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Fuimus, #Chemist at #OpenUniversity Curious Academic,Sailor on the Seas of Fate, #Touchrugby player at #BedfordTouch #SaintsRugby supporter
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The new reagents don’t ignite or smoke in air, making them easier to handle and less prone to degradation on storage, while maintaining performance across a range of reaction types.
New reagents take the burn out of butyllithium
Merck KGaA's non-pyrophoric butyllithium in poly(α-olefin) oil make BuLi stable to air and water
www.chemistryworld.com
January 31, 2026 at 12:30 PM
The new reagents don’t ignite or smoke in air, making them easier to handle and less prone to degradation on storage, while maintaining performance across a range of reaction types.
STOP CARRYING OUT YOUR INTENTIONS
January 30, 2026 at 8:04 AM
STOP CARRYING OUT YOUR INTENTIONS
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If Bilbo had Chat GPT
January 27, 2026 at 4:24 PM
If Bilbo had Chat GPT
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Auschwitz was at the end of a process. We must remember that it did not start from gas chambers.
This hatred gradually developed: from ideas, words, stereotypes & prejudice through legal exclusion, dehumanization & escalating violence... to systematic and industrial murder.
Auschwitz took time.
This hatred gradually developed: from ideas, words, stereotypes & prejudice through legal exclusion, dehumanization & escalating violence... to systematic and industrial murder.
Auschwitz took time.
January 27, 2026 at 11:00 AM
Auschwitz was at the end of a process. We must remember that it did not start from gas chambers.
This hatred gradually developed: from ideas, words, stereotypes & prejudice through legal exclusion, dehumanization & escalating violence... to systematic and industrial murder.
Auschwitz took time.
This hatred gradually developed: from ideas, words, stereotypes & prejudice through legal exclusion, dehumanization & escalating violence... to systematic and industrial murder.
Auschwitz took time.
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He's right, you know...
January 23, 2026 at 2:10 PM
He's right, you know...
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The US granted visas to Jews but only allowed 30,000 in from Germany a year. You had to wait for your number to come up.
Meet Robert Smallbones. An unassuming British diplomat who 'hacked' this system so effectively (saving 48 THOUSAND Jews) the UK government kept his scheme secret for decades /1 🧵
Meet Robert Smallbones. An unassuming British diplomat who 'hacked' this system so effectively (saving 48 THOUSAND Jews) the UK government kept his scheme secret for decades /1 🧵
January 21, 2026 at 12:52 PM
The US granted visas to Jews but only allowed 30,000 in from Germany a year. You had to wait for your number to come up.
Meet Robert Smallbones. An unassuming British diplomat who 'hacked' this system so effectively (saving 48 THOUSAND Jews) the UK government kept his scheme secret for decades /1 🧵
Meet Robert Smallbones. An unassuming British diplomat who 'hacked' this system so effectively (saving 48 THOUSAND Jews) the UK government kept his scheme secret for decades /1 🧵
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Tom Baker is 92 today
January 20, 2026 at 6:19 AM
Tom Baker is 92 today
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Protecting the secrets of a #coldwar wreck – diving on HMS Coventry www.navylookout.com/protecting-t...
Protecting the secrets of a wreck – diving on HMS Coventry - Navy Lookout
In this historical piece, former Royal Navy clearance diver Ray Sinclair reveals details of Operation Blackleg - the hazardous work to recover classified materials from the wreck of HMS Coventry sunk ...
www.navylookout.com
January 20, 2026 at 8:01 AM
Protecting the secrets of a #coldwar wreck – diving on HMS Coventry www.navylookout.com/protecting-t...
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Fellow #lanthanide botherers, don't miss the new data on lanthanide transition and spectra published late 2025. This work superceeds the old experiments and has very nice creative-common licenced figures! #chemsky
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Electronic energy levels and optical spectra of trivalent lanthanide ions in water – Ce(III), Pr(III), Nd(III), Sm(III), Eu(III), Gd(III), Tb(III), Dy(III), Ho(III), Er(III), Tm(III), and Yb(III) - Na...
Dieke diagrams have formed the basis for describing the electronic structure of f-block ions, but experimental methods have improved since their development. Here, the authors use experimental data to...
www.nature.com
January 19, 2026 at 1:04 PM
Fellow #lanthanide botherers, don't miss the new data on lanthanide transition and spectra published late 2025. This work superceeds the old experiments and has very nice creative-common licenced figures! #chemsky
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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🚨FLASH : on a retrouvé une manette de l'âge de pierre, indiquant que nos ancêtres jouaient déjà aux jeux vidéos.
January 10, 2026 at 1:22 PM
🚨FLASH : on a retrouvé une manette de l'âge de pierre, indiquant que nos ancêtres jouaient déjà aux jeux vidéos.
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Some folks don't like fancy analytics.
So here are some things I've seen on Science Bluesky:
-People got jobs and grants based on postings they saw here
-People collaborated on a research project after meeting each other here
-People shared their work here and got media coverage
So here are some things I've seen on Science Bluesky:
-People got jobs and grants based on postings they saw here
-People collaborated on a research project after meeting each other here
-People shared their work here and got media coverage
January 9, 2026 at 3:43 PM
Some folks don't like fancy analytics.
