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Not Just Phlogiston
@notphlogiston.bsky.social
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Equity, sustainability, and inclusion in high school chemistry. K12 public school union strong. NBCT. #MTBoS. Tea, not coffee. Baking, crafting, jam.
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Quince
A photo of a half-quince, sliced so that a number of sliced seeds show.
November 11, 2025 at 7:08 PM
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I haven't taken official painting-training, just an old art degree and some acrylics. I haven't done any in a while, but these two are my favorite:
Painted Frosthaven miniatures ("fist" and "snowflake" locked characters)
November 6, 2025 at 3:43 AM
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It's Friday night... what are you up to? #Vote
A close up of dates on a mail-in ballot
October 25, 2025 at 1:39 AM
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Popcorn balls, light ones with corn syrup, dark ones with molasses #ChemistsWhoCook
A bowl of 10 homemade popcorn balls (9 lighter-colored balls and 1 darker). A few look red-ish due to reflection of the red bowl onto the popcorn
October 17, 2025 at 2:10 AM
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Watermelon rind pickles #ChemistsWhoCook
Glass jars filled with peeled, blanched watermelon rind pieces. A glass jar with watermelon rind pieces and hibiscus-pink pickle syrup.
October 5, 2025 at 10:23 PM
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We went two years ago. Truly one of the most stunning places I've seen.
A small part of Antelope Canyon, on Navajo land. Dramatic red-orange rocks frame a slice of blue sky. A small part of Antelope Canyon, on Navajo land. Red-orange-yellow rocks frame formations. A small part of Antelope Canyon, on Navajo land. Swirls of red-orange rocks frame formations.
September 28, 2025 at 5:31 PM
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Starting to taste a little crunchy outside Seattle. It's not sunset time yet. Glad I still wear a mask (for multiple reasons!)
A picture of a hazy orange skyline. The sun is a red-orange dot, closed by wildfire smoke.
September 6, 2025 at 12:55 AM
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Today's harvest:
A rainbow of cherry tomatoes: green doctors, white (are light yellow), blush (pale orange with orange stripes), sungold, Rosita, indigo (dark brown tops fade to red), and black (purple-brown).
August 31, 2025 at 6:37 PM
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Had Salt &Straw's miso blondie peach sorbet (saltandstraw.com/products/mis...) last weekend. Really liked it, so made my own #ChemistsWhoCook
A container filled with fresh peach sorbet and chunks of miso brown butter blondies
August 16, 2025 at 5:16 AM
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My cherry tomatoes are enormous this year!
7 varietal cherry tomatoes (Sungold, Rosita, green doctor, indigo, and black).
August 15, 2025 at 10:39 PM
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Gladiolas and my giant fuschia (with bonus hummingbird) #BloomScrolling
A deep maroon-red stalk of gladiola blooms A bright red stalk of gladiola blooms, with streaky white centers Part of a monstrous fuchia plant, with lots of small pink flowers with purple berries. An Anna's hummingbird is drinking from one flower.
August 9, 2025 at 4:07 PM
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Lots of good stuff for dinner tonight. Not in the picture: smoked eggplant baba ganoush and pita. See alt text for everything else. #ChemistsWhoCook
Lots of little bowls, roughly left to right: Flatbread cut into pieces, topped with pesto, smoked red pepper strips, and olives. Hummus (not spicy, as the recipe advertised). Black olive tapenade. Black olive tapenade with anchovies. Caponata, with smoked eggplant. Green olives.
August 6, 2025 at 1:56 AM
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Quick pickles #ChemistsWhoCook
Two glass quart jars of thinly-sliced cucumber pickles, with onions, spices, and garlic cloves.
August 5, 2025 at 12:09 AM
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15.5 pints of Earl grey blue and vanilla thyme apricot jam #ChemistsWhoCook
15 pint jars and a half pint jar of apricot jam (and two extra ramekins either extras). Nine jars are flavored with Earl grey blue tea, the rest are thyme and vanilla.
August 1, 2025 at 1:44 AM
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Boxes of stone fruit seconds mean my weekend will involve jam #ChemistsWhoCook
A pile of mixed peach, nectarine, and apricot seconds (the fruit that's slightly damaged, overripe,etc.).
July 30, 2025 at 10:22 PM
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Golden, CO... it was a great @chemed2025co.bsky.social ! Thanks to the coordinators and volunteers, and the colleagues i get to have, world-wide! #iTeachChem
A prairie-like landscape of grasses and shrubby trees, with mountains in the background of Golden, CO. Part of a display case of brightly-colored minerals used to make various pigments for paints. Museum in Golden, CO School of Mines A brown-grey rabbit next to a green shrubby bush. Golden, CO Part of a wall on the Triceratops Trail in Golden, CO. A fossilized footprint of a horned dinosaur is on the wall.
July 27, 2025 at 2:00 AM
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Hey, Washington! Our primary is coming up! Get your ballot in the mail or a voting box by Aug 5th so it is counted! You get a sticker too!
A round sticker, showing a lake through an evergreen forest. White text says, "I voted, King County"
July 27, 2025 at 1:41 AM
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Local fresh cherry pie #ChemistsWhoCook
A cherry pie with a lattice crust. Too bad it's a gluten-free crust... meh.
July 11, 2025 at 3:13 AM
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Hey, #iTeachChem! Who else will be at @chemed2025co.bsky.social ? Come to my workshop at 2:30 on Wednesday (why is my calendar on PDT??)

Also, why are there so many other talks I want to see during this time slot??
A calendar event for "Who does (and does not) do chemistry? Helping your students to discuss social issues during class"
July 5, 2025 at 5:04 AM
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How it started... how it's going: #ChemistsWhoCook
A giant pile of red raspberries, straight from the u-pick farm A fresh raspberry pie, with a golden crust and a coating of raspberry jam on top
July 3, 2025 at 4:25 AM
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Young-ish bunny hoping around on three feet. Must have gotten injured somehow, its back left foot is hanging off
Brown rabbit in the garden, sitting on wood chip mulch. But, the large piece of "mulch" it's sitting on is actually its back left foot facing the wrong direction.
June 26, 2025 at 9:55 PM
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Astilbe #BloomScrolling
Green-leafed astilbe, with tall, bright pink-red sprays of flowers
June 25, 2025 at 12:25 AM
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Chocolate cupcakes with chocolate cayenne frosting #ChemistsWhoCook
Two parchment-wrapped dark brown chocolate cupcakes with brown, fluffy chocolate cayenne frosting.
June 20, 2025 at 3:23 AM
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English muffins and strawberry-rhubarb jam #ChemistsWhoCook
Two halves of a homemade English muffin on a black-edged white plate. One half has bright red chunky strawberry-rhubarb jam and a bite out of it.
June 15, 2025 at 6:08 PM
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Pitcher plant flower update. The outer "petals" are still opening, the inner flower-looking petals are wilting. You can see that the beach ball is kinda cup-shaped:
A green-ish pitcher plant flower on the end of a red stalk. Its outer petals continue to stretch open, the soft inner petals are wilting, and the inner half-beach ball-looking structure is open around the edges. The half-beach-ball underside of the flower, still intact.
June 12, 2025 at 12:23 AM