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Debbie Gale Mitchell @heydebigale.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
We are about 6 months away from my book, RESONANCE & RADIANCE, being released into the world. (April 13th, 2027!) RESONANCE & RADIANCE is a narrative nonfiction book about spectroscopy—the field of science that studies how light interacts with molecules. I want to share this book’s origin story 🧵:
A picture of the cover of the book: RESONANCE & RADIANCE: HOW LIGHT REVEALS THE CHEMISTRY OF OUR WORLD by Debbie Gale Mitchell 

The book cover is a selfie of a woman (me) using an infrared camera
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"In Situ,…"
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Savannah Ostrowski @savannah.dev · 09/10/2026
Happy Python 3.15 final day! May you all go forth and profile and lazy import and use frame pointers everywhere!* *please read the What's New, release too stacked 🏎️ docs.python.org/3.15/whatsne...
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What’s new in Python 3.15
Editor, Hugo van Kemenade,. This article explains the new features in Python 3.15, compared to 3.14. Python 3.15 was released on 9 October 2026. For full details, see the changelog. Summary – Relea...
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 09/10/2026
NEW: Records show Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has taken nearly 1,000 trips during his tenure, costing $3.3 million in security. We could only connect 138 of those trips and $553,000 in security costs to state business. with @texastribune.org
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Ken Paxton’s Security for Travel Cost Taxpayers Millions. Just 1 in 6 of His Trips Had a Stated Business Purpose.
Records show the Texas attorney general has taken nearly 1,000 trips during his tenure, costing $3.3 million in security. We could only connect 138 of those trips and $553,000 in security costs to sta...
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Artologica aka Michele Banks @artologica.net · 09/10/2026
BREAKING: We have a new cat. Her name is Loopy Lou and she is tiny and perfect 😻
Small Gray tabby cat playing with string
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Asawin Suebsaeng @swin24.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
This is petty and least important aspect of this but: I reported on this years ago and the trump campaign falsely denied the reporting, and now via Hegseth they’re just doing it. Monstrous
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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 08/10/2026
Elites are pathetic, contemptible cowards, part batrillion.
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EU drops sponsorship of disinformation conference at Trump officials’ request
Lithuania and Canada were also pressured to withdraw, and days before #Disinfo2026, logos were wiped off website
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toilet bones @toiletbones.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Found the email I sent when I got accidentally added to the faculty listserv of an orthopedic surgery clinic and nobody would remove me so I sent this email to all faculty/staff/med students and they removed me almost immediately
Hello Bone Colleagues, 
I have invented a new type of ankle and I'm very excited to show it to you. Early raccoon trials suggest a 60% increase in scurrying speed and dramatic increases in fine motor banditry. I know we are not supposed to create super raccoons, but I think you'll change your mind and professional ethics when you see how cute they are. I believe we are on the cusp of a new era in advanced human scurrying because if medical science has taught me anything, it's that improvements in raccoons correspond 1:1 to improvements in humans. 

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[My name]
Chief Bone Inventor
Chair, Department of Foot and Leg Innovation
Lord Mayor, Musculoskeletal Medicine 
Hartford HealthCare,
The Bone & Joint Institute at Hartford Hospital.
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matty @mattio.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
This is wild - somebody did a deep dive into the real stories behind this famous XKCD: sheets.works/data-viz/hol...
an XKCD comic showing a precariously assembled tower of blocks. much is labelled "all modern digital infrastructure." a thin leg down at the bottom is labelled "A project some random person in Nebraska has been thanklessly maintaining since 2003."
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Free Radical @freeradical1.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Cursed knowledge
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Free Radical @freeradical1.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
My hot take is: if you want to promote Chemistry as "The Central Science", don’t complain when someone who is "not a real chemist/not doing real chemistry" wins the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for work in a field that draws upon chemistry principles. I suspect I’ll be tapping this sign in a year’s time
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Ryan Stauffer @ryanswx.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Haha, this fucking sucks.
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Neil Withers @neilwithers.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
And here's a link to that Le Monde article www.lemonde.fr/archives/art...
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Le Nobel de chimie volé à Henri Kagan
Le Monde.fr - 1er site d’information sur l’actualité. Retrouvez ici une archive du 16 octobre 2001 sur le sujet Le Nobel de chimie volé à Henri Kagan
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The Fig Economy @figgityfigs.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Sometimes my wife and I like to send each other text messages as though they’re democratic fundraising messages, and I believe she has produced the jewel of the form.
, it's
and I
have some personal news to share with you.
Being a mom is one of the greatest joys of my life, and I feel deeply that we should have salad tonight
This year has been challenging in many ways, and I have immense gratitude for the kindness and support of family, community, and people like you who have continued to stand by me through everything. It means the world, and I wanted you to be among the first to know that squash is in the oven and kale is in the fridge.As many of you are aware, ve been navigating one of the most challenging periods of my day while waiting for dinner.
