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@sararah.bsky.social
I love giant magnets.
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My opinions are trash and fully my own.
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My opinions are trash and fully my own.
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No more “biodefense” or “pandemic preparedness” at the National Institute of Allergy and INFECTIOUS DISEASES. Seems fine.
Exclusive: Key US infectious-diseases centre to drop pandemic preparation
Staff members have been instructed to scrub this topic and ‘biodefense’ from the agency’s website.
www.nature.com
February 13, 2026 at 8:28 PM
No more “biodefense” or “pandemic preparedness” at the National Institute of Allergy and INFECTIOUS DISEASES. Seems fine.
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Hey #ChemSky. I'm wondering what PhD applicants are experiencing this year. I have a student with essentially a 4.0, 3 years of research experience in my group, 1 summer (another pending) interning at Pfizer who currently has no offers. IMO this is complete nonsense. He's getting antsy.
February 13, 2026 at 5:50 PM
Hey #ChemSky. I'm wondering what PhD applicants are experiencing this year. I have a student with essentially a 4.0, 3 years of research experience in my group, 1 summer (another pending) interning at Pfizer who currently has no offers. IMO this is complete nonsense. He's getting antsy.
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When I met Jeanne, she had two bucket list items. Wade in a cranberry bog and drive a Zamboni. As of this morning, we're two for two. Happy Birthday Jeanne!!!
February 13, 2026 at 4:31 PM
When I met Jeanne, she had two bucket list items. Wade in a cranberry bog and drive a Zamboni. As of this morning, we're two for two. Happy Birthday Jeanne!!!
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Fun fact of the day: at the height of his quadruple axel, Olympic figure skater Ilia Malinin is spinning at 350 rpm, “about the same as a kitchen stand mixer”. [theatlantic.com]
The Man Who Broke Physics
Even before competing in his first Olympics, 21-year-old Ilia Malinin has transformed the sport of figure skating.
www.theatlantic.com
February 13, 2026 at 2:40 PM
Fun fact of the day: at the height of his quadruple axel, Olympic figure skater Ilia Malinin is spinning at 350 rpm, “about the same as a kitchen stand mixer”. [theatlantic.com]
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Wait is over! My article on bird photography helping me to be a better chemist is now live on Chemistry World.
#ChemSky
www.chemistryworld.com/opinion/how-...
#ChemSky
www.chemistryworld.com/opinion/how-...
February 11, 2026 at 3:24 PM
Wait is over! My article on bird photography helping me to be a better chemist is now live on Chemistry World.
#ChemSky
www.chemistryworld.com/opinion/how-...
#ChemSky
www.chemistryworld.com/opinion/how-...
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My disturbers of peace
February 12, 2026 at 3:16 PM
My disturbers of peace
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This song is 30 years old.
February 12, 2026 at 3:00 PM
This song is 30 years old.
I kept getting served posts from the Ravelry Facebook group and I joined on a whim. LOL. What a shitshow. So much arguing. Also a lot of people think that the Ravelry group is just a group and aren't aware of the knitting website that has been around for almost 20 years.
I've been a knitter for 25 years, and I've taught knitting at the Memorial Union Workspace for, bleh like 17 years now. I always love the community fostered by these events. What is often a solitary hobby becomes part of something larger. A place for scheming, dreaming, and sharing.
February 12, 2026 at 2:59 PM
I kept getting served posts from the Ravelry Facebook group and I joined on a whim. LOL. What a shitshow. So much arguing. Also a lot of people think that the Ravelry group is just a group and aren't aware of the knitting website that has been around for almost 20 years.
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Bright and early Thursday morning, Republicans on an Iowa House subcommittee advanced latest legislative attack on public libraries.
My video from the hearing on House File 2309, establishing civil and criminal penalties for providing "materials harmful to minors."
www.youtube.com/watch?v=cFkm...
