Debbie Gale Mitchell
@heydebigale.bsky.social
Chemist, 🧲 spectroscopist, mother, Associate Teaching Prof. of Chemistry at University of Denver. Loves reading romance and nonfiction 💖📚, currently writing a narrative nonfiction book on spectroscopy🚨Opinions and thoughts and posts are my own!
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I have some big news!
I’m writing a book about spectroscopy! 🚨🧲🌈🖼️🔦
My book is narrative nonfiction—with illustrations ✍️
A huge thank you to my wonderful agent Jessica Papin!!
Also thank you to my β-reader Sarah Zingales who has supported me through this whole process 🥹
I’m writing a book about spectroscopy! 🚨🧲🌈🖼️🔦
My book is narrative nonfiction—with illustrations ✍️
A huge thank you to my wonderful agent Jessica Papin!!
Also thank you to my β-reader Sarah Zingales who has supported me through this whole process 🥹
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In the UK, 2026 is the #NationalYearOfReading. Which do you prefer: the smell of new books or of old books? 📚
Here's the chemistry behind both! www.compoundchem.com/2014/06/01/n...
#ChemSky 🧪
Here's the chemistry behind both! www.compoundchem.com/2014/06/01/n...
#ChemSky 🧪
January 7, 2026 at 3:15 PM
In the UK, 2026 is the #NationalYearOfReading. Which do you prefer: the smell of new books or of old books? 📚
Here's the chemistry behind both! www.compoundchem.com/2014/06/01/n...
#ChemSky 🧪
Here's the chemistry behind both! www.compoundchem.com/2014/06/01/n...
#ChemSky 🧪
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MORE LIKE THIS!!!
🚨 Today, I formally introduced articles of impeachment against Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.
RFK Jr. has turned his back on science and the safety of the American people. Michiganders cannot take another day of his chaos.
RFK Jr. has turned his back on science and the safety of the American people. Michiganders cannot take another day of his chaos.
January 6, 2026 at 11:48 PM
MORE LIKE THIS!!!
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I need to get around to fixing the tyop then re-printing this.
January 6, 2026 at 8:16 PM
I need to get around to fixing the tyop then re-printing this.
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New year, new union!
We’re forming @cenguild.bsky.social with @wbng.org so that everyone at C&EN—reporters, copy editors, production and operations staff, web and creative designers, multimedia producers, audience development—will have a voice in the direction of this magazine. ✊
We’re forming @cenguild.bsky.social with @wbng.org so that everyone at C&EN—reporters, copy editors, production and operations staff, web and creative designers, multimedia producers, audience development—will have a voice in the direction of this magazine. ✊
We are proud to announce the formation of the Chemical & Engineering News Guild. We represent staffers across the editorial and operations teams at C&EN. 1/6
January 5, 2026 at 5:52 PM
New year, new union!
We’re forming @cenguild.bsky.social with @wbng.org so that everyone at C&EN—reporters, copy editors, production and operations staff, web and creative designers, multimedia producers, audience development—will have a voice in the direction of this magazine. ✊
We’re forming @cenguild.bsky.social with @wbng.org so that everyone at C&EN—reporters, copy editors, production and operations staff, web and creative designers, multimedia producers, audience development—will have a voice in the direction of this magazine. ✊
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I've been at C&EN for over four years and I can genuinely say our staff is some of the most thoughtful, dedicated people I've ever worked with. With @cenguild.bsky.social, we can make sure we're all supported in our effort to keep putting out our unique brand of high-quality science journalism!
We are proud to announce the formation of the Chemical & Engineering News Guild. We represent staffers across the editorial and operations teams at C&EN. 1/6
January 5, 2026 at 6:41 PM
I've been at C&EN for over four years and I can genuinely say our staff is some of the most thoughtful, dedicated people I've ever worked with. With @cenguild.bsky.social, we can make sure we're all supported in our effort to keep putting out our unique brand of high-quality science journalism!
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We are proud to announce the formation of the Chemical & Engineering News Guild. We represent staffers across the editorial and operations teams at C&EN. 1/6
January 5, 2026 at 5:16 PM
We are proud to announce the formation of the Chemical & Engineering News Guild. We represent staffers across the editorial and operations teams at C&EN. 1/6
For the last five years, every august my husband compares my academic schedule with our kids and he takes off every day that I am teaching that my kids don't have school.
It is such a small thing but makes my life SO much easier.
Anyway, happy first day of class!
(for me, not my kids)
It is such a small thing but makes my life SO much easier.
Anyway, happy first day of class!
(for me, not my kids)
January 5, 2026 at 6:15 PM
For the last five years, every august my husband compares my academic schedule with our kids and he takes off every day that I am teaching that my kids don't have school.
It is such a small thing but makes my life SO much easier.
Anyway, happy first day of class!
(for me, not my kids)
It is such a small thing but makes my life SO much easier.
Anyway, happy first day of class!
(for me, not my kids)
Chauffeured to work today 💅🏻
January 5, 2026 at 1:41 PM
Chauffeured to work today 💅🏻
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Excellent read!
