On April 8th there will be a total eclipse visible to millions in the US. This diagram from a BBC News (UK) article about it should help to consolidate any confusion you might have about how total eclipses work.

From the Guardian today: 'It is about time the Oscars reward one of, if not the most, audacious films of the year.' Not syntactically correct, and surprisingly hard to make correct.

Academic publishers are upping their game in a big way these days. For example, OUP has very kindly awarded me this certificate, with a suggestion that I 'share my accomplishments' on social media, which I hereby do. Now to print it out, frame it, and put it up on my wall.

I'm struggling to process Jonathan Jones's passing claim in this article that 'Banksy's art isn't worth a fraction of a percent of the value it has acquired.' Just imagine his shock when he hears about money.

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This is (part of) one of the cheekier spam publishing emails I've received. I'm withholding the name of the organization in question as I don't want to give them any publicity.

PS Please nobody tell Bill Ackman about this.