samples of unobtainium were collected by a thousand monkeys in February, the. They were tested by guinea pigs in Marbruary."

@tomgauld.bsky.social petition to have all scientific papers be written in either passive-aggressive or conspiracy voice from now on 😂
@misjavanlaatum @tomgauld.bsky.social
After the third round of reviewer edits, believe me the voice becomes plenty passive-aggressive.

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YouTube voice:

Whatcha gonna wanna do is,
your gonna wanna go ahead and, like, collect, like samples,
then,
whatcha gonna wanna do is, like,
your gonna wanna go ahead and, like, go ahead and test the samples

@tomgauld.bsky.social Now I'm going to write everything in haiku style
@tomgauld.bsky.social Calm reflection. All facts set on the table. A saner world.
@tomgauld.bsky.social Voice in the wilderness
e.g.
Lo, the results of our research are in. Heed ye the abstract. Dismiss not the call to action stated implicitly in the conclusion.
@tomgauld.bsky.social Boffins say: spectacular samples gathered. No testing needed. Evidence is clear.
@tomgauld.bsky.social great, but I think you forgot to put quotation marks around the word "scientists" in the "conspiracy voice" one

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“Collected samples, our team did. Tested, those samples were.” — Yoda voice, it is.

@tomgauld.bsky.social my third time reading this today and it's still funny
@tomgauld.bsky.social The top right panel feels more active-aggressive 

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« we collected some samples and cancer may have been cured »
journalist voice