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Cathleen Crudden

@cathleencrudden.bsky.social
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Proud Canadian Scientist, Chemist, Mother, Daughter, Swimmer, Tree Hugger, Japanophile Editor-in-Chief ACS Catalysis All views and opinions expressed are my own She/her/elle

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David Fisman. @dfisman.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
Work in progress: sars-2 clearly increases risk of tuberculosis activation in central Ontario, on a timeline that is consistent with T cell injury. It does not impact risk of non tuberculous mycobacterial infections More follows
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Dr Lindsey Fitzharris @drlindseyfitz.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
It must suck when your copyright is stolen. Oh, wait... 👀
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lauren @lauren.rotatingsandwiches.com · 02/04/2026
why the hell would we put windows 11 in space
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Cathleen Crudden @cathleencrudden.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
The Artemis II launch reminded me, like I'm sure it did for many, of the fatal Challenger disaster, and that safety should never be sidelined. As practising scientists we need to not forget this story. www.abc.net.au/news/science...
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'They're gonna die': How five people tried to stop the Challenger tragedy
Forty years ago, the Challenger space shuttle disintegrated just after lift-off. A small team of engineers tried to prevent the tragedy.
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Cathleen Crudden @cathleencrudden.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
Yesterday when NASA ppl were being interviewed, one reporter asked about the public loudspeaker not working and I was struck by the answer. The NASA official said "That's news to me, thank you for that, we will look into it". No but covering, just honest interest in fixing the problem... 1/2
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Cathleen Crudden @cathleencrudden.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
Delighted to see this collaborative work out on the orientation of NHCs on surfaces. More complicated than thiols, but you CAN control upright vs. flat lying by control over sterics at the N substituents (bulkier=upright) and backbone, if you destabilize flat-lying. pubs.rsc.org/en/content/a...
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Beyond wingtips: backbone alkylation affects the orientation of N-heterocyclic carbenes on gold nanoparticles
The effect of wingtip groups on the orientation of N-heterocyclic carbene (NHC)-based self-assembled monolayers (SAMs) on a variety of metal surfaces has received considerable attention. However, the ...
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Mikki Brock @mikkibrock.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
I don't see this said enough: the widespread use of generative AI is not only making our jobs as educators harder logistically, but also emotionally. It is genuinely sad to be suspicious of students when you have spent so much time building a pedagogy based on trust and not being a cop. It sucks.
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C&EN (Chemical & Engineering News) @cenmag.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
A group of 17 leading public health researchers and advocates from the US, Canada, and Europe are calling on regulators around the world to treat the widely used herbicide glyphosate as hazardous and limit or eliminate its use to protect public health: cen.acs.org/food/agricul... #chemsky🧪
Public health experts call for stricter glyphosate regulation.
Researchers cite ‘compelling evidence’ that glyphosate can cause cancer.
by Delger Erdenesanaa.
A tractor sprays pesticide across a green field.
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Susan McPherson @susanmcp.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
Big Tech leaders will talk about protecting “innovation” and “entrepreneurship,” but what they really want to do is protect is themselves. @paulwaldman.bsky.social rightfully warns in @atrupar.com’s latest PN: open.substack.com/pub/aaronrup...
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Big tech is coming for the midterms
And Silicon Valley's agenda is bad news for working people.
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New Scientist @newscientist.com · 31/03/2026
The immune system going rogue and attacking healthy tissue seems to behind some cases of long covid, a discovery that could open doors towards treatments
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Attacks from our immune system are a cause of long covid
The immune system going rogue and attacking healthy tissue seems to behind some cases of long covid, a discovery that could open doors towards treatments
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Cathleen Crudden @cathleencrudden.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
So for my friends who don't follow Canadian politics, the New Democratic party just chose Avi Lewis as their leader. That means the Badass Dr. Naomi Klein could be our first lady. I am pretty pumped about these two amazing humans being involved in Can politics. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naomi_K...
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Naomi Klein - Wikipedia
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Cathleen Crudden @cathleencrudden.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
NSERC results are out y'all! Here's hoping everyone feels like this kid!!
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Cathleen Crudden @cathleencrudden.bsky.social · 22/03/2026
Afroman, the hero we didn't know we needed.
