Our Queen

The IF Is Not Enough Make a Bond Movie academic

Merry Christmas everyone. Martin here phoning in for probably the last time today. It’s not yet 7AM, getting set for a hot one. The cicadas know, they’re on full blast outside the bedroom window.

Classic Australian rock song of the day is GANGgajang - Sounds Of Then (This Is Australia) youtu.be/ML9h3I5Uktw?...

Exciting news that @fda.gov has approved the first oral GLP-1 agonist for clinical use for @novonordisk.bsky.social. www.novonordisk.com/content/nnco... It was amazing to hear about the science behind these medications directly from Lotte Bjerre Knudsen in her @led3hub.bsky.social Lecture.

Classic Australian rock song of the day is Little Heroes - One Perfect Day (1982) youtu.be/1nUFseaHtfs?...

Do I know anyone who is a current or recent subscriber to Sky NZ?

Happy #GravyDay to all who celebrate. youtu.be/iYqIF2XkqKU?...

A Lord of the Rings Cover Band called Split Ents

Don’t know if it’s anything to do with their embrace of AI but Scholar has started sending me suggestions of people to follow who bear no substantial relevance to any work I’ve done in the last decade. #AcademicSky 🧪

Gorn!

Now I can post this one. The evidence/not evidence.

The end goal is eugenicist. RFK and his ilk know that this will make vaccines more expensive and time-consuming — and therefore marginalized children are most likely to fall through the cracks. This is about killing kids who aren't born to privilege. www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...

these documents are more blacked out than Barnaby Joyce on a Canberra footpath.

I am grateful that there is a strong American leader whose soul is filled with compassion.

Much Ado About Grinch

Hey #chemsky - NMR people! At King's we're hiring an NMR technical manager! Come join a lovely department and get to work with some fantastic chemists! www.kcl.ac.uk/jobs/134186-...

Happy adoption day Margaux!

Jesus. Bluesky wants me to age verify via this third party company YOTi but the process is all kinds of fucked. Keeps claiming it can't access my phone's camera, even though I *temporarily) allowed Safari camera access.

This is wonderful news. The 5 year only still lives inside of me. 🦕

Huzzah! An #Ashes ton for Alex Carey at his home ground

I was sprung by the ladies having a snack. "The rules are the rules And the facts are the facts And when the cheese drawer opens You gotta pay the tax The cheese tax! The cheese tax!" Them's the rules.

Faaark. Someone in my parents neighbourhood (2074) has 47 guns.

Beans #GingerCat

Residents of Five Dock better buckle up. Meep meep meep!

Well, this is an utter disaster for science. This gutting of peer review is very likely driven by Project 2025/OMB/Vought, very likely is about funding junk science, and very likely is coming for #NIH and biomedical research next. 🧪

Old MacDonald had a farm, AI AI Oh! And on his farm he had an AI cow, AI AI Oh! With a slop-slop here and a slop-slop there, Here a slop, there a slop, Everywhere a slop-slop, Old MacDonald had no farm because AI used all the water, AI AI Oh!

I gotta say that asking me to choose between Grignard and Diels-Alder reactions was cruel. And a 50.3%/49.7% split of the votes tells me I'm not alone #ChemChat

#ChemPostDoc #ChemSky www.seek.com.au/job/89003755...

Ich thynke but litel of a Mondaye bleake Tuesdaye grey and Wednesdaye eke Thursdaye Ich care nat for thee Yet Fridaye Ich do love Mondaye thou kanst fall awaye Tuesdaye, Wednesdaye, myne herte slaye No mirthe ys founde upon Thursdaye Yet Fridaye Ich do love

Round 1 of the 2025 Organic Reaction Championship ends today at midnight! Will the Diels–Alder Reaction maintain its legacy dominance? Can the Grignard Reaction overcome its temperament? Vote for your favorite reaction! #ACSOrganic #amplifyorganic zurl.co/DTEvX

Can I just do a new policy? When Multi-Factor-Authentication logs me out in the middle of my work, that means I'm done for the day.

LNP opening all the taps to fill their electoral troughs

It is with great sadness that Time Team says goodbye + sleep well, to our wonderful and irreplaceable friend, Kerry Ely, who passed away peacefully on 8th December. Fans will know him not only as an archaeologist, but as the ‘Mr Logistics’ who kept the whole show on the road through thick and thin.

I have a [2+2] joke but it's forbidden #ChemChat

Grumpy because the cup of coffee I made has gone cold. youtu.be/N38iThsj7xg?...

Movie you’ve watched more than six times with a gif. Hard mode: no Stars (Wars nor Trek), LOTR, or Marvel, Disney Animated or Pixar.

The Australien Government has made an ad about the Social Media Ban for Under-16s, and it's surprisingly honest and informative.

Your one-time code is a fucking lie. Remember me you bastards. Remember that I want no cookies except the functionally essential.

“We'll all be rooned" said Hanrahan

If you’re looking for some sciencey books and activities for kids in the upcoming holidays…

England off to a flyer* *won the toss

Sometimes I feel like it’s good to put numbers into terms that are easy to understand for regular people, so here is my latest piece regarding the firing of Antoinette Lattouf: chaser.com.au/entertainmen...

We all need a little Wisdom in our lives

I’m no expert, but I’ve seen this paper described as an important justification for claims about the safety of Roundup. And now it has been retracted by the journal it appeared in. 🧪

Bloody hell. Went to google to find out about the newly opened Centenary motorway brief duplication and the top three hits are partisan hit pieces from “news” outlets I’ve never heard of. Eg National Tribune and Mirage News. #auspol.

named my fists Mettler and Toledo. You have 20 seconds to weigh up your options #ChemChat