A note that I will quote which is succinct: "Media has a long half-life; what you say will follow you."
#ChemSky
A note that I will quote which is succinct: "Media has a long half-life; what you say will follow you."
#ChemSky
Why should scientists write op-eds? It's tempting to say the facts ought to speak for themselves. But the facts are largely whispering among themselves in the scientific literature. They need us to give them a voice. How? Advice in my latest @natchem.nature.com Thesis rdcu.be/eJlGL #chemsky 1/3
Opinionated science
Nature Chemistry - When the facts can’t speak for themselves, scientists can give them a voice, argues Michelle Francl.
rdcu.be
January 4, 2026 at 10:45 AM
Excellent read!
A note that I will quote which is succinct: "Media has a long half-life; what you say will follow you."
#ChemSky
A note that I will quote which is succinct: "Media has a long half-life; what you say will follow you."
#ChemSky
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Why should scientists write op-eds? It's tempting to say the facts ought to speak for themselves. But the facts are largely whispering among themselves in the scientific literature. They need us to give them a voice. How? Advice in my latest @natchem.nature.com Thesis rdcu.be/eJlGL #chemsky 1/3
Opinionated science
Nature Chemistry - When the facts can’t speak for themselves, scientists can give them a voice, argues Michelle Francl.
rdcu.be
October 6, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Why should scientists write op-eds? It's tempting to say the facts ought to speak for themselves. But the facts are largely whispering among themselves in the scientific literature. They need us to give them a voice. How? Advice in my latest @natchem.nature.com Thesis rdcu.be/eJlGL #chemsky 1/3
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The next @organicdivision.org Virtual Symposium on Jan 14 @ 12 noon ET ft. Prof. Christian Malapit @camalapit.bsky.social & Dr. Kaid Harper #AbbVieChemistry
#Electrochem
Free to watch
YouTube: orgn.link/watch
Zoom: emory.zoom.us/j/18563507
#ChemSky #ChemChat
#Electrochem
Free to watch
YouTube: orgn.link/watch
Zoom: emory.zoom.us/j/18563507
#ChemSky #ChemChat
January 3, 2026 at 8:53 PM
The next @organicdivision.org Virtual Symposium on Jan 14 @ 12 noon ET ft. Prof. Christian Malapit @camalapit.bsky.social & Dr. Kaid Harper #AbbVieChemistry
#Electrochem
Free to watch
YouTube: orgn.link/watch
Zoom: emory.zoom.us/j/18563507
#ChemSky #ChemChat
#Electrochem
Free to watch
YouTube: orgn.link/watch
Zoom: emory.zoom.us/j/18563507
#ChemSky #ChemChat
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It is time for (more) fucking protests.
Also, this will never happen, but it should. The US should be banned from the Olympics.
Also, this will never happen, but it should. The US should be banned from the Olympics.
January 3, 2026 at 1:09 PM
It is time for (more) fucking protests.
Also, this will never happen, but it should. The US should be banned from the Olympics.
Also, this will never happen, but it should. The US should be banned from the Olympics.
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what the fuck did I just wake up to
January 3, 2026 at 1:03 PM
what the fuck did I just wake up to
2025 drumming:
I started playing in August and ive learned ten songs so far.
Zombie by the cranberries is the hardest song I’ve learned but also my favorite.
Redbone was the easiest but also so good!
I’m especially proud of writing out the drum music to Charli XCX’s In The City.
#drums #music
I started playing in August and ive learned ten songs so far.
Zombie by the cranberries is the hardest song I’ve learned but also my favorite.
Redbone was the easiest but also so good!
I’m especially proud of writing out the drum music to Charli XCX’s In The City.
#drums #music
January 3, 2026 at 4:47 AM
What non-work goals are people setting for 2026?
I have two:
🥁Find a band to play with & play a live show
🏋️♀️100 lifting sessions (I did 95 in 2025... really I should do 150 since I do a 3-day split but I usually go 2x /week lifting legs every week & alternating between back/shoulders & chest/arms)
I have two:
🥁Find a band to play with & play a live show
🏋️♀️100 lifting sessions (I did 95 in 2025... really I should do 150 since I do a 3-day split but I usually go 2x /week lifting legs every week & alternating between back/shoulders & chest/arms)
January 2, 2026 at 7:06 PM
What non-work goals are people setting for 2026?
I have two:
🥁Find a band to play with & play a live show
🏋️♀️100 lifting sessions (I did 95 in 2025... really I should do 150 since I do a 3-day split but I usually go 2x /week lifting legs every week & alternating between back/shoulders & chest/arms)
I have two:
🥁Find a band to play with & play a live show
🏋️♀️100 lifting sessions (I did 95 in 2025... really I should do 150 since I do a 3-day split but I usually go 2x /week lifting legs every week & alternating between back/shoulders & chest/arms)
I’m rewatching Gilmore Girls with my kids and we just got to Sookie’s wedding (season 2 finale)
The way my kids gasped when Rory kissed Jess!
I felt 16 again 😂
The way my kids gasped when Rory kissed Jess!
