Adrian A. Lorenzana
@adrianlorenzana.ca
ChemE PhD from UMass interested in polymer architecture, mechanochemistry, and vitrimers
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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Today, class, we will once again discuss “revealed preferences”
All corporate CEOs should understand: If you agree to attend an event at the White House, you are very likely to be filmed nodding appreciatively at a delusional racist rant. If you're ok with that, go. If not, you probably should stay away.
December 4, 2025 at 12:21 AM
Today, class, we will once again discuss “revealed preferences”
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Cannot stress how bad shit is about to get if you want to build any kind of PC.
Crucial is shutting down — because Micron wants to sell its RAM and SSDs to AI companies instead. It’s already getting hard to build an affordable PC, and the exit of the longstanding provider of consumer memory is going to make that even more challenging www.theverge.com/news/837594/...
Crucial is shutting down — because Micron wants to sell its RAM and SSDs to AI companies instead
Another blow to PC gaming.
www.theverge.com
December 3, 2025 at 10:03 PM
Cannot stress how bad shit is about to get if you want to build any kind of PC.
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fonts: 22.2k
home page HTML: 6,850k
external CSS: 1.5k
someone who is good at websites please help me budget this. my agency is dying
home page HTML: 6,850k
external CSS: 1.5k
someone who is good at websites please help me budget this. my agency is dying
YOU BE THE JUDGE | Department of Justice
join.justice.gov
December 3, 2025 at 9:26 PM
fonts: 22.2k
home page HTML: 6,850k
external CSS: 1.5k
someone who is good at websites please help me budget this. my agency is dying
home page HTML: 6,850k
external CSS: 1.5k
someone who is good at websites please help me budget this. my agency is dying
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Trump to America: drop dead
December 3, 2025 at 9:06 PM
Trump to America: drop dead
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In 2026, Bill Kristol will be denouncing the imperial core, and demanding its deconstruction to advance proletarian liberation.
I’m kind of new to the Democrats, but I thought we were FOR respecting the legal process, and also that we were AGAINST political corruption. And that it was especially important to hold to these principles at this time.
But I guess there’s some insider memo I didn’t get that would set me straight?
But I guess there’s some insider memo I didn’t get that would set me straight?
Jeffries claims the charges against Cueller were "very thin" and says Trump's pardon was "exactly the right outcome"
December 3, 2025 at 7:26 PM
In 2026, Bill Kristol will be denouncing the imperial core, and demanding its deconstruction to advance proletarian liberation.
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I’m kind of new to the Democrats, but I thought we were FOR respecting the legal process, and also that we were AGAINST political corruption. And that it was especially important to hold to these principles at this time.
But I guess there’s some insider memo I didn’t get that would set me straight?
But I guess there’s some insider memo I didn’t get that would set me straight?
Jeffries claims the charges against Cueller were "very thin" and says Trump's pardon was "exactly the right outcome"
December 3, 2025 at 6:30 PM
I’m kind of new to the Democrats, but I thought we were FOR respecting the legal process, and also that we were AGAINST political corruption. And that it was especially important to hold to these principles at this time.
But I guess there’s some insider memo I didn’t get that would set me straight?
But I guess there’s some insider memo I didn’t get that would set me straight?
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He shouldn’t just be pushed out as the House Democrats’ leader; he needs to be primaried out of his seat entirely. Just a complete waste of a deep blue seat.
Jeffries: "The border is secure. That's a good thing. It happened on his watch. He wants to claim credit for it, of course he'll get credit for that. In terms of making sure that we actually deal with the issues that matter, including on immigration, there's a lot that's left to be desired."
December 3, 2025 at 7:16 PM
He shouldn’t just be pushed out as the House Democrats’ leader; he needs to be primaried out of his seat entirely. Just a complete waste of a deep blue seat.
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December 3, 2025 at 5:15 AM
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really? no replacements found? you sure? none at all come to mind?
December 2, 2025 at 6:51 PM
really? no replacements found? you sure? none at all come to mind?
