Andre the Chemist
@andrechemist.bsky.social
Noted rhenium hater and **undefeated** youth soccer coach (total of one game coached).
Virginia, USA. He/him.
Virginia, USA. He/him.
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These two pickles in my house are fucking suspicious if you ask me.
November 11, 2025 at 2:43 AM
These two pickles in my house are fucking suspicious if you ask me.
I do find it kind of reassuring when I think I don't teach something extremely well so I look in a bunch of textbooks and they all approach it in a similar way to how I teach it.
Teaching this stuff can be hard.
Teaching this stuff can be hard.
November 10, 2025 at 8:43 PM
I do find it kind of reassuring when I think I don't teach something extremely well so I look in a bunch of textbooks and they all approach it in a similar way to how I teach it.
Teaching this stuff can be hard.
Teaching this stuff can be hard.
All my kids are now older than Kevin McCallister was in Home Alone.
I believe that legally means we can leave them at home when we travel.
I believe that legally means we can leave them at home when we travel.
November 9, 2025 at 4:11 PM
All my kids are now older than Kevin McCallister was in Home Alone.
I believe that legally means we can leave them at home when we travel.
I believe that legally means we can leave them at home when we travel.
One thing that tells me I don't use my phone like other people do is I have never had even a hint of the need to search the tabs in my mobile browser.
November 9, 2025 at 2:59 PM
One thing that tells me I don't use my phone like other people do is I have never had even a hint of the need to search the tabs in my mobile browser.
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Do we have a bunch of other tools that will give you the correct answer more-or-less all the time? Yes! But mine *sounds* fancier than "use Wikipedia and a calculator."
I've created a calculator that gives you the right answer 80% of the time and I believe it will change the world
November 9, 2025 at 1:54 AM
Do we have a bunch of other tools that will give you the correct answer more-or-less all the time? Yes! But mine *sounds* fancier than "use Wikipedia and a calculator."
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How many contact hours you get in GenChem?
We have 2.5 of lecture and this semester we finally created 1 hour recitations run by TAs. 3 hour labs. And here I am wondering if the reason other places seem to be able to cover more:
1) Lab is complementary rather than repetitive
2) More contact hours
We have 2.5 of lecture and this semester we finally created 1 hour recitations run by TAs. 3 hour labs. And here I am wondering if the reason other places seem to be able to cover more:
1) Lab is complementary rather than repetitive
2) More contact hours
November 9, 2025 at 4:27 AM
How many contact hours you get in GenChem?
We have 2.5 of lecture and this semester we finally created 1 hour recitations run by TAs. 3 hour labs. And here I am wondering if the reason other places seem to be able to cover more:
1) Lab is complementary rather than repetitive
2) More contact hours
We have 2.5 of lecture and this semester we finally created 1 hour recitations run by TAs. 3 hour labs. And here I am wondering if the reason other places seem to be able to cover more:
1) Lab is complementary rather than repetitive
2) More contact hours
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Use the force. Duh
BREAKING FOX NEWS: Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy goes on the record: "Pilots need to stop depending on air traffic controllers. They need to suck it up and go with their gut feelings."
November 9, 2025 at 12:31 AM
Use the force. Duh
I view the story of the discovery of the structure of DNA as a weird one to celebrate. It was an inevitable event as science progressed.
The notable thing I take from the story is that, instead of working together, many parties kept knowledge hidden and (some say) actively sabotaged each other.
The notable thing I take from the story is that, instead of working together, many parties kept knowledge hidden and (some say) actively sabotaged each other.
November 8, 2025 at 5:38 PM
I view the story of the discovery of the structure of DNA as a weird one to celebrate. It was an inevitable event as science progressed.
The notable thing I take from the story is that, instead of working together, many parties kept knowledge hidden and (some say) actively sabotaged each other.
The notable thing I take from the story is that, instead of working together, many parties kept knowledge hidden and (some say) actively sabotaged each other.
Ladies and gentlemen, may I present... Bluesky
Also pretty confident that a lot of people don’t know what a joke is
November 8, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Ladies and gentlemen, may I present... Bluesky
Went to Costco this morning and when we came back our kids had put up and decorated the Christmas tree all on their own.
I'm not mad.
I'm not mad.
November 8, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Went to Costco this morning and when we came back our kids had put up and decorated the Christmas tree all on their own.
I'm not mad.
I'm not mad.
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A change for me that predates chatgpt is doing more mental math. For years I've been pausing before I reach for a calculator and pushing myself to do the work in my own brain. Not all math all the time, just more than I used to.
I became very conscientious about this during COVID. I do puzzles, read hard things or read and watch programming with different normative (or cultural) assumptions etc. I would like to keep what I can. Bananas to come out of the forced mediated world of COVID…and jump into AI.
Exactly, including for the long term for health benefits. Friend of mine did Parkinson’s research at Mayo for decades and he tells me all the time how important it is to stay mentally active to reduce the chances of a whole lot of cognitive decline.
