BD Alexander
@bdalexander.bsky.social
Physical chemist without portfolio. Carrying out missionary work at a university in the south-east of the UK. May contain strong language and sarcasm.
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I don't love Verdana as a font, but I use it for a lot because it's a non-serif font that has serifs on the uppercase i.
November 26, 2025 at 10:40 PM
I don't love Verdana as a font, but I use it for a lot because it's a non-serif font that has serifs on the uppercase i.
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Cliff Richard. For when Johnny Halliday is viewed as too close to home. Disappointed they never called it Rorschach and Rolle
The Swiss got rock’n’roll after it had been filtered through the rest of Europe so its version was brilliant, exaggerated and wrong. A sincere pastiche of the original.
November 19, 2025 at 7:44 PM
Cliff Richard. For when Johnny Halliday is viewed as too close to home. Disappointed they never called it Rorschach and Rolle
“I, am Steer!”
November 17, 2025 at 7:51 AM
“I, am Steer!”
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could i make it any more obvious
AI slop now making up saccharine Bible verses that do not exist
November 15, 2025 at 12:51 PM
could i make it any more obvious
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It ys onlye Gen AI if it ys from the Gen AI regioun of Fraunce, otherwyse it ys just sparklinge plagiarism.
November 12, 2025 at 5:07 PM
It ys onlye Gen AI if it ys from the Gen AI regioun of Fraunce, otherwyse it ys just sparklinge plagiarism.
Why do optical instrument manufacturers make their kit so flat and table-like?
Completely unrelated, do Fisher or VWR sell castle prods or pigeon spikes?
Completely unrelated, do Fisher or VWR sell castle prods or pigeon spikes?
November 10, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Why do optical instrument manufacturers make their kit so flat and table-like?
Completely unrelated, do Fisher or VWR sell castle prods or pigeon spikes?
Completely unrelated, do Fisher or VWR sell castle prods or pigeon spikes?
Does someone ceithir to explain this to me?
The Romans called the town Ivybridge because the name Forth Bridge was already taken.
November 8, 2025 at 9:44 PM
Does someone ceithir to explain this to me?
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For those who are looking into Rosalind Franklin today, check this out
ojs.lib.uwo.ca/index.php/cj...
ojs.lib.uwo.ca/index.php/cj...
View of A bibliometric study of the work of Rosalind E. Franklin (1920-1958)
ojs.lib.uwo.ca
November 7, 2025 at 8:44 PM
For those who are looking into Rosalind Franklin today, check this out
ojs.lib.uwo.ca/index.php/cj...
ojs.lib.uwo.ca/index.php/cj...
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This is feminism.
Miss World Chile did is in a metal band. This was her talent portion at Miss World
www.instagram.com/reel/DQuI2W7...
www.instagram.com/reel/DQuI2W7...
November 7, 2025 at 9:14 PM
This is feminism.
This has appeared in various labs at work. I’m pretty sure they could have found more effective fire blankets.
November 5, 2025 at 8:20 PM
This has appeared in various labs at work. I’m pretty sure they could have found more effective fire blankets.
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Congratulations to the young teenagers of the world, 67 has surpassed 69 in global Google Search Popularity. Source: buff.ly/4ysqZgP
November 4, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Congratulations to the young teenagers of the world, 67 has surpassed 69 in global Google Search Popularity. Source: buff.ly/4ysqZgP
Love this. Security system password at the Louvre was “louvre”. You know that they were running on XP (not yet SP2) www.liberation.fr/checknews/lo...
«Louvre» en mot de passe, logiciels obsolètes, mises à jour impossibles… Dix ans de failles dans la sécurité informatique du premier musée au monde
Des documents que «CheckNews» a pu consulter, comme des audits confidentiels portant sur la sûreté du Louvre ou des appels d’offre, dessinent l’ampleur des brèches de sa sécurité informatique.
www.liberation.fr
November 3, 2025 at 10:04 PM
Love this. Security system password at the Louvre was “louvre”. You know that they were running on XP (not yet SP2) www.liberation.fr/checknews/lo...
