Andrew Sobey
@andrewsobey.com
solidly mediocre video guy and science communicator in DC. won an award once for something. he/him
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ChemThug tried to make citric acid at home and immediately regretted it. 🧪
Making Citric Acid at Home is Easy (EMOTIONAL DAMAGE)
YouTube video by Reactions
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December 31, 2025 at 9:53 PM
ChemThug tried to make citric acid at home and immediately regretted it. 🧪
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Here's a really easy New Year's Resolution:
If you're sick with something contagious, you will stay home if your circumstances allow.
If you can't stay home, you will mask around others until there is no possibility you are contagious.
By making these choices, you will literally save lives.
If you're sick with something contagious, you will stay home if your circumstances allow.
If you can't stay home, you will mask around others until there is no possibility you are contagious.
By making these choices, you will literally save lives.
December 31, 2025 at 3:07 PM
Here's a really easy New Year's Resolution:
If you're sick with something contagious, you will stay home if your circumstances allow.
If you can't stay home, you will mask around others until there is no possibility you are contagious.
By making these choices, you will literally save lives.
If you're sick with something contagious, you will stay home if your circumstances allow.
If you can't stay home, you will mask around others until there is no possibility you are contagious.
By making these choices, you will literally save lives.
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I’ve been really liking @acs.org’s youtube channel lately. It’s cool to see chemistry content on the platform that’s more serious than Nile Red, etc, but still entertaining to normal people.
youtube.com/shorts/DW5Ur...
youtube.com/shorts/DW5Ur...
An excretory puzzle | Headline Science
YouTube video by American Chemical Society
youtube.com
December 26, 2025 at 2:31 AM
I’ve been really liking @acs.org’s youtube channel lately. It’s cool to see chemistry content on the platform that’s more serious than Nile Red, etc, but still entertaining to normal people.
youtube.com/shorts/DW5Ur...
youtube.com/shorts/DW5Ur...
important PSA I doodled maybe 10 years ago
December 19, 2025 at 3:13 PM
important PSA I doodled maybe 10 years ago
oddly satisfying slightly out of phase sine wave animation I made a few years ago
December 18, 2025 at 4:27 PM
oddly satisfying slightly out of phase sine wave animation I made a few years ago
mixing two solids together can make a liquid without any heat or chemical reactions. It's the same basic thing happening when you salt a sidewalk to melt ice, or mix water and antifreeze in a car's radiator. Our latest Reactions short for @acs.org and PBS Digital Studios. 🧪
solid + solid = liquid (no, it's not heat, commenters)
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December 18, 2025 at 3:17 PM
mixing two solids together can make a liquid without any heat or chemical reactions. It's the same basic thing happening when you salt a sidewalk to melt ice, or mix water and antifreeze in a car's radiator. Our latest Reactions short for @acs.org and PBS Digital Studios. 🧪
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I've tried and failed a couple times to write a post explaining how serious this would be. NCAR is globally essential to our climate change response. This can't just be replaced. Every scientist in the world will be doing climate research with one hand tied behind their back for at least a decade
Exclusive: The Trump administration is moving to dismantle the National Center for Atmospheric Research in Colorado, according to a senior White House official, taking aim at one of the world's leading climate research labs.
Trump moves to dismantle major US climate research center in Colorado
The Trump administration is breaking up the National Center for Atmospheric Research, taking aim at one of the world's leading climate research labs.
bit.ly
December 17, 2025 at 2:30 AM
I've tried and failed a couple times to write a post explaining how serious this would be. NCAR is globally essential to our climate change response. This can't just be replaced. Every scientist in the world will be doing climate research with one hand tied behind their back for at least a decade
Now at every ad break in a WaPo story there's a "Dive deeper" button you can click to get more information about the story that an ai predicts is relevant. Or, hypothetically, you could continue reading the article to get more information that the author of the article thought was relevant.
December 16, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Now at every ad break in a WaPo story there's a "Dive deeper" button you can click to get more information about the story that an ai predicts is relevant. Or, hypothetically, you could continue reading the article to get more information that the author of the article thought was relevant.
