Reposted by César Alejandro Urbina-BlancoStu Cantrill @stuartcantrill.com · 7hOne week today, let's see if I (kinda) go 2 for 2 on #chemnobel... 2155
César Alejandro Urbina-Blanco @cesapo.bsky.social · 7hWith all the news about sexual violence and politicians love for regulating bodies, I think that we should start pre-emptively regulating penises, and that only men who demonstrate the capacity to keep it in their pants are allowed bodily autonomy. 010
Reposted by César Alejandro Urbina-BlancoPrasad Jallepalli, MD, PhD @prasad.bsky.social · 29/09/20265 potatoes cubed is still 5 potatoes because potatoes are root vegetables 783472866
Reposted by César Alejandro Urbina-BlancoAllison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 27/09/2026Their punishment was to write essays. 27233201701
Reposted by César Alejandro Urbina-BlancoKimberley Johnson @kimberleyjohnson.bsky.social · 26/09/2026But I need to smile more. 713143336284
Reposted by César Alejandro Urbina-BlancoAndre the Chemist @andrechemist.bsky.social · 27/09/2026The biggest challenge with education (all levels and types, but specifically *public* K-12, college, and university) is that long ago the idea that education is an important public good, necessary for a strong, flourishing society, was seemingly abandoned 2152
César Alejandro Urbina-Blanco @cesapo.bsky.social · 25/09/2026I love the #GBBO. However, this year they have done Molly so dirty. You can't have a wheelchair user in a kitchen and provide no adaptations. It was absolutely no surprise that she had an accident from the start! Shame on the producers! 250
Reposted by César Alejandro Urbina-BlancoC&EN (Chemical & Engineering News) @cenmag.bsky.social · 17/09/2026"Latin America is a testament to resilience, a narrative of struggle and hope. It's a story of shattered dreams that rise from the ashes and of rebuilding our region repeatedly." #NationalHispanicHeritageMonth #HispanicHeritageMonth #chemsky 🧪cen.acs.orgThe Revolución/Revolução will not be televisedChemical & Engineering News (C&EN): Keeping you up to date with the chemistry news that matters most. Published by the American Chemical Society. 042
César Alejandro Urbina-Blanco @cesapo.bsky.social · 13/09/2026Went back to Dutch course and all I have to say is how muchI hate automatic marking! 101
César Alejandro Urbina-Blanco @cesapo.bsky.social · 09/09/2026First time back in language courses in the AI era, both teachers spent half of the first lesson talking about how it's absolutely forbidden and how you shouldn't use it at all! 000
Reposted by César Alejandro Urbina-BlancoChanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 04/09/2026In the latest round of pass the harasser, this Professor slept with students and now is moving into a leadership role at Arizona State University 🧪 #metoo madison.com/news/local/e...madison.comRecords: UW-Madison professor engaged in sex with students, exploited 'power imbalance'The records were released in response to a request from the Wisconsin State Journal. 5284152
César Alejandro Urbina-Blanco @cesapo.bsky.social · 01/09/2026Dimethyl mercury, or something related, plus HF in the news the same week, the end of August was wild x.com/ChemistryWor...x.comChemistry World (@ChemistryWorld) on X‘The loss of a student’s precious life in an accident of this nature at a university, where education and research should be conducted in a safe environment, is a matter of profound concern,’ the univ... 000
César Alejandro Urbina-Blanco @cesapo.bsky.social · 29/08/2026Ghent university "pretending to care" once more. Why am I not surprised? www.reuters.com/world/us-aca...reuters.comUS academic who accused Jason Arday of plagiarism allowed to resume some workNathan Cofnas, the U.S. academic who accused late Cambridge University professor Jason Arday of plagiarism, has been allowed to resume some of his work at Ghent University while a disciplinary probe ... 020
César Alejandro Urbina-Blanco @cesapo.bsky.social · 27/08/2026Oh no, can you imagine? a mediocre unqualified white man getting a job over better candidates? How do we call this status quo action? Restitutive Mediocratization? Just another day in academia? www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...theguardian.comGhent professors challenged expertise of Jason Arday’s plagiarism accuserAllegations Nathan Cofnas was unqualified for Ghent role and would cause ‘negative impact’ made to senior leaders months ago 000
Reposted by César Alejandro Urbina-BlancoTarZangief @tarzangief.bsky.social · 26/08/2026"Neutral in the culture war" 112155815322
