Chemjobber @chemjobber.bsky.social · 05/10/2026The "CHARIOTS OF THR GODS" paperback that creeped me out by the door to the laundry room 010
Reposted by ChemjobberGail Simone @gailsimone.bsky.social · 04/10/2026You guys want to hear a short but adorable story that happened right in front of me at the baggage claim in NYC yesterday? I wasn't part of it and there are bits I didn't catch but holy crap, I can't stop thinking about it. 5440181203
Reposted by ChemjobberScott Bagley @bagphos.bsky.social · 04/10/2026I’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] 3134
Reposted by ChemjobberC&EN (Chemical & Engineering News) @cenmag.bsky.social · 04/10/2026About two-thirds of the world's potash reserves are in Canada, Belarus, and Russia. The US has rolled back sanctions that will allow for Belarusian potash imports, but major logistical challenges remain. #chemsky 🧪cen.acs.orgUS hopes Belarus will force Canadian firms to lower pricesBelarus hadn't sold potash to the US for years because of economic sanctions 22111
Reposted by ChemjobberC&EN (Chemical & Engineering News) @cenmag.bsky.social · 04/10/2026As harrowing new investigations point to the suspected use of chemical weapons in Sudan, international monitors are once again running into a familiar, paralyzing roadblock—data secrecy. #chemsky 🧪cen.acs.orgOpinion: Rethinking data secrecy to aid chemical weapon investigationsGovernments must stop viewing the sharing of chemical data as a surrender of sovereignty and instead appreciate it as the ultimate force multiplier for global security 053
Reposted by ChemjobberSimon Hammann @simonhammann.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Classic scientific officer job description 3142
Chemjobber @chemjobber.bsky.social · 04/10/2026I have not believed Annie Jacobsen since 2004 (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northwe...) and ai simply do not understand what publishers see in her other than dollar signsen.wikipedia.orgNorthwest Airlines Flight 327 - Wikipedia 150
Reposted by ChemjobberChuck Pearson (he/him/etc.) @shorterpearson.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Thanks to @kvasquez.bsky.social for a wonderful conversation that contributed to her reporting on generative AI in the chemistry classroom for Chemical and Engineering News. cen.acs.org/education/un... 153
Reposted by ChemjobberChris Gorski @scigorski.bsky.social · 02/10/2026We're hiring an editor @cenmag.bsky.social -- based in the US, and looking for people interested in editing news and features, as well as working closely with our publishing partners both inside and outside of ACS. recruiting.ultipro.com/AME1095ACHM/...recruiting.ultipro.com 023
Reposted by ChemjobberBri Barbu @bribarbu.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Of the 20 recipients of this year's MacArthur "genius grants", two —@songlin1.bsky.social at Stanford and Liangfang Zhang at UCSD—have ties to chemistry! Both creatively merge science and tech with implications for building better medicines: Read more @cenmag.bsky.social: cen.acs.org/people/award...cen.acs.orgOrganic chemist and nanoscientist named 2026 MacArthur FellowsSong Lin and Liangfang Zhang are awarded $800,000 ‘genius grants’ 0102
Reposted by ChemjobberBethany Halford @bethanyhalford.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Carbon triangles! Tobias Ritter's group is reporting a safer way to make carbenes and uses them to prepare cyclopropanes. My latest in @cenmag.bsky.social cen.acs.org/synthesis/ch...cen.acs.orgChemists find a safer way to create carbenesAlkylthianthrenium salts can be shaken up in a ball mill on a decagram scale 0112
Chemjobber @chemjobber.bsky.social · 03/10/2026The ability of the AIP to have good statistical data about PhDs in physics in the 1960s and 1970s is remarkable #chemjobs 1103
Reposted by ChemjobberUCLA Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry @uclacb.bsky.social · 02/10/2026We are seeking outstanding candidates for Asst. Adj. Prof. / Teacher-Scholar positions! This program provides teaching & research opportunities for recent Ph.D. grads (Ph.D. earned 2022-27). Apply here by Dec 1: recruit.apo.ucla.edu/JPF11373 @chemjobber.bsky.social 022
Reposted by ChemjobberLisa McElwee-White @mcelweewhite.bsky.social · 02/10/2026One more week left to vote in the #ACSElection. The ballot closes October 9. Fish that email out of your overflowing inbox and use your personal link to vote. Thanks! #chemsky #chemchat www.lisamcacs.orglisamcacs.orgLisa McElwee-White for ACS President-Elect 064
Reposted by ChemjobberBen Casselman @bencasselman.bsky.social · 02/10/2026First, the part that is true: It's a bad time to be looking for a job. Durations of unemployment and long-term are rising, which is uncommon outside of a recession. 16916
Reposted by ChemjobberU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics @usbls.bsky.social · 02/10/2026See our interactive graphics on today’s #JobsReport www.bls.gov/charts/emplo... #BLSdata #DataViz 101
Reposted by ChemjobberU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics @usbls.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Both payroll employment (+29,000) and unemployment rate (4.2%) change little in September www.bls.gov/news.release... #JobsReport #BLSdata 225
Reposted by ChemjobberAlex Rubinsteyn @alexr.bsky.social · 02/10/2026The position isn’t live yet but we need a GMP director for personalized scale RNA therapeutics manufacturing. If you’re in NC and have relevant industry experience, let’s talk! 142
Reposted by ChemjobberWandering Scientist @wandsci.bsky.social · 02/10/2026You're both wrong, it is methionine 272
Chemjobber @chemjobber.bsky.social · 02/10/2026I used to think LinkedIn was good enough, but it's clear academics don't love LI. Squarespace is just as good (shrug) 6110
