Can white safely play 20 Bxh7? What happens after 20...fxe5 21 Rxd6? Another really nice one from Geller's book. #chesspunks lichess.org/study/b5Oa09...

Really nice game in the Grunfeld defense from Geller's book. lichess.org/study/b5Oa09...

My kids: “You look weird without a beard, but when you have one, it’s scratchy.” 🤷‍♂️ Happy Father’s Day, everyone. 😂

Miggy pulled a Jomboy and got a red card! 😱 #worldCup A sentence that has never been before been, and likely never will again be, uttered.

And now the REFEREE is down with a cramp. What are we even doing here, people?! 🤣

Six minutes of stoppage time. Six. 🤣🤣🤣 In a game featuring Australian thugs stopping play every fifteen seconds. 🤷‍♂️😂⚽️ Not complaining, as the physicality ultimately hurt AUS. #worldCup #USAvsAUS

Can’t tell if we’re that good or Paraguay and Australia are just that bad. Guess we’ll find out in the knockout round… ⚽️🇺🇸😅 #worldCup

First time in World Cup history a team has benefitted from own goals in back-to-back games. Wow! Nice shot! Nice shot! What a save! 🇺🇸🇦🇺 #USAvsAUS #worldCup

Professional rivalries, scandals, and retractions mar graphyne research, but can the material be a promising one? My latest for @cenmag.bsky.social: cen.acs.org/research-int... #ChemSky

Mbappé is pretty darn good at soccer, turns out! 🇫🇷⚽️

The Internet ain't dead! Check out this great compendium of information about the world championships, USSR championships ("the strongest national title series ever held"), and the US championships (there for "purely jingoistic reasons" 😂). graeme.50webs.com/chesschamps/...

I don't even know where to start. Apparently this is a pretty stable molecule. #ChemChat en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thiazyl...

I'm rooting for Cape Verde! 😂⚽️🏟️

Hurricanes about to win the Stanley Cup for the first time in twenty years!

This breakdown of a chess episode of Frazier is hilarious, but also contains great insights on chess culture and advice for “rage-quitters.” #chesspunks youtu.be/8VRLk4Wq0B0?...

As we say in Rocket League… What a save! Close one! Nice shot! Nice shot! Nice shot! #worldcup #USAvsParaguay

Chess is brutal, man. Sometimes a rook "sacrifice" isn't a sacrifice at all. Fascinating game, and I would've loved to hear Geller rant at Stockfish's lukewarm evaluation of his "brilliant" sacrifice. #chesspunks lichess.org/study/b5Oa09...

More Stanley-Cup-Finals-as-Star-Wars: Tortarella is Darth Sidious (obvs) Barbyshev is Darth Vader Brind'Amour is Qui-Gon Jin Aho is Luke Skywalker (bit torn on this one; Jarvis and Sveshnikov would also fit the bill IMO)

If you haven’t been watching the Stanley Cup Finals, you should be. Fantastic series between the evil empire of Vegas and the scrappy rebels of Carolina featuring Jordan “Obi-Wan Kenobi” Staal.

FDA has approved bemotrizinol, its first new UV filter in over 20 years. Already used in Europe and Asia, it could mean better SPF ahead. cen.acs.org/business/spe...

Someone was complaining on one of the chess subreddits the other day about pawn endgame puzzles. I love ’em! This one has “deep freeze,” breakthrough, and zugzwang themes. White to move and win. #chesspunks

Folks - little help for my kid on his Sociology final project. If you’ve got a spare 1-2 minutes, please take his short survey on AI usage. Trying to help him get a sample of more than just HS kids.

I just went 74-8, think you can go 82-0? www.82-0.com/share?id=pyh...

Some advice for students starting college in the fall on using generative AI. (In a nutshell, do so thoughtfully and deliberately—and trust your faculty.) moleculeworld.wordpress.com/2026/06/01/m...

