A Generic Thesis Writer, PhD
@aisheishei.bsky.social
“Seasoned”ex graduate student
Average dichloromethane enjoyer
EN_US/ZH_CN
Mediocre human at best and even worse at chemistry
Average dichloromethane enjoyer
EN_US/ZH_CN
Mediocre human at best and even worse at chemistry
Pinned
Will make molecules for (a not filthy but a tad comfortable amount of) money
Lemme see what’s stuck in my head today:
- Mass Effect’s music for (male) Shepherd and Garrus’s dance, thanks to Gamerpoop - I have never played the trilogy ffs
- Halo Infinite’s whatever bgm that goes bah-bah-bah-bah-baah-bah-bah-bah-bah-bah-bah
- that Smoke on the Water riff
Brain=fried
- Mass Effect’s music for (male) Shepherd and Garrus’s dance, thanks to Gamerpoop - I have never played the trilogy ffs
- Halo Infinite’s whatever bgm that goes bah-bah-bah-bah-baah-bah-bah-bah-bah-bah-bah
- that Smoke on the Water riff
Brain=fried
November 25, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Lemme see what’s stuck in my head today:
- Mass Effect’s music for (male) Shepherd and Garrus’s dance, thanks to Gamerpoop - I have never played the trilogy ffs
- Halo Infinite’s whatever bgm that goes bah-bah-bah-bah-baah-bah-bah-bah-bah-bah-bah
- that Smoke on the Water riff
Brain=fried
- Mass Effect’s music for (male) Shepherd and Garrus’s dance, thanks to Gamerpoop - I have never played the trilogy ffs
- Halo Infinite’s whatever bgm that goes bah-bah-bah-bah-baah-bah-bah-bah-bah-bah-bah
- that Smoke on the Water riff
Brain=fried
Recrystallization is the most labor-efficient isolation technique and I will die on this hill
November 15, 2025 at 12:19 AM
Recrystallization is the most labor-efficient isolation technique and I will die on this hill
“You’re the only one in our lab that didn’t vote.”
“I’m legally not allowed to.”
“As far as we’re concerned, you didn’t vote.”
“I’m legally not allowed to.”
“As far as we’re concerned, you didn’t vote.”
a man in a suit and tie is sitting at a table making a face .
ALT: a man in a suit and tie is sitting at a table making a face .
media.tenor.com
November 5, 2025 at 10:39 PM
“You’re the only one in our lab that didn’t vote.”
“I’m legally not allowed to.”
“As far as we’re concerned, you didn’t vote.”
“I’m legally not allowed to.”
“As far as we’re concerned, you didn’t vote.”
I wonder what was in the mind of the Indian chef who named their latest concoction "Manchurian sauce" - of all places of China, modern and historical, why Manchuria?
November 5, 2025 at 12:04 AM
I wonder what was in the mind of the Indian chef who named their latest concoction "Manchurian sauce" - of all places of China, modern and historical, why Manchuria?
The feeling of seeing crystals forming upon the addition of antisolvent. Sublime.
October 30, 2025 at 4:49 PM
The feeling of seeing crystals forming upon the addition of antisolvent. Sublime.
> schedule an NMR experiment
> out of deuterated solvent in the glove box
> drying solvent takes more than a day
> out of deuterated solvent in the glove box
> drying solvent takes more than a day
a man in a suit and tie is sitting at a table making a face .
ALT: a man in a suit and tie is sitting at a table making a face .
media.tenor.com
October 21, 2025 at 10:29 PM
> schedule an NMR experiment
> out of deuterated solvent in the glove box
> drying solvent takes more than a day
> out of deuterated solvent in the glove box
> drying solvent takes more than a day
How do they diffract?
I don’t think I’ve ever had more fun in the lab than when I was making MOFs myself (and trying to use them for small-molecule X-ray structure determination). So let me celebrate by posting a few of the MOF crystals I prepared:
October 9, 2025 at 9:05 PM
How do they diffract?
It’s like they thought real life is like Red Alert 2.
April 10, 2025 at 5:55 PM
It’s like they thought real life is like Red Alert 2.
Why is Inorg. Chem. not on this site smh my head
March 29, 2025 at 10:52 PM
Why is Inorg. Chem. not on this site smh my head
I envied the (shockingly disturbing, in retrospect) optimism of some of my coworkers a few months ago.
March 28, 2025 at 2:12 AM
I envied the (shockingly disturbing, in retrospect) optimism of some of my coworkers a few months ago.
So, umm, my twitter accountt seems to have been hacked, as it sent me a message telling me that there was a new sign-in at a location I am not at.
Once I regain the access, I'll terminate my twitter account like I should have and did once a few years ago.
Once I regain the access, I'll terminate my twitter account like I should have and did once a few years ago.
February 8, 2025 at 4:57 AM
So, umm, my twitter accountt seems to have been hacked, as it sent me a message telling me that there was a new sign-in at a location I am not at.
