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Marcel Swart

@marcelswart.bsky.social
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▪️P @icreacommunity.bsky.social Prof TheoChem ▪️F @rsc.org ▪️M @acad-euro.bsky.social ▪️E @ica-papers.bsky.social ▪️ORCID: orcid.org/0000-0002-8174-8488 ▪️🇳🇱 Views my own ▪️Pronouns: he/him/his ▪️Web: @marcelswart.eu ▪️See @spinstatepapers.bsky.social

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Mia Farrow @miafarrow.bsky.social · 16h
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Meade Krosby @meadekrosby.bsky.social · 19h
I’ve been reminiscing with friends about Take Back the Night rallies we did at Cornell in the late 90s, and how now it’s our high school daughters planning rallies and signing petitions and it’s just incredibly demoralizing how little has changed.
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Meade Krosby @meadekrosby.bsky.social · 12h
Exactly.
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Governor Newsom Press Office @govpressoffice.gov.ca.gov · 15h
BREAKING: @governor.ca.gov Gavin Newsom just signed a NEW LAW SUPPORTING LOCAL PRESS with key funding available to all type of media — announced at a time of ongoing attacks on the First Amendment by the Trump Administration!
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 13h
The midterms are being flooded with dark money & Trump is doing everything he can to suppress the vote. But remember — WE THE PEOPLE outnumber Trump and his billionaire backers. Keep phoning. Keep canvassing. Keep getting out the vote for candidates on the side of working people. It is essential.
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Scott Bagley @bagphos.bsky.social · 22h
I remember a LONG discussion thread back on #ChemTwitter about the proper way to draw/represent the S-O bond in DMSO Lots of strong opinions from the populace #ChemChat 🧪
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 30/09/2026
Paxton is objectively correct. The line on this chart represents the day of Trump’s midterm convention. It was clearly an inflection point that backfired badly on Republicans.
Silver Bulletin chart titled “Are Democrats or Republicans winning the race for Congress?” showing the polling average for the 2026 generic congressional ballot from early 2025 through September 2026. The line begins with a Republican advantage in early 2025, crosses into Democratic territory around spring 2025, and generally rises through 2026, ending at a Democratic advantage of 8.9%. A vertical annotation near the far right marks the Republican Midterm Convention in September 2026. After this line, the Democratic advantage surges.
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MU-Peter Shimon 🀄 @mu-peter.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
A picture is worth a thousand words... And there are some choice words for this one.
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Theo Priestley @theopriestley.net · 29/09/2026
Every AI CEO sounds like this.
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Aparna Nair @disabilitystor1.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
But what if I just want to phone it in at work
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Marcel Swart @marcelswart.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
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Michael E. Mann @michaelemann.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Eric Schmitt should resign immediately
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Marcel Swart @marcelswart.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Today I was prepared for the Science Slam of @iqccudg.bsky.social @xkcd.com T-shirt works perfectly for that #chemsky 🧪
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Peter Kenny @pwk2024.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Opportunities (2) for computational chemists at Johnson & Johnson (Beerse Belgium | Spring House PA USA | La Jolla CA USA) ref: R-100091 | closing: 11-Oct-2026 #CADD #CompChem #cheminformatics #ChemJobs #chemsky 🧪 jj.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/JJ/job/Beers...
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Senior Scientist, In Silico Discovery
At Johnson & Johnson, we believe health is everything. Our strength in healthcare innovation empowers us to build a world where complex diseases are prevented, treated, and cured, where treatments...
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David Jolly @davidjolly.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
BIG NEWS: Another new poll has us leading 48% to 46%. Be a part of history. Share the word, make a plan to vote, and let's get this done!
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macinchem.bsky.social @macinchem.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
This a Safari Extension, it allows you so select a drug name in a web page and view the structure macinchem.org/2026/09/29/s...
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Safari Extension – Macs in Chemistry
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Rob Arnol @robertarnol.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Sorry isn’t anywhere good enough. If it was a person charges would be laid, the owners of this program should be treated as if they physically did the hacking and be jailed. Just the same as you’re held responsible if your dog attacks someone.
