Chemistring
@chemistring.bsky.social
Chemist. Crafty. Likes to play with string. (she/her)
@Silylphosphine on Twitter
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I have scienced too close to the sun and done the proverbial "one experiment too many".
Happy Friday.
Happy Friday.
December 5, 2025 at 5:37 PM
I have scienced too close to the sun and done the proverbial "one experiment too many".
Happy Friday.
Happy Friday.
A gift for your ears: youtu.be/-h72GejbgJ8?...
The Final Trawl | The Longest Johns & Kimbers Men
YouTube video by The Longest Johns
youtu.be
December 5, 2025 at 12:58 AM
A gift for your ears: youtu.be/-h72GejbgJ8?...
Ah, yarn chicken. We meet again.
I should have juuust enough of the purple left for toes, but I'll have to start back on the partner sock soon to see if I can get to a reasonable foot length on both socks with the blue before starting the toes.
I should have juuust enough of the purple left for toes, but I'll have to start back on the partner sock soon to see if I can get to a reasonable foot length on both socks with the blue before starting the toes.
December 1, 2025 at 4:22 AM
Ah, yarn chicken. We meet again.
I should have juuust enough of the purple left for toes, but I'll have to start back on the partner sock soon to see if I can get to a reasonable foot length on both socks with the blue before starting the toes.
I should have juuust enough of the purple left for toes, but I'll have to start back on the partner sock soon to see if I can get to a reasonable foot length on both socks with the blue before starting the toes.
This is a title that desperately needs some form of clarifying punctuation, as I assume it meant U.S. troops were tops at trading guns and that is a whole *very different*, but also *very probable* problem.
U.S. troops have become top gun traders, swapping investment tips from cockpits and the decks of aircraft carriers and making fortunes.
Top Gun Traders: Stock Bets and Crypto Culture Take Over the Military
Troops are hooked on investing. They’re trading tips from cockpits and the decks of aircraft carriers, and making fortunes.
on.wsj.com
December 1, 2025 at 3:55 AM
This is a title that desperately needs some form of clarifying punctuation, as I assume it meant U.S. troops were tops at trading guns and that is a whole *very different*, but also *very probable* problem.
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I heard there was a secret cord,
You plug it in and you meet the Lord,
But you don't really care for OSHA, do ya?
It starts like this, the black, the red.
You touch it once and then you're dead,
The voltage and the current running through ya...
You plug it in and you meet the Lord,
But you don't really care for OSHA, do ya?
It starts like this, the black, the red.
You touch it once and then you're dead,
The voltage and the current running through ya...
December 1, 2025 at 12:44 AM
I heard there was a secret cord,
You plug it in and you meet the Lord,
But you don't really care for OSHA, do ya?
It starts like this, the black, the red.
You touch it once and then you're dead,
The voltage and the current running through ya...
You plug it in and you meet the Lord,
But you don't really care for OSHA, do ya?
It starts like this, the black, the red.
You touch it once and then you're dead,
The voltage and the current running through ya...
I realize "services" like fiver and taskrabbit have been around for a bit, but the ads I'm getting for Airtasker on my podcasts feel like a depressing but logical extension of the AI drive to outsource everything, including thinking.
November 29, 2025 at 7:54 PM
I realize "services" like fiver and taskrabbit have been around for a bit, but the ads I'm getting for Airtasker on my podcasts feel like a depressing but logical extension of the AI drive to outsource everything, including thinking.
Bought this zero alcohol gin and tonic and lesson learned: always read the label. First taste was all artificial sweetener and it turns out they've fucked it up by adding stevia.
It tastes like it's trying to knock off a really bad brand of diet tonic water and hasn't met a gin in its life.
It tastes like it's trying to knock off a really bad brand of diet tonic water and hasn't met a gin in its life.
November 28, 2025 at 4:54 AM
Bought this zero alcohol gin and tonic and lesson learned: always read the label. First taste was all artificial sweetener and it turns out they've fucked it up by adding stevia.
It tastes like it's trying to knock off a really bad brand of diet tonic water and hasn't met a gin in its life.
It tastes like it's trying to knock off a really bad brand of diet tonic water and hasn't met a gin in its life.
Only tangentially related to the image, this is why I made sure "Cabinet I" in our laboratory was intentionally labeled with a serif font (our label maker default font is helvetica).
November 26, 2025 at 10:04 PM
Only tangentially related to the image, this is why I made sure "Cabinet I" in our laboratory was intentionally labeled with a serif font (our label maker default font is helvetica).
