Adrian A. Lorenzana
@adrianlorenzana.ca
ChemE PhD from UMass interested in polymer architecture, mechanochemistry, and vitrimers
Postdoc in the Chitnis lab
Latino, he/him/él
Website: https://adrianlorenzana.ca
ORCiD: 0000-0002-6517-6897
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Postdoc in the Chitnis lab
Latino, he/him/él
Website: https://adrianlorenzana.ca
ORCiD: 0000-0002-6517-6897
🇨🇦🇺🇸🇭🇳
Pinned
Allo! Time for a new #introduction.
I’m a latino and doctor of chemical engineering. I study polymer mechanochemistry and bottlebrushes, and want to get a bit into exploring vitrimers and the catalysis involved. I *love* synthesis. I have more hobbies than any person should.
I’m a latino and doctor of chemical engineering. I study polymer mechanochemistry and bottlebrushes, and want to get a bit into exploring vitrimers and the catalysis involved. I *love* synthesis. I have more hobbies than any person should.
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this is pretty good. one note - I would absolutely not buy a Bambu printer in 2025; they've decided to be anti-consumer pricks. might be fine now; you may pay for it later. the Centauri Carbon is a solid single-filament printer for under $300 and is much bigger; you can run bigger batches of stuff.
Yesterday I tried to put everything I knew about whistles—where to get them, where to get instruction sheets, how to distro—into one place so you can build off it for your own community's whistle needs: dansinker.com/posts/2025-1...
November 23, 2025 at 5:39 PM
this is pretty good. one note - I would absolutely not buy a Bambu printer in 2025; they've decided to be anti-consumer pricks. might be fine now; you may pay for it later. the Centauri Carbon is a solid single-filament printer for under $300 and is much bigger; you can run bigger batches of stuff.
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The Trump admin is like a hapless student who can't decide whether to say they plagiarized or wrote the terrible essay they submitted. It's a lose-lose situation, really.
Russia-Ukraine war: US insists it authored peace plan
Russia-Ukraine war: US insists it authored peace plan
It comes after a group of senators said they were told by Secretary of State Marco Rubio that the draft did not reflect Washington's position.
www.bbc.com
November 23, 2025 at 5:31 AM
The Trump admin is like a hapless student who can't decide whether to say they plagiarized or wrote the terrible essay they submitted. It's a lose-lose situation, really.
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Marimar Martinez is a US citizen who was shot by ICE five times in Chicago.
She was then arrested, labelled a “domestic terrorist” and slandered on social media.
All charges against her have been dropped.
In this interview she shows on of the seven holes the ICE agent put in her body.
She was then arrested, labelled a “domestic terrorist” and slandered on social media.
All charges against her have been dropped.
In this interview she shows on of the seven holes the ICE agent put in her body.
November 22, 2025 at 4:59 AM
Marimar Martinez is a US citizen who was shot by ICE five times in Chicago.
She was then arrested, labelled a “domestic terrorist” and slandered on social media.
All charges against her have been dropped.
In this interview she shows on of the seven holes the ICE agent put in her body.
She was then arrested, labelled a “domestic terrorist” and slandered on social media.
All charges against her have been dropped.
In this interview she shows on of the seven holes the ICE agent put in her body.
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when i was
a young boy
my father
took me into the city
to see a marching band
a young boy
my father
took me into the city
to see a marching band
Vomit on his sweater already
Mom's spaghetti
Mom's spaghetti
November 23, 2025 at 4:00 AM
when i was
a young boy
my father
took me into the city
to see a marching band
a young boy
my father
took me into the city
to see a marching band
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I used to handle interlibrary loans for a public library. ILL is a magnificent expression of the idea that readers deserve books, and books deserve readers. It’s libraries everywhere pooling their resources for the benefit of everyone.
Killing IMLS could have killed ILL.
This is great news. 📚
Killing IMLS could have killed ILL.
This is great news. 📚
Court permanently blocks Trump's executive order to dismantle federal agency for America's libraries IMLS
librarytechnology.org/pr/31973
librarytechnology.org/pr/31973
Court permanently blocks Trump's executive order to dismantle federal agency for America's libraries
Press Release: Court permanently blocks Trump's executive order to dismantle federal agency for America's libraries. The U.S. District Court for the District of Rhode Island struck down the Trump Adm...
librarytechnology.org
November 22, 2025 at 3:23 PM
I used to handle interlibrary loans for a public library. ILL is a magnificent expression of the idea that readers deserve books, and books deserve readers. It’s libraries everywhere pooling their resources for the benefit of everyone.
