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c0nc0rdance.bsky.social • 2 days ago

Amen. Randall using his voice like this is *wonderful*. XKCD forever.

Reposted from Randall Munroe

PhD Timeline xkcd.com/3081

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c0nc0rdance.bsky.social•2 days ago

Alt Text:
"US PhD Program Timeline starts with enrollment, then shows advisor meeting, research proposal, qualifying exams, research and write dissertation... then "submit dissertation" and "defend" are crossed, replaced by "get grabbed off the sidewalk outside your home by masked govt. agents"...

c0nc0rdance.bsky.social•2 days ago

... and "be whisked out of the state before a judge has time to intervene" and the final red ink arrow points at "????"

There's a side bar meant to show a gradual shift from coursework to research.

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babewiththepower.bsky.social•2 days ago

As Phil Plait pointed out, if you click through to the comic on his own site, there's an ALT pop up description onmouseover.

c0nc0rdance.bsky.social•2 days ago

But it doesn't appear to be an image description?

babewiththepower.bsky.social•2 days ago

No, it's an HTML alternate description. ALT on Bluesky and ALT in HTML being two different things. I was just pointing out that there's that too which people won't see unless they click through to his site.

padraigjd.bsky.social•2 days ago

Sickening that he has to use his voice in this way.

sdinpraxis.bsky.social•2 days ago

Oof!!! 😳
Horribly accurate.

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