Betteridge's law of headlines has you covered on that one.
November 26, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Betteridge's law of headlines has you covered on that one.
We stan an alternate timeline legend.
Marie Curie shot three sexist detractors with polonium-tipped bullets, thus destroying her chances for a second Nobel Prize in Chemistry.
November 25, 2025 at 9:06 PM
We stan an alternate timeline legend.
Dangerous news: turns out that HEB just puts out seasonal sewing kits, including this mini version.
Not sure why they keep filling them with butter cookies, but that's easy enough to fix.
Not sure why they keep filling them with butter cookies, but that's easy enough to fix.
November 25, 2025 at 8:54 PM
Dangerous news: turns out that HEB just puts out seasonal sewing kits, including this mini version.
Not sure why they keep filling them with butter cookies, but that's easy enough to fix.
Not sure why they keep filling them with butter cookies, but that's easy enough to fix.
Went through my closet this morning and it turns out I have a LOT more clothes to donate than I expected.
Fingers crossed I can find someplace better than Goodwill to donate them.
Fingers crossed I can find someplace better than Goodwill to donate them.
November 24, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Went through my closet this morning and it turns out I have a LOT more clothes to donate than I expected.
Fingers crossed I can find someplace better than Goodwill to donate them.
Fingers crossed I can find someplace better than Goodwill to donate them.
Hey, guess who decided to make things up with yarn again?
This is a mosaic knitted sock cuff worked out from some photos of a shawl someone posted online. I haven't figured out what the rest of the sock will look like yet.
This is a mosaic knitted sock cuff worked out from some photos of a shawl someone posted online. I haven't figured out what the rest of the sock will look like yet.
November 24, 2025 at 5:04 AM
Hey, guess who decided to make things up with yarn again?
This is a mosaic knitted sock cuff worked out from some photos of a shawl someone posted online. I haven't figured out what the rest of the sock will look like yet.
This is a mosaic knitted sock cuff worked out from some photos of a shawl someone posted online. I haven't figured out what the rest of the sock will look like yet.
First of all, how dare you, etc...
Twitter accounts are based in Russia. BlueSky accounts are based in homes with, frankly, too many books, plants, obsolete cables, and pieces of rustic pottery, that could do with a bit of a tidying up, to be honest.
November 23, 2025 at 11:47 PM
First of all, how dare you, etc...
In better news, I was informed today that I have now donated over 5 gallons (20 L) of blood/platelets/etc, which is a worrying amount when you think of it in terms of pails.
But I got a mug that is 100% lying about the coffee part, so there's that.
But I got a mug that is 100% lying about the coffee part, so there's that.
November 22, 2025 at 8:04 PM
In better news, I was informed today that I have now donated over 5 gallons (20 L) of blood/platelets/etc, which is a worrying amount when you think of it in terms of pails.
But I got a mug that is 100% lying about the coffee part, so there's that.
But I got a mug that is 100% lying about the coffee part, so there's that.
There is so much queso on this "Taco Salad" that it would more accurately be described as taco soup with some lettuce in it.
November 22, 2025 at 7:06 PM
There is so much queso on this "Taco Salad" that it would more accurately be described as taco soup with some lettuce in it.
*sigh* Not new or unexpected news re: extended family, but once again...
FUCK CANCER
FUCK CANCER
November 22, 2025 at 6:54 PM
*sigh* Not new or unexpected news re: extended family, but once again...
FUCK CANCER
FUCK CANCER
This is a thing of beauty.
November 20, 2025 at 3:08 AM
This is a thing of beauty.
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In honor of BidBot being late to their live auction at @desertbus.org, please accept this ancient BidBot fan art from the early days of DBfH (one of the Moonbase Mk III years).
November 18, 2025 at 11:23 PM
In honor of BidBot being late to their live auction at @desertbus.org, please accept this ancient BidBot fan art from the early days of DBfH (one of the Moonbase Mk III years).
Reposted by Chemistring
The difference between me and most people is that I will absolutely follow through with my most unhinged ideas.
November 18, 2025 at 10:37 PM
The difference between me and most people is that I will absolutely follow through with my most unhinged ideas.
When you can't remember if you're supposed to use Greek or Latin roots when naming your hydrates, and choose to give up instead.
November 17, 2025 at 4:19 PM
When you can't remember if you're supposed to use Greek or Latin roots when naming your hydrates, and choose to give up instead.
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