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Kurt Allerslev
@kzrt.bsky.social
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Phytochemist, science policy wonk, book artist, beekeeper, alchemist, queer 🧪🌿🚴🌀
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This is gross and disturbing fascist xenophobic symbolism. Dept of Labor building in DC
Department of Labor building in Washington DC with giant portraits of Trump and Theodore Roosevelt on either side of a giant American flag. Under each portrait are the words “American Workers First”
September 24, 2025 at 6:13 PM
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Funny / Not funny
Timeline showing a post about not using AI to compose a PhD proposal followed by a post using AI to develop funding proposals
July 31, 2025 at 11:23 AM
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Saw these around Paris today @brenttoderian.bsky.social
Poster for "Exposition Paris-Belem" on the side of a bus shelter Giant poster on the side of a building showing a face with a tear and the words "Respect. Resist" Giant poster on the side of a building showing a face with a tear and the words "Unite. Earth"
July 1, 2025 at 8:39 AM
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Doesn't really work when you're mostly vegetarian
Food choice quiz results showing "not tied to any one social class."
June 29, 2025 at 10:16 PM
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This is a good reminder from my friend @sarahtarrkowalski.bsky.social
Hand-Painted book with the text, "trust the moments in which you feel joy" The facing page in the aforementioned hand-painted book with the text, "oy is a compass"
June 21, 2025 at 1:02 PM
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#BeekeeingFail Watched a swarm settle on a branch about 30' up. Longest extension ladder couldn't reach. So I climbed up with a powerful hose to knock them down & collect them on the ground. Haha, hoho, hehe. Lots fell, the rest made a beeline for me and I don't think I've ever gotten so many stings
A long extension ladder leaning against a tree, with a dark mass of a be swarm above the ladder The very top of that long extension ladder, with a dark mass of a bee swarm just out of reach
May 15, 2025 at 11:08 PM
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Why those 2? Why? Killing me, Excel
A list of CAS numbers, 2 are covered to dates
May 13, 2025 at 4:23 PM
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Oh Microsoft,
Did you know that chemists use Excel *a lot.* Every day I have a dataset corrupted by having CAS numbers switched to dates. I know I can format as text, but sometimes it doesn't matter, Excel thinks it knows my data better than me. Here's a hint: add it to the "special" list, maybe? 🧪
Format cells window in Excel
May 13, 2025 at 4:12 PM
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Fucking hell. Elected Dems suck
Screenshot of Washington Post article that says "some Democrats responded by offering cautious statements that allowed for the idea that the judge might have actually done something very bad"
April 25, 2025 at 11:01 PM
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But her emails
Screen capture of the Washington Post headline "Hegseth had Signal messaging app installed on his Pentagon computer"
April 24, 2025 at 1:20 AM
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Appropriately carrying forget-me-nots
Small blue flowers with yellow centers
April 11, 2025 at 6:46 PM
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Forget-me-nots
Small blue flowers with a yellow center
April 11, 2025 at 6:45 PM
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Movie poster from Garden State, showing 3 main actors wearing garbage bags and screaming while standing on something resembling an old yellow school bus
April 10, 2025 at 7:01 PM
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EPA's Office of Research and Development is a treasure trove of valuable tools. 🧪 If you don't know Antony Williams, you've probably used the tools he's developed. Link at the bottom of his post: f1000research.com/articles/6-1...
Screenshot of Antony Williams LinkedIn post that is too long to replicate in ALT text about the shuttering of ORD at EPA.
March 20, 2025 at 11:02 PM
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I like cake
Vanilla almond cake with marzipan andb strawberry middle layer, covered with chocolate offering, marzipan sides, and a circular powder sugar pattern on top
March 18, 2025 at 12:04 AM
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The entire Dem caucus should leave Chuck out in the cold.
Schumer to vote for GOP bill to avert shutdown; some Democrats bristle at his decision
March 14, 2025 at 11:18 AM
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Stop what you're doing and find the nearest Kraftwerk show.

I just saw them in Philly @ the Franklin Music Hall.
4 men standing on stage behind synthesizers. Behind them on a red screen is an image of 4 humanoid robots wearing red shirts with black ties 4 men standing on stage behind synthesizers. Behind them on a dark screen is an image of 4 colorful atomic symbols 4 men standing on stage behind synthesizers. Behind them on a screen is an image of a retro computer floating on a field of blue numbers
March 7, 2025 at 4:16 AM
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Here's some brave activism
Elizabeth Warren: I won't vote to give tax breaks to billionaires.
March 5, 2025 at 3:14 AM
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Thanks @washingtonpost.com for making it seem normal
Trump tours accomplishments; defends musk's DOGE cuts
March 5, 2025 at 3:09 AM
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Hmmm. Social Security Administration site to report a scam is here secure.ssa.gov/oig/scam/?ut...
The scan involved the impersonation of officials from federal, state, out local hehehehe agencies other than the Social Security Administration.
February 20, 2025 at 12:03 PM
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And yet all around me, I see a GenZ that is increasingly queer and tolerant...
Pandemics might not initially seem to cash out in any particular political direction. After all, in the spring of 2020, one possible implication of the pandemic seemed to be that it would unite people behind a vision of collective sacrifice—or, at least, collective appreciation for health professionals, or for the effect of vaccines to reduce severe illness among adults. But political science suggests that pandemics are more likely to reduce rather than build trust in scientific authorities. One cross-country analysis published by the Systemic Risk Center at the London School of Economics found that people who experience epidemics between the ages of 18 and 25 have less confidence in their scientific and political leadership. This loss of trust persists for years, even decades, in part because political ideology tends to solidify in a person’s 20s.
February 18, 2025 at 2:13 PM
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EOs that break the law, ignoring court orders, what laws and rules are they even following?
Screen grab of New York times article that says "tick tock's return to the app store means it is now back to operating as it always did in the United States. That has raised questions about whether Mr. Trump is abiding by the rule of law or putting executive power first, with some experts saying that conflict represents the beginning of a constitutional crisis. The supreme Court unanimously upheld the law last month."
February 15, 2025 at 4:26 PM
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Wow. This is not the @theonion.com 🤣
Screenshot of Washington Post article titled Trump to sign executive order to end promotion of paper straws by Sabrina Rodriguez. President Donald Trump said Friday that he plans to sign an executive order next week that will end the promotion of using paper straws as an alternative to plastic ones. "I will be signing an executive order next week ending the ridiculous Biden push for paper straws, which don't work," Trump posted on Truth Social. "BACK TO PLASTIC!”
February 7, 2025 at 5:45 PM
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Party fealty over medical ethics. Shame shame shame
Tweet from US Senator Bill Cassidy, MD: I've has very intense conversations with Bobby and the White House over the weekend and even this morning. I want to thank VP JD specifically for his honest counsel. With the serious commitments I've received from the administration and the opportunity to make progress on the issues we agree on like healthy foods and a pro-American agenda, I will vote yes.
February 4, 2025 at 4:33 PM
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The chaos is the point
Washington Post headline: Trump administration rescinds federal spending freeze that sparked confusion
January 29, 2025 at 6:27 PM