Adrian A. Lorenzana
@adrianlorenzana.ca
ChemE PhD from UMass interested in polymer architecture, self-assembly, and controlled synthesis
Postdoc in the Chitnis lab
Latino, he/him/él
Website: https://adrianlorenzana.ca
ORCiD: 0000-0002-6517-6897
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Postdoc in the Chitnis lab
Latino, he/him/él
Website: https://adrianlorenzana.ca
ORCiD: 0000-0002-6517-6897
🇨🇦🇺🇸🇭🇳
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Allo! Time for a new #introduction.
I’m a latino and doctor of chemical engineering. I study polymer mechanochemistry and bottlebrushes, and want to get a bit into exploring vitrimers and the catalysis involved. I *love* synthesis. I have more hobbies than any person should.
I’m a latino and doctor of chemical engineering. I study polymer mechanochemistry and bottlebrushes, and want to get a bit into exploring vitrimers and the catalysis involved. I *love* synthesis. I have more hobbies than any person should.
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RFK Jr. appointee Kirk Milhoan has just clearly stated, out loud, that he wants to experiment on the people of the United States by seeing what happens as vaccination coverage plummets and infectious diseases spread.
January 22, 2026 at 7:47 PM
RFK Jr. appointee Kirk Milhoan has just clearly stated, out loud, that he wants to experiment on the people of the United States by seeing what happens as vaccination coverage plummets and infectious diseases spread.
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our tech industry is 5 companies all making the same thing, i am going insane
January 22, 2026 at 2:33 PM
our tech industry is 5 companies all making the same thing, i am going insane
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"What's being negotiated now is what we already had. And all it cost us was our global position and decades of alliances"
BARTIROMO: What are we talking about? An acquisition of Greenland?
TRUMP: It's really being negotiated now, the details of it. But essentially it's total access. There's no end, no time limit.
TRUMP: It's really being negotiated now, the details of it. But essentially it's total access. There's no end, no time limit.
January 22, 2026 at 1:17 PM
"What's being negotiated now is what we already had. And all it cost us was our global position and decades of alliances"
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For tonight’s calls to elected officials I listed off the ICE atrocities I learned about today, and for just one day the list was so long I had to call Elissa Slotkin twice to fit them all in before her voicemail cut me off.
January 22, 2026 at 4:13 AM
For tonight’s calls to elected officials I listed off the ICE atrocities I learned about today, and for just one day the list was so long I had to call Elissa Slotkin twice to fit them all in before her voicemail cut me off.
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The answer to “How could it ever have happened back then?” is right in front of us, here & now.
This guy went to work today, put a mask on, kidnapped a 5 year old child, and then used him as bait so both he and his father could be sent behind bars
January 22, 2026 at 3:04 AM
The answer to “How could it ever have happened back then?” is right in front of us, here & now.
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LMAO go back to Savannah and investigate Kevin Spacey
Canadians you are not prepared for the temperature he tells you he is experiencing here.
January 22, 2026 at 1:10 AM
LMAO go back to Savannah and investigate Kevin Spacey
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The ICE administrative warrant memo gives its officers authority greater than the general warrants used by the English that the 4th Amendment was designed to prevent. It allows law enforcement to enter homes based on "warrants" that they themselves approve, removing any external check.
January 21, 2026 at 10:47 PM
The ICE administrative warrant memo gives its officers authority greater than the general warrants used by the English that the 4th Amendment was designed to prevent. It allows law enforcement to enter homes based on "warrants" that they themselves approve, removing any external check.
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🚨HOLY CRAP. An ICE whistleblower just revealed a secret memo authorizing ICE officers to break into homes without a judicial warrant, which DHS's own legal training materials say is unconstitutional!
ICE then hid the memo from the public, passing it along by word of mouth and private conversation.
ICE then hid the memo from the public, passing it along by word of mouth and private conversation.
January 21, 2026 at 10:00 PM
🚨HOLY CRAP. An ICE whistleblower just revealed a secret memo authorizing ICE officers to break into homes without a judicial warrant, which DHS's own legal training materials say is unconstitutional!
ICE then hid the memo from the public, passing it along by word of mouth and private conversation.
ICE then hid the memo from the public, passing it along by word of mouth and private conversation.
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The Democrats should shut down the government on this sentence alone.
January 21, 2026 at 6:44 PM
The Democrats should shut down the government on this sentence alone.
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As someone who has used nBuLi a lot, 10 molar and rarely even tBuLi too, this sounds very interesting.
