Steve Fletcher

Graduate students!
Lecture or poster at the 39th Annual RSC Heterocyclic and Synthesis Group Postgraduate Symposium?
Thursday 18 Sept 2025 in Oxford
8 lectures by final-year postgraduate students
Attendance is free (registration mandatory)
www.rsc.org/events/detai...
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with the exception of a few dozen select locations - we've always had to keep it real...

the more you know 🌈

was a great time!

Looking forward to it!

Mine was cancelled yesterday- but I did make it eventually

Me!

At the University of Geneva, we have an opening for an associate or full professor in theoretical and/or computational chemistry! Please spread the word.

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Research Suggests Life On Earth Began Full 20 Minutes Earlier Than Previously Thought

Research Suggests Life On Earth Began Full 20 Minutes Earlier Than Previously Thought theonion.com/researc...

If "AI" was as valuable as they say it is, they wouldn't be selling it to you. They'd be using it themselves in secret to make the next Minecraft, the next Avatar, the next Hello Kitty and then they'd sell that to you.

They're trying to sell you a sick goose, while pretending it lays golden eggs.

Apparently they’re made in Whitney, I might pop over someday to see what they have

tough gig

YouTube video by Saturday Night Live The Big Hollywood Quiz - SNL

your not the only one... youtu.be/6q2G9QePGoI

lab clean up day!

Got 50% of our next trip with via!

Nope, sackville NB to Montreal - supposed to arrive at 7am, got there at midnight

Did I ever tell you about the time we arrived 17h late on a via train to Montreal?

Sat beside ‘Fred’ from right said Fred on a plane once

I'm friends with her sister!

The image depicts a vintage scene inside a circus tent, featuring several individuals dressed in colorful, theatrical costumes. A central figure, a clown with a white face, red nose, and green-and-pink ruffled outfit, stands holding a small mirror. Surrounding the clown are other performers, including a man in a maroon outfit adjusting his appearance, another clown in a blue-and-red costume, and a person in a top hat and formal attire. In the foreground, a performer in a yellow-and-red outfit is working with a large black cloth or costume piece. The background shows additional circus performers and props, including hanging costumes and a lively, crowded atmosphere. The overall style suggests an old illustration, possibly from a 19th-century circus or theatrical setting.

On July 12, 1855, some drunk clowns got into a massive brawl with a bunch of firefighters at a Toronto brothel.
By the next day, several firefighters were beaten and the circus was burned to the ground.
This is the story of Toronto's Firemen And Clown Brothel Riot.

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Keble College was officially founded on June 6th, 1870, making us 155 years old today 🥳

try Finnish...

Gibbs? Le Chatelier? Arrhenius?

Part of the issue is that most reactions don’t tolerate real substrate scope so people compensate with lots of very similar examples

In what solvent?

Screenshot text: "Disruption and Disarray: An analysis of pangolin scale and ivory trafficking, 2015-2024 by the Wildlife Justice Commission is one of the most comprehensive examinations to date of how legal loopholes, political interference and institutional weakness have allowed the illegal trade in endangered species to flourish. The numbers beggar belief. There are big pangolins and small pangolins – eight species in all. Averaging out, a single pangolin carries between 500 and 600 grams of protective scales. To make up a tonne requires the slaughter of more than 1,800 pangolins. In 2019 alone global seizure of pangolin scales was more than 100,000 tonnes. That’s one year. The report estimates that seizures equal only 10% of totals trafficked. We are talking about millions of dead pangolins."

A short story of how silly numbers end up in mainstream discourse when journalists don't do their job. I was reading the article linked here and paused for a second when I got to the highlighted part in the screenshot.

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www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2025...

It is Jewish Heritage Month and throughout this month I am sharing stories of Canada's Jewish history.

Today, it is the tragic story of MS St. Louis, when Canada refused to allow Jewish refugees from Europe entry. Of those on board, 30% later died in The Holocaust.

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We're recruiting a PDRA to work with our team at Oxford Chemistry @ox.ac.uk @oxfordchemistry.bsky.social ! If you are interested in synthetic inorganic chemistry and catalysis research, Apply!

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🚨🚨🚨BREAKING: Pope considers 1973-1977 meetings on IUPAC nomenclature unholy