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#Megathon interim update & leaderboards -- 4.5 hours left! 😱

Only a few hours left in the Megathon, and nd we're steadily reaching our goal -- complete an entire dataset 🤩 Over 60% done now -- come help us in the

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T̷h̶e̸ ̵#Megathon fun is extended until Sunday 11.59pm !! (n̴o̵ ̷r̴e̴a̷s̸o̷n̸.. 😳)

Better have too many eyes searching for a cure, than too few, right? 😜 Well, that's exactly what happened in the Megathon today (a record 1253 people played!), and despite all

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The Megathon is LIVE! 🏁

... DRUMS ... And we're off! ✦ All you have to do to participate is play the game RIGHT NOW here. 📹 Follow the live stream on Facebook here. (Facebook account not required --

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📻 Stall Catchers #Megathon & Citizen Science Day on Science Friday!

Stall Catchers & the Megathon were featured on Science Friday radio show today!! 🤩 Catch up on the segment, featuring our own Pietro Michelucci and Chris Schaffer, here: Handy Megathon resources:

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Pre-#Megathon event at Belleville!

Here I am again, bringing more pre-Megathon news 😍 one of our colleagues of the Citizen Science Day librarians working group, Chris Santos-Lang, organized a pre-Megathon meetup in his library in

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#LeadersBlossom -- Cherry Blossom Princess catchers! 🌸

Looks like we're in for many pleasant surprises in the lead-up to the Megathon on Saturday! And I am here to share one of them... A couple days ago, our

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Thursday Night League #7 -- Results!

Congrats to christiane, the absolute rock star of Thursday Night League! See you next Thursday in THE LAST practice league before the Megathon! Catchers: #####Teams: Read more about the challenge & how to participate here. Handy Megathon resources: Megathon info & sign up: megathon.us

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Literally everything you need to know about the #Megathon... 👇

Whether you're a Stall Catchers regular, or tried it once and never came back until now -- we hope you'll hear this call and help complete one year worth of

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Thursday Night League #6 -- Results!

See you next Thursday, second to last before the Megathon!~, April 4, 7pm PT, on Stall Catchers! Catchers: #####Teams: Read more about the challenge & how to participate here. Handy Megathon resources: Megathon info & sign up: megathon.us Librarian step-by-step guide for megathon Citizen

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Are you from Seattle / Redmond area, WA? Participate in the #Megathon headquarters LIVE!

If you're local to Redmond / Seattle area, you have an exclusive chance to participate in the #Megathon at it's headquarters! → RSVP here ← The FREE event starts 10.30 AM PT

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🎥 Lecture: the role of reduced blood flow in Alzheimer's & the Stall Catchers game

Last Friday, Pietro gave a talk at Cornell University alongside our biomedical collaborators Nozomi & Chris. The lecture covers the aspects of the science behind Stall Catchers, i.e. the role of stalls and reduced blood flow in the brain in Alzheimer's, as well

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What better time to announce #Megathon @ Lituanicon if not on... #TolkienReadingDay! 😜🚀

Fantastic news! (no pun intended) Stall Catchers has been invited to be present at the long running Lithuania's fantasy convention -- Lituanicon !! 🚀 I was pleasantly surprised to be approached by

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🎥 Megathon Trailer -- share share share!

We hope you're as excited about the upcoming Megathon as we are. Less than three weeks to go!! And if not, this video should change your mind! 😜 Please share and

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Thursday Night League #5 -- Results!

Maricopa County Library District still has the monopoly, ha! See you next Thursday, March 28, 7pm PT, on Stall Catchers! Catchers: #####Teams: Read more about the challenge & how to participate here. Handy Megathon resources: Megathon info & sign up: megathon.us Librarian step-by-step guide

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Last but not least... #RavenclawPrideDay! Double points to the Ravenclaw team on Stall Catchers for the next day!

Ravenclaw!! Today (March 23) is your day! Fun fact: We are not aware of any Ravenclaws on our Stall Catchers team!! But surely there are many Ravenclaw catchers?! Stall Catchers trivia For this great occasion, everyone who plays for the Ravenclaw team in Stall

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It's #GryffindorPrideDay! Gryffindors of Stall Catchers claim double points!

Today is the day of the Gryffindors!! Fun fact: Egle (um -- me), co-creator of Stall Catchers, is an officially sorted Gryffindor 😜 Stall Catchers trivia If you would like to join the Gryffindor team on Stall Catchers to claim double points, just click this

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It's #SlytherinPrideDay! Join the Slytherin team on Stall Catchers for double points!

It's Slytherin's turn to claim the double points today! Fun fact: Caroline from SciStarter, who is helping us organize the Megathon, is an officially sorted Slytherin 😜 Stall Catchers trivia If you would like to join Slytherin, just click this link. And share it with

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It's #HufflepuffPrideDay! Double points to the Hufflepuff team on Stall Catchers next 24hrs!

Congratulations fellow Hufflepuffs -- today (March 20) is a day for celebrating YOU! Fun fact: Our lead, Pietro, is actually an officially sorted Hufflepuff 😜 Stall Catchers trivia For this great occasion, everyone who plays for the Hufflepuff team in Stall Catchers will get double

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Thursday Night League #4 -- Results!

Whoa, looks like Maricopa County Library District seems to be monopolizing the Thursday Night League!! Other teams better shape up soon ... ;) See you next Thursday, March 21, 7pm PT, on Stall Catchers! Catchers: #####Teams: Read more about the challenge & how to participate here.

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Thursday Night League #3 -- Results!

Shoutout to christiane, the ultimate champion of last week's Thursday Night League! See you all again today, 7pm PT, on Stall Catchers! Catchers: #####Teams: Read more about the challenge & how to participate here. Handy Megathon resources: Megathon info & sign up: megathon.us Librarian

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Thursday Night League #2 -- Results!

Welcome Maricopa County Library District team, and The Mansfield Connection! Welcome back West Slope Community Library :) Catchers: #####Teams: Read more about the challenge & how to participate here. Handy Megathon resources: Megathon info & sign up: megathon.us Librarian step-by-step guide for megathon Citizen Science

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The MEGATHON is coming!! 🥁

We have a dangerous habit of trying to outdo ourselves... and this time, we're going MEGA! On April 13, Citizen Science Day, we are aiming to gather thousands of people

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Thursday Night League #1 -- Results!

Catchers: #####Teams: Read more about the challenge & how to participate here. Handy Megathon resources: Megathon info & sign up: megathon.us Librarian step-by-step guide for megathon Citizen Science Day resources

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Thursday Night league -- 7pm Pacific Time, every Thursday!

ᗯEᒪᑕOᗰE TO TᕼE TᕼᑌᖇᔕᗪᗩY ᒪEᗩGᑌE -- ᗰEGᗩTᕼOᑎ ᑭᖇEᑭ! -- a challenge for library teams* practicing for the Megathon, happening every Thursday, 7pm-9pm PT (convert time here). * See detailed joining instructions

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The time of NOX is over. The time of Tau has come. (Wait what?! 😅)

Here comes the long overdue update on the research YOU are helping to achieve on Stall Catchers ! In short: we have just finished the "NOX" dataset -- the