Reposted by Chemjobbersamuel mehr @mehr.nz · 02/10/2026early-career academics, if you don't have a website, make yourself one. yes it's annoying but just do it it can be plain text on a white background, or google sites, or even a free Wix one with ads. nobody cares we just need to be able to look you up, quickly, bc there's like 100 other apps here 1119059
Chemjobber @chemjobber.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Huh TIL "Epidemiologists have observed that the average person typically puts on 1 to 2 pounds a year from early adulthood through middle age. The CDC's numbers show that much of the increase is concentrated in the 20s, for men and women." wapo.st/3W1YEucwapo.stLook at how much weight you’re going to gainAre your prime weight-gaining years ahead of you or behind? 350
Reposted by ChemjobberCaroline Bartman @cbartman.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Which character of friends is which amino acid? Monica-proline-Always tied up in knots Rachel- valine- the hottest amino acid Chandler-glu or asp- acidic personality Ross-tryptophan- the nerdiest aa, I bet you didn’t know it is W Joey- glycine. Empty head no thoughts Phoebe- ornithine obviously 4265
Chemjobber @chemjobber.bsky.social · 02/10/2026"And suffering is the peer review of character." Lol 3153
Chemjobber @chemjobber.bsky.social · 02/10/2026I believe I interacted frequently with a different sock puppet of hers for many years. Dodged a bullet, very likely 180
Reposted by ChemjobberBrandon Doughan 🍶 @brandondoughan.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Happy World #Sake Day 1131
Reposted by ChemjobberBrandon Bishop @brandontbishop.bsky.social · 01/10/2026I would like to live in a society where the default assumption was not *managed decline*. That would be nice. 4273
Reposted by ChemjobberPeter Kenny @pwk2024.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Opportunities (2) for computational chemists at Johnson & Johnson (Beerse Belgium | Spring House PA USA | La Jolla CA USA) ref: R-100091 | closing: 11-Oct-2026 #CADD #CompChem #cheminformatics #ChemJobs #chemsky 🧪 jj.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/JJ/job/Beers...jj.wd5.myworkdayjobs.comSenior Scientist, In Silico DiscoveryAt Johnson & Johnson, we believe health is everything. Our strength in healthcare innovation empowers us to build a world where complex diseases are prevented, treated, and cured, where treatments... 086
Reposted by ChemjobberAnna Slater @annagslater.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Today I got the entire first year cohort to throw paper planes at me & it met all expectations! Happy week one folks 🤩 5131
Reposted by ChemjobberAlastair Baker @alastairbaker1.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Yo ChemSky, A new USCSB video just dropped, Stay frost #ChemSafety youtu.be/HmiQFYGc6C4youtu.beAlarming Mistakes, Deadly Decisions: Fatal Fire at BP-HuskyYouTube video by USCSB 182
Reposted by ChemjobberM. Eugenio Vazquez @glowsticks.bsky.social · 01/10/2026#ChemSky An update on the ACS RSS feeds. It turns out that they have new URL addresses (yayyy! 🙌): pubs.acs.org/pages/rss I don't know what happened with the TOC images in the new feeds, though ☹️ pubs.acs.org/pages/rss 161
Reposted by ChemjobberC&EN (Chemical & Engineering News) @cenmag.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Organic chemist Song Lin of Stanford University and chemical and nanoengineer Liangfang Zhang of the University of California San Diego are among the 20 people who have received 2026 MacArthur Fellowships. #chemsky 🧪cen.acs.orgOrganic chemist and nanoscientist named 2026 MacArthur FellowsSong Lin and Liangfang Zhang are awarded $800,000 ‘genius grants’ 0182
Reposted by ChemjobberRandall Munroe @xkcd.com · 01/10/2026If I went to Switzerland and won a Swiss watch precision contest, I would literally never talk about anything else 558388843
Reposted by ChemjobberAlison Bain @alisonbain.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Department of Chemistry at Oregon State University is hiring a tenure-track physical chemist at the assistant or associate professor level @chemjobber.bsky.social oregonstate.wd501.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/OSU_Ca...oregonstate.wd501.myworkdayjobs.comAssistant/Associate Professor: ChemistryDepartment: College of Science Special Instructions to Applicants: To ensure full consideration, we must receive applications by November 15, 2026. Applications will continue to be accepted after the ... 043
Reposted by ChemjobberStieber Lab @stieberlab.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Today, Scandium the Spider wanted to join in on some crystallography! Who can spot them first? The spider was safely removed from the radiation enclosure to minimize exposure. Safety first! #chemsky #chemchat 0143
Reposted by ChemjobberNikolay Tumanov @ntumanovxray.bsky.social · 29/09/2026I accidentally made a Halloween decoration - a TA asked to print a cyclodextrin with a guest molecule for school activities. But the pumpkin style was accidental, I picked colours randomly. #chemchat #crystallography 0124
Reposted by ChemjobberAndre the Chemist @andrechemist.bsky.social · 30/09/2026#chemchat check out the post that this is a response to for full appreciation of the joke 0264
Reposted by ChemjobberSimon Higgins @simonhiggins60.bsky.social · 30/09/2026From Berichte, 1889, on attempts to isolate thioacetone: '...our attempts in this direction failed due to the fact that the substance possesses a dreadful odour, which spreads in an astonishingly short time and fouls entire districts of the city.' City was Freiburg. #chemsky 092