November 8, 2025 at 1:49 PM
A change for me that predates chatgpt is doing more mental math. For years I've been pausing before I reach for a calculator and pushing myself to do the work in my own brain. Not all math all the time, just more than I used to.
It's said that "Scientists are unique in that they are always ready to change their beliefs when presented with facts" but then some scientists (biologists) still say "Breaking bonds releases energy."
November 8, 2025 at 2:07 AM
It's said that "Scientists are unique in that they are always ready to change their beliefs when presented with facts" but then some scientists (biologists) still say "Breaking bonds releases energy."
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evergreen
Hey #ChemSky -- what is your department doing about the increasing costs associated with ChemDraw? Anything? Are there better alternatives at scale?
November 7, 2025 at 5:48 PM
evergreen
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Hey #ChemSky -- what is your department doing about the increasing costs associated with ChemDraw? Anything? Are there better alternatives at scale?
November 7, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Hey #ChemSky -- what is your department doing about the increasing costs associated with ChemDraw? Anything? Are there better alternatives at scale?
They're the things that you see when you wake up and scream.
The cold things that follow you down the boreen.
They live in the small ring of trees on the hill up at the top of the field.
They play on the wind.
They sing on the rain.
They dance on your eyes.
They dance in your brain.
The cold things that follow you down the boreen.
They live in the small ring of trees on the hill up at the top of the field.
They play on the wind.
They sing on the rain.
They dance on your eyes.
They dance in your brain.
November 7, 2025 at 5:43 PM
They're the things that you see when you wake up and scream.
The cold things that follow you down the boreen.
They live in the small ring of trees on the hill up at the top of the field.
They play on the wind.
They sing on the rain.
They dance on your eyes.
They dance in your brain.
The cold things that follow you down the boreen.
They live in the small ring of trees on the hill up at the top of the field.
They play on the wind.
They sing on the rain.
They dance on your eyes.
They dance in your brain.
There's an old SNL skit with (I think) Robert Downey Jr. and (maybe) Paul Simon where they are young Simon and Garfunkel and they get bassoons instead of guitars and it always pops into my head but I can't find it anywhere.
I remember it being funny in an absurd way
I remember it being funny in an absurd way
This is now my platonic ideal of "a suggested post on IG" and also my sign to close the app
November 7, 2025 at 4:41 PM
There's an old SNL skit with (I think) Robert Downey Jr. and (maybe) Paul Simon where they are young Simon and Garfunkel and they get bassoons instead of guitars and it always pops into my head but I can't find it anywhere.
I remember it being funny in an absurd way
I remember it being funny in an absurd way
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Perry the post-its!!!
November 7, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Perry the post-its!!!
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(pulled over by cop)
Cop: Sir, do you know why I pulled you over?
*I nod down to my lap where a Subway BMT sandwich sits*
Cop (visibility shaken): I...I don't want any trouble
Cop: Sir, do you know why I pulled you over?
*I nod down to my lap where a Subway BMT sandwich sits*
Cop (visibility shaken): I...I don't want any trouble
November 7, 2025 at 3:34 AM
(pulled over by cop)
Cop: Sir, do you know why I pulled you over?
*I nod down to my lap where a Subway BMT sandwich sits*
Cop (visibility shaken): I...I don't want any trouble
Cop: Sir, do you know why I pulled you over?
*I nod down to my lap where a Subway BMT sandwich sits*
Cop (visibility shaken): I...I don't want any trouble
Colleague, stopping by my office to chat: "It's so nice that you have a big bowl of Halloween candy in here for your students."
Me: "Yes.... For my students."
Me: "Yes.... For my students."
November 7, 2025 at 1:06 PM
Colleague, stopping by my office to chat: "It's so nice that you have a big bowl of Halloween candy in here for your students."
Me: "Yes.... For my students."
Me: "Yes.... For my students."
There's a (small) chance of snow next week in Washington, DC and surrounding areas.
a black and white cartoon of a man holding a sign that says ' sickos ' .
Alt: Animated gif of the cartoon "Sickos" guy from The Onion laughing while looking im a window.
media.tenor.com
November 7, 2025 at 12:04 PM
There's a (small) chance of snow next week in Washington, DC and surrounding areas.
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You can tell phrenologists are all lazy by the shape of their skulls
November 7, 2025 at 2:10 AM
You can tell phrenologists are all lazy by the shape of their skulls
"Let us not forget, that the great seal of the United States says 'E pluribus unum'. That means 'From many, one'. Every life matters. No matter where you came from, no matter how you got here, no matter how you identify, you have the right to live a life that is free."
- the sandwich-throwing guy
- the sandwich-throwing guy
November 7, 2025 at 11:11 AM
"Let us not forget, that the great seal of the United States says 'E pluribus unum'. That means 'From many, one'. Every life matters. No matter where you came from, no matter how you got here, no matter how you identify, you have the right to live a life that is free."
- the sandwich-throwing guy
- the sandwich-throwing guy