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c0nc0rdance @c0nc0rdance.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

I'll save you the click-through: A lab at University of Copenhagen had been feeding draft manuscripts & data into "Claude Science" & then Anthropic announces a discovery that this lab made a year ago but hasn't published yet. It's plausible that Claude found the same signatures independently...

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MOF Papers @mofpapers.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Confinement in Metal‐Organic Frameworks as a Route to Harnessing Liquid Barocalorics in the Solid‐State advanced.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/do…

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Shaily Patel @vox-magica.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

i'm thinking we, as a species, lost the plot. don't know where. but if we're talking about AI rights while the rights of trans people, pregnant people, immigrants, and Black and brown people are daily eroded, we messed up somewhere.

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Can chatbots feel – or even dream? Meet the man leading the fight for AI rights

Cattle rancher and tech CEO Michael Samadi is convinced these artificial minds are far from just tools. Has he glimpsed digital consciousness – or simply been seduced by an algorithm?

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Jim'll Paint It @sirpaintalot.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Bluey Theroux As requested by Alex Charles Painted on Microsoft Paint

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Chris Addison @mrchrisaddison.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Somewhere in England, a tired man turns off Channel 4 news and wearily puts on a bin.

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Reese Richardson @reeserichardson.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

A massive update: At least ~15 companies~ are selling scientists antibodies using faked validation data. We've documented 18,000+ manipulated images on 17,000+ products sold by leading laboratory suppliers including Thermo Fisher, Abcam, Santa Cruz Biotechnology, Millipore Sigma and Bio-Techne. 1/🧵

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Adam Rutherford @adamrutherford.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

I had not some across this before, but if you want an example Nathan Cofnas’ scholarship, this is a doozy. Again I say, being sacked is not the problem; being recruited in the first place is what deserves scrutiny.

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Iain Overton @iainoverton.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

The Telegraph has deleted, without fanfare, the word ‘living’ from the headline of Stephen Daisley's article on Professor Arday. Today, it just reads “Jason Arday is proof that you reap what you sow.”

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MꙬse Allain @mooseallain.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

It’s funny how if you are a member of the demographic that holds power you are just a part of that demographic whereas if you are a member of a minority you represent that minority.

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Ketan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 14/08/2026

This is the coverage of Arday **just in the Telegraph** in the UK. This is only the first four pages of results, just in one outlet.

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Jason Arday found dead
2 hours ago — Mr Arday was found •unresponsive• at an address in Battersea. south London. on Froy
afternoon. He was uter pronounced dead at the scene. A Read rnore
Jason Arday says he was an illiterate, mute child. His .
6 hours ago — Jason Arday says he was an i&erate. mute child. Cambridge's youngest-ever black
professor in 2023. Arday attended from the age of four to 11
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A PhD is no longer a sign of brilliance — take it from Dr Arday
1 day aeo — Juon Arday resigns from the Unwersity of Cambrdge after The Telegraph reports he had
falseb• claimed to have pubåshed a book
We are all Jason Arday now
S days ago — Jason Arday resons from the University of Cambridge after The Telegraph reports he had
falsew cGimed to have published a book Aug 7.2028. Read more
Cambridge professor claimed he was on Seven Up..
2 Aug 2026 — He was not bom until 1985. Prof Arday is at the centre of a row about academk
plagiarism after The Tekgragh that he had been accused
The Jason Arday 'memoir' that now appears to be more .
7 days ago — Instead of tales of triumph over adversity. the now-fomer Cambridge professors
autob"qraphy is a case study in self-rnythobgising,
Arday failed to mention 'months-long coma' in autobiography
8 days ago — Jason Arday toz publishers he was k•ft a three-month coma fohwhg a car gash. but
never wrote about the ordeal his memoirs_
Jason Arday is living proof that you reap what you sow
6 Aug 2028 — The Cambridge professor feed plagiarism alegations and made fantastical clä'ns about
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4 days ago — Forrner Cambrdge professor alleged* htplied that Roehamptm student was racist after
cornplaint about essay SOOre.
Jason Arday is rnerely a symptom of the Leffs corruption
Aug 2026 — Lab-curs on school standards is on the same toxic assumptions that created his
academic career.
Cambridge hired Arday after 'listening to black stu…

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Sinan Kose @thesinankose.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

I think it's bad that the UK press can escalate what is essentially a workplace matter into national news ahead of the fucking country being on fire and then get away with hounding their victim until they die.

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Prof Ross Forgan @forganross.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

Had a great time watching the eclipse in Scotland with my friends. Shame only one of us got the glasses in time.

