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Dr. Kuglymoogly, Ph.D.
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Synthetic (in)organ(ometall)ic chemist 🧪⚗️ at Sound Agriculture, embracing weird interdisciplinary limbo for sustainability. Pro people-powered transportation🚶🚲, magnetic resonance 🧲, chemical education 🥽, & cool cats of all stripes 🏳️‍🌈. He/him/his
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November 21, 2025 at 6:57 AM
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“Please, papa, won’t you turn on the furnace? My brother knows not the warmth of a lap and will surely perish if you work on the computer any longer.”
A black cat occupies the cameraman’s lap as he sits at a desk with his right hand on a computer mouse. The cat stares plaintively out of frame, resting her chin and one paw on the computer mouse arm.
November 19, 2025 at 7:13 PM
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I think Merlin and Morgana are trying to tell me it’s time to turn the heat on for the season. Personally, I don’t see the problem #catsky #CatsOfBluesky
A selfie of a Stephen lying in bed, a black cat resting on his chest with her chin over his arm and a tabby cat further down his body
November 19, 2025 at 3:29 PM
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The #caturday word is “BIRD” #CatSky #CatsOfBluesky
A tabby cat named Merlin and a black cat named Morgana stare intently out the window to the left of the shot, their green eyes trained on a bird hopping about the neighbor’s fence.
November 15, 2025 at 5:48 PM
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Every time people tell me, “You’re at 37.8°N, you should be able to see the aurora from your house!”

Nah, we have light pollution and clouds/fog virtually every night here in the Bay Area.
A night shot of a skyline, clouds sitting comfortably across the horizon lit up by city light pollution
November 12, 2025 at 5:49 AM
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Ok, fine, I’ll admit it:

This very tedious formulation prototyping project would be less tolerable if it weren’t so frickin’ PINK

#realtimechem #chemchat
Sixteen blue-capped HPLC vials filled with liquids of various shades of red and pink, some bearing purplish crystalline suspensions.
November 11, 2025 at 7:53 PM
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My brother found a miraculously good deal on eggs so, naturally I had him over to make a frittata (with spinach, tomato, onions, and bacon) and mini breakfast quiches (with sausage, scallions, and Fresno chilis)! #ChemistsWhoCook
A frittata in a black cast iron pan, its yellow surface flecked with red bits of tomato and green bits of spinach The frittata from the first picture turned out on a plate, showing a deeply browned bottom. Three cupcake-sized mini quiches sit on a cooling rack, their shells overflowing with yellow custard, decorated with green scallion bits, brown breakfast sausage, and red Fresno chilis
November 2, 2025 at 8:12 PM
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A lappy #caturday from Merlin — remember to find the skritchy spot of the day! #CatSky #CatsOfBluesky
November 1, 2025 at 9:03 PM
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I’ve seen folks say you can caramelize onions in a slow cooker for years, but I finally tested it. The same reactions should be accessible with lower kinetic energy input, albeit at a lower rate.