My video from the hearing on House File 2309, establishing civil and criminal penalties for providing "materials harmful to minors."
www.youtube.com/watch?v=cFkm...
Iowa House bill would restrict "harmful" material in public libraries
YouTube video by Bleeding Heartland
www.youtube.com
February 12, 2026 at 2:35 PM
Bright and early Thursday morning, Republicans on an Iowa House subcommittee advanced latest legislative attack on public libraries.
My video from the hearing on House File 2309, establishing civil and criminal penalties for providing "materials harmful to minors."
www.youtube.com/watch?v=cFkm...
My video from the hearing on House File 2309, establishing civil and criminal penalties for providing "materials harmful to minors."
www.youtube.com/watch?v=cFkm...
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This is the aftermath of an ICE kidnapping a few blocks from my home in St. Paul—an hour ago. A quiet street full of broken glass and at least three wrecked cars. The target of the kidnapping was taken away by ambulance. He was on a stretcher and covered by a sheet, though a cop said he was alive.
February 11, 2026 at 4:46 PM
This is the aftermath of an ICE kidnapping a few blocks from my home in St. Paul—an hour ago. A quiet street full of broken glass and at least three wrecked cars. The target of the kidnapping was taken away by ambulance. He was on a stretcher and covered by a sheet, though a cop said he was alive.
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orchid festival at Kew absolutely goddamn spectacular, as usual
February 10, 2026 at 6:17 PM
orchid festival at Kew absolutely goddamn spectacular, as usual
@nmrchemist.bsky.social trained a student today who worked with you as a summer undergrad last summer!
February 10, 2026 at 5:48 PM
@nmrchemist.bsky.social trained a student today who worked with you as a summer undergrad last summer!
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Highlights from judging the elementary school science fair.
An investigation of which household objects conduct electricity.
Can cheese conduct electricity? Apparently so.
Me: You and cheese both conduct electricity. What do you two have in common?
Student: We are both thick
Me: Ah yes of course
An investigation of which household objects conduct electricity.
Can cheese conduct electricity? Apparently so.
Me: You and cheese both conduct electricity. What do you two have in common?
Student: We are both thick
Me: Ah yes of course
February 10, 2026 at 5:23 PM
Highlights from judging the elementary school science fair.
An investigation of which household objects conduct electricity.
Can cheese conduct electricity? Apparently so.
Me: You and cheese both conduct electricity. What do you two have in common?
Student: We are both thick
Me: Ah yes of course
An investigation of which household objects conduct electricity.
Can cheese conduct electricity? Apparently so.
Me: You and cheese both conduct electricity. What do you two have in common?
Student: We are both thick
Me: Ah yes of course
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And the new NCI Director moves to piss away his scientific credibility.
First, killing cancer cells is a very low bar; many compounds kill cancer cells and are not the least bit useful for treating cancer.
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First, killing cancer cells is a very low bar; many compounds kill cancer cells and are not the least bit useful for treating cancer.
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The National Cancer Institute will begin studying ivermectin's ability to kill cancer cells, @rachanadpradhan.bsky.social reports
www.statnews.com/2026/02/10/i...
www.statnews.com/2026/02/10/i...
National Cancer Institute studying ivermectin’s ‘ability to kill cancer cells,’ alarming career scientists
The National Cancer Institute is studying ivermectin as a potential cancer treatment, according to its top official, alarming career scientists.
www.statnews.com
February 10, 2026 at 2:01 PM
And the new NCI Director moves to piss away his scientific credibility.
First, killing cancer cells is a very low bar; many compounds kill cancer cells and are not the least bit useful for treating cancer.
1/2
First, killing cancer cells is a very low bar; many compounds kill cancer cells and are not the least bit useful for treating cancer.
1/2
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Appreciate that Jess Djukanovic is speaking out about what she went through trying to get an abortion with a non-viable pregnancy in Iowa:
iowastartingline.com/2026/02/04/i...
iowastartingline.com/2026/02/04/i...
