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Cathleen Crudden
@cathleencrudden.bsky.social
Proud Canadian
Scientist, Chemist, Mother, Daughter, Swimmer, Tree Hugger, Japanophile
Editor-in-Chief ACS Catalysis
All views and opinions expressed are my own
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It’s out!! Get your applications and nominations in!
Submit your nominations for the ACS Catalysis Lectureship Award by Dec 31!

The award winner will receive:
- $1000 USD prize
- Complimentary travel and registration to ACS Fall 2026 in Chicago to deliver the award lecture
- Award plaque

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“Post pandemic” discussion about RSV and problems with getting vaccines — on 6pm CBC radio news with @laurenpelley.bsky.social .

The shots are “keeping babies out of hospital”

Me: Great! Vaccines are great! What about additional measures for this apparently airborne virus?
November 25, 2025 at 11:15 PM
I should be fine right?
November 26, 2025 at 2:05 AM
I did not have ‘Rubber duck museum moves to Canada because of tariffs and trade war’ on my 2025 bingo card. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
This American rubber duck museum is moving to B.C. due to tariffs, drop in tourism | CBC News
Quirky Point Roberts-based Rubber Duck Museum is coming to Tsawwassen Mills mall in B.C. after increasing tariffs and decreasing tourism have made business in the U.S. exclave unsustainable.
www.cbc.ca
November 25, 2025 at 1:36 AM
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Bulky Phosphine Ligands Promote Palladium-Catalyzed Protodeboronation ( @jacs.acspublications.org ): pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/... ( @aspuru.bsky.social , @thematterlab.bsky.social )
November 24, 2025 at 9:27 PM
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The American Chemical Society has selected Kangjie “Harry” Bian, Philip Lampkin, Hao Liang, Camille Rubel, and Allison Wong as the first recipients of the Arthur C. Cope Postdoctoral Fellowship in Organic Chemistry. cen.acs.org/acs-news/ACS... #chemsky
ACS names Arthur C. Cope Postdoctoral Fellowships in Organic Chemistry
The inaugural group of fellows will receive funds for up to 2 years of research
cen.acs.org
November 22, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Yup. Bring on 47 factor authentication, caues that's what is already feels like.
November 22, 2025 at 10:16 PM
Horrifying what people do for the sake of greed.
November 22, 2025 at 3:08 PM
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AOC with the facts on MTG
November 22, 2025 at 2:21 PM
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I wrote basically this exact piece in 2018, but good on the New Yorker for getting hip to geothermal!
Why the Time Has Finally Come for Geothermal Energy
It used to be that drawing heat from deep in the Earth was practical only in geyser-filled places such as Iceland. But new approaches may have us on the cusp of an energy revolution.
www.newyorker.com
November 20, 2025 at 7:27 PM
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“At COP30 @cape-acme.bsky.social physicians highlighted the connection between fossil fuel pollution and both human health and they were present for showing that a fossil fuel phase out will save millions of lives.”
The Lungs Of The World Are In Your Hands By Dr NDAYIZEYE MUNYANSANGA Olivier, Lecturer At Protestant University Of Rwanda, Member Of AFAN-CJ And COP 30 Delegate
On 17th November 2025 at COP 30 we were reminded by health professionals from Canadian Association of Physicians for the Environment (CAPE) that fossil fuel pollution causes 1 in 5 deaths worldwide: 8...
cbn.rw
November 19, 2025 at 9:25 PM
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It’s still around ppl.
November 15, 2025 at 2:56 PM
This has been a great visit!
📢Today we have the pleasure to welcome at #ISCR @cathleencrudden.bsky.social, @cnrs.fr ambassador
Many thanks 👏 to her for her great talk about:
👉 'Organometallic Chemistry in Catalysis and Materials Science'
@rennesuniv.bsky.social @cnrs-bretagneloire.bsky.social
#ENSCR @insarennes.bsky.social
November 15, 2025 at 2:54 PM
How it started, and how it is. Merci de la CNRS! This has been a fantastic visit thus far.
November 15, 2025 at 11:42 AM
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politicians, media and large institutions deciding to stop saying 'climate change' hasn't materially reduced public conern about it or support for actions to tackle it

turns out people genuinely do not want to be baked alive by the atmosphere they're in!!!
🧵/ How far does the public support net zero?

Support: 60%
Oppose: 25%

Net support by party
Green: +81
Lib Dem: +67
Lab: +64
Con: +11
Reform: -44

yougov.co.uk/politics/art...
November 11, 2025 at 10:54 AM
The hate and disdain is real.
Wow! The lengths Trump will go to just to make Americans starve. His administration has ordered states to “immediately undo” any steps taken to provide full food stamp benefits to low-income families.
Trump Administration Demands States ‘Undo’ Work to Send Full Food Stamps
www.nytimes.com
November 9, 2025 at 3:32 PM
I've seen this quote before, didn't realize it was Atwood's! And yes, not all men, but enough that this is a reality.
November 9, 2025 at 2:44 PM
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Meanwhile, CEOs make 280 times the typical worker today.

The system is rigged.
November 8, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Wow. DISGUSTING.
I read The Double Helix as an undergraduate. I was a science major at a women’s college taking molecular biology. Our professor taught us that Watson & Crick screwed Rosalind Franklin over.

So I read the book to learn more. I’ll never forget how reading this passage made me feel.
November 8, 2025 at 10:34 PM
Amazing!!
GOOD NEWS! Researchers have developed a new mRNA vaccine that has been shown to suppress abnormal blood vessel growth in the retina, offering hope to MILLIONS of patients with age-related vision loss. The vaccine triggered strong antibody responses that REDUCED retinal damage by UP TO 85%.
November 3, 2025 at 8:16 PM