R. Davis et al. // LEVITATOR
@microlevitator.bsky.social
Scientist & research professor. Aerosol/ physical chemist. Defying gravity, trying to improve the world. Vinyl & music enthusiast digging for new sounds. Electronic production, field recording, urban microfarming, hiking on the side. Burqueño af. Views own
Shoutout to @shohelm.bsky.social for all the excellent work on this manuscript just accepted. It’s part of our series of work to detect, sequester, and destroy forever chemicals.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Adsorption, Thermal Treatment, and Preconcentration of Perfluorooctanoic Acid (PFOA) on Zirconium-based MOFs: Effect of Fluorination
The adsorbent based capture of Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) is a popular method to remediate this persistent contaminant from wastewater…
www.sciencedirect.com
January 2, 2026 at 12:08 AM
Shoutout to @shohelm.bsky.social for all the excellent work on this manuscript just accepted. It’s part of our series of work to detect, sequester, and destroy forever chemicals.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Today’s soundtrack for boxing up Christmas decorations. Things got more and more free as the day went on
January 1, 2026 at 8:50 PM
Today’s soundtrack for boxing up Christmas decorations. Things got more and more free as the day went on
It makes me sad that I’ll soon have to take down this epic holiday light display that we made out of a dead tree stump. I’m tempted to keep the dead tree in place for next year…
December 29, 2025 at 10:53 PM
It makes me sad that I’ll soon have to take down this epic holiday light display that we made out of a dead tree stump. I’m tempted to keep the dead tree in place for next year…
The final bundle of the IA11 reissue series just touched down and it’s a doozy. 2 of my favorite albums (Fly or Die II and Universal Beings) and a Deplume I hadn’t yet heard but now love. Universal Beings was my introduction to @intlanthem.bsky.social. Excellent choice for the 11th and final album.
December 23, 2025 at 9:31 PM
The final bundle of the IA11 reissue series just touched down and it’s a doozy. 2 of my favorite albums (Fly or Die II and Universal Beings) and a Deplume I hadn’t yet heard but now love. Universal Beings was my introduction to @intlanthem.bsky.social. Excellent choice for the 11th and final album.
Since joining Bluesky I haven’t seen any #pizza discourse. I kinda miss the random food arguments at the other place, honestly…
So I’m gonna try to kick it off posting my family’s go-to pizza order.
We’re traditionalists.
So we stick to the main toppings of pepperoni, green chile, and pineapple
So I’m gonna try to kick it off posting my family’s go-to pizza order.
We’re traditionalists.
So we stick to the main toppings of pepperoni, green chile, and pineapple
December 19, 2025 at 8:25 PM
Since joining Bluesky I haven’t seen any #pizza discourse. I kinda miss the random food arguments at the other place, honestly…
So I’m gonna try to kick it off posting my family’s go-to pizza order.
We’re traditionalists.
So we stick to the main toppings of pepperoni, green chile, and pineapple
So I’m gonna try to kick it off posting my family’s go-to pizza order.
We’re traditionalists.
So we stick to the main toppings of pepperoni, green chile, and pineapple
Incredible review of one of my favorite albums of the year, How You Been by SML (via @intlanthem.bsky.social).
“By synthesizing all manner of history, theory, and experience, [SML] create complex, brand-new, brain-teasing compositions”
By @gardenerjams.bsky.social
pitchfork.com/reviews/albu...
“By synthesizing all manner of history, theory, and experience, [SML] create complex, brand-new, brain-teasing compositions”
By @gardenerjams.bsky.social
pitchfork.com/reviews/albu...
SML: How You Been
Read Dash Lewis’ review of the album.
pitchfork.com
December 10, 2025 at 8:14 PM
Incredible review of one of my favorite albums of the year, How You Been by SML (via @intlanthem.bsky.social).
“By synthesizing all manner of history, theory, and experience, [SML] create complex, brand-new, brain-teasing compositions”
By @gardenerjams.bsky.social
pitchfork.com/reviews/albu...
