anne @fables-feigned.bsky.social · 28/09/2026I consider these people to be deeply unserious engagement farmers and nothing more 100
anne @fables-feigned.bsky.social · 23/09/2026it is 2026. it is HIGH TIME for chemdraw (all versions) to understand Bpin natively. it is preposterous that it does not. #ChemSky 1122
anne @fables-feigned.bsky.social · 22/09/2026oh, thank god! this was a real pain point for me, as a regular JACS ASAP peruser 000
Reposted by annem͖͙̗͎̄̃̒͋̇e̊͒͊̆̉͑ͅw̭͙͕͈̝͖̟͛̐̅̑̑̊🐈 @ooopiwowoe.bsky.social · 18/09/2026new creature discovered 1983683114
anne @fables-feigned.bsky.social · 18/09/2026this also means that there are probably PhD students making more than the PDFs they work alongside 000
anne @fables-feigned.bsky.social · 18/09/2026now there is a marked disparity within laboratories where some students receive literally twice as much funding $ as others (AND don't have to teach!) 100
anne @fables-feigned.bsky.social · 18/09/2026my hope is that the NSERC funding causes universities broadly to look at PhD and postdoc funding. the days of living easily on $20,000 per year in most cities in this country are long gone 100
anne @fables-feigned.bsky.social · 18/09/2026science in canada is in a weird spot - this PDF posting pays less after tax than an NSERC PGS D student makes (unless you start ≥$50k). not picking on anyone, just making an observation take home on $48,000 in ON: $38,799 NSERC PGS D: $40,000 (tax free) 110
Reposted by anneGarth Marenghi's Catbus @catbus.phd · 17/09/2026great art articulates eternal truths 1048471481
anne @fables-feigned.bsky.social · 15/09/2026I'd have two papers out already if I could just make ten grams of anything and leave it in the fridge 000
anne @fables-feigned.bsky.social · 15/09/2026who up making unstable starting materials for the five hundredth time this year 100
Reposted by anneJacquelyn Gill @jacquelyngill.bsky.social · 10/09/2026The enshittification of the National Science Foundation will go down as one of the greatest moral injuries I've experienced in my career. 825470
Reposted by anneJanet E. Hill, PhD @hilllabsask.bsky.social · 04/09/2026It continues. The similarity in the structure of these emails is striking. For what it’s worth…. applicants, I want to hear from YOU. What are YOUR interests? What’s YOUR motivation? I don’t care what some robot thinks I want to hear. Be brave. Be yourself. 0136
anne @fables-feigned.bsky.social · 30/08/2026plausible sequence of events is that the student was working with some kind of mercury-containing reaction that could hypothetically generate dimethyl mercury, spilled some on self, and presented to ER as a precaution 091
anne @fables-feigned.bsky.social · 29/08/2026OK #chemsky folks, this just keeps getting more bizarre source: emergency.mit.net 194
anne @fables-feigned.bsky.social · 29/08/2026moratorium on laypersons saying "gain of function research" until 2032. All in favour? 010
anne @fables-feigned.bsky.social · 29/08/2026some positive #ChemSky news is that today i finally made a compound that i've been trying to access in some form or another for over a year, and in so doing have unlocked a project i've wanted to get going for very nearly as long 060
anne @fables-feigned.bsky.social · 29/08/2026fwiw that is the same name I was given so cat's out of the bag. 170
anne @fables-feigned.bsky.social · 29/08/2026I have the rumour answer but will wait to confirm where my source heard it 170
anne @fables-feigned.bsky.social · 27/08/2026mainichi.jp/articles/202...mainichi.jp北海道大学で薬品浴びて大学院生死亡 猛毒の「フッ化水素酸」 | 毎日新聞27日午前、札幌市北区の北海道大理学部で、学生3人に薬品がかかる事故があった。関係者によると、大学院の男子学生が病院に搬送されたが、間もなく死亡した。他の2人は軽傷。薬品は猛毒の「フッ化水素酸」とみられる。 000
anne @fables-feigned.bsky.social · 27/08/2026tragic news from Hokkaido university this morning: a graduate student has died due to a hydrofluoric acid exposure. two others suffered minor injuries trying to give aid a sobering reminder that lab work in this discipline is so very dangerous at times. my heart goes out to those affected #ChemSky 251
anne @fables-feigned.bsky.social · 27/08/2026thread of poetry & art about cats, which I will periodically add to. here is the first entry, an old favourite! 000
anne @fables-feigned.bsky.social · 25/08/2026as a student in this situation, it's nice to see someone talking about it. I will defend my PhD without ever having set foot at an ACS meeting or a GRC. I have to decline a recent travel award because I can't safely travel to my host institution. Not even sure why I'm doing this anymore 🤷♀️ 020
anne @fables-feigned.bsky.social · 24/08/2026doing chemistry that Just Works today. DIBAL-H I love you 010
anne @fables-feigned.bsky.social · 24/08/2026excited to read this recent UK release - should come in the mail this week or next. a novella about an inter-generational lesbian relationship. #BookSky (?) 030
Reposted by anneqathet Pride Society @qathetpride.bsky.social · 24/08/2026www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...cbc.caRenowned queer lawyer, activist barbara findlay dead at 77 | CBC NewsLesbian lawyer and activist barbara findlay died this weekend at the age of 77. B.C.'s 2SLGBTQ+ community is mourning her loss. 012
anne @fables-feigned.bsky.social · 24/08/2026anyone on #ChemSky have a recommendation for a good glass-backed TLC plate for a lab trying to switch from Supelco (the old Merck gold standard)? we have used the 1057150001 plates for years but the cost is just going up and up 030
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ESTRAGON: Well, shall we log off?
VLADIMIR: Yes, let's log off.
[They do not log off]
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