César Alejandro Urbina-Blanco
@cesapo.bsky.social
Chemist, Photography enthusiast, and Musician. Business Developer #AI #ML Reaction optimization #FutureLeader18 #RealTimeChem (He/Him) #LatinX
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sorry Pink Floyd, turns out that we needed education. a lot of it. all of the education, really
February 15, 2026 at 5:38 AM
sorry Pink Floyd, turns out that we needed education. a lot of it. all of the education, really
Not gonna lie, I find this very cynical. If we met and I reach out to you, it’s not because I want you to get me a job, it’s because I like you as a person. Building a genuine relationship beats any self-serving attempt at a shallow LinkedIn connection.
Putting in a little bit of work initially to build connections, and touching base on a regular basis, can pay big dividends down the road when those colleagues may prove instrumental in identifying a new professional opportunity. cen.acs.org/careers/care... #chemsky 🧪
The art of great conversation
Chemical & Engineering News (C&EN): Keeping you up to date with the chemistry news that matters most. Published by the American Chemical Society.
cen.acs.org
February 14, 2026 at 12:37 PM
Not gonna lie, I find this very cynical. If we met and I reach out to you, it’s not because I want you to get me a job, it’s because I like you as a person. Building a genuine relationship beats any self-serving attempt at a shallow LinkedIn connection.
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In incredible news, the European Parliament has voted overwhelmingly for "The Full Recognition Of Trans Women As Women."
Even the center-right European People's Party voted for the declaration.
It will form a foundation for their position at the UN Commission on the Status of Women.
Our latest.
Even the center-right European People's Party voted for the declaration.
It will form a foundation for their position at the UN Commission on the Status of Women.
Our latest.
European Parliament Votes Overwhelmingly For "The Full Recognition Of Trans Women As Women"
The resolution, though nonbinding, is a significant shot at those who seek to erode transgender rights on the continent.
www.erininthemorning.com
February 13, 2026 at 5:17 PM
In incredible news, the European Parliament has voted overwhelmingly for "The Full Recognition Of Trans Women As Women."
Even the center-right European People's Party voted for the declaration.
It will form a foundation for their position at the UN Commission on the Status of Women.
Our latest.
Even the center-right European People's Party voted for the declaration.
It will form a foundation for their position at the UN Commission on the Status of Women.
Our latest.
It’s been exactly 2 years since my #GuillainBarreSyndrome adventure started. From complete paralysis to walking, and now doing deadlifts!
I’m incredibly proud of how far I’ve come. Recovery isn’t linear, and I'm lucky I'm still improving and recovering each day.
Here's to even more progress!
I’m incredibly proud of how far I’ve come. Recovery isn’t linear, and I'm lucky I'm still improving and recovering each day.
Here's to even more progress!
Raise your hand if you've ever been evacuated via a window by firemen because you couldn't use your limbs to go downstairs? I would but...
February 13, 2026 at 1:01 PM
It’s been exactly 2 years since my #GuillainBarreSyndrome adventure started. From complete paralysis to walking, and now doing deadlifts!
I’m incredibly proud of how far I’ve come. Recovery isn’t linear, and I'm lucky I'm still improving and recovering each day.
Here's to even more progress!
I’m incredibly proud of how far I’ve come. Recovery isn’t linear, and I'm lucky I'm still improving and recovering each day.
Here's to even more progress!
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As a descendant of coal miners, let me say a very forceful "Fuck You" to anyone who uses the term "clean coal" unironically or ever describes coal as "clean".
Burgum: "CO2 was never a pollutant. When we breathe, we emit CO2. Plants need CO2 to survive and grow. They thrive with more CO2. So the whole endangerment thing opens up an opportunity for the revival of clean, beautiful, American coal."
February 11, 2026 at 3:01 PM
As a descendant of coal miners, let me say a very forceful "Fuck You" to anyone who uses the term "clean coal" unironically or ever describes coal as "clean".
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It is International Day of Women in Science! For this ocassion, a thread on influential women that illustrate prehistoric life🧵
Marta Szubert. Creator of one of the first to-scale feathered dinosar models (1997). If you've been to Poland or Slovakia, you've probably seen her models on display.
Marta Szubert. Creator of one of the first to-scale feathered dinosar models (1997). If you've been to Poland or Slovakia, you've probably seen her models on display.
February 11, 2026 at 2:42 AM
It is International Day of Women in Science! For this ocassion, a thread on influential women that illustrate prehistoric life🧵
Marta Szubert. Creator of one of the first to-scale feathered dinosar models (1997). If you've been to Poland or Slovakia, you've probably seen her models on display.
