Bryan Vogt
@plasticvogt.bsky.social
Plastics - materials processing - measurements - sustainability
Professor @PennState
Executive Editor at ACS Applied Polymer Materials
Opinions are my own and commonly completely wrong
Professor @PennState
Executive Editor at ACS Applied Polymer Materials
Opinions are my own and commonly completely wrong
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periodic reminder of the existence of Atkinson Hyperlegible, a free font available from the Braille Institute designed to improve readability for people with low vision
I use it in talks because it's pretty and also because, as an audience member, I am perpetually squinting at people's slides
I use it in talks because it's pretty and also because, as an audience member, I am perpetually squinting at people's slides
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November 17, 2025 at 4:19 AM
periodic reminder of the existence of Atkinson Hyperlegible, a free font available from the Braille Institute designed to improve readability for people with low vision
I use it in talks because it's pretty and also because, as an audience member, I am perpetually squinting at people's slides
I use it in talks because it's pretty and also because, as an audience member, I am perpetually squinting at people's slides
Looks like some state attorney generals are concerned with antitrust laws regarding organizations trying to pressure companies to make plastics recyclable. How's this the major concern and not Amazon/Google/Apple that have cornered some markets?
www.recyclingtoday.com/news/five-st...
www.recyclingtoday.com/news/five-st...
www.recyclingtoday.com
November 13, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Looks like some state attorney generals are concerned with antitrust laws regarding organizations trying to pressure companies to make plastics recyclable. How's this the major concern and not Amazon/Google/Apple that have cornered some markets?
www.recyclingtoday.com/news/five-st...
www.recyclingtoday.com/news/five-st...
With the move to autonomous decision making with AI, I wonder how AI would have responded...
The Man Who Helped Avert Nuclear Armageddon
Amid a nuclear warning, Stanislav Petrov trusted his intuition.
www.history.com
November 13, 2025 at 3:42 AM
With the move to autonomous decision making with AI, I wonder how AI would have responded...
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November 12, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Join us for this special industry webinar exploring cutting-edge research in green biopolymers and sustainable membrane technologies.
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We are hosting a virtual information session on 11/12 and 11/14. Please encourage undergraduate students interested in grad school to attend.
November 8, 2025 at 1:32 AM
We are hosting a virtual information session on 11/12 and 11/14. Please encourage undergraduate students interested in grad school to attend.
Woah. Another chemical plant explosion. I don't recall this frequency in prior years. Would be great to have statistics on this but the only funds for the Chemical Safety Board are to shut it down...
Explosion at Mississippi Chemical Plant Triggers Ammonia Leak, Evacuations Ordered
YouTube video by New York Post
www.youtube.com
November 7, 2025 at 1:37 PM
Woah. Another chemical plant explosion. I don't recall this frequency in prior years. Would be great to have statistics on this but the only funds for the Chemical Safety Board are to shut it down...
Hibbing MN... birthplace of Nobel laureate Robert Zimmerman and where guy in Deadpool shirt shoots a stranger in the face to 'see something funny'
Redirecting...
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November 7, 2025 at 4:50 AM
Hibbing MN... birthplace of Nobel laureate Robert Zimmerman and where guy in Deadpool shirt shoots a stranger in the face to 'see something funny'
@theonion.com Trump administration continues fight against climate change... this time through mandatory cuts to domestic flights. 10% cuts to flights potentially reducing CO2e emissions by 35k metric tons each day (assuming that the flight cuts are average emissions)
Minneapolis airport MSP to see flights cut from government shutdown
www.startribune.com/msp-targeted...
www.startribune.com/msp-targeted...
MSP among 40 airports to see flight cuts from government shutdown
More than 1,800 flights may be cut Friday, including 41 at Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport, according to data from an aviation analytics company.
www.startribune.com
November 7, 2025 at 4:23 AM
@theonion.com Trump administration continues fight against climate change... this time through mandatory cuts to domestic flights. 10% cuts to flights potentially reducing CO2e emissions by 35k metric tons each day (assuming that the flight cuts are average emissions)
Will carbon capture be greater than quantum? Shake your magic 8 ball to get the answer.
What if we just waited until these technologies played out insteady of constant hype?
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Will quantum be bigger than AI?
The highly-complex technology is increasingly being tipped to transform computing.
www.bbc.com
November 7, 2025 at 4:20 AM
Will carbon capture be greater than quantum? Shake your magic 8 ball to get the answer.
Let's see, maybe AI will figure out that burning that much coal to fuel it may lead to its ascent to the apex species as warming temperatures lead to mass extinction
November 6, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Let's see, maybe AI will figure out that burning that much coal to fuel it may lead to its ascent to the apex species as warming temperatures lead to mass extinction
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November 6, 2025 at 2:04 PM
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📢 Call for Nominations: Fall 2026 Lectureships 📢
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The nominations for the 2026 ACS Macro Letters / Biomacromolecules / Macromolecules Young Early Career Award are now open!
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November 5, 2025 at 3:30 PM
📢 Call for Nominations: Fall 2026 Lectureships 📢
The nominations for the 2026 ACS Macro Letters / Biomacromolecules / Macromolecules Young Early Career Award are now open!
🗓️ Deadline: December 1, 2025
🙌 Self-nominations welcome
Submit your nomination: buff.ly/ElwrpMb
The nominations for the 2026 ACS Macro Letters / Biomacromolecules / Macromolecules Young Early Career Award are now open!
🗓️ Deadline: December 1, 2025
🙌 Self-nominations welcome
Submit your nomination: buff.ly/ElwrpMb
Difference is one had more hair.
November 4, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Difference is one had more hair.