Once I regain the access, I'll terminate my twitter account like I should have and did once a few years ago.
Once I regain the access, I'll terminate my twitter account like I should have and did once a few years ago.
It wasn’t until seeing World of Warcraft’s Bluesky account did I realize that this site has, as they say, blown up.
November 13, 2024 at 7:41 PM
It wasn’t until seeing World of Warcraft’s Bluesky account did I realize that this site has, as they say, blown up.
Hope the who-knows-when-it-will-come cheaper bills are worth it.
November 6, 2024 at 3:16 PM
Hope the who-knows-when-it-will-come cheaper bills are worth it.
Reposted by A Generic Thesis Writer, PhD
Judging by the exit poll, about 20% of Trump supporters are voting for him bcuz they know he's a fascist and they like it
50% just think Trump will lower prices somehow, and willing to overlook every effing red flag right in front of them
50% just think Trump will lower prices somehow, and willing to overlook every effing red flag right in front of them
I'd be curious to see some interviews with the NC voters who were like "can't bring myself to vote for the Black Nazi for Governor, but the white Nazi seems ok to me."
November 6, 2024 at 7:55 AM
Judging by the exit poll, about 20% of Trump supporters are voting for him bcuz they know he's a fascist and they like it
50% just think Trump will lower prices somehow, and willing to overlook every effing red flag right in front of them
50% just think Trump will lower prices somehow, and willing to overlook every effing red flag right in front of them
Oh the fun in troubleshooting synthesis
October 23, 2024 at 3:29 PM
Oh the fun in troubleshooting synthesis
Will make molecules for (a not filthy but a tad comfortable amount of) money
October 21, 2024 at 5:02 PM
Will make molecules for (a not filthy but a tad comfortable amount of) money
The sooner I finish my thesis, the sooner I can go grind out Destiny 2
The sooner I finish my thesis, the sooner I can go grind out Destiny 2
The sooner I finish my thesis, the sooner I can go grind out Destiny 2
The sooner I finish my thesis, the sooner I can go grind out Destiny 2
The sooner I finish my thesis, the sooner I can go grind out Destiny 2
The sooner I finish my thesis, the sooner I can go grind out Destiny 2
The sooner I finish my thesis, the sooner I can go grind out Destiny 2
July 25, 2024 at 6:55 AM
The sooner I finish my thesis, the sooner I can go grind out Destiny 2
The sooner I finish my thesis, the sooner I can go grind out Destiny 2
The sooner I finish my thesis, the sooner I can go grind out Destiny 2
The sooner I finish my thesis, the sooner I can go grind out Destiny 2
The sooner I finish my thesis, the sooner I can go grind out Destiny 2
The sooner I finish my thesis, the sooner I can go grind out Destiny 2
The sooner I finish my thesis, the sooner I can go grind out Destiny 2
ACS national meeting is always such a glorious chaos where you see everyone from everywhere doing everything, and you eventually run out of yourselves to attend all the symposia you want to go to because you're not an electron.
#ACSSpring2024
#ACSSpring2024
March 21, 2024 at 11:32 PM
ACS national meeting is always such a glorious chaos where you see everyone from everywhere doing everything, and you eventually run out of yourselves to attend all the symposia you want to go to because you're not an electron.
#ACSSpring2024
#ACSSpring2024
I’m not sure how rational it is, but I worry that if we’re already seeing big shot school alumni diffusing into my dingy department for tenure track positions, there’s little hope for us in larger R1 institutes no matter how upward our career trajectories may be.
February 24, 2024 at 10:54 PM
I’m not sure how rational it is, but I worry that if we’re already seeing big shot school alumni diffusing into my dingy department for tenure track positions, there’s little hope for us in larger R1 institutes no matter how upward our career trajectories may be.
So the two PIs I reached out to couldn’t offer a postdoc position. At least they replied within 24h.
February 21, 2024 at 8:29 PM
So the two PIs I reached out to couldn’t offer a postdoc position. At least they replied within 24h.
So yesterday I celebrated the publication of my first first-author paper with lab mates - it was accepted last year and went online last month, so the celebration was quite delayed.
Can’t say I didn’t at all feel a bit sad when it was over, but that’s life, I guess.
Can’t say I didn’t at all feel a bit sad when it was over, but that’s life, I guess.
February 9, 2024 at 1:55 PM
So yesterday I celebrated the publication of my first first-author paper with lab mates - it was accepted last year and went online last month, so the celebration was quite delayed.
Can’t say I didn’t at all feel a bit sad when it was over, but that’s life, I guess.
Can’t say I didn’t at all feel a bit sad when it was over, but that’s life, I guess.
So I wrestled with EndNote last night instead of doing anything productive or fun 🫠
December 16, 2023 at 10:25 PM
So I wrestled with EndNote last night instead of doing anything productive or fun 🫠
Guess I can stay hopeful for a few hours
December 5, 2023 at 7:41 PM
Guess I can stay hopeful for a few hours
