Michael Evans @mevans86.bsky.social · 1hLike if you’re watching Phillies-Braves and you’re thinking about oxidation when you see that sleeve! IBX baby! 😂⚾️👨🔬 000
Michael Evans @mevans86.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Another year of incredibly nerve-wracking Braves baseball. 😓 000
Michael Evans @mevans86.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Bryce Harper better watch his back when he gets back to Philly. 😂 000
Michael Evans @mevans86.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Oh my goodness, this blew my mind. The rate of radical scavenging by kinetin depends on the concentration of its deprotonated form, so a plot of log(k) versus pH looks like a titration curve...! #chemsky pubs.acs.org/joceah/artic... 000
Michael Evans @mevans86.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Bullet is a hell of a drug. 😂 #chesspunks lichess.org/KqgtqxaX/black 010
Michael Evans @mevans86.bsky.social · 28/09/2026I 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?! 13134
Michael Evans @mevans86.bsky.social · 28/09/2026The pedantry of people with doctoral degrees sometimes, I swear… 😮💨 020
Michael Evans @mevans86.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Bojack Horseman is (correctly) listed as the best animated show, but I think it should be higher on the list! No way Louie is better. No way. 020
Michael Evans @mevans86.bsky.social · 24/09/2026I'd rather play softball on a sprained ankle and bum knee tonight than even think about the Atlanta Falcons. Rise up 'n all that.static.klipy.comDevondre Campbell in Atlanta Falcons JerseyALT: Devondre Campbell in Atlanta Falcons Jersey 000
Michael Evans @mevans86.bsky.social · 23/09/2026In case you were wondering, yes, there is a Wikipedia page on anti-Barney humor. Looking back on it, as a second grader in 1992, I was evidently on the bleeding edge of hating on the purple dino. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anti-Ba...en.wikipedia.orgAnti-Barney humor - Wikipedia 000
Michael Evans @mevans86.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Developers and practitioners of photochemical reactions have to reckon with reproducibility—this simple paper is an intriguing wake-up call. A 2-dram vial positioned 1 cm from a 3-Watt LED heats up by over 40 ºC! www.nature.com/articles/s41...nature.comTemperature and reproducibility in photocatalysis - Nature ChemistryIn recent years, there has been a surge in the development of reactions using photoredox catalysis. However, the ability to reproduce these reactions varies wildly, owing to key factors such as light ... 023
Reposted by Michael EvansDerek Lowe @dereklowe.bsky.social · 21/09/2026The Trump administration tries - yet again - to get federal research research funding under its ideological control. Let’s defeat it like we did the last one!science.orgYet Another Attempt to Strangle Scientific Funding 25219
Michael Evans @mevans86.bsky.social · 20/09/2026I can’t stand fantasy sports sometimes. Why am I praying for Jayden Daniels’ elbow?! 😑 000
Michael Evans @mevans86.bsky.social · 20/09/2026The Falcons are so embarrassing at MBS. 😓 Waiting for the day they’ll be offering United-level ticket prices. Oof. 010
Michael Evans @mevans86.bsky.social · 18/09/2026Wowsers. This is probably the best 1+0 game I’ve ever played. 52 moves! 🤯 #chesspunks lichess.org/svHVSasH/blacklichess.orgBullet Chess • snop-123 vs mevanssnop-123 (1441) played mevans (1428) in a rated Bullet (1+0) game of chess. mevans won by checkmate after 52 moves. Click to replay, analyse, and discuss the game! 020
Michael Evans @mevans86.bsky.social · 17/09/2026A cautionary tale, with a concerning amount of follow-up describing faculty over-using LLMs... ☹️ Don't upload your students' work to an LLM without their permission (duh). www.reddit.com/r/PhD/commen...reddit.comFrom the PhD community on RedditExplore this post and more from the PhD community 010
Michael Evans @mevans86.bsky.social · 17/09/2026This is one letter, not five! 😅😂 Wordle 1,916 4/6 🟨🟨⬛⬛⬛ 🟨⬛🟩⬛⬛ ⬛🟩🟩🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 WordleBot Skill 95/99 Luck 52/99 000
Michael Evans @mevans86.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Regardless of your political opinion on the situation in the Levant, I think we can agree that the way Ed Sheeran handled the Macklemore situation was terrible. "You do you bro" and "let a musician have his political opinions" are kind of the bare minimum for a person in Sheeran's position.static.klipy.comTristeALT: Triste 010
Michael Evans @mevans86.bsky.social · 15/09/2026The solubility rules were compared to the Pokémon type chart in class…and the nerd train rolls on. 🤓😂👨🔬 (Nobody memorizes it. You learn “water beats fire” and look up the rest as needed.) 020
Reposted by Michael EvansPleakley @pleaks.bsky.social · 15/09/2026banned myself from twitter for 1 week and opened it on reflex earlier today which is how i found out ringo starr thinks bigger animals have bigger molecules which is why he drinks goat milk bc its the “right size” for humans to drink and not cow milk which makes u more full bc of the big molecules 4287
Reposted by Michael EvansScott Bagley @bagphos.bsky.social · 12/09/2026#ChemSky from my colleague Justin in our Analytical group 0114
Michael Evans @mevans86.bsky.social · 09/09/2026static.klipy.comWhy Not Both? The Iconic MemeALT: Why Not Both? The Iconic Meme 020
Michael Evans @mevans86.bsky.social · 28/08/2026Michigan: "No more grades in the first semester." 🤡 Ohio State: "Hold my beer." 010
