Jason Gavenonis
@gavenonis.bsky.social
Society governance at ACS. Former faculty, lapsed organic chemist. Opinions mine.
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food takes are what got jean valjean into trouble
November 25, 2025 at 10:20 PM
food takes are what got jean valjean into trouble
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All Aldrich packaging is not only biodegradable, it is also edible. During Hurricane Katrina, one NMR facility head survived on the packaging from 200 small bottles of deuterated chloroform they had stored away.
November 25, 2025 at 9:09 PM
All Aldrich packaging is not only biodegradable, it is also edible. During Hurricane Katrina, one NMR facility head survived on the packaging from 200 small bottles of deuterated chloroform they had stored away.
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It is not the L-tryptophan in turkey that makes people fall asleep after eating Thanksgiving dinner. Rather, it is the slight dusting of fentanyl in many traditional preparations of sage dressing that causes drowsiness.
November 25, 2025 at 10:11 PM
It is not the L-tryptophan in turkey that makes people fall asleep after eating Thanksgiving dinner. Rather, it is the slight dusting of fentanyl in many traditional preparations of sage dressing that causes drowsiness.
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Laura (wife, who is a team lead in corporate job) said her bosses boss didn’t have an office with a door and my immediate reaction was ‘oh god where do they nap?’ and immediately my narrative was compromised.
November 24, 2025 at 11:19 AM
Laura (wife, who is a team lead in corporate job) said her bosses boss didn’t have an office with a door and my immediate reaction was ‘oh god where do they nap?’ and immediately my narrative was compromised.
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Rogue Scientist Has Own Scientific Method https://theonion.com/rogue-scientist-has-own-scientific-method-1819568501/
November 20, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Rogue Scientist Has Own Scientific Method https://theonion.com/rogue-scientist-has-own-scientific-method-1819568501/
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I saw some people who I don’t know talking about something I don’t know about here on this very website.
Rather than demand that they stop their discussion and explain what’s going on to me, I kept scrolling and will soon forget about it.
This option is available to you as well!
Rather than demand that they stop their discussion and explain what’s going on to me, I kept scrolling and will soon forget about it.
This option is available to you as well!
November 16, 2025 at 10:18 PM
I saw some people who I don’t know talking about something I don’t know about here on this very website.
Rather than demand that they stop their discussion and explain what’s going on to me, I kept scrolling and will soon forget about it.
This option is available to you as well!
Rather than demand that they stop their discussion and explain what’s going on to me, I kept scrolling and will soon forget about it.
This option is available to you as well!
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What an amazing day in Rahway where Merck received its 5th ACS National Historic Chemical Landmark designation for the discovery and development of Statins!
November 14, 2025 at 10:18 PM
What an amazing day in Rahway where Merck received its 5th ACS National Historic Chemical Landmark designation for the discovery and development of Statins!
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![[Scene is a kitchen - a middle aged woman called JANET is boiling peas at the stove. A younger more colourfully dressed woman named LIZ approached her.]
JANET:
Ugh...
LIZ:
What's up?
JANET:
I am so bored of cooking peas!
LIZ:
Have you tried...
AI peas?
JANET:
AI peas?
LIZ:
They're peas with AI!
[Liz holds up to us a packet of peas labelled: Pea-i AI - Peas with AI].
LIZ:
Al-powered peas harness the potential of your peas
JANET:
What
LIZ [Now a voiceover as we cut to a whizzy technology diagram of peas all connected by meaningless dotted lines]
Why not take your peas to the next level with Al Peas' new Al tools to power your peas?
[Show a techno diagram of a pea with a label reading 'AI' pointing to a random zone in it]
LIZ:
Each pea has Al in a way we haven't quite worked out yet but it's fine
[Show Janet and Liz now in a Matrix-style world of peas]
LIZ:
With Al peas you can supercharge productivity and make AI work for your peas!
JANET:
What
LIZ:
Shut up
LIZ:
Our game-changing Pea-Al gives you the freedom to unlock the potential of the power of the future of your peas workflow
From opening the bag of peas
to boiling the peas
to eating the peas
To spending millions on adding Al to the peas and then having to work out what that even means.
JANET:
Is it really necessary to-
LIZ [Grabbing Janet by the collar]:
THE PEAS HAVE GOT AI, JANET
[Cut to an advert ending screen, with the bag of peas and the slogan:
AI PEAS: Just 'Peas' for god's sake buy the AI peas.
