Cathleen Crudden
@cathleencrudden.bsky.social
Proud Canadian
Scientist, Chemist, Mother, Daughter, Swimmer, Tree Hugger, Japanophile
Editor-in-Chief ACS Catalysis
All views and opinions expressed are my own
She/her/elle
Scientist, Chemist, Mother, Daughter, Swimmer, Tree Hugger, Japanophile
Editor-in-Chief ACS Catalysis
All views and opinions expressed are my own
She/her/elle
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I'm very disappointed with the IOC today. Like most Ukrainians, this young man has lost so much. Why not let him decorate his helmet with the faces of lost friends? So cowardly of the IOC.
(Image from BBC news)
(Image from BBC news)
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The Epstein scandal isn't just about the disgusting sex trafficking of underage girls.
It's also about the rich, powerful men who LIED to us to cover up their involvement.
It's also about the rich, powerful men who LIED to us to cover up their involvement.
February 13, 2026 at 12:12 AM
The Epstein scandal isn't just about the disgusting sex trafficking of underage girls.
It's also about the rich, powerful men who LIED to us to cover up their involvement.
It's also about the rich, powerful men who LIED to us to cover up their involvement.
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this is comically evil. brazenly anti-social. just absolute black-pilled nihilism. we will not have a republic, we will not be free, until we regulate these companies to the point where — at a bare minimum — they're too afraid to put stuff like this down on paper.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/13/t...
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/13/t...
February 13, 2026 at 2:54 PM
this is comically evil. brazenly anti-social. just absolute black-pilled nihilism. we will not have a republic, we will not be free, until we regulate these companies to the point where — at a bare minimum — they're too afraid to put stuff like this down on paper.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/13/t...
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/13/t...
Always follow the money. Unrestrained capitalism is a success only for those at the VERY top.
February 13, 2026 at 3:55 PM
Always follow the money. Unrestrained capitalism is a success only for those at the VERY top.
When you are so used to privilege that even the thought of equality feels disastrous.
SEN. KAINE: “You said American whites are victims of a cultural genocide… are they represented in the senate? House? Presidency? CEO’s?”
Trump’s white nationalist pick for a top state department spot Jeremy Carl skewered by @kaine.senate.gov
Trump’s white nationalist pick for a top state department spot Jeremy Carl skewered by @kaine.senate.gov
February 13, 2026 at 3:53 PM
When you are so used to privilege that even the thought of equality feels disastrous.
Here's my idea. ZERO personal gun ownership. You want to go to a firing range, use a gun there. You want to go hunting, sign out a gun. People will mental health issues should not have access to weapons while in crisis. No one except police and military need guns, and they don't need them at home.
February 12, 2026 at 7:14 PM
Here's my idea. ZERO personal gun ownership. You want to go to a firing range, use a gun there. You want to go hunting, sign out a gun. People will mental health issues should not have access to weapons while in crisis. No one except police and military need guns, and they don't need them at home.
I'm very disappointed with the IOC today. Like most Ukrainians, this young man has lost so much. Why not let him decorate his helmet with the faces of lost friends? So cowardly of the IOC.
(Image from BBC news)
(Image from BBC news)
February 12, 2026 at 1:55 PM
I'm very disappointed with the IOC today. Like most Ukrainians, this young man has lost so much. Why not let him decorate his helmet with the faces of lost friends? So cowardly of the IOC.
(Image from BBC news)
(Image from BBC news)
Grace slick was a badass.
December 5, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Grace slick was a badass.
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We have posted this New Yorker's cartoon several times in the last 13 years... it gets only more relevant and infuriating with the passage of time. We are, collectively, a species of idiots.
November 30, 2025 at 12:38 PM
We have posted this New Yorker's cartoon several times in the last 13 years... it gets only more relevant and infuriating with the passage of time. We are, collectively, a species of idiots.
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The highest calling of journalism isn’t to tell two sides of a story.
The highest calling of journalism is to tell the truth.
And acting like a stenographer is a betrayal of your audience.
The highest calling of journalism is to tell the truth.
And acting like a stenographer is a betrayal of your audience.
Unfortunately, in US journalism it is considered neutral to spread a lie, but it is considered "biased" to call out a lie. So, there is a structural asymmetry that rewards colorful lies with virality.
November 30, 2025 at 7:49 AM
The highest calling of journalism isn’t to tell two sides of a story.
The highest calling of journalism is to tell the truth.
And acting like a stenographer is a betrayal of your audience.
The highest calling of journalism is to tell the truth.
And acting like a stenographer is a betrayal of your audience.
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"Never spread the lie in the headline" should be a hard rule of 21st century journalism.
Research shows that repeating lies helps to spread them, and people read headlines more than they read stories.
Research shows that repeating lies helps to spread them, and people read headlines more than they read stories.
News media has to do better with headlines that present false and unverified public health claims.
