Time for a new update!
At the end of July I started a new job as the Journals Managing Editor for the American Ceramic Society! I've been learning a lot and am excited to be joining a team that I've gotten to know through my PhD work 😊
👀 Cover reveal for the second edition of Materials Kinetics! Special thanks to my cover artist, @luketarzian.bsky.social, for his outstanding work on this. The new edition is now available for preorder at: shop.elsevier.com/books/materi...
Here's a great deal: all six from the Flamel series in the monster collection for $1.99 ebookdaily.com/bargain-kind...
If you want epic chonky boi door stopper fantasy…I am *not* your guy.
However, if you’d like to step into absurd literary nightmares featuring paper angels, a forest of dick trees, a foul-mouthed cat, a satyr with a giant boner, lyrical prose, and a lot of pain…let’s talk. 😇
She has to explore all the new places that are available for sitting
I've hit the "girl why tf do you have so many books and board games" stage of the packing already 🙃
If you haven't read Luke Tarzian yet...you really need to read his work. His new novella, Liminal Monster, is an excellent place to start. See more info below. 👇
Well, it being #Pride month and all, let's kick things off with a couple of starter packs I haven't shared in a while ...
The awesome folks at @prideinstem.bsky.social have made it super easy for you to queerify your TL, by following the good folks in these three starter packs:
1/2 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️
The new Trump administration is making an unprecedented effort to PREVENT science from informing policy.
bsky.app/profile/phil...
Picture of a US postal Stamp with K-2SO from Star Wars (also apparently it is or was Dog Bite Awareness Week)
My mom knows me so well lol
What a day of unexpected splendor💕
#dragonage #veilguard #emmrichvolkarin #🎨
Today's the day — it's officially T-0!
GET READY: Your full First Look at images from NSF–DOE Rubin Observatory is just hours away! We're about to reveal the preview of the greatest cosmic movie ever made 🎬 #RubinFirstLook #CaptureTheCosmos 🔭🧪
⌚️ 11am US EDT
🔗: ls.st/rubin-first-look-livestream
I'd say the Bachelorette weekend was a success 💜 (I consumed more shots last night than I have in years 😂)
Three dead, dozens sick from Listeria in premade chicken meals sold at Walmart & Kroger.
In normal times, CDC would issue a HAN.
Instead, we’re wasting energy revisiting thimerosal myths while real threats go unchecked.
Need to pack but all I want to do is play Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 😵💫
An illustration of an atom, where the orbiting electron is made of a gradient between yellow and purple. The words qubits are non-binary wraps around the atom in the same yellow and purple colors
Qubits are non-binary 🌈⚛️
Humans reflect the nature around us, and the very basis of nature, quantum mechanics, is strictly not binary!
#quantum #pride #physics
What is the Deborah Number?
Learn about the fascinating history of the Deborah Number, its physical and philosophical implications, and more. Check out my new video here 👉 youtu.be/4hHMrD0mQDY
Yeah, you bypass the crystallization and basically "shock" the structure from being in its preferred ordered state.
I'm not sure the logistics of that one in particular one with all of the hydrogen and helium 😂 but maybe the core?
Most glasses are made out of oxides, so the composition is different amounts of sodium oxide (Na2O), alumina (Al2O3), and silica (Si2O). You can technically make a glass out of anything as long as you cool it fast enough, which is difficult!
There's always a surprising amount of drama in the science fandom generally 😂 I'm sure some of it is ego, some of it is based on instrument manufacturers picking one technique over another to use
Yup just the glass itself!
Not necessarily about the results themselves but it was quite surprising to learn how entrenched people are in the two different analysis methods lol, people aren't willing to collaborate with each other which makes comparing results difficult.
I was studying the process of relaxation for a specific composition of glass (sodium aluminosilicates) using a thermal analysis technique called Modulated Differential Scanning Calorimetry! I was comparing two different analysis methods of the data as well.
My dissertation is 270 pages long 🫣
Thank you! 😊
Thank you!
✨Achievement unlocked✨
...but a lot was impassable when we visited.
5. Zion - Overrated tbh, not a fan of the bus system where you're packed in like sweaty sardines. Would be worth it if you're doing Angels Landing I'm sure but I'm afraid of heights so 💀
Snow Canyon was more interesting tbh!
Mighty 5 National Parks rating:
1. Arches - I'm a slut for red rocks
2. Bryce Canyon - hoodoos are cool, elevation kicked my ass tho
3. Canyonlands - tons of different features, had no idea there were 4 sections
4. Capitol Reef - cool to see where there was an old uranium mine...
Group text with my family about them picking me up from the airport but I haven't gotten off the plane yet, but in the middle I drop a picture of Ben Mendelsohn yelling "It's about THE KALKITE".
Terrorizing my family with kalkite memes while stuck on the plane (the random "okay" from my dad is taking me out, we will never know what that is in reference to)
Your Senators have until tomorrow to request robust levels of funding for NASA, NSF, and the DOE Office of Science - use our easy form to request that they do so today!
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