Today in the spam folder

Pizza night. Don't worry, friends. The pineapple is for something else.

Ok, the person who initially posted about NIST Boulder's clock failure did not bother to include the really important second half of the message. Nor did they link to the message itself: groups.google.com/a/list.nist....

As a former process chemist, yes. You get such 3am calls such as “There’s yellow foam overflowing out of the vessel, what do we do?” Or “We accidentally charged the vermiculite packing into the vessel along with the hydride reagent, it’ll be okay right?”

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Senator Van Hollen (who represents me, btw) has put himself and his own personal safety on the line for these very worthy causes. He has been an exemplar of the Senate. My only wish is that all 100 acted with the integrity of Senator Van Hollen.

Next up, The United States of Donaldtrumpia

So the youngest was on a school field trip to the Capitol today. Wonder if anything interesting was happening ...

😶‍🌫️ We moved our finances to WD in 23. Moving all student records/registration/etc now for fall 26.

It is imperative for STEM faculty (hi, it's me) to fight back against this absolutely abhorrent idea. I deeply value the scholarship and creative works of my colleagues. Demanding a teaching load away from their necessary work is hugely damaging to our nation's future and effective education

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Gold toilets for me; One or two pencils for your kid.

Best thing you'll read all day

My jaw just literally hit the floor: "she emailed documents that included full names and ID numbers of students who receive special education accommodations at the school, along with a summary of the services provided to each child."

Movie you’ve watched more than six times with a gif. Hard mode: no Stars (Wars nor Trek), LOTR, or Marvel, Disney Animated or Pixar.

All those proton spins needed to be realigned

I named my fists The and Crisis because these are the hands that try men's souls.

This is a really nice thread on scientific art with respect to communication and detail and attention and beauty and passion

Post your favorite "Lord of the Rings" character. Wrong answers only.

That's the story. Nothing else matters.

Just need a container of gasoline sitting by for good measure

Thankful for @chemjobber.bsky.social and his on-point advocacy

NIST Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF) is now accepting applications #chemsummer #chemsky 🧪⚗️ www.nist.gov/surf

Pie for breakfast is often the best breakfast

We are proud to unveil Disability-Inclusive Laboratories in the Chemical Sciences, a new report exposing the barriers faced by disabled chemists & outlining why accessible labs are vital for the future of science. Read the report, its 15 recommendations and more: https://rsc.li/48iKLua #ChemSky

See ... @hels.bsky.social knows www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...

Why did none of you tell me that Sean Sherman had a new cookbook??!! Turtle Island Really excited for this! www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/712577...

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It's the Monday before Tgiving, which means it's time to cut out the turkey's backbone (spatchcock!!!), salt the bird (dry brine!!!), and make the first round of stock.

Pizza night!

A movie that takes place where I'm from

Freezin' rests his head on a pillow made of concrete again Oh, feelin' maybe he'll see a little better, set a days ooh yeah Oh, hand out, faces that he sees time again ain't that familiar, oh yeah

Hey NYC peeps! Go and have a good time.

Is it 'wagging the dog' if you say the quiet part out loud? Regardless, it's all blatantly bullshit.

The journalists at The Crimson are ON IT

Just finished @nnedi.bsky.social's Death of the Author. Might not have stopped to blink over the last 200 pages. Really enjoyed it! The only problem is I don't have a next book yet. Harder to justify procrastinating reading some of the chemistry papers on my desk.

First 5am swim practice for the youngest in quite a while Yaaaawwwwwwwn

There's a certain 'news story' that immediately put this in my mind www.youtube.com/watch?v=tFSb...

#ChemChat ... ahem ...

Not sure why I turned on the internet machine this morning. This whole website is a game of "I saw this thing that makes me question all of our existences and now you have to see it too"

Meanwhile, “did women ruin the workplace?”

Check out this interview with @jeremymberg.bsky.social, at 43:15 he talks about the late Ben Barres, shouts out screenwriter Pamela Green who is producing documentary “Ask the Question” about Ben’s life. Donate here: www.kickstarter.com/projects/ask... youtube.com/watch?v=ouK5...

For the afternoon crowd

cc @wastedfoodntwk.bsky.social

Fun for the day ... Cocktail lecture in my chemistry of cooking class. Things I'll talk about Daiquiris (real ones) & riffs on Liquid Intelligence (Dave Arnold) & entropy Mindful Mixology (Derek Brown) Ratatouille www.nature.com/articles/s41... www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

"And rather than explain to these very real constituents that Republicans have sidelined us completely and created an authoritarian regime, I nodded and said, OK, you probably know more about it than I do."

We are ready to help and support our neighbors. The Dem leadership shouldn't remove federal action as one of our best tools for doing so.

Chuck Schumer Helps Pull Democrats Back From Brink Of Courage