Keith David has finally received his well deserved star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Today is his 70th birthday!

So long AJ. Sad to see you go, but stoked to see what Devonta Smith does as WR1

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Never thought I would see a thiazole and a cyclopropane in a Guardian graphic, but very cool! My group recently did a retrosynthesis exercise on this very molecule. Exciting times in oncology research!

@science.esa.int this is very cool, but please correct your molecular formula for water (unless you're actually observing the hydroperoxyl radical, which would also be cool)

55 POINTS 55 REBOUNDS 55 ASSISTS 55 BLOCKS

Low tide boys!

Gas Station Price Sign Using Scientific Notation

Sulfuric acid is the most widely produced chemical in the world. The Persian Gulf is a key source of the sulfur used to make sulfuric acid. But now the war in Iran is causing chaos in the flow of sulfur, threatening to increase prices across the economy. cen.acs.org/business/eco... #chemsky 🧪

On this day in 1969, Neil Young released his second studio album Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere. It was the first album with his backing band Crazy Horse. The album included the hit Cinnamon Girl and reached #32 in Canada. It sold one million copies worldwide.

Dorothy Hodgkin, Nobel Prize winner and crystallography pioneer, was born #OTD in 1910. Using X-ray crystallography she determined the structures of complex molecules including vitamin B10 and insulin: www.compoundchem.com/2019/05/12/h...#OTD#ChemSky 🧪

Slightly increase a band: Alice in Cannes

Slightly increase a band: Men with hats

lol, they gave Artemis II astronaut (and Philadelphia sports fan) Christina Koch an astronaut Gritty

When I heard this track playing in a used record store I went straight to the counter and bought the vinyl literally off the turntable. Phenomenal song, album, and artist. (This was in 2023 - embarrassing that it took me so long to dig into Taj's back catalogue)

In @science.org for chemsky this week, we've got a blockbuster result from the Merck process team engineering enzymes to make the extraordinarily complicated macrocyclic peptide enlicitide. Follows in the footsteps of sitagliptin and islatravir. www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Just finished slides for a new project in the group where I managed to include references to Alien, Futurama, and Final Fantasy 6. The TOC graphic possibilities for the forthcoming paper are endless.

Achievement unlocked: I sent so many emails today my account has been locked by IT Security. And it's only Monday. I would set an auto reply that responses will be delayed, but see achievement above.

HAPPENING NOW: Tim Heidecker delivers an update on the future of InfoWars and takes calls from viewers including President Donald J. Trump.

I am happy to share that I will be attending @ciccheminst.bsky.social #x2026 conference held in Toronto's Metro Convention Centre from May 24th to May 28th. My talk will be in the General Inorganic Session on Wednesday at 5:40 pm in meeting room 714B! #chemsky 🧪 www.xcdsystem.com/cic/program/...

I can't be the only one with a furious urge to mash R1 when the red touche icon appears

This truly is the best technology in history, and everyone should rely on it for really important things.

S = k log W

Jules Winnfield to Hegseth: I don't remember asking you a GOD damn thing

On this day in 1975, Harmonium released their second studio album Les cinq saisons. Considered one of the best Canadian albums ever made, it went platinum in Canada with 100,000 copies sold. It also earned four Juno nominations, including Group of the Year.

A music lover has been secretly recording live shows for decades - now there are thousands of free downloads online, including some major acts from the 80s and 90s. {https://kottke.org/20..../treasure-trove-of-secret-concert... https://kottke.org/26/04/online-treasure-trove-secret-concert-recordings

Vance to Heisenberg: "you should be careful when talking about matters of uncertainty."

*frenzy meter rises*

Wishing a happy Brian’s Hat Day to all who celebrate.

So @rickyftw.bsky.social's back from his jog through Death Valley... and it's @eliotetc.bsky.social's duty to inform Ricky why he might be better off sweating his ass off in the desert as #InternetToday returns for yet another American Fascism Gut Check!

As the husband of an Iranian woman, as an American, and as a human being, I’m honestly not sure how much more of this I can stand.

it's been on my list to make a video about lenny randle for six years and i finally did it. THE HISTORY OF CHARGING THE MOUND, EPISODE 6:

from now on this is benzene again

Join us for the final #COrgI virtual seminar of the 2025/2026 season, this Thursday 2 Apr! We've got two fantastic talks: one from my @uvic.ca colleague @nelsonyslam.bsky.social and PhD student Katelyn Le from the Van Humbeck group at U Calgary. Register online at: www.cheminst.ca/cic-virtual/...

Join us for the final #COrgI virtual seminar of the 2025/2026 season, this Thursday 2 Apr! We've got two fantastic talks: one from my @uvic.ca colleague @nelsonyslam.bsky.social and PhD student Katelyn Le from the Van Humbeck group at U Calgary. Register online at: www.cheminst.ca/cic-virtual/...

Apparently the Canucks didn't know about the Streisand effect? theprovince.com/sports/hocke...

I'm sorry but wtf is this image. Palladium fraternizing with niobium? Bismuth cavorting with fluorine? Dogs and cats, living together? MASS HYSTERIA!

Great story by NPR - a rare (but extremely welcome) positive story about chemistry and medicines discovery.

.... And if the conflict lasts longer than that...? How many MRI scanners are going to be unexpectedly decommissioned because they can't refill them with liquid helium? (obviously I'm also freaking out about NMR spectrometers...) This war is too stupid to be real. And yet it is.

An absolute legendary artist and pioneer. I can't get over the level of awesome in this photo.

am I the only one disappointed this isn't a pi*

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:

at the request of @legendofq.bsky.social and many others; here is the directors-cut of our boring and pointless discussion about local grocery stores.

what's that quote, "history doesn't repeat but it does rhyme"? en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1979_oi...

not to be a Metallica pendant but I think it's Damage, Inc. and I would lobby to swap that with Creeping Death (lower main group seems fitting for that)

This is a huge mistake that the majority of the province will come to regret later this year.

Hi All. Here is Alex Pinto, chemistry professor at Manhattan University, in NYC. I use to have a twitter with a couple of followers. Now, I am finally at BlueSKy. If you used to follow my group on Twitter, please, follow us here on BlueSky. I hope to keep the same vibe we used to have on Twitter.

The final version of this manuscript is up at acs catalysis. pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...