Killing IMLS could have killed ILL.
This is great news. 📚
Killing IMLS could have killed ILL.
This is great news. 📚
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Just an absolutely gutting essay by Tatiana Schlossberg, a writer, mother of two young children, and cousin of RFK Jr who is dying of leukemia.
www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
November 22, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Just an absolutely gutting essay by Tatiana Schlossberg, a writer, mother of two young children, and cousin of RFK Jr who is dying of leukemia.
www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
Let’s go
““If they’re not gonna run the programs, then what are we paying them for?” she said. “It’s like, you know, you’re paying us for a service and they’re not delivering. So let’s stop paying for it.”
👀 @mikiesherrill.bsky.social goes there …
👀 @mikiesherrill.bsky.social goes there …
New Jersey may stop paying federal taxes under new governor
Gov.-elect Mikie Sherrill said on a podcast with Jon Stewart it's a "great idea."
www.politico.com
November 22, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Let’s go
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Polymer Chemistry Issue 45 is out! This week features advancements in AI-driven design, closed-loop recycling, and precision photoresists. 🧵👇 #PolymerChemistry #ChemSky
pubs.rsc.org/en/journals/...
pubs.rsc.org/en/journals/...
Polymer Chemistry Home-The home for the most innovative and exciting polymer chemistry, with an emphasis on the synthesis and properties of polymers.<br/><br/>Editor-in-chief: Christine...
The home for the most innovative and exciting polymer chemistry, with an emphasis on the synthesis and properties of polymers.<br/><br/>Editor-in-chief: Christine Luscombe <br/>Impact factor: 3.9<br/>...
pubs.rsc.org
November 22, 2025 at 6:52 AM
Polymer Chemistry Issue 45 is out! This week features advancements in AI-driven design, closed-loop recycling, and precision photoresists. 🧵👇 #PolymerChemistry #ChemSky
pubs.rsc.org/en/journals/...
pubs.rsc.org/en/journals/...
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Trump: anything else pal?
Zohran: I dunno you want to sink the GOP nominee for governor?
Trump: no problem!
Zohran: I dunno you want to sink the GOP nominee for governor?
Trump: no problem!
Q: Stefanik has called Mamdani a 'jihadist.' Do you think you're standing next to a jihadist right now?
TRUMP: No, I don't. I met with a man who's a very rational person
TRUMP: No, I don't. I met with a man who's a very rational person
November 21, 2025 at 9:37 PM
Trump: anything else pal?
Zohran: I dunno you want to sink the GOP nominee for governor?
Trump: no problem!
Zohran: I dunno you want to sink the GOP nominee for governor?
Trump: no problem!
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my jaw is on the floor and yet im completely unsurprised. trump’s only political conviction is that he loves a handsome winner
A reporter asks if Mamdani stands by calling Trump a fascist. Mamdani starts to give a delicate answer.
Trump (smiles, pats Mamdani's arm): "That's OK, you can just say yes. It's easier. I don't mind."
Trump (smiles, pats Mamdani's arm): "That's OK, you can just say yes. It's easier. I don't mind."
November 21, 2025 at 8:58 PM
my jaw is on the floor and yet im completely unsurprised. trump’s only political conviction is that he loves a handsome winner
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Getting journal rejections like
November 21, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Getting journal rejections like
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Time for some TLC (tender loving chemistry)
November 20, 2025 at 6:29 PM
Time for some TLC (tender loving chemistry)
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"Children at my son's Spanish immersion preschool in Chicago bore witness to a teacher being violently abducted by ICE agents who entered their school, armed with weapons, earlier this month."
ICE Raided My Son’s Daycare to Abduct a Teacher. This Kind of Trauma Lasts.
Children in Illinois have suffered months of systematic abuse by federal agents enacting Trump’s immigration raids.
truthout.org
November 19, 2025 at 7:19 PM
"Children at my son's Spanish immersion preschool in Chicago bore witness to a teacher being violently abducted by ICE agents who entered their school, armed with weapons, earlier this month."
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New Ni enzyme just dropped!
