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Jake Janey
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Synthetic Organic Chemist. biocatalysis, automation, and data. Leads Research IT at a big biotech in Seaport Boston. Hobbies involve being exhausted by a kindergartner, a large Great Pyrenees, and a Finnish Lapphund puppy #ChemSky #Chemistry #Software
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Jake Janey @phlogiston1.bsky.social · Nov 26
Intro:
Currently leading Research IT at a large BioTech in Boston, Seaport. 

Prior: Process chemist, data sci, catalysis, HTE, and biocatalysis group at BMS and Merck (❤️transaminases). Ph.D. Organic Chemsitry (Harvard, Dave Evans 2003). B.S. Chemistry (UChicago, Rawal 1998) #ChemSky #Chemistry
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elizabethjacobs.bsky.social
Amanda Gorman wrote this poem for Renee Good and that’s it for me tonight.
Post from Amanda Gorman’s Instagram that says amandascgorman Minneapolis, Minnesota For Renee Nicole Good Killed by ICE. on January 7, 2026 by Amanda Gorman They say she is no more, That there her absence roars, Blood-blown like a rose. Iced wheels flinched & froze. Now, bare riot of candles, Dark fury of flowers, Pure howling of hymns. If for us she arose, Somewhere, in the pitched deep of our grief, Crouches our power, The howl where we begin, Straining upon the edge of the crooked crater Of the worst of what we've been. Change is only possible, & all the greater, When the labour & bitter anger of our neighbors Is moved by the love * better angels of our nature.
January 9, 2026 at 2:54 AM
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bgodar.bsky.social
Wrote a piece for @slate.com explaining that states have a long history of prosecuting federal officers when they allegedly use excessive force. Federal officers are only immune from such prosecutions when they act reasonably in carrying out lawful duties.
Minnesota Could Prosecute the ICE Shooter. Trump Can’t Pardon Him.
Shortly after an ICE officer shot and killed a woman in Minneapolis, city leaders began looking into whether the officer had violated state criminal law.
slate.com
January 7, 2026 at 11:29 PM
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rincewind.run
what this should make clear to everyone in this country is that it does not matter who you are, there's no "it could never happen to me"

you can be a white woman who drives around with stuffed animals in her car, and they will still kill you in cold blood and call you a domestic terrorist
kelpkelpkelp.bsky.social Laminariales @kelpkelpkelp.bsky.social · 1d
The murdered woman's glove compartment is filled with stuffed animals.
murdered woman's glove compartment filled with stuffed animals
January 7, 2026 at 8:54 PM
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supersciencegrl.co.uk
It's new annual conference budget time! I've updated the public, filterable Chemistry Conference Database with hundreds of new conferences.

There are currently 564 conferences in the list.
supersciencegrl.co.uk/conferences #chemsky #chemchat
Nessa Carson: Conference Database
A researcher-endorsed database of global conferences relevant to all chemists, with particular focus on the UK and Europe.
supersciencegrl.co.uk
January 3, 2026 at 2:01 PM
phlogiston1.bsky.social
New skate day for the kiddo. Foot grew more than one size in 6 months. #HockeySkates #CookesMA Some fun skate fitting tech
Hickey skate store with a Bauer machine that analyzes feet
January 3, 2026 at 5:42 PM
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dereklowe.bsky.social
First Pipeline post of the year! A statement of purpose, and science topics resume on Monday:
Last Year, and the Year to Come
www.science.org
January 2, 2026 at 4:45 PM
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scalzi.com
A gentle suggestion that the correct response to any right-wing tool going on about Rama Duwaji's boots is "go fuck yourself," additionally that "go fuck yourself" is the correct response to any right-wing attempt at DARVO or distraction. It's easy and fun and all they deserve in 2026 and beyond.
January 2, 2026 at 3:37 PM
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mcsweeneys.net
"There is nothing funny about calling me or Donald Trump a fascist, and if you do, we will ship you to Guantanamo." #McSweeneysTop25of2025
We Are Not Fascists, and If You Call Us Fascists, We Will Arrest You
Our 10th most-read article of 2025. - - -President Trump had another successful week of what is already the greatest presidency of all time, and y...
buff.ly
December 31, 2025 at 2:00 AM
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levinchem.bsky.social
Just in time for the new year - we show that you can make either isomer of N-aryl pyrazole selectively from a single TDSO. We really believe in the power of these wacky heterocycles.

chemrxiv.org/engage/chemr...

