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Prof @USask. Research includes nanochemistry, catalysis, and staring at X-rays. Dad of two teenagers and 1 cat, avid reader, and movie buff. Social introvert and lover of bad dad jokes.
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If you keep inviting the same people to write reviews, only a single view gets presented to the community. Same if you keep inviting the same people to review manuscripts.

submitted 13 hours ago • 1 comment

And I feel like we can do a lot better than 10%.

submitted 14 days ago • 24 comments

Special Bluetorial: The benefits of different life experiences The scientific community has folks with a very wide range of life experiences. We have a lot to learn from one another.

submitted 21 days ago • 4 comments

#ChemWhimsySky Name this orbital

submitted 21 days ago • 3 comments

Word of the Day is ‘bayard’ (16th century): one who has the supreme self-confidence of ignorance.

submitted 22 days ago • 397 comments

War is no time for soft cheezies!

submitted 25 days ago • 0 comments

I know a lot of you feel like throwing up right about now, but fear not, I have a cure for your blues. It's funny and aptly named, which checks off a lot of boxes for me. It's none other than VOMITOXIN, the toxin that makes you, well, I'm sure you can figure it out. A thread:

submitted 38 days ago • 2 comments

There was a lot of popcorn spilled during the "Striped nanoparticles" beef about fifteen years back.

submitted 42 days ago • 0 comments

Hind was such an energetic researcher and leader, it's hard to imagine she is gone. This is a nice summary of some of her contributions to EDI, in her own words pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...

submitted 45 days ago • 0 comments

Happy Friday! I'm often asked what the "best" poison to die from is - i.e., quick and painless, and I'll save that for another time. But I'm sometimes asked what the "worst" poison is. And while there's no right answer, I almost always go with colchicine. A thread:

submitted 48 days ago • 8 comments

This post has inspired me to finally do something I was thinking about for a long time: post a short 🧵 about "carbyne" - which could also be known as the Russian carbon 🐻. #ChemSky #AcademicSky

submitted 48 days ago • 2 comments

Really nice perspective on challenges and opportunities of using CO as a reporter of nanocatalyst structures!

submitted 49 days ago • 0 comments

For all those providing reviews of scientific papers–firstly, thank you. We would not have a useful scientific literature without you. Secondly, please keep in mind that your reviews are read not only by the PIs but also students. There is no place for anger or impolite language in a review.... 1/

submitted 51 days ago • 3 comments

Showed up for my first 8:30 class this morning to find a physics instructor setting up in the classroom - fortunately I was in the right place and the other fellow was the one reliving a "How I met your mother" episode.

submitted 51 days ago • 1 comment

Lower your expectations. The students here won’t be as good as those in your previous universities.

submitted 52 days ago • 0 comments

Word of the day is one I mention often. To have the ‘mubble-fubbles’, in the 16th century, was to experience a fit of despondency or low spirits - another name for the Sunday blues.

submitted 53 days ago • 56 comments

That feeling when first thing in the morning the used coffee filter breaks on the way to the trash and lands on your bare foot.

submitted 54 days ago • 0 comments

Finally watched CODA last night - hilarious! The thirteen year old loved the evocative ASL dialogue and has learned many new ways to insult his friends. (Available free this weekend on Apple TV+)

submitted 54 days ago • 0 comments

Definitely some hunch-weather in Saskatoon today, where it’s -32 oC with some wind coming in!

submitted 54 days ago • 0 comments