Here's a superb seasonal science Storyboard from our friends at @KnowableMag, with stories on everything from how snowflakes grow to why being a Grinch is bad for your health.

https://flipboard.com/@knowablemag/science-stories-for-the-holiday-season-t4qg7p5qa2i3j792

#Science #Christmas #Winter #Bears #Mistletoe #Champagne #Snowflakes

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I launched the Open Access Tracking Project (#OATP, @oatp) in 2009 and #TagTeam in 2011, and have run them ever since. In that time they've been widely used but seldom reviewed. This morning I was taken by surprise when I saw the lengthy review by Lilly Hoi Sze Ho.
https://katinamagazine.org/content/article/resource-reviews/2025/living-archive-open-access-movement-next-chapter

I was surprised mostly because I had no idea it was coming. (It's a review, and I understand why she didn't contact me first.) But it's also surprisingly positive, surprisingly detailed, and surprisingly accurate. Recommended.

It's true (as she reports) that I'm trying to pass both projects on to new hands.
https://bit.ly/TransferOATP

I can add the update that I might soon succeed. I'm talking now with several nonprofits whose names you'd recognize as major players in the world of #OpenAccess.

"One of Wiltschko’s favorite examples is the Canadian eh?  'If I tell you you have a new dog, I’m usually not telling you stuff you don’t know, so it’s weird for me to tell you,' she says. But 'You have a new dog, eh?' eliminates the weirdness by flagging the statement as news to the speaker, not the listener." —Bob Holmes for @KnowableMag

https://knowablemagazine.org/content/article/mind/2025/interjections-important-for-conversation-flow

#Language #Linguistics