Dr. Kuglymoogly, Ph.D.

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My friends brought some human seafood (red squid and glass shrimp) treats back from Niigata, and while they were too salty for routine cat consumption, I HAD to share a little with M&M:

oh, “mad” not “Mads”

A black cat named Morgana contorts herself into a pretzel of limbs, teeth, and claws as she wrestles with a ranbow-colored ribbon toy stretching out of frame

A tabby cat named Merlin lounges on the floor as he munches on the end of a rainbow-colored ribbon toy he’s captured with his paws.

Unseasonably warm February #caturday precludes the usual cuddle puddle. But lazy floor plays with the rainbow ribbon received the monch of approval from Morgana & Merlin! #CatSky #CatsOfBluesky

The entire Democratic strategy debate — "moderate" or move left? fight or compromise? — is based on a misreading of data. Voters don't think Dems are too progressive; they think Dems are weak. The actual math on what to do about this isn't even close!
New: www.gelliottmorris.com/p/new-poll-d...

In my educational system, this was the subject covered by a high school chemistry class for juniors/year 11s/16-17-year-olds

You probably wouldn’t get blue from iodine here, you’d more likely get yellow or brown from I2, triiodides, and polyiodides!

Even “white” substances can still have pigment compounds in it that show up due to a change in scattering or molar absorptivity

You can easily choke on things you attempt to swallow whole, and also I am not a medical doctor and this is not medical advice!

I see no reason to believe the factual content of text generated by an LLM in this (or any other) context. It will to tell you what you want to hear.

But personally, I think this would be safe (if gross) to eat but would not have anything remotely resembling the mechanical properties of latex.

Honestly, I’d try it!

Anthocyanins! The compounds that make it reddish are pH indicators

Do you have any tips for getting this to work well? I have had a hard time using this tool because it seems to just be a random number generator in my hands!

Though the solution (haha) is probably not super general — the impurities (organic and organometallic) were sufficiently soluble in PFMCH that precipitation was enough to isolate the complex.

Regioselective Carbyne Transfer to Ring-Opening Alkyne Metathesis Initiators Gives Access to Telechelic Polymers Regioselective carbyne-transfer reagents derived from (3,3,3-trifluoroprop-1-yn-1-yl)benzene give access to functionalized ring-opening alkyne metathesis polymerization (ROAMP) initiators [R-C6H4C≡Mo(...

I’ve done pentane/perfluoromethylcyclohexane before! I had a greasy boy who was very reluctant (3h in this paper)

They have a low-temp miscibility gap, do if you have to cool to crystalize they’ll phase separate in your freezer if it’s too cold (mine did at -30)

pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1...

Scientists: for a new story, I have one big question—>

What is a “good day” in the lab?

I’m looking for epic examples of the best day ever to general criteria for what constitutes a “good day” compared to a nothing-burger day.

Ping me if you have examples to share!

Re-posts appreciated!

A simple answer to a question with many answers:

When an unexpected result is replicated, indicating there’s something missing from our knowledge that we could discover!

The bay definitely deserves better!

My payment card got cancelled, so my autoloads were declined. When I signed on Clipper’s site, they upgraded my account (without asking), hiding (or wiping?) my history!

I couldn’t change payment method due to invisible pending debits, so their system just crashed. Spent ~1h on the phone to fix.

They can, but I have heard that the authorization can take (many!!) minutes to post so if you are inspected shortly after entry they might issue you a citation!

This post brought to you by a seaweed extract whose smell I can only begin to describe as “cinnamon tomato ketchup”

One aspect of working in agrochemistry that I did NOT anticipate is the smells.

I’ve worked in organic synthesis, organometallic catalysis, inorganic materials, etc. with their own signature odors

But “natural” extracts, bacterial/fungal products, and soils just have the craziest range of aromas

Using detailed address-level microdata, we trace movement chains originating with the initial residents of The Central and document three main findings. First, we show the building generated a substantial number of local vacancies. We identify 180 specific addresses that became vacant because of moves into The Central. Scaling to account for data coverage suggests the new tower induced more than 500 local vacancies in the three years after construction, by setting off chains of moves. Second, while The Central units were expensive on a per-square-foot basis, the homes vacated by movers were significantly cheaper. Homes left behind by those moving into The Central were about 40% less expensive. Unlike much of the prior literature, which track the changing neighborhood characteristics of movers

Even more evidence that building new housing decreases rents: Researchers tracked the residents of a newly built luxury condo building and found that they freed up less expensive apartments nearby.
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

PERSISTENT. The word you’re looking for is PERSISTENT not “stable”.

Haha, now do “Marlborough” and “Billerica”

No matter what Puxatawny Phil had to say on the matter, the birds absolutely *going at it* in my neighborhood trees certainly seems to endorse spring’s arrival.

I can’t tell if Cronin is gullible enough to believe this stuff or is just in on the con.

I am glad that you are executing this experiment and not me