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Matthew @drmceep.bsky.social · 22/04/2025

Been a beat since I last used @overleaf.com but coming back it’s like a warm fuzzy blanket of well coded LaTeX editing

Matthew @drmceep.bsky.social · 22/04/2025

I would like to take a moment to thank past me for leaving myself a nice well organised todo list to help my brain restart after the long weekend

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iamblackrabbit @iamblackrabbit.bsky.social · 09/04/2025

They look crispy in the dark. 😈

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Matthew @drmceep.bsky.social · 08/04/2025

I have one day in the office with my computer in the next two weeks period… time to get ALL the code done :)

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Matthew @drmceep.bsky.social · 03/04/2025

This morning I found a kimchi jar in the back of my cupboard had exploded… I’ve decided to focus on that problem rather than the global economic disaster, it seems more at the level I can worry about.

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Matthew @drmceep.bsky.social · 02/04/2025

After letting it lapse in the COVID era I’m finally a member of @rsc.org again, Chemistry based woo!

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Matthew @drmceep.bsky.social · 01/04/2025

Oooo a smeary laser. Looks terrible, but trust me it’s pretty exciting ;)

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Matthew @drmceep.bsky.social · 01/04/2025

I have a new computer which will massively help what I can get done… once I’ve written off 2-3 days to get it setup properly

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Dr Jamie Gallagher @jamiebgall.co.uk · 01/04/2025

🚨Two Announcements🚨 Do please share 1. Introducing Gay-9 & the Doctors. My first new pins in over a year. All profit goes to AKT who support homeless lgbtq+ people 2. I’m so incredibly proud that the pins have now raised £40,000. Thank you so so so much for the support. www.jamiebgall.co.uk/shop

Pin badges of robot dogs waving a rainbow flag form their tails.

Three pins of outfits worn by the tenth, first and 6th doctors.

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Just Jim will do. @justjim.bsky.social · 31/03/2025

I also have bad news for you if you use ChatGPT, Perplexity, or Gemini as your main search tool; you're a fucking idiot.

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Matthew @drmceep.bsky.social · 28/03/2025

I'm report writing today… please save me

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Matthew @drmceep.bsky.social · 27/03/2025

I did 23andMe a long time again (before it was cool) and when I did I did it assuming that despite all the promises the data was going to be essentially ‘public’… which it kinda now might be 😬

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Matthew @drmceep.bsky.social · 27/03/2025

I make a lot of TOC images and I’m always amused (ironically) but how many journals have a specific no humour or joke policy. Nice to know someone is keeping enjoyment of science in check ;)

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Matthew @drmceep.bsky.social · 26/03/2025

Making a start on the winners cartoons for #RSCPoster. I started on one this morning which has led me into a hour long rabbit hole becasue it was interesting… these cartoons are never getting drawn

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Matthew @drmceep.bsky.social · 27/02/2025

Been a super busy start to the year but today I’ve carved out a whole day specifically to doing some sensor platform building… this means I get to spend the day watching a small update bat progress on my raspberry pi, woo

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Matthew @drmceep.bsky.social · 03/02/2025

I think we’ve finally found a route to getting ErrantScience and proper archive for my cartoons… maybe

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Royal Society of Chemistry @rsc.org · 29/01/2025

Still time to join us today at 4pm (UK time) for our exciting webinar ‘How To Cartoon Chemistry’ with Matt Partridge of Errant Science. If you want to get creative with your #RSCPoster, don’t miss this free webinar full of valuable tricks and tips: rsc.li/4aCojwW

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How To Cartoon Chemistry - with ErrantScience's Matt Partridge! #RSCPoster | LinkedIn

Join us on Wednesday 29th January at 4pm (UK time) for an exciting webinar on ‘How To Cartoon Chemistry’ from ErrantScience's Matt Partridge. If you want to get creative with your #RSCPoster, don’t m...

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Matthew @drmceep.bsky.social · 29/01/2025

Been very kindly sent some great cartoons from the 1800s by @roysocchem.bsky.social for the How To Cartoon Chemistry talk I’m doing this afternoon

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Matthew @drmceep.bsky.social · 23/01/2025

Well aren’t these some quite surprising mirrors

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Matthew @drmceep.bsky.social · 23/01/2025

I’ve brought a label maker to the lab… time to ORGANISE!

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Matthew @drmceep.bsky.social · 22/01/2025

Any time I am teaching people about the importance of accurate wording I will now be point people to the executive order that made everyone in the US female mashable.com/article/trum...

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Did Trump's executive order just make everyone in the U.S. female?

All Americans are now AFBT (assigned female by Trump).

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Matthew @drmceep.bsky.social · 21/01/2025

I might need to spend a few days exclusively reading Positive News based news services

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Matthew @drmceep.bsky.social · 21/01/2025

I don’t talk politics very much on social media but yikes, yesterday really was the (re)launch of “we want to hurt people” politics in the US :(

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Matthew @drmceep.bsky.social · 20/01/2025

Databases and spreadsheets are two different things. I'm saddened that this is a #HotTake to many people

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Matthew @drmceep.bsky.social · 20/01/2025

If you don’t write all your slides 2 hours before you’re going to present them are you really an academic? (A: Yes you are, you’re just one with better planning than me)

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Matthew @drmceep.bsky.social · 17/01/2025

No technology humbles me more than trying to get my Bluetooth headphones to pair just before a virtual meeting starts

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Matthew @drmceep.bsky.social · 17/01/2025

My cartooning has taken a bit of a back seat this week but I have a file that if rapidly filling with ideas

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Matthew @drmceep.bsky.social · 16/01/2025

Equipment breaks all the time in the lab, over the years I’ve learnt that: a) You have to not let it get to you b) Often if you open stuff up you can probably fix it yourself c) Multimeters are your friend

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Dr Jamie Gallagher @jamiebgall.co.uk · 15/01/2025

REF 2029 have updated their guidance for the People, Culture and Environment pilot 2029.ref.ac.uk/news/guidanc...

