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UMN ChemProf Emeritus. Army vet. MOOC vet. Cancer vet. Dad of 3(human)/2(feline). Chicagoan. Armed with a keyboard and eerily immune to shame. NOT speaking for UL Research Institutes here.
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I'm Chris. I'm a theoretical chemist who, as an academic, also took an early interest in online education. Traveling the admin path, I was privileged to serve as VPR for UMN for 3 yrs. Now I'm a higher-ed expat in Chicago thrilled to serve as CRO for non-profit UL Research Institutes. #SafetyScience
I just wonder where he keeps his Ventra card 🤷🏼‍♂️
#Chicago
November 24, 2025 at 10:36 PM
one of those days where you just want someone to hit you in the face with a 2x4 and have done with it...
a woman says just when you thought it couldn t get any worse
Alt: Xena the warrior princess says just when you thought it couldn't get any worse
media.tenor.com
November 24, 2025 at 10:07 PM
Post a movie where you are from
November 24, 2025 at 2:16 AM
ah, the sweet feel of that first 5K on a new pair of running shoes...
a pair of red and gold sneakers with the word versace on the side
Alt: a pair of red and gold sneakers with a brand name I would NOT wear on the side
media.tenor.com
November 23, 2025 at 6:22 PM
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Reporters sticking with X because they get so much engagement from Nigerian America First MAGA accounts.
November 23, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Meanwhile, in the "what did you do over your summer vacation?" category...

www.notus.org/health-scien...?
Trump’s Privatization of Science Research Is Underway
The EPA’s scientists that helped in the aftermath of the East Palestine, Ohio, disaster, are now in the private sector. What does that mean for future crises?
www.notus.org
November 23, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Me too!
Except, unlike his infallible holiness, for me it's not the right answer each time...
November 23, 2025 at 3:53 PM
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There is a post circulating on Bluesky encouraging the moving of a frozen turkey straight into a pot of hot oil. We are combating this misinformation the best way we know how - through the power of dance music.
November 23, 2025 at 1:31 PM
wolves rock
Researchers in Canada have documented a wild gray wolf hauling a crab trap out of the water to eat the bait inside, according to a recent study.

Researchers suggest it may be the first recorded example of possible tool use by a wolf.
Wolf hauls up crab trap to eat bait, hinting at possible tool use
Researchers in Canada have documented a wild gray wolf hauling a crab trap out of the water to eat the bait inside, according to a recent study. Researchers suggest it may be the first recorded…
news.mongabay.com
November 22, 2025 at 11:54 PM
It's fall!!

#ChemistsWhoCook
November 22, 2025 at 8:41 PM
That's two passes now of 4 fast movers along the #Chicago lakefront. Sad times that I'm stuck wondering whether it's a football game at Soldier Field or a show of force to keep up the federal intimidation of the city, now that ICE has largely pulled out...
a group of fighter jets flying in the sky
Alt: a group of fighter jets flying in the sky
media.tenor.com
November 22, 2025 at 8:31 PM
Happy holidays from #Chicago and Millennium Park, y’all. Fiat lux.
November 22, 2025 at 12:34 AM
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America 2025.
November 21, 2025 at 1:44 PM
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CBP agent who threatened to shoot people on the street in Illinois.
Major content warning for some of the commentary we found on Donahue's account. He's opposed to mixed race relationships and women voting, and he cheers on a gay bashing and makes a death threat against a drag queen.

He's not a big poster, but follows exclusively far right influencers.
November 20, 2025 at 8:48 PM
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It's hard out there for a lickspittle.
November 19, 2025 at 7:32 PM
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69 doesn't hit the same in Roman Numerals
when I was young, i used to wonder how people like this would fare in life, as they didn't seem suited for gainful employment. it turns out, the internet allowed them to accumulate a massive audience of similar idiots, enriching them and turning them into a presidential advisor
November 20, 2025 at 1:21 AM
UMN!!
Visited the local university campus. Look at these so called scholars, what a bunch of turkeys.
November 20, 2025 at 1:11 AM
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If only there were some sort of marketplace, perhaps online, where people could compare insurance plans and choose one for themselves. Perhaps with some financial assistance for those who need it….
Cassidy: "If she goes and gets 2 types of shampoo & one is a dollar cheaper, she'll get the cheaper one & the other lowers their price. Once you give her the power of making the decision, she's gonna shop -- that begins to save her money and squeezes waste out of the healthcare system."
November 19, 2025 at 3:04 PM
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I won't consider Starlink for the same reason I won't buy a Tesla and why I'm no longer on the former Twitter: I won't willingly give money to (or be an advertising base for) a Nazi salute-throwing fascist who actively tried to destroy our democracy
November 19, 2025 at 1:07 AM
things happen???
November 18, 2025 at 8:57 PM
I'm always surprised that speakers late in the program at specialized conferences RARELY pull their "usual" intro slides, even though others have shown nearly identical slides several times already. All that extra time you could have used for NON-intro stuff, but you're stuck in your habit? #SciSky
a close up of a man with the words you had your chance and you turned it down
Alt: a close up of a man with the words "you had your chance and you turned it down"
media.tenor.com
November 18, 2025 at 5:58 AM
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In addition to stealing all the jobs and buying all the homes and getting free healthcare & social security benefits and eating cats & dogs, they're hiding the cattle in their shirts? Throwing them over the wall? And why are they only bringing the sick cattle? They're leaving the healthy ones home?!
November 17, 2025 at 10:46 PM
does anyone else get totally maudlin on overseas airplane flights? ponder the fleeting character of our existence and the good fortune of one's most meaningful relationships? weep at the fragility of it all? (I'd like to believe it's oxygen deprivation, as opposed to just me...)
November 15, 2025 at 4:17 AM
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Oh wow @reuters.com got the photo here:
November 14, 2025 at 9:25 PM
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Every ad now
November 13, 2025 at 5:38 PM