Personal collection of greatest hits for chemical disaster story time: - Ammonia leaks at Schwan’s (hyper local!) - Vinyl chloride train derailment - Bio-Lab fire in Conyers And the latest addition, - Methyl methacrylate tank

The thing about “Bluesky is a bubble” takes is that they start with the false assumption that social media is our job or some sort of responsibility. This isn’t my job. It’s probably not yours, either. It’s not our responsibility to ruin our days on a Nazi hellsite or to talk to dummies here.

The march through Geller's book continues...I've added some games from the French (Geller was apparently a fan of the Tarrasch variation!), classical Caro-Kann, and Pirc. #chesspunks lichess.org/study/b5Oa09...

Trousers beat connected passed pawns in this one. RIP Naroditsky, whom I learned this idea from. Black to play and win! #chesspunks

Wonderfully refreshing perspective on chemical testing and evaluation…plus interesting chemistry! youtube.com/shorts/gFJz3...

Today is Election Day in Georgia and polls are open! This campaign has always been powered by people — organizers, volunteers, supporters, and Georgians who believe in building a better future for our state. I’m deeply grateful for the trust you have put in me.

I often tell AI models their answers are incorrect or misleading, and they typically agree and update. The problem is...the people who can authoritatively tell when an AI is wrong are few compared to those who simply trust what the model says.

As the rare breed known as the “father who does most of the cooking,” my policy is always “you are more than welcome to starve” if you won’t eat what I spent 30 minutes preparing after eight hours of work.

Happy with this Scandinavian. The black knights were tricky, and I only blew a draw once. 😂 #chesspunks lichess.org/pXE9NDuG/white

"[Lewis structures] are not perfect, but writing a Lewis structure is a lot easier than solving the Schrödinger equation, so we recommend that you watch this lecture." 😂 They're not wrong! ocw.mit.edu/courses/5-11...

Two final exams done and two to go!

When I was in college, I dated a woman from a “horse family.” Her mom worked with horses at Keeneland and they owned a farm in rural KY. The amount of utter SHIT that women have to put up with in that industry is unconscionable. All credit and props to Cherie Deveaux for making history today!

1/17 🧵What makes chess unique, why you should try it, & common misconceptions that hold it back. Hear me out. A) Awesomeness: Do you ever read a mystery novel and suddenly all the pieces come together and you have figured out the ending? Chess is that "if this then that" intellectual thrill.

Geez. I expected a beatdown, but not one of the worst whoopings in Hawks history. 🐣🏀 See ya next year!

Black to play and mate in one move! Sure it was against a 1300 bot. It’s still beautiful! #chesspunks @metallocene.bsky.social

Any Banner users on Bluesky? It's that time of year. Feels like I'm speaking other language sometimes... WFAPMTA: "Double U Fap Mata" WOAHOLD: "Woah! Hold!" SFASRPO: "Essfa Surpo"

CJ McCollum will forever be remembered in Hawks history. Consummately professional performance in the last five minutes. It’s a must-watch if you’re a basketball fan! youtu.be/1B9Oxil0tIQ?...

For anyone interested, here's the current version of the lecture notebook, although I'm sure I'll revise heavily after this week: github.com/ghutchis/che...

So many meme'able thoughts about today's extension of the Title II compliance deadline. It's some mixture of "laughing rich guys," "Ben Affleck smoking," and "bad luck Brian." www.federalregister.gov/documents/20...

Fun scam call this morning: “we’re calling to collect on [auto loan paid off two months ago].“ It’s a clever idea for a scam, but the poor woman didn’t know I’m in full-on registration rage mode this morning.

how very dare you. also - he didn't? oO

Agreed! Not exactly a journal about my day, but maybe it should be: moleculeworld.wordpress.com

Excited to celebrate our amazing @gt-chem-bchm.bsky.social undergraduate award winners tonight!

Watching and reflecting on the end of #FIDECandidates, I’m struck by the massive difference between this event and those of the “chess entrepreneurs“ like chesscom, EWC, etc. Chess has an essence—a nature—and so many of the latter are trying to make chess something it’s not.

"The initial concentration of each reactant is equal to the fourth and fifth digits of your Student ID Number divided by 10^5..." That's actually brilliant. 😂 Old-school randomization. www.chm.uri.edu/weuler/chm11...