Rob Newland
@mynameisrob.bsky.social
PhD in organometallic & phosphorus chem/organic chemist in industry/firm believer that a hotdog is not a sandwich. He/him.
Idk if that was a reference to this, but that was immediately where my mind went.
a cartoon of a man smoking a cigarette with a speech bubble saying but i am let
ALT: a cartoon of a man smoking a cigarette with a speech bubble saying but i am let
media.tenor.com
September 20, 2025 at 6:01 AM
Idk if that was a reference to this, but that was immediately where my mind went.
(Obviously I wasn't in the lab when this chemistry was done so maybe they were following proper procedures, but it seems unlikely)
March 6, 2025 at 11:43 PM
(Obviously I wasn't in the lab when this chemistry was done so maybe they were following proper procedures, but it seems unlikely)
FOUR L'S IN A ROW IS TOO MANY L'S.
WHAT THE HELL WELSH.
WHAT THE HELL WELSH.
January 2, 2025 at 11:58 AM
FOUR L'S IN A ROW IS TOO MANY L'S.
WHAT THE HELL WELSH.
WHAT THE HELL WELSH.
Steam is telling me you own 0 games so I can't help you 😂.
November 30, 2024 at 10:35 AM
Steam is telling me you own 0 games so I can't help you 😂.
Mostly just wondering why it exists.
November 26, 2024 at 4:03 PM
Mostly just wondering why it exists.
That referee 2 comment hits hard. My first paper got rejected from the first journal we submitted it to because referee 2 did that and wrote an essay. Refs 1 and 3 were happy to accept it with minimal changes.
Not that I hold a grudge or anything.
Not that I hold a grudge or anything.
November 25, 2024 at 1:20 PM
That referee 2 comment hits hard. My first paper got rejected from the first journal we submitted it to because referee 2 did that and wrote an essay. Refs 1 and 3 were happy to accept it with minimal changes.
Not that I hold a grudge or anything.
Not that I hold a grudge or anything.
PS Portal was a great purchase for playing games in bed!
November 25, 2024 at 1:13 PM
PS Portal was a great purchase for playing games in bed!
That paper is an incredible/bizarre work of fiction. Seems like something that belongs in J Immat. Sci.
November 23, 2024 at 3:53 PM
That paper is an incredible/bizarre work of fiction. Seems like something that belongs in J Immat. Sci.
If @naturetractors.bsky.social can join bluesky, what's holding everyone else 😉
November 18, 2024 at 1:10 PM
If @naturetractors.bsky.social can join bluesky, what's holding everyone else 😉
On an unrelated note, what is the bluesky equivalent of tweeting?
Bleeting/skeeting/blueting?
Bleeting/skeeting/blueting?
November 17, 2024 at 6:29 PM
On an unrelated note, what is the bluesky equivalent of tweeting?
Bleeting/skeeting/blueting?
Bleeting/skeeting/blueting?
Surely that maccies food has to be stone cold by the time they took that photo too, can't imagine there's one super close to the air strip.
November 17, 2024 at 12:22 PM
Surely that maccies food has to be stone cold by the time they took that photo too, can't imagine there's one super close to the air strip.
I'm struggling trying not to miss any followers, I dread to think what it's like for you.
November 16, 2024 at 11:42 PM
I'm struggling trying not to miss any followers, I dread to think what it's like for you.
Yeah that makes sense.
But you definitely could use another base and solvent to make that.
But you definitely could use another base and solvent to make that.
November 15, 2024 at 6:55 PM
Yeah that makes sense.
But you definitely could use another base and solvent to make that.
But you definitely could use another base and solvent to make that.
For sure! That wouldn't be anywhere near my first idea for that disconnection.
November 15, 2024 at 12:43 PM
For sure! That wouldn't be anywhere near my first idea for that disconnection.
At the first company I worked at post-PhD, someone behind me was carefully quenching a bag of lith-al powder into a bucket of water. Their hand slipped and poured the entire bag in, I felt the fireball heat on my back from across the lab.
November 14, 2024 at 9:00 AM
At the first company I worked at post-PhD, someone behind me was carefully quenching a bag of lith-al powder into a bucket of water. Their hand slipped and poured the entire bag in, I felt the fireball heat on my back from across the lab.