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Sam ⌬
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PhD in Olefin Oligomerisation Catalysis, now a Process Development Chemist in Biotech.

OPRD in the streets, Organometallics in-between the sheets.
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philiplampkin.bsky.social
#chemsky, have you used a Wisconsin Photoreactor? I designed them and will soon defend my PhD. I’d like to include photos of Wisconsin Photoreactors in use by other chemists in my defense. Please share (reply to this post or DM me) a photo of your photoreactor in action!

doi.org/10.1021/acs....
Versatile Open-Source Photoreactor Architecture for Photocatalysis Across the Visible Spectrum
Adoption of commercial photoreactors as standards for photocatalysis research could be limited by high cost. We report the development of the Wisconsin Photoreactor Platform (WPP), an open-source phot...
doi.org
July 8, 2025 at 1:13 PM
ferrocenefanboy.bsky.social
Somehow managed to get a free ticket to see Slayer last night. As much as my music tastes have shifted more punk as I get older, the inner 16 year old in me had a great time.
a man in a black shirt is standing in front of a slayer sign .
ALT: a man in a black shirt is standing in front of a slayer sign .
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July 4, 2025 at 8:18 AM
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skeletorinspires.bsky.social
You are here to exist freely not to shrink yourself for the comfort of others.
June 28, 2025 at 3:43 PM
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Mass Spec

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[Person with ponytail wearing lab coat hands balloon to another person in front of a springboard, a magnet hanging from above, and then a target] PERSON WITH PONYTAIL to Person 2: Rub this balloon against your head, then go jump past that magnet toward the target on the wall. [caption] Before the bathroom scale was invented, the only way to weigh people was mass spectrometry.
May 29, 2025 at 7:26 PM
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stephenhilger.bsky.social
Oh
June 11, 2025 at 1:13 PM
ferrocenefanboy.bsky.social
Went for a run for the first time in ages and it didn't immediately solve all my problems and I'm a bit annoyed about it.
June 2, 2025 at 8:46 PM
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bagphos.bsky.social
🚨🚨🚨 BREAKING: controversy as new Pope endorses CHN analysis as primary purity determination method 🚨🚨🚨
chemjobber.bsky.social Chemjobber @chemjobber.bsky.social · May 8
🚨🚨🚨 BREAKING: controversy as new Pope to bring back paper copies of Organic Syntheses 🚨🚨🚨
woolfianjosh.bsky.social dr joshua phillips @woolfianjosh.bsky.social · May 8
🚨🚨🚨 BREAKING: controversy as new Pope drops requirement for citations to list place of publication 🚨🚨🚨
May 8, 2025 at 10:44 PM
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chemscrapes.bsky.social
@parafilmm.bsky.social ...told ya! #chemsky #science

This has been a ChemScrapes community announcement.
This image is a humorous safety poster likely found in a laboratory setting that uses Parafilm. Let's break down its message: "DON'T BE A LAB FILM TEARAWAY": This headline uses a play on words. "Tearaway" can refer to someone who is badly behaved or rebellious. In this context, it also literally refers to someone who tears off pieces of lab film instead of using scissors. Image of the Film Box and Scissors: The poster depicts a cartoonish blue box that likely holds a roll of lab film. It has a happy face, suggesting the film itself would prefer to be treated properly. A pair of scissors is shown cutting the film neatly. "GIVE YOUR ROLL A SCISSORING TODAY!": This is the call to action, again using playful language. "Scissoring" here means to cut the film with scissors. The word choice is meant to be memorable and a bit cheeky.
April 23, 2025 at 2:49 PM
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rwmartin.bsky.social
No, the Soviets were anti-MO, or at least anti-resonance structures. I am not making this up.

chrome-extension://efaidnbmnnnibpcajpcglclefindmkaj/https://www.cia.gov/readingroom/docs/CIA-RDP80-00809A000600350529-6.pdf
April 20, 2025 at 8:01 PM