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Wikipedia gives an answer, but I'd want to see XANES data, not seeing any refs on it.

Remind me to tell you about it after we finish in the spring!

I'm in an Open Science faculty learning community at my uni, and it's been really interesting to see what different fields are doing. I think I'm the only chem person, the coordinator is comp sci, and we have some psych and other fields involved, which has been fun.

Someone has sure already made this observation but the fact they can convert all those empty warehouses into prison camps means they could have converted them into housing, community centers, job training centers or, hell, libraries or schools all along. It’s always a matter of will not resources.

Comic. [2x2 chart. Top left quadrant: seem like dinosaurs x are dinosaurs. Silhouettes of dinosaurs stegosaurus, triceratops, tyrannosaurus, velociraptor, and long-neck dinosaur. Top right quadrant: seem like dinosaurs x are not dinosaurs. Silhouettes of mosasaur, quetzalcoatlus, dimetrodon, plesiosaur, and pteranodon. Bottom left quadrant: don’t seem like dinosaurs x are dinosaurs. Silhouettes of penguin, egret, ostrich, pigeon, falcon. Bottom right: don’t seem like dinosaurs x are not dinosaurs. Silhouettes of squirrel, stapler, plant, person, and bicycle.]

Dinosaurs And Non-Dinosaurs

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Ha... that must mean someone has worked with protonated phosphines like P(tBu)3HBF4 and they are thinking of it like that.

There are a lot of challenges to teaching large enrollment courses that schools do not adequately support instructors in those classes.

Logistics are challenging, from using the LMS platform to policies for missed classes and assignments. These are not designed for large courses.

Yay hydricity!

The pipeline that nurtures the next generation of young scientists is at risk | Opinion When young scientists collaborate with more senior colleagues, the results lead to stronger science.

“Without reinstating NIH and NSF grants, the pipeline that nurtures the next generation of young scientists is at risk.” www.seattletimes.com/opinion/the-...

The Many Lives of [Ru(bpy)3]2+: A Historical Perspective | Inorganic Chemistry
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@InorgChem 🍷 Review ✨

#ruthenium #bpy #history #analytical #photophysics #photochemistry #photoelectrochemistry #photoredox_catalysis #biochemical

CIA concludes Saudi crown prince ordered Jamal Khashoggi’s assassination Audio recordings, intercepted phone calls and other intelligence link Mohammed bin Salman to killing that Saudis say was conducted by rogue elements.

A reminder that seven years ago almost to the day, the CIA determined that Mohammed Bin Salman ordered the killing of @washingtonpost.com journalist Jamal Khashoggi.

I hired and worked with Jamal for a year.

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Cool!

Investigations of gold(I) complexes as inhibitors of caspase-1 Caspase-1 is a key enzyme in the inflammasome that turns on the inflammation cascade. It has been implicated in a variety of disease conditions, inclu…

Woo, paper accepted! A collaboration where my colleague and her team tested some gold compounds we bought or made as inhibitors against an inflammation-related caspase enzyme! The pre-proof version is already online! sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Experimental evidence of the effects of large language models versus web search on depth of learning Abstract. The effects of using large language models (LLMs) versus traditional web search on depth of learning are explored. A theory is proposed that when

When people learn with ChatGPT instead of following their own searches, they end up knowing less, caring less, and producing worse advice, even when the facts are the same.

Friction is an essential ingredient for learning! Convenience makes us shallow.

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The Great Launch: People Have Nonlinear Pathways - and That is Fine! Podcast Episode · No, I have NOT always wanted to be a scientist · 10/28/2025 · 3m

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My podcast has launched!! Stay tuned for the first episode!

I am also looking for people to share their stories about their nonlinear pathways on this podcast. Have you changed careers? Or do you have interests outside the STEM fields? If so, let’s chat! #ChemSky

Email the same places again

I wrote an OpEd back in April about how mass deportations, tariffs, cuts to safety net programs, and mass firings and funding cuts to federal institutions were going to undermine food safety and access in the United States.

Nobody would publish it. 😕 I think they thought I was overreacting.

He’s designing the ballroom with AI isn’t he www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

AI company will pay authors $1.5 billion in damages after using their copyrighted works to train its models Academics set for payouts of $3000 for each book that was illegally downloaded

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AI company will pay authors $1.5 billion in damages after using their copyrighted works to train its models Academics set for payouts of $3000 for each book that was illegally downloaded

The AI firm's settlement is the first of its kind.

Axel Becke, one of the big names in DFT development over the past 40 years, has passed away

#CompChem #ChemSky

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Chemistry folks! IONiC has some Learning objects on MOFs if you want to use them in your teaching, given the Nobel prize last week. A collection was made this week, check it out here: www.ionicviper.org/viper-bites/...

I helped with DFT on a project with my collaborator Dr. Kari Stone, and the paper was just published! Check it out here. Some cool bioinorganic chemistry. www.mdpi.com/2073-4344/15...

We are thrilled to announce that our NEW Large Language Model will be released on 11.18.25.

YouTube video by Hulk Rogan Wrestler named JESUS wrestles without ever touching his opponents 😱

@thedollop.bsky.social @reynoldsgareth.bsky.social J-town is into wresting. youtu.be/LMLO_92OLlE

The ACIP vote was tied 6-6 for requiring everyone to get a prescription for the COVID19 vaccine.

The chair broke the tie by voting NO.

Prescriptions will NOT be required.

To my H-1B friends, I am so fucking sorry. This all sucks so much.

Importantly, the employer files the petition, so the employer would be required to include a $100,000 check with the petition. But the ban on entry appears to also apply to ANYONE with an H-1B currently, and says that petitions must be "supplemented" with a $100,000 fee, so who knows who pays that.

Unless I'm reading this badly wrong and the administration puts out contrary implementation, it would appear that starting tonight, anyone with an H-1B who doesn't write a $100,000 check to the US government is banned from reentering the country if they're currently outside the US.

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ACS Spring 2026 to be held at Atlanta, GA. Call for abstracts open until end of this month.

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