View of Rome https://clevelandart.org/art/1970.55

Behold the double-edged sword of natural product medicinal chemistry! On the one hand, doing the SAR is such a pain that industry has largely given up. On the other, look what we haven’t tapped into: a one-atom change to morphine, never before made in the 73 years since the first total synthesis!

The Kitchen Garden, Yerres https://www.wikiart.org/en/gustave-caillebotte/the-kitchen-garden-yerres

"..you have to talk to the people who are doing the killing if you want peace. Talking to them does not mean agreeing with them." fivebooks.com/best-books/n...

Y’en a-t-il un plus beau ?!

if the FDA prefers it, this means I can autoclave sorbitol? 😎

Incredibly proud to finally see @sebastianuitbe.bsky.social first corresponding author paper online! Congrats to Jan (worked on this during MSc thesis) and Mohit for helping to get it done. I must say, I really enjoyed working on this paper! pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...

It’s weird because for my whole career I was assured that a rising anti-intellectual fringe wasn’t really a problem because those people had no power to make any decisions that impacted my life Huh

It’s 45 years today that Ian Curtis tragically died. I took this photo in Hulme, Manchester on 06.01.79. Walk in Silence… #IanCurtis #joydivision

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In May 1944, during World War II, artist Atie Siegenbeek van Heukelom was arrested for her resistance activities. While imprisoned in Amsterdam, she embroidered small scenes onto a handkerchief, capturing her daily hardships.

A reminder that this Administration's allies in the EU are the AfD, Orban, Fico, Kickl, Le Pen et al

Hoi @nu.nl, ik heb jullie kop even verbeterd, ik hoop dat dat ok is 🙂 @woinactie.bsky.social @minocw.bsky.social

PhD Timeline xkcd.com/3081

Adriaen Coorte mainly created small still lifes with an intimate atmosphere. His paintings, often featuring simple subjects like asparagus or berries, stand in sharp contrast to the large, sumptuous still lifes that were popular at the time. https://id.rijksmuseum.nl/200109193.

Pope Francis's dream for Europe 🇪🇺 "I dream of a Europe that promotes and protects the rights of everyone, without neglecting its duties towards all. I dream of a Europe of which it will not be said that its commitment to human rights was its last utopia" Charlemagne Prize 2016.

Stammer Mill with Streaked Sky https://www.wikiart.org/en/piet-mondrian/stammer-mill-with-streaked-sky-1906

On April 19, 1943, the Warsaw Ghetto uprising began and was the first of its kind in all of occupied Europe. Learn more about this heroic symbol of resistance from testimony and primary sources on our interactive timeline resource. timelineoftheholocaust.org?evtyear=1943...

www.cnn.com/2025/04/17/e... he watched too much breaking bad 😭

Members of British punk rock band UK Subs denied entry into the US

Fantastic news 🚨 Former Minster of Education & Research, former Institute for Advanced Study Director, former University Professor, Robbert Dijkgraaf, 'returns home' to @uva.nl as Distinguished University Professor of Science and Society from an International Perspective👏 www.uva.nl/en/content/n...

“France’s research minister said a French scientist was denied entry to the US this month after immigration officers at an airport searched his phone and found messages in which he had expressed criticism of the Trump administration.” He had been traveling to a conference near Houston, TX. 3/19/25

Our latest study presents a photocatalytic platform that enables the Minisci alkylation of heteroarenes using C1-C4 hydrocarbons under continuous-flow conditions. No prefunctionalized reagents—just change the gas to vary the alkyl moiety! @chemrxiv.bsky.social: chemrxiv.org/engage/chemr...

The Flow Oscar statue is exhibited at the Latvian National Museum of Art and people are waiting for more than an hour to see it!

A Pair of Shoes, 1887

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23 February 1941 | A Pole, Edmund Wojciechowski, perished in Auschwitz. A lawyer, a son of the President of Poland Stanisław Wojciechowski. He was arrested in connection with the refusal to expel Jewish lawyers from the Warsaw Bar. In #Auschwitz from 15 August 1940. No. 2297

St. Francis Kneeling https://www.wikiart.org/en/francisco-de-zurbaran/st-francis-kneeling-1639

Vier Israelis, verschleppt von der Hamas, 477 Tage in Geiselhaft. Wer sind die jungen Frauen, die nun freigelassen wurden?

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19 January 1902 | A Jewish artist David Olère was born in Warsaw. In 1918 he emigrated to France. In March 1943, he was deported to #Auschwitz where he was forced to work in Sonderkommando. After the war, he showed the horrifying world of gas chambers in drawings & paintings.

👏 Thrilled to share that Antonio Pulcinella has defended his PhD with brilliance and achieved the esteemed Cum Laude distinction University of Amsterdam! 🔗Photocatalytic strategies for the valorization of feedstock chemicals in batch and flow: dare.uva.nl/search?ident... #ChemSky #PhD

Saint Jerome Writing https://www.wikiart.org/en/caravaggio/saint-jerome-writing

Cobb's Barns, South Truro - 1930

Heartbreaking news about Fraser. Not only an extraordinary chemist, but especially recently an extraordinary communicator and ambassador for the subject.