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Darren Lipomi

@dlipomi.bsky.social
535 followers 370 following 248 posts

chair of chemical and sustainability engineering at U Rochester, dad, professor, youtuber, materials scientist, wannabe neuroscientist, trombone enthusiast, fair weather vegetarian, fan of 90s music, video games, and Stars of both the Wars and Trek variety

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Darren Lipomi @dlipomi.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Imagine the original Enterprise computer responding to Spock in its robotic Majel Barrett voice: "Yes, but I would gently push back on part of your conclusion. Khan Noonien Singh was genuinely a tyrant, but he was also bold, exactly the kind of trait exile to Ceti Alpha V is designed to recognize."
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Darren Lipomi @dlipomi.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
I love how * Thanks' * is an autocomplete suggestion. I got a millennium prize for AI to figure out.
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Darren Lipomi @dlipomi.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
My new favorite science word: peduncle.
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Darren Lipomi @dlipomi.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
I love how when you ask Claude about cocktail recipes--which kind of bourbon to put in a highball, how to replace chartreuse, etc.--it is so enthusiastic in its answers, yet you ask anything about physiology of ethanol it gets all preachy and tells you for sure you're gonna get oropharyngeal cancer.
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Redirecting...
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Darren Lipomi @dlipomi.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Running or short biking distance to the beautiful University of Rochester!
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Darren Lipomi @dlipomi.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
As someone who lives in the frame of that screenshot and who literally swam in it yesterday I can report a super soldier level of strength today.
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Darren Lipomi @dlipomi.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
Last night was my 25th high school reunion. I feel that it was strategically dangerous to put all of the towns 43-year-olds in a single location, but what do I know.
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Darren Lipomi @dlipomi.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
From the largest American metropolis on Lake America, come join our annual U Rochester graduate beach barbecue at Lake America Beach Park this Saturday!
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Darren Lipomi @dlipomi.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Picard: "Hail them Mr. Worf." [10 ns later.] Worf: "No response."
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Darren Lipomi @dlipomi.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
If you are going to ACS in Chicago next week, I will be giving a talk at 2:30 in the expo hall (the Expo Theater area) on my attempts to promote scientific research to the public on the podcast and talk radio circuit this summer.
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Darren Lipomi @dlipomi.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
If it's tunafish why isn't it beefmammal?
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Darren Lipomi @dlipomi.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
Finally got the camp fire hot enough by stoking it with crumpled up handwritten draft pages of my book from my moleskin notebook.
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Darren Lipomi @dlipomi.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
There is no product which is so completely destined to become micro plastics than a spool of weed whacker cord
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Darren Lipomi @dlipomi.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
I'm reviewing a paper and can't seem to find the ratings of mid, real, and sus.
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Darren Lipomi @dlipomi.bsky.social · 31/05/2026
Available now at all online sellers! Hardcover, paperback, eBook, and audiobook (read by me). Spread the word! A short book and lots of good arguments to advocate for science! Guaranteed ROI.
Me holding my newly published book
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Darren Lipomi @dlipomi.bsky.social · 09/05/2026
Don't trash kids' artwork when stored in the garage it's a serviceable carbon sink.
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Darren Lipomi @dlipomi.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
The feature on my AirPods that turns off the volume when I talk needs to use AI to know when I'm talking to my cat.
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Darren Lipomi @dlipomi.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
"I've had many heart-to-heart conversations with dozens of science and engineering professors, but until I read 'Science Nonfiction', I've never read their thoughts with such clarity and frankness on paper." Thanks @chemjobber.bsky.social! Amazon presale; audiobook available now: Audible & Spotify
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Darren Lipomi @dlipomi.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
If you like Anthony Bourdain & wish he wrote about research, like any of my YouTube content, non-A.I. prose, want to win arguments for sci, if you are/know a PhD student, or want to fall asleep to my words/velvet baritone (jk!), you may like my book, avail 6/1 (audiobook immediately) a.co/d/01XqItAd
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Darren Lipomi @dlipomi.bsky.social · 16/04/2026
Out of all the modern tech stuff--streaming, smart watch/fitness tracking, phone, social media, podcast addiction etc.--my AI usage is the one that makes me feel the least shitty.
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Darren Lipomi @dlipomi.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
I'm interviewing synthetic organic chemists for a postdoc position in my lab at the beautiful University of Rochester in electronic polymers for applications in haptics and materials for space....
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Darren Lipomi @dlipomi.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
The best free attraction in America is the National Museum of the US Air Force in Dayton Ohio. You're welcome :-)
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Darren Lipomi @dlipomi.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
Congrats to Debika Datta and colleagues at the UC San Diego MRSEC for this work: use of cyanobacteria for the green catalytic polymerization of a printable form of conductive PEDOT (in complex with PSS), a ubiquitous electrode for bioelectronics. pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...