I’ll never forget holding a syringe with 50 ml 10 M BuLi when an earthquake magnitude 6.6 struck… I was fine!
#chemchat #chemsky
www.chemistryworld.com/news/new-rea...
I’ll never forget holding a syringe with 50 ml 10 M BuLi when an earthquake magnitude 6.6 struck… I was fine!
#chemchat #chemsky
www.chemistryworld.com/news/new-rea...
New reagents take the burn out of butyllithium
Merck KGaA's non-pyrophoric butyllithium in poly(α-olefin) oil make BuLi stable to air and water
www.chemistryworld.com
January 21, 2026 at 2:26 PM
As someone who has used nBuLi a lot, 10 molar and rarely even tBuLi too, this sounds very interesting.
I’ll never forget holding a syringe with 50 ml 10 M BuLi when an earthquake magnitude 6.6 struck… I was fine!
#chemchat #chemsky
www.chemistryworld.com/news/new-rea...
I’ll never forget holding a syringe with 50 ml 10 M BuLi when an earthquake magnitude 6.6 struck… I was fine!
#chemchat #chemsky
www.chemistryworld.com/news/new-rea...
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Even after Trump is gone, the world will remember that he threatened to forcibly seize the territory of a peaceful democratic ally, and our institutions failed to immediately remove him. That makes US dangerously unreliable, not just one senile gangster.
His not being impeached by the end of the business day as a result of this threat is as much a problem as the threat itself. It’s not just Trump that the world has to worry about, it’s a GOP that supports him and Democrats who suck their thumbs and refuse to even discuss pushing to remove him
January 21, 2026 at 2:46 PM
Even after Trump is gone, the world will remember that he threatened to forcibly seize the territory of a peaceful democratic ally, and our institutions failed to immediately remove him. That makes US dangerously unreliable, not just one senile gangster.
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Mayor Mary Sheffield, alongside community partners, has launched a citywide effort to help residents claim hundreds of millions of dollars in tax credits, including the Earned Income Tax Credit and Child Tax Credit.
Free, expert tax preparation for Detroiters earning under $69,000
Free, expert tax preparation for Detroiters earning under $69,000
January 20, 2026 at 10:44 PM
Mayor Mary Sheffield, alongside community partners, has launched a citywide effort to help residents claim hundreds of millions of dollars in tax credits, including the Earned Income Tax Credit and Child Tax Credit.
Free, expert tax preparation for Detroiters earning under $69,000
Free, expert tax preparation for Detroiters earning under $69,000
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Jesus Christ www.statnews.com/2026/01/20/c...
Senior CDC official: Loss of measles elimination status in U.S. would be ‘cost of doing business’
The principal deputy director of the CDC said he would not view the loss of the United States' measles elimination status as a significant event.
www.statnews.com
January 21, 2026 at 3:13 PM
Jesus Christ www.statnews.com/2026/01/20/c...
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And they did it completely illegally, ignoring Congress' authority. Yet another thing that should immediately end a presidency & send lots of people to jail.
This is the most astonishing graph of what the Trump regime has done to US science. They have destroyed the federal science workforce across the board. The negative impacts on Americans will be felt for generations, and the US might never be the same again.
www.nature.com/immersive/d4...
www.nature.com/immersive/d4...
January 20, 2026 at 11:38 PM
And they did it completely illegally, ignoring Congress' authority. Yet another thing that should immediately end a presidency & send lots of people to jail.
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Nothing like the Gestapo. Not at all.
New— An American citizen boarding flight from Boston to Lisbon just now told me after showing boarding pass, every passenger stopped on jetway by two ICE agents demanding to take their photo. When passenger asked why, ICE threatened to detain them. If they said no photo, couldn't board/TBD detained.
January 20, 2026 at 11:18 PM
Nothing like the Gestapo. Not at all.
carney is cooking with gas at davos
Really good speech from Carney at the World Economic Forum today.
Genuinely gives the impression he understands the gravity of the moment, which is why I'm struggling to square it with his actual actions and policy re: the United States.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=uStu...
Genuinely gives the impression he understands the gravity of the moment, which is why I'm struggling to square it with his actual actions and policy re: the United States.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=uStu...
PM Mark Carney speaks at World Economic Forum in Davos – January 20, 2026
YouTube video by cpac
www.youtube.com
January 20, 2026 at 5:59 PM
carney is cooking with gas at davos
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Really good speech from Carney at the World Economic Forum today.
Genuinely gives the impression he understands the gravity of the moment, which is why I'm struggling to square it with his actual actions and policy re: the United States.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=uStu...
