<![CDATA[I wrote an April Fool's Day paper about spherical cows https://arxiv.org/pdf/2603.29324, but let me introduce you to my spherical goat]]>I wrote an April Fool's Day paper about spherical cows https://arxiv.org/pdf/2603.29324, but let me introduce you to my spherical goat

is at 6 days!

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Nyuk!

> a complete lack of funding to do this calculation carefully enough for submission to a peer-reviewed journal

More Nyuks forthcoming as I find
them!

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.sdf.org/users/bobjonkman/statuses/116409633895390780https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.sdf.org/users/bobjonkman/statuses/116409633895390780Wed, 15 Apr 2026 16:20:48 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I wrote an April Fool's Day paper about spherical cows https://arxiv.org/pdf/2603.29324, but let me introduce you to my spherical goat on Sat, 11 Apr 2026 15:40:07 GMT]]>@sundogplanets Love the Great Pyrenees in the background.

[Full Disclosure: I have two of these glorious beasts.]

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/Saltybananie/statuses/116386824684029688https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/Saltybananie/statuses/116386824684029688Sat, 11 Apr 2026 15:40:07 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I wrote an April Fool's Day paper about spherical cows https://arxiv.org/pdf/2603.29324, but let me introduce you to my spherical goat on Sat, 11 Apr 2026 05:38:48 GMT]]>@sundogplanets
I like these two goats on the right.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://muenchen.social/users/hundhamm/statuses/116384460233087261https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://muenchen.social/users/hundhamm/statuses/116384460233087261Sat, 11 Apr 2026 05:38:48 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I wrote an April Fool's Day paper about spherical cows https://arxiv.org/pdf/2603.29324, but let me introduce you to my spherical goat on Sat, 11 Apr 2026 05:38:48 GMT]]>@sundogplanets I love EVERYTHING about this photo.

There is also someone poopin in the general direction of the cameraperson but I ran out of picture slots in the post.

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That's a happy-looking crew!

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/oldclumsy_nowmad/statuses/116384033824070218https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/oldclumsy_nowmad/statuses/116384033824070218Sat, 11 Apr 2026 03:50:22 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I wrote an April Fool's Day paper about spherical cows https://arxiv.org/pdf/2603.29324, but let me introduce you to my spherical goat on Sat, 11 Apr 2026 02:23:37 GMT]]>@michael_w_busch Should have referenced this one!

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/sundogplanets/statuses/116383692740143857https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/sundogplanets/statuses/116383692740143857Sat, 11 Apr 2026 02:23:37 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I wrote an April Fool's Day paper about spherical cows https://arxiv.org/pdf/2603.29324, but let me introduce you to my spherical goat on Sat, 11 Apr 2026 02:21:29 GMT]]>@sundogplanets do you have any idea how happy this paper makes me 😊

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mstdn.ca/users/teledyn/statuses/116383684334354175https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mstdn.ca/users/teledyn/statuses/116383684334354175Sat, 11 Apr 2026 02:21:29 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I wrote an April Fool's Day paper about spherical cows https://arxiv.org/pdf/2603.29324, but let me introduce you to my spherical goat on Sat, 11 Apr 2026 01:52:08 GMT]]>@davidtheeviloverlord "The little dog laughed to see such fun, and the cow was shaped like the moon..." @sundogplanets

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://thecanadian.social/users/Plumbert/statuses/116383568897536757https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://thecanadian.social/users/Plumbert/statuses/116383568897536757Sat, 11 Apr 2026 01:52:08 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I wrote an April Fool's Day paper about spherical cows https://arxiv.org/pdf/2603.29324, but let me introduce you to my spherical goat on Sat, 11 Apr 2026 01:25:42 GMT]]>@sundogplanets

Actually, I might have to use that. I've been rewriting nursery rhymes for my comic fantasy novels. Surely I can fit a round cow or two in there.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/davidtheeviloverlord/statuses/116383464983480882https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/davidtheeviloverlord/statuses/116383464983480882Sat, 11 Apr 2026 01:25:42 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I wrote an April Fool's Day paper about spherical cows https://arxiv.org/pdf/2603.29324, but let me introduce you to my spherical goat on Sat, 11 Apr 2026 00:11:23 GMT]]>@sundogplanets

You had seen this one, I assume.

Lehmann 2026, "Higher multipoles of the cow" - https://pubs.aip.org/aapt/ajp/article/94/4/264/3383703/Higher-multipoles-of-the-cow

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.online/users/michael_w_busch/statuses/116383172727650582https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.online/users/michael_w_busch/statuses/116383172727650582Sat, 11 Apr 2026 00:11:23 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I wrote an April Fool's Day paper about spherical cows https://arxiv.org/pdf/2603.29324, but let me introduce you to my spherical goat on Fri, 10 Apr 2026 23:48:54 GMT]]>@sundogplanets amazingly round!

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://burnthis.town/users/Kiloku/statuses/116383084366356664https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://burnthis.town/users/Kiloku/statuses/116383084366356664Fri, 10 Apr 2026 23:48:54 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I wrote an April Fool's Day paper about spherical cows https://arxiv.org/pdf/2603.29324, but let me introduce you to my spherical goat on Fri, 10 Apr 2026 23:21:09 GMT]]>@sundogplanets

I hope the phrase "How now, round cow?" made it into your scientific paper about round cows.

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