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oh fucking nah lmfaooo
Bun is joining Anthropic
Bun has been acquired by Anthropic. Anthropic is betting on Bun as the infrastructure powering Claude Code, Claude Agent SDK, and future AI coding products & tools.
bun.com
December 2, 2025 at 6:29 PM
oh fucking nah lmfaooo
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According to the US Coast Guard, the year prior to Trump changing our policy to summary execution, only 21% of the vessels interdicted by them off the coast of Venezuela suspected of trafficking drugs had drugs on board. The other 79% had nothing. But now we just kill them all.
December 2, 2025 at 5:18 PM
According to the US Coast Guard, the year prior to Trump changing our policy to summary execution, only 21% of the vessels interdicted by them off the coast of Venezuela suspected of trafficking drugs had drugs on board. The other 79% had nothing. But now we just kill them all.
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Look who's in this piece on "AI" at universities in a major german publication :)
(article in german and behind paywall, but I trust you can figure out how to get to it)
www.spiegel.de/start/ki-im-...
(article in german and behind paywall, but I trust you can figure out how to get to it)
www.spiegel.de/start/ki-im-...
(S+) KI im Studium: Neue Normalität oder riskante Abkürzung?
KI ist drei Jahre nach dem Start von ChatGPT an deutschen Hochschulen allgegenwärtig. Die Tools können in Sekundenschnelle Hausarbeiten gliedern oder Karteikarten erstellen. Die neue Normalität – oder...
www.spiegel.de
December 1, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Look who's in this piece on "AI" at universities in a major german publication :)
(article in german and behind paywall, but I trust you can figure out how to get to it)
www.spiegel.de/start/ki-im-...
(article in german and behind paywall, but I trust you can figure out how to get to it)
www.spiegel.de/start/ki-im-...
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*enjoying a moment of peace*
brain: hey it's been a while since you've done an extremely embarrassing thing
brain: hey it's been a while since you've done an extremely embarrassing thing
December 2, 2025 at 2:01 PM
*enjoying a moment of peace*
brain: hey it's been a while since you've done an extremely embarrassing thing
brain: hey it's been a while since you've done an extremely embarrassing thing
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“Do you know how to make <insert illicit compound here>”
What’s the worst question someone can ask after you tell them your profession? For linguists, it’s definitely “how many languages do you speak?”, but I’m curious what else is happening to the rest of y’all out there?!
December 1, 2025 at 8:50 PM
“Do you know how to make <insert illicit compound here>”
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I'll give you the short version: they sponsored & supported the most influential AIDS denialist group of the 2000's, resulting in national policies in South Africa that caused an estimated 330,000 deaths there.
They have never apologized or acknowledged what they did.
medium.com/the-monthly/...
They have never apologized or acknowledged what they did.
medium.com/the-monthly/...
The Foo Fighters’ AIDS denialism should be on the record
By Martin McKenzie-Murray in The Monthly
medium.com
September 16, 2023 at 10:13 PM
I'll give you the short version: they sponsored & supported the most influential AIDS denialist group of the 2000's, resulting in national policies in South Africa that caused an estimated 330,000 deaths there.
They have never apologized or acknowledged what they did.
medium.com/the-monthly/...
They have never apologized or acknowledged what they did.
medium.com/the-monthly/...
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The news has entirely failed to grasp the unprecedented scope of the ICE and DHS budgets. Nothing like it in modern history. A galaxy of public/private surveillance and caging institutions for $100,000,000,000s unleashed on a public that will be forever changed. www.brennancenter.org/our-work/res...
ICE Wants to Go After Dissenters as well as Immigrants
The Trump administration is being open about its plans to violate Americans’ First and Fourth Amendment rights.
www.brennancenter.org
December 1, 2025 at 12:33 PM
The news has entirely failed to grasp the unprecedented scope of the ICE and DHS budgets. Nothing like it in modern history. A galaxy of public/private surveillance and caging institutions for $100,000,000,000s unleashed on a public that will be forever changed. www.brennancenter.org/our-work/res...
