Daniel Mainz
@dtmainz.bsky.social
Computational chemistry, running, reading, soccer (women's, mostly), politics, crosswords, wannabe cat dad, naps. Michigan → Brooklyn. (he/him)
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Hello Bluesky! Starting on December 6, we'll share the daily entry from the line-a-day diary kept by John Quincy Adams 200 years ago.
You can start exploring all 51 volumes of JQA's diaries here: www.primarysourcecoop.org/jqa/
You can start exploring all 51 volumes of JQA's diaries here: www.primarysourcecoop.org/jqa/
John Quincy Adams Digital Diary
www.primarysourcecoop.org
December 1, 2025 at 7:57 PM
Hello Bluesky! Starting on December 6, we'll share the daily entry from the line-a-day diary kept by John Quincy Adams 200 years ago.
You can start exploring all 51 volumes of JQA's diaries here: www.primarysourcecoop.org/jqa/
You can start exploring all 51 volumes of JQA's diaries here: www.primarysourcecoop.org/jqa/
Phew. Is it hot in here?
“Have Yourself A Merriam Little Christmas”
Merriam, a career-oriented lexicographer from the city, returns to her small town for the holidays and meets Webster, a ruggedly handsome librarian, who shows her the true DEFINITION of Christmas.
Merriam, a career-oriented lexicographer from the city, returns to her small town for the holidays and meets Webster, a ruggedly handsome librarian, who shows her the true DEFINITION of Christmas.
December 3, 2025 at 3:50 AM
Phew. Is it hot in here?
Maybe we should all hibernate from social media until Spring.
ok it is time for me to hibernate for the season
i am thankful for all of u keeping me company here on the blue sky during this year
be well
i am thankful for all of u keeping me company here on the blue sky during this year
be well
November 27, 2025 at 1:00 AM
Maybe we should all hibernate from social media until Spring.
I feel seen. And hurt!
Twitter accounts are based in Russia. BlueSky accounts are based in homes with, frankly, too many books, plants, obsolete cables, and pieces of rustic pottery, that could do with a bit of a tidying up, to be honest.
November 24, 2025 at 12:13 AM
I feel seen. And hurt!
Scotland!!!! 🏴
November 18, 2025 at 9:58 PM
Scotland!!!! 🏴
YUP. This happens folks. And has for decades.
If women are underrepresented in STEM, it's at least partly because men like this offer mentoring, then embarrass themselves by assuming their mentees must be into them, then decide the best solution is to cut ties, which sends the signal to other faculty that the mentee must not be good enough.
The emails have Summers reporting to Epstein about his attempts to date a Harvard economics student & to hit on her during a seminar she was giving.
November 16, 2025 at 12:36 AM
YUP. This happens folks. And has for decades.
If Edward Said were alive today, imagine what he would write… Thanks to @fitzcarraldoeds.bsky.social and @ireadvintage.bsky.social for keeping this in print. Wish I had read this decades ago.
November 16, 2025 at 12:30 AM
If Edward Said were alive today, imagine what he would write… Thanks to @fitzcarraldoeds.bsky.social and @ireadvintage.bsky.social for keeping this in print. Wish I had read this decades ago.
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It's another layer of national degradation and moral decline to see the political media treat child rape like just another horserace issue.
November 13, 2025 at 3:56 PM
It's another layer of national degradation and moral decline to see the political media treat child rape like just another horserace issue.
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Anyway a great way to radicalize people is for them to realize that you just abandoned their chance at being able to access and afford health care because you didn’t like waiting in line at the airport.
November 10, 2025 at 1:17 AM
Anyway a great way to radicalize people is for them to realize that you just abandoned their chance at being able to access and afford health care because you didn’t like waiting in line at the airport.
This.
I hate FSAs and HSAs with a passion. Waste of my time and an utter scam meant to send my healthcare money into the hands of finance guys instead of my doctor
November 9, 2025 at 11:08 PM
This.
Good fucking riddance
ADAMS: Now “I don't have to deal with you guys, man. I can fly private now, I can go on a cruise, I can hang out in St. Bart.”
