Tim C. Smith @chemsmith.bsky.social · 4hAs someone who makes/purifies exclusively l*beled compounds, this is pretty freaky. 011
Reposted by Tim C. SmithDilek Sayedahmed @dileksayedahmed.bsky.social · 19/09/2026I truly, deeply, sincerely do think the guy flipping burgers at McDonalds should be able to afford rent, bills, and groceries with his paycheck alone. That's kind of the whole point of having a job and I can't believe this is considered a radical position.🤷🏽♀️ 159167154673
Reposted by Tim C. SmithNicolas Hénin @nicolashenin.net · 17/09/2026Nice campaign by the Norwegian Consumer Council about the declining lifespan of products. Enjoy! 179140416443
Reposted by Tim C. SmithBarack Obama @barackobama.bsky.social · 15/09/2026The right to vote is one of the most fundamental parts of our democracy. Check your voter registration at IWillVote.com and make a plan to vote early or on Election Day on November 3. 395168055932
Reposted by Tim C. SmithStand Up for Science! @standupforscience.net · 14/09/2026There's A LOT of ways the Trump admin is currently attacking & decimating American science. Here's a breakdown of what they are doing, and what you can do about it. 🧵 5369240
Tim C. Smith @chemsmith.bsky.social · 14/09/2026A bit ago I couldn’t remember the word “thermometer.” Could only say “temperature probe.” Sheesh. 🧪 #chemsky #chemchat 140
Tim C. Smith @chemsmith.bsky.social · 10/09/2026I just did one of our endless online “learnings” and I *think* it was about *how to do* the learnings. I think? 🧪 #chemsky 020
Tim C. Smith @chemsmith.bsky.social · 10/09/2026Anyone know how to wash/clean the charcoal out of this funnel? Happens in ground glass joints too. 🧪 #chemsky 731
Reposted by Tim C. SmithElle Cordova @ellecordova.bsky.social · 08/09/2026I am the very model of a modern day typographer I know the type tonalities from elegant to jocular I am a master tracker and my kerning is harmonical I know the sacred swatches and can name the hues Pantonical (Full version of Modern Day Typographer now on my YouTube channel)youtu.beModern Day Typographer - Elle CordovaYouTube video by Elle Cordova 701850415
Tim C. Smith @chemsmith.bsky.social · 04/09/2026Bike ride is better and beer is tastier when you’ve played hooky from work to do it. 010
Reposted by Tim C. SmithDr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · 26/08/2026Dolly Parton is credited in at least 37 research papers on the COVID vaccine, including the first phase I trial results published in the New England Journal of Medicine in 2020. 1847201058
Reposted by Tim C. SmithAbdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 25/08/2026Let’s talk about Medicare for All. What would it mean for the individual American? ⬇ The day you’re born you get a card that gives you health insurance with no premium, co-pay, or deductible. Doesn’t matter if you get a job, lose a job, turn 26 or 65, get married or divorced — it's there for you. 1001174934397
Reposted by Tim C. Smith🇵🇸Martin “Doomsday” Pfeiffer🖖🏳️🌈 @nuclearanthro.bsky.social · 22/08/2026Oh, outstanding. Well then. What about Ass Radium? "for rectal use, by men" "For restoring sex power" My research has some odd encounters/we did some in retrospect not great idea stuff (i mean at the time questionable) 2318
Reposted by Tim C. SmithStand Up for Science! @standupforscience.net · 21/08/2026Dr. Fauci lead our nation through a public health crisis. Now, House Republicans are harassing Fauci to undermine the credibility of Public Health Experts. We are fighting back. Sign your support for our experts here: fight2win.standupforscience.net/campaign/fau...fight2win.standupforscience.netStand up for ScienceStand up for Science 08731
Reposted by Tim C. SmithElizabeth Warren @warren.senate.gov · 14/08/2026Apple: ~$2.2 billion Nike: $986 million FedEx: ~$800 million Amazon: $640 million General Motors: $500 million Giant corporations are raking in millions in tariff refunds and getting even richer. But remember: corporations passed tariff costs on to you. Where's YOUR refund? 951223887747
