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Adrian A. Lorenzana
@adrianlorenzana.ca
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ChemE PhD from UMass interested in polymer architecture, mechanochemistry, and vitrimers
Postdoc in the Chitnis lab
Latino, he/him/él

Website: https://adrianlorenzana.ca
ORCiD: 0000-0002-6517-6897
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Adrian A. Lorenzana @adrianlorenzana.ca · Mar 6
Allo! Time for a new #introduction.
I’m a latino and doctor of chemical engineering. I study polymer mechanochemistry and bottlebrushes, and want to get a bit into exploring vitrimers and the catalysis involved. I *love* synthesis. I have more hobbies than any person should.
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Spell Tome: Astonishing Comprehending
November 16, 2025 at 6:30 AM
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patdeklotz.bsky.social
Same guy, here it is in NYT www.nytimes.com/2025/11/15/u...
“You want to take breakfast with me, I’ll pay,” said he told one agent. After 15 minutes of stalling, Mr. Aceituno, who is originally from Honduras, confirmed he was a citizen. The agents let him go. As he settled into his vehicle, another group of Border Patrol agents approached. They banged on his window, he said, demanding he provide documentation. “I got papers,” he said. Then, Mr. Aceituno said an agent broke the driver’s side window of his red Ford pickup and removed him from the truck. He was placed in handcuffs and put inside of a vehicle, where he was detained for about 20 minutes before agents let him go, he said. “It’s terrible,” Mr. Aceituno said. It remains unclear how long the operation in Charlotte will last. The federal agents are expected to head to New Orleans next. In Asheville, Mayor Esther Manheimer said on Friday that the city may also be a target in the future.
November 16, 2025 at 5:03 AM
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bgrueskin.bsky.social
Here’s a story for every national news outlet:

In N.C., churchgoers are literally running into the woods as federal agents descend on the property.

“Inside the church, women and children sobbed as they wondered whether their loved ones had been taken.”

www.charlotteobserver.com/news/politic...
6d Listen to this article Congregants of an east Charlotte church scattered into the woods Saturday when masked federal agents arrived and detained one of their members, according to witnesses. About 15 to 20 church members were doing yard work on the property off Albemarle Road while their children played games and their spouses cooked meals. Agents parked just outside a closed gate leading to the church parking lot and ran into the yard, said the pastor, who did not want to identify himself or his church. The agents asked no questions and showed no identification before taking one man away, whose wife and child were inside at the time, the pastor said. They attempted to grab others, too. "Right now, everybody is scared. Everybody," he said. "One of these guys with immigration, he say he was going to arrest one of the other guys in the church. He pushed him." Inside the church, women and children sobbed as they wondered whether their loved ones had been taken. Some yard workers fled into the surrounding woods when officials arrived, including 15-year-old Miguel Vazquez.
November 16, 2025 at 4:38 AM
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lsepper.bsky.social
Another reason why we need powerful women in academia. Women who fight these guys and, equally importantly, protect the next generation. Always, always make things better for them
econmarshall.bsky.social Marshall Steinbaum @econmarshall.bsky.social · 18h
The emails have Summers reporting to Epstein about his attempts to date a Harvard economics student & to hit on her during a seminar she was giving.
November 16, 2025 at 3:28 AM
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davidjroth.bsky.social
"Dasha got dropped by Gersh," I say to the elerly woman sitting next to me on the bus. "Can you believe that?" She empties an entire can of mace directly into my face instantly.
November 15, 2025 at 10:54 PM
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buresdv.eu
Cork version 1.7.0 is out.

This update includes a massive, never-before-seen feature in adopting apps that have been installed outside of Homebrew

See open.substack.com/pub/corkapp/...

corkmac.app

#swift #swiftUI #macOS #opensource #buildinpublic #macdev #homebrew #CorkApp
November 14, 2025 at 7:31 PM
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sara.meangirls.online
DIY autism and linux is a fucking terrible combination bro i could’ve just downloaded some shitty set of dotfiles and called it a day but nooooooo my brain just hadddd to say “i can do this better than everyone else!”
November 15, 2025 at 10:22 AM
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chemjobber.bsky.social
#chemchat
November 14, 2025 at 10:13 PM
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mantarayo.bsky.social
The systematic exploration of underwater caves in Quintana Roo began in Tulum in the mid-1980s. Several diving teams started exploring the region’s cenotes and discovered extensive passages that expanded as they connected their records.

🧪💧
sites.northwestern.edu/monroyrios/2...