[Ends]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:4m3we4apbjayclzcnhwe3pfp/bafkreiayqa37f7kik7l7s7fbtfp2sir5ckb662ry2lylinyjrfa2rkvvka@jpeg)
November 13, 2025 at 3:49 PM
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A handy translation guide for non-academic speakers.
November 13, 2025 at 2:19 PM
A handy translation guide for non-academic speakers.
Later, peace is reestablished when an MBA accidentally enters the lecture hall.
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PATREON ◆ www.patreon.com/ZachWeinersm...
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COMIC ◆ www.smbc-comics.com/comic/consil...
PATREON ◆ www.patreon.com/ZachWeinersm...
STORE ◆ smbc-store.myshopify.com
November 4, 2025 at 9:58 PM
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Who did this?!
November 1, 2025 at 8:38 PM
Who did this?!
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THE Organic Chemistry Buckeye Tailgate!
👀 Sevov Zhang Raps Thomas Labs
👀 Sevov Zhang Raps Thomas Labs
November 1, 2025 at 9:06 PM
THE Organic Chemistry Buckeye Tailgate!
👀 Sevov Zhang Raps Thomas Labs
👀 Sevov Zhang Raps Thomas Labs
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“The bad review will come from your list of suggested reviewers”
October 31, 2025 at 7:39 AM
“The bad review will come from your list of suggested reviewers”
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I regret to inform everyone that my pedantic brain couldn’t let me live until I knew whether or not dodger blue and blue jays blue are the same blue. They are ONE PANTONE NUMBER APART.
October 29, 2025 at 2:18 AM
I regret to inform everyone that my pedantic brain couldn’t let me live until I knew whether or not dodger blue and blue jays blue are the same blue. They are ONE PANTONE NUMBER APART.
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Choose LaTeX. Choose spending 20 minutes looking for a "}". Choose waiting to compile before you can read what you've written. Choose editing decades-old templates so your margins match the current journal style and you can see the page count.
Choose collaborating with Physicists.
#chemsky
Choose collaborating with Physicists.
#chemsky
October 29, 2025 at 9:39 AM
Choose LaTeX. Choose spending 20 minutes looking for a "}". Choose waiting to compile before you can read what you've written. Choose editing decades-old templates so your margins match the current journal style and you can see the page count.
Choose collaborating with Physicists.
#chemsky
Choose collaborating with Physicists.
#chemsky
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Leading up to Halloween we ask, Why do some gummy brands rock, and why do others feel like you're chewing plastic?
🎃🍬👻 Read my little explainer for @cenmag.bsky.social: cen.acs.org/food/food-in...
🎃🍬👻 Read my little explainer for @cenmag.bsky.social: cen.acs.org/food/food-in...
October 28, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Leading up to Halloween we ask, Why do some gummy brands rock, and why do others feel like you're chewing plastic?
🎃🍬👻 Read my little explainer for @cenmag.bsky.social: cen.acs.org/food/food-in...
🎃🍬👻 Read my little explainer for @cenmag.bsky.social: cen.acs.org/food/food-in...
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There’s still time to get your application in! We have great students in a great city.
Come join us! We’re seeking a tenure-track colleague in Organic Chemistry. Our department is solely-undergraduate, and well-equipped for a PUI- 400 MHz NMR, six mass specs (including MALDI AND HRMS ESI), and more. DM me with questions!
#chemsky
@chemjobber.bsky.social
jobs.cofc.edu/postings/17277
#chemsky
@chemjobber.bsky.social
jobs.cofc.edu/postings/17277
Assistant Professor of Organic Chemistry
Tenure-Track Assistant Professor in Organic Chemistry. The Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry at the College of Charleston invites applications for a tenure-track faculty position beginning in F...
jobs.cofc.edu
October 28, 2025 at 12:14 PM
There’s still time to get your application in! We have great students in a great city.
