Roberto Diaz-Rodriguez
@robdiazr.bsky.social
Synthetic organometallic chemist (main group and f-block). BSc 2018/MSc 2020 @ Thompson Group @dalhousieu.bsky.social PhD Candidate @ Murugesu Group @uottawa.bsky.social He/Him. Prog metalhead and big huge nerd
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Professor Emeritus Axel D. Becke @dalhousieu.bsky.social has passed away at age 72.
October 26, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Professor Emeritus Axel D. Becke @dalhousieu.bsky.social has passed away at age 72.
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Pretty wild to be living in a time when humans are being forced to work in order to even be considered deserving of life or even to be considered human at all, while simultaneously human labor is being systematically eliminated from the concept of work.
May 28, 2025 at 10:36 AM
Pretty wild to be living in a time when humans are being forced to work in order to even be considered deserving of life or even to be considered human at all, while simultaneously human labor is being systematically eliminated from the concept of work.
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I am personally fully supportive of Canadian electoral reform. We need to abandon first-past-the post single member ridings, and move towards a system that better represents the will of the public. This will make parties more responsive. Consider co-signing.
Make Canada's voting system fair and proportional!
Canadians are tired of our broken voting system.
After Trudeau broke his promise of reforming our electoral system in 2015, apathy and cynicism towards our democracy has grown. If Canada is to weath...
you.leadnow.ca
May 10, 2025 at 6:03 PM
I am personally fully supportive of Canadian electoral reform. We need to abandon first-past-the post single member ridings, and move towards a system that better represents the will of the public. This will make parties more responsive. Consider co-signing.
First #crystallography post in a while! Challenging sample, air-sens. and quickly desolvating, in the end managed to get something half decently diffracting. Wasn't expecting that the material would also be RT phosphorescent! A nice Thursday morning. Today's soundtrack: Clutch - Robot Hive/Exodus
May 1, 2025 at 5:25 PM
First #crystallography post in a while! Challenging sample, air-sens. and quickly desolvating, in the end managed to get something half decently diffracting. Wasn't expecting that the material would also be RT phosphorescent! A nice Thursday morning. Today's soundtrack: Clutch - Robot Hive/Exodus
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I've just signed the global statement on AI training.
“The unlicensed use of creative works for training generative AI is a major, unjust threat to the livelihoods of the people behind those works, and must not be permitted.”
You can sign also:
www.aitrainingstatement.org
@austlit.bsky.social
“The unlicensed use of creative works for training generative AI is a major, unjust threat to the livelihoods of the people behind those works, and must not be permitted.”
You can sign also:
www.aitrainingstatement.org
@austlit.bsky.social
Statement on AI training
An open letter on AI training signed by creators around the world.
www.aitrainingstatement.org
April 6, 2025 at 11:18 PM
I've just signed the global statement on AI training.
“The unlicensed use of creative works for training generative AI is a major, unjust threat to the livelihoods of the people behind those works, and must not be permitted.”
You can sign also:
www.aitrainingstatement.org
@austlit.bsky.social
“The unlicensed use of creative works for training generative AI is a major, unjust threat to the livelihoods of the people behind those works, and must not be permitted.”
You can sign also:
www.aitrainingstatement.org
@austlit.bsky.social
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📢Important announcement! Today, the @asapdiscovery.bsky.social consortium disclosed the structure of our preclinical candidate, ASAP-0017445, a promising broad-spectrum antiviral with potent activity against SARS-CoV2 and other viruses belonging to the same family. (1/10)
March 25, 2025 at 7:33 PM
📢Important announcement! Today, the @asapdiscovery.bsky.social consortium disclosed the structure of our preclinical candidate, ASAP-0017445, a promising broad-spectrum antiviral with potent activity against SARS-CoV2 and other viruses belonging to the same family. (1/10)
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🇺🇸🇨🇦 Charlie Angus
(Member of the House of Commons of Canada): “I am here today to urge Canadians to avoid travel to the United States if at all possible.”
(Member of the House of Commons of Canada): “I am here today to urge Canadians to avoid travel to the United States if at all possible.”
March 20, 2025 at 8:54 PM
🇺🇸🇨🇦 Charlie Angus
(Member of the House of Commons of Canada): “I am here today to urge Canadians to avoid travel to the United States if at all possible.”
(Member of the House of Commons of Canada): “I am here today to urge Canadians to avoid travel to the United States if at all possible.”
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Canadians, DO NOT travel to USA.
Jasmine Mooney, BC 🇨🇦 girl detained by ICE for 11 days gets released today.
Her father said: "The lack of due process & communication we've had thru that detention centre, I feel for not only Jasmine, but the many other people that are in there. Inhumane circumstances."
