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Husband, father, musician, chemistry professor. Love my family, my students, & the beauty of the universe. Love must win! Whiskey, gin, cheese. He/him.
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RFK Jr. thinks that a clinical trial should be done for the entire childhood vaccine schedule. Here’s why that will never happen. 1. You can’t do a randomized trial of something that we already know is safe and effective. There would have to be a placebo group that didn’t get vaxxed. Unethical.

I hope America is as lucky as the delta jet - everyone survives but the right wing explodes

Just watched an episode of Finding Your Roots. Rubén Blades, one of the guests, talked about "stupidity" when the subject was racism. That's the most concise and correct assessment ever. It's just so frickin' dumb.

Saying DEI with the hard R

Makes me want to move to Illinois. JB is a good guy when we really need good guys.

I will not give in to the lies. I will not give in to the fear. I will hold on to the truth, and to hope. Because there's never a good time to give in to a tyrant. And I will not. I. will. not.

This, 1000 times.

if you’re hating current events rn break some bread with betty white: a thread

Press on!

So badass…salute to all the pilots and crews out there doing this amazing work on the LA fires

I'm here for it!

A bright visitor during our current snowfall

Us, soon. Except for the fire. Strange Planet by @nathanwpyle.bsky.social

It's time to scrap the cap! #scrapthecap

I teach QM (among other things) to undergraduate chemists. This is a great push-back against the notion that an incredibly tiny baked-in measurement uncertainty means everything is fuzzy and unknowable.

And there you have it. I sure hope 2025 turns out better than I fear it might.

Why did they call it a volcanic eruption and not a lavalanche?

Which is it? Drug dealers & rapists or coming to take your job? These people need a class in critical thinking.

Make sure everyone sees this.

🤯 It's not just blondes who want to have fun.

And just like that, the final exam is over. Some grading left to do, but the end is in sight!

Watching the people who were tortured by Assad…. And my anger for @TulsiGabbard defending him grows hotter. Every senator that votes yes on her is complicit

Audie Cornish for the win!

A lot of truth here.

Never thought about it this way before, but it makes sense. And it's beautiful.