Michael Evans @mevans86.bsky.social · 28/08/2026Today in class, I compared the names of groups of chemical elements to the goofy names of color combinations in Magic—izzet, golgari, etc. Maybe you sit down to try to learn them once, but they mostly get in your head via exposure in collecting and games. Fun little comparison. 020
Michael Evans @mevans86.bsky.social · 27/08/2026A report ripe for deeper mechanistic study: divergent outcomes in photo-catalyzed cyclizations of 1,5-dienes with electronically distinct substituents on a tethering nitrogen. Nifty! www.nature.com/articles/s41...nature.comProgrammable regiodivergent light-driven cyclization of acyclic 1,5-dienes unlocks rigid bicyclic architectures - Nature ChemistryThe kinetic preference for 5-exo-trig over 6-endo-trig pathways in the intramolecular radical [2 + 2] cycloaddition of 1,5-dienes governs selectivity, a phenomenon dubbed the rule of five. Now it has ... 010
Michael Evans @mevans86.bsky.social · 26/08/2026static.klipy.comClue Flames Flames On The Side Of My HeadALT: Clue Flames Flames On The Side Of My Head 010
Michael Evans @mevans86.bsky.social · 25/08/2026Awesome idea for a book! (Yes, it's my alma mater, but still.) 020
Michael Evans @mevans86.bsky.social · 22/08/2026No love for Fleetwood Mac in the replies…come on! Queen is rightfully getting top billing, with debate raging whether I or II is better. I’m partial to II myself. 020
Michael Evans @mevans86.bsky.social · 21/08/2026The below said, writing issues the author has that his editor inexplicably hasn’t fixed: - doesn’t understand that “each” is singular - doesn’t know the meaning of “comprise” (it means INCLUDE, not COMPOSE!) 010
Michael Evans @mevans86.bsky.social · 21/08/2026Dungeon Crawler Carl. Read it. That’s it. That’s the skeet. 020
Reposted by Michael EvansScott Bagley @bagphos.bsky.social · 20/08/2026Chemists are AWESOME! #ChemSky 0121
Michael Evans @mevans86.bsky.social · 19/08/2026There is a course at Northern Michigan University called Medicinal Plant Chemistry with the course number CH 420. No way that’s a coincidence. 😂static.klipy.comSunshine LoveALT: Sunshine Love 030
Michael Evans @mevans86.bsky.social · 17/08/2026We can all hang it up. poolsuite.net is the best website on the Internet.poolsuite.netPoolsuite ☼The ultra-summer internet radio station, playing an infinity pool of summer sounds 24/7. Swimwear optional. Formerly Poolside FM. 010
Michael Evans @mevans86.bsky.social · 14/08/2026I’ve started playing 1+0 bullet, which is hazardous for your chess health. #chesspunks White to play and mate in two. 120
Michael Evans @mevans86.bsky.social · 08/08/2026This is actually a FANTASTIC strategy for new distance runners. “Screw it; I gotta keep going until the song ends” is a powerful motivator. 😂 I’ve done this with Hurricane by Bob Dylan. www.reddit.com/r/comics/com...reddit.comFrom the comics community on Reddit: American PieExplore this post and more from the comics community 011
Michael Evans @mevans86.bsky.social · 07/08/2026To all #chesspunks, please stop playing the hippo. I’m working on my anger issues and it upsets me. 🤬 000
Reposted by Michael EvansChemjobber @chemjobber.bsky.social · 05/08/2026The 2027 Chemistry Faculty Jobs List has 53 tenure-track positions and 2 teaching-only positions: docs.google.com/spreadsheets... #facultychemjobs #chemsky #chemchat ⚗️🧪docs.google.comThe 2027 Chemistry Faculty Jobs List 22120
Michael Evans @mevans86.bsky.social · 31/07/2026“Ooh, and now I can take the bishop after a discovered ch—OH GOD NO!” Thankfully, black did not find the best move in this blitz game (he played 42…Rxd5???). But I bet you can! Black to play and win. #chesspunks lichess.org/ZQSFKUu4/white 020
Reposted by Michael Evansmutantmell @mutantmell.net · 29/07/2026The CSB does really good explainer videos on refinery explosions and why they happened: m.youtube.com/watch?v=JplA... Ongoing maintenance is super crucial for refining (and solar cannot come fast enough).m.youtube.comAnimation of 2015 Explosion at ExxonMobil Refinery in Torrance, CAYouTube video by USCSB 1472
Michael Evans @mevans86.bsky.social · 28/07/2026Finally finished my Fundamentals of Chemistry open course. 😮💨 Hoping this is a useful resource for students nervous about starting a college chemistry course for majors or engineers! github.com/mevans86/ope...github.comGitHub - mevans86/open-funds-chem: Materials for Fundamentals of Chemistry, an open course developed for the Open Course Project at Georgia Tech.Materials for Fundamentals of Chemistry, an open course developed for the Open Course Project at Georgia Tech. - mevans86/open-funds-chem 082
Reposted by Michael EvansThe Onion @theonion.com · 28/07/2026Pharmaceutical Ad Urges Viewers To Fight Doctors Who Say Drug Not Right For Them theonion.com/pharmaceutical-ad-urge… 191253141
Reposted by Michael Evanscrocramer.bsky.social @crocramer.bsky.social · 27/07/202660-second Safety Science! At @ulresearchinst.bsky.social, our specialized exposure chambers measure chemical emissions so we can understand potential hazards from materials and technologies in our everyday environment 🧪 www.youtube.com/watch?v=kdSe...youtube.comUsing exposure chamber technology to measure chemical emissionsYouTube video by UL Research Institutes 355
Michael Evans @mevans86.bsky.social · 27/07/2026Alice Lee is STILL rocking that periodic table in the background! Legend! #chesspunks www.youtube.com/live/6hAFPFv...youtube.comWomen's Speed Chess Championship 2026: Hou Yifan v. Muzychuk In QF & Alice Lee v. Avramidou In SFYouTube video by Chess.com 010