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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 01/10/2026

A couple of years ago, I interviewed a leading attorney who represents survivors of sexual misconduct on campus, Iliana Konidaris (whose brother is the awesome 🔭 Nick Konidaris). I learned A LOT:

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How This Lawyer Confronts Sexual Assault on Campus

Photo by Edwin Andrade on Unsplash I first met Olympias Iliana Konidaris at her brother’s wedding, where she gave a great toast that affirmed all of my...

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McNutcase @mcnutcase.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

... she's not even right about the clothes, even the cheapest fast fashion depends on human labor to run the sewing machines.

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Courtney Milan @courtneymilan.com · 30/09/2026

It helps to understand that JCO loves being at the top of the publishing hierarchy and will happily have shit publishing takes punching down.

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Courtney Milan @courtneymilan.com · 30/09/2026

anyway character driven stories are not, in fact, easy to generate by a thing that doesn't understand human emotion

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Courtney Milan @courtneymilan.com · 30/09/2026

Ah I see the JCO coin flip has landed on "no" today

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Derek Lowe @dereklowe.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

The craziest compound-impurity story I’ve ever heard:

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Now That's An Impurity Story

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Ami Fields-Meyer @fieldsmeyer.com · 28/09/2026

You think we’re just going to move on from the secret police rounding up our neighbors?

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Laura Howes @laurahowes.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

I think #chemsky has discussed before how NO-ONE should be feeding unpublished or proprietary data into public models. It really feels like that is worth reiterating.

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Lucas Moore @lucascmoore.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Phenols aren’t alcohols in the same way carboxylic acids aren’t. Sure, it’s got a carbon with an OH on it. But pretending the adjacent pi system doesn’t affect its fundamental reactivity is a mistake.

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M. Eugenio Vazquez @glowsticks.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Double-clicking an atom in ChemDraw used to add a label. Now it adds a bond. This is EVIL. Why mess with muscle memory that's been going for years?! 🤬 By the way, it's now Option + click (Mac) or Alt + click (Windows). #ChemSky support.revvitysignals.com/hc/en-us/art...

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ChemDraw: Double-clicking on an Atom adds a new bond instead of the text box to enter the label

This is an intended change in v25.5. From version 25.5.0.5789, you need to use Alt+single-click instead of double (left) click to get the text box to enter the label.

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Michael Evans @mevans86.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

I got a guy arguing that alcohols and phenols are distinct functional groups, to the extent that calling a phenol an “alcohol” is incorrect. What say you, #chemsky?!

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Tressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Yeah the thing is I’ve known of Langley for years now. the song is fine. But it’s only #1 pop hit because the monoculture is dead. If it had to compete when Mariah was the reigning #1 queen it would be lucky to be a top 50 hit on country. This is a story about how poor the competition is.

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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Indeed

A bicycle traffic sign with a white bicycle icon on a blue circular background, and someone has turned the wheels into eyes and drawn a smiling mouth underneath, turning the sign into a smiley. The sign is mounted on green posts, with a view of a paved area and trees in the background.

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Dr. Robin Bond, biogeochemist at a PUI 🧪 @diygeochemist.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Hey #ChemSky and other environmental types: I'm looking for a few papers to read in the seminars we do in my Environmental Chemistry class. I have the aqueous environment pretty well covered, but I could use more suggestions for atmospheric papers.

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Theo @theokane.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Listing Hacks right after Louie made me see red.

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Will @popher.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

same but heartstopper lol

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Andre the Chemist @andrechemist.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Pro-tip: if you shake (at 2-3 Hz) your iced coffee right before your job interview it will transform into a drink that's okay to bring with you

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Debbie Gale Mitchell @heydebigale.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Absolutely gross that NYT snubbed Heated Rivalry but decided to include Louie CK. 🤢 Heated Rivalry should be #1

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Theo @theokane.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

We actually know what the best TV show is, and that the transphobic NYT is best used to line hamster cages.

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Shane Hollander Hudson Williams

Alt: Shane Hollander awkwardly eats yogurt in Heated Rivalry

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Andre the Chemist @andrechemist.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

The details in this piece only add to the evilness that the headline introduces

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Tressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

About 29% of our daily cognitive load could be eliminated if we lived in an opt-in only culture.

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David Shiffman, Ph.D. 🦈 @whysharksmatter.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Have you ever tried to read a scientific journal article and been told “you don’t have access, pay to download this article?” Did you know that the author of that article gets $0 if you pay? Instead, you can email the author and ask for a free copy! I’d be delighted to help and answer questions!

Screenshot of a scientific journal paywall

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Debbie Gale Mitchell @heydebigale.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Another good thing about taking public transit to work: I often run into friends from work in different departments that I rarely see—such a nice way to have an impromptu catch up!

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Compound Interest | Chemistry infographics @compoundchem.com · 21/09/2026

Did you know the wasabi in most sushi restaurants isn't wasabi? Or that a chemical synergy between dried seaweed and raw fish enhances sushi's savoury flavours? Learn more about sushi science with this infographic, as requested by my sushi-mad seven-year-old 🍣 wp.me/s4aPLT-sushi #ChemSky 🧪

This infographic titled "Sushi chemistry: nori, wasabi and sticky rice" explores the science behind sushi. It features three main panels with illustrations, chemical structures, and explanations. The left section explains how amylopectin in rice creates stickiness and how acetic acid from vinegar aids gelatinisation. The middle panel covers umami flavours from glutamate, inosinate, and guanylate found in nori and raw fish, displaying their molecular structures. The right panel discusses allyl isothiocyanate in wasabi and horseradish, along with gingerol and shogaol compounds in pickled ginger (gari). Photos of six different sushi rolls line the bottom.

