Chemjobber
@chemjobber.bsky.social
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@chemjobber.bsky.social
· Apr 14
There is no good time for bad news and today is no different than any day in our recent time.
Nevertheless, I write this thread to chemistry faculty job seekers in the United States. #chemjobs #facultychemjobs #chemsky 🧪⚗️
Nevertheless, I write this thread to chemistry faculty job seekers in the United States. #chemjobs #facultychemjobs #chemsky 🧪⚗️
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She was in Chem
He was in Art
Could I make it any more obvious 🎶
He was in Art
Could I make it any more obvious 🎶
December 24, 2025 at 3:19 AM
She was in Chem
He was in Art
Could I make it any more obvious 🎶
He was in Art
Could I make it any more obvious 🎶
just read "city girl/mountain boy" in a romance novel ad, and my brain immediately said "chemistry girl/humanities boy" and someone please stop me
December 24, 2025 at 3:14 AM
just read "city girl/mountain boy" in a romance novel ad, and my brain immediately said "chemistry girl/humanities boy" and someone please stop me
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Women made up 21% of faculty members in US physics departments in 2024, up from 16% a decade earlier. The percentage of women faculty members in the nation’s astronomy departments rose from 19% in 2014 to 25% in 2024. #academia #womeninscience #faculty
Upward trend in percentage of women physics and astronomy faculty in US
physicstoday.aip.org
December 22, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Women made up 21% of faculty members in US physics departments in 2024, up from 16% a decade earlier. The percentage of women faculty members in the nation’s astronomy departments rose from 19% in 2014 to 25% in 2024. #academia #womeninscience #faculty
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Well, if you soak PLA in ethanol long enough, and the coating is thin and imperfect, eventually it will swell enough to let it go through. These cups don't even hold water long enough sometimes. But maybe there is some acetone in that beer 😅🫣
December 23, 2025 at 6:41 PM
Well, if you soak PLA in ethanol long enough, and the coating is thin and imperfect, eventually it will swell enough to let it go through. These cups don't even hold water long enough sometimes. But maybe there is some acetone in that beer 😅🫣
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I've heard that at least some waxes used to seal paper cups appear to be ethanol-soluble.
Source: a friend who used to go to baseball games, buy a soda, drink it down a bit and then add Jack Daniels.
Source: a friend who used to go to baseball games, buy a soda, drink it down a bit and then add Jack Daniels.
December 23, 2025 at 5:21 PM
I've heard that at least some waxes used to seal paper cups appear to be ethanol-soluble.
Source: a friend who used to go to baseball games, buy a soda, drink it down a bit and then add Jack Daniels.
Source: a friend who used to go to baseball games, buy a soda, drink it down a bit and then add Jack Daniels.
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Maybe a compostable corn based material?
December 23, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Maybe a compostable corn based material?
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1. Cellulose is resistant to ethanol.
2. It is likely the glue used on the seam, = very poor paper cup which should carry a warning ‘no alcohol or yiu will drink dissolved glue’.
3. Note waxes often used on the seam are resistant to spirits.
I have experimental evidence for 1 & 3 😂
2. It is likely the glue used on the seam, = very poor paper cup which should carry a warning ‘no alcohol or yiu will drink dissolved glue’.
3. Note waxes often used on the seam are resistant to spirits.
I have experimental evidence for 1 & 3 😂
December 23, 2025 at 3:29 PM
1. Cellulose is resistant to ethanol.
2. It is likely the glue used on the seam, = very poor paper cup which should carry a warning ‘no alcohol or yiu will drink dissolved glue’.
3. Note waxes often used on the seam are resistant to spirits.
I have experimental evidence for 1 & 3 😂
2. It is likely the glue used on the seam, = very poor paper cup which should carry a warning ‘no alcohol or yiu will drink dissolved glue’.
3. Note waxes often used on the seam are resistant to spirits.
I have experimental evidence for 1 & 3 😂
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Data point: I just drank bourbon from a paper cup and it was fine.
BUT: my cup seemed like sense, uncared paper. Seems like many cups are lower quality paper with a wax coating. Could EtOH dissolve wax? Maybe with help from surfactants in the beer?
BUT: my cup seemed like sense, uncared paper. Seems like many cups are lower quality paper with a wax coating. Could EtOH dissolve wax? Maybe with help from surfactants in the beer?
December 23, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Data point: I just drank bourbon from a paper cup and it was fine.
