Personally I think the “Assolini” protest sign was my favorite.

Oh, my. #chemistry www.justice.gov/usao-nm/pr/t...

Was out yesterday to get coffee with a friend by bike, we discovered some pretty good riding north of Empire. On the return we hit the trail heading south beside Pilot Butte Canal…which would make a great MUP! 🤞that this is on the radar of those designing routes.

Stay out of my city. You want to do something? Run us our money.

As leaders of her own party seek concessions from Republicans with a government shutdown looming, U.S. Rep. Janelle Bynum reiterated a sentiment in an interview with OPB. Congress is again nearing a vote on a short-term federal spending package that — if it fails — could shut down the government.

Patience is a virtue. #WorldBollardAssociation

Y'all, I'm watching some meltdowns here tonight, I'm feeling sorta boiled-out myself, so I wrote a thing. It's a bad time. If we stick together, we can get through it.

Oregonians: I need your help. I'm collecting stories about how Trump and Republicans' efforts to raise the costs of prescription drugs will impact patients, specifically anyone taking the cancer drug Keytruda.

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Each Friday I summarize what happened in science 🧪& higher ed. This was Week 28: - $300M frozen at UCLA + updates on university “deals” - jobs report, Bureau of Labor Statistics firing & data quality fears - Corporation for Public Broadcasting shutting down + more at buttondown.com/liminalcreat...

On average, 86% of all named tropical systems in the Atlantic occur after August 2, and the first hurricane doesn't form until August 11. We have a long season to go. Prepare now – Learn how at weather.gov/safety/hurricane

Currently, Sea Grant is at risk of losing all federal funding. Please sign our letter and share this skeet to make a difference. #SeaGrant To sign: bit.ly/4irPQTT To learn more about Oregon Sea Grant: seagrant.oregonstate.edu/about-oregon...

「new adventure」2023.06 アクリルガッシュ、色鉛筆、水彩紙

Sad News! Chemical Safety Board to disappear under Trump's orders | Grist grist.org/energy/trump...

By killing the Resilient Columbia Basin Agreement, President Trump is picking winners and losers from thousands of miles away. While he wields his wrecking ball with no respect for the work that went into the agreement or the parties involved, our communities will pay the price.

When I started this story in December, I planned to write about how remarkable it is that scientists discovered wildfires 50,000 years ago with ice cores. But then Trump happened. The US was the "premier polar power" in science. Experts say this is "imperiled" thanks to cuts to science.

If Trump’s thugs will do this to a U.S. Senator in front of the media, imagine what they'll do to you when the cameras aren't rolling.

ICE abducted Moises Sotelo today. He is a trusted vineyard management business owner from Newburg, Oregon, who has been in the US since 1994. He has a wife, three children, and five grandchildren who need him to be returned safely to them.

Great work from @maxbernstein.bsky.social and the Oregonian fighting to get a recruiting email from the state police SWAT team that repeatedly glorified violence.

Share broadly: deep thanks to all those signatories (and beyond) working to pursue discoveries in medical research in the face of threats to careers and academic freedom. www.cnn.com/2025/06/09/h...

Happy #pride month! We believe that chemistry is for everyone. In the face of opposition that threatens the progress we've made, it's never been more important for us to promote equality of opportunities and make chemistry as open, inclusive and diverse as it should be: buff.ly/1dShs0l #ChemSky

Madness! White House proposes shutting down chemical safety agency - The Washington Post www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...

In Fahrenheit 451, the abolition of reading began with tech companies simplifying books into summaries that you could read in five minutes. Because people no longer engaged with the texts, they forgot how to think. Then came the book-burnings.

We’re off to New York for tomorrow’s oral arguments about our tariff lawsuit at the U.S Court of International Trade. First stop: PDX airport!

🚨 EASY-TO-TAKE ACTION ALERT! 🚨 Want to do something to protect the integrity of the federal civil service? Submit a public comment! Not sure how to do that and what to say? I have a comment you can submit! 🧪🔭⚛️ Details here: news.chanda.science/archive/urge...

