Marie van Staveren @chemdrv.bsky.social · 16hSometimes I think about how I used to get panic attacks about gas regulators and now I walk around the lab singing a little song to my bestie the giant wrench I use to hook and unhook all things compressed gas 130
Marie van Staveren @chemdrv.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Every time I order something from Hopkins University Press I'm surprised a neighbor doest hand deliver it on their way home from work 010
Marie van Staveren @chemdrv.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Vote halite! It makes everything delicious! It keeps those of us with #POTS on our feet! 030
Reposted by Marie van StaverenDr. Liz Norell @liznorell.bsky.social · 29/09/2026A friendly reminder that Bluesky has this fantastic toggle in Settings >> Accessibility that will require alt text before you can post images. Toggle it on and be more #Accessible! 077
Marie van Staveren @chemdrv.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Do chem majors need to know how to light a bunsen burner? If so, when should they learn it? 1691
Marie van Staveren @chemdrv.bsky.social · 29/09/20268yo approved roasted cabbage: Rough chop a quarter or half a cabbage. Toss with olive oil, salt, pepper. Spread on a tray and back at 350degF for 30 to 45 minutes. 131
Marie van Staveren @chemdrv.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Loved hearing the discussion in this episode of @tihe.bsky.social about journal articles being the wrong source for students sometimes teachinginhighered.com/podcast/outd...teachinginhighered.comRethinking the Outdated Research Rules We Teach StudentsJane Hammons and Adrienne Warner examine outdated research notions, from Wikipedia to plagiarism, on episode 634 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast. 100
Reposted by Marie van StaverenVicky Veritas @vickyveritas.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Vote for the mineral that literally moves mountains. Vote #Halite. #MinCup26 ⚒️ sci-fi 🧪 🖖🏼 scifi Geosciences #WomenInSTEM geology #geosky #GIS 🍎 🪐 🔭 🌋 📚 🌿 1279
Marie van Staveren @chemdrv.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Me yesterday: quartz is so boring, I'm voting for the other one. Me today: omg salt is everywhere so it needs to win! #mincup 2193
Marie van Staveren @chemdrv.bsky.social · 27/09/2026It's neck and neck! Team #POTS come vote for halite, since salt is what keeps us going! #longCOVID 041
Marie van Staveren @chemdrv.bsky.social · 26/09/20263rd graders keep coming yo my house and doing science experiments all over the floor and using up my baking supplies 120
Marie van Staveren @chemdrv.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Taking it easy over morning coffee, hanging with unexpected foster kittens! They are tiny and cute and emanate joy 130
Marie van Staveren @chemdrv.bsky.social · 24/09/2026My kitten is joining Club-SSRI and honestly I love it 000
Marie van Staveren @chemdrv.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Kiddo and I are both double vaxxed while wearing city library shirts, seems appropriate. Now to tuck in with ibuprofen, easy food, and comfort shows for thr evening. 010
Reposted by Marie van StaverenSoraya Nadia McDonald @soraya.press · 24/09/2026I would like tech companies to understand that just because I have signed up to use your software, that no, I do not want to automatically be subscribed to your product newsletter. Say less. Please stop spamming me. Just push code that works. Sweet jiminy christ on a flying biscuit just STFU 1034149
Marie van Staveren @chemdrv.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Reading for an FLC on experiential learning, thinking about how the existence of large courses is like the existence of grades: it invades my brain and short circuits creativity and good learning design. 010
Marie van Staveren @chemdrv.bsky.social · 23/09/2026I will never stop being thankful for good TAs 071
Reposted by Marie van StaverenJay Forsythe @jaygforsythe.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Emails from former students who went off to do amazing things are THE BEST 031
Reposted by Marie van StaverenCompound Interest | Chemistry infographics @compoundchem.com · 21/09/2026Did you know the wasabi in most sushi restaurants isn't wasabi? Or that a chemical synergy between dried seaweed and raw fish enhances sushi's savoury flavours? Learn more about sushi science with this infographic, as requested by my sushi-mad seven-year-old 🍣 wp.me/s4aPLT-sushi #ChemSky 🧪 39741
Reposted by Marie van StaverenCate Denial @cjdenial.bsky.social · 21/09/2026On October 13 at 1pm ET, @liznorell.bsky.social, @thetattooedprof.bsky.social, @josheyler.bsky.social, and I are convening a webinar about why we believe in AI resistance in higher ed. Registration link in the first comment! 23917
Reposted by Marie van StaverenRavi Menon @northernthrux.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Same is true if you want to be a scientist. 0306