Galapagos sea turtle (I think Chelonia mydas?) taking a breath off the coast of Isla Isabela. This is on Islote Las Tintoreras, right outside what must be the most spectacular "ferry terminal" in the world.
December 16, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Galapagos sea turtle (I think Chelonia mydas?) taking a breath off the coast of Isla Isabela. This is on Islote Las Tintoreras, right outside what must be the most spectacular "ferry terminal" in the world.
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On the 10th Anniversary of the Paris Agreement, you’re going to hear a lot about the progress we’ve made — people saying we “are” heading to 2.5 degrees heating instead of four.
I deeply regret to tell you that this is complacent misinformation.
🧵
I deeply regret to tell you that this is complacent misinformation.
🧵
December 12, 2025 at 12:50 PM
On the 10th Anniversary of the Paris Agreement, you’re going to hear a lot about the progress we’ve made — people saying we “are” heading to 2.5 degrees heating instead of four.
I deeply regret to tell you that this is complacent misinformation.
🧵
I deeply regret to tell you that this is complacent misinformation.
🧵
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I definitely lose hope on a regular basis. Sometimes I even regret knowing anything about climate change! But then I look at my son and his friends, their budding lives, and I go on limping along lol
December 12, 2025 at 1:54 PM
I definitely lose hope on a regular basis. Sometimes I even regret knowing anything about climate change! But then I look at my son and his friends, their budding lives, and I go on limping along lol
Dear After Effects,
Don't ever switch to the properties panel for any reason. Please burn it and bury its ashes deep underground where I will never see them again. Thank you for your attention to this matter.
Don't ever switch to the properties panel for any reason. Please burn it and bury its ashes deep underground where I will never see them again. Thank you for your attention to this matter.
December 11, 2025 at 6:11 PM
Dear After Effects,
Don't ever switch to the properties panel for any reason. Please burn it and bury its ashes deep underground where I will never see them again. Thank you for your attention to this matter.
Don't ever switch to the properties panel for any reason. Please burn it and bury its ashes deep underground where I will never see them again. Thank you for your attention to this matter.
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One of the many reasons AI can't produce good writing is it can't hate its own writing. It can't think to itself "Maybe I'm illiterate" during the writing process. And that's essential
December 9, 2025 at 8:45 PM
One of the many reasons AI can't produce good writing is it can't hate its own writing. It can't think to itself "Maybe I'm illiterate" during the writing process. And that's essential
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Birthright citizenship is probably not integral to liberal democracy, but it is integral to *American* liberal democracy. Our vision of what we are as a country, as a nation beyond an ethnicity, requires it.
December 6, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Birthright citizenship is probably not integral to liberal democracy, but it is integral to *American* liberal democracy. Our vision of what we are as a country, as a nation beyond an ethnicity, requires it.
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They're basically trying to bring Jim Crow back by arguing that racial equity is harmful. We didn't get to this point out of nowhere
*looks at camera*
Lawsuit Against Hispanic Scholarship Fund Argues It Discriminates Against Non-Hispanic Students - The New York Times
Lawsuit Against Hispanic Scholarship Fund Argues It Discriminates Against Non-Hispanic Students - The New York Times
Lawsuit Challenges a Nonprofit’s Scholarships for Hispanic Students
www.nytimes.com
December 4, 2025 at 6:15 PM
They're basically trying to bring Jim Crow back by arguing that racial equity is harmful. We didn't get to this point out of nowhere
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DEADLINE EXTENDED! We're giving you an extra few days to apply for up to $5,000 to cover climate and environmental stories in rural communities. Apply by **Dec. 8** https://grist.org/updates/grist-opens-applications-for-new-rural-reporting-grants-on-climate-and-environmental-justice/
Grist opens applications for new rural reporting grants on climate and environmental justice
Applicants can request up to $5,000 per project.
grist.org
December 3, 2025 at 7:26 PM
DEADLINE EXTENDED! We're giving you an extra few days to apply for up to $5,000 to cover climate and environmental stories in rural communities. Apply by **Dec. 8** https://grist.org/updates/grist-opens-applications-for-new-rural-reporting-grants-on-climate-and-environmental-justice/
Plus ACS Reactions over in the "Science & Nature" tab, if you're into that sort of thing.
