Liz O'Connor⁷
@drmicrochem.bsky.social
Microbiologist & Chem Prof
Polyglot wannabe
Korean language, food, media, music
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Polyglot wannabe
Korean language, food, media, music
Teachers open doors—you must enter
she her/⟬⟭💜⟭⟬ ⁷/Team 🐻
Bluesky is not a dating app, so don't
Views my own
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OK, #kdrama, #jdrama & #cdrama friends: #OreCup R1M2:
Let's stick with #copper for the #sageuk, #wuxia & #xianxia #bronze weaponry & add a metal used for the ornate jewelry in these dramas: #silver.
Tetrahedrite is a #copper salt that sometimes yields silver, too.
So vote #Tetrahedrite
1 vote only
Let's stick with #copper for the #sageuk, #wuxia & #xianxia #bronze weaponry & add a metal used for the ornate jewelry in these dramas: #silver.
Tetrahedrite is a #copper salt that sometimes yields silver, too.
So vote #Tetrahedrite
1 vote only
#OreCup R1M2 is a matchup of extremely shiny and geometrically-distinctive ore minerals for #Molybdenite vs #Tetrahedrite.
Vote: www.mineralcup.org/vote-results...
Results:
Vote: www.mineralcup.org/vote-results...
Results:
www.mineralcup.org
November 4, 2025 at 2:42 AM
You should do this, @vanhollen.senate.gov
November 4, 2025 at 1:57 AM
You should do this, @vanhollen.senate.gov
OK, #kdrama, #jdrama & #cdrama friends:
#OreCup is here!
Let's mix science with #sageuk, #wuxia & #xianxia!
To make the #bronze for all those halberds, swords, spears & dagger axes that are in early historical dramas, one mixes copper w/tin
So let's all vote #Copper
1 vote
No ballot-stuffing, please
#OreCup is here!
Let's mix science with #sageuk, #wuxia & #xianxia!
To make the #bronze for all those halberds, swords, spears & dagger axes that are in early historical dramas, one mixes copper w/tin
So let's all vote #Copper
1 vote
No ballot-stuffing, please
The first match in #OreCup is on now as #Galena and #Copper battle for your vote. Do you favour the lead ore or the native metal?
Vote: www.mineralcup.org/vote-results...
Results:
Vote: www.mineralcup.org/vote-results...
Results:
www.mineralcup.org
November 3, 2025 at 1:31 PM
I love the #jdrama, #PrideofTheTemp.
It's delightfully absurd & hilariously wackadoodle.
I would love to see the outtakes. I don't see how the cast kept a straight face through filming, especially when #ShinoharaRyōko played #HarukoOmae in all her officious glory.
#篠原涼子
It's delightfully absurd & hilariously wackadoodle.
I would love to see the outtakes. I don't see how the cast kept a straight face through filming, especially when #ShinoharaRyōko played #HarukoOmae in all her officious glory.
#篠原涼子
November 3, 2025 at 1:01 AM
I love the #jdrama, #PrideofTheTemp.
It's delightfully absurd & hilariously wackadoodle.
I would love to see the outtakes. I don't see how the cast kept a straight face through filming, especially when #ShinoharaRyōko played #HarukoOmae in all her officious glory.
#篠原涼子
It's delightfully absurd & hilariously wackadoodle.
I would love to see the outtakes. I don't see how the cast kept a straight face through filming, especially when #ShinoharaRyōko played #HarukoOmae in all her officious glory.
#篠原涼子
I'm sure there are a lot of colorful trees this week. Here's my contribution of a #RedMaple from our lovely college grounds.
#Autumn #BlueSkyArtShow #phonephotography
#Autumn #BlueSkyArtShow #phonephotography
November 1, 2025 at 5:11 PM
I'm sure there are a lot of colorful trees this week. Here's my contribution of a #RedMaple from our lovely college grounds.
#Autumn #BlueSkyArtShow #phonephotography
#Autumn #BlueSkyArtShow #phonephotography
I know. I know. I should have posted a trigger warning. 🤷♀️
Halloween costumes to scare scientists (by @twisteddoodles.bsky.social) 🧪
October 31, 2025 at 2:51 PM
I know. I know. I should have posted a trigger warning. 🤷♀️
Reposted by Liz O'Connor⁷
Impressive. Cuz media are complicit.