‘I almost died trying to get an abortion in Iowa’—a mother of 4 speaks out
This Iowa mother of four was heartbroken when her fetus received a fatal diagnosis. Then the pregnancy threatened her life, too.
iowastartingline.com
February 10, 2026 at 2:16 PM
Appreciate that Jess Djukanovic is speaking out about what she went through trying to get an abortion with a non-viable pregnancy in Iowa:
iowastartingline.com/2026/02/04/i...
iowastartingline.com/2026/02/04/i...
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The 12yo has declared Porcelain Crab Awareness Day!
I’m especially fond of the red and white polka dotted ones. Are they crabs if they have crab in their name? Nope. These are decapod crustaceans evolving ever crab-wards!
I’m especially fond of the red and white polka dotted ones. Are they crabs if they have crab in their name? Nope. These are decapod crustaceans evolving ever crab-wards!
Porcelain crab - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
February 10, 2026 at 1:44 PM
The 12yo has declared Porcelain Crab Awareness Day!
I’m especially fond of the red and white polka dotted ones. Are they crabs if they have crab in their name? Nope. These are decapod crustaceans evolving ever crab-wards!
I’m especially fond of the red and white polka dotted ones. Are they crabs if they have crab in their name? Nope. These are decapod crustaceans evolving ever crab-wards!
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NEW: The AMA and a leading public health research group focused on vaccines are teaming up to create a parallel system to review vaccine safety and effectiveness.
The CDC’s vaccine review process has “effectively collapsed” under RFKJr. My story.
www.washingtonpost.com/health/2026/...
www.washingtonpost.com/health/2026/...
AMA joins effort to launch vaccine science review amid CDC turmoil
The American Medical Association and a partner group are taking on a new role in reviewing vaccine safety and effectiveness as the CDC’s review process faces criticism.
www.washingtonpost.com
February 10, 2026 at 12:15 PM
NEW: The AMA and a leading public health research group focused on vaccines are teaming up to create a parallel system to review vaccine safety and effectiveness.
The CDC’s vaccine review process has “effectively collapsed” under RFKJr. My story.
www.washingtonpost.com/health/2026/...
www.washingtonpost.com/health/2026/...
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February 9, 2026 at 6:59 PM
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$1.65M per day in DC alone. That’s approximately two NIH R01 Grant *years* burned per day. Ninety *five year* R01s projects burned in the last seven months with no end in sight.
Instead of lasting scientific advance we get….what?
Civil rights violations and authoritarian replacement of democracy.
Instead of lasting scientific advance we get….what?
Civil rights violations and authoritarian replacement of democracy.
A new report from Democratic members of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee finds that the deployment of the National Guard in D.C. is costing $1.65 million a day, and over seven months has hit $332 million. The report is here: hsgac.senate.gov/wp-content/upl…
February 9, 2026 at 5:32 PM
$1.65M per day in DC alone. That’s approximately two NIH R01 Grant *years* burned per day. Ninety *five year* R01s projects burned in the last seven months with no end in sight.
Instead of lasting scientific advance we get….what?
Civil rights violations and authoritarian replacement of democracy.
Instead of lasting scientific advance we get….what?
Civil rights violations and authoritarian replacement of democracy.
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Just a few weeks ago, the administration cancelled all remaining department of energy grid resilience projects in Puerto Rico. All of them. www.latitudemedia.com/news/the-end...
The end of DOE’s grid work in Puerto Rico
The Trump administration has canceled all eight of the remaining awards devoted to distributed energy on the island.
www.latitudemedia.com
February 9, 2026 at 2:00 AM
Just a few weeks ago, the administration cancelled all remaining department of energy grid resilience projects in Puerto Rico. All of them. www.latitudemedia.com/news/the-end...
SORRY FOR BEING EARNEST ON MAIN
February 9, 2026 at 5:18 PM
SORRY FOR BEING EARNEST ON MAIN