Kristen Kulinowski
@kulinowski.bsky.social
Science policy, emerging tech, disasters,#bikeDC. Former STPI director/member Chemical Safety Board. Fellow of American Chemical Society.
Happy Halloween
October 31, 2025 at 10:32 PM
Happy Halloween
First project of #butterseason: Pumpkin apple spice cut out cookies with vanilla royal icing #cookieparty
October 30, 2025 at 6:02 PM
First project of #butterseason: Pumpkin apple spice cut out cookies with vanilla royal icing #cookieparty
Big personal news: Today is my last day as director of STPI. I have no greater ambition at this point than to flood the #cookieparty zone. It's butter season, y'all! www.linkedin.com/posts/kriste...
In Transition
When I first came to the Institute for Defense Analyses Science and Technology Policy Institute as a research staff member in 2011, I had little idea of what the job entailed. I took a… ...
In Transition
When I first came to the Institute for Defense Analyses Science and Technology Policy Institute as a research staff member in 2011, I had little idea of what the job entailed. I took a l...
www.linkedin.com
October 24, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Big personal news: Today is my last day as director of STPI. I have no greater ambition at this point than to flood the #cookieparty zone. It's butter season, y'all! www.linkedin.com/posts/kriste...
Reposted by Kristen Kulinowski
Can generative AI be trusted to draw chemical structures? Not yet, according to two chemists who want to see the community take a tough stance against its use.
The chemistry community should ban drawing chemical structures with generative AI, chemists warn
AIs like Microsoft's Copilot, Google's Gemini and OpenAI's ChatGPT still make serious errors rendering structural formulae
www.chemistryworld.com
October 15, 2025 at 9:41 AM
Can generative AI be trusted to draw chemical structures? Not yet, according to two chemists who want to see the community take a tough stance against its use.
Reposted by Kristen Kulinowski
In 2024, a team of science writers at AAAS ran a long-term experiment to see if ChatGPT could cut it writing news items about scientific research. Here's what they learned. Worth a look. 🧪 #scicomm
www.science.org/content/blog...
www.science.org/content/blog...
Can ChatGPT help science writers?
www.science.org
September 18, 2025 at 6:29 PM
In 2024, a team of science writers at AAAS ran a long-term experiment to see if ChatGPT could cut it writing news items about scientific research. Here's what they learned. Worth a look. 🧪 #scicomm
www.science.org/content/blog...
www.science.org/content/blog...
Check it out. A TT position in chemical education. Got my first job post-PhD as a lecturer there. Can attest to CalPoly being a beautiful and student-oriented campus. Got to work alongside @rodschoonover.bsky.social among other dedicated profs and staff.
Be my colleague! Cal Poly San Luis Obispo is hiring two tenure-track positions for Fall 2026, chemical education and coatings technology.
Chen Ed: jobs.calpoly.edu/en-us/job/55...
Coatings: jobs.calpoly.edu/en-us/job/55...
Chen Ed: jobs.calpoly.edu/en-us/job/55...
Coatings: jobs.calpoly.edu/en-us/job/55...
Cal Poly - Details - Tenure Track Position - Chemistry
jobs.calpoly.edu
September 17, 2025 at 7:28 PM
Check it out. A TT position in chemical education. Got my first job post-PhD as a lecturer there. Can attest to CalPoly being a beautiful and student-oriented campus. Got to work alongside @rodschoonover.bsky.social among other dedicated profs and staff.
Reposted by Kristen Kulinowski
Be my colleague! Cal Poly San Luis Obispo is hiring two tenure-track positions for Fall 2026, chemical education and coatings technology.
Chen Ed: jobs.calpoly.edu/en-us/job/55...
Coatings: jobs.calpoly.edu/en-us/job/55...
Chen Ed: jobs.calpoly.edu/en-us/job/55...
Coatings: jobs.calpoly.edu/en-us/job/55...
Cal Poly - Details - Tenure Track Position - Chemistry
jobs.calpoly.edu
September 17, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Be my colleague! Cal Poly San Luis Obispo is hiring two tenure-track positions for Fall 2026, chemical education and coatings technology.
Chen Ed: jobs.calpoly.edu/en-us/job/55...
Coatings: jobs.calpoly.edu/en-us/job/55...
Chen Ed: jobs.calpoly.edu/en-us/job/55...
Coatings: jobs.calpoly.edu/en-us/job/55...
Reposted by Kristen Kulinowski
This science story has everything:
- a superheroic scientist who has the condition she is battling to drive work on
- a riveting scientific breakthrough story (I was gasping)
- an absolute gutpunch about whether her work will be defunded
www.science.org/content/arti...
- a superheroic scientist who has the condition she is battling to drive work on
- a riveting scientific breakthrough story (I was gasping)
- an absolute gutpunch about whether her work will be defunded
www.science.org/content/arti...
