iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

Reposted by Eric Knispel

Effin' Birds @effinbirds.com · 29/06/2026

"excuse me, I need to take this call" eatf.art/phone

A phone case featuring a painting of a bird beside the text "time to make a discreet fuckin exit"

120024

Reposted by Eric Knispel

Bob Worley @bobthechemist.bsky.social · 13/12/2025

Sustainable electrolysis using light instead of wasting the battery. Copper on the cathode #chemsky #chemchat #realtimechem #beyondbenign #iTeachChem #Chemistry

This is electrolysis using light. The 8 light cells are arranged in parallel to provide a voltage of about 3 V and a current of 65 mA. Copper chloride solution is electrolysed to give copper and chlorine Bleaching litmus, affecting starch/iodide paper, and potassium iodide solution.

041

Reposted by Eric Knispel

Bob Worley @bobthechemist.bsky.social · 06/12/2025

Go to sites.google.com/view/13ismc2.... It's about micro- and small-scale practical activities inspired by the school educators in chemistry around the world. Look at the gallery page! Sign up on the front page. Send a proposal #chemsky #chemchat #realtimechem #beyondbenign #iTeachChem #Chemistry

sites.google.com

13ISMC26

Wednesday 8 July to Friday 10 July 2026

142

Reposted by Eric Knispel

Compound Interest | Chemistry infographics @compoundchem.com · 14/12/2025

For day 14 of #ChemAdvent, we've got two fruity-themed graphics. The first is on festive flamethrowers with orange peel and limonene 🍊 🔥 The other is on nastar, Indonesian pastry-based desserts filled with spiced pineapple jam 🍍 #ChemSky 🧪

Infographic on orange peel flamethrowers, explaining how the presence of flammable D-limonene in orange peel oils makes it very flammable. The structure of D-limonene is shown and there's also a safety disclaimer.

Infographic on nastar, Indonesian pastry-based desserts filled with spiced pineapple jam. The structures of some key chemical contributors to pineapple flavour and aroma are shown; these include esters, such as ethyl-2-methylbutanoate and allyl hexanoate, and furaneol, also known as pineapple ketone.

25319

Reposted by Eric Knispel

Dr. Kenna Harmony Rubin @kennarubin.bsky.social · 06/12/2025

🧪🌋⚒️ Beautiful Kilauea volcano in #eruption again, with an unusual very high mass flux, near-lateral #lava fountain, next to a vertical fountain in episode 38, now, 6 Dec 2025, as seen live on the K2 usgs webcam. See video clip of usgs livestream at ~10 am hst youtube.com/clip/Ugkx-lk... #hawaii

Very large glowing lava fountain at Kilauea volcano, 11 am hst, 7 Dec 2025, episodes 38, as grabbed live from the #USGS live K2 webcam.

36613

Eric Knispel @shagalabagalas.bsky.social · 20/11/2025

🧪HS students take on Organic Chem-melting points of Organic Acids #iteachchem @chemed2025co.bsky.social @chemistryworld.com 🧪

020

Eric Knispel @shagalabagalas.bsky.social · 20/11/2025

🧪Thanks to Uncle Bob @bobthechemist.bsky.social for the Puddle Chem inspiration for teaching about Precipitation. Ss applauded when they saw the AgCl & when the light on the conductivity meter proved correct🧪 @compoundchem.com @cerg.bsky.social @chemed2025co.bsky.social @acs.org #iteachchemistry 🧪

010

Reposted by Eric Knispel

C&EN (Chemical & Engineering News) @cenmag.bsky.social · 14/10/2025

In the latest edition of #PeriodicGraphics, we take a look at the ingredients doing more than spicing up our cooking: cen.acs.org/biological-c... #chemsky 🧪

This graphic explains four examples of chemicals in spices having effects outside cooking. The four examples include a clove compound’s ability to treat toothaches, a nutmeg compound’s ability to cause hallucinations, a licorice extract compound’s ability to raise blood pressure, and a fenugreek compound’s ability to make urine and sweat smell like maple syrup.

25812

Reposted by Eric Knispel

Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 25/09/2025

The gap between teacher pay and other college graduates’ pay is the highest it’s been in over four decades. Is there a “teacher shortage,” or a shortage of jobs that treat educators with the pay, dignity, and support they deserve?