BUT: my cup seemed like sense, uncared paper. Seems like many cups are lower quality paper with a wax coating. Could EtOH dissolve wax? Maybe with help from surfactants in the beer?
BUT: my cup seemed like sense, uncared paper. Seems like many cups are lower quality paper with a wax coating. Could EtOH dissolve wax? Maybe with help from surfactants in the beer?
"The beer is so strong it recently ate through the side of an insulated paper cup."
I don't get this - do paper cups not stand up to ethanol? (article is about a 30% ABV beer) like can you not pour 100% ethanol into a paper cup? never tried ftr
#chemchat
www.wsj.com/lifestyle/sa...
I don't get this - do paper cups not stand up to ethanol? (article is about a 30% ABV beer) like can you not pour 100% ethanol into a paper cup? never tried ftr
#chemchat
www.wsj.com/lifestyle/sa...
The Beer That’s Illegal in 15 States and Can Eat Through a Cup
High-octane suds are a labor of love for brewers, and as scary to make as they are to drink.
www.wsj.com
December 23, 2025 at 3:16 PM
"The beer is so strong it recently ate through the side of an insulated paper cup."
I don't get this - do paper cups not stand up to ethanol? (article is about a 30% ABV beer) like can you not pour 100% ethanol into a paper cup? never tried ftr
#chemchat
www.wsj.com/lifestyle/sa...
I don't get this - do paper cups not stand up to ethanol? (article is about a 30% ABV beer) like can you not pour 100% ethanol into a paper cup? never tried ftr
#chemchat
www.wsj.com/lifestyle/sa...
AHHHHHHHHHH
December 23, 2025 at 12:18 PM
AHHHHHHHHHH
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Entry 3: A dating app for chemists
December 22, 2025 at 3:21 AM
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Is anyone else getting through a terrible project that needs to be done, just so it won't go into next year? 😂
In case you're wondering how bad it can be, this one involves Excel macros (not writing them, though). #chemchat
In case you're wondering how bad it can be, this one involves Excel macros (not writing them, though). #chemchat
December 22, 2025 at 8:58 PM
Is anyone else getting through a terrible project that needs to be done, just so it won't go into next year? 😂
In case you're wondering how bad it can be, this one involves Excel macros (not writing them, though). #chemchat
In case you're wondering how bad it can be, this one involves Excel macros (not writing them, though). #chemchat
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Poll (that's not a poll because Bluesky):
Do you say "Tamao-Fleming" or "Fleming-Tamao"?
I always used to see T-F but nowadays it mostly seems to be the latter 🤔 #chemsky
Do you say "Tamao-Fleming" or "Fleming-Tamao"?
I always used to see T-F but nowadays it mostly seems to be the latter 🤔 #chemsky
December 22, 2025 at 8:41 AM
Poll (that's not a poll because Bluesky):
Do you say "Tamao-Fleming" or "Fleming-Tamao"?
I always used to see T-F but nowadays it mostly seems to be the latter 🤔 #chemsky
Do you say "Tamao-Fleming" or "Fleming-Tamao"?
I always used to see T-F but nowadays it mostly seems to be the latter 🤔 #chemsky
🎶there's gonna be a rumble toniiiiiight🎶
Meanwhile the Ducks Flamingos conflict has gotten worse
Peace talks have collapsed
The Christmas truce is in jeopardy
Violence could erupt at any moment
Peace talks have collapsed
The Christmas truce is in jeopardy
Violence could erupt at any moment
December 21, 2025 at 10:27 PM
🎶there's gonna be a rumble toniiiiiight🎶
fascinating, not great
Duplicates of crystal structures are flooding databases, implicating repositories hosting organic, inorganic, and computer-generated crystals. The issue raises questions about curation practices at databases and claims around novelty. cen.acs.org/research-int... #chemsky 🧪
The duplicates that haunt crystallography databases
Researchers call for retraction of two recent <i>Nature</i> studies about AI-generated crystals
cen.acs.org
December 21, 2025 at 9:21 PM
fascinating, not great
omg
This is a core film for nerdy women, it's about heroically looking up facts
It’s a little funny to post this, put down the phone, and turn on TCM to find DESK SET… which may be the first anti-AI movie, depending on how you choose to read METROPOLIS.
It’s definitely the first anti-AI comedy.
It’s definitely the first anti-AI comedy.