Driven by the pain of endometriosis, this scientist is uncovering clues to its causes
Katie Burns is helping reveal the immune system’s role in the long-neglected disease
www.science.org
September 10, 2025 at 4:34 PM
This science story has everything:
- a superheroic scientist who has the condition she is battling to drive work on
- a riveting scientific breakthrough story (I was gasping)
- an absolute gutpunch about whether her work will be defunded
www.science.org/content/arti...
- a superheroic scientist who has the condition she is battling to drive work on
- a riveting scientific breakthrough story (I was gasping)
- an absolute gutpunch about whether her work will be defunded
www.science.org/content/arti...
You can have my 1st Gen lightning-connected Apple Pencil when you pry it from my cold dead fingers.
LAST ONE STANDING: only one product Apple sells still using the lightning connector-and it’s 10 years old. Can you guess what it is? @wired.com www.wired.com/story/just-o...
Just One Lonely Product Still Uses Apple’s Lightning Connector—Can You Guess Which One?
After quietly moving the Magic Keyboard, Magic Mouse, and Magic Trackpad over to USB-C last year, a solitary decade-old Apple product is somehow still holding on.
www.wired.com
September 9, 2025 at 6:56 PM
You can have my 1st Gen lightning-connected Apple Pencil when you pry it from my cold dead fingers.
Reposted by Kristen Kulinowski
LAST ONE STANDING: only one product Apple sells still using the lightning connector-and it’s 10 years old. Can you guess what it is? @wired.com www.wired.com/story/just-o...
Just One Lonely Product Still Uses Apple’s Lightning Connector—Can You Guess Which One?
After quietly moving the Magic Keyboard, Magic Mouse, and Magic Trackpad over to USB-C last year, a solitary decade-old Apple product is somehow still holding on.
www.wired.com
September 9, 2025 at 6:37 PM
LAST ONE STANDING: only one product Apple sells still using the lightning connector-and it’s 10 years old. Can you guess what it is? @wired.com www.wired.com/story/just-o...
Reposted by Kristen Kulinowski
There isn’t a timelier moment nor better place to show up for science than Washington, DC. The American Chemical Society Fall 2025 meeting is taking place Aug. 17–21 in the US capital with the theme “Innovations in Chemistry.” cen.acs.org/acs-news/mee... #chemsky 🧪 #ACSFall2025
ACS Fall 2025 Washington, DC, meeting guide
The meeting will take place Aug. 17–21
cen.acs.org
July 23, 2025 at 4:12 PM
There isn’t a timelier moment nor better place to show up for science than Washington, DC. The American Chemical Society Fall 2025 meeting is taking place Aug. 17–21 in the US capital with the theme “Innovations in Chemistry.” cen.acs.org/acs-news/mee... #chemsky 🧪 #ACSFall2025
Heading to #ACSFall2025 soon. I'll be speaking about my career path in the session on careers in science policy. Come say hi! @acs.org
August 18, 2025 at 1:53 PM
Heading to #ACSFall2025 soon. I'll be speaking about my career path in the session on careers in science policy. Come say hi! @acs.org
Someone once got annoyed at me for saying "milk chocolate is for children." This piece makes that opinion seem as mild and innocuous as, well, milk chocolate. #DontBeAfraidOfTheDark
"This chocolate is made of 87 percent unroasted cacao beans, but 100 percent of those beans have seen some shit."
This Chocolate Will Kick Your Teeth In
Are you looking for sweet, melty chocolate that makes you feel comforted—or are you a fucking adult? Are you grown up enough to appreciate that eve...
buff.ly
August 11, 2025 at 6:34 PM
Someone once got annoyed at me for saying "milk chocolate is for children." This piece makes that opinion seem as mild and innocuous as, well, milk chocolate. #DontBeAfraidOfTheDark
Reposted by Kristen Kulinowski
"This chocolate is made of 87 percent unroasted cacao beans, but 100 percent of those beans have seen some shit."
This Chocolate Will Kick Your Teeth In
Are you looking for sweet, melty chocolate that makes you feel comforted—or are you a fucking adult? Are you grown up enough to appreciate that eve...
buff.ly
August 11, 2025 at 6:27 PM
"This chocolate is made of 87 percent unroasted cacao beans, but 100 percent of those beans have seen some shit."
Reposted by Kristen Kulinowski
Flame jetting is a sudden flash fire that can occur when pouring flammable liquids from a container over an exposed flame or other ignition source.
NEVER pour flammable liquids from a container over an exposed flame.
NEVER pour flammable liquids from a container over an exposed flame.
August 6, 2025 at 7:57 PM
Flame jetting is a sudden flash fire that can occur when pouring flammable liquids from a container over an exposed flame or other ignition source.
NEVER pour flammable liquids from a container over an exposed flame.
NEVER pour flammable liquids from a container over an exposed flame.
Reposted by Kristen Kulinowski
Each pause of breath triggered by apnea causes a drop in oxygen levels and a surge in adrenaline for the sleeper. “Over time, that raises the risk of high blood pressure, heart disease, and stroke.”