(via @nypost.com)
(via @nypost.com)
November 6, 2025 at 12:12 AM
Good fucking riddance
Which is harder, the NYC marathon or poll working from 5am to 10pm (2 hour lunch at least)? Felt like huge turnout, even after all the early voting. Nice to run out of Future Voter stickers so early in the day too.
November 5, 2025 at 3:52 AM
Which is harder, the NYC marathon or poll working from 5am to 10pm (2 hour lunch at least)? Felt like huge turnout, even after all the early voting. Nice to run out of Future Voter stickers so early in the day too.
4th NYC marathon, and 4th this year because I, um, it’s complicated. Thanks to NYRR for excellent logistics and my fav civil servants, the DSNY for all you do.
November 2, 2025 at 9:46 PM
4th NYC marathon, and 4th this year because I, um, it’s complicated. Thanks to NYRR for excellent logistics and my fav civil servants, the DSNY for all you do.
4th NYC on deck. No time goal. Let’s all have fun in the best party in the city.
November 1, 2025 at 8:48 PM
4th NYC on deck. No time goal. Let’s all have fun in the best party in the city.
Mission accomplished. Let’s make NYC kinder, together.
October 31, 2025 at 12:50 PM
Mission accomplished. Let’s make NYC kinder, together.
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(7/X) You know the old quote about why do you rob banks? Because that's where the money is.
Why do "free speech" people try to appeal to cranky reactionary old men? Because that's where the money is.
Why do "free speech" people try to appeal to cranky reactionary old men? Because that's where the money is.
October 24, 2025 at 1:49 PM
(7/X) You know the old quote about why do you rob banks? Because that's where the money is.
Why do "free speech" people try to appeal to cranky reactionary old men? Because that's where the money is.
Why do "free speech" people try to appeal to cranky reactionary old men? Because that's where the money is.
Dear, dear alma mater
wrote briefly about architecture and the situation at u Chicago www.thenation.com/article/cult...
Why Did UChicago Destroy the Humanities?
The answer is simple: to spend untold sums on useless buildings by starchitects.
www.thenation.com
October 16, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Dear, dear alma mater
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October 9, 2025 at 1:25 PM
Finally cancelled Paramount+. Could never trust them with NWSL coverage, am usually busy at work during UEFA Champions
League matches, and then there’s Bari.
League matches, and then there’s Bari.
October 9, 2025 at 1:04 AM
Finally cancelled Paramount+. Could never trust them with NWSL coverage, am usually busy at work during UEFA Champions
League matches, and then there’s Bari.
League matches, and then there’s Bari.
A very good point.
One of the things we are going to have to be very, very aware of is that a lot of people who are being heavily armed right now will simply not be willing to accept the results of a democratic election because they will go to jail.
also he did this while everything was very very obviously being recorded
October 4, 2025 at 10:59 PM
A very good point.
The MTA is swapping the M and F lines across the East River? Sounds like more of that woke trans ideology to me.
September 30, 2025 at 3:32 PM
The MTA is swapping the M and F lines across the East River? Sounds like more of that woke trans ideology to me.
lolsob
32-17. Best record in baseball. Some things are good. sports.apple.com/us/event/umc...
Detroit Tigers at St. Louis Cardinals
MLB • May 20
sports.apple.com
September 25, 2025 at 2:08 AM
lolsob
Marathon #10 in Montréal today. Perfect temperature, well organized. Wish my flight weren’t early tomorrow.
September 22, 2025 at 12:00 AM
Marathon #10 in Montréal today. Perfect temperature, well organized. Wish my flight weren’t early tomorrow.
Times Square Casino Proposal Is Voted Down After Mounting Opposition www.nytimes.com/2025/09/17/n...
Thank goodness. If I have to work in this place, I don’t want to see even more decadence and excess than I already do.
Thank goodness. If I have to work in this place, I don’t want to see even more decadence and excess than I already do.
Times Square Casino Proposal Is Voted Down After Mounting Opposition
www.nytimes.com
September 17, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Times Square Casino Proposal Is Voted Down After Mounting Opposition www.nytimes.com/2025/09/17/n...
Thank goodness. If I have to work in this place, I don’t want to see even more decadence and excess than I already do.
Thank goodness. If I have to work in this place, I don’t want to see even more decadence and excess than I already do.