December 21, 2025 at 8:07 PM
omg
I was a kid when I saw what apparently was a "Twilight Zone" episode where the police had floating cameras; it is kinda not great that this is the thing that we live with now
From @francescadnunz.bsky.social: In December 2020, the state police had fewer than 200 drones; now the agency’s inventory has ballooned to more than 450 drones, and nearly 400 employees are trained to remotely operate them.
Under Operation Lone Star, Texas State Police More than Doubled Their Drone Fleet
The Department of Public Safety has acquired an army of unmanned aerial vehicles—nearly as large as the U.S. Border Patrol's.
www.texasobserver.org
December 21, 2025 at 6:30 PM
I was a kid when I saw what apparently was a "Twilight Zone" episode where the police had floating cameras; it is kinda not great that this is the thing that we live with now
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Hey Scientists and Technical people of BlueSky. I was going to make an open ended pansymmetric heptacube, but got distracted. What is the name for this tetrahedral variant? 🧪 #SciComm #Science #Math #Papercraft #ChemSky
December 20, 2025 at 11:17 AM
Hey Scientists and Technical people of BlueSky. I was going to make an open ended pansymmetric heptacube, but got distracted. What is the name for this tetrahedral variant? 🧪 #SciComm #Science #Math #Papercraft #ChemSky
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My 14-yo-son has recreated the climax of Back to the Future in gingerbread and I thought you should know.
December 20, 2025 at 5:41 PM
My 14-yo-son has recreated the climax of Back to the Future in gingerbread and I thought you should know.
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Look at this dork.
December 21, 2025 at 4:52 AM
Look at this dork.
Law lists fake critical elements "friezium" and "stralium" based on coal lawyers’ names #NorthDakota
northdakotamonitor.com/2025/12/19/n...
northdakotamonitor.com/2025/12/19/n...
North Dakota law accidentally lists fake critical minerals based on coal lawyers’ names • North Dakota Monitor
A law approved this year accidentally lumped in two fake names in a list of critical minerals that appear to be inspired by coal company lawyers who worked on the bill.
northdakotamonitor.com
December 21, 2025 at 3:37 AM
“Specific areas of interest include but are not limited to chemical biology of disease related proteins, natural product biosynthesis and enzyme discovery; structural biology and mechanistic enzymology; and microbial engineering.”
Manchester Institute of Biotechnology is looking for a new Professor. There are a few priority areas including microbial engineering (broadly defined, from pathways to cells to microbiomes). Closing 12 Jan.
Join us in the best city in the UK 😜
www.jobs.manchester.ac.uk/Job/JobDetai...
Join us in the best city in the UK 😜
www.jobs.manchester.ac.uk/Job/JobDetai...
December 20, 2025 at 10:15 PM
So I wear a very comfortable fleece jacket that says "(Alma Mater) Chemistry & Biochemistry"
And the Amtrak cafe guy is like "do you ever get a call for an emergency biochemist?" and we had a good laugh
and then as I walked away with my coffee he goes "keep waiting for that call" 😂💀🪦 #chemchat
And the Amtrak cafe guy is like "do you ever get a call for an emergency biochemist?" and we had a good laugh
and then as I walked away with my coffee he goes "keep waiting for that call" 😂💀🪦 #chemchat
December 20, 2025 at 7:14 PM
So I wear a very comfortable fleece jacket that says "(Alma Mater) Chemistry & Biochemistry"
And the Amtrak cafe guy is like "do you ever get a call for an emergency biochemist?" and we had a good laugh
and then as I walked away with my coffee he goes "keep waiting for that call" 😂💀🪦 #chemchat
And the Amtrak cafe guy is like "do you ever get a call for an emergency biochemist?" and we had a good laugh
and then as I walked away with my coffee he goes "keep waiting for that call" 😂💀🪦 #chemchat
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That's it. That's the show.
December 9, 2025 at 6:40 PM
That's it. That's the show.
Supporting a federal law to erase his name from everything except the Memorial to Victims of Trump's War on Childhood Vaccines
When Trump visited Mount Vernon in 2018, he couldn't understand why George Washington didn't name it after himself. “You’ve got to put your name on stuff or no one remembers you.” Reupping this prescient piece from @politico.com which seems pretty relevant today. www.politico.com/story/2019/0...
Trump’s ‘truly bizarre’ visit to Mt. Vernon
The 45th president — no student of history — marveled at the first president's failure to name his historic compound after himself.
www.politico.com
December 20, 2025 at 2:13 AM
Supporting a federal law to erase his name from everything except the Memorial to Victims of Trump's War on Childhood Vaccines