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Chemistry PhD student in Sam Thomas's lab at Tufts. My pet bunny Dusty says hi

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good ol' Joe Schwarcz ftw

chemsky πŸ§ͺβš—οΈ

12.12.2024 13:43 πŸ‘ 34 πŸ” 8 πŸ’¬ 6 πŸ“Œ 0

topshim completed without error

13.12.2024 04:03 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

You could also try anti-echo paneling or soundproofing foam if it's just a specific area you want to record in.

13.12.2024 03:59 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

chug! chug! chug!

13.12.2024 03:38 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Also the implication that collecting lots of data is a hack to get more citations is bizarre. If your paper gets cited because you collected data that was valuable to other researchers, well that's like the whole point of publishing isn't it?

10.12.2024 15:49 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 0


"The plant cannot melt down under any scenario that you can imagine"

We love an unsinkable ship

10.12.2024 05:51 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

To add, asphyxiation by inert gas is more dangerous than by other means. When you breathe in pure nitrogen it sucks oxygen backwards out of your blood, meaning that you suffocate faster than if you were holding your breath.

10.12.2024 05:18 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Is she, perhaps, a bluefin tuna?

10.12.2024 04:53 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Gray and White rabbit lying on it's side

Gray and White rabbit lying on it's side

Here is my son hope you survive(d)

10.12.2024 04:47 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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#sciencehumor #chemistry #chemsky

02.12.2024 10:57 πŸ‘ 12 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1
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Retailers Locked Up Their Productsβ€”and Broke Shopping in America CVS, Target and other chains have barricaded everything from toiletries to cleaning supplies. It’s backfired in almost every way.

Seems like people wanna talk about all the locked-up stuff at chain pharmacies and big box stores today. Here’s a gift link to a feature I published a few months ago about why retailers started putting so much stuff behind plexiglass and how badly it’s backfired. www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...

01.12.2024 18:30 πŸ‘ 2228 πŸ” 715 πŸ’¬ 122 πŸ“Œ 127

Something I don’t think most folks realize is the food recalls are not only a threat to health and human safety, but also an economic threat. Trump’s plans are about to make it so much worse. I’ll elaborate belowπŸ§ͺ-

30.11.2024 00:15 πŸ‘ 109 πŸ” 21 πŸ’¬ 9 πŸ“Œ 1

πŸ§ͺ

30.11.2024 03:01 πŸ‘ 83 πŸ” 16 πŸ’¬ 6 πŸ“Œ 0

Any product you think?

30.11.2024 04:45 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I am ecstatic at the return of #FluorescenceFriday

30.11.2024 04:32 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

The implication that echo chambers aren't a problem on Twitter is also laughable

22.11.2024 13:45 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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If you like total synthesis and Wordle, check out Synthordle, a retrosynthetic analysis game created by Shenvi Lab associates Kevin Zong (GS 2) and Jonah Luo (HS sophomore!).
shenvilab.github.io/Synthordle/
Easy problems for Sophomore OChem, hard problems for advanced practitioners.

18.11.2024 20:24 πŸ‘ 98 πŸ” 29 πŸ’¬ 9 πŸ“Œ 11

Mine is always that I learn I'm enrolled in a class more than halfway through the semester so I can't drop it and will definitely fail

21.11.2024 06:30 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Optimist: the cup is 1/2 full

Pessimist: the cup is 1/2 empty

Excel: the cup is January 2nd

29.08.2024 12:40 πŸ‘ 6323 πŸ” 1463 πŸ’¬ 68 πŸ“Œ 127
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Watch my short! πŸ‘‡ #EnceladusV #indieanimation

πŸ“Ί youtu.be/rXHtmjPIURU?...

πŸ•œ www.tiktok.com/t/ZTYFbwPpX/

19.11.2024 20:13 πŸ‘ 792 πŸ” 296 πŸ’¬ 51 πŸ“Œ 23

We have LabArchives at Tufts and it has a lot of nice bells and whistles, but I'm pretty sure it's not free. I'm one of a few people that use it in the chem department

19.11.2024 23:59 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Ta-da!

18.11.2024 22:09 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Action Intent Links | Bluesky Authors, websites, and apps can use action intent links to implement "Share on Bluesky" buttons, or similar in-app actions. Logged-in users will be directed to the corresponding action view in the Blu...

We strongly suggest that academic publishers and other platforms that host research rapidly implement a Share to Bluesky button for their articles. Here's how:

docs.bsky.app/docs/advance...

#AcademicSky #HigherEd #Altmetrics

18.11.2024 14:48 πŸ‘ 11360 πŸ” 4592 πŸ’¬ 167 πŸ“Œ 248

Cool stuff!

18.11.2024 16:54 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Another one for the list of little lies we teach in orgo

18.11.2024 15:07 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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CoCl2, CaCl2 βš—οΈπŸ”¬πŸ§ͺπŸ’Ž
#chemsky #science #chemistry #realtimechem

18.11.2024 09:23 πŸ‘ 31 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Baby Organic Carrots
Best-if-used-by dates ranging from 9/11/2024 to 11/12/2024
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Baby Organic Carrots Best-if-used-by dates ranging from 9/11/2024 to 11/12/2024 Brands: 365, Bunny Luv, Cal-Organic, Compliments, Full Circle, Good & Gather, GreenWise, Grimmway Farms, Marketside, Nature's Promise, O-Organic, President's Choice, Raley's, Simple Truth, Sprouts, Trader Joe's, Wegmans, Wholesome Pantry

Whole Organic Carrots
Were available for purchase in stores approximately from 8/14/2024 through 10/23/2024
No best-if-used-by-dates are on the bags of organic whole carrots.
Brands: 365, Bunny Luv, Cal-Organic, Compliments, Full Circle, Good & Gather, GreenWise, Marketside, Nature's Promise, O-Organic, President's Choice, Simple Truth, Trader Joe's, Wegmans, Wholesome Pantry

Whole Organic Carrots Were available for purchase in stores approximately from 8/14/2024 through 10/23/2024 No best-if-used-by-dates are on the bags of organic whole carrots. Brands: 365, Bunny Luv, Cal-Organic, Compliments, Full Circle, Good & Gather, GreenWise, Marketside, Nature's Promise, O-Organic, President's Choice, Simple Truth, Trader Joe's, Wegmans, Wholesome Pantry

Hey, check your carrots, this recall due to E coli is pretty big

www.cdc.gov/ecoli/outbre...

18.11.2024 12:58 πŸ‘ 108 πŸ” 74 πŸ’¬ 9 πŸ“Œ 7
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a man says " you keep using that word i do not think it means what you think it means " to another bald man Alt: Inego Montoya says " you keep using that word i do not think it means what you think it means " in a key scene from Princess Bride

β€œScalable”
#ChemSky

18.11.2024 13:02 πŸ‘ 40 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 5 πŸ“Œ 0

I'm not a tech expert but my experience with custom PCs is that bitcoin miners are a major customer base and they like stuff that is cheap and powerful and they don't mind replacing parts every 6 months. It's possible one of those is designed for that purpose and I would say to get the other one

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