Facing baseless federal hunger brought on by not eating since lunch, fighting for the working kids of this country, and now caring for a mean toddler and helping him grow up in a world that isn't always easy. But it has also reminded me exactly why I do this work and who I do it for.
I will never stop working to eat dinner. I will never stop fighting for what is right, even when there is also some feta in the fridge. And I will never stop being so very thankful that you are by my side in this important work and that there is tahini in the pantry for dressing
With love and gratitude,
stop to end
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Ken Schwencke @schwanksta.com · 06/10/2026
A year ago, @propublica.org told you immigration agents had detained more than 170 U.S. citizens. We’ve updated our count, and we’ve got all the receipts. The tally: At least 506 citizens detained. Sometimes held at gunpoint, handcuffed, or even deported. projects.propublica.org/american-cit...
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More Than 500 U.S. Citizens Have Been Detained, Including Handcuffed or Held at Gunpoint, in Trump’s Immigration Crackdown — ProPublica
The government doesn’t track how often immigration officers detain U.S. citizens. So ProPublica did. We’ve found more than 500 Americans who were held against their will during this Trump administrati...
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Free Radical @freeradical1.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Canadian Gen X here: my parents sent me off to walk to kindergarten by myself at age 4.
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Free Radical @freeradical1.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
1980: ads for both The Fog and The Shining, especially the latter.
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Gwen C. Katz @gwenckatz.bsky.social · 09/02/2026
Great chance to post my all-time favorite headline
The Radium Water Worked Fine Until His Jaw Came Off
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Kara Yorio @karayorio.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
"State law in Arkansas doesn’t require much to open a private school, nothing about teacher skills or what kids learn. But it does require that all schools display an American flag, and we wanted to follow the rules." Unbelievable story. Also, immediately ordering the ProPublica Academy pencils.
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Order Rodentia @orodentia.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
‘Humour makes us Cree, makes us human’: Kent Monkman’s first public sculpture is a condominium for beavers on Toronto’s waterfront www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/09/30/k...
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Kent Monkman’s first public sculpture is a condominium for beavers on Toronto’s waterfront
The permanent commission for the new Lassonde Art Trail reflects on the past, present and future of North America with Monkman’s characteristic quirky twists
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BeijingPalmer @beijingpalmer.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
this would be an incredible film if you started it with all the normal serial killer hunting tropes
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maura quint @mauraquint.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Yes every woman has been harassed, many assaulted. But every woman has also experienced invisible loss from moments she avoided harassment. She felt a space becoming unsafe, so she left, while men stayed on. And in leaving, she lost: opportunities, experiences, learning, promotions, even simply fun.
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Free Radical @freeradical1.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
I was listening to French CBC in the car and they were covering this story. I am terrible at interpreting spoken French, but I did catch « Sac à Dos » and « Reine de la Corpulence ».
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Coach Jerry (referee 🔵) @gopher33j.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
1.) Go to america.gov 2.) type “hello” 3.) type “play Minecraft” 4.) watch the ai’s reality implode ------------ AI is cooked. This is wild.
america.gov
America.gov
Find answers from official government sources and clear next steps for the services you need with America.gov.
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Harry C. Merritt @harrymerritt.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Studies show that students value authenticity from their professors, so I demonstrate this by logging into the Microsoft Authenticator® app to verify my authenticity several times a day
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The Great Pumpkin Papers 🎃🎃🎃 @professormusgrave.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
As a professor, most of what I do is log in to things
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Robyn Swirling @rswirling.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
After being raped by a man on my hall sophomore year, I couldn’t leave my dorm room for weeks and failed several classes. I had to take out student loans so I could retake those credits. We almost never talk about the financial toll of campus sexual assault on survivors.
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Michael Spicer @michaelspicer.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Most TV is just this now.
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Al Sweigart @alsweigart.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
I've redesigned my Scroll Art website. Scroll art is made from program loops and print() to generate endless, scrolling animations. They are suitable for beginners learning to program, but can grow into boundless sophistication and creativity. scrollart.org
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The Scroll Art Museum
Programmer art that begins in the terminal.
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Free Radical @freeradical1.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
In my undergrad biochem lab (ca. 1990), we used beakers of benzene on the open bench.
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Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Holy shit, this ad! I cannot imagine the impetus for pardoning this guy. But I’m not even sure it matters. Kind of along the lines of that Roger Marshall ad. If you’re explaining you’re losing.
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Well-tarred Flask 🇮🇹🇺🇦🇨🇦 @chemprofcramer.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
super-interesting, but deuterium is not "larger" (per authors). because of the difference in zero-point vibrational energies (QM #ftw) a C-D bond is SHORTER than a C-H bond. so, one might expect MORE flexibility (although I hesitate to guess how that affects mobile/stationary phase interactions).
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Free Radical @freeradical1.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
If you’re a fan of purification and spectroscopic characterization of organic compounds, and/or med chem, you should check this out.