I felt 16 again 😂
January 1, 2026 at 12:05 PM
I’m rewatching Gilmore Girls with my kids and we just got to Sookie’s wedding (season 2 finale)
The way my kids gasped when Rory kissed Jess!
I felt 16 again 😂
The way my kids gasped when Rory kissed Jess!
I felt 16 again 😂
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December 28, 2025 at 8:12 AM
My last Friday morning bawling my eyes out while watching heated rivalry for a while.
Jacob Tierney has now set the bar for romance novel adaptations. Now we all know it can be done well!
I hope Jacob Tierney adapts more romance novels. I’d love to see him adapt ANY OLD DIAMONDS by KJ Charles
Jacob Tierney has now set the bar for romance novel adaptations. Now we all know it can be done well!
I hope Jacob Tierney adapts more romance novels. I’d love to see him adapt ANY OLD DIAMONDS by KJ Charles
December 26, 2025 at 4:39 PM
My last Friday morning bawling my eyes out while watching heated rivalry for a while.
Jacob Tierney has now set the bar for romance novel adaptations. Now we all know it can be done well!
I hope Jacob Tierney adapts more romance novels. I’d love to see him adapt ANY OLD DIAMONDS by KJ Charles
Jacob Tierney has now set the bar for romance novel adaptations. Now we all know it can be done well!
I hope Jacob Tierney adapts more romance novels. I’d love to see him adapt ANY OLD DIAMONDS by KJ Charles
Bawling my eyes out reading this
book about the family who lost a child suddenly & the child whose life was saved.
Clarke interviewed the doctors, paramedics, nurses involved in the transplant… and also wove in
the history and science of open heart surgery.
IT’S SO GOOD.
🫀
#booksky
book about the family who lost a child suddenly & the child whose life was saved.
Clarke interviewed the doctors, paramedics, nurses involved in the transplant… and also wove in
the history and science of open heart surgery.
IT’S SO GOOD.
🫀
#booksky
December 24, 2025 at 7:34 PM
Bawling my eyes out reading this
book about the family who lost a child suddenly & the child whose life was saved.
Clarke interviewed the doctors, paramedics, nurses involved in the transplant… and also wove in
the history and science of open heart surgery.
IT’S SO GOOD.
🫀
#booksky
book about the family who lost a child suddenly & the child whose life was saved.
Clarke interviewed the doctors, paramedics, nurses involved in the transplant… and also wove in
the history and science of open heart surgery.
IT’S SO GOOD.
🫀
#booksky
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just read "city girl/mountain boy" in a romance novel ad, and my brain immediately said "chemistry girl/humanities boy" and someone please stop me
December 24, 2025 at 3:14 AM
just read "city girl/mountain boy" in a romance novel ad, and my brain immediately said "chemistry girl/humanities boy" and someone please stop me
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Someone making some copycat #chemistry accounts:
mastodon.social/@matthartingss
And
mastodon.social/@fraserstoddar
#ChemSky
mastodon.social/@matthartingss
And
mastodon.social/@fraserstoddar
#ChemSky
Matt Hartings (@matthartingss@mastodon.social) - Mastodon
40 Posts, 259 Following, 8 Followers · Chemist - 3D Printing, Food and Cooking
Faculty - American University
Author - Chemistry in Your Kitchen
Twitter - Sciencegeist
Pronouns - he/him/his
mastodon.social
December 21, 2025 at 9:16 PM
Someone making some copycat #chemistry accounts:
mastodon.social/@matthartingss
And
mastodon.social/@fraserstoddar
#ChemSky
mastodon.social/@matthartingss
And
mastodon.social/@fraserstoddar
#ChemSky
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OpenAI's entire business model is based on stealing human content and using it to regurgitate text that can be inaccurate and even harmful. The US government should be giving OpenAI criminal charges, not financial support.
BREAKING: OpenAI is requesting US government support to help guarantee financing for the massive investments in AI chips and data centers it needs for expansion, per Bloomberg.
December 19, 2025 at 6:35 PM
OpenAI's entire business model is based on stealing human content and using it to regurgitate text that can be inaccurate and even harmful. The US government should be giving OpenAI criminal charges, not financial support.
I had the most wholesome Heated Rivalry conversation this morning and have to share:
I got my bangs trimmed this morning at my bestie’s salon and one of the stylists that also works there is a 58 yo gay man.
As soon as I walked in he asked, “are you watching heated rivalry?!”
#romancelandia.
I got my bangs trimmed this morning at my bestie’s salon and one of the stylists that also works there is a 58 yo gay man.
As soon as I walked in he asked, “are you watching heated rivalry?!”
#romancelandia.
December 19, 2025 at 8:31 PM
I had the most wholesome Heated Rivalry conversation this morning and have to share:
I got my bangs trimmed this morning at my bestie’s salon and one of the stylists that also works there is a 58 yo gay man.
As soon as I walked in he asked, “are you watching heated rivalry?!”
#romancelandia.
I got my bangs trimmed this morning at my bestie’s salon and one of the stylists that also works there is a 58 yo gay man.
As soon as I walked in he asked, “are you watching heated rivalry?!”
#romancelandia.