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It’s useful to think about things like this in numbers of tenure track professors.
$33M is 358 assistant professors. Or about fourteen percent of the total number of full-time faculty at Michigan State.
$33M is 358 assistant professors. Or about fourteen percent of the total number of full-time faculty at Michigan State.
SOURCES: Michigan State is firing head coach Jonathan Smith, @theathletic.com has learned.
He went 9-15 in two seasons, including 1-8 in the Big Ten this year. (ESPN first reported).
MSU players meeting called for 2:45. Smith has a $33 million buyout (with offset).
He went 9-15 in two seasons, including 1-8 in the Big Ten this year. (ESPN first reported).
MSU players meeting called for 2:45. Smith has a $33 million buyout (with offset).
December 1, 2025 at 12:05 AM
It’s useful to think about things like this in numbers of tenure track professors.
$33M is 358 assistant professors. Or about fourteen percent of the total number of full-time faculty at Michigan State.
$33M is 358 assistant professors. Or about fourteen percent of the total number of full-time faculty at Michigan State.
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This is bananas.
But also faculty please now more than ever make your rubric on memos/ writing super explicit.
This would fail in my class because it doesn’t “meaningfully engage readings.” Protect yourself as much as possible from engaging on politics.
Hope this prof sues the shit out of them.
But also faculty please now more than ever make your rubric on memos/ writing super explicit.
This would fail in my class because it doesn’t “meaningfully engage readings.” Protect yourself as much as possible from engaging on politics.
Hope this prof sues the shit out of them.
Turning Point at OU posted this girl's essay in full and man is it rough
December 1, 2025 at 1:07 AM
This is bananas.
But also faculty please now more than ever make your rubric on memos/ writing super explicit.
This would fail in my class because it doesn’t “meaningfully engage readings.” Protect yourself as much as possible from engaging on politics.
Hope this prof sues the shit out of them.
But also faculty please now more than ever make your rubric on memos/ writing super explicit.
This would fail in my class because it doesn’t “meaningfully engage readings.” Protect yourself as much as possible from engaging on politics.
Hope this prof sues the shit out of them.
class solidarity between corrupt presidents
President Hernandez was responsible for smuggling 500 TONS of cocaine into the United States! He was the top dog; the Pablo Escobar figure! He wasn’t just “selling drugs in that country.”
Reporter: You have made so clear how you want to keep drugs out of the US—
Trump: Right
Reporter: Can you explain why you would pardon a notorious drug trafficker?
Trump: If somebody sells drugs in that country, that doesn’t mean you arrest the president
Trump: Right
Reporter: Can you explain why you would pardon a notorious drug trafficker?
Trump: If somebody sells drugs in that country, that doesn’t mean you arrest the president
December 1, 2025 at 1:09 AM
class solidarity between corrupt presidents
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You wanna get jammed up?
YouTube video by slippery nickels (sli)
youtu.be
December 1, 2025 at 1:04 AM
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This poor graduate student (who was the course instructor), being harassed for doing their job.
OU has put the professor here on administrative leave:
December 1, 2025 at 12:29 AM
This poor graduate student (who was the course instructor), being harassed for doing their job.
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A new and improved Graph Maker has been added in this version, accessible from the Plot menu:
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#OriginPro #Originpro2026 #originlab #DataAnalysis #DataVisualization #scientificgraphing #statistics
New Graph Maker in Origin 2026
Origin 2026 delivers a a new and improved Graph Maker tool (menu Plot:Graph Maker), making it more versatile, intuitive, and analysis-focused for statistical graphing. With expanded plot types, ana…
blog.originlab.com
December 1, 2025 at 12:35 AM
A new and improved Graph Maker has been added in this version, accessible from the Plot menu:
#OriginPro #Originpro2026 #originlab #DataAnalysis #DataVisualization #scientificgraphing #statistics
#OriginPro #Originpro2026 #originlab #DataAnalysis #DataVisualization #scientificgraphing #statistics