Ryan Holcomb

Bluesky Chem Starter Packs

Did some tidying up of the links for chemistry related starter packs, arranged loosely by subject area, and added who maintains the list so you know who to speak with if you'd like to be added!

tinyurl.com/ChemSkyStart...

#ChemSky #Chemistry #Chemists #StarterPacks 🧪

Useful as I have chopped soooo many onions today.

Check the author- who is writing/saying this and why. Check the source- is it reliable? Is it fair and balanced or one-sided?

Understanding conspiracy theories:
1. There’s a kernel of truth
2. Someone gains influence or power by promoting it
3. Believers dislike the group it targets
4. There’s a strong negative emotional hook.
5. Scientific evidence is dismissed as an effort to hide the “truth”
#StormTipOfTheDay

SyntheMol

med.stanford.edu/news/all-new...

Associations of accelerometer-measured physical activity, sedentary behaviour, and sleep with next-day cognitive performance in older adults: a micro-longitudinal study - International Journal of Beha... Background Previous studies suggest short-term cognitive benefits of physical activity occurring minutes to hours after exercise. Whether these benefits persist the following day and the role of sleep...

🧠 Exercise Boosts Memory

A new #OpenAccess study shows that 30 min of exercise improves memory and cognitive performance for the day ahead, and the next one as well.

🔗 ijbnpa.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....

#SciComm 🧪

Onsite ammonia synthesis from water vapor and nitrogen in the air Green ammonia is produced from water vapor and nitrogen in air for direct irrigation by microdroplet contact electrocatalysis.

🌿 Making ammonia from thin air

New research published in @science.org demonstrates tech that turns air and water into ammonia using a simple catalyst with no emissions.

A portable, sustainable solution for greener agriculture and irrigation. 🌱

🔗 doi.org/10.1126/scia...

#GreenTech #SciComm 🧪

Congressional Republicans conclude SARS-CoV-2 originated in a lab leak A textbook example of shifting the standards of evidence to suit its authors’ needs.

I'm sure @aetiology.bsky.social has seen this already, but just in case: arstechnica.com/science/2024.... It's quite the searing indictment of politics over science.

This is exactly what happened in 2001, driven by the tax preparation industry, in order to kill a public option for tax reporting. The goal, then and now, is to force citizens to pay private companies in order to do their tax returns.
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/how-the-ta...

A ‘doom loop’ of climate change and geopolitical instability is beginning Climate change is driving inflation and instability, which harms climate action. But it’s not too late to escape the doom loop.

Your 'moment of doom' for Dec. 9, 2024 ~ The doom loop!

"This is a vicious circle. Climate change is making geopolitics less stable, which harms climate action. This will worsen climate change, meaning more geopolitical instability, and so on."

theconversation.com/a-doom-loop-...

Sotomayor: "You're licensing states to deprive grown adults of the choice of which sex to adopt? That’s what you’re telling me."

Adds: "That’s quite an interesting way to protect the population."

The parallel between how the law was wielded to prohibit rights to Black people, women and others is SO clear.

Utah House speaker gave $120k of his own money to a shadowy anti-trans PAC A key funder of a shadowy anti-transgender political action committee that attacked Democratic state lawmakers and candidates in the weeks leading up to last month’s election is one of the most powerf...

A key funder of a shadowy anti-transgender political action committee that attacked Democratic state lawmakers and candidates in the weeks leading up to last month’s election is one of the most powerful Republicans in Utah: House Speaker Mike Schultz.

“A spokesperson for Lt. Gov. Deidre Henderson’s office, which oversees campaign finance reporting in Utah, said they would work to find answers as to what efforts had been made to investigate those allegations.” Don’t hold your breath.

I know I should quit eating Thanksgiving leftovers…

But I can't quit cold turkey.

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‘The way to do the work is slowly, surely, and over time’: Corporate America and DEI Walmart, the nation’s largest private employer, rolled back some DEI initiatives this week, joining a trend of corporations this fall dropping diversity and equity goals amid ongoing conservative and right-wing backlash. “They got the facts completely wrong,” says Jennifer Piscopo, who regularly consults for international organizations and national governments on issues of inclusion in the workforce. “Companies really do themselves a disservice,” says Diversity professor of Sociology Adia Wingfield. “Everybody has opportunities to be included and compete on a level playing field.” Companies may be walking back so “that the Trump Administration would look more favorably,” suggests Piscopo.

In 2020, many corporations made public DEI goals only to back off them in the wake of backlash this year. But DEI doesn’t run counter to merit, says Adia Wingfield. In fact, when done right, it helps businesses grow. “They got the facts completely wrong,” says @jennpiscopo.bsky.social. #Velshi

Same is happening in education.

Corporate America Launches Unorthodox Campaign to Gain Trump’s Attention Companies are looking at scrubbing left-leaning policies from their websites and scoping out appearances on conservative podcasts.

One cheer for capitalism.

www.wsj.com/politics/tru...

Thanks for this - will be incorporating into my newly revised OChem I course.

Thanks for this - will be the basis of a key module in my newly revised OChem I course.

Infographic on baking soda and baking powder. Baking soda is sodium bicarbonate, which breaks down when heated or mixed with acid to produce carbon dioxide as a raising agent. Baking powders also contain sodium bicarbonate but also contain an acid or acidic salt to release carbon dioxide during both mixing and baking.

It’s the #GBBO final tonight 🧁

Do you know your baking powder from your baking soda? Here's a look at the difference between the two and how they're used in baking in @cenmag.bsky.social: cen.acs.org/food/food-sc...

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Infographic on the chemistry of turkey flavour. A huge number of chemical reactions occur when you stick your turkey in the oven, including the Maillard reaction, which occurs between amino acids and sugars in the meat during cooking. Hundreds of products are formed by the Maillard reaction, including furans, furanones, pyrazines and thiophenes. Compounds called melanoidins are also formed, which contribute to the brown colouration that develops during cooking.

Happy Thanksgiving to those celebrating! Here's some relevant chemistry for the day: www.compoundchem.com/2017/11/23/t...

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