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Stu Cantrill @stuartcantrill.com · 9h

If you say the same thing again this year, you'll definitely be right ;-)

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Stu Cantrill @stuartcantrill.com · 11h

The trick is to be ambiguous so that you can argue that you did predict the winners...

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Stu Cantrill @stuartcantrill.com · 11h

One week today, let's see if I (kinda) go 2 for 2 on #chemnobel...

A screenshot of my Bluesky post about the ChemNobel last year, that reads:

#NobelPrize week starts tomorrow & the #chemnobel is Wednesday… used to be so much Nobel chat on Tw*tter, but that is not replicated here, alas. Anyway, for the record, I think MOFs will win at some point (maybe this year maybe not). Balasubramanian & Klenerman a good bet for next-gen sequencing too

Post was published 18:37 on Oct 5th

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Stu Cantrill @stuartcantrill.com · 31/08/2026

I had the privilege of sitting next to Prof. Yonath at lunch during a two-day symposium (in Namur I think). She told the best stories… such a loss #chemsky

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Stu Cantrill @stuartcantrill.com · 31/08/2026

You bastard, @iandunt.bsky.social - making me spend more money on books…

A picture of the book, ‘The Making of the English Working Class’ by E. P. Thompson. The cover is black and white and shows masses of people in the foreground with factories in the background.

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Stu Cantrill @stuartcantrill.com · 27/08/2026

So, to remember the names of the Great Lakes, it’s no longer HOMES, but SHAME. How appropriate 😂

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Alexandra Petri @petridishes.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

the year is 2027. gas costs $83 and lettuce is at war with us. however every location on every map now says AMERICA

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Stu Cantrill @stuartcantrill.com · 04/08/2026

Thank you! JPS also a big inspiration for me.

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Stu Cantrill @stuartcantrill.com · 03/08/2026

That's not three rings. Also topologically trivial.

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Stu Cantrill @stuartcantrill.com · 03/08/2026

This brings back fond memories: me, Kelly & Fraser.

A Borromean embrace between myself, Fraser Stoddart and Kelly Chichak (who led the effort to make the molecular Borromean rings)

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Stu Cantrill @stuartcantrill.com · 03/08/2026

I mean, if such a review did exist, I think it should have a figure like this:

An image showing three different ways to interlock three different rings (each image contains a red, a blue and a green ring). The title at the top says 'Nanoscale Borromean Rings – Cantrill et al.'

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Stu Cantrill @stuartcantrill.com · 03/08/2026

That’s three different non-trivial topologies there…

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Stu Cantrill @stuartcantrill.com · 30/07/2026

We were way ahead of our time 🤣

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Stu Cantrill @stuartcantrill.com · 01/07/2026

I do love this representation of #WorldCup matches, but it’s giving me nightmarish flashbacks of redrawing dendrimers in ChemDraw… 😱 #Chemsky

A circular World Cup bracket with round of 32 games around the outside working their way in towards the final. Countries represented by their flags.

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Stu Cantrill @stuartcantrill.com · 29/06/2026

Ugh. Letters from our school induce swearing fits like nothing else can… muppets.

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Stu Cantrill @stuartcantrill.com · 28/06/2026

I would like to like this post a 1,000 times over.

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Stu Cantrill @stuartcantrill.com · 26/06/2026

Now get @profdaveleigh.bsky.social to make that out of molecules - I’m sure Jake will publish it ;-)

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CERN @cern.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

François Englert (1932 – 2026) It is with great sadness that we announce that Belgian theoretical physicist, François Englert, has passed away at the age of 93. Read more: home.cern/francois-eng...

François Englert during a visit to CERN in 2014 (Image: CERN)

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Stu Cantrill @stuartcantrill.com · 18/06/2026

That was the last social as it turns out…

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Stu Cantrill @stuartcantrill.com · 18/06/2026

The social-isolation socials that @drlcsquare.bsky.social and I ran for almost 2 years is one of the best things I've ever done (IMHO); and that all stemmed from #chemtwitter and the wider community on Twitter. That feeling of community has sadly not been replicated on #ChemSky.

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Stu Cantrill @stuartcantrill.com · 17/06/2026

'In a binary world' from @natphys.nature.com This is fascinating!! 'These issues are not merely academic curiosities; rockets have fallen from the skies as a result of inattentive digital representations of numbers' www.nature.com/articles/s41... #chemsky 🧪

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In a binary world - Nature Physics

The International System of Units is defined in terms of seven physical constants. Ensuring that computers can understand their values exactly as we do is not as trivial as it might seem, say Cristhia...

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James Ball @jamesrball.com · 15/06/2026

From one of the many PR emails I'm getting about the government social media ban. Obviously this is from someone selling this technology. But stop to think about just how utterly dystopian this is: *constant* video surveillance of all online activity, for everyone.

To keep our children truly safe, technology platforms need to be installing fused biometrics - combining voice and facial signals – to be 100 per cent certain that the person using the platform is the account holder. This also continuously verifies the person throughout the session preventing any tech savvy child from being able to work around restrictions.

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Barbara Ciani @drbciani.bsky.social · 14/06/2026

...and during these challenging moments the community comes together in support of each other. Thank you to everyone that is signing our Open Letter in support of Chemistry at Sheffield, Nottingham Chemistry and Physics. savesheffieldchemistry.netlify.app nottinghamchemistry.github.io/Open_Letter/

savesheffieldchemistry.netlify.app

An Open Letter

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Philip Ball @philipcball.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

BTW Vanta black is not actually the blackest black ever. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

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Black diamonds - Nature Materials

Nature Materials - Black diamonds

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Barbara Ciani @drbciani.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

I am lost for words at what is happening at Sheffield and other Universities. If you think you adding your contribution can help, please sign.

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Alex Duff @duffofbrentford.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

If you only want to read 2 paragraphs of World Cup media today, here they are: Via tompeck.bsky.social

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Stu Cantrill @stuartcantrill.com · 10/06/2026

Except the @royalsociety.org because they are 100% behind everything M*sk does. Well, I assume that’s the case until they say otherwise.

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Stu Cantrill @stuartcantrill.com · 10/06/2026

📣 Calling all chemists/catalysis peeps! 📖 Ever considered working in scientific publishing as an editor? ✅ If yes, @natcatal.nature.com is hiring! 📍Shanghai, Beijing, Milan or Pune 📅 Deadline: July 12 🙏 Reposts appreciated 🧪 #Chemsky springernature.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/SpringerNatu...

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Associate or Senior Editor, Nature Catalysis

Title: Associate or Senior Editor, Nature Catalysis Locations: Shanghai, Beijing, Milan and Pune – hybrid working model Application Deadline: July 12, 2026 (Candidates will be considered as they apply...

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Stu Cantrill @stuartcantrill.com · 02/06/2026

"...there are also broad prohibitions against any use of federal funds for collaboration with a whole list of countries, starting with China. Any use at all – paper publication charges, travel, reagents, doesn’t matter." Yikes! The continued dismantling of US science... #Chemsky 🧪

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