Dave Palmer
@davepalmerusask.bsky.social
Organic chemist, enzymologist, professor, cat dad. PEI ➡️ Queen's U ➡️ UIUC ➡️ USask. 🇨🇦✌️🙂 (he/him)
Oh, that show where two teenagers managed to come out of the closet over 5 seasons without ever using the word gay?
Okay, so looking at the actual report this right-wing group put out... and... this is not at all what the story is "centered on."
February 3, 2026 at 9:41 PM
Oh, that show where two teenagers managed to come out of the closet over 5 seasons without ever using the word gay?
🎶 Crawfish walking in the hot sun
Ring-billed gull vs. crawfish.
(Spoiler: The gull won.)
laurel-gale.pixels.com/featured/gul...
#birds #wildlife #nature
(Spoiler: The gull won.)
laurel-gale.pixels.com/featured/gul...
#birds #wildlife #nature
February 3, 2026 at 7:22 PM
🎶 Crawfish walking in the hot sun
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"but doctor, i am pagliacci!"
"You’re right, I made a mistake. Sorry about that — I'll be sure to be more careful in my responses next time. Let me know if you want me to find any clowns nearby!"
"You’re right, I made a mistake. Sorry about that — I'll be sure to be more careful in my responses next time. Let me know if you want me to find any clowns nearby!"
February 3, 2026 at 6:11 AM
"but doctor, i am pagliacci!"
"You’re right, I made a mistake. Sorry about that — I'll be sure to be more careful in my responses next time. Let me know if you want me to find any clowns nearby!"
"You’re right, I made a mistake. Sorry about that — I'll be sure to be more careful in my responses next time. Let me know if you want me to find any clowns nearby!"
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Sticking with yesterday’s fruity theme, February is also #NationalCherryMonth 🍒
Here’s a look at how the chemistry of sweet and sour cherries differs: www.compoundchem.com/2016/07/21/c...
#ChemSky 🧪
Here’s a look at how the chemistry of sweet and sour cherries differs: www.compoundchem.com/2016/07/21/c...
#ChemSky 🧪
February 3, 2026 at 12:29 PM
Sticking with yesterday’s fruity theme, February is also #NationalCherryMonth 🍒
Here’s a look at how the chemistry of sweet and sour cherries differs: www.compoundchem.com/2016/07/21/c...
#ChemSky 🧪
Here’s a look at how the chemistry of sweet and sour cherries differs: www.compoundchem.com/2016/07/21/c...
#ChemSky 🧪
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I've seen some crazy-amazing shit in Maui but this may be the amazingest! Apparently, it's a Miniature Melo. A marine bubble snail that seems impossibly cool. And it was tiny. TINY!
#tidepool #marinelife #nature #amazeballs #love #snails #smallwonders #ocean #alien #colorful #goodnight #nokings
#tidepool #marinelife #nature #amazeballs #love #snails #smallwonders #ocean #alien #colorful #goodnight #nokings
February 3, 2026 at 1:54 AM
I've seen some crazy-amazing shit in Maui but this may be the amazingest! Apparently, it's a Miniature Melo. A marine bubble snail that seems impossibly cool. And it was tiny. TINY!
#tidepool #marinelife #nature #amazeballs #love #snails #smallwonders #ocean #alien #colorful #goodnight #nokings
#tidepool #marinelife #nature #amazeballs #love #snails #smallwonders #ocean #alien #colorful #goodnight #nokings
The movie Groundhog Day was made 33 years ago. I think it’s time for a remake. It should be a shot-for-shot remake, with exactly the same script, and all the same actors.
a man in a suit and tie is talking into a microphone while a crowd looks on .
Alt: Bill Murray in Groundhog Day saying “Again.”
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February 3, 2026 at 1:35 AM
The movie Groundhog Day was made 33 years ago. I think it’s time for a remake. It should be a shot-for-shot remake, with exactly the same script, and all the same actors.
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February is #NationalGrapefruitMonth – did you know that grapefruit and grapefruit juice can affect some medications? This graphic explains why: www.compoundchem.com/2014/03/07/w...
#ChemSky 🧪
#ChemSky 🧪
February 2, 2026 at 4:02 PM
February is #NationalGrapefruitMonth – did you know that grapefruit and grapefruit juice can affect some medications? This graphic explains why: www.compoundchem.com/2014/03/07/w...
#ChemSky 🧪
#ChemSky 🧪
No-hug bunny
February 1, 2026 at 11:26 PM
No-hug bunny
The Rorschach approach
February 1, 2026 at 1:23 AM
The Rorschach approach
Fuck yeah Flukeman episode
February 1, 2026 at 1:10 AM
Fuck yeah Flukeman episode
Tell me five classes you took in college.
History of Popular Music- taught by a chauvinist 🐷
Archaeology- sigh, also 🐷
History of Chemistry- from a theoretician
Theoretical Organic Chemistry- from the SCARIEST prof
Introductory Spanish- from a grad student with a thick Liverpool accent 😅
History of Popular Music- taught by a chauvinist 🐷
Archaeology- sigh, also 🐷
History of Chemistry- from a theoretician
Theoretical Organic Chemistry- from the SCARIEST prof
Introductory Spanish- from a grad student with a thick Liverpool accent 😅
Tell me five classes you took in college.
Molecular Biology of HIV
History of the Civil War
Organic Chemistry (2.5X, lol)
Science Writing
Physical Chemistry (woof)
Molecular Biology of HIV
History of the Civil War
Organic Chemistry (2.5X, lol)
Science Writing
Physical Chemistry (woof)
Never mind the jobs you had, tell me five classes you took in college.
Physics 2 (whoa, FIELDS?!?)
Astronomy 2 (whoa, order of magnitude thinking/proportional reasoning?!?)
Origins of Life
History of WWII
Relativity & Cosmology
Physics 2 (whoa, FIELDS?!?)
Astronomy 2 (whoa, order of magnitude thinking/proportional reasoning?!?)
Origins of Life
History of WWII
Relativity & Cosmology
January 31, 2026 at 5:57 PM
Tell me five classes you took in college.
History of Popular Music- taught by a chauvinist 🐷
Archaeology- sigh, also 🐷
History of Chemistry- from a theoretician
Theoretical Organic Chemistry- from the SCARIEST prof
Introductory Spanish- from a grad student with a thick Liverpool accent 😅
History of Popular Music- taught by a chauvinist 🐷
Archaeology- sigh, also 🐷
History of Chemistry- from a theoretician
Theoretical Organic Chemistry- from the SCARIEST prof
Introductory Spanish- from a grad student with a thick Liverpool accent 😅
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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.