Reposted by Scott Bagleysamuel mehr @mehr.nz · 5hearly-career academics, if you don't have a website, make yourself one. yes it's annoying but just do it it can be plain text on a white background, or google sites, or even a free Wix one with ads. nobody cares we just need to be able to look you up, quickly, bc there's like 100 other apps here 39130
Reposted by Scott BagleyAlex Merz 🇺🇸🇨🇦🇺🇦 @merz.bsky.social · 6hIt is without fail thrilling to see a post from a new science faculty member about their lab's first publication. 2302
Scott Bagley @bagphos.bsky.social · 01/10/2026The Hitchhikers Guide to the little town down the road a bit #TooEarlyBooks #HashtagGames 020
Reposted by Scott BagleyMichael McDonald @electproject.bsky.social · 30/09/2026The Bible actually does have something to say about this: Exodus 20:16: "You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor." 511757343
Scott Bagley @bagphos.bsky.social · 30/09/2026This is the exact point where in “The Wall” that Pink goes off the deep end “In the Flesh (Reprise)” 120
Reposted by Scott BagleyStu Cantrill @stuartcantrill.com · 30/09/2026One week today, let's see if I (kinda) go 2 for 2 on #chemnobel... 2165
Scott Bagley @bagphos.bsky.social · 30/09/2026I remember a LONG discussion thread back on #ChemTwitter about the proper way to draw/represent the S-O bond in DMSO Lots of strong opinions from the populace #ChemChat 🧪 2123
Scott Bagley @bagphos.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Me trying to explain this plausible mechanism to my boss… Solvent effects. Temp effects. Heck it even isomerized on silica (In a good way but still)static.klipy.comCharlie Day Conspiracy: Pepe SilviaAlt: Charlie Day Conspiracy: Pepe Silvia 150
Scott Bagley @bagphos.bsky.social · 30/09/2026#ChemSky Really nice #OPRDasap here from Gilead on the key indazole fragment from Lenacapavir - lots of optimization and key reaction safety testing (51% hydrazine hydrate - yikes) And my fav alkylating agent - trifluoroethyl triflate! Even an @alexgoldberg.ca sighting!pubs.acs.orgSynthetic Development and Scale-Up of the Aminoindazole Fragment of LenacapavirAbstract. We describe herein the development and scale-up of the aminoindazole fragment of lenacapavir, a drug recently approved for long-acting treatment 150
Reposted by Scott BagleyIn Preparation @inprep.bsky.social · 30/09/2026inpreparation.substack.com50-Year-Old Man With No Conflicts Of Interest Beginning To WorryHOUSTON, TX— Clicking past his single-slide conflict of interest disclosure at the beginning of a departmental grand rounds Monday morning, MD Anderson translational oncologist Dr. 0122
Scott Bagley @bagphos.bsky.social · 29/09/2026YES!! Congratulations Song!! @songlin1.bsky.social A great award to one of the best people in chemistry 040
Scott Bagley @bagphos.bsky.social · 29/09/2026In other news - MS Office is now a wholly owned subsidiary of Reese’s Pieces - no M&msstatic.klipy.comM&M's Awkward Chocolate MomentAlt: M&M's Awkward Chocolate Moment 030
Scott Bagley @bagphos.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Saw the tile for this movie on Prime and knew immediately that I would read a review like this within a day or 2 It seems it’s as cringy wrong and offensive as the advertisement appears. 🧵 below #ChemSky 🧪 120
Reposted by Scott BagleyMark Levin @levinchem.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Anyone willing to replace students with tokens doesn't understand what it is universities do and probably should never have been allowed to have students to begin with 1307
Reposted by Scott BagleyBrendan @chemscrapes.bsky.social · 28/09/2026It was the basis of this for Sketch Chemistry....but I can't find the pitch. 193
Reposted by Scott BagleyScott Bagley @bagphos.bsky.social · 27/09/2026🚨 Abstract Deadline 🚨 #ACSSpring2027 Abstract Deadline is coming up quickly on Sept 28!! Get your abstracts in! @organicdivision.org #ChemSky ⚗️🧪acs.org 044
Scott Bagley @bagphos.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Create an unnecessary sequel by adding an -er to a book’s title. I’ll start: Animal Farmer 180
Reposted by Scott BagleyChemjobber @chemjobber.bsky.social · 28/09/2026The Nature of the Chemical Bonder 382
Scott Bagley @bagphos.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Create an unnecessary sequel by adding an -er to a book’s title. I’ll start: Clear and Present Dangerer 230
Reposted by Scott Bagleyweeder @weeder.bsky.social · 24/09/2026God, grant me the courage to change the things I can and incredible new powers to change the things I can't. 63106752531
Scott Bagley @bagphos.bsky.social · 27/09/2026It’s hard to relate to people who never made their own DCM from methane and chlorine. 030
Scott Bagley @bagphos.bsky.social · 27/09/2026“They Live” should be mandatory viewing this year (and any year) 010
Scott Bagley @bagphos.bsky.social · 27/09/2026🚨 Abstract Deadline 🚨 #ACSSpring2027 Abstract Deadline is coming up quickly on Sept 28!! Get your abstracts in! @organicdivision.org #ChemSky ⚗️🧪acs.org 044
Scott Bagley @bagphos.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Everton had 8 points taken away for 2 violations Man City has 115 violations so probably a £20 fine [eye roll gif]theguardian.comManchester City found guilty of breaking Premier League’s financial fair play rulesManchester City face substantial sanctions from the Premier League after an independent panel found they had broken rules over financial fair play 110
Scott Bagley @bagphos.bsky.social · 25/09/2026What I learned in lab this week: I work with a bunch of badass chemists and we did some amazing stuff that you can read about at some point in the future That and the 5+ year old bottle of white solids that says KOtBu is probably not anymore #ChemChat 1130
Scott Bagley @bagphos.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Today in Lab Chat: Is water an alcohol? #ChemChatstatic.klipy.comPowerful Waterfall CascadingAlt: Powerful Waterfall Cascading 9311
Reposted by Scott BagleyChris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Every taxpayer, no matter your party, should be outraged by this. Your money is being used to fund campaign ads for Trump. It’s totally completely illegally. He’s stealing your money for his campaign. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/24/u...nytimes.com‘Love Me’ Ad Promotes Trump With Public Money Ahead of the MidtermsA disclaimer says the ad was paid for by the U.S. government, which could violate federal law. 25337141383
Reposted by Scott BagleyOverheard at C&EN @censays.bsky.social · 25/09/2026"Why are people so fascinated with skeletal editing?" "Halloween is coming up" 1225
Reposted by Scott BagleyIn Preparation @inprep.bsky.social · 25/09/2026inpreparation.substack.comOpinion: Tocqueville Warned Us About The Unfilled DI Water CarboyBy Dr. Martin Kessler, Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Cell Biology, University of Pennsylvania 0112
Scott Bagley @bagphos.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Are you studying synthesis of Natural Products? Join us at #ACSSpring2027 in NOLA @organicdivision.org for “New Faces in Natural Product Synthesis” Submit an abstract for the Spring 2027 ACS in ORGN Total Synthesis of Complex Molecules” We will select presenters for short talks (15-20 min) #ChemSky 054
Reposted by Scott BagleyBrendan @chemscrapes.bsky.social · 24/09/2026In a couple of hours U2 will release a new song to launch their 50th anniversary. For 43 of those years I have been a fan - longer than I've been a fan of chem🙃. ChemScrapes is where these worlds sometimes collide, so I'm unashamedly resharing some of my geekiest ever moments. #chemchat #u2 151
Scott Bagley @bagphos.bsky.social · 23/09/2026It was Theo Epstein First as the GM, the Red Sox won the World Series in 2004 and ended the Curse of the Bambino Then to show his power over mere mortals he led the Cubs to victory… When? In 2016 of course - fulfilling the prophecy 030
Scott Bagley @bagphos.bsky.social · 23/09/2026My Department of Chemistry Justice has ruled that I can exclude the wrong enantiomer from my reaction flask as it is a threat to the purity profile of the product #ChemChatstatic.klipy.comMan Says DoneAlt: Danny DeVito Says Done 181
Reposted by Scott Bagleyanne @fables-feigned.bsky.social · 23/09/2026it is 2026. it is HIGH TIME for chemdraw (all versions) to understand Bpin natively. it is preposterous that it does not. #ChemSky 1122
Reposted by Scott BagleyRob Scott @saskchemprof.bsky.social · 23/09/2026New Directions in Dynamic Carbonite Coatings: An In Situ Investigation 121
Reposted by Scott BagleyDave Palmer @davepalmerusask.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Selective inhibitors targeting midichlorian glycolysis can prevent early-onset Jediism in pre-adult Tatooinians. 2273
Scott Bagley @bagphos.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Oh, so you’re a chemist then… Name 20 amide forming reactions You have 30 seconds… Go! #ChemSky (Disclaimer: related to a lab conversation today - how many different amide reactions do we use regularly…answer = many) 250
Reposted by Scott BagleyChemjobber @chemjobber.bsky.social · 22/09/2026The 2027 Chemistry Faculty Jobs List has 180 tenure-track positions and 16 teaching-only positions: docs.google.com/spreadsheets... #facultychemjobs #chemsky #chemchat ⚗️🧪docs.google.comThe 2027 Chemistry Faculty Jobs List 21010
Scott Bagley @bagphos.bsky.social · 22/09/2026“The experiments leading to this proposed mechanism are detailed on page 26 in the Super Intelligence section of the manuscript” #ChemSky subtweet 070
Reposted by Scott Bagleysteve @stupidlikeafox.bsky.social · 22/09/2026So all the awful parents on the sidelines of the soccer games I ref and coach just need an AI voice in their ear at all times so they know how to behave? Why didn’t I think of that? 271