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![Comic. Confusion matrix showing renditions of different combinations, colored yellow, tan, or gray. [Air: gamma rays Y, neutrons Y, alpha particles G, light Y, sound Y, heat Y, swords Y, toxic dust Y, radio Y, sharks G] [Lead: gamma rays G, neutrons T, alpha particles G, light G, Sound Y, heat Y, swords G, toxic dust T, radio G, sharks G] [Water: gamma rays T, neutrons G, alpha particles G, light T, sound Y, heat Y, swords Y, toxic dust Y, radio G, sharks Y] [Vacuum: gamma rays Y, neutrons Y, alpha particles Y, light Y, sound G, heat T, swords Y, toxic dust Y, radio Y, sharks G] [Oven mitts: gamma rays Y, neutrons Y, alpha particles G, light G, sound T, heat G, swords Y, toxic dust Y, radio Y, sharks Y] [Armor: gamma rays Y, neutrons Y, alpha particles G, light G, sound Y, heat Y, swords G, toxic dust Y, radio G, sharks T] [Biohazard suit: gamma rays Y, neutrons Y, alpha particles G, light G, sound Y, heat Y, swords Y, toxic dust G, radio Y, sharks Y] [Faraday cage: gamma rays Y, neutrons Y, alpha particles Y, light Y, sound Y, heat Y, swords Y, toxic dust Y, radio G, sharks Y] [Shark cage: gamma rays Y, neutrons Y, alpha particles Y, light Y, sound Y, heat Y, swords Y, toxic dust Y, radio Y, sharks G]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:cz73r7iyiqn26upot4jtjdhk/bafkreib7rzofmrqb5cvnyccnb7ftj6qroxtp55i4dqqnbp2ozun6gaxbkm@jpeg)
October 23, 2025 at 8:10 PM
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I've posted a new Substack in which I came to a completely opposite conclusion than when I started writing!
open.substack.com/pub/nealmank...
open.substack.com/pub/nealmank...
Does the 80/20 rule apply to academic chemistry research?
More equality than I thought!
open.substack.com
October 23, 2025 at 6:01 PM
I've posted a new Substack in which I came to a completely opposite conclusion than when I started writing!
open.substack.com/pub/nealmank...
open.substack.com/pub/nealmank...
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#facultychemjobs weather report: stabilizing at 30% off
Today (10/22/25), there are 260 tenure-track research/teaching positions and 29 teaching positions for the 2026 Chemistry Faculty Jobs List.
10/22/24: 368 tenure-track, 38 teaching
10/17/23: 384 tenure-track, 34 teaching
Today (10/22/25), there are 260 tenure-track research/teaching positions and 29 teaching positions for the 2026 Chemistry Faculty Jobs List.
10/22/24: 368 tenure-track, 38 teaching
10/17/23: 384 tenure-track, 34 teaching
#facultychemjobs weather report: continued downward trend
Today (9/17/25), there are 156 tenure-track research/teaching positions and 16 teaching positions for the 2026 Chemistry Faculty Jobs List.
9/17/24: 245 tenure-track, 18 teaching
9/19/23: 265 tenure-track, 17 teaching
Today (9/17/25), there are 156 tenure-track research/teaching positions and 16 teaching positions for the 2026 Chemistry Faculty Jobs List.
9/17/24: 245 tenure-track, 18 teaching
9/19/23: 265 tenure-track, 17 teaching
#facultychemjobs weather report: Trump Administration impact visible
Today (8/15/25), there are 81 tenure-track research/teaching positions and 8 teaching positions for the 2026 Chemistry Faculty Jobs List.
8/13/24: 105 tenure-track, 7 teaching
8/15/23: 104 tenure-track, 4 teaching
Today (8/15/25), there are 81 tenure-track research/teaching positions and 8 teaching positions for the 2026 Chemistry Faculty Jobs List.
8/13/24: 105 tenure-track, 7 teaching
8/15/23: 104 tenure-track, 4 teaching
October 22, 2025 at 8:47 PM
#facultychemjobs weather report: stabilizing at 30% off
Today (10/22/25), there are 260 tenure-track research/teaching positions and 29 teaching positions for the 2026 Chemistry Faculty Jobs List.
10/22/24: 368 tenure-track, 38 teaching
10/17/23: 384 tenure-track, 34 teaching
Today (10/22/25), there are 260 tenure-track research/teaching positions and 29 teaching positions for the 2026 Chemistry Faculty Jobs List.
10/22/24: 368 tenure-track, 38 teaching
10/17/23: 384 tenure-track, 34 teaching
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Wake up, babe, the least subtle visual metaphor in history just dropped
October 21, 2025 at 4:18 AM
Wake up, babe, the least subtle visual metaphor in history just dropped