Recipe said “6-12 hours on low” but clearly needed 18-24. Pics are t= 0, 6, & 19 h. #chemistswhocook
A crockpot full of raw sliced onions, a large pat of butter sitting on top. A crock pot about half full with a light caramel-colored slurry of partly-caramelized onions and their juices. A crockpot ~1/3 full of mahogany-colored caramelized onions swimming in their own juices.
October 30, 2025 at 4:04 AM
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I fell for the same trick twice! #CatSky #CatsOfBluesky
a black cat named Morgana loafs in the cameraman’s lap, framed in blue by his crossed legs. Her eyes are closed, but her ears incline toward the sounds coming from the window out of frame to the left
October 26, 2025 at 7:35 PM
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And now it’s bath time.
October 25, 2025 at 11:39 PM
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Welp, Merlin woke up and got jealous, so we are now further from getting up to do the dishes than before. #caturday is what *they* make of it, I supposed.
This phot is framed similarly to the picture in the parent post. A black cat named Morgana sits curled in the triangular lap formed by the cameraman’s crossed leg, but her tabby brother Merlin has moved, perching himself at the edge of the lap with his upper body on a thigh.
October 25, 2025 at 11:14 PM
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Well I was only planning to sit for a minute while I answered some texts, but I guess M&M decided that there has not been enough #caturday couch time. #CatSky #CatsOfBluesky
A black cat named Morgana sits curled in the triangular lap space made by the crossed leg of the cameraman. Off to the side, her tabby brother Merlin lies curled up on the sofa.
October 25, 2025 at 10:55 PM
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How am I supposed to go to bed when this is the lap situation going on here?!?!? #Catsky #CatsOfBluesky
Merlin, a tabby cat, is curled on my lap, his head tucked under his sister’s chin. His sister, Morgana, is a black cat curled the opposite direction on the lap
October 17, 2025 at 5:50 AM
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Morgana likes to “help” me put on my shoes every morning. #Catsky #CatsOfBluesky
October 15, 2025 at 7:39 PM
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Starting off #caturday with a little cuddle puddle lie-in, as is right and proper. #CatSky #CatsOfBluesky
A tabby cat and a black cat sleep curled up next to their human in bed
October 11, 2025 at 7:07 PM
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Uncatalyzed click pic
A chemical reaction scheme depicting strain promoted cycloadditions of dibenzocyclooctynes
October 11, 2025 at 1:53 AM
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No Sunday Scaries in this house, too busy trying to meet this weekend’s cuddle quota.

#Catsky #CatsOfBluesky #CuddlePuddle
A tabby cat named Merlin curls up with his sister, a black cat named Morgana. His head is tucked under her chin and one tabby paw embraces her body.
October 6, 2025 at 12:52 AM
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While my retired parents share pictures from their European vacation, “Oaktoberfest” in the Dimond will serve as an excellent stand in for “European vacation” this weekend! #Oaktoberfest
A selfie of Stephen and his twin brother holding frothy mugs of beer in front of an Oakland, CA street packed with people and vendor tents.
October 4, 2025 at 11:02 PM
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Morgana enjoying the Lap of Luxury. Unfortunately, this Lap has to go to work :(

#Catsky #CatsOfBluesky
(sound on for gentle purrs)
September 29, 2025 at 3:39 PM
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Quiche Complete! Spicy and aromatic, approved by my brother and (apparently) my cat, Merlin. #catsky #CatsOfBluesky
Quiche from the parent post complete! Stephen’s brother Leland enjoying a generous slice of quiche Merlin, a tabby cat, attempting to obtain quiche by climbing Leland’s pants
September 29, 2025 at 3:09 AM
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Getting there!
A photo of a quiche in a cast iron pan on the center rack of an oven
September 29, 2025 at 1:52 AM
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Quiche “Before” pictures: chicken thigh, Fresno chile, green onion, spinach, garlic, herbs, Parm

Smells amazing already!

#ChemistsWhoCook
An unbaked quiche in a black cast iron pan. The pale yellow surface is speckled with slices of red chiles, pink chicken, pale green green onion, and dark green spinach and parsley and ringed by a golden crust. A bowl containing the non-custard ingredients depicted in the other photo, waiting to go into the quiche crust
September 29, 2025 at 1:45 AM
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Sometimes Merlin wants to have a lap, but is unwilling to wait for the lap to be reconfigured. He doesn’t like to balance on one thigh, thus he demands and captures a supplemental hand. #Catsky #CatsOfBluesky
A tabby cat named Merlin sits in loaf position on the cameraman’s lap. One hand supports the cat from the chest to prevent Merlin from falling into the space between his legs.
September 28, 2025 at 6:54 PM
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Merlin’s tabby belly is not a trap! Warm weather has been promoting open cat conformations primed for pets. #CatsOfBluesky #Catsky
September 21, 2025 at 7:54 PM