Tim C. Smith @chemsmith.bsky.social · 12/08/20261. A transaminase can catalyze the reverse of a reaction catalyzed by a dehydrogenase. 2. Yet, either enzyme could be used to make Phe. Are both statements correct? If so, is it easier to use a transaminase or a dehydrogenase? (New w/enzymes here.) Thanks for any help/clarification! 🧪 #chemsky 020
Tim C. Smith @chemsmith.bsky.social · 10/08/2026I need some chemistry “safety questions” to ask my colleagues as part of our safety awareness. Anything. Can be deep/serious or simple/easy/trivial or a bit funny. I’ll give some examples I’ve recently used below. #chemsky 🧪 622
Reposted by Tim C. SmithCarolyn Bertozzi @carolynbertozzi.bskyverified.social · 09/08/2026Join me in signing this petition, thank you @sufs-paris-rp.bsky.social for leading the way 🙏 02012
Reposted by Tim C. SmithStand Up for Science! @standupforscience.net · 09/08/2026Sign our petition in support for Dr. Fauci! : zurl.co/6tdkA Article: zurl.co/1zgnt zurl.coGOP senators vote to hold Anthony Fauci in contempt of Congress for invoking the Fifth during tense hearingFauci declined to answer senators’ questions over 100 times during last week’s hearing, angering Republican lawmakers who have targeted him for years. 49646
Tim C. Smith @chemsmith.bsky.social · 27/07/2026Looking for anyone who has done this as a large scale (>10 g) preparation of L-Glutamine. I can't get it to work well. (Yes I've scoured the literature and have considered the inhibitory feedback mechanisms and have varied all the variables I can, but continue to get poor yields.) #chemsky 🧪 010
Tim C. Smith @chemsmith.bsky.social · 08/07/2026When I was a kid and toothpaste tubes were metal (yes they were youngins!), we had little devices to scroll them up to get all the toothpaste out. Need that now. 🧪 #chemsky 791
Reposted by Tim C. SmithDr. Stephanie @punkrockscience.bsky.social · 23/06/2026Dying. DYING.inpreparation.substack.comOpinion: I Was Not Allowed To Type Prompts Into ChatGPT During My Chalk Talk And This Is DiscriminationBy Dr. Rachel Simmons, Postdoctoral Fellow, Stanford University 127020
Reposted by Tim C. SmithDan Chibnall @bookowl.bsky.social · 20/06/2026"How can you not be romantic about baseball?" 19263141399
Tim C. Smith @chemsmith.bsky.social · 20/06/2026Woohoo my alma mater still holding strong. At least in the US. 🧪 #chemsky 0160
Tim C. Smith @chemsmith.bsky.social · 19/06/2026Any prep-HPLC experts? I must isolate 20-40 g of a fatty acid ester by HPLC. RP column. So, many injections. I can make solutions that are 1 g material in 4 mL mobile phase. Is this a crazy (e.g., bad) concentration to use? It does *seem* to be working. 🧪 #chemsky 583
Tim C. Smith @chemsmith.bsky.social · 09/06/2026I got one! Coworker made it and we dig it. Our new lab mascot. Believe I first saw this from bsky.app/profile/simo.... 🧪 #chemsky 0131
Tim C. Smith @chemsmith.bsky.social · 07/06/2026Using a balloon feels old school and fun. 🧪 #chemsky 1221
Tim C. Smith @chemsmith.bsky.social · 04/06/2026In 2 days, a scientist wrote a whole paper and it was accepted. That was back in 2020. By now I assume you just feed in some data and AI converts it to a paper and minutes later it’s accepted by AI editors. 🧪 041
Tim C. Smith @chemsmith.bsky.social · 03/06/2026If there exists a 6-month to 1-year PhD level position in synthetic organic chemistry in the Seattle area, please let me know! (Yeah I know the odds are low.) Why this picture? I don’t know - but I can do chemistry! 🧪 #chemsky 0114
Tim C. Smith @chemsmith.bsky.social · 01/06/2026I kind of like getting a whiff, just a whiff, of ammonia. I don’t hate the smell in small doses. It makes me feel clean, or awake, or something. 🧪 #chemsky 580
Tim C. Smith @chemsmith.bsky.social · 27/05/2026In case you were wondering what’s in here. 🧪 #chemsky 1210
Reposted by Tim C. SmithJAMA @jama.com · 19/05/2026Suicide mortality among adolescents and young adults declined after the launch of the #988Lifeline, with fewer deaths observed than expected based on pre-2022 trends. ja.ma/4djJxCT 0125