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Courtney Milan @courtneymilan.com · 18/03/2026
Fuck yeah Afroman!
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Afroman Scores Legal Victory Over Deputies in Defamation Lawsuit
Afroman prevailed in court after sheriff’s deputies accus...
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John Rogers @johnrogers.bsky.social · 22/03/2026
The real theme of the modern age is "Nobody Wants This". AI, ICE in airports, ICE in general, the Iran War, data centers sending actual cities wiht people into blackouts -- "nobody" wants this. And yet here we are.
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Cathleen Crudden @cathleencrudden.bsky.social · 22/03/2026
I did not have Afroman wins defamation lawsuit on my bingo card for 2026, but GO AFROMAN!
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Alt: video of afroman in court
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Cathleen Crudden @cathleencrudden.bsky.social · 22/03/2026
Super excited to be part of this new international collaboration!
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Cathleen Crudden @cathleencrudden.bsky.social · 22/03/2026
That feeling when you finally edit your grant down to fit the page limits!
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Cathleen Crudden @cathleencrudden.bsky.social · 04/03/2026
AI doesn't reduce our workload. We need to be thoughtful about how we use this new tool. I would ask those who are my age and older–has email reduced your work? Has zoom reduced our workload? I would argue neither have. hbr.org/2026/02/ai-d...
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AI Doesn’t Reduce Work—It Intensifies It
One of the promises of AI is that it can reduce workloads so employees can focus more on higher-value and more engaging tasks. But according to new research, AI tools don’t reduce work, they consisten...
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Cathleen Crudden @cathleencrudden.bsky.social · 04/03/2026
One crucial aspect of using these AI tools is that you are sharing information with them. If this information is confidential/privileged, this is seriously problematic. The continued push for AI in every aspect of work ignores the true problem, which is pervasive overwork.
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Dreadnought Holiday @dreadships.bsky.social · 26/02/2026
The process that led to the Holocaust didn't start with killing people. First it made them non-people. Then it killed them.
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Cathleen Crudden @cathleencrudden.bsky.social · 26/02/2026
10:30 am and I'm at 65 emails.
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Noah Lanard @nlanard.bsky.social · 23/02/2026
New: Emails and documents from Epstein files reveal Howard Lutnick and his firm had a years-long business tie with the sex offender. The two were involved in a deal for at least six years, and an email shows "HWL" discussing the investment with Epstein in 2018. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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New details from Epstein files reveal Lutnick had years-long business tie with sex offender
The commerce secretary apparently still hasn't come clean on his connection with Epstein.
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Stephen Heard @stephenbheard.bsky.social · 23/02/2026
This. I have written about ways for students to use AI tools to enhance their learning. This is so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so much not one of those ways.
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Cathleen Crudden @cathleencrudden.bsky.social · 23/02/2026
Brutal.
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Barred and Boujee aka Madiba Dennie @audrelawdamercy.blacksky.app · 23/02/2026
airing the BAFTA award ceremony on a tape delay, leaving in a slur, but editing out "free Palestine"?? that too is a choice, and an egregious one at that! archive.ph/YMhlK
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Though the BAFTAs aired on a tape delay, the slur was nevertheless included in the 7 p.m. broadcast—though the BBC did not air outstanding-British-debut winner Akinola Davies Jr. saying “free Palestine” at the end of his speech, according to Deadline. (The BBC told Deadline that “all edits were made to ensure the program was delivered to time.”) Sinners production designer Hannah Beachler wrote on X that while the Davidson situation “is almost impossible…it happened 3 times that night, and one of the three times was directed at myself on the way to dinner after the show.”
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STAT @statnews.com · 23/02/2026
When a clinical trial showed that lung cancer patients treated in the morning had a massive reduction in the risk of progression compared to those treated in the afternoon, many scientists were intrigued, if skeptical. Now that study is coming under fire.
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Nature Medicine to investigate study that found cancer treatment is better in morning
Nature Medicine starts an investigation into inconsistencies in a study that found it was better to have immunotherapy in the morning.
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Cathleen Crudden @cathleencrudden.bsky.social · 23/02/2026
I'd rather that our men and women came in second on the ice but first in terms of class. www.msn.com/en-us/sports...