Reposted by César Alejandro Urbina-BlancoAndre the Chemist @andrechemist.bsky.social · 26/08/2026What I'm learning is that all those memes about Chuck Norris doing unbelievable, superhuman things actually could have been about Dolly Parton, but the things would have been cooler and true 1257
Reposted by César Alejandro Urbina-BlancoLouis Redux @louisredux.bsky.social · 23/08/2026Well it's like that nice Pastor Niemoller said: First they came for the racists... ...wait...wait... Oh no. It was the other way around wasn't it? Race "science" is academic fraud. Comprehensively disproven drivel. Its apologists aren't brave truth tellers, they're incompetent. 111
César Alejandro Urbina-Blanco @cesapo.bsky.social · 20/08/2026I'm happy Nathan Cofnas was suspended from Ghent University but the truth is he shouldn't have been hired in the first place 083
Reposted by César Alejandro Urbina-BlancoDr Amélie Gourdon-Kanhukamwe @afrenchparadox.bsky.social · 15/08/2026Building on reposts from @edouardmachery.bsky.social, examples of plagiarists, fraudsters and harassers/bullies still happily in a job, and whose misconduct did not make the news day in, day out, for two weeks. 232
César Alejandro Urbina-Blanco @cesapo.bsky.social · 18/08/2026Black academic: gets accused of plagiarism, gets crucified by the media and failed by their employer in any possible way Meanwhile white professors: 10440123
Reposted by César Alejandro Urbina-BlancoEvan Urquhart @evanurquhart.bsky.social · 15/08/2026Remember when the New York Times made Claudine Gay resign over a plagarism smear campaign by Chris Rufo that found no real examples of plagarism? I do. 231979458
Reposted by César Alejandro Urbina-BlancoEbony Elizabeth Thomas @ebonyteach.blacksky.app · 15/08/2026What should have been an internal matter at Cambridge became an international story led by UK media, driven by right wing agitators on both sides of the pond. And now, this tragedy is the outcome. Rest in peace and power, Jason. Thinking of his wife, his children, and all who loved him tonight. 8503124
Reposted by César Alejandro Urbina-BlancoKendra "Gloom is My Beat" Pierre-Louis @kendrawrites.com · 15/08/2026There's actually research on this and it involves scrutiny. If you're Black people are going to look at your work looking for mistakes in a way they would never for white people.theatlantic.comBlack Workers Really Do Need to Be Twice as GoodAfrican American employees tend to receive more scrutiny from their bosses than their white colleagues, meaning that small mistakes are more likely to be caught, which over time leads to worse perform... 162205679
Reposted by César Alejandro Urbina-BlancoBri Barbu @bribarbu.bsky.social · 13/08/2026Making sure that different labs can repeat experiments in catalysis and get the same result is crucial for translating research to applications and building trust in science. And it's an effort that takes the whole community. Read more @cenmag.bsky.social: cen.acs.org/research-int...cen.acs.orgChemists join forces to boost reproducibility in catalysis researchCollective effort is key to avoiding reproducibility struggles that have plagued many scientific fields 11210
Reposted by César Alejandro Urbina-BlancoNessa Carson @supersciencegrl.co.uk · 01/07/2026Ok now that's #altchemjobs, #chemsky PUI prof becomes World Cup ref www.chemistryworld.com/careers/from... via @chemistryworld.comchemistryworld.comFrom chemistry to refereeKathryn Nesbitt left her professor post to bring her problem-solving skills to the pitch, and is breaking through barriers for women 0143
César Alejandro Urbina-Blanco @cesapo.bsky.social · 29/06/2026As I walked into the gym, I heard a woman say into her phone: "Mamá, dat is geen antwoord op mijn vraag" Languages and cultures differ, but one thing is universal: moms never give a straight answer! 😅 I thought this was just one of those Latin mom things but apparently not 020
Reposted by César Alejandro Urbina-BlancoThe New York Times @nytimes.com · 28/06/2026The death toll rose to at least 1,450 people, Venezuelan officials said on Sunday, more than three days after major earthquakes struck the country. Rescue efforts continued to face chaos and delays amid aftershocks. Follow live updates. trib.al/JT68q5j 96826
César Alejandro Urbina-Blanco @cesapo.bsky.social · 27/06/2026If you wanna help Venezuela, here are a list of places you can donate! 000
Reposted by César Alejandro Urbina-Blancomacamps.online @macamps.online · 25/06/2026my oncologist straight up told me my 5-year survival odds were twice what they would have been a decade earlier and that my stage was generally considered terminal in the 90s. I fucking hate these know-it-all shit-for-brains narcissist freaks so much that it’s got to be unhealthy. 125524
