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David Hales

@dahales.bsky.social

Husband, father, musician, chemistry professor. Love my family, my students, & the beauty of the universe. Love must win! Whiskey, gin, cheese. He/him.

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We’ve bombed Iran. And dismantled our joint terrorism task force. And sent a third of the FBI to help ICE. And gutted the National Security Council. And a drunk guy is in charge at the pentagon. And our intelligence allies probably won’t share intel with us. Because people couldn’t vote for a woman.

22.06.2025 00:24 β€” πŸ‘ 68990    πŸ” 21959    πŸ’¬ 2825    πŸ“Œ 1490
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The Sacrifice of the Danes After September 11, Denmark fought alongside its ally. The families of fallen soldiers have a message for Trump.

The families of Danes killed in Afghanistan have a message for Trump
www.theatlantic.com/national-sec...

17.01.2026 12:57 β€” πŸ‘ 2206    πŸ” 902    πŸ’¬ 52    πŸ“Œ 36
14th century painting of St. Margaret of Antioch attacking a devil woman in a virid dress hitting a demon with a hammer

14th century painting of St. Margaret of Antioch attacking a devil woman in a virid dress hitting a demon with a hammer

Just making sure that 2025 is definitely over

01.01.2026 04:43 β€” πŸ‘ 17212    πŸ” 3900    πŸ’¬ 150    πŸ“Œ 141

Me too. Zero complaints from students.

31.12.2025 03:04 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

The Senate needs to impeach his ass. Right now. (Yes, they ought to have booted the clown in chief long ago, but a measly FCC director is a lower bar, so maybe they'd do it.)

21.09.2025 20:35 β€” πŸ‘ 10    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

If you’re scared of what comedians have to say about you…

You’re weak.

18.09.2025 01:29 β€” πŸ‘ 1544    πŸ” 303    πŸ’¬ 30    πŸ“Œ 14

They did the same to Little Rock. One of the four districts in AR should be blue.

07.08.2025 03:03 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

What would Jesus say about transferring wealth to the rich? No speculation needed. "Woe to you who are rich, for you have received your consolation. Woe to you who are full now, for you will be hungry. Woe to you who are laughing now, for you will mourn and weep" (Lk. 6: 24-26).

02.07.2025 00:02 β€” πŸ‘ 517    πŸ” 154    πŸ’¬ 16    πŸ“Œ 7

I need help with an aging Bruker ion trap mass spectrometer. I need to replace the glass (entrance) capillary. Bruker doesn't carry them anymore, but says Agilent made them. Agilent won't even talk to me because it's not one of their instruments. Ideas, anyone?
#MassSpec #IonTrap #Science πŸ§ͺ

25.06.2025 16:53 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

As an exvangelical homeschooled kid who was raised on Christian nationalist ideology, I insist this thread is a must-read.

12.06.2025 16:24 β€” πŸ‘ 43    πŸ” 14    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

There’s a pretty good likelihood that if you’re opposed to and angered by Pride Month you’re the reason we need Pride Month.

03.06.2025 09:51 β€” πŸ‘ 1359    πŸ” 197    πŸ’¬ 15    πŸ“Œ 5

"Incompetence disguised as disruption"

πŸ”₯ πŸ’―

02.06.2025 18:06 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

That makes this professor's heart happy. And, quite frankly, it meams more at Cal. Well done, team!
#GoBears

30.05.2025 01:52 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Let's emphasize that this is for a high GPA at not just anywhere, but the one and only UC Berkelely! That's a real accomplishment.

28.05.2025 00:35 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Today’s program is brought to you by the numbers 86 and 47.

And the letters F and U.

18.05.2025 03:09 β€” πŸ‘ 1420    πŸ” 282    πŸ’¬ 40    πŸ“Œ 14
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0160289624000254

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0160289624000254

It's just science
lmfao

www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

17.05.2025 01:10 β€” πŸ‘ 19    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 0

This! Getting funded by NSF, NIH, DoE, etc. is incredibly tough.

18.05.2025 12:02 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I mean... πŸ’β€β™‚οΈ

17.05.2025 01:17 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Too soon?

07.05.2025 11:58 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Right.

03.05.2025 02:01 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Who can, any more? The world is absurd.

03.05.2025 01:56 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

It sure looked believable, and the "best people" that DT hires do tend to be dumb as rocks. Best to be correct, though.

03.05.2025 01:55 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Holy sh*t, was that really Bondi? It sure does look like her. I remember that clip... calling that Miss SC an airhead would be an insult to air.

03.05.2025 01:41 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
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I'm a few hours past my last class session of this academic year. Next come grading, final exams, grading, more grading, and eventually, Commencement, a.k.a. funny outfit day. Always a good time (no sarcasm).

02.05.2025 19:31 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

That word "thinking" is doing a lot of work there. I believe that many weren't thinking at all.

30.04.2025 12:13 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Wicked good, Boston!
#LetsRide

19.04.2025 05:06 β€” πŸ‘ 77    πŸ” 25    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 4

I'm sad for the season to end, but always proud of what these women do while simultaneously keeping up with their academic loads.

Looking forward to next year!

07.04.2025 16:48 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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#HandsOff NYC

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