October 31, 2025 at 1:23 PM
Impressive. Cuz media are complicit.
Reposted by Liz O'Connor⁷
The Walton family (who own Walmart) are worth over $400 billion, yet many of their employees are on SNAP.
Bezos is worth over $400 billion, many Amazon employees require SNAP.
The people who need help are not the problem.
It’s corporate greed. It’s an unwillingness to pay a living wage.
Bezos is worth over $400 billion, many Amazon employees require SNAP.
The people who need help are not the problem.
It’s corporate greed. It’s an unwillingness to pay a living wage.
October 27, 2025 at 9:08 PM
The Walton family (who own Walmart) are worth over $400 billion, yet many of their employees are on SNAP.
Bezos is worth over $400 billion, many Amazon employees require SNAP.
The people who need help are not the problem.
It’s corporate greed. It’s an unwillingness to pay a living wage.
Bezos is worth over $400 billion, many Amazon employees require SNAP.
The people who need help are not the problem.
It’s corporate greed. It’s an unwillingness to pay a living wage.
VERY illuminating
I'll just leave this here lol www.youtube.com/watch?v=badG...
Why Farmers Voted For Trump
YouTube video by Farm to Taber
www.youtube.com
October 26, 2025 at 11:09 PM
VERY illuminating
October 25, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Who's visiting my Carrion Plant?
#Stapelia & other species have stunning flowers that emit the odor of rotting meat. This attracts flies, instead of bees, as pollinators.
This fly was quick & hard to capture with a phone
#phonephotography #inside #BlueSkyArtShow #patience #Stapelialeendertziae
#Stapelia & other species have stunning flowers that emit the odor of rotting meat. This attracts flies, instead of bees, as pollinators.
This fly was quick & hard to capture with a phone
#phonephotography #inside #BlueSkyArtShow #patience #Stapelialeendertziae
October 25, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Who's visiting my Carrion Plant?
#Stapelia & other species have stunning flowers that emit the odor of rotting meat. This attracts flies, instead of bees, as pollinators.
This fly was quick & hard to capture with a phone
#phonephotography #inside #BlueSkyArtShow #patience #Stapelialeendertziae
#Stapelia & other species have stunning flowers that emit the odor of rotting meat. This attracts flies, instead of bees, as pollinators.
This fly was quick & hard to capture with a phone
#phonephotography #inside #BlueSkyArtShow #patience #Stapelialeendertziae
Binge it.
This is the way.
This is the way.
My wife: Well, it’s the end of October, our Prime subscription expires tomorrow.
Me: What? I thought we had until the end of the month?!
Her: Close enough 🤷♀️
Me: But I’m 9 episodes in to a 16 episode kdrama.
Her:
Me: What? I thought we had until the end of the month?!
Her: Close enough 🤷♀️
Me: But I’m 9 episodes in to a 16 episode kdrama.
Her:
kermit the frog is wearing a black hoodie and says binge it .
Alt: kermit the frog is wearing a black hood and says “binge it” to Kermit without a hood
media.tenor.com
October 25, 2025 at 12:16 AM
Binge it.
This is the way.
This is the way.
Ugh, for the love of humanity, yes!
October 24, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Ugh, for the love of humanity, yes!
Rock races are coming!!!
October 24, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Rock races are coming!!!
Stop scrolling and post two characters who bring you happiness
October 22, 2025 at 2:25 AM
Stop scrolling and post two characters who bring you happiness
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October 21, 2025 at 4:39 AM
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Reposted by Liz O'Connor⁷
Friends, we have another a opportunity to protest the attempts to destroy science and public health by the Trump administration.
We would love to see you on November 5th if you can make it!
We would love to see you on November 5th if you can make it!
October 19, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Friends, we have another a opportunity to protest the attempts to destroy science and public health by the Trump administration.
We would love to see you on November 5th if you can make it!
We would love to see you on November 5th if you can make it!
