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Tag: cattle

  • Image representing post: How to explain academic publishing to a five year old

    How to explain academic publishing to a five year old

    Ned Potter tweeted earlier this month about the importance of open access, using a comedic analogy about cows. Dan identifies as a goat.

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    • Repost
    • posted 25 January, 2020
  • Howdymattic Outtakes

    Howdymattic Outtakes

    Did Dan's Howdymattic video from yesterday look slick? That's the illusion of video editing for you. Here's the outtakes.

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    • 1 comment
    • posted 18 October, 2019
  • Lindsey Cole is swimming part of the River Thames to raise awareness of single-use plastic

    Drowning cow saved by 'mermaid' on 200-mile swim


    A drowning cow was rescued from a river by a passing "mermaid" on a 200-mile swim of the Thames.
    Lindsey Cole splashed into the river in a wetsuit, tail and hat at Lechlade, Gloucestershire, on Friday. She is raising awareness of the environmental effects of single-use plastic.

    As she passed through Oxfordshire on Sunday, she โ€ฆ

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    • Repost
    • posted 7 November, 2018
  • Cow brought up as a dog

    Mikey: the awesome cow who thinks she's a dog [x-post from /r/pics]

    AltCow brought up as a dog

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    • Repost
    • posted 11 February, 2013
  • Cow and dolphin

    Silly cow. You do not belong here.

    AltCow and dolphin

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    • posted 30 January, 2013
  • Long-tongued cow.

    Long tongue! [x-post /r/funny]

    AltLong-tongued cow.

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    • Repost
    • posted 16 November, 2012
  • Highland cattle

    You tak' the high road and Ah'll tak' the low road, and Ah'll get to the barn afore ye.

    AltHighland cattle

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    • posted 27 March, 2012
  • Image representing post: Jedward and the Aurochs

    Jedward and the Aurochs

    What a load of bull. Dan compares music by teen pop sensation Jedward with efforts to recreate extinct species of cattle, muses on the philosophy of identification, and pokes fun at Freddie Mercury. Moo!

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    • Article
    • 1 comment
    • posted 1 March, 2011

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