Debbie Gale Mitchell
@heydebigale.bsky.social
Chemist, 🧲 spectroscopist, mother, Associate Teaching Prof. of Chemistry at University of Denver. Loves reading romance and nonfiction 💖📚, currently writing a narrative nonfiction book on spectroscopy🚨Opinions and thoughts and posts are my own!
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I have some big news!
I’m writing a book about spectroscopy! 🚨🧲🌈🖼️🔦
My book is narrative nonfiction—with illustrations ✍️
A huge thank you to my wonderful agent Jessica Papin!!
Also thank you to my β-reader Sarah Zingales who has supported me through this whole process 🥹
I’m writing a book about spectroscopy! 🚨🧲🌈🖼️🔦
My book is narrative nonfiction—with illustrations ✍️
A huge thank you to my wonderful agent Jessica Papin!!
Also thank you to my β-reader Sarah Zingales who has supported me through this whole process 🥹
I logged onto twitter ( I know I know) and there was a discourse about who should be able to use the title "Dr"
bart simpson is sitting at a podium while a man in a hat walks in front of him
ALT: bart simpson is sitting at a podium while a man in a hat walks in front of him
media.tenor.com
November 24, 2025 at 11:47 PM
I logged onto twitter ( I know I know) and there was a discourse about who should be able to use the title "Dr"
reason #485 why I love taking public transportation (with my kids):
I can focus on my kid instead of driving.
Both on the bus and also walking home from the bus stop, I feel like I have much better conversations with my kids compared to when I am driving them in the car.
I can focus on my kid instead of driving.
Both on the bus and also walking home from the bus stop, I feel like I have much better conversations with my kids compared to when I am driving them in the car.
November 21, 2025 at 7:40 PM
reason #485 why I love taking public transportation (with my kids):
I can focus on my kid instead of driving.
Both on the bus and also walking home from the bus stop, I feel like I have much better conversations with my kids compared to when I am driving them in the car.
I can focus on my kid instead of driving.
Both on the bus and also walking home from the bus stop, I feel like I have much better conversations with my kids compared to when I am driving them in the car.
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Help me, #chemsky, you're my only hope.
Years ago, on the other place, some people posted gorgeous before-and-after pictures of actionoid organometallic crystals showing rapid radiation damage. Does anyone know where to find them so I can wow my students?
Years ago, on the other place, some people posted gorgeous before-and-after pictures of actionoid organometallic crystals showing rapid radiation damage. Does anyone know where to find them so I can wow my students?
November 19, 2025 at 8:09 PM
Help me, #chemsky, you're my only hope.
Years ago, on the other place, some people posted gorgeous before-and-after pictures of actionoid organometallic crystals showing rapid radiation damage. Does anyone know where to find them so I can wow my students?
Years ago, on the other place, some people posted gorgeous before-and-after pictures of actionoid organometallic crystals showing rapid radiation damage. Does anyone know where to find them so I can wow my students?
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It's that time again: @cenmag.bsky.social 's molecule of the year poll is now OPEN! Check out the contenders, lovingly curated by yours truly from past C&EN stories, and vote for your favorite by Dec. 11
#chemsky #scisky #moty2025
cen.acs.org/synthesis/Mo...
#chemsky #scisky #moty2025
cen.acs.org/synthesis/Mo...
Meet the molecules of the year 2025
C&EN editors’ annual round-up of spectacular molecules we’ve covered in the past year
cen.acs.org
November 19, 2025 at 4:28 PM
It's that time again: @cenmag.bsky.social 's molecule of the year poll is now OPEN! Check out the contenders, lovingly curated by yours truly from past C&EN stories, and vote for your favorite by Dec. 11
#chemsky #scisky #moty2025
cen.acs.org/synthesis/Mo...
#chemsky #scisky #moty2025
cen.acs.org/synthesis/Mo...
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Humans are bad at big numbers. Which makes it easier for billionaires (and trillionaires) to get away with hoarding wealth. Because most people just can't comprehend how much money that is.
So, I appreciate this WaPo effort to help people visualize what ridiculous amounts of wealth really mean.