801793525

Eric Knispel @shagalabagalas.bsky.social · 21/09/2025

🧪 Week #5 in the Intro Orgo lab is all about molecular Structure and Strain. What better way to illustrate than the Nitrogen Triiodide demo 🧪(#Shakashiri). @chemistryworld.com @compoundchem.com @chemed2025co.bsky.social @cenmag.bsky.social @cerg.bsky.social

110

Eric Knispel @shagalabagalas.bsky.social · 21/09/2025

🧪 Long overdue update from high school Intro to Organic Chem lab: August week #1: Scopoletin Extraction from Sycamore bark in water. Fluorescence improved in higher pH conditions 🧪 @compoundchem.com @cerg.bsky.social @chemed2025co.bsky.social @chemistryworld.com @cenmag.bsky.social

000

Reposted by Eric Knispel

Andy Brunning @andy.compoundchem.com · 09/09/2025

Here’s the resultant inkcap ink. Pro tip: don’t sniff it. I made this mistake and now the stench of mushroom death may never leave my nostrils 🤢

Photo of a glass jar with a dark brown liquid in it on a kitchen counter

061

Reposted by Eric Knispel

Jeff Tiedrich @jefftiedrich.bsky.social · 06/09/2025

it's Saturday, and it's time for "this week in stupid: September 6 edition" — Morning Joe blithers, Senator Kennedy dithers, and so much more... thanks for reading, and please sign up for my daily newsletter so you never miss a post —

bit.ly

this week in stupid: September 6 edition

Morning Joe blithers, Senator Kennedy dithers, and so much more...

33918196

Reposted by Eric Knispel

Dan Jagger @auditorynerves.bsky.social · 27/08/2025

Aotearoa New Zealand launches campaign to find love for Ned, a rare & lonely left-spiralling snail. Nearly all common garden snails have shells that coil to the right, but Ned’s shell results in reversed reproductive organs – a barrier to mating. 🧪🐌❤️ www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...

theguardian.com

New Zealand launches campaign to find love for rare and lonely left-spiralling snail Ned

Nearly all common garden snails have shells that coil to the right but Ned the snail’s left-spiralling shell results in reversed reproductive organs – a barrier to mating

14010

Reposted by Eric Knispel

Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 19/08/2025

(Guardian) - Household electricity bills have increased by 10% since Donald Trump re-entered the White House, a new report has found, with its authors highlighting the impact of the president’s datacenter boosterism .. as part of the cause. @theguardian.com www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

47938405

Eric Knispel @shagalabagalas.bsky.social · 04/08/2025

🧪 Back from @chemed2025co.bsky.social and reenergized to get things going for the fall semester…so I started by testing the new “Atmospheric Pressure PingPong Cannon(APPPC).” The new vacuum pump really helps…🧪 @chemistryworld.com

000

Reposted by Eric Knispel

Jeff Tiedrich @jefftiedrich.bsky.social · 27/07/2025

here's today's post: "Preznit Fuckwit gets the Scottish welcome he deserves" — he’s such an international embarrassment. thanks for reading, and please sign up for my daily newsletter to keep getting the good stuff —

bit.ly

Preznit Fuckwit gets the Scottish welcome he deserves

he’s such an international embarrassment

13053671170

Reposted by Eric Knispel

Effin' Birds @effinbirds.com · 23/07/2025

can it be today? please? find this shit on my website: eatf.art/off

A mug that reads "one day everyone who needs to fuck off will fuck off"

A shirt that reads "one day everyone who needs to fuck off will fuck off"

316026

Eric Knispel @shagalabagalas.bsky.social · 22/07/2025

Making tin metal castings @chemed2025co.bsky.social Yeah science! @cleapss.bsky.social @acscwd.bsky.social Who says the penny has been cancelled?

001

Reposted by Eric Knispel

Refn @malebranche.bsky.social · 21/06/2025

This needs to go under every single corporate announcement or advertisement about some bullshit “AI” feature they added.

235999

Reposted by Eric Knispel

Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 20/06/2025

Yesterday, Donald Trump said that the U.S. has "too many non-working holidays." Our so-called "pro-worker president" thinks that workers should have fewer days off. Meanwhile, he's spending a huge chunk of his presidency (and taxpayer dollars) on the golf course. Hello?