“By synthesizing all manner of history, theory, and experience, [SML] create complex, brand-new, brain-teasing compositions”
By @gardenerjams.bsky.social
pitchfork.com/reviews/albu...
Cc: @vfmcneill.bsky.social @andrewpault.bsky.social @linseymarr.bsky.social @reobrien.bsky.social y’all are the main aerosol/ atmospheric folks I see on here, I’d be keen to get your thoughts
Just posted to the rxiv and seeking feedback from the #chemistry community. We find extreme variability in controversial “spontaneous” microdroplet oxidation chemistry experiments, in some cases observing products below many instrumental LODs. We make recommendations to mitigate variability. (1/3)
November 25, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Cc: @vfmcneill.bsky.social @andrewpault.bsky.social @linseymarr.bsky.social @reobrien.bsky.social y’all are the main aerosol/ atmospheric folks I see on here, I’d be keen to get your thoughts
Just posted to the rxiv and seeking feedback from the #chemistry community. We find extreme variability in controversial “spontaneous” microdroplet oxidation chemistry experiments, in some cases observing products below many instrumental LODs. We make recommendations to mitigate variability. (1/3)
November 25, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Just posted to the rxiv and seeking feedback from the #chemistry community. We find extreme variability in controversial “spontaneous” microdroplet oxidation chemistry experiments, in some cases observing products below many instrumental LODs. We make recommendations to mitigate variability. (1/3)
My pepper plants do not look well but they gave up another harvest. Probably their last. We have not had a frost here yet. It’s rare to be this deep in November and not have a frost.
November 8, 2025 at 7:05 PM
My pepper plants do not look well but they gave up another harvest. Probably their last. We have not had a frost here yet. It’s rare to be this deep in November and not have a frost.
Incredible release day
Happy release day to Anna, Jeremiah, Josh, Booker, and Gregory !!! SML’s 𝐇𝐨𝐰 𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐁𝐞𝐞𝐧 is OUT NOW on LP, CD, and digi download (streaming to follow on November 25th), get it today at your favorite record store ..𝙄𝙉 𝙍𝙀𝘼𝙇 𝙇𝙄𝙁𝙀 !!!
November 7, 2025 at 7:47 PM
Incredible release day
Next up, jaimie branch’s Fly or Die Live. Jaimie was an incredible innovator and improviser. It really shines on this album.
BTW, International Anthem just announced a special reissue of Fly or Die II. Very excited for that
BTW, International Anthem just announced a special reissue of Fly or Die II. Very excited for that
November 4, 2025 at 11:30 PM
Next up, jaimie branch’s Fly or Die Live. Jaimie was an incredible innovator and improviser. It really shines on this album.
BTW, International Anthem just announced a special reissue of Fly or Die II. Very excited for that
BTW, International Anthem just announced a special reissue of Fly or Die II. Very excited for that
I’m holed up sick, but music is the healing force of the universe, so I’m spinning lots of music to get better.
First up, Ruler Rebel by Christian Scott aTunde Adjuah.
The first in the centennial trilogy. Taking the next step in his stretch music philosophy.
First up, Ruler Rebel by Christian Scott aTunde Adjuah.
The first in the centennial trilogy. Taking the next step in his stretch music philosophy.
November 4, 2025 at 5:51 PM
I’m holed up sick, but music is the healing force of the universe, so I’m spinning lots of music to get better.
First up, Ruler Rebel by Christian Scott aTunde Adjuah.
The first in the centennial trilogy. Taking the next step in his stretch music philosophy.
First up, Ruler Rebel by Christian Scott aTunde Adjuah.
The first in the centennial trilogy. Taking the next step in his stretch music philosophy.