So, I appreciate this WaPo effort to help people visualize what ridiculous amounts of wealth really mean.
November 19, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Humans are bad at big numbers. Which makes it easier for billionaires (and trillionaires) to get away with hoarding wealth. Because most people just can't comprehend how much money that is.
So, I appreciate this WaPo effort to help people visualize what ridiculous amounts of wealth really mean.
So, I appreciate this WaPo effort to help people visualize what ridiculous amounts of wealth really mean.
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Nearly every panel I spoke on this year ended with the same question: "What gives you hope?"
My friends, that question expired years ago. (If you need receipts, my book Saving Us is literally a 300-page answer.)
The real question is: How are you PRACTICING hope?
Because Greta is right ..
My friends, that question expired years ago. (If you need receipts, my book Saving Us is literally a 300-page answer.)
The real question is: How are you PRACTICING hope?
Because Greta is right ..
November 19, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Nearly every panel I spoke on this year ended with the same question: "What gives you hope?"
My friends, that question expired years ago. (If you need receipts, my book Saving Us is literally a 300-page answer.)
The real question is: How are you PRACTICING hope?
Because Greta is right ..
My friends, that question expired years ago. (If you need receipts, my book Saving Us is literally a 300-page answer.)
The real question is: How are you PRACTICING hope?
Because Greta is right ..
I am nauseous watching this.
"with your permission"
This is vile.
"with your permission"
This is vile.
Larry Summers discusses his “statement of regret” for his disturbing messages to Jeffrey Epstein with Harvard students
November 19, 2025 at 2:39 PM
I am nauseous watching this.
"with your permission"
This is vile.
"with your permission"
This is vile.
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I even started an Abstract with this thought.
November 19, 2025 at 12:31 AM
I even started an Abstract with this thought.
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As an intro chem instructor, I am acutely aware biology doesn't think about chemistry at all.
But maybe they should sometimes.
But maybe they should sometimes.
November 19, 2025 at 12:12 AM
As an intro chem instructor, I am acutely aware biology doesn't think about chemistry at all.
But maybe they should sometimes.
But maybe they should sometimes.
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BREAKING BONDS DOES NOT RELEASE ENERGY!!
November 19, 2025 at 12:13 AM
BREAKING BONDS DOES NOT RELEASE ENERGY!!
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So hype that the faculty and staff of the UC system keep pushing their admin to be better
WE JUST KEEP WINNING. (UC President's Postdoctoral Fellowship Program RESTORED!!!!)
![On official UC letterhead:
UNIVERSITY
OF
CALIFORNIA
James B. Milliken President
Office of the President
1111 Franklin Street Oakland, CA 94607
universityofcalifornia.edu
CAMPUSES Berkeley
Davis
Irvine
UCLA
Merced
Riverside San Diego San Francisco
Santa Barbara Santa Cruz
MEDICAL CENTERS
Davis
Irvine
UCLA
San Diego
San Francisco
NATIONAL LABORATORIES Lawrence Berkeley Lawrence Livermore Los Alamos
DIVISION OF AGRICULTURE AND NATURAL RESOURCES
November 18, 2025
Dear Chancellors:
I'm writing with regard to the President's Postdoctoral Fellowship Program (PPFP) and the program's associated faculty hiring incentive.
As you know, for more than 40 years, PPFP has provided postdoctoral research fellowships, professional development, and faculty mentoring to scholars in all fields whose research, teaching, and service advance the academic and research missions of the University of California.
Since 2003, UC campuses that hire current and former PPFP fellows into ladder-rank positions have been eligible for a hiring incentive funded by the University that provides support for newly hired fellows for five years. Since the creation of the incentive, more than $162 million has been invested by the University to support PPFP faculty hires. This commitment has enabled our campuses to successfully recruit and retain outstanding faculty across a range of disciplines.
Given the myriad challenges currently facing UC - including disruptions to billions of dollars in annual federal support, as well as uncertainty around the state budget- reasonable questions were raised in recent months about whether the University could maintain the commitment to current levels of incentive funding. After considering a recommendation to sunset the incentive program due to these significant fiscal constraints, I consulted with all of you as well as faculty and campus academic administrators and systemwide Academic Senate leadership.
