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32 years of drug discovery. Med chem. Still dreaming up molecules. I liver in Oakland CA
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Annual Halloween Wikipedia dive to read about Bobby “Boris” Pickett’s many and increasingly more depressing tries to recapture the magic of Monster Mash
November 1, 2025 at 12:25 AM
medchem.bsky.social
Well, the Cholla coal fired power plant in the Arizona desert may have closed a few weeks ago, but the Google reviews live on, demonstrating deep love for this antiquated beast. We’d all be luck to be remembered this way:

maps.app.goo.gl/2EMHSpm2voAZ...
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June 1, 2025 at 12:12 AM
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alexwitze.bsky.social
We polled Nature readers to ask if they were thinking of leaving the US for jobs abroad. Three-quarters of them (who said they were US-based scientists) said yes. 🧪

www.nature.com/articles/d41...
75% of US scientists who answered Nature poll consider leaving
More than 1,600 readers answered our poll; many said they were looking for jobs in Europe and Canada.
www.nature.com
March 27, 2025 at 2:19 PM
medchem.bsky.social
Oh great

endpts.com/fda-meeting-...
FDA meeting to pick next winter's flu shot is canceled, in ominous sign for US vaccine policy
FDA panel meeting to select flu vaccine strains canceled; Paul Offit confirms
endpts.com
February 27, 2025 at 1:26 AM
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A long post about what’s happening to the science funding agencies in the US and why. As mentioned, this one just kept getting longer even as I kept stripping curse words from it.

www.science.org/content/blog...
What's Happening Inside the NIH and NSF
www.science.org
February 4, 2025 at 4:40 PM