This is good advice.

#chemchat @chemjobber.bsky.social says this is what we're doing now. I forget to use the hashtags, so my lab content gets mixed in with art and shitposting.

Not now, carnivorous death ball

My main contract gig is being cut, and my family responsibilities are less demanding than a few years ago. So please get in touch if you know of writing/editing/research/workshop positions, any hours, ideally remote or Ottawa. Extra points for good causes. I know it's rough out there for everyone.

Fun with 3D printing. This is part of a benchtop NMR coil tester.

Hey look, new toads!

Whoa! To this Californian, this friend looks shockingly out of place- I didn't know there were any in Britain. New plant-focused travel quest unlocked.

In case any billionaires are interested, I could be convinced not to run for mayor for substantially less than $10 million.

Absolutely delighted to see that we’ve already raised over $33K to fight hunger in America (and MAGA’s cruelty) via the Friends of Alf team on Feeding America - please donate today! teamfeed.feedingamerica.org/teams/7634

I love these. I see them pretty often when visiting the Central Coast of CA.

BlueSky-ass post.

My friend dressed up as the FLIM Reaper and it is amazing.

Oh hey, a reason to be hopeful: groves of American chestnut trees have once again become self-reproducing in the wild. Turned off comments so 12 people don't show up to tell me why this is actually very sad. Be happy, you assholes.

It's ok wolf spider, take a deep breath and try to relax.

I am devastated to learn that Uncle Roger isn’t my real uncle.

This is a Pixar movie. The little moon (Sabrina Carpenter) comes in to work-shadow the veteran actual moon (Meryl Streep). Streep is grumpy about it for the film’s first thirty mins. But by the end they’re inseparable and when 2083 comes we cry. While also learning about the need to let someone go.

Me: This paper is not about fish cataracts. We are studying fish eye lens proteins because they are a good model system for solubility under extreme conditions, blah blah blah. Reviewer 2: What about fish cataracts, though? (I'm secretly glad I got to add a paragraph about fish cataracts.)

I have just learned I am doing it wrong, I call my mom's cousins cousins, not aunt/uncle. But seriously, no one knows what that stuff means except the one auntie whose special interest is genealogy.

It's fixed! Isopod is now out! Please go buy it! store.steampowered.com/app/2053910/...

Is "butter chicken" chicken tikka masala? I have never heard this phrase before in my life, and the tone of this article suggests that it is ubiquitous. I am a big fan of chicken tikka masala, and yes I know that it is "Indian" in the same way that fortune cookies are "Chinese."

Je n’en peux plus avec cette musique.

Isopods!! 🧡

Your Halloween costume is “sexy” + the last thing you googled. Sexy polyketide synthase reporting for duty. 🫡

My uncle got me the correct Millennium Falcon backpack after my mom bought me the embarrassing Ewok one.

Have you hugged an opah today?

Updating my LEGO White House

Tiny, adorable fish alert!

🌊 Whether you paint 🎨, dance 💃, doodle ✏️, weave 🧵, write ✍️, design jewellery 💎, compose music 🎶, build Legos 🧩, cut potato prints 🥔or create in ways we haven’t even imagined, this is your invitation to join a global arts movement Inspired by #IconicFishes Take part 👉 www.iconicfishes.art

These are my people. I have also never learned to enjoy exercising, but oh well. I also don't greatly enjoy brushing my teeth, and that has to get done, too.

EVERYTHING is Brassica oleracea.

My roller derby alter-ego. art by @ethankocak.com

I’m so excited about this!

Mine eyes have seen the glory of the coming of the frogs They are leading forth the unicorns & funny cats & dogs They are coming from the rivers, from the ponds & from the bogs Their truth is marching on Glory glory hallelujah Glory glory hallelujah Glory glory hallelujah Their truth is marching on

Define your musical taste in 8 artists: They Might Be Giants Squirrel Nut Zippers Thelonious Monk Public Enemy Rush Jaco Pastorius Deluxe Parov Stelar This is hard. I would probably have a different answer on a different day.

I'm not falling for that. I'm sure my dad (from Chicago, 80-whatever, crotchety) could still kick my butt.

Annual PSA. The chemistry of Autumn leaves. www.compoundchem.com/2014/09/11/a...

The middle-aged women with "Aunt Tifa" signs are cracking me up.

I have blocked The government accounts Which you were probably going to dunk on They were trolling So plain And so obvious

1. Animal with specialized care requirements is in an inappropriate environment and I have to fix it with limited supplies. 2. Impromptu performance on an instrument that I know how to play but have not regularly practiced in 20 years. 3. Surprise meeting that is Oops, All Icebreaker Questions.

I suspect the MAGA government decided to launch all these Bluesky accounts tonight to try to bait people in advance of No Kings. These people have incurable 4chan brain and this is how they operate. Block them. Do not engage. Do not give them what they want.

A university that signs the “compact” is one that acknowledges its own inability to compete and succeed based talent and merit. It would signal insecurity and mediocrity to current and future students and faculty. Say no. Recruit the best people, protect their freedom and support their hard work.

My home department of Molecular Biology & Biochemistry at UC Irvine is looking to hire a new tenure-track assistant professor in the broad area of structural biology. Come be my colleague! recruit.ap.uci.edu/JPF09887

A magazine-length LinkedIn post.

There is a giant clam facts thread that begs to differ. Seriously, that is the best and most dedicated of the "1 like = 1 X fact" threads I saw.

All the ones I can thing of are science-related, which seems against the spirit of the thing, but they would NEVER get funded by an actual funding agency.

As a chemist, this guy's story HAUNTS me. Imagine working hard, being super productive, getting a bunch of awards, and unambiguously making the world a worse place. Yikes.

It's weirdly satisfying to find putative enzyme sequences in transcriptome data. Like "I see you there phosphorylating proteins, little kinase! You can't hide from me!"

Call out for scientists! 👇🚨 We are still looking for scientists who would like to work on a deep sea art project. A view artists are still looking for a teammate to create gorgous art and to celebrate the deep sea. 🦑 🐟 🐡 🐙 🦀 #SundayFishSketch