4 artists & 3 scientists created a series of posters to communicate some of the science issues most important to us. These posters are made to be shared! We're selling them in 4-packs, so YOU can share them outside of the science circles where we hang out online. get 'em squidfacts.bigcartel.com

NOAA has canceled the Northwest Climate Resilience Collaborative. NCRC was @cig-uw.bsky.social’s largest source of funding to work with rural communities and Tribes across WA, OR and ID to adapt and build resilience to climate impacts such as extreme heat, flooding, drought, and sea level rise.

"Fietsvlonders" are mobile bike platforms designed to turn a car parking spot into urban bike parking. They’re modular, moveable, and cheap, making it easy to test better use of public space. When car storage gets swapped for bikes, entire streets start to feel different.

I’ve been told unsaturated compounds have sooty flames when they burn, so I get the black smoke from anthracene thing. But why does rosin produce white smoke? Is it actually just uncombusted particulates or vapor that makes it look that way? #ChemSky

It’s #NationalSmallBusinessWeek, and I’ve visited some pretty fire places in the district this month 🔥 Aina Kauai Grill 🍽️ 10/10 Fresco & Fryed 🥙 10/10 Mount Angel Sausage Co 🌭 10/10 Leave your recs below!

Car cultures are authoritarian cultures.

After a very vigorous discussion today my climate class overwhelmingly voted in support of strong disincentives (at the city level) for natural gas service in new construction. 16 in favor, 2 supporting a total ban on methane and just 1 voting for the status quo. #climate #InBend

I’ve been in or around politics for over a half-century now. I’ve watched as corporations and the super-rich flooded D.C. with campaign cash and ransacked our system. It won't be easy, but here’s how we break the corporate oligarchy and return power to the people.

Here is a link to 60 Minutes NIH segment... www.cbsnews.com/news/scienti...

For #FossilFriday, fossil tracks in the news at @cnn.com! Story is about recently documented Eocene fossil bird, lizard, & mammal tracks at John Day Fossil Beds National Monument in Oregon, with quotes from the coauthors & some ichnologist. (OK, it's me.) www.cnn.com/2025/04/25/s... 🐾🐦🦎🐈‍⬛

News release on our cool fossil track paper! www.nps.gov/orgs/1207/an...

Central Oregonians— we hope you can join us for our town hall in Bend on May 3rd! Click here to RSVP- forms.office.com/Pages/Respon...

Oregon should get in on this

Relevant to earlier repost about a big corporate newspaper chain backing down from its commitment to diversity and inclusion: We’re hiring and still committed to elevating diverse voices to represent the OR community! Same with other open @statesnewsroom.com jobs: statesnewsroom.com/staff-openin...

At least a thousand people in Bend across four corners and down the street downtown. Creative signs. Everyone united. #Handsoff our democracy! Thanks for showing up, Bend. No Kings in our country.

Are you exercising your right to free speech and assembly today? Quote this or reply with your sign or photos of your local gathering!

One thing about this kind of thing is that if it works to get attention and energy, the next step is to do it again. And the step after that is to do something bigger.

Local Indivisible member was abducted by ICE in Washington. If you're in the state, please elevate this thread to your electeds and ask for their help in getting his release.

RIP, Tesla.

How do we get our local government/electeds to ditch their X accounts?

Northeast Portlander Sam Balto recently installed a "Bikehangar" from a London-based company called Cyclehoop and invited me over to take a look. It's the first one of its kind being used in Portland.

Senator Schumer should be out here fighting alongside House Democrats, snatching wigs and doing anything he can to stand up for Americans. I show up for my people. It's what I came here to do.

To me in this moment, ACS is serving itself rather than its members. The academic freedom of faculty flows from professional expertise. When a professional society reacts the way it is, we can't point to the society o support our academic freedom nor can trust them to have our backs. #ChemSky

Some personal/professional news: I dropped the “deputy” on Monday and am officially editor of @oregoncapitalchronicle.com. I’ve wanted to work for OCC since before it existed, and it’s still unreal to think I get to set its future course.