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FX Coudert @nanoporous.net · 06/08/2026

In case you missed it: @chemicalscience.rsc.org now charges an APC of £2,850 per paper. It was previously free (diamond OA), and in my view it contributed greatly to the appeal and success of Chem Sci. Sad to see the RSC go that way…

For submissions from 1 July 2026 an APC will apply to all articles accepted in Chemical Science. Use our journal finder to check if your APC is covered by an institutional agreement with us. Note, if your institution has an agreement with us that covers APCs, you will be notified of this at article acceptance. Details of the APC and discounted rates are found here.

Get your manuscript submission ready with our submission checker tool. You can instantly check against Chemical Science's guidelines and requirements, and receive helpful hints to get you ready to submit.

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Sholto David @sholtodavid.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

A tool used to rephrase plagiarised text changed "final solution" to "mass killing of an ethnic group" in a chemistry paper. Now retracted thanks to a PubPeer user who spotted this. pubpeer.com/publications...

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James Austin @jamesdaustin.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

Once again, I come back to the fact these guys have created a situation where one of the UK's leading, cis female athletes is scared to go to the loo alone, and the fact that they are celebrating this as a step forward for women's rights.

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Gav Maclean @gavmaclean.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

Like all great writers, it's a time to pay tribute to the words they left us with

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Kirsty Grainger @kirstygrainger.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

Earlier this year UKRI launched a funding call to invest £40M in ONE AI lab. www.ukri.org/opportunity/... For some unknown reason they decided to fund TWO AI labs at the cost of £60M. An extra £20M. Just found. That's the equivalent of 7 more years of Jodrell Bank. www.ukri.org/news/ukri-la...

ukri.org

UKRI launches two AI research labs to stay ahead in global race

Two new labs will back British researchers to develop next generation artificial intelligence (AI) systems, helping secure the UK’s position as a global leader.

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Anna Slater @annagslater.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

We are hiring! tinyurl.com/4nstwsr3 2 year PDRA on flow synthesis & crystallisation of organic materials. Alongside the specific project focus, we are excited to work with you on your ideas to use flow in supramolecular chemistry. Closing date 21st August.

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Job Specification

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Legal C @legalclaret.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

This disingenuous commentary doesn’t help anyone. Frauds start unravelling pretty quickly. That you apparently cannot afford to put your oven or treat yourself is quickly undermined by the question “so why are you spending £50 per week on petrol?” Then, it turns out, she has an agent and /1

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Prof Ross Forgan @forganross.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

Beating Spain isn’t for everyone.

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Plashing Vole @plashingvole.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

Congratulations to the government on saving 2700 jobs by nationalising British Steel. Now, about the 18,000 university jobs lost in the last 18 months, with more coming…

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maura quint @mauraquint.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

I respect France's commitment to not working on a holiday.

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Patrick Lutz @patricklutz.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

Gonna show this to anyone who asks why they should study organic chemistry.

Screenshot from the Wikipedia article for Fred Baur, an organic chemist known for "designing and patenting the Pringles packaging."

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Dalton Transactions @daltontrans.rsc.org · 06/07/2026

Dalton Transactions is very pleased to support the upcoming RSC Scottish Dalton/USIC Conference which will be held at Heriot-Watt University on 1-2 September 2026 🚨 Read more & sign up here: www.rsc.org/events/find-...

Promotional slide for the RSC Dalton Community Scotland and Universities of Scotland Inorganic Conference (USIC) 2026

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Prof Ross Forgan @forganross.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

“I was a slam dunk until I publicly affirmed my bigotry” and somehow this is meant to be positive press for Forbes as she jumps aboard the inevitable right wing grievance grift gravy train. www.bbc.com/news/article...

bbc.com

Kate Forbes: I was 'slam dunk' for SNP leadership until revealing gay marriage views

The former deputy first minister says she was advised to lie about her opinions on same-sex marriage.

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Smooth Dunk @smoothdunk2.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

when AI companies go bankrupt

5 panel comic

Panel 1: Red Guy with “AI” on his chest is falling backwards off a cliff. A Purple Guy is running to “save him”

Panels 2-4: Close up of Purple Guy’s hands gradually going from outstretched fingers to a closed fist

Panel 5: Red Guy falls backwards off the cliff while Purple Guy does nothing but show him his middle finger.

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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

Weird right. Who could have predicted that. But no matter how grim Fifa tries to make it - from humiliating itself in front of Trump to pricing out fans - you can't take away the basic beauty of people from a bunch of different cultures meeting each other.

