Dr. Robin Bond, biogeochemist at a PUI 🧪

I want a mid-size electric SUV. Why all the trucks?

But a mid-sized truck would be better than nothing.

DC statehood is now an imperative. No more dicking around. Next Dem majority, get it done immediately.

I wish single-stall all-gender restrooms were the norm everywhere.

You've got this!
Too bad there's no vaccine for impostor syndrome...

Hey, people who want to be anti-fascists, what we're not gonna do is say poor health is the consequence of evil behavior. That's ableism. That's bad. That's what fascists do. They view disability as evidence of moral character, and people who are disabled as bad because of it. Don't do that.

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Just added 15 more including this one of Mt. St. Helens crater. #geology #EarthScience #teaching #scienceteaching

WELL NOW, would you look at that? A massive GLOBAL study revealed COVID-19 vaccines utilizing mRNA technology PREVENTED OVER 2.5 MILLION deaths WORLDWIDE between 2020 and 2024.

It reveals that vaccinations didn’t JUST protect against illness.

They PRESERVED nearly 15 MILLION years of human life.

Rowling could've lived in her castle and tweeted "Hagrid wants you to brush your teeth and have a happy St. Swithin's Day!" a few times a year and HP would've had the same legacy as Pooh or Middle-earth, but she consciously chose Evil For Evil's Sake like a badly written children's fantasy villain

I used to believe if enough people knew terrible things were happening, then they would stop them from continuing to happen.

Time has proven me wrong, and I feel stupid for ever having believed it.

I know now, but I didn't know until after I had my golden birthday. *sigh*

🧵 'masking' is one way to describe behaviors that 'camouflage Autitic traits'

but what if we don't care to hide?

I think these 'masks' are better conceptualized as tools of neurocultural competence

we understand that these are tools to try to navigate NT society, and they're ours to use or not

Almost every memoir I've read by an English musician worth anything has a section about them being on the dole. This alone should be enough to support UBI.

Also: just looked at the list I posted for the upcoming semester and I forgot one very important to-do item:

*Put together portfolio for promotion to associate professor

Update: grant submitted for internal review.

For me it was
1) two
2) two (at three different schools no less)

I don't know how people do a good job in one session/week.

#ITeachChem
A non-scientific poll for those who teach Analytical Chem:
1) When you took Quantitative Analysis, did you have one lab session per week or two?
2) When teaching Quantitative Analysis, do you have one lab session per week or two?

*implementing in

As of an hour ago, I have "officially" tested the new lab protocol we're implementing Quantitative Analysis. But everyone knows that the *real* test is letting the students attempt to do it.

This semester better go smoothly!

LEARN FLUTE IN 25 MINUTES WITH THIS ONE SIMPLE TRICK with a photo of the Kataan probe from the Star Trek TNG episode "The Inner Light"

Sending all the best vibes.

YouTube video by Global News "Feisty" 6-pound Pomeranian chases black bear out of BC home

STOP WHAT YOU ARE DOING AND WATCH THIS NEWS CLIP ABOUT A SIX POUND DOG

www.youtube.com/watch?v=6V2o...

I use ICP-MS for most of my work. So yes, a mass spec, but not a stand-alone one.

Tons of people have "PhD-level" intelligence. The fun secret is that you don't have to be all that smart to earn a PhD. You just have to be willing to work yourself into the ground for years on end.

Also...PhD's often seem extra smart 'cause you generally encounter them on their chosen terrain.

Yeah. I tell people it's more about endurance than smarts.

if only there was something one could do to prevent getting measles in the first place.

Also, you don't eat up electricity and water resources at an astounding rate.

And basically any level of academia.

Looking at you, new profs.

When I was talking to the grants guy this morning, he told me, "The academic life is all about things you can never get done" and it is so true.

*revising material I'm covering in classes per departmental committee suggestion
*huge research project w/ 6 UG students
*union stuff (data analysis, prep for upcoming negotiations)
*other service work
*paper I was supposed to finish this summer but didn't even touch

Odds are good this grant proposal will be submitted by the end of next week (that's grant office estimation, not mine)...one less thing to worry about. That means this semester, I only have to worry about: