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Bri Barbu @bribarbu.bsky.social · 07/03/2025

Here at @standupforscience.bsky.social —any chemists in the crowd! Gimme a shout!

Bri Barbu @bribarbu.bsky.social · 30/12/2024

Or here's a thought: if you think a comment might come across as creepy, DO NOT SAY IT, MAN. This (older man) researcher has pitched his work to me a couple times and I always thought his vibes were off. Potential sources, take note, this is NOT how you get reporters to trust you. I'll be blocking.

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Bri Barbu @bribarbu.bsky.social · 18/12/2024

Last in-office day of 2024:I finally cleaned all the piles of random papers and magazines from my desk!

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Bri Barbu @bribarbu.bsky.social · 05/12/2024

ok, this is exactly the vibe i want to cultivate on here, so yay: blueskyroast.com/roast/bribar...

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Bri Barbu @bribarbu.bsky.social · 04/12/2024

Not quite as basic as I expected lol 😅

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Bri Barbu @bribarbu.bsky.social · 04/12/2024

Certainly deserving of a cat photo

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Bri Barbu @bribarbu.bsky.social · 12/11/2024

Hey friends! If you, like me, are tapering off here and trying to ramp up activity on🦋, I'm there! Please come find me~ #chemtwitter

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Bri Barbu @bribarbu.bsky.social · 03/05/2024

@taylorswift13 is currently on the @cenmag homepage. You're welcome, nerds.

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Bri Barbu @bribarbu.bsky.social · 30/11/2023

When my editor unveils more print space for my article than i expected when i filed the story:

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Bri Barbu @bribarbu.bsky.social · 14/09/2023

Whenever I think about cutting my hair short, I look at this photo of my mom from the 80s and remind myself that this is what I’d probably end up with

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Bri Barbu @bribarbu.bsky.social · 28/07/2023

The bond-forming power of radical chemistry meets the stereoselectivity of biocatalysis in @yang2biocat group's latest Science paper. me for @cenmag : cen.acs.org/synthesis/biocatalysis/…

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Bri Barbu @bribarbu.bsky.social · 24/07/2023

“They can’t quit the bird app if there’s no bird”

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Bri Barbu @bribarbu.bsky.social · 06/07/2023

Splitting my soul across five different social media accounts, hoping I’ll find my people somewhere

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Bri Barbu @bribarbu.bsky.social · 06/07/2023

Me, splitting my soul across five different social media accounts

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Bri Barbu @bribarbu.bsky.social · 06/07/2023

I’m just gonna drop this here

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Bri Barbu @bribarbu.bsky.social · 13/06/2023

2019 🫱🏻‍🫲🏼2023 Making weird faces in New York City

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Bri Barbu @bribarbu.bsky.social · 18/03/2023

Start of the pandemic / 3 years later (sunglasses edition) x.com/lindsaylwallace/status/163693…

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Bri Barbu @bribarbu.bsky.social · 03/03/2023

Making my in-person conference debut #AAASmtg #scicomm friends please say hi!

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Bri Barbu @bribarbu.bsky.social · 28/11/2022

@CarolynBertozzi is now keeping a watchful eye on my office at C&EN!

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Bri Barbu @bribarbu.bsky.social · 13/11/2022

Devastated to report that I’m a mere mortal after all.

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Bri Barbu @bribarbu.bsky.social · 23/09/2022

Tag yourself I’m bagel boy 🥯

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Bri Barbu @bribarbu.bsky.social · 07/09/2022

This week’s print issue of C&EN has my byline on three pages. The culmination of two news stories and two photo captions (one recycled for print) published in the span of two weeks. On top of my other job responsibilities. And all it cost was my sanity.😅

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Bri Barbu @bribarbu.bsky.social · 17/08/2022

(and the best part is they both have decent power conversion efficiency) x.com/MannyFoxMorone/status/1559983…

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Bri Barbu @bribarbu.bsky.social · 17/02/2022

My comp copy of @DiscoverMag with the print-only piece I wrote on on @NMNH‘s Unsettled Nature exhibit FINALLY came in the mail!🙌🏼 thank you, universe. I really needed a w today.🥰

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Bri Barbu @bribarbu.bsky.social · 05/01/2022

I bought some beverages from the internet and they came with tape on the tops, causing intense flashbacks to my years working in the lab.

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Bri Barbu @bribarbu.bsky.social · 22/12/2021

I meant to start drafting a pitch today for an essay about leaving grad school. Instead, I drew my friend’s D&D character sitting in a bathtub.

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Bri Barbu @bribarbu.bsky.social · 08/12/2021

A photo of you from early 2020, not knowing what was about to come. t.co/rVrxfav6Cm

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Bri Barbu @bribarbu.bsky.social · 29/10/2021

Last selfie is you on the outside. Last saved meme is you on the inside. x.com/DrAnnaFunk/status/14541652850…

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Bri Barbu @bribarbu.bsky.social · 10/10/2021

I’ve somehow ended up with two bikes, and I can take only one with me when I move to DC. Which one should it be? 🚲❤️

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Bri Barbu @bribarbu.bsky.social · 06/10/2021

My cat has a lil cold 😿 —probably stress related according to Google. (I’ve been doing some crate and leash training work with her to get her ready to move). 💔 I wish I could do something abt the stress but it’s hard to avoid when you’re prepping to move

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Bri Barbu @bribarbu.bsky.social · 11/09/2021

I keep spilling stuff on my favorite clothes so I will henceforth be switching to an all-black wardrobe

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Bri Barbu @bribarbu.bsky.social · 01/09/2021

Reading though my journal entries from late 2019-early 2020 in preparation for writing my story about leaving grad school (potentially two stories—one for my professional journey, one for my personal journey) and WOW was that a dark time.

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Bri Barbu @bribarbu.bsky.social · 30/08/2021

First day of new job selfie!

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Bri Barbu @bribarbu.bsky.social · 27/08/2021

Several months ago, shortly before we got the AAAS fellowship, an editor wrote these words in a rejection email for the article Brittany Trang and I were working on. Since then, I’ve had 2 life goals: 1) prove them wrong 2) never be mean to aspiring scicommers

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Bri Barbu @bribarbu.bsky.social · 24/08/2021

THRILLED to announce that I will be joining @cenmag as a production editor! I start next Monday. x.com/bri_barbu/status/142477137830…

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Bri Barbu @bribarbu.bsky.social · 10/08/2021

My story on the twisties made the "what we're reading" list in the @Open_Notebook newsletter today! www.discovermagazine.com/mind/the-b…

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Bri Barbu @bribarbu.bsky.social · 22/07/2021

Super premature apartment hunting on Zillow is a very important step in my job application process

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Bri Barbu @bribarbu.bsky.social · 07/07/2021

interviewing some planetary scientists today so obviously I‘m wearing a NASA t-shirt and space buns!

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Bri Barbu @bribarbu.bsky.social · 07/06/2021

Today’s my first day at @DiscoverMag as an @AAASMassMedia fellow! So excited for this next step in my #scicomm career! Know of any cool science I might want to look into writing about? Email me at bbarbu@discovermagazine.com!

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Bri Barbu @bribarbu.bsky.social · 01/05/2021

I didn’t realize how many people from The Before Times I was okay with not seeing until I got “let’s meet up now that we’re vaccinated” invites from them and my immediate gut reaction was

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Bri Barbu @bribarbu.bsky.social · 19/04/2021

📣Attention Twitter friends, frenemies, and acquaintances!📣 I got an @AAASMassMedia fellowship! At one of my ✨dream✨publications! I’ll be spending my summer writing for @DiscoverMag!!!! Please join me in being EXTREMELY HYPED!

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Bri Barbu @bribarbu.bsky.social · 14/04/2021

Weekday mornings have become a battle with my cat over control of my keyboard.

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