#caves #karst
Along the routes of the “Tren Maya”
Leer en Español One of the distinctive features of the northern Yucatán Peninsula is its relatively flat topography, devoid of valleys or mountains, with elevations barely exceeding 30 meters. The …
sites.northwestern.edu
November 14, 2025 at 7:40 PM
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offline.mountainherder.xyz
MODS, MODS!
golikehellmachine.com GOLIKEHELLMACHINE @golikehellmachine.com · 1d
take a moment, close your eyes, inhale deeply, exhale, and then imagine hearing "livvy" in RFK jr's voice
jeradwalker.bsky.social Jerad Walker @jeradwalker.bsky.social · 1d
what the actual fuck
November 14, 2025 at 5:40 PM
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barneygrubbs.bsky.social
as somebody also born in Michigan with a chemistry degree from a PUI, I have to say I’m disappointed.
November 14, 2025 at 4:19 AM
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andrew.heiss.phd
what
environmicrobio.bsky.social Roland Hatzenpichler @environmicrobio.bsky.social · 2d
“The prohibited activities would include joint research, co-authorship on papers, and advising a foreign graduate student or postdoctoral fellow. The language is retroactive, meaning any interactions during the previous 5 years could make a scientist ineligible for future federal funding.”
U.S. Congress considers sweeping ban on Chinese collaborations
Researchers speak out against proposal that would bar funding for U.S. scientists working with Chinese partners or training Chinese students
www.science.org
November 14, 2025 at 2:42 AM
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josh.uno
please help, my society, it is sick
November 13, 2025 at 10:58 PM
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404media.co
Google is hosting a CBP app that uses facial recognition to identify immigrants, while removing apps that report the location of ICE officials because Google sees ICE as a vulnerable group. @evystadium.bsky.social has more.

Full story by @josephcox.bsky.social here: www.404media.co/google-has-c...
November 13, 2025 at 4:41 PM
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natrevmethodsprimers.nature.com
This week #Primer is on frontal #polymerization, a self-sustaining, energy-efficient method for polymerization! This technique is used in radical-induced cationic frontal polymerization and frontal ring-opening metathesis polymerization. Check it out here: www.nature.com/articles/s43...
Frontal polymerization for rapid low-energy synthesis - Nature Reviews Methods Primers
Frontal polymerization is a self-sustaining, energy-efficient technique for rapidly converting monomers into polymers. This Primer explores frontal polymerization mechanisms, experimental set-up, appl...
www.nature.com
November 13, 2025 at 4:18 PM
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bribarbu.bsky.social
There’s a lot of historically and culturally significant stuff captured on audio (and video) tape. But tapes are mass-market items that weren’t made with long-term archiving in mind.
My latest for @cenmag.bsky.social explores the chemistry involved in preserving them:
cen.acs.org/analytical-c...
How preservation scientists are using chemistry to save sounds of the past
Preservation scientists are using polymer chemistry to help prevent old audio and video tapes from degrading beyond recognition
cen.acs.org
November 13, 2025 at 3:47 PM
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Folks
My dispensary had a Malört THC shot and I’m a sucker for gimmicks honestly
November 13, 2025 at 4:33 AM
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www.zdnet.com/home-and-off...
You should turn off ACR on your TV right now (and why it makes such a big difference)
Your smart TV comes with privacy risks. Here's how to avoid one of the biggest with just a few steps.
www.zdnet.com
November 13, 2025 at 1:46 AM
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#ChemSky #ChemChat
November 13, 2025 at 2:07 AM
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staceyhauff.bsky.social
What’s the saying?

“Dance like no one’s watching; email like it’s being read aloud at your deposition.”
November 13, 2025 at 12:00 AM
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murdoink.com
steam machine de la abuela
November 12, 2025 at 10:40 PM
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pookleblinky.bsky.social
Has anyone in project zomboid b42 built a tower of babel yet?

A massive 28+ story building made from scratch, *with* high zombie pop.

Imagine this done on Rat Race settings, in the center of Louisville.
November 13, 2025 at 1:37 AM
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dieworkwear.bsky.social
thinking about how i get anxious writing emails because i don't want to sound like a moron while larry summers is apparently typing emails like this:

u kno she dint want to talk tomorrow. make me bad pheel.
November 13, 2025 at 1:38 AM
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jwlicinio.bsky.social
I’m at the Epstein Files
I’m at the Russiagate
I’m at the combination Epstein Files Russiagate
kyledcheney.bsky.social Kyle Cheney @kyledcheney.bsky.social · 3d
NEW: Jeffrey Epstein said in emails that he had been advising the Russian government on how to deal with Donald Trump, one of several cases in which he wielded his connections to try to influence the course of foreign affairs. w @nahaltoosi

www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
November 12, 2025 at 8:53 PM
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dieworkwear.bsky.social
Within the part of the menswear industry that I operate in, Roopa Knitting Mills is widely regarded as one of the best hoodie manufacturers. Founded in 1991 by an Indian immigrant named Nat Thakkar, they do every production step after yarn spinning in Ontario, Canada.
Inside Roopa Knitting Mills. The photo shows a knitting machine surrounded by cones of yarn.
November 12, 2025 at 10:54 PM