Happy #StPatricksDay! ☘️ If you’ve ever wondered why the bubbles in Guinness appear to fall instead on rising, or what gives the beer its dark colour, check out this edition of #PeriodicGraphics in @cenmag.bsky.social: cen.acs.org/articles/93/...

If he's going to get a national profile on the strength of a younger woman's campaign, I'm going to come out and say it: during his short-lived tenure as a math professor, Biss had an inappropriate romantic relationship with one of his undergraduate students. I was that student.

🚨 BREAKING: A federal judge has ruled in favor of @ameracadpeds.bsky.social and issued a preliminary injunction against the CDC. The ruling pauses the Jan 2026 childhood immunization schedule revisions, blocks RFK Jr's 13 recent ACIP member appointments, and pauses all votes taken by the committee.

Slater Mill in Pawtucket.

Who would have thought that tariffing all our allies over a lie, threatening their sovereignty, calling them names, proclaiming us the greatest and saying they aren't doing anything, and then starting a war of aggression could result in this!

The universe's four lubricants. Blood, tears, taxes, and lawyers. DCC Book 5

senators gotta stop doing posts that are like "this is a huge problem. act like it." dude I know it's a huge problem. that's what I elect you to deal with. I'm a guy in a used hoodie and costco pants, you're a senator.

The latest White House thinking on the Strait of Hormuz.

Chemistry in current events: the connections between fertilizer, the Haber-Bosch process, and the Persian Gulf. Read this and your knowledge will exceed that of most of our current political leadership after only a few minutes of light work:

True Story: I am constantly saying "wait, what did you say" during family conversations. To the point of really annoying them. Like a lot. My daughter said I needed to get my hearing checked. I definitely think that my left ear is less receptive, so yeah my daughter bullied me in to an 1/4

At this point, I am only a #NMR enthusiast...

This is important, people. And for funsies search "husky pooping while pulling sled"...

@napaaqtuk.bsky.social asked me to post this decline to review for NPG letter with alt text included (although it didn't all fit in the 2000 character limit)

Hey #chemsky and chemsky adjacent academics. I would like to find and download my father's doctoral thesis. It's been forever so I forget how to do it... And free would be great.

It's daycare day. #dogs

I like the last sentence...

If we could just raise sea levels by 150 meters we get a backup Strait of Hormuz

Spring is here...

This is AI generated right? There is no way they are wearing shoes that don't fit in some sort of show of obsequiousness. Right?

Pretty crazy how important the blockade of a trade route is right now

I volunteered to help ESL students learn interviewing skills. My company is based in Washington State and I what's screw up the time zones. So here I am 9pm getting ready to volunteer.

goddamn is this a breath of fresh air after Allred 2024

Stop using it for party balloons!!

#chemsky is this a sandwich?

You know it's spring in New England when the sump pump is going on several times an hour...

No interruptions, please. We’re building universal child care.

Northern Flicker #birb #birds

This is satisfying...

Waiting for the administration to say the spike in gas prices isn't actually a big deal because so many Americans are losing their jobs and won't have to drive to work anymore.

Dwight: Well, as the Shield of Americas, I thin-- Michael: Special Envoy for the Shield of Americas. Dwight: Michael, you said I'm the Shield of Ame-- Michael: DWIGHT, god, not the time.

Dinner tonight is brie en croute with apricot jam and salad or me eating a wheel of brie from one hand drinking straight from a bottle with the other. It's 50/50 right now.

My paternal grandfather was a 1st generation American who rose to be Vice President at Rauland (Zenith). My maternal grandfather was a numismatist. I get my white privilege from my mother's side, obviously.

Fun Tool to see where you are in the Bluesky Universe. bluesky-map.theo.io It confirms that I am fringe part of #Chemsky

We got lots of good questions for my advice column this week. 1: I want more freedom. Should I start my own business? 2: President of new company rushed to lay people off. Flee? 3: How get boss to stop micromanaging and doing LW's job? 4: How can a new manager handle a constant complainer?

Dafuq

Even the villain Vizzini in "The Princess Bride" knew: "Never get involved in a land war in Asia."

Stefon Diggs thanks the Patriots. A source says the Patriots have informed him he will be released at the start of the league year. Ties to finances, as cap charge was spiking from $10.5m to $26.5m.

I tell people that if the government is covering up the existence of aliens, NASA is absolutely not involved, because astrobiologists can't keep a secret to save their lives

One more thing. If you're interested in this or any book, the best thing you can do to help it find an audience is to preorder it. It's shocking how much they can propel a work into literary (and civic) conversation. The other best thing is to ask your libraries to get it. Purchase options below:

This, very much this.

Everybody has a hated amino acid. Mine is glycine, that achiral b!tch. Pick a side, you racemic punk-@ss. #chemsky

Will be moving to a locale with fairly limited lab-based process chemistry positions available come July. as such I'm becoming more invested in searching for fully remote #chemjobs - preferably in the process chemistry ouvre, at this point open to others as well. Advice or help greatly appreciated

Let's meet Micromelo undatus, also called "miniature melo", a species of "bubble shell" sea snail. She's got a little art deco backpack! These snails live in shallow waters at locations around the world (Hawaii, South Africa, Japan).

Also this crap only ever applies one way. The idea that it’s anti-democratic or insulting to voters to criticize a president only holds when we’re talking about delicate Republican snowflakes. I heard this exactly never about attacks on Biden or Obama.

#YoungScientistNetworking addresses this... Do we need to keep this going?

I am not looking to give my opinion, but I got Tehran, Shiraz, and Homs(?), of the top of my head. What about you?

Call me a luddite, anti-technology, or whatever, but I still have yet to see a use of AI in the pharmaceutical industry that actually improved the science at the bench level. #Ichoseviolence Yes, I am trolling to start my next cull...