Marie van Staveren @chemdrv.bsky.social · 18/09/2026Trying to find a kids book, thought the series might be "Little Fires", brain had the right idea - it's "Small Flames" 100
Marie van Staveren @chemdrv.bsky.social · 17/09/2026I recorded an hour of lecture videos today and now I need a nap 020
Reposted by Marie van StaverenTressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 17/09/2026These centers are the guy who thinks hot young women aren’t showing up to the bar he stocked with weird dude things because pink-haired woke commie broads won’t let them. 4751158
Reposted by Marie van StaverenTressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 17/09/2026There is no market for your weird dude things. Hot people don’t need pink-haired commies to stop them from coming to your weird dude thing. Hot people have so many options - film studies! food studies! theory! Hell, even spreadsheets and organic chem have their charms. 636628
Reposted by Marie van StaverenProf Dynarski @dynarski.bsky.social · 17/09/2026I just booked my fall COVID and flu vaccines You should too, if only to annoy RFK Jr (or to protect the vulnerable around you) 1630251
Marie van Staveren @chemdrv.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Another semester of having my pchem course policy be no asking an LLM an question if I'm within 20 feet 060
Marie van Staveren @chemdrv.bsky.social · 15/09/2026I am doing battle with infrastructure this week and it might just defeat me. 220
Reposted by Marie van StaverenJenn Mercer, CT @jennmercer.bsky.social · 13/09/2026Cake or death ? 2212
Reposted by Marie van StaverenDave Rodland @daverodland.bsky.social · 12/09/2026So, having watched several votes now where classic minerals with strong bases of support went against newcomers and lost (or nearly did) in #MinCup26, may I interest anyone in #TeamVengeance where the goal is simply blood and honor for the fallen against the upstart spoilers with no base but spite? 43812
Marie van Staveren @chemdrv.bsky.social · 10/09/2026Current status: knitting while I watch the kittens explore the nearly assembled catio we just got in the mail. Life is good. 010
Marie van Staveren @chemdrv.bsky.social · 10/09/2026Y'all it is astonishing how being properly medicated makes it easier to do my job 010
Marie van Staveren @chemdrv.bsky.social · 10/09/2026One Blackboard accidental win: the new accessibility checker can be used as an easy way to upload a new copy of a file 030
Marie van Staveren @chemdrv.bsky.social · 10/09/2026Thinking about capacity. How can I make plans today for days when I can't do as much. How can I manage TAs for days when they need to be absent. How can we schedule faculty for when one of us has an emergency. 000
Marie van Staveren @chemdrv.bsky.social · 10/09/2026My brave ex-alley kitten is now leaning in for pets all the time and my scared one hangs out chilling like a clown a few feet from me all morning and it just makes my heart full to see them safenand happy 030
Reposted by Marie van StaverenJosh Eyler @josheyler.bsky.social · 09/09/2026Have you ever wanted to hear @cjdenial.bsky.social, @thetattooedprof.bsky.social, @liznorell.bsky.social, and me talk about the need for resisting AI in education? If so, you're in luck! On October 13th, we're doing a reprise of a session on this topic, and we're hosting it on Zoom FREE OF CHARGE. 47028
Marie van Staveren @chemdrv.bsky.social · 08/09/2026I showed up at work at 9am and ran from task to task completing each just in time. It's now mid-afternoon and maybe I'm free to actually just work for the rest of the day? 120
Marie van Staveren @chemdrv.bsky.social · 07/09/2026Major Mom energy on my Labor Day morning: woke up at my usual time but I'm letting kiddo sleep in so that I can have the house to myself. 260
Marie van Staveren @chemdrv.bsky.social · 04/09/2026My inbox is down to 9 emails. The oldest is less than a month. I think I'm winning. 120
Reposted by Marie van StaverenDrug Monkey @drugmonkey.bsky.social · 04/09/2026Trying to convince myself that finally getting around to reading N.K. Jemisin is a better late than never scenario. Rather than the massive screwup that it is. Don’t make my mistake. Read. Now. 13593
Marie van Staveren @chemdrv.bsky.social · 03/09/2026Song of the morning: Modest Mouse "Float On", trying to enjoy my first WFH day this term 000
Marie van Staveren @chemdrv.bsky.social · 03/09/2026Fantastic example of age-appropriate scaffolding: Last year (2nd grade) we got the optional math practice book, along with a note that kids should do what practice they need, though we never heard which units were being learned when. 100
Marie van Staveren @chemdrv.bsky.social · 02/09/2026Blackboard staying true to itself: brand new gradebook, so many improvements, still an extra click to manually enter grades 010
Marie van Staveren @chemdrv.bsky.social · 01/09/2026Can't wait until Labor Day is over just so I can stop forgetting that we're off next week. Having it a week late in the semester is totally messing me up. 230