November 30, 2025 at 1:10 AM
"Never spread the lie in the headline" should be a hard rule of 21st century journalism.
Research shows that repeating lies helps to spread them, and people read headlines more than they read stories.
Research shows that repeating lies helps to spread them, and people read headlines more than they read stories.
Reposted by Cathleen Crudden
Reposted by Cathleen Crudden
Please enjoy my cartoon for Friday's Toronto Star
November 27, 2025 at 9:09 PM
Please enjoy my cartoon for Friday's Toronto Star
Love this (sarcasm). Ottawa and Alberta agree to build a pipeline through another province, who hasn't been consulted, through Indigenous lands, who don't want it.
I guess I'm done with voting liberal.
I guess I'm done with voting liberal.
November 27, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Love this (sarcasm). Ottawa and Alberta agree to build a pipeline through another province, who hasn't been consulted, through Indigenous lands, who don't want it.
I guess I'm done with voting liberal.
I guess I'm done with voting liberal.
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I wish it didn’t feel so unusual and inspiring to see a leader treating everyone like they matter and saying that we have a responsibility to help each other
Combatting poverty and hunger in this city will take every single one of us. Myself included.
November 27, 2025 at 3:19 PM
I wish it didn’t feel so unusual and inspiring to see a leader treating everyone like they matter and saying that we have a responsibility to help each other
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“Post pandemic” discussion about RSV and problems with getting vaccines — on 6pm CBC radio news with @laurenpelley.bsky.social .
The shots are “keeping babies out of hospital”
Me: Great! Vaccines are great! What about additional measures for this apparently airborne virus?
The shots are “keeping babies out of hospital”
Me: Great! Vaccines are great! What about additional measures for this apparently airborne virus?
November 25, 2025 at 11:15 PM
“Post pandemic” discussion about RSV and problems with getting vaccines — on 6pm CBC radio news with @laurenpelley.bsky.social .
The shots are “keeping babies out of hospital”
Me: Great! Vaccines are great! What about additional measures for this apparently airborne virus?
The shots are “keeping babies out of hospital”
Me: Great! Vaccines are great! What about additional measures for this apparently airborne virus?
I should be fine right?
November 26, 2025 at 2:05 AM
I should be fine right?
I did not have ‘Rubber duck museum moves to Canada because of tariffs and trade war’ on my 2025 bingo card. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
This American rubber duck museum is moving to B.C. due to tariffs, drop in tourism | CBC News
Quirky Point Roberts-based Rubber Duck Museum is coming to Tsawwassen Mills mall in B.C. after increasing tariffs and decreasing tourism have made business in the U.S. exclave unsustainable.
www.cbc.ca
November 25, 2025 at 1:36 AM
I did not have ‘Rubber duck museum moves to Canada because of tariffs and trade war’ on my 2025 bingo card. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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Bulky Phosphine Ligands Promote Palladium-Catalyzed Protodeboronation ( @jacs.acspublications.org ): pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/... ( @aspuru.bsky.social , @thematterlab.bsky.social )
November 24, 2025 at 9:27 PM
Bulky Phosphine Ligands Promote Palladium-Catalyzed Protodeboronation ( @jacs.acspublications.org ): pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/... ( @aspuru.bsky.social , @thematterlab.bsky.social )
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The American Chemical Society has selected Kangjie “Harry” Bian, Philip Lampkin, Hao Liang, Camille Rubel, and Allison Wong as the first recipients of the Arthur C. Cope Postdoctoral Fellowship in Organic Chemistry. cen.acs.org/acs-news/ACS... #chemsky
ACS names Arthur C. Cope Postdoctoral Fellowships in Organic Chemistry
The inaugural group of fellows will receive funds for up to 2 years of research
cen.acs.org
November 22, 2025 at 2:05 PM
The American Chemical Society has selected Kangjie “Harry” Bian, Philip Lampkin, Hao Liang, Camille Rubel, and Allison Wong as the first recipients of the Arthur C. Cope Postdoctoral Fellowship in Organic Chemistry. cen.acs.org/acs-news/ACS... #chemsky
Yup. Bring on 47 factor authentication, caues that's what is already feels like.
November 22, 2025 at 10:16 PM
Yup. Bring on 47 factor authentication, caues that's what is already feels like.
Horrifying what people do for the sake of greed.
Influencers made millions pushing ‘wild’ births – now the Free Birth Society is linked to baby deaths around the world www.theguardian.com/world/ng-int...
Influencers made millions pushing ‘wild’ births – now the Free Birth Society is linked to baby deaths around the world
A year-long investigation reveals how mothers lost children after being radicalised by uplifting podcast tales of births without midwives or doctors
www.theguardian.com
November 22, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Horrifying what people do for the sake of greed.
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AOC with the facts on MTG
November 22, 2025 at 2:21 PM
AOC with the facts on MTG