Marta Szubert. Creator of one of the first to-scale feathered dinosar models (1997). If you've been to Poland or Slovakia, you've probably seen her models on display.
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you know you're a chemist when your brain says "seems to me the polymer folks have more work to do"
February 10, 2026 at 12:07 AM
you know you're a chemist when your brain says "seems to me the polymer folks have more work to do"
This is your reminder to send a message to artists when you visit a museum and like their work!
They might reply and you could learn a little something about the piece you liked!
PS: Enjoy this work by Els Nouwen currently displayed at the L Museum in Leuven
They might reply and you could learn a little something about the piece you liked!
PS: Enjoy this work by Els Nouwen currently displayed at the L Museum in Leuven
February 9, 2026 at 5:07 PM
This is your reminder to send a message to artists when you visit a museum and like their work!
They might reply and you could learn a little something about the piece you liked!
PS: Enjoy this work by Els Nouwen currently displayed at the L Museum in Leuven
They might reply and you could learn a little something about the piece you liked!
PS: Enjoy this work by Els Nouwen currently displayed at the L Museum in Leuven
I'm so excited I got tickets to see Bad Bunny in Brussels this shmmer! I seriously can't wait!
February 9, 2026 at 7:40 AM
I'm so excited I got tickets to see Bad Bunny in Brussels this shmmer! I seriously can't wait!
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Hahaha this is amazing
He goes over to wake up a kid sleeping on some chairs
There's always a kid sleeping in the corner at a real wedding
The details!!!!
He goes over to wake up a kid sleeping on some chairs
There's always a kid sleeping in the corner at a real wedding
The details!!!!
February 9, 2026 at 3:44 AM
Hahaha this is amazing
He goes over to wake up a kid sleeping on some chairs
There's always a kid sleeping in the corner at a real wedding
The details!!!!
He goes over to wake up a kid sleeping on some chairs
There's always a kid sleeping in the corner at a real wedding
The details!!!!
This made me cry! What a powerful show!
youtu.be/G6FuWd4wNd8?...
youtu.be/G6FuWd4wNd8?...
Bad Bunny's Apple Music Super Bowl Halftime Show
YouTube video by NFL
youtu.be
February 9, 2026 at 7:23 AM
This made me cry! What a powerful show!
youtu.be/G6FuWd4wNd8?...
youtu.be/G6FuWd4wNd8?...
There's nothing louder than a fart in a museum. No, this is not a metaphor!
February 8, 2026 at 3:27 PM
There's nothing louder than a fart in a museum. No, this is not a metaphor!
After 2 years of not drinking espresso, one just gave me heart palpitations! What does this mean? Surely, I must be experiencing Italy withdrawal syndrome or something like that
February 8, 2026 at 9:01 AM
After 2 years of not drinking espresso, one just gave me heart palpitations! What does this mean? Surely, I must be experiencing Italy withdrawal syndrome or something like that
Please AND Thank you!
You can't say I didn't ask nicely!
You can't say I didn't ask nicely!
February 7, 2026 at 1:54 PM
Please AND Thank you!
You can't say I didn't ask nicely!
You can't say I didn't ask nicely!
First time traveling by train with my electric wheelchair and it went SO smoothly!
I worried for ages it would be difficult, it was actually super easy.
Thanks @sncb-nmbs.bsky.social!
I worried for ages it would be difficult, it was actually super easy.
Thanks @sncb-nmbs.bsky.social!
February 7, 2026 at 10:34 AM
First time traveling by train with my electric wheelchair and it went SO smoothly!
I worried for ages it would be difficult, it was actually super easy.
Thanks @sncb-nmbs.bsky.social!
I worried for ages it would be difficult, it was actually super easy.
Thanks @sncb-nmbs.bsky.social!
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This is why we need to stop looking at metrics (number of papers, citations, h-index, whatever) for hiring and promotions. Applications need to be “list 5 (or 10) major works you have performed” (incl. open software, data sets, etc).
sigh.......
"Scientists who engage in AI-augmented research publish 3.02 times more papers, receive 4.84 times more citations and become research project leaders 1.37 years earlier than those who do not."
from
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
"Scientists who engage in AI-augmented research publish 3.02 times more papers, receive 4.84 times more citations and become research project leaders 1.37 years earlier than those who do not."
from
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Artificial intelligence tools expand scientists’ impact but contract science’s focus - Nature
Artificial intelligence boosts individual scientists’ output, citations and career progression, but collectively narrows research diversity and reduces collaboration, concentrating work in data-rich a...
www.nature.com
February 6, 2026 at 7:02 PM
This is why we need to stop looking at metrics (number of papers, citations, h-index, whatever) for hiring and promotions. Applications need to be “list 5 (or 10) major works you have performed” (incl. open software, data sets, etc).
