Anyone not able to make it to Zurich to see the Ig Nobel Prize award ceremony in person and want to do a watch party here on Mastodon?

[ml@ecoevo.social]

Anyone not able to make it to Zurich to see the Ig Nobel Prize award ceremony in person and want to do a watch party here on Mastodon? https://improbable.com/2026/08/24/official-announcement-of-the-official-watch-parties/

September 3, 2026 7PM CET (1PM EST, 10AM PST, 11PM IST)

36th First Annual Ig Nobel Prize Ceremony 2026

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lUgqUq53HRw #IgNobel #Science #AcademicChatter #STEM

[tanyakaroli@expressional.social]

@ml Ooh, that sounds like fun! I’m in 🤩

[ml@ecoevo.social]

@tanyakaroli Yay! I love watching it. I hope to go in person one day, but it's fun watching the webcast and sharing with others online.

[withinity@mastodon.gamedev.place]

@ml I don't know what a watch party is but I love these prizes and want to see them be awarded

[tanyakaroli@expressional.social]

@ml we should have a hashtag for it, then! #IgNobel2026 ?

[ml@ecoevo.social]

@withinity Well, online it's just generally making a date to watch it live and "live toot" it with the hashtag #IgNobel

Just sharing the experience virtually if we don't live near someplace having a meatspace watch party.

[ml@ecoevo.social]

@tanyakaroli I think plain #IgNobel is fine. It's shorter to type (and live tooting has to be fast to keep up).

[ml@ecoevo.social]

@tanyakaroli I think I did #IgNobelPrize in the past, but shorter is better.

https://ecoevo.social/@ml/113126959047419891

[ml@ecoevo.social]

@withinity I've live tooted it alone or with a few others in past years.

https://ecoevo.social/@ml/113126959047419891

[carstenfranke@mastodon.social]

@ml can you do a monsterdon-like commentary? I will be 36,000 ft above the Atlantic, so no video, but should get txt and Mastodon...

[ml@ecoevo.social]

@carstenfranke I'm not sure what Monsterdon does. I'm suggesting we all watch the webcast and use the hashtag #IgNobel and comment live.

[carstenfranke@mastodon.social]

@ml yes, they watch a baaaad monster movie and post comments live with the monsterdon hashtag. Very funny! I will watch for the #ignobel tag on Sept 3, thank you!

[tanyakaroli@expressional.social]

@ml Perfect! I have put it in my calendar and will watch as much as I can (am on a writing retreat then, and we will have dinner together around that time—but hopefully my colleagues will join the fun!)