Just so awful on every level

One of the best spots in the world! Enjoy!

Yes. This 👆

Sorry - been a busy day, but I have been meaning to write to you. It worked GREAT! I am extremely impressed and will absolutely suggest that we implement this in my group. The test paper I tried was a bit of an intended challenge because it was organic synthesis. qed was quite good a finding “gaps”.

Ok. Was able to create an account now. However, creating a pw crashed my browser (Safari) multiple times. It seems to finally work after all that. Will be fun to test!

I tried to register to use the platform, but never received the registration email confirmation (and yes, I checked the spam filter). Any suggestions? Looks like a great tool. Excited to try it!

The red dot is a baby North Atlantic right whale trying to migrate up the east coast of the United states.

The blue streaks are fast moving shipping vessels entering and leaving New York City harbor.

One collision and the whale is dead.

We need *mandatory* speed limits for these vessels! 🧪🦑🌍

The NIH has lost its scientific integrity. So we left “We can no longer lend our credibility to an organization that has lost its integrity,” write four scientists and administrators who recently resigned from the NIH.

www.statnews.com/2026/01/10/n...

Biology and Ecology of Sharks and Their Relatives (Online & Field) — Center for Wildlife Studies

Is your New Years resolution to learn more about sharks? (Just kidding, I assume that's everyone's New Years resolution!)

Good news! We are offering my online take-at-your-own-pace "Biology and Ecology of Sharks and Their Relatives" course again, starting in February!
🦑🧪🌍🦈

The 5 stages of the ‘enshittification’ of academic publishing Academic publishing now shows the same decline that has hit social media and online marketplaces.

Reading “The 5 stages of the ‘enshittification’ of academic publishing”
theconversation.com/the-5-stages...

And that’s a wrap on 2025

This about sums it up, folks.
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

#facultychemjobs

"People’s opinions are mainly designed to make them feel comfortable; truth, for most people is a secondary consideration."

— Bertrand Russell

Sweden’s wolf policy tests EU commitments to wildlife welfare

Latest news: Sweden has received a formal letter from the EU Commission stating that the country’s attempt to lower the wolf reference value to a politically determined figure of 170 wolves is not acceptable.

Read more: https://bit.ly/3KpeOZo

So sad. The passing of an icon. So many memories of Claude.

The U.S. Is Funding Fewer Grants in Every Area of Science and Medicine (Gift Article) A quiet policy change means the government is making fewer bets on long-term science.

Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

Wow 👇

So cool to see this one finally out. Oxylipins continue to fascinate with their multiple functions. What an amazing group of compounds. Shout out to Marina Botana @greasy-scientist.bsky.social for a fantastic study. The first of many to come!

Yes - this is required for all large instrument purchases in the EU. It is quite a time consuming process to write the tender - specify all of the must and should demands - and then go through the negotiations. But is required by law.

Beautiful morning for a paddle

Wonderful to be back in Kyoto. Thinking of you @metabomichael.bsky.social

Good morning

Glorious fall morning

Great Parcelsus slide! @erinbakerims.bsky.social

It’s always a good morning for a swim 😄

The 2026 Chemistry Faculty Jobs List

The 2026 Chemistry Faculty Jobs List has 111 tenure-track positions and 13 teaching positions: docs.google.com/spreadsheets... #facultychemjobs #chemjobs #chemsky 🧪⚗️

Shameful

YouTube video by Happy Doggo The Dark Secret Behind Delhi’s 1 Million Stray Dogs Crisis – Why They're In trouble(I Saw It Myself)

I spent the weekend in Delhi. What the locals showed me shocked me. I promised I would share it with the world as just like the dogs they are voiceless

youtu.be/6wgTYH6Te20?...