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UMN ChemProf Emeritus. Army vet. MOOC vet. Cancer vet. Dad of 3(🙎)/2(🐈‍⬛). Chicagoan. Armed with a keyboard; eerily immune to shame. NOT speaking for UL Research Institutes here.

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Well-tarred Flask 🇮🇹🇺🇦🇨🇦 @chemprofcramer.bsky.social · 3h
damn. a $3B gift is .... remarkable. #HigherEd www.cmu.edu/news/stories...
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Carnegie Mellon University Announces Historic $3 Billion Gift from Ken Griffin, Pioneering a New Model for Higher Education
Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) and Citadel founder and CEO Ken Griffin today announced a historic $3 billion gift to further elevate CMU in Pittsburgh and launch Carnegie Mellon University Miami.
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Urvi @theurv.com · 28/09/2026
There were more men in a single documented gang rape at one school than the number of competitive trans athletes nationally. But I’ve heard a lot more politicians being asked about protecting girls from one of these scenarios and not another… I’ll let you guess which is which.
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Well-tarred Flask 🇮🇹🇺🇦🇨🇦 @chemprofcramer.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
No doubt it will be just as wondrous as the much trumpeted 2017 FoxConn investment in Wisconsin proved to be...
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Well-tarred Flask 🇮🇹🇺🇦🇨🇦 @chemprofcramer.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
a continuing (and harrowing) journey in elder care... all the things I'm learning about. comminuted fractures. subdural hematomas. Medicare policies and psychotropic consent forms. shuffling off this mortal coil can be very, very ugly.
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Well-tarred Flask 🇮🇹🇺🇦🇨🇦 @chemprofcramer.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
today was a pretty stunning day to put 4 lakefront miles on my Chicago running shoes! 🏃‍♂️‍➡️ 🌞 🌊
high view of Lake Michigan across Millennium Park
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Well-tarred Flask 🇮🇹🇺🇦🇨🇦 @chemprofcramer.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
not that I’m a snob, but who knew Oklahoma had imperial stout game?
on-tap list at Monk’s pub with a Caramel Puf’t on the list
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Well-tarred Flask 🇮🇹🇺🇦🇨🇦 @chemprofcramer.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
fucking birthdays. guess now I can now spend all those senior discounts on cocktails, at least.
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Well-tarred Flask 🇮🇹🇺🇦🇨🇦 @chemprofcramer.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Quite a sunrise in Chicago this morning. Very low cloud deck, so the pre-risen sun is reflecting ruby (almost blood) red over a wide arc along the Lake Michigan horizon. Red sky at morning, sailors take... <decides to work from home today>
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Anna Kornbluh @annakornbluh.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
swift student organizing beats back the baddies; everybody now blockclubchicago.org/2026/09/22/u...
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Border Patrol Won't Appear At UIC Career Fair Following Backlash From Students
"Begin a rewarding career as U.S. Border Patrol Agent, securing America's land borders and coastal waters," a promotion for the career fair reads. The agency will no longer appear, but students still ...
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Arabella @arabellaspireship.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
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Well-tarred Flask 🇮🇹🇺🇦🇨🇦 @chemprofcramer.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
When the AI is genuinely helpful, I'm intellectually smart enough not to waste the energy/water by telling it "thank you", but I'm not emotionally smart enough not to feel bad about that...
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Umm Ok
Alt: Umm Ok
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Well-tarred Flask 🇮🇹🇺🇦🇨🇦 @chemprofcramer.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
yup
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Well-tarred Flask 🇮🇹🇺🇦🇨🇦 @chemprofcramer.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
how was I never told how beautiful Central Park is??
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Bethesda Fountain in Autumn
Alt: Bethesda Fountain in Autumn
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Well-tarred Flask 🇮🇹🇺🇦🇨🇦 @chemprofcramer.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
(sigh) it’s like my travel calendar is plugged directly into the troposphere to ensure thunderstorms over O’Hare for each departure and return 🙄
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Lightning Strike in Night Sky
Alt: Lightning Strike in Night Sky
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Jess Piper @piperformissouri.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Poll watching right now is like, "Normal candidate with normal opinions ekes out small lead against sweaty bag of farts who sends dick picks to orphans and once dropkicked a puppy with leukemia."
