yesterday's jeremy did not realize how truly awful this molecule is. today's jeremy HATES structural elucidation work
05.03.2026 01:26 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0@cycl0pentadiene.bsky.social
jeremy/cycl0/εΏι΅¬. uw/caltech, seattleite, inorg chemist turned adjunct turned process chemist. 30% chem, 20% memes, 50% anxiety. he/him. π³οΈβπ this is not a professional account
yesterday's jeremy did not realize how truly awful this molecule is. today's jeremy HATES structural elucidation work
05.03.2026 01:26 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0we are truly living in the bad place
04.03.2026 07:33 β π 5 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0i have been ripping my hair out for weeks now about how long it takes for search results to actually go through. turns out it's fucking ai trying to do nonsense, and adding "-ai" makes things load instantly instead of having to sit there waiting
04.03.2026 07:33 β π 8 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0thai lay's flavor: ΰΈ£ΰΈͺΰΉΰΈ‘ΰΈ΅ΰΉΰΈ’ΰΈΰΈΰΈ³ΰΈΰΈ£ΰΈΰΈ£ΰΈͺ / mieng kam krob ros
new potato chip flavor of the day: miang kham
04.03.2026 05:29 β π 6 π 0 π¬ 2 π 0i LOVE doing structural elucidation work
03.03.2026 22:30 β π 3 π 0 π¬ 0 π 1someone please scream at me that social withdrawal is never a good solution to problems
03.03.2026 08:02 β π 9 π 0 π¬ 2 π 0someday i will have the discipline to do the 7 routes every day quest and finally get to 72
02.03.2026 07:08 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0ahem, i'm right here
02.03.2026 01:47 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0well these were a nice surprise today
01.03.2026 03:13 β π 10 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0one of the arguments against using superscripts like in modern notation is *squints* increased printing costs associated with needing to use superscripts
27.02.2026 20:50 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
fell down a rabbit hole of isotope history and stumbled upon this absolutely wild (in hindsight) article from not too long after deuterium was discovered
Ref.: Science 1934, 79 (2044), 203
sometimes when i'm sad about chromatography, i go to the storage room to see the 3.0 kg pre-packed silica columns and remind myself that i will hopefully never have to use one
25.02.2026 01:17 β π 67 π 5 π¬ 2 π 1oh my god i am a massive ball of anxiety today
24.02.2026 20:13 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0imagine having a safety net. could not be me oops
23.02.2026 08:19 β π 5 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0good fucking lord it will be a miracle if i'm still this functional in a month. five months of burnout is going to kill me
23.02.2026 08:18 β π 7 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0the asymmetry of the NYT sudokus irks me to an irrational extent
19.02.2026 04:43 β π 4 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0Jeremy, A group of mice is called a "mischief". I sense that you are up to some mischief.
project lead left a note on my desk about the mice LMAO
18.02.2026 03:41 β π 5 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0living extravagantly this new year's (putting a discount can of abalone on my instant noodles)
16.02.2026 21:10 β π 5 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0worked through thanksgiving, didn't have christmas, and now my most important holiday got nixed too. fingers crossed this next year lets me have a break because jesus fucking christ i am tired and just want to have any sort of enjoyable time off
16.02.2026 09:06 β π 8 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0ugh. new year's plans got derailed majorly, might just go to work tomorrow and save the PTO for another time
16.02.2026 09:04 β π 8 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0can i join π
14.02.2026 00:18 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0my desk appears to have been colonized by mice
14.02.2026 00:17 β π 19 π 0 π¬ 2 π 0files "sorted" by size, but the file size is apparently saved as a text string and is not sorted numerically
this HURTS me
13.02.2026 03:00 β π 4 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0update: i still have not received this durene
09.02.2026 06:36 β π 13 π 0 π¬ 2 π 0HOME RUNNNNN
09.02.2026 03:32 β π 5 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0went to a seafood boil with my parents, and my mom brought a jar of nuoc mam from home for dipping LMAO
08.02.2026 23:40 β π 8 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0a guy i met up with said i'm built like a dolphin and i still really don't know what to even think about that
08.02.2026 04:30 β π 8 π 1 π¬ 2 π 0