Bill
@wst197.bsky.social
Husband, dad, grandad, chemist, teacher, photographer, native Arkansan
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Actions such as canceling grants, dismissing agency heads, and proposing massive budget cuts upended the federal process for funding US research in 2025. cen.acs.org/policy/nih-n... #chemsky 🧪
‘A huge rupture in everything’: US science faced major upheaval in 2025
Amid enormous shifts, many scientists pushed back and risked dismissal from their jobs even as federal agencies fired thousands of employees
cen.acs.org
December 11, 2025 at 1:32 PM
Actions such as canceling grants, dismissing agency heads, and proposing massive budget cuts upended the federal process for funding US research in 2025. cen.acs.org/policy/nih-n... #chemsky 🧪
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Passed a car with the license plate "GIBSGRL".
Of course I recognized it as a car of someone who appreciated her p-chem class.
Of course I recognized it as a car of someone who appreciated her p-chem class.
December 7, 2025 at 8:44 PM
Passed a car with the license plate "GIBSGRL".
Of course I recognized it as a car of someone who appreciated her p-chem class.
Of course I recognized it as a car of someone who appreciated her p-chem class.
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Airlines Hiring Anyone Who Looks Good In Crisp Uniform To Offset Pilot Shortage https://theonion.com/airlines-hiring-anyone-who-looks-good-in-crisp-uniform-1849094258/
November 25, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Airlines Hiring Anyone Who Looks Good In Crisp Uniform To Offset Pilot Shortage https://theonion.com/airlines-hiring-anyone-who-looks-good-in-crisp-uniform-1849094258/
Interesting Arkansas connection here.
November 22, 2025 at 12:45 PM
Interesting Arkansas connection here.
Cadron Creek on a fall afternoon. Faulkner Co., AR
November 9, 2025 at 12:19 AM
Cadron Creek on a fall afternoon. Faulkner Co., AR
Rock shelter, Newton Co, AR.
November 4, 2025 at 12:01 PM
Rock shelter, Newton Co, AR.
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Texting
October 24, 2025 at 3:43 AM
Texting
No Kings rally in Little Rock, AR.
October 19, 2025 at 2:34 AM
No Kings rally in Little Rock, AR.
These people cannot conceive of a common good without partisan motivations. Worse, they assume everyone else views the world through that same lens.
So I got this lovely letter from the VA yesterday. Since when is the VA partisan?
October 2, 2025 at 9:38 PM
These people cannot conceive of a common good without partisan motivations. Worse, they assume everyone else views the world through that same lens.
View from Flatside Pinnacle at sunrise. Perry Co, AR.
September 16, 2025 at 12:16 AM
View from Flatside Pinnacle at sunrise. Perry Co, AR.
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Important to remember that everyone involved in renaming the DoD to the Department of War is afraid to take the subway.
September 5, 2025 at 10:42 PM
Important to remember that everyone involved in renaming the DoD to the Department of War is afraid to take the subway.
Finally! I can’t wait to get my lightsaber!
Tuning the disorder in a chemical system allows researchers to control light–matter hybrid particles.
Way to unlock polaritons’ ‘magic power’ discovered
Controlling polaritonic chemistry could lead to better solar cells - or even lightsabers
www.chemistryworld.com
September 1, 2025 at 9:56 AM
Finally! I can’t wait to get my lightsaber!
Cadron Creek at low water. Faulkner Co, AR.
August 24, 2025 at 9:13 AM
Cadron Creek at low water. Faulkner Co, AR.
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To synthesise methanetetrol, researchers had to simulate interstellar conditions in the lab.
Strange tetra-alcohol synthesised in simulated interstellar ice
After finding 'impossible molecule' methanetriol, team reaches 'the final frontier' and detects methanetetrol after 100 years
www.chemistryworld.com
August 9, 2025 at 9:01 AM
To synthesise methanetetrol, researchers had to simulate interstellar conditions in the lab.
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Are you and your church so inept at teaching your children and grandchildren scripture that you need a public school to do it for you, or is it just about exerting power, manipulation, and indoctrination? #arpx
August 4, 2025 at 2:05 AM
Are you and your church so inept at teaching your children and grandchildren scripture that you need a public school to do it for you, or is it just about exerting power, manipulation, and indoctrination? #arpx
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Disney Studios presents...
"The Fairy Godfather"
"The Fairy Godfather"
July 26, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Disney Studios presents...
"The Fairy Godfather"
"The Fairy Godfather"
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do you ever stare at the ceiling and think about how the worldwide scientific establishment did the impossible and created a COVID vaccine in under a year and the response of the general public has been to go on an unstoppable rampage to destroy science and scientists
July 20, 2025 at 6:46 PM
do you ever stare at the ceiling and think about how the worldwide scientific establishment did the impossible and created a COVID vaccine in under a year and the response of the general public has been to go on an unstoppable rampage to destroy science and scientists
Falling Water Falls, Pope Co, AR
July 12, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Falling Water Falls, Pope Co, AR
Indigo bunting Faulkner Co., AR.
July 11, 2025 at 9:39 PM
Indigo bunting Faulkner Co., AR.
Another item for the “A few months ago I wouldn’t have thought this could happen” category.
Unbelievably destructive for science in this country.
Unbelievably destructive for science in this country.
Just horrible stuff, brought to you by horrible human beings:
The Continuing Crisis, Part XVI: Get the Hell Out of Your Building
www.science.org
June 26, 2025 at 11:04 AM
Another item for the “A few months ago I wouldn’t have thought this could happen” category.
Unbelievably destructive for science in this country.
Unbelievably destructive for science in this country.
Remembering my dad today. He provided for his family, served his country, and taught me how an honorable man lives his life. He set an example that I will always try to follow.
June 15, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Remembering my dad today. He provided for his family, served his country, and taught me how an honorable man lives his life. He set an example that I will always try to follow.
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This is bizarre.
Oh my. This was a published (although eventually retracted) and, presumably, "peer reviewed" paper.
April 16, 2025 at 10:54 AM
This is bizarre.