cc @ndchiappini.bsky.social This seems like a nice intersection of your interests

Ooooh I really like the Ehrlenmyer flask flask and the titration car pin

“It's really important right now to show Hispanic people being aggressive, being themselves, and I think it's very healing,” says Magdalena Aparicio, director of “Xicano Hardcore: A Mosh For Youth Documentary." The full story: lataco.com/chicano-hard... By Ivan Fernandez

ChemSky Hope everyone is ok

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These ads were CONSTANT during college football telecasts.

Just watched Bake off I. Am. LIVID!!

Took the middle on a college visit today and passed by this absolute gem of an institution ChemSky

My outfit for the day. Played some video of Julia Child making an omelette at the start of chem of cooking class. My wife and I certainly enjoyed twinning for Halloween this year.

My wife has volunteered at a local food bank for years and confirms what many of you have probably heard: in this case, straight cash is a good donation if you can do it. The food banks have better access and buying power than individuals do, and can try to address item imbalances as they see them.

Here’s the most important thing (h/t @murray.senate.gov): There is black letter statutory law, passed by Congress, that says fed employees MUST receive back pay after the shutdown ends. 2/

Genuinely delighted to download a PhD thesis from a university repository where the author has neglected to remove the words "BITCH THIS IS YOUR THESIS" from the filename.

My department, Cornell BME, is hiring! This tenure-track faculty position is a great opportunity to join a vibrant community that values research, teaching, and entrepreneurship. 📝 academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/30816

We can find suitable land with sunlight, water, and nutrients to grow plants, wait years to harvest the biomass and burn it for energy, hope to capture the CO₂ with carbon capture and storage technology, and find a suitable spot to bury the CO₂ permanently. OR we can use solar panels.

M*sk is Sauron in just about any metaphor that has some thought put into it. He is incredibly powerful. Trying to woo politicians and the rich and regular people with promises of more power/wealth. Be like the good beings of Middle Earth and reject his ring. If you take his deal, he owns you

(Very fancy) kitchen chemistry!!

These next two posts were in my timeline right after one another. It's good to tell the truth. It's good to hear the truth told.

This is a REALLY great article from @jayasaxena.com, and I absolutely LOVE the final line. In my chem of cooking class, I go on an on about that the students are learning this stuff to be able to make the foods that they like (whatever they are) the way that they like them (however that may be).

Hope everyone else gets to start off their week as nicely as me. Made a calibration curve ... R2 = 0.99997 ChemSky

About 40% of our food is never eaten. Just tossed away. It's unconscionable

"How can we do analysis without actually thinking and doing the work of analysis?"

ChemSky (Always forget that tag ...)

And, with regards to my last post ... This is the Tr*mp brain drain in action, a stated goal of the admin's policies

Some chemistry bumper cars for @chemjobber.bsky.social ... Also, huge congratulations to Morgan who is such a phenomenal scientist.

Would he have paid 130 M$ more in taxes under a D administration? Doubtful. So what's he getting out of this? What deals were made? What was he promised?

New, from me: Trump is prioritizing paying the armed forces over other federal employees during a shutdown. He is trying to win over the rank and file even as he tells military leaders to target “the enemy within.” 🧵 open.substack.com/pub/donmoyni...

I'm so so mad. The military doesn't belong to the president and his friends (whoever they are). Another day, another action so far beyond the pale. Fuckity fuck.

This includes my friends, neighbors, and collaborators. The Republicans have so much to answer for. All of this pain and destruction is completely unnecessary.

Love this piece in @natchem.nature.com by Judy Wu: '...benzene is more than a molecule — it is a symbol of industrial revolutions, of new ways to represent molecules, and an example of the quiet forces that move science forward: kindness, conviction, and generosity.' rdcu.be/eMn4o #ChemSky

Related to this, @scalzi.com ('When the Moon hits Your Eye') does some very entertaining prognosticating on how different the moon would be if it weren't made from minerals but still had the same mass.

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Happy Mole Day, everyone! 10 to the 23 is a biiiiig number. Here are some incredible drawings from @chemscrapes.bsky.social illustrating the bigness of moles and the smallness of atoms and molecules.

After this afternoon's updates, should probably update the below to say "it's more likely that he's a plant ..."

Lol ... dude has a Nazi tattoo and worked as a mercenary. At this point it's just as likely that he's a plant who's been taught how to 'say the right things.' Cut your losses and move on. Loads of time until the primary. <not sure why I'm wading into the discourse ... slowly backs away>

About this time last year, the Biden administration dispensed $250 billion to develop 30,000 affordable housing units.

along with all of the other horrible parts about this ... Aren't we in a government shutdown? Where are the funds to do this coming from? How is this possibly considered 'essential work'? This is such a slap to the face of every federal employee being forced to sit at home.

This is going to be the 'defense' that the Louvre thieves use when they finally get caught.

I have to work a university event today (bad timing ...) But let me tell you how proud I am of our students!!!

Ron and I are the same age. My colon cancer was diagnosed when I was 46. I'd have been in such bad shape if I didn't have my screening.

Silly. This pitch was running in on him off the plate.

ChemSky Just saw the commercial for Pluvicto and was trying to piece the structure together from its name. Was really hoping for some plutonium 🤣 PSMA-617 Lu-177 | C49H68LuN9O16 | CID 122706785 - PubChem share.google/Wk9lVJADosh7...

Like many of you know, I teach a Chemistry of Cooking class. I love it. Most of my students (this semester) are seniors. I don't take attendance. (you can see where this is going ...) Students who weren't there today missed out on steak. <evil cackle>

My team at the Crowd Counting Consortium (@djpressman.bsky.social, Hammam, & Chris Shay) has a new piece, whose title speaks for itself. A 🧵 with some key descriptive takeaways:

Define 'parent'. And, yes, this is the least weird part about what he said.

Been offline most of today. But seeing lots of new people. Hello!

Education services and student support is a "Democrat program"

Fuck cancer. Get your early screenings, my friends.

Jesus fuck

This October I’m drawing 1 molecule a day inspired by proteins in pdb @rcsbpdb.bsky.social Day 11 Prompt STING Pdb: 6MZT Scorpion venom protein Urotoxin. Next:SHREDDED Suggestions?

Hey, normal people, tracking disease and keeping people from unnecessarily getting sick and dying is a "Democrat-thing." Vote accordingly.