Congrats @xilehu-epfl.bsky.social
Congrats @xilehu-epfl.bsky.social
Now online:
Article by Xile Hu & co-workers @xilehu-epfl.bsky.social
Construction of dual-cofactor artificial metalloenzymes for synergistic and enantiodivergent catalysis of Michael addition reactions
www.nature.com/articles/s44... ($)
#Chemsky
Article by Xile Hu & co-workers @xilehu-epfl.bsky.social
Construction of dual-cofactor artificial metalloenzymes for synergistic and enantiodivergent catalysis of Michael addition reactions
www.nature.com/articles/s44... ($)
#Chemsky
Construction of dual-cofactor artificial metalloenzymes for synergistic and enantiodivergent catalysis of Michael addition reactions - Nature Synthesis
A dual-cofactor artificial metalloenzyme is developed, incorporating a biotinylated nickel complex and a Strep-tagged peptide catalyst in adjacent streptavidin-binding sites. This synergistic artifici...
www.nature.com
November 20, 2025 at 3:44 PM
New Ni enzyme just dropped!
Congrats @xilehu-epfl.bsky.social
Congrats @xilehu-epfl.bsky.social
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👇🎯
The Eric Schickler essay in Larry Bartel's symposium on "What Trump Has Taught Us About Political Science" is one of the most insightful pieces I've read in 2025.
US institutions turned out to be weak, and we have to rethink conventional wisdom.
open access: academic.oup.com/psq/advance-...
US institutions turned out to be weak, and we have to rethink conventional wisdom.
open access: academic.oup.com/psq/advance-...
November 20, 2025 at 6:33 AM
👇🎯
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This is a fucking DISGRACE. The Republicans of the United States Congress are permitting a man to spew dangerous and harmful disinformation to the public.
This is dangerous. This will kill infants and children.
Republicans DO NOT CARE about babies after they are born
www.cdc.gov/vaccine-safe...
This is dangerous. This will kill infants and children.
Republicans DO NOT CARE about babies after they are born
www.cdc.gov/vaccine-safe...
Autism and Vaccines
Answers to common questions about vaccine safety and autism.
www.cdc.gov
November 20, 2025 at 2:59 AM
This is a fucking DISGRACE. The Republicans of the United States Congress are permitting a man to spew dangerous and harmful disinformation to the public.
This is dangerous. This will kill infants and children.
Republicans DO NOT CARE about babies after they are born
www.cdc.gov/vaccine-safe...
This is dangerous. This will kill infants and children.
Republicans DO NOT CARE about babies after they are born
www.cdc.gov/vaccine-safe...
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Severe abuse of the null hypothesis
CDC has overhauled its website to assert that “the claim ‘vaccines do not cause autism’ is not an evidence-based claim”
November 20, 2025 at 2:30 AM
Severe abuse of the null hypothesis
so, no good document layout software for linux with support for variable fonts huh
November 20, 2025 at 2:22 AM
so, no good document layout software for linux with support for variable fonts huh
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Okay, I like her. Anyone that name-drops billion year old continents in a policy context is cool by me.
Swedish Deputy PM: Sweden needs to pick its friends wisely, and we are choosing Canada… So when we come to America, we come to Canada now.
November 19, 2025 at 10:02 PM
Okay, I like her. Anyone that name-drops billion year old continents in a policy context is cool by me.
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i believe people when they say linux has gotten better in the last few years. what i'm skeptical of is that linux Guys have improved. i will not use an OS where i'm at high risk of someone calling me stupid for not liking some aspect of the experience. i must be allowed to hate the computer
November 19, 2025 at 9:36 PM
i believe people when they say linux has gotten better in the last few years. what i'm skeptical of is that linux Guys have improved. i will not use an OS where i'm at high risk of someone calling me stupid for not liking some aspect of the experience. i must be allowed to hate the computer
What the hell am I reading dear lord
I laughed at loud. These people are so pathetic; our enemies are numbskulls. They will kill us all and still not know hs physics.
COWEN: The stupidest question possible: Why don’t we just make more GPUs?
ALTMAN: Because we need to make more electrons.
conversationswithtyler.com/episodes/sam...
COWEN: The stupidest question possible: Why don’t we just make more GPUs?
ALTMAN: Because we need to make more electrons.
conversationswithtyler.com/episodes/sam...
November 19, 2025 at 9:21 PM
What the hell am I reading dear lord
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Not satisfied with just destroying their own brand goodwill, OS companies are now using AI to try to destroy the good names of the apps users install. (Scrivener taking out adds to explain how it has no AI but Apple adds some anyway.)
November 19, 2025 at 8:19 PM
Not satisfied with just destroying their own brand goodwill, OS companies are now using AI to try to destroy the good names of the apps users install. (Scrivener taking out adds to explain how it has no AI but Apple adds some anyway.)