Her father said: "The lack of due process & communication we've had thru that detention centre, I feel for not only Jasmine, but the many other people that are in there. Inhumane circumstances."
March 14, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Canadians, DO NOT travel to USA.
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📢 The Ontario NDP has once again committed to proportional representation in their platform!
They promise to replace first-past-the-post with a mixed-member proportional system where every vote counts.
Let’s make sure electoral reform stays on the agenda!
They promise to replace first-past-the-post with a mixed-member proportional system where every vote counts.
Let’s make sure electoral reform stays on the agenda!
February 21, 2025 at 5:41 PM
📢 The Ontario NDP has once again committed to proportional representation in their platform!
They promise to replace first-past-the-post with a mixed-member proportional system where every vote counts.
Let’s make sure electoral reform stays on the agenda!
They promise to replace first-past-the-post with a mixed-member proportional system where every vote counts.
Let’s make sure electoral reform stays on the agenda!
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George Sheldrick will be missed🕯️🕯️🕯️#SHELX #crystallography #education
February 22, 2025 at 12:42 AM
George Sheldrick will be missed🕯️🕯️🕯️#SHELX #crystallography #education
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🚨 BREAKING: 68% of Canadians want to make every vote count! 🚨
A new poll confirms overwhelming support for proportional representation. Will the next Liberal leader listen?
📢 Make your voice heard! Tag your MP, share this post & demand action!
Read more here: www.fairvote.ca/03/02/2025/n...
A new poll confirms overwhelming support for proportional representation. Will the next Liberal leader listen?
📢 Make your voice heard! Tag your MP, share this post & demand action!
Read more here: www.fairvote.ca/03/02/2025/n...
February 3, 2025 at 7:55 PM
🚨 BREAKING: 68% of Canadians want to make every vote count! 🚨
A new poll confirms overwhelming support for proportional representation. Will the next Liberal leader listen?
📢 Make your voice heard! Tag your MP, share this post & demand action!
Read more here: www.fairvote.ca/03/02/2025/n...
A new poll confirms overwhelming support for proportional representation. Will the next Liberal leader listen?
📢 Make your voice heard! Tag your MP, share this post & demand action!
Read more here: www.fairvote.ca/03/02/2025/n...
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The U.S. is a warning: first-past-the-post weakens democracy, fueling a two-party system, policy lurch, and instability.
A small vote edge shouldn’t mean total control.
Proportional representation ensures every vote counts and keeps democracy strong.
A small vote edge shouldn’t mean total control.
Proportional representation ensures every vote counts and keeps democracy strong.
February 3, 2025 at 12:07 AM
The U.S. is a warning: first-past-the-post weakens democracy, fueling a two-party system, policy lurch, and instability.
A small vote edge shouldn’t mean total control.
Proportional representation ensures every vote counts and keeps democracy strong.
A small vote edge shouldn’t mean total control.
Proportional representation ensures every vote counts and keeps democracy strong.
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Repost if you think @bonnieforontario.bsky.social and the @ontarioliberal.bsky.social party should take a page from the Nova Scotia Liberals and put proportional representation in their platform.
January 29, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Repost if you think @bonnieforontario.bsky.social and the @ontarioliberal.bsky.social party should take a page from the Nova Scotia Liberals and put proportional representation in their platform.
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PSA: Dear fellow residents of Ontario, Canada, the provincial election is Feb 27, 2025.
January 29, 2025 at 8:21 PM
PSA: Dear fellow residents of Ontario, Canada, the provincial election is Feb 27, 2025.
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For the evening crowd: I put words to my nagging concerns, which last semester became fully realized fears, about how students use generative AI - despite the very real harms that generative AI has caused and continues to cause.
We have a lot to think about as we write our syllabi.
We have a lot to think about as we write our syllabi.
The ethical case for resisting AI
I had my moment of reality regarding generative AI in my chemistry and physics classes this past term. I’ve always had the student frustration “I can’t Google your homework problems!” as a point of…
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January 13, 2025 at 10:42 PM
For the evening crowd: I put words to my nagging concerns, which last semester became fully realized fears, about how students use generative AI - despite the very real harms that generative AI has caused and continues to cause.
We have a lot to think about as we write our syllabi.
We have a lot to think about as we write our syllabi.
Well this is refreshing! Hello again to my old #ChemSky friends and here's to new ones! Always happy to chat #chemistry and #crystallography, hit me up with your luminescent materials, funky heterocycles, and beautiful crystals! Also happy to talk hobbies (bikes, music, video games, etc)!
January 11, 2025 at 12:39 AM
Well this is refreshing! Hello again to my old #ChemSky friends and here's to new ones! Always happy to chat #chemistry and #crystallography, hit me up with your luminescent materials, funky heterocycles, and beautiful crystals! Also happy to talk hobbies (bikes, music, video games, etc)!