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Guidance published for the People, Culture and Environment Pilot – REF 2029

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Matthew @drmceep.bsky.social · 14/01/2025

Ummmm I think this has been stored badly

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Dr Chris Skinner FRGS @geoskinner.games · 13/01/2025

Deadline this week! Lunchtime Wednesday but don't leave it until then, the EGU computer will crash.

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Matthew @drmceep.bsky.social · 13/01/2025

I’ve got a heavy cold 🤧 I’m still working and not resting or doing anything to get better… when I still have a heavy cold later this week someone remind me that I only have myself to blame

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a man holding a cell phone with the caption it was just a classic case of self-sabotage

ALT: a man holding a cell phone with the caption it was just a classic case of self-sabotage

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Matthew @drmceep.bsky.social · 11/01/2025

Went into London today to see a show, tripped over and accidentally bought some new books. I hate it when that happens

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Matthew @drmceep.bsky.social · 09/01/2025

Further stories of university admin excellence, today I was emailed a parking pass, the pass expired on Sunday so I was then immediately emailed a warning notice that it has expired… there’s a 25% chance my car might not be in the car park when I get back to it

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Matthew @drmceep.bsky.social · 09/01/2025

I’ve found a desk, academia sure is an exciting place ;)

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Matthew @drmceep.bsky.social · 08/01/2025

I tried to do some drawing today but my computer beeped an error and suddenly it was 4 frustrating hours later and nothing got done :(

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Petra Korlević @petrathepostdoc.bsky.social · 08/01/2025

Why not start your 2025 by getting some scientific (and less so) t-shirts from out Etsy! www.etsy.com/uk/shop/thei... #SmallBusiness #SciArt

a dark green tshirt with a paleonthology themed circle drawing in the middle in brown, cream, yellow and orange. the motifs inside are a skull a dinosaur skull, a bone, a pencil, an ammonite, a shovel, an amber encased mosquito, two teeth, a bag with a bone fragment.

a black tshirt with an entomology themed circular drawing in the middle, in yellow, dark and light green, pink and light grey. the objects in the circle are: a rolly polly, a centipede, a dragonfly, an entomology label, a ladybug in a jar labelled "bug", a caterpillar eating a leaf, a shocked beetle under a magnifying glass, an insect catching net.

a grey tshirt with a circular gardening themed drawing in the middle, in dark grey, red, yellow and mint green. the object showcased in the middle are: a sunflower, bees, flies, a bag of tomato seeds, a strawberry, a snail, a robin, a pair of gardening gloves, a bag of soil with a shovel, a pair of shears, a plantling in a pot.

a cream colored tshirt with a bioinformatics circular drawing in red, yellow, green and black. the objects in the circle are: a computer mouse in the shape of a real mouse, a protein structure in ribbons and arrows, a very branched phylogenetic tree, a computer bug in the shape of a real bug, a smiling computer screen looking at the other objects, a series of 1s and 0s.

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Matthew @drmceep.bsky.social · 08/01/2025

In 2024 I installed a clever Python version switching system in my computer, 2024 me was a genius. Sadly 2024 me didn’t leave any notes so I’m not stuck trying to decypher how the hell it all works!

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ErrantScience @errantscience.com · 07/01/2025

You too can be a keynote speaker… if you annoy all your colleagues by trying to get them to join your pyramid scheme

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Matthew @drmceep.bsky.social · 07/01/2025

Success of the day, getting my fun little high frame rate camera to connect in Python and display live images

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Matthew @drmceep.bsky.social · 07/01/2025

This messes with my lab feng shui

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Matthew @drmceep.bsky.social · 06/01/2025

I still have one more day off so I’m spending it cleaning and doing a jigsaw… rock and roll

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Matthew @drmceep.bsky.social · 03/01/2025

This cartoon was posted while I was hugging a mug, it’s freeking freezing today

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Matthew @drmceep.bsky.social · 02/01/2025

I was so close to managing to get two full weeks off work but stupid scheduling problems have broken through

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ErrantScience @errantscience.com · 25/12/2024

We’re taking a well deserved break and we hope you are too. Merry Christmas!!!

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PSDI - Physical Sciences Data Infrastructure @psdi-uk.bsky.social · 25/12/2024

May your holiday be merry and your data be structured! Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays! #psdi #christmas #newyear #MerryChristmas

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PSDI - Physical Sciences Data Infrastructure @psdi-uk.bsky.social · 30/12/2024

Work Package 1 was led by Jeremy Frey. This work package undertook the coordination and management activities to ensure that PSDI delivers a set of services that are beneficial to the community of potential users. It comprised three main activities.

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