Meekins Lab
@meekinslab.bsky.social
Chemical Engineering, Fuel Cells, Electrolysis (of everything, not just H2O), Catalysis, Open Science
Research Asst. Prof at @UofSC
Twitch: twitch.tv/open_science
Youtube: bit.ly/37iKJnc
fediscience.org/@meekinslab
Website: meekinslab.com
My views alone.
Research Asst. Prof at @UofSC
Twitch: twitch.tv/open_science
Youtube: bit.ly/37iKJnc
fediscience.org/@meekinslab
Website: meekinslab.com
My views alone.
President's a pedophile. Pass it on.
A direct email exchange from 2011 between Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell, just released by House Oversight Committee Democrats.
November 12, 2025 at 2:41 PM
President's a pedophile. Pass it on.
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Take note of all these people turning out for protests in small towns in red states.
Remember them the next time you’re inclined to write an area off because “they voted for this.”
Remember them the next time you’re inclined to write an area off because “they voted for this.”
October 18, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Take note of all these people turning out for protests in small towns in red states.
Remember them the next time you’re inclined to write an area off because “they voted for this.”
Remember them the next time you’re inclined to write an area off because “they voted for this.”
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I was sort of curious to see how ChatGPT would manage this task. So here's my prompt, and the robot's intro email:
October 6, 2025 at 5:15 PM
I was sort of curious to see how ChatGPT would manage this task. So here's my prompt, and the robot's intro email:
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From Fraunhofer and Siemens to EnerSys, Pomega, and PHENOGY AG, CIBI is proud to be building the future of batteries alongside industry leaders. Watch the full episode here: open.spotify.com/show/4eTqzcz...
October 2, 2025 at 6:04 PM
From Fraunhofer and Siemens to EnerSys, Pomega, and PHENOGY AG, CIBI is proud to be building the future of batteries alongside industry leaders. Watch the full episode here: open.spotify.com/show/4eTqzcz...
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"He reviled, belittled, and demeaned large numbers of my fellow Americans, but he was quite cordial to me" sets my teeth on edge.
September 11, 2025 at 5:20 PM
"He reviled, belittled, and demeaned large numbers of my fellow Americans, but he was quite cordial to me" sets my teeth on edge.
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Remarkable last words:
Audience member: Do you know how many transgender Americans have been mass shooters over the last 10 years?
Kirk: Too many
Do you know how many mass shooters there have been in America over the last 10 years?
Kirk: Counting or not counting gang members?
Audience member: Do you know how many transgender Americans have been mass shooters over the last 10 years?
Kirk: Too many
Do you know how many mass shooters there have been in America over the last 10 years?
Kirk: Counting or not counting gang members?
September 10, 2025 at 11:06 PM
Remarkable last words:
Audience member: Do you know how many transgender Americans have been mass shooters over the last 10 years?
Kirk: Too many
Do you know how many mass shooters there have been in America over the last 10 years?
Kirk: Counting or not counting gang members?
Audience member: Do you know how many transgender Americans have been mass shooters over the last 10 years?
Kirk: Too many
Do you know how many mass shooters there have been in America over the last 10 years?
Kirk: Counting or not counting gang members?
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"You will never live in a society when you have an armed citizenry and you won't have a single gun death. ... But I think it's worth it ... to have a cost of, unfortunately, some gun deaths every single year so that we can have the Second Amendment to protect our other God-given rights."
September 10, 2025 at 11:47 PM
"You will never live in a society when you have an armed citizenry and you won't have a single gun death. ... But I think it's worth it ... to have a cost of, unfortunately, some gun deaths every single year so that we can have the Second Amendment to protect our other God-given rights."
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SCOTUS: considering race as one factor in a college applicant's file is blatantly unconstitutional
ALSO SCOTUS: considering race as one factor in targeting whom to detain and deport is cool cool cool
ALSO SCOTUS: considering race as one factor in targeting whom to detain and deport is cool cool cool
September 8, 2025 at 4:43 PM
SCOTUS: considering race as one factor in a college applicant's file is blatantly unconstitutional
ALSO SCOTUS: considering race as one factor in targeting whom to detain and deport is cool cool cool
ALSO SCOTUS: considering race as one factor in targeting whom to detain and deport is cool cool cool
Sellers and Harbor were robbed on that TD.
