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Mike Dinger
@modinger99.bsky.social
Runner, Coach, Teacher, LPTA, micro-farmer, pancake enthusiast, 1/8th Canadian, USATF 1/XC specialist
Is there a tariff on orange bronzer?
February 1, 2025 at 1:39 AM
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"By the end of the second century, Roman officials were not particularly aware of the nuances of Christian teaching, but they did know what the word 'bishop' meant—it meant someone who kept on agitating about the needs of the poor." –N.T. Wright
January 21, 2025 at 10:05 PM
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Can you feel the falseness?
January 21, 2025 at 3:31 PM
State run social media? Hard No
January 22, 2025 at 2:21 AM
January 20, 2025 at 10:59 PM
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Carbonless DNA simulations? In my journal? It's more likely than you think! Check out the story in @chemistryworld.com and the full article in PCCP! 🧬 #ChemSky

www.chemistryworld.com/news/compute...
Computer simulation of carbonless DNA prompt researchers to consider alternative biochemistries
Researchers swap nitrogen and boron into DNA to create analogues that are geometrically and electrostatically equivalent to conventional DNA
www.chemistryworld.com
January 16, 2025 at 2:14 PM
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More than 2 million people are bitten by snakes each year, resulting in over 100,000 deaths. Novel proteins developed with the help of deep learning hope to change that.
https://www.chemistryworld.com/news/designer-proteins-to-treat-deadly-snake-bites-could-save-thousands-of-lives/4020813.article
Designer proteins to treat deadly snake bites could save thousands of lives
Small proteins can help to tackle some of the deadliest components of cobras and mambas
www.chemistryworld.com
January 19, 2025 at 2:00 PM
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1 of #365Minerals 🧪⚒️

Quetzalcoatlite:
- Named after Quetzalcoatl, an Aztec and Toltec god of the sea, due to its sea-blue colour
- Forms in the oxidised zone of tellurium-bearing hydrothermal deposits #minerals
- This below is a co-type specimen (one of the specimens used to define the species)
January 1, 2025 at 9:43 AM
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As wildfires rage in LA, this graphic in @cenmag.bsky.social looks at one way chemistry can be used to tackle them: cen.acs.org/environment/...

#ChemSky 🧪
January 9, 2025 at 8:30 PM
I should post something
January 19, 2025 at 12:45 PM