761989585

Reposted by Eric Knispel

Jeff Tiedrich @jefftiedrich.bsky.social · 17/06/2025

here's today's post: "Preznit Fuckwit shits the bed at the G7 and goes home in a huff" — 24 hours with our great national embarrassment. thanks for reading, and please sign up for my daily newsletter to keep getting the good stuff —

bit.ly

Preznit Fuckwit shits the bed at the G7 and goes home in a huff

24 hours with our great national embarrassment

771715327

Reposted by Eric Knispel

Jeff Tiedrich @jefftiedrich.bsky.social · 13/06/2025

here's today's post: "Donny’s policies suck, complains Donny in crazypants post" thanks for reading, and please sign up for my daily newsletter to keep getting the good stuff —

bit.ly

Donny’s policies suck, complains Donny in crazypants post

what in the actual fuck

621972419

Reposted by Eric Knispel

Adam Kinzinger @adamkinzinger.substack.com · 05/06/2025

“He’s not a strongman. He’s not even a leader. He’s a man throwing a tantrum because the world won’t revolve around him.” Trump’s allies are turning on him—Musk, Barrett, Powell—and he’s losing his grip. adamkinzinger.substack.com/p/trumps-emp...

adamkinzinger.substack.com

Trump's Empire of Control Is Crumbling

Even his loyalists—Musk, Barrett, Powell—are breaking free. And he can't handle it.

1763113680

Reposted by Eric Knispel

chemed2025co.bsky.social @chemed2025co.bsky.social · 23/05/2025

There are CERIUM days left until #ChemEd2025! This silvery metal is commonly used in blue LEDs (like those obnoxious ones in holiday lights that make your eyes go fuzzy! 😆) Learn more at learn.mines.edu/chemed2025

132

Reposted by Eric Knispel

Making Molecules @makingmolecules.com · 20/05/2025

A #ChemEd #Chemistry #ChemSky summary on my favourite subject (after dairy chem of course), chirality. I love that a small change (reflection) makes a big difference. Students seem to hate chirality so here is a simple intro (more stereochem: www.makingmolecules.com/blog/tpyjoy3...)

A summary of chirality and chemistry. Introduces the idea that mirror images do not have to be the same, that they can have different properties. Tries to do it at a very simple level with not discussion of point groups or symmetry.

0126

Reposted by Eric Knispel

Effin' Birds @effinbirds.com · 14/05/2025

The perfect meeting mug can now be yours. eatf.art/bed

A mug featuring a bird above the text "i didn't get out of bed and put on clothes to be subjected to this horseshit"

627947

Reposted by Eric Knispel

Fi @yes-that-fi.bsky.social · 14/05/2025

Today was my birthday. Went to work. Logged into Oulook. Emails ugh. Calendar for meetings ugh. Then I tore off the page of my @effinbirds.com calendar and everything was all ok. Thanks Aaron!

The page a day May 13 2025 calendar for effing birds. There is a hummingbird pictured with main text that says “trust me, you don’t want to hear about this shit”.
In a handwritten note across the top it says ‘Fi, maybe this year you can finally get your shit together’. There is also a hand drawn duck and a signature.

01625

Reposted by Eric Knispel

Effin' Birds @effinbirds.com · 10/05/2025

you read some shit on the internet, you're an expert now, so you should wear this shirt. eatf.art/expert

A sweatshirt featuring a bird and the text "I read some shit on the internet, I'm an expert now"

547070

Reposted by Eric Knispel

Compound Interest | Chemistry infographics @compoundchem.com · 30/04/2025

Happy birthday to the electron! ⚛️ #OTD in 1897, Joseph J Thomson announced his identification of the electron — the first subatomic particle to be discovered. www.compoundchem.com/2018/04/30/e... #ChemSky 🧪

Today in Chemistry History infographic on the discovery of the electron in 1897 by Sir Joseph J Thomson. Thomson discovered the electron, found the first evidence for isotopes of stable elements, and won the Nobel Prize in Physics for ‘investigations on the conduction of electricity by gases’. An annotated diagram of the cathode ray apparatus Thomson used to discover the electron is shown. The rays were deflected by an electric field. Comparing this with how much they were deflected by a magnetic field, he deduced that cathode rays were made of negatively charged particles, which he termed ‘corpuscles’. The discovery led to his ‘plum pudding’ model of the atom, with electrons scattered throughout a cloud of positive charge.

17929

Reposted by Eric Knispel

Sandy Hilton @sandyhiltonpt.bsky.social · 16/04/2025

This is my favorite T-shirt. Wearing it right now!