Reposted by César Alejandro Urbina-BlancoThe New York Times @nytimes.com · 25/06/2026Venezuela's president announced an initial earthquake death toll, saying dozens of people had been killed and more than 700 injured.nyti.msVenezuela Earthquake Live Updates: At least 32 Dead After 2 Major Quakes Near CaracasThe 7.2- and 7.5-magnitude quakes toppled dozens of buildings, killed at least 32 people and injured at least 700 others, the authorities said. A frantic rescue effort was underway. 27721
César Alejandro Urbina-Blanco @cesapo.bsky.social · 19/06/2026Just got my hands on @manhattanscientist.bsky.social’s new book How and Why Soap Works. I opened it at random and landed on a section about an experiment involving emotions, didn’t expect that at all! Really intrigued. Can’t wait to read the whole thing. 152
Reposted by César Alejandro Urbina-BlancoPeter Coles 🏳️🌈 🏳️⚧️ 🇮🇪 @telescoper.bsky.social · 07/06/2026Whichever of the purple dots you look at turns more purple. 28767273
César Alejandro Urbina-Blanco @cesapo.bsky.social · 31/05/2026And we're done! No more Mozart for a while 030
César Alejandro Urbina-Blanco @cesapo.bsky.social · 30/05/2026After over 2 years of rehearsals, this weekend we are doing our final performance of Mozart's requiem. I'm so excited about it, just wish I didn't have to wear a black turtleneck in 30°C! 🥵 030
Reposted by César Alejandro Urbina-BlancoJulian R. Silverman @manhattanscientist.bsky.social · 29/05/2026Super excited to share my book How and Why Soap Works came out today! Written for anyone interested in science and consumer products the book has 30 experiments you can do at home to explore the science of surfactants and recreate historic soap recipes. doi.org/10.1039/9781...doi.orgHow and Why Soap Works: Thirty Home Experiments Exploring the Science of SurfactantsWe wash with soap several times every day, but how does it get us clean? Soap has been used for centuries worldwide and is key to health and hygiene. But h 44621
Reposted by César Alejandro Urbina-BlancoBirds Are Dinosaurs @birdsaredinosaurs.bsky.social · 23/05/2026My fellow cis folks, The FCC is asking Americans to submit comments about whether the TV Oversight Management Board (TVOMB) should create new TV ratings to alert viewers to trans/gender content. Time to be an ally and tell the FCC absolutely the fuck not. It takes five minutes to do.glaad.orgTell the FCC that LGBTQ Stories Don’t Need a Warning Label | GLAADThe Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is targeting LGBTQ stories. They are trying to control what you see on television. This government overreach is dangerous... 519501560
César Alejandro Urbina-Blanco @cesapo.bsky.social · 21/05/2026My choir is doing a french song and all I can think of while I butcher the lyrics is "omelette du fromage" 000
César Alejandro Urbina-Blanco @cesapo.bsky.social · 07/05/2026Glassblowers were the soul of all the chemistry departments I worked. Can't tell you how many J-Young NMR tubes they fixed for me! 173
Reposted by César Alejandro Urbina-BlancoChemistry World @chemistryworld.com · 07/05/2026‘Over the years there have been cutbacks so that scientific glassblowers are becoming an endangered species,’ writes one of our readers & Royal Society of Chemistry member Alan Gall. #ChemSky @rsc.org www.chemistryworld.com/opinion/lett...chemistryworld.comLetters: May 2026Readers delve into ancient history, celebrate glassblowers and ponder if they are alchemists 063
César Alejandro Urbina-Blanco @cesapo.bsky.social · 07/05/2026Genocidal supporters really ruin everything! 010
César Alejandro Urbina-Blanco @cesapo.bsky.social · 07/05/2026Some people put so much effort into cheating! If only they used half that to make what they actually have to do, I'm pretty sure they wouldn't have to cheat in the first place! www.theguardian.com/world/2026/m...theguardian.comFrench professor accused of ‘gigantic hoax’ after inventing Nobel-style prizeAuthorities investigate Florent Montaclair over award given to himself and others including Noam Chomsky 000
Reposted by César Alejandro Urbina-BlancoNelson Flores @nelsonlflores.bsky.social · 07/05/2026Am I wrong though? 331751205
Reposted by César Alejandro Urbina-Blancocambrian-explorer.bsky.social @cambrian-explorer.bsky.social · 04/05/2026I'm convinced a major reason why the right hate universities is that they mix students from different backgrounds. Hard to "other" a culture or region when many people have met and become at least acquaintances of members of it. 1372
Reposted by César Alejandro Urbina-BlancoJoshua Foust 🪖🎮 @joshuafoust.com · 03/05/2026I don’t know what to tell you. This is art. 4763158