New Tortoise arriving just in time for the mood boost I really needed! The blue ‘seamount axial’ vinyl is even better than it looked online. Another gem from Tortoise and IARC
November 1, 2025 at 9:32 PM
New Tortoise arriving just in time for the mood boost I really needed! The blue ‘seamount axial’ vinyl is even better than it looked online. Another gem from Tortoise and IARC
Travels took me through Phoenix, so I stopped at @stinkweeds.com and the In Groove, two of my fave record shops in the country. Picked up some gems from Low, Charles Tolliver, Angel Bat Dawid, Marc Johnson, and Morton Subotnick.
@intlanthem.bsky.social has their own section at Stinkweeds now!
@intlanthem.bsky.social has their own section at Stinkweeds now!
September 28, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Travels took me through Phoenix, so I stopped at @stinkweeds.com and the In Groove, two of my fave record shops in the country. Picked up some gems from Low, Charles Tolliver, Angel Bat Dawid, Marc Johnson, and Morton Subotnick.
@intlanthem.bsky.social has their own section at Stinkweeds now!
@intlanthem.bsky.social has their own section at Stinkweeds now!
Shoutout @gardenerjams.bsky.social for this excellent review and for clueing me into this beautiful album by Flur, the London trio that “fuses composition and improvisation in a vaporous, polyrhythmic style somewhere between astral jazz and cosmic minimalism”.
pitchfork.com/reviews/albu...
pitchfork.com/reviews/albu...
Flur: Plunge
Read Dash Lewis’ review of the album.
pitchfork.com
September 23, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Shoutout @gardenerjams.bsky.social for this excellent review and for clueing me into this beautiful album by Flur, the London trio that “fuses composition and improvisation in a vaporous, polyrhythmic style somewhere between astral jazz and cosmic minimalism”.
pitchfork.com/reviews/albu...
pitchfork.com/reviews/albu...
Seeing all these semi trucks jamming up the road, burning a bunch of fuel makes me wonder if there’s a better way to transport cargo? Like maybe a single truck could pull a bunch of the cargo containers?
And since there’s so many of them, maybe give them their own road.
And since there’s so many of them, maybe give them their own road.
September 14, 2025 at 8:58 PM
Seeing all these semi trucks jamming up the road, burning a bunch of fuel makes me wonder if there’s a better way to transport cargo? Like maybe a single truck could pull a bunch of the cargo containers?
And since there’s so many of them, maybe give them their own road.
And since there’s so many of them, maybe give them their own road.
To celebrate the announcement of Mercy — the new collaborative album from Armand Hammer and the Alchemist — I am spinning my pride and joy. My deluxe edition of Haram with an alternate cover (thankfully)
September 10, 2025 at 11:46 PM
To celebrate the announcement of Mercy — the new collaborative album from Armand Hammer and the Alchemist — I am spinning my pride and joy. My deluxe edition of Haram with an alternate cover (thankfully)
New arrival: Hyperglyph, the excellent new album from Chicago Underground Duo.
Via @intlanthem.bsky.social, the label that doesn’t miss
Via @intlanthem.bsky.social, the label that doesn’t miss
September 3, 2025 at 12:18 PM
New arrival: Hyperglyph, the excellent new album from Chicago Underground Duo.
Via @intlanthem.bsky.social, the label that doesn’t miss
Via @intlanthem.bsky.social, the label that doesn’t miss
Here’s how summer 2025 has gone in New Mexico. In Albuquerque, the Rio Grande is entirely dry in spots. In the Sandia Mtns, the east slope — the side that gets the most rain — has acres of dry, dead/ dying pine trees.
Maybe I’m old fashioned, but this doesn’t seem good.
Maybe I’m old fashioned, but this doesn’t seem good.
August 20, 2025 at 10:15 PM
Here’s how summer 2025 has gone in New Mexico. In Albuquerque, the Rio Grande is entirely dry in spots. In the Sandia Mtns, the east slope — the side that gets the most rain — has acres of dry, dead/ dying pine trees.