What Your Nighttime Breathing Says About Your Health
Once dismissed as just snoring, sleep apnea is now emerging as an early warning sign for serious conditions like Alzheimer’s, heart disease, and depression.
wrd.cm
August 3, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Each pause of breath triggered by apnea causes a drop in oxygen levels and a surge in adrenaline for the sleeper. “Over time, that raises the risk of high blood pressure, heart disease, and stroke.”
Educators tempted by the allure of the Rainbow Demonstration, take note.
Flame jetting, a second hazard, can occur when refilling alcohol or other liquid-burning fire pits if any flame is present. An example of flame jetting can be seen in the video below.
www.youtube.com/shorts/dW1y0...
www.youtube.com/shorts/dW1y0...
CPSC PSA | This is flame jetting
YouTube video by U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission
www.youtube.com
July 29, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Educators tempted by the allure of the Rainbow Demonstration, take note.
Reposted by Kristen Kulinowski
Flame jetting, a second hazard, can occur when refilling alcohol or other liquid-burning fire pits if any flame is present. An example of flame jetting can be seen in the video below.
www.youtube.com/shorts/dW1y0...
www.youtube.com/shorts/dW1y0...
CPSC PSA | This is flame jetting
YouTube video by U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission
www.youtube.com
July 28, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Flame jetting, a second hazard, can occur when refilling alcohol or other liquid-burning fire pits if any flame is present. An example of flame jetting can be seen in the video below.
www.youtube.com/shorts/dW1y0...
www.youtube.com/shorts/dW1y0...
Reposted by Kristen Kulinowski
Trump quietly shutters the only federal agency that investigates industrial chemical explosions.
Hazardous chemical accidents happen in the U.S. about every other day. Who will investigate them now?
grist.org/energy/trump...
#Chemicals #Policy #Politics #Climate #Environment #Policy
Hazardous chemical accidents happen in the U.S. about every other day. Who will investigate them now?
grist.org/energy/trump...
#Chemicals #Policy #Politics #Climate #Environment #Policy
Trump quietly shutters the only federal agency that investigates industrial chemical explosions
The Chemical Safety Board, a federal agency that investigates large-scale industrial chemical disasters, will close under Trump's orders.
grist.org
July 15, 2025 at 1:33 PM
Trump quietly shutters the only federal agency that investigates industrial chemical explosions.
Hazardous chemical accidents happen in the U.S. about every other day. Who will investigate them now?
grist.org/energy/trump...
#Chemicals #Policy #Politics #Climate #Environment #Policy
Hazardous chemical accidents happen in the U.S. about every other day. Who will investigate them now?
grist.org/energy/trump...
#Chemicals #Policy #Politics #Climate #Environment #Policy
Reposted by Kristen Kulinowski
For the fourth time, President Trump has proposed eliminating the Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board, an independent body that investigates the causes of significant chemically related incidents and proposes ways accidents could be avoided. cen.acs.org/safety/indus... #chemsky 🧪
White House moves to kill chemical safety board, despite industry support
Citing duplication with OSHA and the EPA, President Trump’s administration is again proposing to eliminate the Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board, but others disagree
cen.acs.org
July 19, 2025 at 12:38 PM
For the fourth time, President Trump has proposed eliminating the Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board, an independent body that investigates the causes of significant chemically related incidents and proposes ways accidents could be avoided. cen.acs.org/safety/indus... #chemsky 🧪
Reposted by Kristen Kulinowski
I think people have yet to wake up to just how amazing e-bikes are. I commute about 20 miles a day, using about 10 cents of electricity. (Mostly on safe trails.)
Every time I ride my brain is ecstatic. I get a workout, but don’t need to shower when I get to work.
Every time I ride my brain is ecstatic. I get a workout, but don’t need to shower when I get to work.
July 12, 2025 at 12:00 PM
I think people have yet to wake up to just how amazing e-bikes are. I commute about 20 miles a day, using about 10 cents of electricity. (Mostly on safe trails.)
Every time I ride my brain is ecstatic. I get a workout, but don’t need to shower when I get to work.
Every time I ride my brain is ecstatic. I get a workout, but don’t need to shower when I get to work.
With perspectives from former Board Member Rick Engler, with whom I served. #chemicalsafety www.nytimes.com/2025/07/08/c...
Trump Wants to Kill a Chemical Safety Board. Chemical Makers Object.
www.nytimes.com
July 8, 2025 at 1:27 PM
With perspectives from former Board Member Rick Engler, with whom I served. #chemicalsafety www.nytimes.com/2025/07/08/c...
Blossom took some time to get used to (it allows s’s!) but it requires a bit of strategy to maximize score which distinguishes it from #SpellingBee
britannica.com has some great free puzzles to scratch that itch, just saying
July 4, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Blossom took some time to get used to (it allows s’s!) but it requires a bit of strategy to maximize score which distinguishes it from #SpellingBee