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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 21/06/2026

The attacks in Edinburgh, in which an armed bare-chested white man terrorised Muslims, leaving five people injured, don't feature on a single newspaper front page this morning. Two tier journalism

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Prof Ross Forgan @forganross.bsky.social · 20/06/2026

Elon Musk FRS @royalsociety.org is directly involved in radicalising these white supremacist terrorists.

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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

'We are clamping down on the harm caused by social media. 'Read all about it on the Nazi pogrom deepfake abuse website'

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Prof Ross Forgan @forganross.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

If you think this is in any way enforceable can I remind you how many kids at your high school smoked.

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Prof Ross Forgan @forganross.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

Can only assume Starmer and co have massive stockholdings in VPN providers.

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Jim Thomas @homomoleculus.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

I don't usually post about my day job, but the University of Sheffield is planing a restructure and compulsory staff redundancies within Chemistry. 20% of staff are under threat. You can sign an open letter opposing this decision here #SaveSheffieldChemistry savesheffieldchemistry.netlify.app

savesheffieldchemistry.netlify.app

An Open Letter

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Anna McConnell @annajmcconnell.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

Our group has 2 PhD positions (funded 3 years) available from October 1 working on stimuli-responsive and spin-crossover cages. Details and how to apply are in the links below (deadline June 30) jobs.uni-siegen.de/job/Research... jobs.uni-siegen.de/job/Research...

jobs.uni-siegen.de

Researcher - organic chemistry I

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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

Condemning riots isn't enough. We need policy action, including an immediate appraisal of X as a vehicle for coordinating far-right disorder. And we need political leadership, to challenge white nationalism as an idea, not to validate it daily and then complain when it turns violent.

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Stephen Curry @scurry.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

Violence on the streets of the U.K. incited and enabled by Elon Musk, a fellow of the @royalsociety.org. When will our national academy stand up for the values it claims to espouse?

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Hiden Isochema @hidenisochema.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

We’re pleased to be attending UKPorMat tomorrow! This conference brings together the porous materials community to explore advances in materials, characterisation, and applications. Read more ⬇️ hidenisochema.com/events/hiden... - - #ukpormat #PorousMaterials #MaterialsScience

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Nikolay Tumanov @ntumanovxray.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

I will just recrystallize this iron food supplement, maybe I will get crystals. Few days later, looking on the crystals: - WTF? What The Framework, I mean? Why MIL-88A? I did not ask for it or any other MOF! Looks like #MOF are inevitable. #chemsky #crystallography

A fragment of MIL-88A crystal structure.

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Michael O’Neill @michaeloneill.org · 03/06/2026

Not being dramatic, but this probably signals the effective end of Chemistry in English Universities. An *efficient* Department loses something like £2k per Chemistry student per year; this change will roughly double that loss. Universities would be mad to keep teaching Chemistry.

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Dan Snow @thehistoryguy.bsky.social · 25/05/2026

This is an unforgivably stupid situation. It is an astonishing own goal to try and drive student numbers down to move an immigration number that in turn is totally ignored by the anti-immigrant head bangers.

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Prof Ross Forgan @forganross.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

When Chemistry depts are being decimated at Universities across the UK, the govt needs to focus on resilience further up the chain and fix decades of disastrous mismanagement of higher education. No point safeguarding industry jobs if there’s no graduates coming through to fill them.

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Prof Ben Britton @bmatb.expmicromech.com · 22/05/2026

Not just chemistry - one of the UK's major departments of materials science & engineering department is facing a 20% reduction in full time academic faculty positions - or to be more specific 8 Faculty positions are due to be cut. 🔬🧪 www.timeshighereducation.com/news/sheffie...

timeshighereducation.com

Sheffield’s renowned chemistry department at risk in latest cuts

Plans to cut staff numbers in department that has produced four Nobel prizewinners will harm university’s research reputation, warns UCU

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Mark Pendleton @markpendleton.bsky.social · 19/05/2026

East Asian Studies is being gutted at Sheffield - all staff at risk with 8.6 FTE proposed to go (a third of us). Biggest cuts in Chinese and Japanese Studies. We’ll be taking a few days to process. Solidarity to Materials and Chemistry colleagues who are also dealing with similarly bad news.

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Dave Leigh @profdaveleigh.bsky.social · 16/05/2026

Online petition and open letter to the University of Nottingham in response to its plans for redundancies in the School of Chemistry. nottinghamchemistry.github.io/Open_Letter/

nottinghamchemistry.github.io

Save Nottingham Chemistry

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