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November 19, 2025 at 12:09 AM
So hype that the faculty and staff of the UC system keep pushing their admin to be better
November 19, 2025 at 12:05 AM
November 18, 2025 at 11:46 PM
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November 18, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Book recommendation for 2026: WHEN TREES TESTIFY by Beronda Montgomery coming January 20th 2026.
“Trees hold the transformed breath of decades of human life... and testify to history and those of their past”
I quick thread 🧵 reviewing this book!
#booksky #womeninscience #botany🌱 #BlackHistory
“Trees hold the transformed breath of decades of human life... and testify to history and those of their past”
I quick thread 🧵 reviewing this book!
#booksky #womeninscience #botany🌱 #BlackHistory
November 16, 2025 at 12:18 PM
Book recommendation for 2026: WHEN TREES TESTIFY by Beronda Montgomery coming January 20th 2026.
“Trees hold the transformed breath of decades of human life... and testify to history and those of their past”
I quick thread 🧵 reviewing this book!
#booksky #womeninscience #botany🌱 #BlackHistory
“Trees hold the transformed breath of decades of human life... and testify to history and those of their past”
I quick thread 🧵 reviewing this book!
#booksky #womeninscience #botany🌱 #BlackHistory
I just met a dog named Deborah and I don’t know how to feel about that 😂
November 15, 2025 at 1:31 PM
I just met a dog named Deborah and I don’t know how to feel about that 😂
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I am on my way home to Toronto and the aurorae are absolutely phenomenal.
If you are anywhere in the northern half of the continent, get outside and look up! Or better still, put your camera on a 10 second exposure and point it up.
If you are anywhere in the northern half of the continent, get outside and look up! Or better still, put your camera on a 10 second exposure and point it up.
November 12, 2025 at 2:44 AM
I am on my way home to Toronto and the aurorae are absolutely phenomenal.
If you are anywhere in the northern half of the continent, get outside and look up! Or better still, put your camera on a 10 second exposure and point it up.
If you are anywhere in the northern half of the continent, get outside and look up! Or better still, put your camera on a 10 second exposure and point it up.
Nonfiction science new releases for November, 2025!
Which of these books are you adding to your TBR?
I am planning to read WHISPERS OF ROCK for science book club & I have already preordered GROWING PAPAYA TREES!
#nonfiction #booksky #science 🧪 #sciencebooks #womeninscience #nonfictionscience
Which of these books are you adding to your TBR?
I am planning to read WHISPERS OF ROCK for science book club & I have already preordered GROWING PAPAYA TREES!
#nonfiction #booksky #science 🧪 #sciencebooks #womeninscience #nonfictionscience
November 11, 2025 at 1:13 PM
Nonfiction science new releases for November, 2025!
Which of these books are you adding to your TBR?
I am planning to read WHISPERS OF ROCK for science book club & I have already preordered GROWING PAPAYA TREES!
#nonfiction #booksky #science 🧪 #sciencebooks #womeninscience #nonfictionscience
Which of these books are you adding to your TBR?
I am planning to read WHISPERS OF ROCK for science book club & I have already preordered GROWING PAPAYA TREES!
#nonfiction #booksky #science 🧪 #sciencebooks #womeninscience #nonfictionscience
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What interesting books are being released in December?
November 11, 2025 at 1:53 AM
What interesting books are being released in December?
I finally finished my Invisalign today (it took twice as long as it was supposed to) and the orthodontist gave me balloons and sparkling cider and I kind of felt like I deserved that 🫠
November 10, 2025 at 11:42 PM
I finally finished my Invisalign today (it took twice as long as it was supposed to) and the orthodontist gave me balloons and sparkling cider and I kind of felt like I deserved that 🫠
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I know I'm totally romance-pilled by @heydebigale.bsky.social because I am like "there is totally a romance novel angle to this story" www.reuters.com/business/hea...
www.reuters.com
November 8, 2025 at 3:30 PM
I know I'm totally romance-pilled by @heydebigale.bsky.social because I am like "there is totally a romance novel angle to this story" www.reuters.com/business/hea...