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Hey, #chemchat, we’re having a discussion at work about how to prevent needle sticks. Every job I’ve been at has tried and failed. (Well. Some effectively disincentivized needle stick *reporting* which is obviously not the same)
We want to craft good rules that people want to follow. Any ideas?
We want to craft good rules that people want to follow. Any ideas?
November 13, 2025 at 11:20 PM
Hey, #chemchat, we’re having a discussion at work about how to prevent needle sticks. Every job I’ve been at has tried and failed. (Well. Some effectively disincentivized needle stick *reporting* which is obviously not the same)
We want to craft good rules that people want to follow. Any ideas?
We want to craft good rules that people want to follow. Any ideas?
Blue Origin frickin did it.
November 13, 2025 at 9:14 PM
Blue Origin frickin did it.
I review articles sometimes, and apparently it’s very easy to say “ChatGPT, write me a review article about ____.”
It is not yet very easy to make one that’s actually worth anything. No context, no compare and contrast, no storyline. Just a bunch of references. (And usually they’re totally borked)
It is not yet very easy to make one that’s actually worth anything. No context, no compare and contrast, no storyline. Just a bunch of references. (And usually they’re totally borked)
I also note what they found: that the LLM can rehash, summarize, stuff that's already been written.
It cannot interpret. It can't put the correct context around the work.
Basically, ChatGPT in some ways CAN be a science writer: It will be one of the SHITTY ONES.
It cannot interpret. It can't put the correct context around the work.
Basically, ChatGPT in some ways CAN be a science writer: It will be one of the SHITTY ONES.
November 13, 2025 at 5:57 PM
I review articles sometimes, and apparently it’s very easy to say “ChatGPT, write me a review article about ____.”
It is not yet very easy to make one that’s actually worth anything. No context, no compare and contrast, no storyline. Just a bunch of references. (And usually they’re totally borked)
It is not yet very easy to make one that’s actually worth anything. No context, no compare and contrast, no storyline. Just a bunch of references. (And usually they’re totally borked)
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At my blog, I write more about my concerns for aspiring entering grad students in chemistry for Fall 2026. To reiterate - if you don't have a plan for next fall RIGHT NOW, you need to talk to your professors and advisers and develop a plan NOW: chemjobber.blogspot.com/2025/11/towa...
#chemchat 🧪⚗️
#chemchat 🧪⚗️
Towards a data-informed prediction of Fall 2026 US chemistry PhD admissions | a warning to senior undergraduates
As faithful readers of this blog know, I found the statement that Harvard Chemistry and Chemical Biology was cutting its Fall 2026 entering ...
chemjobber.blogspot.com
November 10, 2025 at 7:27 PM
At my blog, I write more about my concerns for aspiring entering grad students in chemistry for Fall 2026. To reiterate - if you don't have a plan for next fall RIGHT NOW, you need to talk to your professors and advisers and develop a plan NOW: chemjobber.blogspot.com/2025/11/towa...
#chemchat 🧪⚗️
#chemchat 🧪⚗️
I sort of can't believe McMaster publishes 3D files of most of their parts. Like, as long as the thing I want could be made out of plastic, I can just print one. It's kinda awesome.
November 10, 2025 at 6:00 AM
I sort of can't believe McMaster publishes 3D files of most of their parts. Like, as long as the thing I want could be made out of plastic, I can just print one. It's kinda awesome.
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Six people died from tampered Tylenol and the company pulled 30 million bottles off the market. ChatGPT is accused of urging seven people towards suicide, and OpenAI just assures us they’re still working out the kinks. Billions in investment, zero accountability.
OpenAI faces 7 lawsuits claiming ChatGPT drove people to suicide, delusions
OpenAI is facing seven lawsuits claiming ChatGPT drove people to suicide and harmful delusions even when they had no prior mental health issues.
apnews.com
November 8, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Six people died from tampered Tylenol and the company pulled 30 million bottles off the market. ChatGPT is accused of urging seven people towards suicide, and OpenAI just assures us they’re still working out the kinks. Billions in investment, zero accountability.