So here are some things I've seen on Science Bluesky:
-People got jobs and grants based on postings they saw here
-People collaborated on a research project after meeting each other here
-People shared their work here and got media coverage
So here are some things I've seen on Science Bluesky:
-People got jobs and grants based on postings they saw here
-People collaborated on a research project after meeting each other here
-People shared their work here and got media coverage
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If you see this, post a vampire that isn't Dracula.
January 8, 2026 at 6:11 PM
If you see this, post a vampire that isn't Dracula.
If you see this post a vampire that isn’t Dracula
January 8, 2026 at 7:57 PM
If you see this post a vampire that isn’t Dracula
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Opening titles for "Blake's 7" (first transmitted 02/01/78).
Music by Dudley Simpson.
In the future, Blake and his crew struggle against the totalitarian Federation...
The series was devised by Terry Nation who had created the Daleks for "Dr Who".
#sciencefiction #scifi #Blakes7 #1970s #horror
Music by Dudley Simpson.
In the future, Blake and his crew struggle against the totalitarian Federation...
The series was devised by Terry Nation who had created the Daleks for "Dr Who".
#sciencefiction #scifi #Blakes7 #1970s #horror
January 2, 2026 at 6:23 PM
Opening titles for "Blake's 7" (first transmitted 02/01/78).
Music by Dudley Simpson.
In the future, Blake and his crew struggle against the totalitarian Federation...
The series was devised by Terry Nation who had created the Daleks for "Dr Who".
#sciencefiction #scifi #Blakes7 #1970s #horror
Music by Dudley Simpson.
In the future, Blake and his crew struggle against the totalitarian Federation...
The series was devised by Terry Nation who had created the Daleks for "Dr Who".
#sciencefiction #scifi #Blakes7 #1970s #horror
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December 28, 2025 at 10:13 AM
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Awimbawa Awimbawa
Awimbawa Awimbawa
In the ocean
A frigid ocean
Awimbawa Awimbawa
In the ocean
A frigid ocean
December 28, 2025 at 10:31 AM
Awimbawa Awimbawa
Awimbawa Awimbawa
In the ocean
A frigid ocean
Awimbawa Awimbawa
In the ocean
A frigid ocean
Ive a Christmas Eve tradition of reading ( or listening to )Fredrick Forsyth excellent ghost story The Shepherd. My late father read it to me when I was young BBC did a fabulous radio play we both listened to while having a wee dram on Christmas Eve. I raise a dram to his memory #aviation #story
December 24, 2025 at 8:58 PM
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On this date In the year 1981 the crew of the Penlee lifeboat, all 8 men from Mousehole, Cornwall, lost their lives in attempting a heroic rescue in hurricane force winds. In tribute to them we reproduce an article about the Newhaven lifeboat, first published in @sussexbylines.co.uk 2021
For those in peril on the sea: the Newhaven Lifeboat
Ginny Smith learns about the challenging work of a local lifeboat service, and what keeps them motivated to risk their lives for others
sussexbylines.co.uk
December 19, 2025 at 9:05 AM
On this date In the year 1981 the crew of the Penlee lifeboat, all 8 men from Mousehole, Cornwall, lost their lives in attempting a heroic rescue in hurricane force winds. In tribute to them we reproduce an article about the Newhaven lifeboat, first published in @sussexbylines.co.uk 2021
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Physicist Leo Szilard, in a short science fiction story from 1948, describing how to retard science by making the funding application longer and harder than the proposed research - now called the ‘Szilard point’
December 19, 2025 at 9:38 AM
Physicist Leo Szilard, in a short science fiction story from 1948, describing how to retard science by making the funding application longer and harder than the proposed research - now called the ‘Szilard point’
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🧵Teaching Students NOT to use AI
So...I've tried to explain to my students why they aren't allowed to use genAI in MY class (even though the university seems to be encouraging them to)
I've written this document to try to explain WHY it's a bad idea rather than just forbidden fruit.
#AI
#genAI
So...I've tried to explain to my students why they aren't allowed to use genAI in MY class (even though the university seems to be encouraging them to)
I've written this document to try to explain WHY it's a bad idea rather than just forbidden fruit.
#AI
#genAI
December 12, 2025 at 10:20 AM
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Following Sir Ian Chapman’s speech at the Innovation for Growth Summit about a renewed strategic direction for UK Research and Innovation, Dr Rebekah Smith McGloin (Chair) has made the following statement on behalf of UKCGE.
UKCGE | UKCGE Position Statement on Sir Ian Chapman’s speech at the…
The UK Council for Graduate Education welcomes Sir Ian Chapman’s articulation of a renewed strategic direction for UK Research and Innovation. His…
ukcge.ac.uk
December 9, 2025 at 10:38 AM
Following Sir Ian Chapman’s speech at the Innovation for Growth Summit about a renewed strategic direction for UK Research and Innovation, Dr Rebekah Smith McGloin (Chair) has made the following statement on behalf of UKCGE.
If my experience this morning of trying to deal with credit card fraud via my banking app is anything to go by I suspect the AI revolution is further away than some adherents would like to think.1/2
November 28, 2025 at 3:11 PM
If my experience this morning of trying to deal with credit card fraud via my banking app is anything to go by I suspect the AI revolution is further away than some adherents would like to think.1/2
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New trailer for ‘Fallout’ S2 ☢️
Premiering December 17 on Prime Video
Premiering December 17 on Prime Video
November 13, 2025 at 3:12 PM
New trailer for ‘Fallout’ S2 ☢️
Premiering December 17 on Prime Video
Premiering December 17 on Prime Video