Reposted by Liz O'Connor⁷
This Korean performance art piece is a little too on point 😭😭😭 It's pretty much the plot of 80% of Kdramas
#awezchaitrend
YouTube video by Knowva
m.youtube.com
October 20, 2025 at 3:21 PM
This Korean performance art piece is a little too on point 😭😭😭 It's pretty much the plot of 80% of Kdramas
October 19, 2025 at 4:09 AM
Reposted by Liz O'Connor⁷
I didn't get a picture of the best sign I saw today, but I remember what it said:
Somewhere in America
A little Hispanic girl
Is hiding in an attic
And keeping a diary.
#NoKings
Somewhere in America
A little Hispanic girl
Is hiding in an attic
And keeping a diary.
#NoKings
October 19, 2025 at 12:11 AM
I didn't get a picture of the best sign I saw today, but I remember what it said:
Somewhere in America
A little Hispanic girl
Is hiding in an attic
And keeping a diary.
#NoKings
Somewhere in America
A little Hispanic girl
Is hiding in an attic
And keeping a diary.
#NoKings
Reposted by Liz O'Connor⁷
Trump's insurrection vs Portland's insurrection. For one, he didn't call in the National Guards. For the other he did.
October 14, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Trump's insurrection vs Portland's insurrection. For one, he didn't call in the National Guards. For the other he did.
The dormant #volcano, Humphreys Peak, north of Flagstaff, AZ, showing the #vertical sides of its #caldera
It's called #Dookʼoʼoosłííd by the #Navajo & is considered sacred
Taken in May 2023 with a #SamsungNote9 from a commercial jet
#dormantvolcano #sacredlands
#phonephotography #BlueSkyArtShow
It's called #Dookʼoʼoosłííd by the #Navajo & is considered sacred
Taken in May 2023 with a #SamsungNote9 from a commercial jet
#dormantvolcano #sacredlands
#phonephotography #BlueSkyArtShow
October 17, 2025 at 11:39 PM
The dormant #volcano, Humphreys Peak, north of Flagstaff, AZ, showing the #vertical sides of its #caldera
It's called #Dookʼoʼoosłííd by the #Navajo & is considered sacred
Taken in May 2023 with a #SamsungNote9 from a commercial jet
#dormantvolcano #sacredlands
#phonephotography #BlueSkyArtShow
It's called #Dookʼoʼoosłííd by the #Navajo & is considered sacred
Taken in May 2023 with a #SamsungNote9 from a commercial jet
#dormantvolcano #sacredlands
#phonephotography #BlueSkyArtShow
Reposted by Liz O'Connor⁷
A part of you has existed since almost the moment of creation. 🌌💥🧪
Astrophysicist @erikahamden.bsky.social breaks down how the hydrogen in your body was formed within the first 20 minutes after the Big Bang.
Astrophysicist @erikahamden.bsky.social breaks down how the hydrogen in your body was formed within the first 20 minutes after the Big Bang.
October 16, 2025 at 9:11 PM
A part of you has existed since almost the moment of creation. 🌌💥🧪
Astrophysicist @erikahamden.bsky.social breaks down how the hydrogen in your body was formed within the first 20 minutes after the Big Bang.
Astrophysicist @erikahamden.bsky.social breaks down how the hydrogen in your body was formed within the first 20 minutes after the Big Bang.
Reposted by Liz O'Connor⁷
A UCLA-led effort has taught enzymes an entirely new reaction mechanism—a radical hydrogenation process that nature itself never discovered. Enzymes can now rival or surpass precious-metal catalysts, paving the way for greener pharmaceuticals, fine chemicals, and biocatalytic materials. 🧪
Biocatalytic, asymmetric radical hydrogenation of unactivated alkenes
Alkene hydrogenation is a cornerstone of chemical synthesis, yet enzymatic strategies remain limited to electron deficient substrates via hydride transfer. Using heme enzymes, we unlock a hydrogenatio...
www.science.org
October 16, 2025 at 9:12 PM
A UCLA-led effort has taught enzymes an entirely new reaction mechanism—a radical hydrogenation process that nature itself never discovered. Enzymes can now rival or surpass precious-metal catalysts, paving the way for greener pharmaceuticals, fine chemicals, and biocatalytic materials. 🧪