Everyone traveling for X-Mas, the dress code is boxer shorts (ones without the button), slippers & a T-shirt being held together by threads.

All I want for X-mas is the Chiefs (& their stupid tomahawk chop) to miss the playoffs

The turkeys were part of Jan 6 of course.

Someone in a lab coat & safety goggles who is holding up an Erlenmeyer of colored liquid to the light is no longer classified as a stock photo meaning chemistry

This seems to come straight from the academic DH playbook for dealing with huge administrative asks: "If we just take on whatever increased work load and/or reduction in resources that want to impose on our department, we'll earn goodwill that we can cash in later when we need to."

Anyone know how Elon Musk’s America Party did yesterday?

Forget NYC, NJ & VA our little town's election is all you need to know about the mood in the country. In the last 3 POTUS elections Clinton won the town by less than 50 votes, Biden won by 229 & Trump won by 131. The town GOP has held a lot of town offices recently.

An odd reaction to the Nobel prize from @andrechemist.bsky.social

An inorganic chemistry Nobel. Suck it organickers!

Chemistry Nobel moneyline: There shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth if the prize does not recognize C-C bond formation or C-H bond breaking (-2500)

Last week was the penultimate week of an busy academic term with two big classes. We also had to move out of our house on Oct 1 as well as finishing clearing out the basement + garage & take down fences for a job that will last 4ish months. Do you know what I didn't need on top of that? COVID

Does anyone else's purchasing/OSP give them crap about spending grant money on gloves? They claim it should be covered by indirects as a general office/lab supply. PPE?!? #CHEMSKY

I've taken a big step back on commenting about political things (thanks Elon!) but this makes non sense. I watched both @jimmykimmel.com Mon/Tue episodes. The questionable statement wasn't even directed at Charlie Kirk. He had pointed out how horrific the assassination was & sent his condolences

We are in trouble. It will be FoxNews & NewsMax everywhere soon. www.axios.com/2025/09/18/t...

A grim reminder: these people will never be satisfied. There’s no point at which they will say “we’ve won, let’s enjoy life.” They will always be looking for someone else to punish, to revile, to dehumanize. They’re empty without that.

Another consequence of the loss of twitter is missing news like this in real time. I came across the obituary while updating my slides for GenChem. The great Darleane Hoffman died earlier this month at 98. A true giant of the field. chemistry.berkeley.edu/news/darlean...

Screw you Secretary Brain Worm, I got a COVID booster

Google Photo's recent update is emblematic of how the AI revolution is going to change our lives. They replaced some of their tools with AI features. Now, I can't crop images exactly the way I want to quickly, but AI can can very efficiently produce a version of the photo I definitely don't want

Nothing is more Facebook than multiple people wishing someone who died 3 years ago a happy birthday* *I am not talking about the ones using this as an opportunity to remember & pay tribute to their departed friend.

Nothing makes me feel older than fossilized Justin Bieber

After 3 years of getting as far away from civilization as humanly possible, we had to stay home the week around Independence Day & we've been reminded why we originally started getting out of town. The last two nights have sounded like a war zone starting before dusk & lasting well past 10 PM.

I'm old enough to remember when this caused Republicans to lose their minds, calling for Janet Reno's impeachment, referring to these border patrol agents as "assassins" (Rudy Giuliani called them "storm troopers") Now it's just "Tuesday," as they cheer them on & buy "Alligator Alcatraz" merch. 🤬🤬!

From the NYT movie list. My unseen films (that are easier to find on streaming), there's a bias toward international films that require more effort to carve out 2 h to watch without distraction. Also, several from directors who appear on these lists that I don't usually care for. Guess who they are.

No kings. No queens. No princess dresses. No monarchy cosplay whatsoever.

Hey @msnbc.com, I think we can retire the @stephruhle.bsky.social "checks & balances" promo until further notice.

💯 No notes.

Using social media as a tool for academia/science (circa 2009/2010)

I’m convinced. Mandatory daily prostate exams for all presidents until at least 2028.

On the upside producers immediately rejected her idea for a dog agility competition where the losing dogs are murdered in a gravel pit.

This headline writer needs a new beat. The best description of the initial tariff rollout (I forget who said it) was Trump decided to punch himself in the d*ck. This is like saying punching yourself once in the d*ck every day is better than doing it 3× per day. Technically, it is a "victory"

Checking in b/c of all the NSF/NIH/etc. chaos. There are several reason why I haven't been that active on socials in the post-twitter era. I do dip in semi-regularly to see how old friends are doing. It's good there's a version of what used to be, even if it hasn't reached peak chemtwitter

Kind of proud to say I've only paid dues for the last 15 or so years when it was necessary to attend a meeting (which was almost always to represent our REU program with former student presenters)

I've literally had students immediately grab their phones & start typing when I ask an engagement question during lecture.

Does anyone know if they added that Atlantic journalist to that war chat as a distraction?

WTF? This was pushed into some social media ads, marketed as "humorous". On what planet is an act of violence against another woman (who under this weird premise would have no idea what is happening) an expression of love your your wife?

A sociopath says what?

The only response needed youtu.be/pDmGhethEoQ?...

You mean the business where you harvest professors' course content without consent and sell it back to students? 😢 www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...

Somebody got a huge grant #chemsky cen.acs.org/food/food-sc...?

So, people are upset he's doing what we said he would? Even with two evils, you're supposed to pick the lesser one. www.cnn.com/2025/02/05/u...

The institution of marriage is founded on opening jelly jars and cleaning out mouse traps.

Seriously USPS? This package has been at the Springfield Distribution Center, the last waypoint for packages heading to our house, twice already. Now it's on the other side of the f***ing United States?!?

More on this here in @naturechemistry.bsky.social on the occasion of the 100th anniversary in 2013; essay by @scburdet.bsky.social and Brett Thornton. "Today there are about 3,000 known isotopes, and there could be 3,000–4,000 more" #Chemsky 🧪

I was mostly familiar with Jim through stories from my wife who had him for organic chemistry. I don't know how many thousands of students learned organic from him in his 45 years of teaching.

What are your other options? X is basically 3rd-rate Truth Social, Mastodon was extinct upon arrival & a lot of you aren’t photogenic enough for IG. I’m far from perfect, but you & I know I’m the best game in town right now Bring me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to skeet free.

Coworker: You look tired. Me: Apparently, I also look approachable.

I've been thinking about social media in 2024. My hypothesis is that chemsky, etc. are good for maintaining existing networks, but I'm not convinced efficiently reaching a large/broad new audience is possible anymore. (i.e. it isn't a marketing solution). Thoughts?