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César Alejandro Urbina-Blanco

@cesapo.bsky.social
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Chemist, Photography enthusiast, and Musician. Business Developer #AI #ML Reaction optimization #FutureLeader18 #RealTimeChem (He/Him) #LatinX

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C&EN (Chemical & Engineering News) @cenmag.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Take a deep dive into the nomination data behind the #NobelPrize in Chemistry ahead of this year's announcement: cen.acs.org/people/nobel... #ChemNobel #chemsky 🧪
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How to win the Chem Nobel
An exploration of the nomination data behind the Nobel Prize in Chemistry
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César Alejandro Urbina-Blanco @cesapo.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
The Belgian obsession with marital status continues... This is the grammar explanation on a chapter about jobs!!! "Ben je nog getrouwd / are you still married"
Ben je nog getrouwd / are you still married
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César Alejandro Urbina-Blanco @cesapo.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
I once set a frit on fire because I got distracted taking it out of the glovebox and went straight to the sink to clean it... Added water to about 1g of unredacted sodium hydride. I looked like the statue of liberty 🔥🔥
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César Alejandro Urbina-Blanco @cesapo.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
EDUCATION! A USELESS DEGREE? WTF! Sorry for the all caps but how does someone even considers putting that on a list? We're doomed, DOOMED!
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Xela Hart @xelahart.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
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César Alejandro Urbina-Blanco @cesapo.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
That's technically encouraging suicide!
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Scott Bagley @bagphos.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
I’m not sure how #ChemSky missed this one but I KNOW we all have lab mishap stories … Lots of stories - let’s share them with @chemistryworld.com [Me: I’m (still) using the Not Voodoo Rookie Mistakes webpage as a checklist]
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César Alejandro Urbina-Blanco @cesapo.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Can I just say I can't get enough of @nigella.bsky.social in the #GBBO. She has such great energy, I love how much she loves food and how good she is at giving feedback, it's always fair and constructive!
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César Alejandro Urbina-Blanco @cesapo.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
I am so proud of Julie! ❤️
Magazine article featuring Julie
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César Alejandro Urbina-Blanco @cesapo.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Julie Van Wezemael, a megatalented artist, and also one of my best friend got featured today in De Standaard, have a look even if you don't speak dutch SHE'S AMAZING! www.standaard.be/inspiratie/o...
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Stu Cantrill @stuartcantrill.com · 30/09/2026
One week today, let's see if I (kinda) go 2 for 2 on #chemnobel...
A screenshot of my Bluesky post about the ChemNobel last year, that reads: 

#NobelPrize week starts tomorrow & the #chemnobel is Wednesday… used to be so much Nobel chat on Tw*tter, but that is not replicated here, alas. Anyway, for the record, I think MOFs will win at some point (maybe this year maybe not). Balasubramanian & Klenerman a good bet for next-gen sequencing too

