Dave Palmer
@davepalmerusask.bsky.social
Organic chemist, enzymologist, professor, cat dad. PEI ➡️ Queen's U ➡️ UIUC ➡️ USask. 🇨🇦✌️🙂 (he/him)
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You can test new tech ideas using the Seinfeld Test
Would the product eliminate the plot of an episode? (Google maps, cell phones, paypal, battery packs)
Good tech.
Would the product inspire new Seinfeld plots? (NFTs, AI chatbots, crypto currency, blindboxes, metaverse land sales)
Bad tech.
Would the product eliminate the plot of an episode? (Google maps, cell phones, paypal, battery packs)
Good tech.
Would the product inspire new Seinfeld plots? (NFTs, AI chatbots, crypto currency, blindboxes, metaverse land sales)
Bad tech.
January 31, 2026 at 6:57 AM
You can test new tech ideas using the Seinfeld Test
Would the product eliminate the plot of an episode? (Google maps, cell phones, paypal, battery packs)
Good tech.
Would the product inspire new Seinfeld plots? (NFTs, AI chatbots, crypto currency, blindboxes, metaverse land sales)
Bad tech.
Would the product eliminate the plot of an episode? (Google maps, cell phones, paypal, battery packs)
Good tech.
Would the product inspire new Seinfeld plots? (NFTs, AI chatbots, crypto currency, blindboxes, metaverse land sales)
Bad tech.
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Pan’s Labyrinth (2006)
January 30, 2026 at 1:27 PM
Pan’s Labyrinth (2006)
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Today is #NationalCornChipDay! The secret to a smooth nacho cheese sauce to accompany them is a compound with an appropriate chemical formula – one of four kitchen chemistry tricks highlighted in this edition of #PeriodicGraphics in @cenmag.bsky.social: cen.acs.org/food/food-sc...
January 29, 2026 at 9:24 PM
Today is #NationalCornChipDay! The secret to a smooth nacho cheese sauce to accompany them is a compound with an appropriate chemical formula – one of four kitchen chemistry tricks highlighted in this edition of #PeriodicGraphics in @cenmag.bsky.social: cen.acs.org/food/food-sc...
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My time to shine: newts have sex by the male laying down spermatophores and then waving his tail and head butting the female until she sits on one and takes it into her cloaca.
On 29th January 1996, "Threshold", the Star Trek: Voyager episode where Captain Janeway and Tom Paris turned into giant space newts and had babies first aired. Since it's #ThresholdDay we aim to answer a burning question: did Paris and Janeway fuck? If so, how did they fuck?
January 30, 2026 at 11:26 AM
My time to shine: newts have sex by the male laying down spermatophores and then waving his tail and head butting the female until she sits on one and takes it into her cloaca.
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Today is #InternationalLegoDay! Here's a look at how the chemical make-up of the bricks has changed over the years, and some of the changes being made to make the plastic bricks more sustainable: www.compoundchem.com/2018/04/09/l...
#ChemSky 🧪
#ChemSky 🧪
January 28, 2026 at 4:43 PM
Today is #InternationalLegoDay! Here's a look at how the chemical make-up of the bricks has changed over the years, and some of the changes being made to make the plastic bricks more sustainable: www.compoundchem.com/2018/04/09/l...
#ChemSky 🧪
#ChemSky 🧪
If you could only choose one article of clothing...
January 27, 2026 at 6:56 PM
If you could only choose one article of clothing...
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Today we celebrate the annual extension of abstract submission for the Canadian Society of Chemistry conference (this year in Toronto). Extended to Feb 10, 2026. Come to Canada! See our science! Buy me a drink!
Abstract submission:
www.xcdsystem.com/cic/abstract...
Abstract submission:
www.xcdsystem.com/cic/abstract...
x2026 - Abstract Submissions
www.xcdsystem.com
January 27, 2026 at 5:22 PM
Today we celebrate the annual extension of abstract submission for the Canadian Society of Chemistry conference (this year in Toronto). Extended to Feb 10, 2026. Come to Canada! See our science! Buy me a drink!
