Archive for Randall Munroe
the new PhD timeline
Posted in Books, Kids, University life with tags Department of Homeland Security, deportation, due process, Gaza war, ice, Massachusetts, PhD students, Randall Munroe, Rümeysa Öztürk, Somerville, student visa, Trump administration, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, USA, visa, visa revocation, xkcd on May 4, 2025 by xi'an
slow learning [xkcd]
Posted in Statistics with tags 1776, Arvid Högbom, CO2, greenhouse-gas emissions, industrial revolution, James Watt, Randall Munroe, Svante Arrhenius, webcomic, xkcd on April 14, 2024 by xi'an
US elections [xkcd repost]
Posted in Books, Kids, Travel with tags Donald Trump, Randall Munroe, US midterm elections, USA, vote, voting station, xkcd on November 6, 2018 by xi'an
Randall Munroe of xkcd has designed this massive map of the US elections with links to all candidates and random places that I first mistook for voting stations (this would have been great!, to highlight how would-be voters can be discouraged from voting in some districts), as well as a few hidden comics and places irrelevant for the elections. (Warning: The above is a static copy!) With the great subtext that to edit the map readers need to submit their ballot before on November 7th.