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NRC @nrc.nl · 29/09/2026
87-jarige Maricarmen Abascal mag na massale protesten toch in haar Madrileense huurwoning blijven
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87-jarige Maricarmen Abascal mag na massale protesten toch in haar Madrileense huurwoning blijven
De tot symbool van de Spaanse wooncrisis uitgegroeide Maricarmen werd vorige week haar huis uitgezet, omdat ze na een forse verhoging de huur niet meer kan betalen. Maandagavond bereikte haar advocaat alsnog een akkoord met de eigenaren van het pand.
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BWJones @bwjones.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Oh, wow. For those of us who know Utah, this is delightful news. It could not happen to a more awful human being. Also, it’s not surprising that Trevor Lee would do this sort of thing. Also: He was/is one of the leading proponents online of some truly awful stuff, and he is a horrible bigot.
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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
the cornell case has me thinking about christine blasey ford and how she so bravely testified in 2018 about how future supreme court justice brett kavanaugh had sexually assaulted her. i'm thinking about what i wrote at the time and how nothing has changed:
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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
the horrific cornell gang rape case has me thinking about emma sulkowicz who alleged she was raped as a student at columbia in 2014 and never got any justice. it has me thinking about the physical and mental weight young women are forced to carry while their safety is subsumed by male potential.
Emma Sulkowicz carrying around a mattress on the Columbia campus in 2014 to raise awareness of her alleged rape and the university's inaction.
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c0nc0rdance @c0nc0rdance.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
The obvious conclusion (to me): if you have proprietary research & you upload it into the Plagiarism Nexus, it's not YOUR proprietary research anymore. Behave accordingly.
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Marcel Swart @marcelswart.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Final days of the 2026 edition of the #DFTPoll dftpoll.fillout.com/2026 www.marcelswart.eu/dft-poll/ind... October 1 is around the corner... #CompChem #ChemSky
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Philip Ball @philipcball.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
I almost wrote about this for CW myself. It's so neat. Tens of grams of *elemental* sulfur inside each of us!
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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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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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Comfortably Numb @numb.comfortab.ly · 28/09/2026
Claude making a scientific discovery
Black-and-white three-part comic. In the first scene, one simple cartoon figure holds out a small round handmade-looking object and says, “I MADE THIS.” Another figure replies, “YOU MADE THIS?” In the second scene, the second figure is shown alone holding the object. In the final scene, that figure holds it proudly and says, “I MADE THIS”
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Sarah McAnulty, Ph.D. @sarahmackattack.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
The doors of the Academy of Natural Sciences will be closing on Sunday...for now. But this isn't over. We're meeting at the Academy of Natural Sciences when doors close to gather for a moment of resolve followed by a march to City Hall. Join us. art by @lindzeamays.bsky.social luma.com/7ggkgtjb
a t. rex holds a candle in front of the words This isn't over, next to save the academy candle vigil, 5pm Sunday Sept 27, 1900 ben franklin parkway
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🇨🇦 🇺🇸 Zoë Keating @zoekeating.com · 27/09/2026
Apocalyptic
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Susan Rinkunas @susanrinkunas.com · 27/09/2026
NEW: A Texas woman died after being denied an abortion and her family sued the state and her doctors for violating her right to life. They say the ban should be struck down. It's one of several cases challenging abortion laws under state constitutional rights to life and liberty @autonomynews.co
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New Lawsuits Argue That Pregnant People Also Have a Right to Life
Lawyers are fighting abortion bans in state court by establishing that pregnant people have a right to life and liberty—or at least self-defense.
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Jeremy Berg @jeremymberg.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
My quote of the day How wonderful it is that nobody need wait a single moment before starting to improve the world. Anne Frank
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Jay Kuo @nycjayjay.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Let’s try to get folks to understand this devious manipulation. At the very least, Dems should not be blamed when those cuts come.
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womensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
At the age of 90 year old, Czech former agricultural worker Agnes Kasparkova continued her 13 year project to decorate her small village with hand-painting traditional Moravian motifs on the local houses #womensart
Three images, one of a window surrounded by blue floral patterns on a white exterior wall, two other images of an elderly womam painting the designs
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Walker Bragman @walkerbragman.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Brazil should ban X. In fact, every country would be better without it.
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Marcel Swart @marcelswart.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
No cheating. Share the last photo of the sky from your camera roll.
