Mark Ware

Cyclist, consultant, analyst, researcher, writer covering scholarly communications & Scientific, Technical & Medical (STM) publishing and information markets

[Mark Ware @mrkwr]

@guyware well mind you, three of us were!

plus, advice seems a bit pointless when you consider the physiological effect of violent trauma on the bladder/guts …

[Mark Ware @mrkwr]

punchline to the old Round the Horn joke, What are those for, Daddy?

[Marc-André Hamelin @MarcAndreHam]

‘FOUR’?!?!?!?!?!?

[Assaad Razzouk @AssaadRazzouk]

This Christmas, after a trying year packed with wars, migrations, inflation, cost of living crises and a worsening climate emergency, a reminder of what the Nativity Scene looks like without migrants, minorities, Jews, Arabs, Semites, Africans and refugees

#MerryChristmas all

[Mark Ware @mrkwr]

you’ve been watching that tractor porn again, haven’t you?

[Mark Ware @mrkwr]

signed the petition "Stop Bristol Central library being moved"

goal is to reach 2,500 signatures and we need more support. You can read more and sign the petition here:

https://t.co/yu7OKniXjs

[Mark Ware @mrkwr]

@FocusBarry Same reason teashops can’t make (decent) coffee?

[Mark Ware @mrkwr]

Crikey, what was in those chocolates?

[Mark Ware @mrkwr]

@ware_anne @guyware not too late to get Bill Nighy?

[Mark Ware @mrkwr]

Mind truly blown, amazing concert! Shame it didn’t get a bigger audience – scheduling at 6pm on wet Sunday night can’t have helped

Scriabin Piano Sonatas | St George's Bristol https://t.co/m89Wv5IUPl

[Mark Ware @mrkwr]

Just say no

[Assaad Razzouk @AssaadRazzouk]

Luxury cruises are punctured garbage bins on water
>47 cruise ships emit 10 times more sulphur dioxide in European waters (2017 data) than all of Europe’s 260m cars combined
>That's just 1 of 3 air pollutants discharged from the ships’ smokestacks

And it gets worse

THREAD

[Mark Ware @mrkwr]

Oh yes

[Ethan Mollick @emollick]

I'd argue that Google Scholar plays a critical role in modern research. It is free, and it absolutely crushes every other scholarly search engine, including specialized ones 👇

Though it is a bit scary that it seems to be a tiny team & it exists only by the charity of Google...

[Stephen Moss @StephenMossGdn]

I'm proud to live in a country where a Wykehamist can become prime minister. It was starting to look like an Eton stitch-up

[Mark Ware @mrkwr]

amazing concert so far (half time scores)

[Mark Ware @mrkwr]

Oof, kind of wish I hadn’t read this: The gathering crisis - Charlie's Diary https://t.co/hzpLOMNjDu

[Mark Ware @mrkwr]

The Secret Art of the Family Photo https://t.co/n2IRGvRQte via @instapaper

[Mark Ware @mrkwr]

That’s Liz Truss, right?

[Marc-André Hamelin @MarcAndreHam]

This is a parody, right? RIGHT?!?!?

[alan rusbridger @arusbridger]

What does 148 mean?

[forest fr1ends @forest_fr1ends]

- neil, who’s john deere?
- just some guy i met on Grindr, i promise.
- he’d better be. if i catch you wanking to tractors again i’ll cut your dick off…