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Husband, Dad, PhD, pedant, former Chief Ed of @NatureChemistry.bsky.social, now Editorial Director at @NaturePortfolio.nature.com. Wine, chemistry, publishing, words & snark. Views ranty, but all mine. #ContaminatedBlood victim (affected). He/Him
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In case this hasn't been shared with #Chemsky yet... 🧪😂

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Lots of RSC journals popping up on Bluesky (with proper domain names - well done!) including @chemicalscience.rsc.org; flagging for #Chemsky

submitted 17 hours ago • 2 comments

Our February issue is online ⚡ We've got Review articles on indoor photovoltaics, electric vehicles, enhanced geothermal power, and electrodes for advanced lithium-ion battery production, as well as lots of content by early career researchers. Check it out www.nature.com/nrct/volumes...

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Hi network, I am looking for senior positions in computational and medicinal chemistry. If you need someone with a strong background in med chem who has contributed to multiple leads and clinical candidates and has hired and managed teams and built computational platforms, please reach out. Thanks!

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🚨 JOB ALERT 🚨 We’re looking for someone to join our cross-journal editorial team at @natureportfolio.nature.com 📖 Associate or Senior Editor 🔋 Background in electrochem/energy storage 📍 Shanghai, Beijing, Heidelberg or Berlin 🗓️ Deadline: March 19 ❓ DMs open for questions 🙏 Reposts appreciated

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So close to going back on to Twitter to shout about just how crap Great Northern Railway service is. Delayed almost 2 hours this evening and still not home. #RailFail #TrainPain

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Flagging for #Chemsky and the science feed 🧪

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Boosting this from just a threaded reply; please reach out to @saralea.bsky.social with your thoughts if you wish to do so!

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‘It is hard to put into words the extent of the damage being done to the US research enterprise, which is of almost incalculable value to both the nation itself and the wider world.’ - Editorial in @nature.com

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Hmm. Still not using the d word.

submitted 2 days ago • 2 comments

For any followers in London, go see this - it will be amazing; one of the artists behind this is one of my oldest friends (and is incredibly talented)

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Books designed to be read only by human eyes are different from books designed to be read by machines, which is why Google will tell you that the phrase “shake my booty” can be found in an 1863 English translation of Don Quixote.

submitted 340 days ago • 82 comments

Amazing! I know a former Head of School who would have loved the combination of art and science here.

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Flagging for #ChemSky and 🧪

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I just found out that my first book 📗, LAB GIRL 🌱🌿🌳, was challenged by a parent and subsequently removed from the shelves of the library at Walworth High School in Elkhorn, Wisconsin. So I decided to write a 🧵 on book 📚 #censorship 🚫 in American 🇺🇸 schools 🚸 1/n

submitted 10 days ago • 31 comments

Portuguese editorial cartoonist Zez Vaz reaches back to Tiananmen Square to call on American defiance.

submitted 12 days ago • 540 comments

Our February issue is live! 📣 In there you will find the usual mix of Articles and News and Views, along with... www.nature.com/nchem/volume... #chemsky

submitted 14 days ago • 1 comment

Today is the International Day of Women and Girls in Science 👩‍🔬🧑🏽‍🔬 The Women in Chemistry category on the Ci site has a range of graphics on women in chemistry, both historical and present-day! www.compoundchem.com/category/wom... #ChemSky 🧪 #WomenInScience

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Trying to wrap my head around the @acs.org stuff on #Chemsky today. So, "https://www.acs.org/about/diversity.html" has become "https://www.acs.org/about/inclusion.html" and all mentions of the word 'diversity' have been expunged...

submitted 17 days ago • 7 comments

A lot of universities are in immediate financial trouble as of this evening thanks to the NIH overhead change. But that’s presumably the idea, isn’t it?

submitted 20 days ago • 11 comments

This week's comic now up on @dailykos.com DON'T CALL THEM N@ZIS www.dailykos.com/stories/2025...

submitted 21 days ago • 13 comments

A long hard day. Some laughs, some tears, some Burns, and lots of stories shared. Plenty of toasts at dinner this evening. Goodbye Fraser, sleep well.

submitted 24 days ago • 2 comments

Gathering in Edinburgh the night before we say goodbye to a colossus of chemistry

submitted 25 days ago • 1 comment

Leopard: I will eat your face Bank analysts: Our baseline assumes no face-eating Leopard: Chomp chomp chomp

submitted 26 days ago • 209 comments

I've been preparing all my life for this. And that's more natural than '-ai'

submitted 26 days ago • 1 comment

LOLSOB

submitted 27 days ago • 2 comments

We figured out we’ve known each other for about 18 years - Mike wrote a handful of In Your Element articles back in the day for @naturechemistry.bsky.social - we finally met in-person for the first time this morning!

submitted 28 days ago • 0 comments

Thoughts and prayers to those who criticized Scientific American's endorsement of Harris on the grounds that "science should stay out of politics". How could they have possibly foreseen what was coming?

submitted 30 days ago • 8 comments

Thanks to @profdaveleigh.bsky.social for writing this tribute to Fraser #Chemsky

submitted 30 days ago • 0 comments

Closing date is one week from today #Chemsky 👇

submitted 30 days ago • 0 comments

Nightmarish stuff. This will cause so many problems.

submitted 30 days ago • 1 comment

🎉 January 2025 marks one year since the launch of Nature Chemical Engineering. To commemorate our first anniversary, we have curated a collection of highlights from the first 12 issues. We hope you enjoy exploring the list! #ChemSky #Physics www.nature.com/collections/...

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So much fun writing that 😀

submitted 31 days ago • 1 comment