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Sean Carroll @seanmcarroll.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Cats can’t talk, so it took me a while to understand that Ariel was requesting a cat tower the same height as my desk, so there could be scritches while I was working. I finally figured it out, now all is well. #Caturday
Ariel on her desk-height cat tower. She on her back, blissed out at the tummy scritches.
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Marcel Swart @marcelswart.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
#editorlife I’m getting annoyed by authors that after a Reject decision based on extensive and valid evidence against publishing the manuscript, keep on insisting that they deserve a Major Revision. The argument being that the first reviewer was in favor. 1/n
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 26/09/2026
amazing -- Karl Rove lists Paxton's scandals: "The corrupt business guy gives him a fake Uber account and the records of that are now in his impeachment proceedings, so we know how often he went to have sex with Laura Olsen. I mean, can you make this shit up?"
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Marcel Swart @marcelswart.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Northwestern is looking for a (bio)inorganic chemist, Asst Prof level #chemjobs chemistry.northwestern.edu/about/open-p...
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Open Positions: Department of Chemistry - Northwestern University
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Sara Gibbs @sararoseg.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
He imposed Shania Law
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Payal JS, PhD @payaljs.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Interesting paper on how we continue to use hazardous solvents. #ChemSky onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10....
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The Stubborn Persistence of Toxic Solvents in Chemical Synthesis
Solvent choice is governed by precedent more than chemistry. Analysis of 1.3 M reactions over 40 years reveals trends in solvent use. The various roles of solvents are explored, and findings expose e...
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Jason Rasgon @vectorgen.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
If I won the Nobel I'd demand from my Uni a Universal Parking Pass. I can park ANYWHERE. On the grass. On the sidewalk. In the Dean's office. Anywhere.
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Alejandro Montenegro @aemonten.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
This makes me irrationally mad
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Mike Boylan-Kolchin @mbkplus.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Girl dinner
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Clara Jeffery @clarajeffery.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
We just dropped a bombshell investigation into ChatGPT's role in the Tumbler Ridge mass shooting. Incredible reporting from @markfollman.bsky.social that will have far-reaching effects...hopefully: www.motherjones.com/media/2026/0...
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ChatGPT helped the Tumbler Ridge school shooter focus on guns, tactics, and terror, our investigation reveals
OpenAI’s chatbot fed the shooter’s violent fantasies and planning up to the massacre.
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Nessa Carson @supersciencegrl.co.uk · 24/09/2026
This new paper is... a lot to read 🤔 #chemsky doi.org/10.1002/chem...
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Bond Formation: Shaken, Not Stirred
Shaking of seismo-molecules efficiently transforms kinetic energy into storable chemical potential, unlocking high-utility Gibbs free energy. This innovative mechanism pioneers uncharted scientific f...
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LorennaCleary.bsky.social @lorennacleary.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Orthodox Jewish community members join protest against Netanyahu in NYC.
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 25/09/2026
Trump rolls out the red carpet for Xi. Xi responds with a warning about America’s decline. Treasury yields explode. Gas and diesel surge. Trump’s Iran war spirals. Putin gets a G20 invite. Netanyahu melts down at the UN. And somehow… two pandas. Watch the MeidasTouch Podcast LIVE!!
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LIVE: MeidasTouch RESPONDS to MAJOR BREAKING NEWS - 9/24/26
YouTube video by MeidasTouch
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Marcel Swart @marcelswart.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
HerNEINdez NEIN, kein penalty 🔶 (obstruction on Brobbey) NEIN, kein penalty 🔶 (hands) NEIN, kein gol 🔶 (insufficient obstruction by Brobbey) NEIN, kein probleme (Brobbey injury), gol für die Mannschaft NEIN Herr HerNEINdez, eso no vale
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Marcel Swart @marcelswart.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Slappe hap bij @nieuws.nos.nl dat de link van de online petitie om NPO op te roepen om niet naar Eurovisie te gaan, *niet* toevoegt binnen de “nieuws” items erover. Hier is de missing link: campagnes.degoedezaak.org/campaigns/np...
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NPO, stop de Songfestivaldeelname van Nederland!
Heb je dit gezien? Nederland gaat gewoon weer deelnemen aan het Songfestival. Er worden in Gaza nog elke dag kinderen gedood. En de NPO wil gewoon een podium delen met de regering die dat doet. We kun...
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