Reposted by Rachel KurchinSergey Frolov🇺🇦 @spinespresso.bsky.social · 23/01/2026Enjoying the talk of Dr. Ivan Oransky @retractionwatch.com hosted by our friends at CMU @cmu.edu . What you don't see is the great turnout. Great that folks care and are paying attention. 031
Rachel Kurchin @rkurchin.bsky.social · 20/11/2025Thanks @geoffhutchison.net! Yes, check out the JuliaMolSim org! juliamolsim.github.iojuliamolsim.github.ioJuliaMolSim: Molecular Simulations in Julia 021
Rachel Kurchin @rkurchin.bsky.social · 29/10/2025Thirteen first cousins here but basically any country you’d name my dad would say “oh, we have a cousin there!” Then some of them actually showed up to my Bat Mitzvah! 😮 Anyway, the Mediterranean energy is strong. 💪 000
Reposted by Rachel KurchinEvan Spotte-Smith (they/them) @ewcss.info · 08/08/2025The Journal of Open Source Software (@joss-openjournals.bsky.social) is looking for editors. Come join our team! I've only been an editor for a few months, but I love working with JOSS. Our peer review process is actually collaborative, and we're Diamond Open Access. #AcademicSky 🧪 ⚗️ #CompChemblog.joss.theoj.orgCall for editors | Journal of Open Source Software BlogBlog for the Journal of Open Source Software • <a href='https://joss.theoj.org'>https://joss.theoj.org</a> 03417
Rachel Kurchin @rkurchin.bsky.social · 16/03/2025I am more or less the right age for that movie but have never stayed awake to the end of it… 110
Reposted by Rachel KurchinBill McKibben @billmckibben.bsky.social · 14/03/2025I feel like we need to form a League of Relatively Normal People, and our agenda should be things like: --Canada's cool, leave them be --Lot of smart people at universities, that's a plus --We're scared of getting cancer, so let's research it --Fewer floods and wildfires would be nice 672050427
Reposted by Rachel KurchinCosta Samaras @costasamaras.com · 27/02/2025[getting a bootleg flu shot] Them: do you have an egg allergy? Me: wait, you also sell egg? 623937
Rachel Kurchin @rkurchin.bsky.social · 20/02/2025I heard it from Jerry who heard it from Seth who heard it from you, so it must be true! 010
Rachel Kurchin @rkurchin.bsky.social · 20/02/2025Ladies and gentlemen, the highest-ranked Tartan in White House history 110
Reposted by Rachel KurchinLeticia Madureira @leticia-madureira.bsky.social · 04/02/2025If you’re using Julia in chemistry or materials science, we encourage you to submit a proposal to the Computational Chemistry and Materials Science Minisymposium at JuliaCon 2025 in Pittsburgh, PA, from July 21–26. @julialang.org @juliacon.bsky.social discourse.julialang.org/t/computatio...discourse.julialang.orgComputational Chemistry and Materials Science Minisymposium: Call For ProposalsIf you’re using Julia in chemistry or materials science (at all , whether or not it specifically uses JuliaMolSim ecosystem tools!), we encourage you to submit a proposal to the Computational Chemistr... 063
Rachel Kurchin @rkurchin.bsky.social · 26/01/2025Depends a little bit on how you define tautological, but this checks out IMO 🫡 020
Rachel Kurchin @rkurchin.bsky.social · 26/01/2025(say the lab-grown McRib people, who I’m sure you have manifested into existence by now)media.tenor.comtwo women are standing next to each other and one of them says that 's okay that 's okay i make lamb .ALT: two women are standing next to each other and one of them says that 's okay that 's okay i make lamb . 030
Rachel Kurchin @rkurchin.bsky.social · 26/01/2025New BlueSky game, inspired by My Big Fat Greek Wedding: Name an issue – any issue! – and Costa will tell you how that issue is actually about the veggie McRib. Round 1: the inverter shortage 130
Reposted by Rachel KurchinJuliaCon 2026 @juliacon.org · 25/01/2025JuliaCon Needs You! JuliaCon is proudly peer-reviewed, aiming for 3 reviews per submission to ensure quality & fairness. Volunteer as a reviewer and make an impact on the community. docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... #JuliaCon2025docs.google.comJuliaCon reviewThank you for volunteering as JuliaCon reviewer! As several attendees need an accepted talk to get travel funding and/or travel visa, getting reviews handled professionally and efficiently is crucial... 055
Rachel Kurchin @rkurchin.bsky.social · 07/01/2025Strava is the last best social network 🏊♀️🚴♀️🏃♀️🏋️♀️💪😁 110
Rachel Kurchin @rkurchin.bsky.social · 01/01/2025www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/the...mcsweeneys.netThe Millennial CAPTCHAOur 3rd most-read article of 2024. - - - - - -Read an interview with the creators of this piece over on our Patreon page. 110
Rachel Kurchin @rkurchin.bsky.social · 01/01/2025Two years ago, we’re in Chicago, along with four cats, in Jerry’s parents’ house (ours plus their three). Midnight hits, and Jerry’s dad announces, without a hint of irony, “New year, new meal!” and fills all their bowls again. One of the funniest moments ever. 110
Reposted by Rachel KurchinLeah Stokes @leahstokes.bsky.social · 30/12/2024Many know that President Carter put solar panels on the White House. Fewer know that he signed PURPA, the law that kick started solar energy for the entire world. That legacy alone makes him one of the greats. 281574361
Reposted by Rachel KurchinEvan Spotte-Smith (they/them) @ewcss.info · 18/12/2024I love, love, love JOSS, a Diamond Open Access journal that embraces open peer review, scientific software, and makes publishing painless through integration with Git/GitHub. I'm so proud that RNMC found a home there! 5/6 111
Reposted by Rachel KurchinLaura Bronner @laurabronner.bsky.social · 21/11/2024A thread about being wrong: 5 years ago, we wrote a paper about how how newly enfranchised 16-year-olds vote in Austria. But we were wrong. This year, @elisabethgraf.bsky.social, @schnizzl.bsky.social, Sylvia Kritzinger and I are setting the record straight: authors.elsevier.com/c/1juT5xRaZk... 26659163
Rachel Kurchin @rkurchin.bsky.social · 30/11/2024Szechuan pepper is where it’s at www.seriouseats.com/sichuan-bang...seriouseats.comHot and Numbing Sichuan-Style Turkey Salad RecipeToss leftover Thanksgiving turkey with a Sichuan-inspired "strange flavor" dressing for a salad that will jolt you out of any lingering food coma. 020
Rachel Kurchin @rkurchin.bsky.social · 22/11/2024TBH if @costasamaras.com and @jeopardamy.bsky.social are here now, this place is probably alrightmedia.tenor.coma black and white cat peeking out of a door with the words " is it safe " written below itALT: a black and white cat peeking out of a door with the words " is it safe " written below it 041