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ladies and gentlemen...we got him
October 30, 2025 at 7:10 PM
ladies and gentlemen...we got him
Looks like some sort of Catsub
October 29, 2025 at 9:50 PM
Looks like some sort of Catsub
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My favourite of the Cow Tools edits
October 28, 2025 at 1:47 PM
My favourite of the Cow Tools edits
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If you MUST gender your toilets, then do it in style. I think this is nicely done typographically.
(For clarification, it’s M = Minge and W = Willy)
(For clarification, it’s M = Minge and W = Willy)
October 26, 2025 at 3:28 PM
If you MUST gender your toilets, then do it in style. I think this is nicely done typographically.
(For clarification, it’s M = Minge and W = Willy)
(For clarification, it’s M = Minge and W = Willy)
“Starting unemployed with these settings saw me immediately rejected by Rangers, Ajax, and Borussia Monchengladbach which is as it should be.” I’m not totally convinced by the assessment of the managerial selection process of The Rangers, mind.
I had the chance to have a tinker on an early build of FM26 last week, here's what I made of it...
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October 23, 2025 at 4:00 PM
“Starting unemployed with these settings saw me immediately rejected by Rangers, Ajax, and Borussia Monchengladbach which is as it should be.” I’m not totally convinced by the assessment of the managerial selection process of The Rangers, mind.
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⚛️ Happy #MoleDay! 🧪
DYK that there’s a whole day dedicated to celebrating an incredibly significant number in chemistry?
Meet Mole Day, a unique celebration that intrigues both scientists and the curious-minded.
The Magic of Mole Day:
15 Facts That’ll Amaze You!
ifunfact.com/mole-day-fun...
DYK that there’s a whole day dedicated to celebrating an incredibly significant number in chemistry?
Meet Mole Day, a unique celebration that intrigues both scientists and the curious-minded.
The Magic of Mole Day:
15 Facts That’ll Amaze You!
ifunfact.com/mole-day-fun...
October 23, 2025 at 2:00 PM
⚛️ Happy #MoleDay! 🧪
DYK that there’s a whole day dedicated to celebrating an incredibly significant number in chemistry?
Meet Mole Day, a unique celebration that intrigues both scientists and the curious-minded.
The Magic of Mole Day:
15 Facts That’ll Amaze You!
ifunfact.com/mole-day-fun...
DYK that there’s a whole day dedicated to celebrating an incredibly significant number in chemistry?
Meet Mole Day, a unique celebration that intrigues both scientists and the curious-minded.
The Magic of Mole Day:
15 Facts That’ll Amaze You!
ifunfact.com/mole-day-fun...
Welcome to the cult that Is the Alexander household where you can’t say something is “normal $NAME” without one of the spawn shouting “What do you mean ‘normal $NAME’?”
October 20, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Welcome to the cult that Is the Alexander household where you can’t say something is “normal $NAME” without one of the spawn shouting “What do you mean ‘normal $NAME’?”
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This remains the funniest way to hear about an internet outage, though.
October 20, 2025 at 8:41 AM
This remains the funniest way to hear about an internet outage, though.
Is this a Mazda I see before me? www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Shakespeare family home damaged as car backs into it
Hall's Croft in Stratford-upon-Avon is being assessed for repairs after the incident on Friday.
www.bbc.co.uk
October 19, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Is this a Mazda I see before me? www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Larson is at it again. Me cackling away, both spawn completely confused. There is something of the Bob Ross about this. Not a mistake, just a flappy accident.
October 16, 2025 at 7:04 PM
Larson is at it again. Me cackling away, both spawn completely confused. There is something of the Bob Ross about this. Not a mistake, just a flappy accident.
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you fucked around and now the Episcopalians are doing memes. are you happy now. are you
October 15, 2025 at 4:10 PM
you fucked around and now the Episcopalians are doing memes. are you happy now. are you
[The Hoff enters the chat]
Like, no wonder the Soviet Union fell a few months later.
What POSSIBLE counter could they have to Cher in fishnets on the USS Missouri?
If that's what you're up against you've lost.
What POSSIBLE counter could they have to Cher in fishnets on the USS Missouri?
If that's what you're up against you've lost.
October 14, 2025 at 6:30 AM
[The Hoff enters the chat]