222314

Reposted by Eric Knispel

Carolyn Fiddler @cfidd.bsky.social · 10/04/2025

But @effinbirds.com I'm not actually sorry at all

Calendar page that reads "I'm sorry, I gave up listening to shitheads for lent"

124437

Reposted by Eric Knispel

Effin' Birds @effinbirds.com · 04/04/2025

The question that we all have on our minds every fucking day, now available on Threadless. Find it and more at effinbirds.threadless.com

A ceramic mug featuring a painting of a bird above the text "what is this motherfucker up to now?"

648477

Eric Knispel @shagalabagalas.bsky.social · 09/04/2025

Robin’s nest built in front of security camera makes for great looks at her nesting habits… @birdsoftheworld.bsky.social @ababirds.bsky.social #birdwatchers

American robin sits in nest built on light sconce

100

Reposted by Eric Knispel

samkean.bsky.social @samkean.bsky.social · 09/04/2025

In the 1950s, French doctor Marthe Gautier discovered the cause of Down syndrome. But a colleague allegedly stole credit from her—and is now on track to become a certified Catholic saint. Full story below! podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t... @scihistoryorg sciencehistory.org/stories/disa...

001

Reposted by Eric Knispel

Chemistry World @chemistryworld.com · 09/04/2025

Check out the updated version we helped produce in 2019 with @helenarney.bsky.social, the Waterbeach Brass Band and chemists from around the world! www.youtube.com/watch?v=viDY... #ChemSky #ScienceSky #MusicSky

youtube.com

The Elements Song 2019 – Chemistry World

YouTube video by Chemistry World

1216

Reposted by Eric Knispel

Jeff Tiedrich @jefftiedrich.bsky.social · 05/04/2025

it's Saturday, and it's time for "this week in stupid: April 5 edition" — Donny Convict walks to it, Mike Lindell talks to it, and so much more... thanks for reading, and please sign up for my daily newsletter so you never miss a post —

bit.ly

this week in stupid: April 5 edition

Donny Convict walks to it, Mike Lindell talks to it, and so much more...

561297186

Reposted by Eric Knispel

Bob Worley @bobthechemist.bsky.social · 06/04/2025

Watch highly coloured ions MnO₄⁻ & Cu(NH₃)₄²⁺ diffuse in a droplet of water using 2 different paths caused by presence of a magnet during electrolysis. Evidence of charged particles (ions). www.youtube.com/watch?v=qMta... and www.youtube.com/watch?v=w9oM... #ITeachchem #RealTimeChem #chatchemistry

184

Reposted by Eric Knispel

Molly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 06/04/2025

We spend so much time in the media wondering if things are breaking through. Massive protests show that Americans are seeing what’s happening and they don’t like it.

301511156

Reposted by Eric Knispel

Jeff Tiedrich @jefftiedrich.bsky.social · 03/04/2025

I don't hear MAGA bragging about their 401k today. why, what happened

651488171

Reposted by Eric Knispel

C&EN (Chemical & Engineering News) @cenmag.bsky.social · 25/03/2025

Geological resources may be able to provide billions—or even trillions—of metric tons of clean hydrogen, according to estimates from US government researchers. cen.acs.org/energy/hydro...

cen.acs.org

Trillions of tons of hydrogen may be waiting under our feet

A new energy industry is emerging around hydrogen made by rocks instead of renewables

031

Reposted by Eric Knispel

samkean.bsky.social @samkean.bsky.social · 24/03/2025

I’m thrilled to announce my NEW BOOK, Dinner with King Tut! It comes out July 8th. You can preorder NOW at these links. Details about the book below... bookshop.org/p/books/dinn... www.amazon.com/Dinner-King-... www.barnesandnoble.com/w/dinner-wit...

4154

Reposted by Eric Knispel

Linda Cummings (Singing Chemist) @cummingslinda.bsky.social · 18/03/2025

As you register for #ChemEd2025, you might consider adding a tour to your registration! Some of the opportunities we'll be offering are tours to @noaa.gov @ncar-ucar.bsky.social, and NREL! Check out learn.mines.edu/chemed2025/tou… for more details! #ITeachChem #ChemEd @chemed2025co.bsky.social

learn.mines.edu

053

Reposted by Eric Knispel

Origami Organelles @origamiorganelles.bsky.social · 17/03/2025

Show how a mass spectrometer identifies unknown substances by making a paper model of one! Learn more here: bit.ly/2SSZl63 #EduSky #SciTeachUK #massspec #iteachchem #chemistryteacher #chemistry #massspectrometry #massspectrometer

022