Dr Peter Hoare
@phoare1963.bsky.social
STEM Outreach Officer at a UK University. Former chemistry teacher (20yrs). Sports fan, heritage railway enthusiast and volunteer. Views my own.
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England appear to be sticking with Zac Crawley longer than the Royals stuck with Andrew.
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I wonder if he can bat?
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I wonder if he can bat?
November 22, 2025 at 1:14 PM
England appear to be sticking with Zac Crawley longer than the Royals stuck with Andrew.
🤔
I wonder if he can bat?
🤔
I wonder if he can bat?
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"Our research at Newcastle University was the first to show a direct link between street lighting and local insect declines"
A new European research initiative, SAFELUX – The Light We Need, is to transform how we light our roads at night. ⬇
https://bit.ly/49TlB7N
#WeAreNCL
A new European research initiative, SAFELUX – The Light We Need, is to transform how we light our roads at night. ⬇
https://bit.ly/49TlB7N
#WeAreNCL
November 22, 2025 at 11:52 AM
"Our research at Newcastle University was the first to show a direct link between street lighting and local insect declines"
A new European research initiative, SAFELUX – The Light We Need, is to transform how we light our roads at night. ⬇
https://bit.ly/49TlB7N
#WeAreNCL
A new European research initiative, SAFELUX – The Light We Need, is to transform how we light our roads at night. ⬇
https://bit.ly/49TlB7N
#WeAreNCL
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November 21, 2025 at 2:21 PM
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They are currently decorating electric boxes and bins around York city centre - we are enjoying spotting all the designs - they turn the totally mundane into little pops of colourful art.
November 8, 2025 at 11:59 AM
They are currently decorating electric boxes and bins around York city centre - we are enjoying spotting all the designs - they turn the totally mundane into little pops of colourful art.
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Five years ago today. The (then) 7yo was very wise for his age...
"Do you like going to the woods?"
"Yeah, I love the woods"
"Why do you like the woods?"
"Because its sheltered... sheltered from all the noise... and I like it"
"Do you like going to the woods?"
"Yeah, I love the woods"
"Why do you like the woods?"
"Because its sheltered... sheltered from all the noise... and I like it"
November 10, 2025 at 9:22 AM
Five years ago today. The (then) 7yo was very wise for his age...
"Do you like going to the woods?"
"Yeah, I love the woods"
"Why do you like the woods?"
"Because its sheltered... sheltered from all the noise... and I like it"
"Do you like going to the woods?"
"Yeah, I love the woods"
"Why do you like the woods?"
"Because its sheltered... sheltered from all the noise... and I like it"
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In this day and age, why are Nobel Prizes limited to three people? Why not simply reward all people that made significant contributions to the discovery? Science is teamwork!
November 10, 2025 at 3:05 PM
In this day and age, why are Nobel Prizes limited to three people? Why not simply reward all people that made significant contributions to the discovery? Science is teamwork!
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The Microbiology in Schools Advisory Committee, MiSAC, announces its Annual Schools Competition. Find out about this and explore the fantastic microbiology resources at www.misac.org.uk
MiSAC – Promoting microbiology in schools since 1969
www.misac.org.uk
November 12, 2025 at 12:45 PM
The Microbiology in Schools Advisory Committee, MiSAC, announces its Annual Schools Competition. Find out about this and explore the fantastic microbiology resources at www.misac.org.uk
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I was today years old when i learned that in America a 'coffee cake' is actually a cake with a cinnamon crumb designed to be eaten with coffee, not, well, a 'coffee cake', made with (and tasting of) actual coffee.
November 12, 2025 at 12:14 PM
I was today years old when i learned that in America a 'coffee cake' is actually a cake with a cinnamon crumb designed to be eaten with coffee, not, well, a 'coffee cake', made with (and tasting of) actual coffee.
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If you're a cricket fan struggling to make sense of the baseball… tonight's World Series game went to 9 [sic - nine!] Super Overs!
October 28, 2025 at 7:07 AM
If you're a cricket fan struggling to make sense of the baseball… tonight's World Series game went to 9 [sic - nine!] Super Overs!