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CBS News @cbsnews.com · 15/09/2026
CBS News Exclusive: New photos reveal widespread damage at multiple U.S. positions across the Middle East caused by Iranian attacks.
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New photos show widespread damage at U.S. positions caused by Iranian missile, drone attacks
The images were sent to CBS News by active service members under condition of anonymity.
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Well-tarred Flask 🇮🇹🇺🇦🇨🇦 @chemprofcramer.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
good news -- 4-year limit on foreign student visas stayed www.nytimes.com/2026/09/14/u...
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Judge Blocks Trump Rule Aimed at International Students and Journalists
Judge F. Dennis Saylor IV wrote that the administration’s reasons for a rule limiting the length of stay for academics and journalists were “exceptionally weak.”
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Well-tarred Flask 🇮🇹🇺🇦🇨🇦 @chemprofcramer.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
what a sad and sobering set of findings 33% of Chicago households food insecure. 50% of households including children. www.chicagosfoodbank.org/2026-hunger-...
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The 2026 Hunger in Chicago Report
New research shows that Chicago’s hunger crisis is deepening—and needs immediate action.
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Well-tarred Flask 🇮🇹🇺🇦🇨🇦 @chemprofcramer.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Shredded wheat (plain) was ... challenging
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Well-tarred Flask 🇮🇹🇺🇦🇨🇦 @chemprofcramer.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Grateful to both candidates for stepping forward. For my part, I'm also team LM-W 🫡
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Well-tarred Flask 🇮🇹🇺🇦🇨🇦 @chemprofcramer.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Beloved spouse came home with an orange Slovenian wine as a gift from a student on whose thesis committee she served. It. Was. STUNNING! The hidden treasures of the global wine tradition never fail to fascinate me...
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Well-tarred Flask 🇮🇹🇺🇦🇨🇦 @chemprofcramer.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Learned the word "scorigami" from the NYT Crossword this morning and then saw it 8 hours later in reporting on the score of the Bears/Panthers season opener -- apparently a scorigami!
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Well-tarred Flask 🇮🇹🇺🇦🇨🇦 @chemprofcramer.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
In the really, really, really bad category ... this still has to move to an even worse category.
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 13/09/2026
Here is AOC and Mamdani laughing at the solemn 9/11 commemoration. Oh wait…
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Well-tarred Flask 🇮🇹🇺🇦🇨🇦 @chemprofcramer.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
...in my car, in my driveway, about to leave for UMN. garage door closing. tuned to NPR.
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Aaron Sojourner @aaronsojourner.org · 07/09/2026
"That's my neighbor. I don't know you."
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Well-tarred Flask 🇮🇹🇺🇦🇨🇦 @chemprofcramer.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
There will always be an England…
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Well-tarred Flask 🇮🇹🇺🇦🇨🇦 @chemprofcramer.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Helpful tip, United, thanks. Mind you, sending this more than 4 hours before scheduled departure would have been MORE helpful... 🙄 #TravelLife
SMS from United Airlines reading: Important Travel Update: Since January 2026, most visitors to the UK need either an Electronic Travel Authorization (ETA) or an eVisa. Learn more here.  

Apply for an ETA here: Get an electronic travel authorization (ETA) to visit the UK: https://gofly.united.com/zYf99tOwnp

Please note that ETA applications can take up to 72 hours to be approved, so travelers are encouraged to apply well in advance of their departure date. British and Irish citizens are exempt. We look forward to welcoming you on board!
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Well-tarred Flask 🇮🇹🇺🇦🇨🇦 @chemprofcramer.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
So great to see @adrianroitberg.bsky.social recognized for his many contributions to #CompChem with the highest ACS award in the field! 🎉 🧪 cen.acs.org/acs-news/acs...
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ACS names 2027 National Award winners
The winners are being acknowledged for their outstanding achievements in chemistry across various fields in the discipline
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Well-tarred Flask 🇮🇹🇺🇦🇨🇦 @chemprofcramer.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
I was late double digits before I realized "misled" was not, in fact, pronounced "my-zild"...