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Carl Zimmer @carlzimmer.com · 27/09/2026
Four days ago, a scientist was surprised by the news that Anthropic discovered new virus genes for making DNA. He says he’s been studying them for years—and feeding his data to Anthropic’s AI as part of his own research. Coincidence? Here’s my story. nyti.ms/3VSWayc
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Did Anthropic’s A.I. Really Make a Scientific Discovery on Its Own? (Gift Article)
An expert at the University of Copenhagen said his team had been sharing its research with the company’s A.I. model, Claude, and that its new finding matched their work.
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Jay Rosen @jayrosen.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Amid all the coverage of it, this Washinging Post column does the best — for me — in explaining why the Pool fights matter. Via @brianstelter.bsky.social See the original: www.washingtonpost.com/style/2026/0...
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Cage @ridiculouscage.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
"why would I deceive you?"
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Dan Froomkin/Press Watch/Heads Up News @froomkin.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Particularly funny and poignant if you've ever published anything on the internet.
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Dave Palmer @davepalmerusask.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Hey, that’s us! Cinnamaldehyde is a $5B/ year commodity, and derivatives with varying flavours & aromas can now be generated from benzaldehydes using #biocatalysis. Thanks and congratulations to my @usask.ca students for putting this idea into practice.
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Carl T. Bergstrom @carlbergstrom.com · 19/09/2026
Google is like guys, guys....wait up guys! Our AI is dangerous too!
Dog on back of bike.
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Chemistry World @chemistryworld.com · 17/09/2026
‘I don’t know how they’ll rebuild trust. I hope there will be some lawsuit, I’m not a fan of suing people in general but this is a big scandal,’ says Elisabeth Bik. #ChemSky @elisabethbik.bsky.social @reeserichardson.bsky.social @sholtodavid.bsky.social www.chemistryworld.com/news/antibod...
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Antibody data manipulation extends to thousands of images across 15 suppliers
Sleuths discover widespread, systematic alteration of Western blots and other antibody data
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Kevin A. Scott, PhD @sculpturatus.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
found at ucsf
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Seth Cotlar @sethcotlar.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Who else put down a Polymarket bet on “Erick Erickson and Jamelle Bouie offer the same interpretation of the GOP on the same day “?
By Jamelle Bouie
Opinion Columnist
The Republican Party has a neo-Nazi problem.
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Jay Rosen @jayrosen.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
From Margaret Sullivan. @sulliview.bsky.social "I’ll be pressing hard here for more on the stakes and less on the odds, and keeping track of how these extremely consequential midterms are being covered." margaretsullivan.substack.com/p/the-truth-... See also: www.cnn.com/2021/12/12/m...
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The truth about the midterms — and the media’s failure to convey it
Plus: the most distressing media news of the week and the most encouraging
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Ian Boudreau @ianboudreau.com · 15/09/2026
The entire administration is guys in hot dog costumes trying to find the guy who did this
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Adithya Ramachandran 🇨🇦🇫🇷 @adithyar.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Two discoveries I've made. 1. It's fairly easy to grow habanero peppers in Burgundy's subtropical climate. I'm picking a box like this every 4 days. 2. It's not easy to convince Europeans to try them. What I miss the most about selling at markets in Canada is the multiculturalism.
A box of orange habanero peppers
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tunes to make you run away @whippoorwont.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
"people are anthropomorphizing LLMs because they are so astonishingly good at processing human thought and language" people will anthropomorphize a chair if you put the stitches in the right place.
chair with a "face"
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Bill Grueskin @bgrueskin.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Usually reporters get leaks FROM the White House -- but at Fox News, a reporter appears to have leaked TO the White House. That's according to @oliverdarcy.bsky.social's explanation of the sudden Maria Bartiromo erasure by the Murdochs
Status has learned that Bartiromo's termination stems from an incident, which has not previously been reported, that occurred in July. After Trump delivered his unhinged prime time speech in which he pushed more conspiracy theories about the 2020 election, this time making a number of allegations against China, I am told that Fox News issued guidance to senior employees instructing them to steer clear of giving credence to Trump's delusional claims. I'm told that the guidance was issued in writing. Indeed, the day after Trump's prime time address, Fox News conspicuously avoided covering the debunked claims the president had pushed. The lack of coverage raised eyebrows among media observers at the time. It also appears to have caught the attention of the White House. It's unclear whether Trump or someone at the White House inquired with Bartiromo about the lack of coverage. But ultimately Bartiromo spilled the secret, Status has learned, divulging to the White House that Trump's speech had received scant coverage on the channel because network bosses had ordered it so. I'm even told the text message in which Fox News brass offered their guidance was shared by Bartiromo with the White House. In doing sO. Bartiromo not only effectively betrayed her employer, but also disclosed confidential company information, violating the terms of her employment agreement.
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Joe Sonka 😐 @joesonka.lpm.org · 04/09/2026
Matt Bevin booked in Louisville Metro jail
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Elle Cordova @ellecordova.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Rough Draft vs Final Draft
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