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Apparently there was a Gatsby party at Mar a Lago, while Trump is trying to kick 42 million off SNAP
November 1, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Apparently there was a Gatsby party at Mar a Lago, while Trump is trying to kick 42 million off SNAP
I hope that Jaime Dimon has more J.P. Morgan in him that I think if a major crash does happen. Can he lock some bankers in a room to avoid a crisis like Morgan did on this day in 1907?
November 3, 2025 at 1:03 AM
I hope that Jaime Dimon has more J.P. Morgan in him that I think if a major crash does happen. Can he lock some bankers in a room to avoid a crisis like Morgan did on this day in 1907?
166 yrs ago John Brown was convicted for his role in Harper's Ferry and sentenced to hang. One of the sparks for an actual insurrection that led to the Civil War
Remembering John Brown's Raid on Harpers Ferry - ReImagine Appalachia
John Brown was an American Abolitionist born on May 9th,1800. Brown was a well-known figure from his abolitionist fighting in Bleeding Kansas, but truly became famed for his raid and attempted initiat...
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November 3, 2025 at 1:00 AM
166 yrs ago John Brown was convicted for his role in Harper's Ferry and sentenced to hang. One of the sparks for an actual insurrection that led to the Civil War
This might be THE Onion but it might be happening in reality with large investments by so many companies... some of these may not look like good decisions in retrospect.
Employee Totally Crushes Presentation Of Idea That Will Soon Bankrupt Company https://theonion.com/employee-totally-crushes-presentation-of-idea-that-will-1819579606/
October 30, 2025 at 9:01 PM
This might be THE Onion but it might be happening in reality with large investments by so many companies... some of these may not look like good decisions in retrospect.
Favorite reference to bubble gum in cinema...
THEY LIVE - Trailer ( 1988 )
YouTube video by WorleyClarence
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October 29, 2025 at 6:37 PM
Favorite reference to bubble gum in cinema...
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📍 Booth 113
Read out latest Showcase on UN SDG Goal 9: Industry, Innovation & Infrastructure: buff.ly/YIjFkxY
October 19, 2025 at 4:30 PM
ACS Publications is exhibiting at the #AIChEAnnual Meeting, where industrial & chemical engineering takes center stage.
📅 Nov 2-6
📍 Booth 113
Read out latest Showcase on UN SDG Goal 9: Industry, Innovation & Infrastructure: buff.ly/YIjFkxY
📅 Nov 2-6
📍 Booth 113
Read out latest Showcase on UN SDG Goal 9: Industry, Innovation & Infrastructure: buff.ly/YIjFkxY
One positive outcome from AI proliferation... may Chegg go the way of MySpace
Chegg slashes 45% of workforce, blames 'new realities of AI'
The online education company said the combination of artificial intelligence and diminished traffic from search engines like Google has hurt the business.
www.cnbc.com
October 28, 2025 at 2:40 AM
One positive outcome from AI proliferation... may Chegg go the way of MySpace
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This is dark
futurism.com/robots-and-m...
futurism.com/robots-and-m...
Man Alarmed to Discover His Smart Vacuum Was Broadcasting a Secret Map of His House
One man's robot vacuum was constantly communicating with its manufacturer, sending a detailed 3D map of his house halfway across the world.
futurism.com
October 26, 2025 at 1:41 PM
This is dark
futurism.com/robots-and-m...
futurism.com/robots-and-m...
Although satire, likely better than the current status of negotiations with Canada... imagine what happens if Toronto wins the World Series.
Diplomatic Talks Break Down Between Trump, Motion-Activated Ghost Decoration
Diplomatic Talks Break Down Between Trump, Motion-Activated Ghost Decoration
WASHINGTON—In what they described as a disappointing turn in the ongoing negotiations, White House officials confirmed Wednesday that diplomatic talks had broken down between President Donald Trump an...
theonion.com
October 26, 2025 at 10:08 PM
Although satire, likely better than the current status of negotiations with Canada... imagine what happens if Toronto wins the World Series.
The NIT used to be the big tournament for college basketball... point shaving was a nail in the coffin. I wonder if there will be any fallout the NBA for this gambling scandal... at least no referees involved this time
1951 scandals threaten college hoops
In 1950, CCNY accomplished one of the greatest feats in basketball history, winning the NIT and the NCAA tournaments--one year later there was devastation.
www.espn.com
October 25, 2025 at 11:14 PM
The NIT used to be the big tournament for college basketball... point shaving was a nail in the coffin. I wonder if there will be any fallout the NBA for this gambling scandal... at least no referees involved this time
Since it is Mole day, I thought I would highlight a chemical engineer from Pennsylvania that had a tremendous impact on humanity... failure to consider impact on the environment has its consequences. Hopefully the Cuyahoga river doesn't need to be on fire again but I'm cynical.
Once celebrated, an inventor’s breakthroughs are now viewed as disasters — and the world is still recovering | CNN
Though the dangers of leaded gasoline and CFCs are now well-known, their inventor, Thomas Midgley Jr. — the subject of a film under development — was once lauded as a hero. But even he couldn’t escape...
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October 24, 2025 at 3:05 AM
Since it is Mole day, I thought I would highlight a chemical engineer from Pennsylvania that had a tremendous impact on humanity... failure to consider impact on the environment has its consequences. Hopefully the Cuyahoga river doesn't need to be on fire again but I'm cynical.
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Here is a comic on the use of AI in education that @makinaro.com and I made for Chemical Engineering Education. Maki's art is otherworldly in this one, and I'm very pleased to have gotten this published in the journal.
October 21, 2025 at 1:42 AM
Here is a comic on the use of AI in education that @makinaro.com and I made for Chemical Engineering Education. Maki's art is otherworldly in this one, and I'm very pleased to have gotten this published in the journal.