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Hansi Lo Wang (he/him) @hansilowang.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Dear registered voters, When was the last time you checked your registration status and verified your current name and address? You can find the links you need to do that at npr.org/vote
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How to register to vote and check your registration status
For the 2026 elections, NPR has collected deadlines and information on how to register to vote — online, in person or by mail — in every U.S. state and territory.
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Well-tarred Flask 🇮🇹🇺🇦🇨🇦 @chemprofcramer.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Lord, what a travel day yesterday. Storms delay plane arrival 3 hours, board to sit on tarmac 2 hours before wheels up, take a long southerly route east to avoid storms, end up diverting from shut-down DCA to Dulles as fuel running out. Rejigger ground travel to get to Columbia, MD. 🙄
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Artologica aka Michele Banks @artologica.net · 30/08/2026
Doonesbury on the DC occupation
Doomsbury comic featuring a reporter interviewing a member of the National Guard at the reflecting pool in DC
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Denny Carter @dennycarter.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
Sir, we’ve lost Al Michaels
Al Michaels mocked President Trump and America during tonight's NFL preseason
Thursday Night Football game on Amazon, featuring the Cleveland Browns vs. the New England Patriots.
Michaels shamelessly said:
"That is Lake Erie. We think it is still called Lake Erie. We're not quite sure at this point. But we'll be by Lake something like Ontario or whatever it's going to be called by the time we get to Buffalo. Anyway, you know what I'm talking about... Read the news."
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Well-tarred Flask 🇮🇹🇺🇦🇨🇦 @chemprofcramer.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
I approached it with skepticism but I have to say, Surly Hop Water is actually pretty darn good!
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It'S Actually Quite Good Marques Brownlee
Alt: It'S Actually Quite Good Marques Brownlee
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ashley fairbanks @ziibiing.com · 29/08/2026
if this didn’t make me emotional enough, looking and seeing that it was rep. hollins (legislator from st paul) makes it even more powerful.
minneapolis martyrs crop art piece with george floyd, renee good, alex pretti
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Well-tarred Flask 🇮🇹🇺🇦🇨🇦 @chemprofcramer.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Now that #ACSFall2026 is over, I thought I'd share my talk on the history of the Computers in Chemistry Division (presented in a HIST/PRES symposium earlier this week). Maybe some nuggets of interest for #CompChem, #ChemSky, and #SciSky... 🧪 1/14
Cover title slide reading: Past, Present, and Phenomenal Future of the Computers in Chemistry Division with my name and meeting/session details
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Zeroisanumber @zeroisanumber.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
That MIA ribbon means it's already been selected to be shown at a Folk Art exhibit at the Minneapolis Institute of Arts later this year.
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Canadian History Ehx @cdnhistoryehx.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Before Europeans arrived, these were some of the names for The Great Lakes: Superior: gichi-gami (great sea) Erie: erielhonan (long tail) Michigan: michigami (long body of water) Ontario: Ontarí'io\kanadario (great lake\beautiful water) Huron: karegnondi (fresh water sea)
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Tim Hirschel-Burns @timhirschelburns.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Live report from the Minnesota State Fair, located in the heart of American democracy, where there’s an ICE Out adaptation of Picasso’s Guernica made entirely from crops
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Well-tarred Flask 🇮🇹🇺🇦🇨🇦 @chemprofcramer.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
So, HAMES?? No.
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Well-tarred Flask 🇮🇹🇺🇦🇨🇦 @chemprofcramer.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
7 hours old
ewe with lamb
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Well-tarred Flask 🇮🇹🇺🇦🇨🇦 @chemprofcramer.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
best deal at the Fair!
all the milk you can drink $3
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Well-tarred Flask 🇮🇹🇺🇦🇨🇦 @chemprofcramer.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Barred owl!!
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Well-tarred Flask 🇮🇹🇺🇦🇨🇦 @chemprofcramer.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Giant squash. No notes.
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Well-tarred Flask 🇮🇹🇺🇦🇨🇦 @chemprofcramer.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Hey, it’s almost 10am, ok?
MN microbrewer beer flights!
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Well-tarred Flask 🇮🇹🇺🇦🇨🇦 @chemprofcramer.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
A pepper pot!
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Well-tarred Flask 🇮🇹🇺🇦🇨🇦 @chemprofcramer.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Mycologists, represent!
lotta mushrooms
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