F. West
@fgwest.bsky.social
Organic/med chem professor, Allard Research Chair in Oncology at the University of Alberta. No longer Dean, still #FoSProud (he/him). Bsky Elder.
Today in contrarian takes:
(Slate, of course.)
(Slate, of course.)
November 3, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Today in contrarian takes:
(Slate, of course.)
(Slate, of course.)
Have you punched a Nazi today? If not, why not?
September 25, 2025 at 9:26 PM
Have you punched a Nazi today? If not, why not?
On a warm afternoon, it is hard to beat a marmalade espresso tonic and some fresh peaches.
August 23, 2025 at 10:27 PM
On a warm afternoon, it is hard to beat a marmalade espresso tonic and some fresh peaches.
Good lookin's group of young scholars.
August 14, 2025 at 1:06 AM
Good lookin's group of young scholars.
I'm glad I cleared this up.
July 10, 2025 at 3:51 PM
I'm glad I cleared this up.
Star Trek got it right after all.
July 6, 2025 at 5:13 PM
Star Trek got it right after all.
North Saskatchewan River, morning of June 30.
June 30, 2025 at 3:42 PM
North Saskatchewan River, morning of June 30.
This is pretty accurate...except for the pumpernickel thing.
June 29, 2025 at 7:24 PM
This is pretty accurate...except for the pumpernickel thing.
I distinctly remember when I was just starting my PhD studies seeing this little gem thumbtacked to a senior graduate student's desk. I thought of it often in the latter years of my degree.
June 28, 2025 at 5:34 PM
I distinctly remember when I was just starting my PhD studies seeing this little gem thumbtacked to a senior graduate student's desk. I thought of it often in the latter years of my degree.
Martina, on skunk patrol.
June 27, 2025 at 11:54 PM
Martina, on skunk patrol.
There are real plusses to living so close to the river valley. But there are also unanticipated consequences.
June 27, 2025 at 6:40 PM
There are real plusses to living so close to the river valley. But there are also unanticipated consequences.
The only good thing about going up hills in the river valley is going back down again.
June 25, 2025 at 4:01 PM
The only good thing about going up hills in the river valley is going back down again.
Always the preferred response to "trickle down economics" advocates:
June 23, 2025 at 9:12 PM
Always the preferred response to "trickle down economics" advocates:
Rush
(yes, I went there)
(yes, I went there)
June 23, 2025 at 1:07 AM
Rush
(yes, I went there)
(yes, I went there)
The most interesting cat in the world.
June 13, 2025 at 2:00 AM
The most interesting cat in the world.
Great first night at UFest Edmonton Ukrainian Festival. Slava Ukraini! (Слава Україні!)
May 31, 2025 at 2:25 AM
Great first night at UFest Edmonton Ukrainian Festival. Slava Ukraini! (Слава Україні!)
Going through a big bin looking for some old photos, and I came across this banger 1986 party invite for my PhD graduation in Madision.
May 29, 2025 at 11:56 PM
Going through a big bin looking for some old photos, and I came across this banger 1986 party invite for my PhD graduation in Madision.
In the Stanley Cup playoffs, it's helpful to remember "The Chicago Way."
May 28, 2025 at 7:15 PM
In the Stanley Cup playoffs, it's helpful to remember "The Chicago Way."
NYT daily mission statement:
May 13, 2025 at 1:22 AM
NYT daily mission statement:
Encountered some goslings on the way home.
May 10, 2025 at 7:18 PM
Encountered some goslings on the way home.
It's nice to find something on a Friday that makes you laugh so hard you cry...or is it the other way around? But here's my question: what if you are a Steely Dan enjoyer, AND you also dig prog rock?
May 2, 2025 at 5:34 PM
It's nice to find something on a Friday that makes you laugh so hard you cry...or is it the other way around? But here's my question: what if you are a Steely Dan enjoyer, AND you also dig prog rock?
Saw them on their tour for October at a club in Madison...maybe a thousand people, energetic show. When they did "Southern Man" in their encore, they brought an extremely drunk guy up on the stage to help sing it. The only words he knew were "southern man," over and over. No Warren, it wasn't me.
April 30, 2025 at 10:53 PM
Saw them on their tour for October at a club in Madison...maybe a thousand people, energetic show. When they did "Southern Man" in their encore, they brought an extremely drunk guy up on the stage to help sing it. The only words he knew were "southern man," over and over. No Warren, it wasn't me.
Remembering this for no particular reason.
April 29, 2025 at 11:19 PM
Remembering this for no particular reason.
