Daniel E. Falvey
@dfalvey.bsky.social
Chem. Prof. at UMD. Takoma Park resident. This is my personal account
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NEW: One of the most significant accomplishments of the Trump Admin: Decimating the US's humanitarian aid.
We went to S. Sudan to see the effects.
Rubio says no one has died from the cuts.
Spoiler: That's not true.
@annamaria.bsky.social & Brett Murphy:
www.propublica.org/article/usai...
We went to S. Sudan to see the effects.
Rubio says no one has died from the cuts.
Spoiler: That's not true.
@annamaria.bsky.social & Brett Murphy:
www.propublica.org/article/usai...
Trump Officials Celebrated With Cake After Slashing Aid. Then People Died of Cholera.
Behind closed doors in Washington, top advisers made a series of decisions that had devastating repercussions for the poorest country on earth. We went to South Sudan and found people who died as a re...
www.propublica.org
December 15, 2025 at 12:10 PM
NEW: One of the most significant accomplishments of the Trump Admin: Decimating the US's humanitarian aid.
We went to S. Sudan to see the effects.
Rubio says no one has died from the cuts.
Spoiler: That's not true.
@annamaria.bsky.social & Brett Murphy:
www.propublica.org/article/usai...
We went to S. Sudan to see the effects.
Rubio says no one has died from the cuts.
Spoiler: That's not true.
@annamaria.bsky.social & Brett Murphy:
www.propublica.org/article/usai...
Never forget
The first Hail Mary in NFL history happened 50 years ago this month, ending a Cowboys-Vikings divisional playoff game. It changed lives. Those on the Minnesota side are still reeling. "I'm sick about it. Sick. To this day." With
@toddarcher.bsky.social...
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The first 'Hail Mary': An iconic Cowboys moment and a 50-year Vikings beef
Fifty years after Roger Staubach's Hail Mary, Vikings defenders swear Drew Pearson pushed off.
www.espn.com
December 10, 2025 at 12:22 PM
Never forget
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Also, while I am Yelling At Clouds about grad school admissions, a note for all the universities with Ph.D. programs: I am going to look at your recommendation portal precisely ONCE per student. Stop asking me to create an account with a strong password.
December 8, 2025 at 9:58 PM
Also, while I am Yelling At Clouds about grad school admissions, a note for all the universities with Ph.D. programs: I am going to look at your recommendation portal precisely ONCE per student. Stop asking me to create an account with a strong password.
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extrajudicial killings are a lot like Jesus healing someone when you really think about it
Quite the shift from "I think if you do something bad you should die" immediately to "as they say in the Bible..."
December 6, 2025 at 10:25 PM
extrajudicial killings are a lot like Jesus healing someone when you really think about it
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In the century leading up to 1975, nearly 6000 freighters went down in the Great Lakes.
The Edmund Fitzgerald was the last.
The last. In 50 years, not a single commercial freighter has been lost in the Great Lakes.
Why?
It's NOAA. Of course it's NOAA.
The Edmund Fitzgerald was the last.
The last. In 50 years, not a single commercial freighter has been lost in the Great Lakes.
Why?
It's NOAA. Of course it's NOAA.
November 11, 2025 at 1:50 AM
In the century leading up to 1975, nearly 6000 freighters went down in the Great Lakes.
The Edmund Fitzgerald was the last.
The last. In 50 years, not a single commercial freighter has been lost in the Great Lakes.
Why?
It's NOAA. Of course it's NOAA.
The Edmund Fitzgerald was the last.
The last. In 50 years, not a single commercial freighter has been lost in the Great Lakes.
Why?
It's NOAA. Of course it's NOAA.
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So much to love in the new Frankenstein, but I do particularly love the choice to dress Elizabeth in the most poisonous shades of 19th century green - Paris and Scheele's. She's so doomed, poor thing.
November 9, 2025 at 12:01 PM
So much to love in the new Frankenstein, but I do particularly love the choice to dress Elizabeth in the most poisonous shades of 19th century green - Paris and Scheele's. She's so doomed, poor thing.
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A guy who went to Cretin and a guy who went to Highland Park
November 1, 2025 at 4:43 PM
A guy who went to Cretin and a guy who went to Highland Park
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Saint Paul’s Highland Park neighborhood is absolutely crushing the World Series.
Paul Molitor & Jack Morris will throw out the ceremonial first pitch tonight at Rogers Centre per MLB
November 1, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Saint Paul’s Highland Park neighborhood is absolutely crushing the World Series.
