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Andre the Chemist
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Noted rhenium hater and **undefeated** youth soccer coach (total of one game coached).

Virginia, USA. He/him.
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When I was little, I used to play doctor with girls in my neighborhood. I pretended I had a PhD in Comparative Literature, and I'd serve them coffee at a pretend Starbucks.
December 7, 2023 at 2:23 AM
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Every time someone sees consciousness in an LLM, I hear Jeff Winger’s speech from the Community pilot: “I can pick up this pencil, tell you its name is Steve and go like this —” [snaps pencil] “—and part of you dies just a little bit on the inside. Because people can connect with anything.”
November 25, 2025 at 11:03 PM
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Context isn’t needed. Always true.
PATRICK! DO NOT EVEN JOKE ABOUT THIS! YOU'LL JUST ENCOURAGE THE BIOLOGISTS
November 25, 2025 at 11:34 PM
"The problem with music today is there's not enough vibraslap and some guy shouting 'hyah!' randomly." - me, listening to Cake
November 25, 2025 at 9:40 PM
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1,2,3,4,5 that's the number of jobs it takes to survive
November 25, 2025 at 8:12 PM
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“Polyworking”? POLYWORKING?!?

*runs screaming into the ocean, never to be seen again*
Workers turn to 'polyworking' to combat frozen salaries and inflation
Working professionals in the U.S. are taking on side jobs to supplement their incomes amid frozen salaries, inflation and fear of layoffs.
apnews.com
November 25, 2025 at 8:36 PM
I gave a poll in my class last week asking how many students were planning on coming to class this week (the day before our thanksgiving break). 50% of the students said they would definitely be here.

My students LIED.
November 25, 2025 at 2:37 PM
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UNCW's Dept of Chem and Biochem is looking for four (4!) new members this cycle including:

Asst Professor Analytical Chem
Asst Professor Physical Chem
Lecturer - Bio- and general Chem
Lecturer - General Chem

Our dept is a great place to work and Wilmington's a blast!
#ChemSky #ChemJobs
Links ⬇️
November 25, 2025 at 2:01 AM
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This is not the way, and @cnygren.bsky.social and I lay out in detail why it isn’t in this essay here. static1.squarespace.com/static/55577...
November 24, 2025 at 1:16 PM
My timeline presenting me with the only two possible ways to prepare Thanksgiving dinner.
November 25, 2025 at 12:11 AM
Not news but I still find it surprising that every time he opens his mouth, Elon sounds more and more like a huge fucking dork.
November 25, 2025 at 12:00 AM
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When you think about it, plants are the kulaks of the natural world. Their "photosynthesis" is nothing more than bourgeois parasitism on the honest proletarian labour of the noble Stakhanovite sun
Anti-solar NIMBYs aren't beating the accusations of being pretty dim bulbs. "Extracting from the sky" is a good one
November 24, 2025 at 9:35 AM
‪I'm gone all day and I come back to my timeline filled with Star Wars discourse.

Did I die and go to hell? Or possibly 2017?
November 24, 2025 at 11:19 PM
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Hi all! Check out my latest publication about what I did in a flipped classroom of p-chem, in the ebook “Engaging Students in Physical Chemistry, Vol. 2”!

pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...
Engaging Students in Physical Chemistry, Volume 2
A 10-week physical chemistry course was taught using a flipped classroom format. In a flipped classroom, students watch lecture videos at home, and come to class to participate in in-class activities ...
pubs.acs.org
November 24, 2025 at 10:36 PM
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This is a long shot, but do I have any connections on here with someone who does chemical hazardous waste incineration? I have students trying to get in touch with Ross Environmental and I'm wondering if I can find any relevant professional to link them to:
rossenvironmental.com
Ross Environmental Services, Inc. | Rely On Ross, We Do it Right!
Hazardous waste incineration
rossenvironmental.com
November 24, 2025 at 7:37 PM
One of my intro chem students stopped by today to ask about how, in a practical sense, one would remove the hydroxy group from the molecule pseudoephedrine.

NOTHING SUSPICIOUS ABOUT THAT. NOSIREE.
November 24, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Saw a movie in the teather over the weekend (Now You See Me Now You Don't) and wow did about half the audience get real horny at the trailer for the new Wuthering Heights movie.
November 24, 2025 at 1:06 PM
I'm several weeks in to a "couch-to-5k" program.

I'm spending a lot time and noticing a lot of improvement in the couch part. Thinking about starting the running part sometime in the coming weeks/months.
November 24, 2025 at 1:03 PM
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Farewell to the great Jimmy Cliff, the Jamaican singer who played a pivotal part in introducing reggae to the rest of the world. www.theguardian.com/music/2025/n...
Jimmy Cliff, Jamaican reggae singer, actor and cultural icon, dies aged 81
Star of The Harder They Come had hits including You Can Get It If You Really Want and I Can See Clearly Now
www.theguardian.com
November 24, 2025 at 12:53 PM
An hour ago, my kid said "You just don't get it" so naturally I, an elder millennial, have had the Local H song "Bound for the Floor" stuck in my head since that moment.
November 23, 2025 at 1:21 PM