Reposted by Tim C. SmithCool Bike Art @coolbikeart1.bsky.social · 14/05/2026youtu.beALL YOU FASCISTS (Bound to Lose) Music Video Bette MidlerYouTube video by Bette Midler 2577
Tim C. Smith @chemsmith.bsky.social · 15/05/2026Twice I have tried and failed to get into the lottery for this. Question: are there any other similar types of interesting natural phenomena like this to see? I think there are the bats exiting caves in Texas. Other stuff? Anything. 🧪 330
Tim C. Smith @chemsmith.bsky.social · 14/05/2026Apparently Wheaton (or anyone?) does not make these desiccators any more - the ones with the gaskets. I like them much better than the ones you have to grease, and require force to pull the lids off. Do you know if these are sold anywhere? (Besides eBay) 🧪 #chemsky 261
Reposted by Tim C. Smithc0nc0rdance @c0nc0rdance.bsky.social · 12/05/2026What do the SPACE SHUTTLE, ICE RINKS and your SEX LIFE have in common? Let's talk about it. In the 1970's, an engineer was working on active cooling systems for NASA's Space Shuttle program. There were already freon-based closed loop systems, but they took time to cool & circulate.static.klipy.comSpace Shuttle Launch: To The Moon Take OffAlt: Space Shuttle Launch: To The Moon Take Off. It's a lot of flame shooting out the back of a launch vehicle with the space shuttle mounted to it. 28232
Reposted by Tim C. SmithRep. Melanie Stansbury (NM-01) @repstansbury.bsky.social · 01/05/2026This is what happens under fair maps—and why they gutted the Voting Rights Act. Get it? This is why generations marched, organized, and mobilized. And so must we. 📈 361296518
Reposted by Tim C. SmithDr. Todd Arrington @btarrington.bsky.social · 01/05/2026On this day 70 years ago-May 1, 1956-the polio vaccine was first made widely available to the public. The vaccine’s developer, Dr. Jonas Salk, did not patent the vaccine so that it would remain available to as many people as possible in the US and internationally. Image: Harvey Georges/AP. 24178482183
Tim C. Smith @chemsmith.bsky.social · 29/04/2026Harold Urey was born on this day in 1893. He discovered deuterium in 1932. Willie Nelson was born on this day in 1933 (same year as my mom). Urey got the Nobel Prize in 1934. Are these events connected? Here’s a New Ales Post Mow Lawn German Kolsch 4.2% to them. Willie is still with us! 🧪 #chemsky 0162
Tim C. Smith @chemsmith.bsky.social · 29/04/2026Every time I see someone shame-post about how people should give up driving and bike to work, it’s a picture of someone on a completely flat road in the middle of the city. Not on hilly country roads for 30 km on icy roads in the dark with cars 2 cm from them. 🚲 020
Tim C. Smith @chemsmith.bsky.social · 15/04/2026They should make these in funky colors and designs. 🧪 #chemsky 041
Reposted by Tim C. SmithBill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 10/04/2026"All of these things frighten me, and they should frighten you as well. I made the decision to create a life for myself here, because I viewed this as a place that rewarded determination, hard work, and integrity. It still has a chance to be that place again." open.substack.com/pub/ofthebra...open.substack.comI’m a Nobel Prize-winning immigrant. I can no longer recognize this country.Attacks on science and immigrants are destroying America. 14847252
Reposted by Tim C. SmithNature @nature.com · 09/04/2026A woman with an ultra-rare combination of three autoimmune diseases has had no symptoms since receiving a single dose of engineered immune cells go.nature.com/3PYWqsGgo.nature.comOne woman, three autoimmune diseases: CAR-T therapy vanquishes ultra-rare disease trioFourteen months after treatment with engineered immune cells, the recipient has no symptoms and doesn’t need to take medication. 07221
Reposted by Tim C. SmithArtologica aka Michele Banks @artologica.net · 05/04/2026Happy Easter, #chemsky 🧪 324460
Tim C. Smith @chemsmith.bsky.social · 28/03/2026Been firmly opposed to the anti-decency (and anti-science) party for a long time. 🧪 #chemsky 0708