another Scalzi book purchased... that man is going to bankrupt me

*sigh* NSF proposal declined womp womp

@pauldauenhauer.bsky.social was sure you’d be the author of this piece!

I can’t be the only one that remembers Jayce and the Wheeled Warriors?

We are hiring! Two PDRAs in a collaborative project between researchers in the EPSRC National Research Facility for EPR Spectroscopy, Manchester Chemistry, and the Eddleman Quantum Institute. Please share: www.jobs.manchester.ac.uk/Job/JobDetai... www.jobs.manchester.ac.uk/Job/JobDetai...

Happy International Women's Day to the original International Woman

Thanks to the amazing Prof Marilia Gaiarsa here @ucmerced.bsky.social I’m learning all sorts of cool stuff about bees!

Going through MSP on the way home, and if you happen to wander through here in the next few days, there are now a bunch of signed Scalzi books in the Open Book store.

is anyone else dealing with annoying "action could not be completed" nonsense with SciENcv?

I continue to be thankful for LinkedIn’s confidence in me 😂

There’s an old Bill Hicks but where he’s talking about CNN and their endless stream of negative headlines… then he sticks his head out a window to the sound of crickets and asks where all this sh*t is happening? I feel like that in academia, I want to openly and honestly acknowledge the wrongs (1/n)

Oh my God, the sun is out. I’m over here like Kal El soaking up these rays! #TuleFog #LetThereBeLight

🧪hey all, a friend and colleague, @maddoxfornc.bsky.social, is running for Congress in North Carolina. He is a scientist, professor, and parent, perspectives that are especially important right now. I hope you will support his run for Congress. Find out more here: www.maddoxforcongress.com/about/

Doing touristy things! Poured by my very own hand at the Guinness Storehouse

Picked up a few new books from local independent bookstores here in Merced and farther afield in Modesto… excited to dive in

hive mind: has anyone written an R03 to do secondary analysis of an existing data set??

it's funny how in the You've Got Mail era Barnes and Noble was the bad guy and now i'm like "i love patronizing local, in-person, actually-book-focused business Barnes and Noble instead of buying books on Amazon"

Nothing like submitting your proposal the day the Federal Government shuts down!

Every university has a story. UC Merced’s began with sketches and a dream to expand access to higher education. Now, 20 years later, UC Merced Arts presents "20 Years of UC Merced Art & Architecture", on view at La Galería through Dec. 13. 🔗 ucm.edu/olasz1

NSF proposal turned in to my Sponsored Projects Office for check, routing and (ultimately, hopefully) timely submission to NSF. Submitting proposals is hard under the best of circumstances... while also trying to 'Dean' it's God-awful. Reviewers, be kind, I tried my best to make it easy to read ;)

I just called something "Keystone Cops" and got blank stares...

I know that rankings don’t really mean much… but, I’m going to take a minute just to reflect on just all the good good stuff that had to happen over the last 20 years to get @ucmerced.bsky.social to this news… we’re ranked in the top 25 Schools in the country! news.ucmerced.edu/news/2025/uc...

As a general principle, self-serving, pompous and self-righteous preaching isn’t likely to win folks to your side.

Can anyone help out??

“Self nominations welcome” feels like the award version of “preliminary data not needed” for grants

Things are hard right now - very hard. So I want to throw some positivity out there. This morning (great planning I know) I decided that I wanted to talk about resumes/CVs at group meeting this afternoon, but realized I needed examples from industry. In short order @bagphos.bsky.social (Pfizer),

I 25% promise to work on that manuscript you sent!

Saw this at the other place… here’s what worries me, “imagine how much money…” why would you need to imagine, it’s literally in the post you shared! 260,000 x $8 x days of operation… even scarier though? All the people writing nonsensically incorrect answers below the post!

My colleagues (Billy Kerr, Nick Tomkinson, Craig Jamieson, Glenn Burley, Dave Lindsay, and Rebecca Beveridge) are looking for a total of FIVE postdoctoral researchers for a large collaborative programme of oligonucleotide research. Details here: www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DOH515/p...

🚨Call for Papers! 🚨 A new Special Issue of Inorganic Chimica Acta is now accepting submissions! Titled, "New Directions and Techniques in Organometallic Chemistry" see the link below for more details! #ChemSky www.sciencedirect.com/special-issu...

There is nothing that makes me more annoyed than private foundation grants that only allow faculty from a select list of “elite” universities to apply. It significantly limits my ability to obtain non-governmental funding. 🧪

I don’t care what it’s Box Office ends up doing… Fantastic Four is really really great

#ChemSky #ACSFall2025 Huge thank you to Prof. Isaiah Speight, Prof. Kensha Clark, and Prof. Davita Watkins for organizing this amazing lineup of impressive speakers. Hosted by organicdivision.org POLY and INOR. Thank you to ACS President Dr. Phillips for elevating this to a Presidential Symposium

out of left field question of the day... I just got back from France, my (French) Duolingo streak stands at 250 days, do I bother continuing? I am (potentially) going to Spain in 2 years, do I switch to Spanish now in the hopes I could be conversational in 2 years?

...after 14 years of trying, it feels very weird during these times to say, I just got my first NIH grant awarded... if I can avoid ugly crying during this next zoom call it might be a minor miracle

I’m going to suffer the slings and arrows for this one… but AI is a boondoggle and will never fulfill the current hype - and NSF throwing money at it with a $100m investment is a waste.

UC Merced is hiring! We’re seeking a visionary leader to serve as Dean of the School of Natural Sciences—an exciting opportunity to lead a vibrant academic community on an impact-driven campus. @ucmerced.bsky.social 🔗 aprecruit.ucmerced.edu/JPF02013

An outstanding opportunity for a senior leadership role here at UC Merced. The Dean of the School of Natural Sciences has the chance to work with an amazing team of staff and faculty. If folks have specific questions please don't hesitate to reach out. Apply here: aprecruit.ucmerced.edu/JPF02013

come join a fantastic and supportive team! careerspub.universityofcalifornia.edu/psc/ucm/EMPL...

Filming locations include… Findlater Castle 👀 www.bbc.com/news/article...

yup

It’s a Scottish burrito! #ScottishBurrito

ok y'all, so we have a change... from "Council review completed" to "Pending administrative review. Refer any questions to Program Official or Grants Management Specialist." this means...?

It’s very frickin hot here in the Central Valley, made worse by a completely dead a/c system. But I got to jump in the pool for a wee swim tonight and it was refreshing as hell

Why does it look like there’s a weird alien/predator looking dinosaur in the Rebirth trailer??

🚨JOB ALERT🚨 open rank position in Biochemistry apply now: aprecruit.ucmerced.edu/JPF01995 #ChemSky do your thing, repost please!

"Template for the future"... meaning reaching into the past when only work performed in the service of wealthy 'patrons' could get money!?

ok NIH savants... status in eRA Commons now, "Council review completed." so... what now?

Well, bye Argonne! It was a fun conference and I hope to be back at RERC in the future!