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The Dodgers are the favorites in this series, but don't count out the Blue Jays, who just might be the favourites.
October 25, 2025 at 12:07 AM
The Dodgers are the favorites in this series, but don't count out the Blue Jays, who just might be the favourites.
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If you were too young in 2003 here is what Bush told the American people:
1) The Iraq War won’t cost a lot of money
3) We won’t need a lot of troops
4) We’ll bring peace and freedom to Iraq
5) We’ll find WMDs
6) We’ll be welcomed as liberators
7) It will be easy
8) It won’t take long
All lies.
1) The Iraq War won’t cost a lot of money
3) We won’t need a lot of troops
4) We’ll bring peace and freedom to Iraq
5) We’ll find WMDs
6) We’ll be welcomed as liberators
7) It will be easy
8) It won’t take long
All lies.
June 22, 2025 at 2:47 AM
If you were too young in 2003 here is what Bush told the American people:
1) The Iraq War won’t cost a lot of money
3) We won’t need a lot of troops
4) We’ll bring peace and freedom to Iraq
5) We’ll find WMDs
6) We’ll be welcomed as liberators
7) It will be easy
8) It won’t take long
All lies.
1) The Iraq War won’t cost a lot of money
3) We won’t need a lot of troops
4) We’ll bring peace and freedom to Iraq
5) We’ll find WMDs
6) We’ll be welcomed as liberators
7) It will be easy
8) It won’t take long
All lies.
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must be incredibly frustrating and disheartening to have federal funding that was promised to you for important work suddenly and arbitrarily ripped away
“In light of the President's statement about cancellation of my government contracts, @SpaceX will begin decommissioning its Dragon spacecraft immediately”
June 5, 2025 at 8:15 PM
must be incredibly frustrating and disheartening to have federal funding that was promised to you for important work suddenly and arbitrarily ripped away
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The NIST Webbook is great (and working at the moment!) but a lot of the IR spectra are trash.
Way too much sample or impure sample or a baseline like the Rocky Mountains.
Way too much sample or impure sample or a baseline like the Rocky Mountains.
May 4, 2025 at 8:20 PM
The NIST Webbook is great (and working at the moment!) but a lot of the IR spectra are trash.
Way too much sample or impure sample or a baseline like the Rocky Mountains.
Way too much sample or impure sample or a baseline like the Rocky Mountains.
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If you're a grad student or an undergrad interested in research I need to you listen to me very carefully.
You cannot learn to write good research papers if you do not read good research papers.
Stop asking LLMs to summarize papers for you.
You cannot learn to write good research papers if you do not read good research papers.
Stop asking LLMs to summarize papers for you.
May 3, 2025 at 8:25 PM
If you're a grad student or an undergrad interested in research I need to you listen to me very carefully.
You cannot learn to write good research papers if you do not read good research papers.
Stop asking LLMs to summarize papers for you.
You cannot learn to write good research papers if you do not read good research papers.
Stop asking LLMs to summarize papers for you.
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ICYMI: The University of Maryland Senate voted last week to join an alliance of Big Ten colleges that have agreed to protect one another against potential attacks from the Trump administration.
The decision though will come down to school President Darryll Pines.
The decision though will come down to school President Darryll Pines.
UMD faculty vote to join Big Ten alliance against Trump
University of Maryland faculty voted to join nine major universities that want to band together in a NATO-like agreement.
buff.ly
April 28, 2025 at 3:26 PM
ICYMI: The University of Maryland Senate voted last week to join an alliance of Big Ten colleges that have agreed to protect one another against potential attacks from the Trump administration.
The decision though will come down to school President Darryll Pines.
The decision though will come down to school President Darryll Pines.
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Nailing this to my door and forcing everyone to read it
A Low-Yield Reaction Is Still a Result: A Study on Grignard Reagent Free Cobalt Catalyzed C(sp2)-H Arylation
In this work, we present our efforts to develop a Grignard reagent free, low valent cobalt-catalysed C-H arylation, using high-throughput experimentation (HTE). Although we did not succeed to obtain a...
chemrxiv.org
April 16, 2025 at 1:35 PM
Nailing this to my door and forcing everyone to read it
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University of Maryland faculty vote to join Big Ten alliance against Trump
UMD faculty vote to join Big Ten alliance against Trump
The University of Maryland faculty voted to join nine major universities want to band together in a NATO-like agreement.
buff.ly
April 25, 2025 at 7:30 PM
University of Maryland faculty vote to join Big Ten alliance against Trump
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NYT: One estimate finds that DOGE’s “firings, re-hirings, lost productivity and paid leave of thousands of workers” will actually COST taxpayers “upward of $135 billion this fiscal year.”
