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Matt Hartings
@matthartings.bsky.social
Chemist (Food, 3D printing), Professor (American University), Author (Chemistry in Your Kitchen)
Pie for breakfast is often the best breakfast
So my pie take is there are no bad pies, but some pies have to be eaten a certain way:

1. Pecan: Always good

2. Fruit: Must be homemade. Otherwise bad.

3. Pumpkin: Best eaten cold at 7 am standing over a sink before everyone wakes up
Apple pie is bad. This is not really debatable. So is key lime pie, while we’re on the topic. Pecan pie is the 🐐 tho.
November 25, 2025 at 10:58 PM
Reposted by Matt Hartings
We are proud to unveil Disability-Inclusive Laboratories in the Chemical Sciences, a new report exposing the barriers faced by disabled chemists & outlining why accessible labs are vital for the future of science.

Read the report, its 15 recommendations and more: https://rsc.li/48iKLua
#ChemSky
November 25, 2025 at 1:00 PM
November 25, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Why did none of you tell me that Sean Sherman had a new cookbook??!!

Turtle Island

Really excited for this!

www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/712577...
Turtle Island by Sean Sherman, Kate Nelson, Kristin Donnelly: 9780593579237 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books
NATIONAL BESTSELLER • Uncover the stories behind the foods that have linked the natural environments, traditions, and histories of Indigenous peoples across North America for millennia through more...
www.penguinrandomhouse.com
November 25, 2025 at 11:46 AM
🥲
November 24, 2025 at 11:26 PM
It's the Monday before Tgiving, which means it's time to cut out the turkey's backbone (spatchcock!!!), salt the bird (dry brine!!!), and make the first round of stock.
November 24, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Pizza night!
November 23, 2025 at 11:43 PM
A movie that takes place where I'm from
a cartoon character wearing diapers and a cape
Alt: Captain Underpants A book, show, and a movie Don't sleep on Piqua
media.tenor.com
November 23, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Freezin'
rests his head on a pillow made of concrete
again
Oh, feelin'
maybe he'll see a little better,
set a days
ooh yeah
Oh, hand out,
faces that he sees time again ain't that familiar,
oh yeah
November 23, 2025 at 3:08 AM
Hey NYC peeps! Go and have a good time.
November 22, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Is it 'wagging the dog' if you say the quiet part out loud?
Regardless, it's all blatantly bullshit.
Bessent: "If something happens down in Venezuela, we could really see oil prices go down even more."
November 21, 2025 at 1:53 PM
The journalists at The Crimson are ON IT
November 20, 2025 at 12:55 AM
Just finished @nnedi.bsky.social's Death of the Author. Might not have stopped to blink over the last 200 pages. Really enjoyed it!

The only problem is I don't have a next book yet. Harder to justify procrastinating reading some of the chemistry papers on my desk.
November 18, 2025 at 12:50 AM
First 5am swim practice for the youngest in quite a while
Yaaaawwwwwwwn
November 17, 2025 at 9:57 AM
November 14, 2025 at 10:19 PM
There's a certain 'news story' that immediately put this in my mind

www.youtube.com/watch?v=tFSb...
The Karate Kid Part II • Glory of Love • Peter Cetera
YouTube video by HD Film Tributes
www.youtube.com
November 14, 2025 at 7:09 PM
#ChemChat ... ahem ...
🎶I write the ones that make the whole world cry
I write the ones that make the IP walls high🎶
I write it
But read it? Ew
November 14, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Not sure why I turned on the internet machine this morning.

This whole website is a game of "I saw this thing that makes me question all of our existences and now you have to see it too"
a man in a black jacket and tie is standing in front of a window
Alt: From Dumb and Dumber Cop reacting most strangely We are all him now
media.tenor.com
November 14, 2025 at 1:13 PM
Reposted by Matt Hartings
Meanwhile, “did women ruin the workplace?”
November 13, 2025 at 12:13 AM
Reposted by Matt Hartings
Check out this interview with @jeremymberg.bsky.social, at 43:15 he talks about the late Ben Barres, shouts out screenwriter Pamela Green who is producing documentary “Ask the Question” about Ben’s life. Donate here:

www.kickstarter.com/projects/ask...

youtube.com/watch?v=ouK5...
November 12, 2025 — Interview with Jeremy Berg — "Fifty Shades of Jay" and Much More!
YouTube video by Disrupted Science
youtube.com
November 12, 2025 at 7:39 PM
For the afternoon crowd
Fun for the day ...
Cocktail lecture in my chemistry of cooking class.

Things I'll talk about
Daiquiris (real ones) & riffs on
Liquid Intelligence (Dave Arnold) & entropy
Mindful Mixology (Derek Brown)
Ratatouille
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
November 11, 2025 at 9:09 PM
Researchers extracted proteins from spent beer-brewing yeast and spun them into strong textile fibers that avoid the environmental impact of petroleum-based polymers, and the ethical as well as land- and water-use concerns of cotton and wool. cen.acs.org/materials/Br... #chemsky 🧪
Brewing waste: The solution to sustainable fashion?
Biodegradable fibers spun from yeast protein avoid the resource use and pollution of cotton, wool, and polyester
cen.acs.org
November 11, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Fun for the day ...
Cocktail lecture in my chemistry of cooking class.

Things I'll talk about
Daiquiris (real ones) & riffs on
Liquid Intelligence (Dave Arnold) & entropy
Mindful Mixology (Derek Brown)
Ratatouille
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
November 11, 2025 at 1:53 PM
Reposted by Matt Hartings
"And rather than explain to these very real constituents that Republicans have sidelined us completely and created an authoritarian regime, I nodded and said, OK, you probably know more about it than I do."
Shaheen: "When I talk to my constituents in New Hampshire, you know what they say to me? They say, 'Why can't you all just work together to address the problems that are facing this country?'"
November 10, 2025 at 1:14 PM
We are ready to help and support our neighbors. The Dem leadership shouldn't remove federal action as one of our best tools for doing so.
November 10, 2025 at 1:30 PM