Abstract submission:
www.xcdsystem.com/cic/abstract...
Abstract submission:
www.xcdsystem.com/cic/abstract...
The time has come, The College said,
To empty your own trash.
It's now ev'ry professor's job,
For we are low on cash.
There will still be a custodians
So don't have any fear
That you will have to mop the floors
At least until next year.
To empty your own trash.
It's now ev'ry professor's job,
For we are low on cash.
There will still be a custodians
So don't have any fear
That you will have to mop the floors
At least until next year.
January 27, 2026 at 3:06 PM
The time has come, The College said,
To empty your own trash.
It's now ev'ry professor's job,
For we are low on cash.
There will still be a custodians
So don't have any fear
That you will have to mop the floors
At least until next year.
To empty your own trash.
It's now ev'ry professor's job,
For we are low on cash.
There will still be a custodians
So don't have any fear
That you will have to mop the floors
At least until next year.
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I'm currently advertising a two year PDRA position in simulating actinide X-ray spectra at @manchester.ac.uk. Feel free to DM or email me if you have any questions about this position.
www.jobs.manchester.ac.uk/Job/JobDetai...
www.jobs.manchester.ac.uk/Job/JobDetai...
Post-Doctoral Research Associate in Modelling X-ray Spectroscopies for the Nuclear Fuel Cycle :Manchester
Post-doctoral research associate in Modelling X-ray Spectroscopies for the Nuclear Fuel Cycle working with the Oakley group, Department of Chemistry, School of Natural Sciences, The University of Manchester.
www.jobs.manchester.ac.uk
January 23, 2026 at 10:17 AM
I'm currently advertising a two year PDRA position in simulating actinide X-ray spectra at @manchester.ac.uk. Feel free to DM or email me if you have any questions about this position.
www.jobs.manchester.ac.uk/Job/JobDetai...
www.jobs.manchester.ac.uk/Job/JobDetai...
My cancelable take on Sorceror Twitter is that although 1953’s Le Salaire de la Peur (The Wages of Fear) suffers a bit from being very *of its time*, it is a better paced film, and gives you Yves Montand as “what if Humphrey Bogart was tall and French and handsome”
my cancelable take on Sorcerer Twitter is that there should be a competency exam before you can read Carlos Castaneda, we don’t need just everyone out here silencing the internal dialogue and attracting the moth of knowledge, not to mention the impact on peyote conservation in the wild
My cancelable take on Sorcerer Twitter is that folks need to consider the local ecosystem before they curse people into animal forms.
I get it - toad is a classic! But as Australia shows, YOU CAN'T JUST LET THEM LOOSE EVERYWHERE.
Most places need more beavers! ALMOST NO PLACES NEED MORE WILD HOGS.
I get it - toad is a classic! But as Australia shows, YOU CAN'T JUST LET THEM LOOSE EVERYWHERE.
Most places need more beavers! ALMOST NO PLACES NEED MORE WILD HOGS.
January 27, 2026 at 3:45 AM
My cancelable take on Sorceror Twitter is that although 1953’s Le Salaire de la Peur (The Wages of Fear) suffers a bit from being very *of its time*, it is a better paced film, and gives you Yves Montand as “what if Humphrey Bogart was tall and French and handsome”
Sad news indeed. One of the few Members of Parliament I’ve ever met (never met my own 🙄). A clear voice for good science and health policy. Fuck cancer.
Sad news. She was very much a solo voice in cabinet for science. Even agter she was bumped, she continued to be a voice for the scientific community. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Former Liberal cabinet minister Kirsty Duncan dies at 59 | CBC News
Former Liberal cabinet minister Kirsty Duncan has died at the age of 59 following a years-long battle with cancer.
www.cbc.ca
January 27, 2026 at 12:50 AM
Sad news indeed. One of the few Members of Parliament I’ve ever met (never met my own 🙄). A clear voice for good science and health policy. Fuck cancer.