The leather case for my iPhone 14 Pro Max is finally starting to disintegrate. If I knew I’d be keeping this phone for more than three years, I think I’d have bought two.
November 8, 2025 at 1:16 AM
The leather case for my iPhone 14 Pro Max is finally starting to disintegrate. If I knew I’d be keeping this phone for more than three years, I think I’d have bought two.
Today is a good day to think about Rosalind Franklin’s contributions to science.
But also, if you’re appalled by that story, boy howdy do I have some terrible news about how grad school works.
But also, if you’re appalled by that story, boy howdy do I have some terrible news about how grad school works.
November 7, 2025 at 11:41 PM
Today is a good day to think about Rosalind Franklin’s contributions to science.
But also, if you’re appalled by that story, boy howdy do I have some terrible news about how grad school works.
But also, if you’re appalled by that story, boy howdy do I have some terrible news about how grad school works.
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California makes it really easy to vote, and make it an informed vote.
November 4, 2025 at 4:20 PM
California makes it really easy to vote, and make it an informed vote.
Reposted by Lucas Moore
Welcome to ✨ THE GLORIOUS FUTURE✨
November 4, 2025 at 2:34 AM
Welcome to ✨ THE GLORIOUS FUTURE✨
Tears of the Kingdom is such a great game.
November 3, 2025 at 12:47 AM
Tears of the Kingdom is such a great game.
The sky above LA continues to explode
November 2, 2025 at 4:45 AM
The sky above LA continues to explode
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Happy Halloween
October 31, 2025 at 10:35 PM
Happy Halloween
For those of you who have meetings with people overseas, this is your twice-yearly reminder that your meeting schedules are about to get totally hosed due to DST
October 31, 2025 at 9:10 PM
For those of you who have meetings with people overseas, this is your twice-yearly reminder that your meeting schedules are about to get totally hosed due to DST
Boy howdy does n-butanol smell terrible.
October 30, 2025 at 11:06 PM
Boy howdy does n-butanol smell terrible.
Being a reviewer for a review paper is kind of exhausting.
October 30, 2025 at 2:51 AM
Being a reviewer for a review paper is kind of exhausting.
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Excuse me? So the company the President currently owns is teaming up with a cryptocurrency company to create a prediction market, which will take bets... on things the President himself has quite a lot of control over?
Gosh, I'm sure nothing bad will happen.
www.ft.com/content/4855...
Gosh, I'm sure nothing bad will happen.
www.ft.com/content/4855...
October 29, 2025 at 4:02 AM
Excuse me? So the company the President currently owns is teaming up with a cryptocurrency company to create a prediction market, which will take bets... on things the President himself has quite a lot of control over?
Gosh, I'm sure nothing bad will happen.
www.ft.com/content/4855...
Gosh, I'm sure nothing bad will happen.
www.ft.com/content/4855...
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Newsletter: Binance’s Changpeng Zhao earns a gold-plated pardon as other industry figures fund Trump’s $300 million ballroom
www.citationneeded.news/issue-95/
www.citationneeded.news/issue-95/
Issue 95 – The pardon was the payoff
Changpeng Zhao earns a gold-plated pardon as other industry figures fund Trump’s $300 million ballroom
www.citationneeded.news
October 28, 2025 at 9:32 PM
Newsletter: Binance’s Changpeng Zhao earns a gold-plated pardon as other industry figures fund Trump’s $300 million ballroom
www.citationneeded.news/issue-95/
www.citationneeded.news/issue-95/
I should probably start warming up in case they get to me in the pitching rotation
October 28, 2025 at 6:49 AM
I should probably start warming up in case they get to me in the pitching rotation
Baseball is a very silly sport
October 28, 2025 at 6:31 AM
Baseball is a very silly sport
If they go ten more minutes, they’ll have to call in the night shift baseball players. A little less experienced but usually you do basic stuff like batting practice and fly ball drills during nights.
October 28, 2025 at 5:51 AM
If they go ten more minutes, they’ll have to call in the night shift baseball players. A little less experienced but usually you do basic stuff like batting practice and fly ball drills during nights.