The PBS app has so much great cultural content on it. Theater, Opera, musicals, ballet, classical performance. I really would like a week to dig into it. Maybe over the holidays.
December 3, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Plus ACS Reactions over in the "Science & Nature" tab, if you're into that sort of thing.
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Alt text for those who need it. This is amazing.
December 2, 2025 at 9:42 AM
Alt text for those who need it. This is amazing.
liquid marbles are easy to make at home but also kinda wild cutting edge chemistry. The breakthroughs happening with these are staggering, including (maybe) one that we made a few months ago in our YT episode and are now working on getting published. 🧪
youtu.be/9V9sDISn7bk
youtu.be/9V9sDISn7bk
cult follower open cylinder liquid marbles
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December 1, 2025 at 3:01 PM
liquid marbles are easy to make at home but also kinda wild cutting edge chemistry. The breakthroughs happening with these are staggering, including (maybe) one that we made a few months ago in our YT episode and are now working on getting published. 🧪
youtu.be/9V9sDISn7bk
youtu.be/9V9sDISn7bk
Someone finally put to bed the most pernicious of Van Halen rumors, and we can all go back to understanding the obvious truth: the brown M&Ms rider thing does, in fact, confirm that they're all just a bunch of assholes.
* You know how Van Halen had a contract rider demanding bowls of M&Ms with the brown ones removed?
They later claimed that was all a test to make sure venues were reading their contracts. Clever!
BUT WAIT, that claim itself is actually false. I fact-checked it.
Snack Stack exclusive:
They later claimed that was all a test to make sure venues were reading their contracts. Clever!
BUT WAIT, that claim itself is actually false. I fact-checked it.
Snack Stack exclusive:
In Search of Van Halen's Brown M&Ms
Contract riders and the meaning of a modern pop star
snackstack.net
November 26, 2025 at 3:00 AM
Someone finally put to bed the most pernicious of Van Halen rumors, and we can all go back to understanding the obvious truth: the brown M&Ms rider thing does, in fact, confirm that they're all just a bunch of assholes.
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DC Mayor Muriel Bowser has just announced that she is not running for reelection.
November 25, 2025 at 7:24 PM
DC Mayor Muriel Bowser has just announced that she is not running for reelection.
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I'm excited to announce that I have been asked to join the Mamdani Transition Team to work on community safety issues. A New Era for NYC.
November 24, 2025 at 8:23 PM
I'm excited to announce that I have been asked to join the Mamdani Transition Team to work on community safety issues. A New Era for NYC.
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Tomorrow is my birthday, and if you’re inclined, I would appreciate it if you could donate to @remorahousedc.bsky.social. Aside from being stellar people, they work hard year-round to give comfort and aid to our neighbors in need. givebutter.com/remorahouse I’ll match the 1st $100 in donations, too.
November 23, 2025 at 1:29 PM
Tomorrow is my birthday, and if you’re inclined, I would appreciate it if you could donate to @remorahousedc.bsky.social. Aside from being stellar people, they work hard year-round to give comfort and aid to our neighbors in need. givebutter.com/remorahouse I’ll match the 1st $100 in donations, too.
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Australia has so much rooftop solar that they're giving away free electricity 3 hours a day. Pakistanis have imported so many DIY low cost panels that they're exceeding total demand.
And in the US, rooftop solar is $3.50 per watt and we're repealing decades-old tax credits.
And in the US, rooftop solar is $3.50 per watt and we're repealing decades-old tax credits.
November 23, 2025 at 1:29 PM
Australia has so much rooftop solar that they're giving away free electricity 3 hours a day. Pakistanis have imported so many DIY low cost panels that they're exceeding total demand.
And in the US, rooftop solar is $3.50 per watt and we're repealing decades-old tax credits.
And in the US, rooftop solar is $3.50 per watt and we're repealing decades-old tax credits.
if olivia nuzzi and anthony weiner ever get together it's going to unleash gozer the gozerian in the form of a giant marshmallow
November 22, 2025 at 2:22 PM
if olivia nuzzi and anthony weiner ever get together it's going to unleash gozer the gozerian in the form of a giant marshmallow