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editor of Annals of Improbable Research, organizer of the Ig Nobel Prize ceremony. I write about research (and other stuff) that makes people LAUGH then THINK. https:// improbable.com/whatis/about-ma rc-abrahams/

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editor of Annals of Improbable Research, organizer of the Ig Nobel Prize ceremony. I write about research (and other stuff) that makes people LAUGH then THINK. https:// improbable.com/whatis/about-ma rc-abrahams/

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@MarcAbrahams@mstdn.science · 5d ago

Big stwong man and big stwong man’s liddle stwong man wanna pwoove they are weally, weally tough. https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/march-13-2026

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editor of Annals of Improbable Research, organizer of the Ig Nobel Prize ceremony. I write about research (and other stuff) that makes people LAUGH then THINK. https:// improbable.com/whatis/about-ma rc-abrahams/

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@MarcAbrahams@mstdn.science · 6d ago

Update on the USA’s Festival of Looting & Destruction https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/march-12-2026

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@MarcAbrahams@mstdn.science · Mar 12, 2026

A reminder that Upasana Sarraju’s new book called Unruly: The Ig Nobel Prizes and The Science That Refuses to Behave dives into, swims and surfs through a universe (our universe, in fact) full of unexpected science. [Yes, the book is a little bit about me, so I am highly biased. But Upasana has made something that's Upasanaistically grippingly thoughtful and thought-provoking (and also fun). ] https://www.penguin.co.in/book/unruly/

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editor of Annals of Improbable Research, organizer of the Ig Nobel Prize ceremony. I write about research (and other stuff) that makes people LAUGH then THINK. https:// improbable.com/whatis/about-ma rc-abrahams/

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@MarcAbrahams@mstdn.science · Mar 12, 2026

RE: @drawnonglass@wandering.shop

Oh, yes, we will livestream the 36th First Annual Ig Nobel Prize ceremony, continuing the livestreaming tradition we began in 1995.

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@MarcAbrahams@mstdn.science · Mar 11, 2026

And from the Swiss point of view: https://www.nzz.ch/panorama/wegen-trump-die-satirischen-ig-nobel-preise-werden-neu-in-zuerich-verliehen-ld.1928615

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@MarcAbrahams@mstdn.science · Mar 11, 2026

"After 35 years, Ig Nobel ceremony to leave the U.S. — Finances and Trump policies underlaid the decision to move the satirical science event to Switzerland" [Science] https://www.science.org/content/article/after-35-years-ig-nobel-ceremony-leave-u-s

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@MarcAbrahams@mstdn.science · Mar 11, 2026

Daily repetitive questions: (1) Where are the illegally withheld EPSTEIN FILES? (2) What country will Trump announce today that he will attack next?

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@MarcAbrahams@mstdn.science · Mar 11, 2026

RE: @servelan@newsie.social

DOGE lives up to its billing: You’ve got to admit that that’s an *efficient* way to steal things.

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@MarcAbrahams@mstdn.science · Mar 10, 2026

The Ig Nobel Prize Ceremony Is Moving to Europe (after 35 years in the USA) https://improbable.com/2026/03/10/the-ig-nobel-prize-ceremony-is-moving-to-europe-after-35-years-in-the-usa/

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@MarcAbrahams@mstdn.science · Mar 09, 2026

Major news orgs keep running big headlines that consist of "Trump Says ________", as if he is telling the truth. This is a man who has been celebrated for nearly 50 years for being an entertaining, buffoonish liar. #ConfuseThePublic

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RE: https://mstdn.science/@MarcAbrahams/115888187533129347 Does this mean that wombats talk shit?

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@MarcAbrahams@mstdn.science · Jan 13, 2026

@cstross@wandering.shop Many kinds of animals learn skills from watching humans.

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@MarcAbrahams@mstdn.science · Dec 22, 2025

I suggest that you avoid purchasing any products or services from #Adobe. I base this on my recent experience with Adobe, buyng an upgrade — that fails to run on my computer. There is (apparently) no way for a customer to talk or correspond with a human being at Adobe. Because I have no record of any (impossible) correspondence with any Adobe human, Adobe and my credit card company both decline to issue a refund. REPEAT: I suggest that you avoid purchasing any products or services from Adobe.

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