@nytimes.com 🤡
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/24/u...
@nytimes.com 🤡
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/24/u...
April 25, 2025 at 9:08 AM
NYT: One estimate finds that DOGE’s “firings, re-hirings, lost productivity and paid leave of thousands of workers” will actually COST taxpayers “upward of $135 billion this fiscal year.”
@nytimes.com 🤡
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/24/u...
@nytimes.com 🤡
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/24/u...
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The UMD Senate just voted overwhelmingly to adopt the Big 10 Mutual Defense Compact. Ohio State was 15 minutes before us. The makes half of the Big 10 that have signed on.
April 24, 2025 at 10:12 PM
The UMD Senate just voted overwhelmingly to adopt the Big 10 Mutual Defense Compact. Ohio State was 15 minutes before us. The makes half of the Big 10 that have signed on.
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A powerful call has just gone up on the website of the @aacu.org : “A Call for Constructive Engagement” signed by almost 200 college & university presidents (more sure to join), from community colleges to R1s! #academicsky #edusky @academic-chatter.bsky.social www.aacu.org/newsroom/a-c...
A Call for Constructive Engagement | AAC&U
A Call for Constructive Engagement
www.aacu.org
April 22, 2025 at 4:12 AM
A powerful call has just gone up on the website of the @aacu.org : “A Call for Constructive Engagement” signed by almost 200 college & university presidents (more sure to join), from community colleges to R1s! #academicsky #edusky @academic-chatter.bsky.social www.aacu.org/newsroom/a-c...
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I said my main goal of this trip was to meet with Kilmar. Tonight I had that chance. I have called his wife, Jennifer, to pass along his message of love. I look forward to providing a full update upon my return.
April 18, 2025 at 1:02 AM
I said my main goal of this trip was to meet with Kilmar. Tonight I had that chance. I have called his wife, Jennifer, to pass along his message of love. I look forward to providing a full update upon my return.
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NEW: Three Maryland institutions signed on to support a lawsuit against the federal government over its revocation of student visas. The University System of Maryland, which includes 12 public universities/centers signed on, but Johns Hopkins did not:
www.thebaltimorebanner.com/education/hi...
www.thebaltimorebanner.com/education/hi...
Maryland colleges back lawsuit to halt Trump visa cancellations
The University System of Maryland, where at least four students abruptly lost visas, was among those who joined the legal battle.
www.thebaltimorebanner.com
April 11, 2025 at 7:50 PM
NEW: Three Maryland institutions signed on to support a lawsuit against the federal government over its revocation of student visas. The University System of Maryland, which includes 12 public universities/centers signed on, but Johns Hopkins did not:
www.thebaltimorebanner.com/education/hi...
www.thebaltimorebanner.com/education/hi...
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SCAM ALERT. This is a fake conference that ripped off my and other people’s names to trick people into registering. There is no such conference that I or the others shown were invited or agreed to. We are working to try to get this fraud taken down from the web.
chemsymposia.com
chemsymposia.com
Join Chemsymposia 2026: Research & Innovation | ChemSymposia 2026
Join us at Chemsymposia 2026 to discover groundbreaking research in physics applications. Connect with experts, engage in insightful discussions, and explore our venue, registration details, and speak...
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April 11, 2025 at 4:35 PM
SCAM ALERT. This is a fake conference that ripped off my and other people’s names to trick people into registering. There is no such conference that I or the others shown were invited or agreed to. We are working to try to get this fraud taken down from the web.
chemsymposia.com
chemsymposia.com
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Trump Says Recession Unfortunate But Necessary Step To Get To Depression
Trump Says Recession Unfortunate But Necessary Step To Get To Depression
WASHINGTON—Warning that Americans should brace themselves for an economic “period of transition,” President Donald Trump told reporters Monday that a recession would be an unfortunate but necessary st...
theonion.com
April 2, 2025 at 9:26 PM
Trump Says Recession Unfortunate But Necessary Step To Get To Depression
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Who’s excited for Twins opening day tomorrow in Minnesota?! ❄️ ⚾️ 🙋
April 2, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Who’s excited for Twins opening day tomorrow in Minnesota?! ❄️ ⚾️ 🙋