Opinion | Actually, don’t let them eat cake

Someday I will not have to write about Sarepta Therapeutics and their ineffective drugs that never should have been approved by the FDA in the first place. This is not that day.

Do an experiment? No darling I don’t think so

Mike Johnson: It’s True. I Am Tuning Out The News Cycle To Focus On Self-Care

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Warning. ⚠️ If you are writing an NSF GRFP, new this year, you need official transcripts to apply. Beware. They will not review applications without official transcripts. ‼️

A device exploded inside the Goldenson Building in Harvard’s Longwood medical campus early Saturday morning, according to a message from the Harvard University Police Department to University affiliates. Matan H. Josephy and Laurel M. Shugart report. www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...

@ninaluong.bsky.social is really upping her costume game this year. And she can still work in it!

quite literally everything i hear about the economics of this feels insane, especially given the big issue of the tools not doing what boosters say they will do. so many details make me feel very not good!

So, if that's true, is there some kind of shot you could take, to help prevent autism?

Looking for some mad science journalism this Halloween? Look no further than 🩻Spooky, scary skeletal editing🩻 (and more chilling chemistry news from @cenmag.bsky.social) cen.acs.org/synthesis/Sk...

Professor Emeritus Axel D. Becke @dalhousieu.bsky.social has passed away at age 72.

For those who are wondering about grant proposal reviews in the USA

Yes, this is accurate.

Maybe its not really theft because they needed them to train their AI

A true pleasure to host Koji Kubota @uchichemistry.bsky.social for a stop on his Merck Banyu Lectureship Award Tour!

New @chemrxiv.org, a collaboration with @honggen-wang.bsky.social and group alum, now asst prof. Myojeong Kim: the first true catalytic interception of isodiazene-generated primary-amine-derived radicals. The key is an N-F reagent that enables productive chain carrying! doi.org/10.26434/che...

Please join us in congratulating Neubauer Family Assistant Prof Anna Wuttig, who has been named the recipient of the 2025 Early Excellence in Science Award in Chemistry. The Bayer Foundation is honoring her "for advancing electrocatalysis for energy storage, conversion, and medicinal chemistry."

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This is America

Six of the nine Nobel Prize winners this year work in the U.S. Three of the six were born outside the U.S., which is the pattern most years. No country has benefited more from welcoming immigrants from around the world. www.nobelprize.org

2025-10-08: Yes. Days since last #NYTXW OREO: 0

2025-10-07: No. Days since last #NYTXW OREO: 44* *Longest OREO-less streak since 2025-04-06

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So if there’s no portal to submit the NSF GRFP yet and the government is shut down…..

I think the R01 is basically a non-starter at NIGMS now. Data from NIH Reporter for new and competing awards, comparing number of R01s issued relative to R35s (MIRA). This has major ramifications for basic science and basic science investigators that are not yet in the MIRA pool

if the television is not saying what’s true then how can I ever emerge tremfyant

a piece exploring this concept www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...

Andrew Ng: "AI is the new electricity!" Cory Doctorow: "AI is the asbestos we are shoveling into the walls of our society and our descendants will be digging it out for generations." ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ (pluralistic.net/2025/09/27/e...)

A Warm Welcome to Our Newest UChicago Chemists! As an incoming student, you're now at the epicenter of chemical innovation. We're excited to have you become part of our story and see the discoveries you will make this year.

A lot of people think that every international student admitted means one fewer spot for domestic students, when the opposite is more likely true - the tuition revenue international students bring allows public universities to provide substantial discounts to domestic students, improving access.

A fantastic meeting, stellar science, and fabulous hospitality!

Fantastic time at the 14th Walden Symposium in Riga! Honoured to present our chemistry alongside such a prestigious line-up. Huge thanks to Edgars Suna & team for the flawless organisation! Riga is such an amazing place! #WaldenSymposium #Chemistry #Riga #ChemSky

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It feels like an insult to the notion of objective reality to invoke “experts” to weigh in on a numerical fact you can verify with a pocket calculator

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In which @adamserwer.bsky.social makes a useful distinction between "chickenshit" and "cowardice." www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

Join us for upcoming info sessions to learn more about our PhD program in Chemistry at the University of Chicago! Details below. We are super excited about our vibrant research community, and you could be a part of it! Applications are also now open! chemistry.uchicago.edu/graduate-pro...

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Executive orders cannot supersede federal law or the constitution. Federal law sets visa fees, including for H-1B visas. And the maximum fee is $4,500, according to the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2016 (Public Law 114-113). Current State Dept. site: travel.state.gov/content/trav...

Immigrants, particularly on H1Bs, are the lifeblood of American innovation. If you wanted to hurt US competitiveness in the next century, I can think of few more effective ways than a move like this Even when found illegal, the mere intent will have irreparably harmed our future

Authoritarianism is like measles: Ignore it and it will go away. I have this guidance straight from Secretary Kennedy. www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...

Fearful Americans Stockpiling Facts Before Federal Government Comes To Take Them Away https://theonion.com/fearful-americans-stockpiling-facts-before-federal-gove-1819579589/

In @science.org this week @zachwickens.bsky.social and collaborators find a way to do Z-selective elimination using thianthrenium chemistry in a versatile route to Z olefins. chemsky 🧪 www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

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for people who love to keep a coal plant running against its will they sure hate canaries

Synthesis of Abietatriene via Nitrogen Deletion Julia L. Driscoll, Carys E. Obertone, Liao Chen, and Mark D. Levin (levingroup.uchicago.edu) www.orgsyn.org/demo.aspx?pr...

The GRFP lives!! (due end of October) www.nsf.gov/funding/oppo...

Good morning. After you've read about why renaming the DOD is the sign of silly and unserious nation, you can read my newest about why the world won't take Trump and America seriously anymore: www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...