August 31, 2025 at 8:41 PM
Sellers and Harbor were robbed on that TD.
If you missed @gricechemistry.bsky.social's talk today, you can also find it on Youtube: youtu.be/X9sA_eVsbqo 🧪
#chemsky #openscience #engrsky #litreview #reproducibility
#chemsky #openscience #engrsky #litreview #reproducibility
Dr. Kyle Grice: "We all make mistakes!"
YouTube video by Ben Meekins
youtu.be
August 29, 2025 at 10:30 PM
If you missed @gricechemistry.bsky.social's talk today, you can also find it on Youtube: youtu.be/X9sA_eVsbqo 🧪
#chemsky #openscience #engrsky #litreview #reproducibility
#chemsky #openscience #engrsky #litreview #reproducibility
Stream has started! Come join us as Dr. Kyle Grice talks about identifying and fixing mistakes in the chemistry literature at www.twitch.tv/open_science! 🧪 #chemsky #engrsky #openscience
Twitch
Twitch is the world
www.twitch.tv
August 29, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Stream has started! Come join us as Dr. Kyle Grice talks about identifying and fixing mistakes in the chemistry literature at www.twitch.tv/open_science! 🧪 #chemsky #engrsky #openscience
Happening tomorrow! Make sure to stop by :)
It's been a hot minute, but Open Science Presentations is back! If you're on #chemsky 🧪 or #engrsky and interested in fixing mistakes in the literature, make sure you check out the talk by @gricechemistry.bsky.social! August 29th, 12:00 PM EST, at twitch.tv/open_science. All are welcome!
August 28, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Happening tomorrow! Make sure to stop by :)
It's been a hot minute, but Open Science Presentations is back! If you're on #chemsky 🧪 or #engrsky and interested in fixing mistakes in the literature, make sure you check out the talk by @gricechemistry.bsky.social! August 29th, 12:00 PM EST, at twitch.tv/open_science. All are welcome!
August 18, 2025 at 8:37 PM
It's been a hot minute, but Open Science Presentations is back! If you're on #chemsky 🧪 or #engrsky and interested in fixing mistakes in the literature, make sure you check out the talk by @gricechemistry.bsky.social! August 29th, 12:00 PM EST, at twitch.tv/open_science. All are welcome!
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Anybody on #chemsky using Rowan cloud services for comp chem? Was doing the math on the cost per credit on different plans and wondering how that is working for folks?
July 29, 2025 at 10:53 PM
Anybody on #chemsky using Rowan cloud services for comp chem? Was doing the math on the cost per credit on different plans and wondering how that is working for folks?
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Extreme rookie question, but our lab just had a power outage and now our #Orbitrap Exploris 240 is not acquiring any data. Here's what our HeLa digest standard looks like before and after outage. Anyone know what might be going on? #teammassspec #proteomics #chemsky #scisky
July 10, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Extreme rookie question, but our lab just had a power outage and now our #Orbitrap Exploris 240 is not acquiring any data. Here's what our HeLa digest standard looks like before and after outage. Anyone know what might be going on? #teammassspec #proteomics #chemsky #scisky
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#chemsky, have you used a Wisconsin Photoreactor? I designed them and will soon defend my PhD. I’d like to include photos of Wisconsin Photoreactors in use by other chemists in my defense. Please share (reply to this post or DM me) a photo of your photoreactor in action!
doi.org/10.1021/acs....
doi.org/10.1021/acs....