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Farage: epic grifter
October 27, 2025 at 12:45 PM
Farage: epic grifter
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It isn’t all #Gardenindicators in our lab, we’ve been making our own phenolphthalein’s too. They are different colours and pleasingly, all worked well in an acid/base titration. #Chemsky
October 15, 2025 at 7:12 PM
It isn’t all #Gardenindicators in our lab, we’ve been making our own phenolphthalein’s too. They are different colours and pleasingly, all worked well in an acid/base titration. #Chemsky
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October 15, 2025 at 7:27 PM
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October 15, 2025 at 5:45 PM
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Just popped into the Royal Institution for a coffee, to discover they have a lovely display on benzene to mark the bicentenary of Faraday's discovery of it. Here are his notes, his paper, and one of his first samples. Glorious.
October 15, 2025 at 11:58 AM
Just popped into the Royal Institution for a coffee, to discover they have a lovely display on benzene to mark the bicentenary of Faraday's discovery of it. Here are his notes, his paper, and one of his first samples. Glorious.
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Part-way through my first year course teaching the fundamentals of organic reaction mechanisms using my own unique 'priority rules' approach. Developing this is one of my proudest achievements in chemistry pedagogy.
pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...
#ChemSky #ChemEd #Chemistry #OrgChem #Mechanisms
pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...
#ChemSky #ChemEd #Chemistry #OrgChem #Mechanisms
Priority and Selectivity Rules To Help Students Predict Organic Reaction Mechanisms
Organic reaction mechanisms lie at the heart of developing an understanding of how the molecular world functions. However, many students simply try to memorize mechanisms, or use their knowledge of th...
pubs.acs.org
October 16, 2025 at 6:04 AM
Part-way through my first year course teaching the fundamentals of organic reaction mechanisms using my own unique 'priority rules' approach. Developing this is one of my proudest achievements in chemistry pedagogy.
pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...
#ChemSky #ChemEd #Chemistry #OrgChem #Mechanisms
pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...
#ChemSky #ChemEd #Chemistry #OrgChem #Mechanisms
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Look, you can't expect Anorim to be able to beat Grimsby Town without the right players to fit in a 3-4-3.
August 27, 2025 at 7:39 PM
Look, you can't expect Anorim to be able to beat Grimsby Town without the right players to fit in a 3-4-3.
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Just seen the Man Utd score.
August 27, 2025 at 7:36 PM
Just seen the Man Utd score.
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And that's how you know you're part of the family.
Our cat Muffin lead us into the forest like that one day, but alas it was just to show off a rotisserie chicken she stole from an elderly lady down the road. You definitely win.
Our cat Muffin lead us into the forest like that one day, but alas it was just to show off a rotisserie chicken she stole from an elderly lady down the road. You definitely win.
August 27, 2025 at 2:46 PM
And that's how you know you're part of the family.
Our cat Muffin lead us into the forest like that one day, but alas it was just to show off a rotisserie chicken she stole from an elderly lady down the road. You definitely win.
Our cat Muffin lead us into the forest like that one day, but alas it was just to show off a rotisserie chicken she stole from an elderly lady down the road. You definitely win.
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Good opportunity for experimental television here in which we only see shots of food mysteriously cooking itself as all the people are edited out.
MasterChef: Second contestant edited out of Gregg Wallace and John Torode's final series
MasterChef: Second contestant edited out of Gregg Wallace and John Torode's final series
The show's production company says another chef decided not to be included "given recent events".
www.bbc.com
August 14, 2025 at 12:09 PM
Good opportunity for experimental television here in which we only see shots of food mysteriously cooking itself as all the people are edited out.
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August 14, 2025 at 8:17 PM
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Tory spokesman on #r4today says disabled people with 'mild mental health conditions' like ADHD and anxiety should not be able to claim benefits. Those conditions are a spectrum going from mildly disabling to utterly debilitating. Can we please discuss them with some level of nuance/understanding?
July 10, 2025 at 6:44 AM
Tory spokesman on #r4today says disabled people with 'mild mental health conditions' like ADHD and anxiety should not be able to claim benefits. Those conditions are a spectrum going from mildly disabling to utterly debilitating. Can we please discuss them with some level of nuance/understanding?
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July 9, 2025 at 10:06 PM