sbarolo

@sbarolo@zirk.us

Personal account. I’m a PhD program director & development biology prof at a large Great Lakes university. White guy, #HearingImpaired #HardOfHearing #HoH. #AmWriting a Regency romcom novel—wish me luck.
#books, #PhD training, justice & equity in #academia/STEM, #JaneAusten, #romance, jokes, games, music, #DevBio, #GradSchool, #9ReplyGuys.
Pride & Prejudice livetoots: #TootJane.
Latest poll tournament for charity: #FontBracket
Octopus art: Lindsey Leigh

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sbarolo, to bookstodon

Elizabeth: pointed comment
Darcy: haughty riposte
Elizabeth: bewitching rebuke
Darcy: subtly admiring comeback
Caroline Bingley: WHO WANTS CHEESE BALLS

@bookstodon #romancelandia

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CATHERINE MORLAND: hello Mr Tilney! Why have you returned to Bath early—
MR TINLEY: Northanger Abbey's haunted
CATHERINE: what?
TILNEY: loading a pistol and climbing back in the carriage Northanger Abbey's haunted

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@kissane@mas.to avatar

This book review is going to give me nightmares for the rest of my life

https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/journal-of-chinese-history/article/was-there-an-administrative-revolution/AD2E74A82073AAEAA5105E946BA17823#fn23

(via Ted McCormick on Bsky)

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@kissane “This review will unfold in four parts.” [cracks knuckles]

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We did it! The is over, and the medalists' podium looks like this:

🥇 Garamond
🥈 Verdana
🥉 Cooper
💐 Papyrus

Bracketeers donated USD$2,262 to great charities, and pledged to give $765 to the causes chosen by top-scoring bracketeers.

Let's see the scores: 🧵

sbarolo,

In 21st place with 44 points:

Maria "Optima" Langer @mlanger, who gave to World Central Kitchen https://wck.org/

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TOP 20 BRACKETEERS

In 20th place with 45 points: "Brizel" Leelu5

Tied for 17th place with 47 points:
Mariam "Myriad Pro" Aly @mariam, who gave to https://projectsouth.org/

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Tied for 17th place with 47 points:

Jessica "Helvetica" Tollkuhn @tollkuhn, who donated to 'Āina Momona https://www.kaainamomona.org/

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In 16th place with 51 points:

Steve "Futura" Shea @neuroshea.bsky.social, who gave to Parkinson's Foundation https://www.parkinson.org/

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In 15th place with 53 points:

"Palatino" Mullinski @choroidlab.bsky.social, who donated to https://www.newlifekahuku.com (listed on Barrack's web page)

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In 14th place with 54 points:

Sue "Optima" Wainscott @EriogonumDarwin, who gave to https://www.donorschoose.org/project/hands-on-learning/7354422/
Sue is tied for the most matches predicted correctly (36/64)!

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In 13th place with 57 points:

Shiloh "Inconsolata" Drake @snd1101, who gave to Hawaii Community Foundation - Maui Strong: https://www.hawaiicommunityfoundation.org/maui-strong

In 12th place with 58 points: Joe "Helvetica" Mulvaney @thats

sbarolo,

next up: THE TOP TEN BRACKETEERS

If you pledged to donate to one of the top-scoring bracketeers' chosen charities: here we go!

Mastodonian pledgers include:

@nabroderick
@kanderson
@mariam
@LauraMcKnight
@LK_Sass
@sciolato
@mjsutterer
@WestSeattleBill
@mlanger
@DrFerrous
@tollkuhn
@stevegis_ssg
@thats
@sbarolo
@writerethink
@belehaa
@ajaxbits
@cherdt

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Tied for 10th place with 59 points:

Andrew "Helvetica" Harned, who donated to https://www.gofundme.com/f/sarkomtour-2023

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Tied for 10th place with 59 points:

Laura "Bookerly" McKnight @LauraMcKnight, who donated to Planned Parenthood https://www.plannedparenthood.org/

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In 9th place with 62 points:

Susan "Tahoma" Holmes @sherlockpholmes.bsky.social, who donated to World Central Kitchen: https://wck.org/

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In 8th place with 63 points:

Dr Becca "Futura" @docbecca.bsky.social, who donated to https://www.donorschoose.org/project/donate-supplies-to-my-23-24-classroom/7609693/?givingCartId=19074397

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In 7th place with 68 points:

"Century Gothic" writerethink @writerethink, who donated to https://foodlinkny.org/

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In 6th place with 72 points:

Brittany "Avenir" Sutherland @sutherlandbl.bsky.social, who donated to ‘Āina Momona - Emergency Aid to Maui Families, https://secure.actblue.com/donate/helpmauifamilies

Brittany is the highest-scoring bracketeer to not predict the champion.

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THE TOP FIVE BRACKETS

In 5th place with 90 points:

Beth "Garamond" Haas @belehaa, who donated to Johnson Park Center https://www.johnsonparkcenter.org/make-a-donation/

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In 4th place with 94 points:

"Garamond" Alex @ajaxbits, who donated to Lighthouse Foundation of Chicagoland https://www.lightfoundchi.org/

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THE MEDALISTS' PODIUM

In third place, with 95 points:

🥉 My "brain bracket" @sbarolo — I donated to the Equal Justice Initiative https://eji.org/

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THE MEDALISTS' PODIUM

In second place, with 96 points:

@shrewshrew, who beat me by 1 point juuuuuust to bug me. Shrew donated to Hawai'i Food Bank https://hawaiifoodbank.org/ and Aloha United Way https://www.auw.org/

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THE MEDALISTS' PODIUM

And the winner, in first place with 106 points, 10 more than anybody else:

Lisa "Garamond" Sass @LK_Sass, who donated to Camp Kita https://www.thekitacenter.org/.

Congratulations Lisa, and thanks for playing, everyone! 💐

sbarolo,

For the curious, I've listed which font was preferred by Mastodonians vs. Blueskies, in every match where they differed.

Great game everyone! What kind of bracket should we do next time?

sbarolo,

@TorbjornBjorkman the answer is Lobster. resolved

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