Maybe I’m old fashioned, but this doesn’t seem good.
Maybe I’m old fashioned, but this doesn’t seem good.
Reposted by R. Davis et al. // LEVITATOR
THIS FRIDAY -
Join Rob Mazurek & Chad Taylor --aka Chicago Underground Duo-- in the chat along with the IARC crew as we listen to their new LP, Hyperglyph, in its entirety ⚡⚡
RSVP: tinyurl.com/8k48xnpj
Join Rob Mazurek & Chad Taylor --aka Chicago Underground Duo-- in the chat along with the IARC crew as we listen to their new LP, Hyperglyph, in its entirety ⚡⚡
RSVP: tinyurl.com/8k48xnpj
August 19, 2025 at 8:14 PM
THIS FRIDAY -
Join Rob Mazurek & Chad Taylor --aka Chicago Underground Duo-- in the chat along with the IARC crew as we listen to their new LP, Hyperglyph, in its entirety ⚡⚡
RSVP: tinyurl.com/8k48xnpj
Join Rob Mazurek & Chad Taylor --aka Chicago Underground Duo-- in the chat along with the IARC crew as we listen to their new LP, Hyperglyph, in its entirety ⚡⚡
RSVP: tinyurl.com/8k48xnpj
I recently did some field work for the 1st time in >10 years. It wasn’t atmospheric chem field work like you’d expect, tho.
My group was tapped to assess risk after an accidental lab explosion. Wrote up what we did & lessons learned.
Consider using it in teaching…
pubs.acs.org/doi/full/10....
My group was tapped to assess risk after an accidental lab explosion. Wrote up what we did & lessons learned.
Consider using it in teaching…
pubs.acs.org/doi/full/10....
https://pubs.acs.org/doi/full/10.10…
August 14, 2025 at 10:53 PM
I recently did some field work for the 1st time in >10 years. It wasn’t atmospheric chem field work like you’d expect, tho.
My group was tapped to assess risk after an accidental lab explosion. Wrote up what we did & lessons learned.
Consider using it in teaching…
pubs.acs.org/doi/full/10....
My group was tapped to assess risk after an accidental lab explosion. Wrote up what we did & lessons learned.
Consider using it in teaching…
pubs.acs.org/doi/full/10....
I am sooo happy with how the Flow soundtrack vinyl turned out. Well worth the 5 month wait. The wax is beautiful. The styling on the sleeves is cleverly done (you can change the cat eyes by rotating the inner sleeves). Nice touches all around. This is epitomizes the appeal of vinyl. Via Mondo.
August 9, 2025 at 3:26 AM
I am sooo happy with how the Flow soundtrack vinyl turned out. Well worth the 5 month wait. The wax is beautiful. The styling on the sleeves is cleverly done (you can change the cat eyes by rotating the inner sleeves). Nice touches all around. This is epitomizes the appeal of vinyl. Via Mondo.
@danielbachman.bsky.social does it again. Each new release is as exciting or more so than the last
danielbachman.bandcamp.com/album/untitl...
danielbachman.bandcamp.com/album/untitl...
Untitled/Dreamweapon, by Daniel Bachman
1 track album
danielbachman.bandcamp.com
August 2, 2025 at 11:50 PM
@danielbachman.bsky.social does it again. Each new release is as exciting or more so than the last
danielbachman.bandcamp.com/album/untitl...
danielbachman.bandcamp.com/album/untitl...
Beautiful night for some baseball
August 1, 2025 at 2:25 AM
Beautiful night for some baseball
Amazing album! The obi strip description is perfect and says it better than I can. “Tellurian psychedelic fantasia of old familiar folklore and avant-garde blues seduces and inoculates with the irreverence and joy of free music”.
June 6, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Amazing album! The obi strip description is perfect and says it better than I can. “Tellurian psychedelic fantasia of old familiar folklore and avant-garde blues seduces and inoculates with the irreverence and joy of free music”.