Versatile Open-Source Photoreactor Architecture for Photocatalysis Across the Visible Spectrum
Adoption of commercial photoreactors as standards for photocatalysis research could be limited by high cost. We report the development of the Wisconsin Photoreactor Platform (WPP), an open-source phot...
doi.org
July 8, 2025 at 1:13 PM
#chemsky, have you used a Wisconsin Photoreactor? I designed them and will soon defend my PhD. I’d like to include photos of Wisconsin Photoreactors in use by other chemists in my defense. Please share (reply to this post or DM me) a photo of your photoreactor in action!
doi.org/10.1021/acs....
doi.org/10.1021/acs....
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Note how the Washington Post shrugs about whether it’s a slur AND accepts Trump’s frame that bankers are unscrupulous.
If Trump dropped an n-bomb the Washington Post would say “Trump Uses Term Viewed As Slur To Describe Black Criminal Class”
If Trump dropped an n-bomb the Washington Post would say “Trump Uses Term Viewed As Slur To Describe Black Criminal Class”
July 4, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Note how the Washington Post shrugs about whether it’s a slur AND accepts Trump’s frame that bankers are unscrupulous.
If Trump dropped an n-bomb the Washington Post would say “Trump Uses Term Viewed As Slur To Describe Black Criminal Class”
If Trump dropped an n-bomb the Washington Post would say “Trump Uses Term Viewed As Slur To Describe Black Criminal Class”
This is someone who has said "m'lady" unironically.
June 5, 2025 at 10:29 PM
This is someone who has said "m'lady" unironically.
New article from our group on the economics of the state-of-the-art aqueous HCl electrolysis process and an anhydrous version we demonstrated experimentally a few years ago. We find that the anhydrous process should be better long term: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
🧪#chemsky
🧪#chemsky
A comparative techno-economic analysis of aqueous and anhydrous HCl electrolysis processes
The state-of-the-art aqueous HCl electrolysis process is a well-established process for chlorine production but faces challenges such as limited conve…
www.sciencedirect.com
June 3, 2025 at 11:35 PM
New article from our group on the economics of the state-of-the-art aqueous HCl electrolysis process and an anhydrous version we demonstrated experimentally a few years ago. We find that the anhydrous process should be better long term: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
🧪#chemsky
🧪#chemsky
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Yay! J. Chem. Educ. paper out on removing DCM from teaching labs! It was a delight to work with Dr. Vosburg and his students, especially because I graduated from Mudd, which is where David teaches now (he started the year after I graduated so we didn't overlap). pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...
Alternatives to Dichloromethane for Teaching Laboratories
New US regulations restricting dichloromethane (DCM), also called methylene chloride, may prompt instructors of teaching laboratories to avoid its use entirely. This commentary addresses the hazards, ...
pubs.acs.org
May 29, 2025 at 11:46 PM
Yay! J. Chem. Educ. paper out on removing DCM from teaching labs! It was a delight to work with Dr. Vosburg and his students, especially because I graduated from Mudd, which is where David teaches now (he started the year after I graduated so we didn't overlap). pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...
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Radical involves a wall and a ditch.
May 9, 2025 at 11:33 PM
Radical involves a wall and a ditch.
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The Spencer Foundation is offering rapid response bridge funding for those who lost NSF research grants.
www.spencer.org/grant_types/...
www.spencer.org/grant_types/...
Rapid Response Bridge Funding Program
In the face of recent abrupt shifts in federal funding for education research, including large-scale terminations of National Science Foundation (NSF) research grant awards, we have developed a rap...
www.spencer.org
May 2, 2025 at 9:07 PM
The Spencer Foundation is offering rapid response bridge funding for those who lost NSF research grants.
www.spencer.org/grant_types/...
www.spencer.org/grant_types/...
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Anybody on #chemsky 🧪 that knows of a good tutorial/explanation for setting up a gas chromatograph for in/online product measurements? Nothing crazy--just H2, O2, and maybe hydrocarbons like CO. General GC operation isn't a problem, just how to incorporate real-time measurements.
April 25, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Anybody on #chemsky 🧪 that knows of a good tutorial/explanation for setting up a gas chromatograph for in/online product measurements? Nothing crazy--just H2, O2, and maybe hydrocarbons like CO. General GC operation isn't a problem, just how to incorporate real-time measurements.