Rob Scott

The students I met in my courses in college are my best friends. They are my network. (One is my spouse.)

They made me successful. They helped me. They challenged me. They joked with me instead of getting work done.

They were the most valuable part of my education. I want that for my students too.

The early Rae-NDP government in Ontario lost one of it's first cabinet ministers to a scandal on telling the poor to buy the dented cans in the supermarket because they would be cheaper. One can only hope this asinine statement has similar consequences.

This is amazing.

www.getyourfuckingmoneyback.com

Friday Bonus Cartoon!

There is no ethical way to become or remain a billionaire.

Thank you for coming to my TED talk,

I can't be the only one who is made /uncomfortable/ by the way that razor clams burrow into sand, right?

The final moments of this video by Kate Crump on the Oregon coastline are sort of the crowning glory of horror. 😬

But how does this even work?
Let's talk about bivalve mobility (if we must).

#ChemSky

I don't promote all our papers on here...like they are ALL AWESOME (of course they are, I wrote them, and you should be honoured to have access to my GREAT THOUGHTS) but this one is a bit special. And has broad implications.

doi.org/10.26434/che...

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I imagine Leaving Las Vegas may be more uplifting.

A man speaking into a recorder: Diane, 11:30 a.m., February 24th. Entering the town of Twin Peaks.

Here we are.

Curling 101?

I think you can use your discretion and leave.

GB '25 years' behind world's best in short track

fuck me i know we're not doing well but that is slow af

Canada will be closed on Sunday for hockey.
We apologize for the inconvenience.

bluesky, the canadian sports app

Spectacular

Ah, yes, that mythological creature. Tantalizing yet fleeting.

Ok, hockey game is over (phew). Maybe I can get some work done now.

Its the molecule Horsfiline done up to look like a horse

恭喜發財! 馬年快樂! Happy Lunar New Year! May the year of the Horse bring good health and happiness to all!

The molecule below is Horsfiline. #chemsky #chemchat

It’s always surprising what shows up in the melt when we get some unseasonably warm weather in Feb.

I feel like I missed a memo somewhere.

At 9:18, 3rd period of the Finland-Switzerland women's ice hockey QF game, the ice crew came to clean the ice during a pause

What follows is the funniest use of the slo-mo alternate angle tech I've seen them use during these Olympics of one of the crew members falling

Russia does not actually need a rare tree frog from Ecuador to get the toxin that killed Navalny

My better half says same thing. says there may be bonuses available for racemic skaters, but they’re extremely rare.

OpenAI Accuses DeepSeek of Distilling US Models to Gain an Edge OpenAI has warned US lawmakers that its Chinese rival DeepSeek is using unfair and increasingly sophisticated methods to extract results from leading US AI models to train the next generation of its b...

Oh no someone copied the plagiarism machine!

www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

sigh

"Moderna's CEO announced the company will no longer invest in new Phase 3 vaccine trials for infectious diseases: 'You cannot make a return on investment if you don't have access to the U.S. market. Vaccines for Epstein-Barr virus, herpes, and shingles have been shelved.” 9:12 AM Feb 12, 2026 604.8K Views

In terms of what cures are being lost:

- Epstein-Barr virus is perhaps the major trigger for multiple sclerosis
- herpes simplex virus causes cold sores, genital herpes, infections in babies, deadly meningitis
- shingles virus causes an intensely painful disease

Hey everyone, I need inspiration for instrument nicknames. How do you name your (mass spec? NMR?) instruments? 🧪 #Chemchat

Now you have me wondering what you have if you catch a stew to make a stew.

Seems excessive. Maybe it was a blanket pardon?