Post was published 18:37 on Oct 5th
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César Alejandro Urbina-Blanco @cesapo.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Yey congrats on all that progress!
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César Alejandro Urbina-Blanco @cesapo.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
With 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.
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Prasad Jallepalli, MD, PhD @prasad.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
5 potatoes cubed is still 5 potatoes because potatoes are root vegetables
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 27/09/2026
Their punishment was to write essays.
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César Alejandro Urbina-Blanco @cesapo.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Great picture!!!
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César Alejandro Urbina-Blanco @cesapo.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Shut up and send me the link!!!! Hahahahaha amazing t-shirt
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Kimberley Johnson @kimberleyjohnson.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
But I need to smile more.
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Andre the Chemist @andrechemist.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
The 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
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César Alejandro Urbina-Blanco @cesapo.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Oh I'm so sorry Nessa. Big hugs
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César Alejandro Urbina-Blanco @cesapo.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
I've seen all seasons of 27 but I haven't seen Heated rivalry. If I had to add some shows I think pushing daisies and dead like me could have been there.
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César Alejandro Urbina-Blanco @cesapo.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
But they included The Great British Bake-off, what are you talking about ?
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César Alejandro Urbina-Blanco @cesapo.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Firecracker!
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César Alejandro Urbina-Blanco @cesapo.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
I've seen way too many :S
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César Alejandro Urbina-Blanco @cesapo.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
What saddens me the most is that #GBBO is one of the few shows that is really centered around the people and not their circumstances or disabilities. They could have normalized the use of adaptations but they just perpetuated ableism.
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César Alejandro Urbina-Blanco @cesapo.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
While everyone uses the bench, Molly is forced to use her own legs for support. How on earth is this fair? How can you judge someone to eh the best of their abilities when the whole setup is designed against them?
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César Alejandro Urbina-Blanco @cesapo.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
I 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!
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César Alejandro Urbina-Blanco @cesapo.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
The irony is that the same UK is telling Sweden to be "nicer" to illegal British citizens being deported.
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César Alejandro Urbina-Blanco @cesapo.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
It's mostly lazy reporting, with some bias trying to give him more credibility than he deserves
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César Alejandro Urbina-Blanco @cesapo.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
They are doing the same right now with his position as Ghent. They keep referring to his as "professor".
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César Alejandro Urbina-Blanco @cesapo.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Find another couple and reenact the plot of bride wars!
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César Alejandro Urbina-Blanco @cesapo.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
This is scary!
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César Alejandro Urbina-Blanco @cesapo.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Fun fact my only experience with western blots comes from watching "Bad project" the musical parody from bad romance, and I often wonder what the legends of that video are doing today!
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César Alejandro Urbina-Blanco @cesapo.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
"Our reagents are fake but since most of you are publishing doctored western blots anyway, it just cancels out"
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C&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 🧪
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The Revolución/Revolução will not be televised
Chemical & Engineering News (C&EN): Keeping you up to date with the chemistry news that matters most. Published by the American Chemical Society.
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César Alejandro Urbina-Blanco @cesapo.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Could be worst though, it could have been tuscan hahahaha. I love everything about Italy except for the saltless bread in tuscany
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César Alejandro Urbina-Blanco @cesapo.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
I just imagine poor PhD students dealing with failed experiments thinking they are to blame when in reality the reagents were not working! That's crazy
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César Alejandro Urbina-Blanco @cesapo.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
I know right!
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César Alejandro Urbina-Blanco @cesapo.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
*curses in frustrated B1 dutch*
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César Alejandro Urbina-Blanco @cesapo.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Went back to Dutch course and all I have to say is how muchI hate automatic marking!
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César Alejandro Urbina-Blanco @cesapo.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
NMR to the people!
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César Alejandro Urbina-Blanco @cesapo.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Why?
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César Alejandro Urbina-Blanco @cesapo.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
The US copyright office has denied in multiple instances copyright to AI. But who knows if and when they'll change it
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César Alejandro Urbina-Blanco @cesapo.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
First 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!
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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 04/09/2026
In 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...
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Records: 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.
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César Alejandro Urbina-Blanco @cesapo.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Dimethyl mercury, or something related, plus HF in the news the same week, the end of August was wild x.com/ChemistryWor...
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Chemistry 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...
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César Alejandro Urbina-Blanco @cesapo.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
Ghent university "pretending to care" once more. Why am I not surprised? www.reuters.com/world/us-aca...
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US academic who accused Jason Arday of plagiarism allowed to resume some work
Nathan 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 ...
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César Alejandro Urbina-Blanco @cesapo.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Oh 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...
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Ghent professors challenged expertise of Jason Arday’s plagiarism accuser
Allegations Nathan Cofnas was unqualified for Ghent role and would cause ‘negative impact’ made to senior leaders months ago
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César Alejandro Urbina-Blanco @cesapo.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
They absolutely do not think that, but one can dream... Seriously though the worlds needs more Dolly and a lot less Elon
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TarZangief @tarzangief.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
"Neutral in the culture war"
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