Excellent work by superstar Alex Fanourakis, in collab with Osvaldo Gutierrez and J&J
December 30, 2025 at 2:26 PM
phlogiston1.bsky.social
www.theverge.com/podcast/8505... I detassled corn at the age of 12 just so I could save enough $ for this. Imagine my disappointment that it really wasn’t “VR” for my Nintendo
The terrible Nintendo controller that helped make VR happen
I love the Power Glove. It’s so bad.
www.theverge.com
December 28, 2025 at 11:54 PM
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theonion.com
Trump Says Recession Unfortunate But Necessary Step To Get To Depression https://theonion.com/trump-says-recession-unfortunate-but-necessary-step-to-get-to-depression/
Trump Says Recession Unfortunate But Necessary Step To Get To Depression
December 27, 2025 at 12:00 AM
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atlasbun.bsky.social
The government failed at actually redacting the Epstein files because DOGE cancelled the feds adobe acrobat premium subscription is the funniest shit.
December 24, 2025 at 8:28 PM
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mcsweeneys.net
"While we have yet to pinpoint the attacker’s identity, we have narrowed the suspects down to three previous perpetrators of crimes against the season: E. Scrooge, Mr. Grinch, and Big City Lady-Lawyer With Christmas Eve Deadline."
The North Pole Has Suffered a Data Breach
Dear Valued Child, This letter was slipped into your stocking to inform you that we recently identified a breach of our North Pole Magic Systems (N...
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December 24, 2025 at 2:40 AM
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andrecarrington.bsky.social
via The New Yorker, Ellis Rosen cartoon
One panel comic with one person saying to another: Philip K Dick, Ray Bradbury. Like so many others in tech, I draw inspiration from completely misunderstanding those authors
December 23, 2025 at 5:31 AM
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dailycorrelation.bsky.social
The number of Breweries in the United States correlates with Amazon.com's stock price (AMZN) (r=0.898)
December 23, 2025 at 1:30 PM
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rbreich.bsky.social
I’m old enough to remember when CBS News would never have surrendered to a demagogic president or any other politician. Remember Edward R. Murrow?
December 22, 2025 at 6:01 PM
phlogiston1.bsky.social
How my holiday season / vacation is going thus far
December 22, 2025 at 11:41 PM
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mcsweeneys.net
"Some of you have mentioned the massive bunker I’m building beneath the ballroom. Don’t worry about that, it’s there just in case of an emergency, like if I wanted to be Santa forever and someone lied and said I couldn’t be."
Why I, Santa, Am Demolishing My Workshop and Replacing It with an Enormous Ballroom
As your Santa, it is my right to run the North Pole exactly how I want to, and I have to say, it’s about time we made some changes to this dump. An...
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December 20, 2025 at 2:02 PM
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ahmadchildress.bsky.social
Check out the Action Park doc on HBO Max and Johnny Knoxville's fictionalized version, Action Point.

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The New Jersey amusement park so dangerous it bought the town extra ambulances
Action Park in New Jersey killed six people and injured so many the park bought the township extra ambulances.
boingboing-net.cdn.ampproject.org
December 20, 2025 at 8:38 PM
phlogiston1.bsky.social
….Highway to the danger zone.
December 19, 2025 at 9:08 PM
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ryanmarino.bsky.social
This is a wildly unethical study that would be illegal to conduct in the United States. Have you heard of the Tuskegee experiments (crimes against humanity)? This sounds like that.
lizszabo.bsky.social Liz Szabo @lizszabo.bsky.social · 21d
CDC awards $1.6 million for new hepatitis B vaccine study in Guinea-Bissau. Although the award recipients aren't named, the grant seems tailored to Danish researchers whose work is championed by anti-vaxxers but challenged by mainstream scientists.
www.cidrap.umn.edu/childhood-va...
CDC awards $1.6 million for hepatitis B vaccine study, likely to controversial Danish researchers
www.cidrap.umn.edu
December 18, 2025 at 7:35 PM
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bencollins.bsky.social
The Onion, 23 years ago.

theonion.com/no-blood-for...
Point/Counterpoint: No Blood For Oil vs. Exactly How Much Oil Are We Talking About?
December 17, 2025 at 10:00 PM
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commschem.nature.com
Just out: Transaminase-catalyzed sequential hydrodefluorinations of perfluorinated methylene groups
Transaminase-catalyzed sequential hydrodefluorinations of perfluorinated methylene groups
Communications Chemistry, Published online: 16 December 2025; doi:10.1038/s42004-025-01781-yFluorochemicals pose significant environmental challenges due to their persistence and strong C–F bonds. Here, the authors engineer transaminases to catalyze a hydrodefluorination reaction of perfluorinated methylene groups, achieving efficient biodegradation of difluorinated ketones.
bit.ly
December 16, 2025 at 6:15 PM
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carlbergstrom.com
ICE sprayed a one-year-old in the face with pepper spray.

The child and parents are US citizens, but that doesn't even matter.

These monsters pepper-sprayed a baby.

We cannot allow ICE to continue this behavior, and they aren't going to reform themselves.

www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...
Rafael Veraza, 25, said he pulled into Sam’s Club with his wife and baby on a weekend grocery run on Nov. 8 when he saw a commotion surrounding what looked to be unmarked vehicles full of immigration officers in Cicero, west of Chicago. The family decided to leave the area without shopping, he said. On his way out, he believes a passing agent mistook him for one of the protesters who have followed immigration officials throughout Chicagoland in an effort to warn residents and document their operations. Veraza’s wife happened to be filming the parking lot scene on her smartphone because they wanted to one day show their 1-year-old the turbulent times she was born in. She aimed her camera at a passing SUV and captured the moment when an officer filled the family’s vehicle with a mist of pepper spray. Video shows the moment Rafael Veraza says federal agents shot pepper-spray into his car, where he was with his wife and 1-year-old daughter. (Video: Zoeann Murphy/The Washington Post) Veraza and his wife poured water on their crying baby’s face and rushed to the hospital. A doctor called in a poison control specialist for an expert opinion because they’d never seen such a young person pepper sprayed, Veraza said. They advised bringing the child to a specialist for follow-up visits to gauge potential long term damage to the child’s lungs and eyes. McLaughlin denied that federal agents pepper-sprayed anyone outside of Sam’s Club in a statement issued after the incident to the news media. She did not offer an explanation for what is shown in the video.
December 15, 2025 at 3:24 AM