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Patriots googling what are the chances of a torrential rain storm in the Bay Area in two weeks
January 26, 2026 at 1:41 AM
Patriots googling what are the chances of a torrential rain storm in the Bay Area in two weeks
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This won the Netherlands top cartoon award
Peter de Wit gana el premio anual a la mejor viñeta política de los Países Bajos.
January 25, 2026 at 11:19 PM
This won the Netherlands top cartoon award
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Anyway, once again, asking if anyone is hiring for an analytical chemist with interests in ftms, NMR, and general futzing with instruments and software, in Europe or the UK.
January 25, 2026 at 10:26 PM
Anyway, once again, asking if anyone is hiring for an analytical chemist with interests in ftms, NMR, and general futzing with instruments and software, in Europe or the UK.
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just got out of a showing of the Melania documentary with some pals. it ended up being pretty awkward because her husband was there and kept interrupting the movie to shout at the director. “REMEMBER THE ISLAND,” he would yell, “REMEMBER WHAT WE DID ON THE ISLAND!” apple guy there too
January 25, 2026 at 5:07 AM
just got out of a showing of the Melania documentary with some pals. it ended up being pretty awkward because her husband was there and kept interrupting the movie to shout at the director. “REMEMBER THE ISLAND,” he would yell, “REMEMBER WHAT WE DID ON THE ISLAND!” apple guy there too
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I would like to gently request that AI pharmacy bots stop trying to kill my mother
Recently, I got a notice from my new pharmacy provider that they wouldn’t cover my thyroid medication and bizarrely suggested insulin instead! I need my thyroid medication. Then a couple of days ago, they called and told me to disregard the letter they had sent. AI is such a time and labor saver!
January 23, 2026 at 11:35 PM
I would like to gently request that AI pharmacy bots stop trying to kill my mother
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Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada announces closure of research operations, jobs cuts.
Closure of research operations just harms the economy. Research ultimately generates more money than is spent in the long run.
#Research #Canada #cdnpoli
www.ctvnews.ca/canada/artic...
Closure of research operations just harms the economy. Research ultimately generates more money than is spent in the long run.
#Research #Canada #cdnpoli
www.ctvnews.ca/canada/artic...
Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada announces closure of research operations, jobs cuts
Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada says it has identified savings opportunities and is closing seven research operations.
www.ctvnews.ca
January 25, 2026 at 3:32 AM
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I told Betelgeuse what was going on this #Caturday, and he told me “I am tired of Earth. These people. I am tired of being caught in the tangle of their lives.”
January 24, 2026 at 8:36 PM
I told Betelgeuse what was going on this #Caturday, and he told me “I am tired of Earth. These people. I am tired of being caught in the tangle of their lives.”
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In my ongoing attempts to give you a break from *gestures widely* THE HORRORS:
Let's talk about the utterly bizarre science of cats' purring.
Here's a weird starting point:
There are NO cats (Felidae) that can BOTH roar AND purr.
Cats that roar = genus Panthera
Cats that purr = genus Felis
Let's talk about the utterly bizarre science of cats' purring.
Here's a weird starting point:
There are NO cats (Felidae) that can BOTH roar AND purr.
Cats that roar = genus Panthera
Cats that purr = genus Felis
January 24, 2026 at 11:12 PM
In my ongoing attempts to give you a break from *gestures widely* THE HORRORS:
Let's talk about the utterly bizarre science of cats' purring.
Here's a weird starting point:
There are NO cats (Felidae) that can BOTH roar AND purr.
Cats that roar = genus Panthera
Cats that purr = genus Felis
Let's talk about the utterly bizarre science of cats' purring.
Here's a weird starting point:
There are NO cats (Felidae) that can BOTH roar AND purr.
Cats that roar = genus Panthera
Cats that purr = genus Felis
I told Betelgeuse what was going on this #Caturday, and he told me “I am tired of Earth. These people. I am tired of being caught in the tangle of their lives.”
January 24, 2026 at 8:36 PM
I told Betelgeuse what was going on this #Caturday, and he told me “I am tired of Earth. These people. I am tired of being caught in the tangle of their lives.”