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Cathleen Crudden @cathleencrudden.bsky.social · 23/02/2026
Stay classy.
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Cathleen Crudden @cathleencrudden.bsky.social · 22/02/2026
Me: I did not love that wine to be honest Also me: but you did drink a lot of it....
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 13/02/2026
The Epstein scandal isn't just about the disgusting sex trafficking of underage girls. It's also about the rich, powerful men who LIED to us to cover up their involvement.
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Cathleen Crudden @cathleencrudden.bsky.social · 13/02/2026
Always follow the money. Unrestrained capitalism is a success only for those at the VERY top.
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Cathleen Crudden @cathleencrudden.bsky.social · 13/02/2026
When you are so used to privilege that even the thought of equality feels disastrous.
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Cathleen Crudden @cathleencrudden.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
Here's my idea. ZERO personal gun ownership. You want to go to a firing range, use a gun there. You want to go hunting, sign out a gun. People will mental health issues should not have access to weapons while in crisis. No one except police and military need guns, and they don't need them at home.
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Cathleen Crudden @cathleencrudden.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
I'm very disappointed with the IOC today. Like most Ukrainians, this young man has lost so much. Why not let him decorate his helmet with the faces of lost friends? So cowardly of the IOC. (Image from BBC news)
photo of banned Ukrainian athlete
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Cathleen Crudden @cathleencrudden.bsky.social · 05/12/2025
Grace slick was a badass.
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Being Liberal ®🗽🏳️‍🌈 @beingliberal.bsky.social · 30/11/2025
We have posted this New Yorker's cartoon several times in the last 13 years... it gets only more relevant and infuriating with the passage of time. We are, collectively, a species of idiots.
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Adam Rose @adamrose.bsky.social · 30/11/2025
The highest calling of journalism isn’t to tell two sides of a story. The highest calling of journalism is to tell the truth. And acting like a stenographer is a betrayal of your audience.
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Gil Durán @gilduran.com · 30/11/2025
"Never spread the lie in the headline" should be a hard rule of 21st century journalism. Research shows that repeating lies helps to spread them, and people read headlines more than they read stories.
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Cathleen Crudden @cathleencrudden.bsky.social · 30/11/2025
www.ms.now/opinion/glp-...
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Opinion | Why this ad for a weight-loss drug alarmed me
Dr. Melanie Jay: Prescriptions to weight-loss medications shouldn't be this easy to get
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CCscott @ccscott.bsky.social · 15/11/2025
😱😱😱😱
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Theo Moudakis @theomoudakis.bsky.social · 27/11/2025
Please enjoy my cartoon for Friday's Toronto Star
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Cathleen Crudden @cathleencrudden.bsky.social · 27/11/2025
Love this (sarcasm). Ottawa and Alberta agree to build a pipeline through another province, who hasn't been consulted, through Indigenous lands, who don't want it. I guess I'm done with voting liberal.
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Brendel @brendelbored.bsky.social · 27/11/2025
I wish it didn’t feel so unusual and inspiring to see a leader treating everyone like they matter and saying that we have a responsibility to help each other
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James Andrew Smith @drsmith.bsky.social · 25/11/2025
“Post pandemic” discussion about RSV and problems with getting vaccines — on 6pm CBC radio news with @laurenpelley.bsky.social . The shots are “keeping babies out of hospital” Me: Great! Vaccines are great! What about additional measures for this apparently airborne virus?
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Cathleen Crudden @cathleencrudden.bsky.social · 26/11/2025
I should be fine right?
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Cathleen Crudden @cathleencrudden.bsky.social · 25/11/2025
I did not have ‘Rubber duck museum moves to Canada because of tariffs and trade war’ on my 2025 bingo card. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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This American rubber duck museum is moving to B.C. due to tariffs, drop in tourism | CBC News
Quirky Point Roberts-based Rubber Duck Museum is coming to Tsawwassen Mills mall in B.C. after increasing tariffs and decreasing tourism have made business in the U.S. exclave unsustainable.
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Boron Chemistry @boron-chemistry.bsky.social · 24/11/2025
Bulky Phosphine Ligands Promote Palladium-Catalyzed Protodeboronation ( @jacs.acspublications.org ): pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/... ( @aspuru.bsky.social , @thematterlab.bsky.social )
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