Genuinely gives the impression he understands the gravity of the moment, which is why I'm struggling to square it with his actual actions and policy re: the United States.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=uStu...
PM Mark Carney speaks at World Economic Forum in Davos – January 20, 2026
YouTube video by cpac
www.youtube.com
January 20, 2026 at 5:34 PM
Really good speech from Carney at the World Economic Forum today.
Genuinely gives the impression he understands the gravity of the moment, which is why I'm struggling to square it with his actual actions and policy re: the United States.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=uStu...
Genuinely gives the impression he understands the gravity of the moment, which is why I'm struggling to square it with his actual actions and policy re: the United States.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=uStu...
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In a speech to the World Economic Forum, Mark Carney says middle powers such as Canada must accept that the rules-based international order is effectively dead, and great power rivalry with is here to stay. Key excerpt:
January 20, 2026 at 3:48 PM
In a speech to the World Economic Forum, Mark Carney says middle powers such as Canada must accept that the rules-based international order is effectively dead, and great power rivalry with is here to stay. Key excerpt:
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Carney: "American hegemony in particular helped provide public goods, a stable financial system... this bargain no longer works. Let me be direct. We are in the midst of a rupture, not a transition... recently, great powers have begun using economic integration as a weapon. Tariffs as leverage ... "
January 20, 2026 at 3:50 PM
Carney: "American hegemony in particular helped provide public goods, a stable financial system... this bargain no longer works. Let me be direct. We are in the midst of a rupture, not a transition... recently, great powers have begun using economic integration as a weapon. Tariffs as leverage ... "
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One year in, it's Hobbes all the way down. Me & @profsaunders.bsky.social in @foreignaffairs.com.
www.foreignaffairs.com/united-state...
www.foreignaffairs.com/united-state...
Trump’s Year of Anarchy
The unconstrained presidency and the end of American primacy.
www.foreignaffairs.com
January 20, 2026 at 2:51 PM
One year in, it's Hobbes all the way down. Me & @profsaunders.bsky.social in @foreignaffairs.com.
www.foreignaffairs.com/united-state...
www.foreignaffairs.com/united-state...
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This is how the English used to criticize the king. Twas not the crown but his evil counsellors at fault.
Tillis: "To be clear -- I'm not critical of the president. I'm critical of the bad advice he's getting on Greenland."
January 20, 2026 at 3:14 PM
This is how the English used to criticize the king. Twas not the crown but his evil counsellors at fault.
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extremely broad and alarming drone no fly zone designed to protect ICE agents just dropped. notable in part because some folks have used drones to film law enforcement abuses:
www.404media.co/feds-create-...
www.404media.co/feds-create-...
Feds Create Drone No Fly Zone That Would Stop People Filming ICE
The FAA has altered a no fly zone designation that was originally created for US military bases to apply to DHS units.
www.404media.co
January 20, 2026 at 2:56 PM
extremely broad and alarming drone no fly zone designed to protect ICE agents just dropped. notable in part because some folks have used drones to film law enforcement abuses:
www.404media.co/feds-create-...
www.404media.co/feds-create-...
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Are you a postdoc looking to transition into a faculty role? Need feedback on your faculty application packet?
Join the ACS Postdoc to Faculty Workshop and learn from current faculty members about the skills & experiences you need to succeed!
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Join the ACS Postdoc to Faculty Workshop and learn from current faculty members about the skills & experiences you need to succeed!
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January 20, 2026 at 3:01 PM
Are you a postdoc looking to transition into a faculty role? Need feedback on your faculty application packet?
Join the ACS Postdoc to Faculty Workshop and learn from current faculty members about the skills & experiences you need to succeed!
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Join the ACS Postdoc to Faculty Workshop and learn from current faculty members about the skills & experiences you need to succeed!
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We give the NYT a lot of stick around here but they're observing the one-year mark pretty well.
January 20, 2026 at 2:55 PM
We give the NYT a lot of stick around here but they're observing the one-year mark pretty well.
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We are looking for a postdoc with expertise in NMR spectroscopy to join our lab - come join us!
#NMRchat #chemsky
uva.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/UVAJobs/job/...
#NMRchat #chemsky
uva.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/UVAJobs/job/...
Research Associate in Chemistry
The Department of Chemistry at the University of Virginia (UVA) invites applications for a Postdoctoral Research Associate to work in the laboratory of Prof. Amrit Venkatesh. The postdoc will engage i...
uva.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com
January 14, 2026 at 3:44 AM