Immigrants, and asylum seekers are always painted as the boogeyman, stealing resources from the state, but read the article and you'll see the abuse/fraud is being committed by private companies working for the government www.bbc.com/news/article...
Ban on asylum seekers using taxis for medical appointments comes into force
It comes after a BBC investigation which showed people travelling long distances at high cost.
share.google
February 5, 2026 at 10:23 PM
Immigrants, and asylum seekers are always painted as the boogeyman, stealing resources from the state, but read the article and you'll see the abuse/fraud is being committed by private companies working for the government www.bbc.com/news/article...
I’ve always sung as a tenor, but tonight we had almost no basses, so I decided to switch it up and I wasn’t half bad! Maybe @petercarlton.bsky.social was right, and I do have a deep voice?
February 5, 2026 at 9:16 PM
I’ve always sung as a tenor, but tonight we had almost no basses, so I decided to switch it up and I wasn’t half bad! Maybe @petercarlton.bsky.social was right, and I do have a deep voice?
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One of Venezuela’s leading scientific research institutes was damaged during the US military action in the country earlier this month to capture Venezuelan president Nicolás Maduro. cen.acs.org/policy/US-ai... #chemsky 🧪
US air strikes are the latest blow to Venezuela’s decimated science infrastructure
Venezuelan scientists are ‘waiting to see’ how damage to the country’s top basic science center will affect its research sector
cen.acs.org
February 3, 2026 at 9:20 PM
One of Venezuela’s leading scientific research institutes was damaged during the US military action in the country earlier this month to capture Venezuelan president Nicolás Maduro. cen.acs.org/policy/US-ai... #chemsky 🧪
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do you all have a moment to discuss the Good News of seitan
February 2, 2026 at 11:28 PM
do you all have a moment to discuss the Good News of seitan
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This is a post about animal excrement and the English language.
bull$#!% = nonsense/lies
chicken$#!% = petty or cowardly
horse$#!% = nonsense/lies
dog$#!%= low quality
ape$#!% = wild
bat$#!%= crazy
Ordered above from oldest to newest: bull$#!% (1914), bat$#!% (1971).
bull$#!% = nonsense/lies
chicken$#!% = petty or cowardly
horse$#!% = nonsense/lies
dog$#!%= low quality
ape$#!% = wild
bat$#!%= crazy
Ordered above from oldest to newest: bull$#!% (1914), bat$#!% (1971).
February 2, 2026 at 3:23 PM
This is a post about animal excrement and the English language.
bull$#!% = nonsense/lies
chicken$#!% = petty or cowardly
horse$#!% = nonsense/lies
dog$#!%= low quality
ape$#!% = wild
bat$#!%= crazy
Ordered above from oldest to newest: bull$#!% (1914), bat$#!% (1971).
bull$#!% = nonsense/lies
chicken$#!% = petty or cowardly
horse$#!% = nonsense/lies
dog$#!%= low quality
ape$#!% = wild
bat$#!%= crazy
Ordered above from oldest to newest: bull$#!% (1914), bat$#!% (1971).
Isn't it called Black Mirror?
they should make a movie series about how it’s irresponsible to use technology to mess with the natural order of things for profit
Xfinity has just released its Jurassic Park-themed Super Bowl ad that features a digitally de-aged Sam Neil, Laura Dern, and Jeff Goldblum. https://bit.ly/4rmRhrK
February 3, 2026 at 6:22 AM
Isn't it called Black Mirror?
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I don't think people appreciate the extent to which coral reefs are screwed. Even if ocean acidification doesn't get them, increasing ocean temperatures will. How screwed they are is up to us.
There’s no tipping point beyond which ocean acidification kills corals, new research shows. With every creeping bit of acidification, corals just continue to die off. 🧪🌊 eos.org/articles/cor...
Coral Diversity Drops as Ocean Acidifies - Eos
As seawater becomes steadily more acidic, complex branching corals die off and are replaced with hard boulder corals and algae.
eos.org
February 2, 2026 at 3:57 PM
I don't think people appreciate the extent to which coral reefs are screwed. Even if ocean acidification doesn't get them, increasing ocean temperatures will. How screwed they are is up to us.
A friend just asked me to look up an important milestone in his life and I remembered I said "congratulations" so I searched my chat history and that was the only hit in the past 18 months. Turns out I normally just use congrats!
February 2, 2026 at 6:06 PM
A friend just asked me to look up an important milestone in his life and I remembered I said "congratulations" so I searched my chat history and that was the only hit in the past 18 months. Turns out I normally just use congrats!