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Katie Hodges-Kluck, PhD @klhkhistorian.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

**Lights Out Alert Sunday & Monday Nights** Birdcast is estimating 300-400 million birds will be in flight.

From meteorologist Eric Snitil

**Lights Out Alert Sunday & Monday Nights**

"Heads up birders, I would not be surprised if the biggest bird migration night of the year happens over the next 2 nights. Birdcast is estimating 300-400 million birds will be in flight. That is a lot, but the pattern could not be better for migratory birds. A massive area of high pressure will turn the low level winds from the northeast to the southwest across most of the US. The last time we had anything similar to this in the fall was early October last year when a record 1.25 billion birds were in flight. I doubt we get to that level, but I suspect the number will top 500 million especially Monday night which looks to be the bigger of the two nights. You can help by turning off those outdoor lights on big migration nights, and the next 2 nights is about as big as it gets."

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Will @popher.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

One of the washington 'wildfires' this year was caused by an 18 year old launching fireworks out of a moving vehicle. The fires caused millions in damage and killed someone. Y'all need to ban fireworks, seriously. And stop calling them 'wildfires'.

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Chemjobber @chemjobber.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

this is one of these things that makes me feel like there is not a part of American society that is not under attack by these scammers, and I hate hate hate it

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Carina Crucho @carinacrucho.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Turning things upside down for #FluorescenceFriday. 🧪✨ Happy Fluorescence Friday 🔦 #Fluorescence #Chemistry #LabLife #WomenInScience

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Kate Clancy @kateclancy.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

PREGNANCY INTERRUPTED, reviewed in The New Yorker: "There are a seemingly infinite number of ways that pregnancy can be misunderstood, mislabelled, or oversimplified, whether because of deceptively binary tests or cultural narratives that tell us pregnancy is a linear experience.”

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The Unsettling Ambiguity of Early Pregnancy

Binary tests offer an illusion of certainty, but pregnancy is a nonlinear experience, and confirming one is a process of slowly ruling out all other possibilities.

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Laura Howes @laurahowes.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

I've been posting on LI for a while about this... . There is so much wrong here, and I feel awfully for Caroline. But I can tell you with certainty that she isn't the only freelancer being impersonated in this way.

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Chemjobber @chemjobber.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

This is real bad news (it's not like science writers do it for the money, I really find this kind of reputation theft and actual theft very offensive)

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KJ Charles @kjcharleswriter.com · 14/09/2026

So Think, Write, Edit, Romance has a lot about prose and a whole section on self-editing. In a moment of wild surmise, I asked the literal Final Boss copyeditor if he'd take a look at it. (When I said I was taking a punt on blurbs...) And he did, and this is some of what @bcdreyer.social said.

Flyer for Think Write Edit Romance. Quote: “...she offers up here the sort of expert advice on the nuts and bolts of prose, from punctuation to grammar, that makes my copyeditorial heart sing. And if that weren't enough, she does it all engagingly and wittily. I can't imagine a writer, of romance or of anything else, who won't find much that's invaluable in these pages.” --—Benjamin Dreyer, New York Times bestselling author of Dreyer's English and former Random House copy chief. Out 15 Dec in print, e and audio

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Physghoul 👻 🎃 @physgal.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

"...NSF was the largest federal funder of the physical sciences in higher education for all but one fiscal year since 2003." This is a huge blow to university-based physics & astronomy research. 🧪 ⚛️ 🎢

physicstoday.aip.org

The shrinking NSF support for the physical sciences

The agency has awarded fewer grants in the physical sciences this year than most years in its history.

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Lisa Jarvis @lisamjarvis.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

A fourth measles death in PA. Horrible.

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Chuck Pearson (he/him/etc.) @shorterpearson.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

My chemical drawing program of choice, Marvin, has been bought up multiple times over and now carries absolutely comical fees even for academic use. Are there free or open chemical drawing programs, for download for for the cloud, that any of us prefer these days on #chemsky?

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Dr. SkySkull @drskyskull.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

This is just a spectacular unintentional self-own

Dude on Threads: If you hate on ai, you better be pretty damn good at whatever you're doing

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Debbie Gale Mitchell @heydebigale.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Book recommendation: PREGNANCY INTERRUPTED by Kate Clancy. This is one of the most important books I’ve read this year. I hope everyone will read this book that can (I know this content is really tough for about half the population). Please take care while reading! (See CW in the next post)

Photo of a white hand holding a copy of the book PREGNANCY INTERRUPTED with yellow flower in the background

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Dr. Emily Arndt 🏳️‍⚧️ @brachinus.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

got my flu and covid shots this morning!

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Debbie Gale Mitchell @heydebigale.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

I have this same problem and it makes me so mad!! University admin needs to do better and actually… I don’t know… not support technology built on theft? 😭

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Jeff Sharlet @jeffsharlet.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Day before first class of the fall. I have a firm AI policy (none), but so does the college at which I teach (literally: “more!”) I don’t think anyone outside education fully appreciates how quickly this has overwhelmed… everything. I’m excited to teach again, but I also already feel… very sad.

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Debbie Gale Mitchell @heydebigale.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Ugh this should say “she is NOW pro mandating vaccines in schools” Missing a w whoops

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Debbie Gale Mitchell @heydebigale.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

I got some comments on my Covid + flu shot post that kind of bummed me out so anyway—here are five book recommendations to learn more about vaccines. I’d recommend buddy reading with a vaccine hesitant family member! #booksky

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Bethany Brookshire @beebrookshire.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

This was SO much fun. I got to talk to art historians and scientists about science in art! Artists are keen observers of the world, and they may see things others miss. And it was a fab opportunity to dive into beautiful art. www.sciencenews.org/article/hist...