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Polymerization of 3D Printable PEDOT:PSS Catalyzed by Cyanobacteria
Sustainable chemical synthesis is important to reduce hazardous reagents and minimize their environmental impact. Most biocatalytic approaches rely on purified enzymes or engineered microbes. In contr...
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Darren Lipomi @dlipomi.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
How to turn commercial silicone PDMS elastomers like Sylgard-184 into photoresists using additives most labs already have on hand: direct patterning of microfluidic devices and cantilevers for measuring contractions of mechanically active cells. pubs.acs.org/doi/full/10....
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Simple Method for Photopatterning Commercial PDMS Using an Off-the-Shelf Photodeactivated Hydrosilylation Inhibitor
This paper describes a method of micropatterning commercial silicone elastomers using a photodeactivated hydrosilylation inhibitor. The method uses small doses of 365 nm light and is compatible with c...
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Darren Lipomi @dlipomi.bsky.social · 21/03/2026
Bowie arrest day is practically a holiday in my hometown. 50th anniversary today.
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Darren Lipomi @dlipomi.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
FW: RE: [EXT] FW: [EXT] RE: FW: [EXT]... That's it. That's the subject.
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Darren Lipomi @dlipomi.bsky.social · 12/03/2026
"Just a note that we recorded this podcast before the news that _____." NEXT!
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Darren Lipomi @dlipomi.bsky.social · 08/03/2026
Work life integration. Fluid flow in metallic tubes, friction, and organic lubricants playing John Williams on a Saturday at University of Rochester.
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Darren Lipomi @dlipomi.bsky.social · 07/03/2026
An advantage of moving from a quarter system to semester system is that I can finally get to the last three chapters of Israelachvili.
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Darren Lipomi @dlipomi.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
The biggest change on a recent visit to my high school is the ubiquity of water bottles on every student's desk. It's as if they wanted us anhydrous.
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Darren Lipomi @dlipomi.bsky.social · 28/02/2026
I made a build with compute because taste
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Darren Lipomi @dlipomi.bsky.social · 28/02/2026
If I call sewing a homemade stuffy with my kid a "build," can i keep my engineering credentials?
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Darren Lipomi @dlipomi.bsky.social · 28/02/2026
Encalmed by the knowledge that when I lost an anxiety pill between the seat and the gear shift, I could total synthesize a new one.
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Darren Lipomi @dlipomi.bsky.social · 28/02/2026
If my prepared meat ever made it into a sandwich, I think I would like it to be pulled.
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Darren Lipomi @dlipomi.bsky.social · 26/02/2026
My first live performance of the derivation of the Derjaguin approximation in 9 years. A solid B+
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Darren Lipomi @dlipomi.bsky.social · 23/02/2026
Olympic biathlon considers beta blockers to be performance enhancing drugs, yet classical musicians take these all the time for auditions and big concerts. Yay or nay for scientific talks?
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Darren Lipomi @dlipomi.bsky.social · 22/02/2026
Apparently many seasonal Reese's peanut butter candies like pumpkins, hearts, etc., are not made with cacao but with "chocolatey" coating. I wonder if we can also save money by affecting reactions with "palladiumy" catalysts.
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Darren Lipomi @dlipomi.bsky.social · 21/02/2026
The safest place in the house.
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Darren Lipomi @dlipomi.bsky.social · 20/02/2026
Is there another way to be committed other than deeply?
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Darren Lipomi @dlipomi.bsky.social · 16/02/2026
What level of percolation or entanglement theory do I need to predict how long hair has to be before it clogs the shower drain?
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Darren Lipomi @dlipomi.bsky.social · 14/02/2026
The CITI research security training had one question: I have completed the research security training (yes/no). Yes. Correct!
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Darren Lipomi @dlipomi.bsky.social · 13/02/2026
When I authorized an electrical shutdown in the building, I asked the entire department if the date was OK, except, apparently, my own lab. Now I'm down a $3000 GPC column and no dept chair I can blame.
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Darren Lipomi @dlipomi.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
When Mace Windu and his posse of Jedi walked in on Palpatine in his office, what was he doing on his computer? Like most chairs/GALACTIC EMPERORS, he was probably on workday reconciling expense reports.
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Darren Lipomi @dlipomi.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
How many of your old followers on X are still on X? I feel like my number is less than 5%.
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Darren Lipomi @dlipomi.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
On cold days in the office I'm tempted to wear this as a snuggie
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Darren Lipomi @dlipomi.bsky.social · 09/02/2026
Why does Wiley no longer ask for suggestions when you decline an invitation to review?
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Darren Lipomi @dlipomi.bsky.social · 09/02/2026
Was all set with my beer and then the rabbit ears don't get NBC.
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Darren Lipomi @dlipomi.bsky.social · 07/02/2026
In addition to coming up with a new composition of matter, my group is trying to popularize-by-autocorrect a new designation for polymer blends
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Darren Lipomi @dlipomi.bsky.social · 04/02/2026
I feel like in the early 90s I could tell who was a Sega family vs a Nintendo family, the same way I can tell an organic from a physical chemist, without broaching either subject directly
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Darren Lipomi @dlipomi.bsky.social · 01/02/2026
Thomas Massie started his career as a haptics researcher!
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