Dr Jay
@doctorgalactic.bsky.social
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RSC Associate Editorial Manager. Geek. Chemist. Husband. Father. Vegan. Frustrated wannabe author. Often wild-man-like. All posts my personal opinion only (not RSC). Curator of #RealTimeChem. Part of #ChemSky.
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doctorgalactic.bsky.social
Modern “journalism” just can’t call out dangerous nonsense can it? “Many experts are sceptical” is putting it far too mildly.
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chemistryworld.com
Long known for being chemistry's reliable workhorse, it's now being claimed that stirrer bars do next to nothing in the 300+ organic reactions one team examined.
Comprehensive investigation suggests stirrer bars have little impact on reactions
Examination of over 300 organic reactions suggests stirring is nothing more than a placebo
www.chemistryworld.com
doctorgalactic.bsky.social
The idea that paracetamol is responsible for autism is the biggest pile of horse manure I’ve ever heard as a scientist. It’s irresponsible, it’s dangerous. It’s anti-scientific political ideology gone mad.
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sanders.senate.gov
For generations doctors have understood that germs — like bacteria or viruses — cause infectious diseases.
 
Yet we now have an HHS Secretary casting doubt on the germ theory — the foundation of modern medicine.

That’s not only unacceptable, it is dangerous. RFK Jr. must resign.
RFK Jr does not just reject vaccines. He rejects science and must step down | Bernie Sanders
Kennedy is unfit to be our nation’s leading public health official because he rejects the fundamental principles of modern science
www.theguardian.com
doctorgalactic.bsky.social
Anybody tried turning the world off and then on again recently? Just in case.
doctorgalactic.bsky.social
Tthere’s zero percent chance that this doesn’t go horribly wrong.
paleofuture.bsky.social
"At FDA we're accelerating drug approvals so that you don't need to use primates or even animal models. You can do the drug approvals very, very quickly with AI."
doctorgalactic.bsky.social
So America is now an abusive country. This is the language of abusers.
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eicathomefinn.bsky.social
'Bluesky has overtaken its flailing rival X in hosting posts related to new academic research, indicating the platform is fast becoming the go-to place for scholars to share their work.'
X’s dominance ‘over’ as Bluesky becomes new hub for research
Data indicates more scholars turning to alternative social media site to post about their work after Elon Musk’s Twitter takeover
www.timeshighereducation.com
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rsc.org
#NeurodiversityCelebrationWeek is coming to an end but our work to improve inclusivity is not. Our resources can help any organisation make the workplace adjustments so all of their staff thrive.

Explore our dedicated neurodiversity webpage to learn more: buff.ly/Qz3lrJX

#NCW #ChemSky
The Royal Society of Chemistry is supporting Neurodiversity Celebration Week.
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chemsocrev.rsc.org
We're delighted to announce that Duncan Graham has been appointed as Editor-in-Chief of ChemSocRev!

Check out the video below where Duncan talks about taking on the role of Editor-in-Chief and his ambitions for the journal.

Learn more on our webpage! 👉 www.rsc.org/news-events/...
doctorgalactic.bsky.social
It's in good hands though at the RSC under the stewardship of EiC Martina Stenzel (www.unsw.edu.au/staff/martin...), who was one our first Scientific Editors and also one of the best too!
Scientia Professor Martina Stenzel
www.unsw.edu.au
doctorgalactic.bsky.social
MH (as we call it internally) was our first journal to use a scientific editor model and introduce "Focus Articles" and "New concepts" boxes so it was a fun journal to get to grips with. I haven't worked on it for about 7 years, but it's still a journal that I care a lot about.
doctorgalactic.bsky.social
Honestly cannot believe it's been a decade of @materialshorizons.rsc.org. I was the journal coordinator when it started so I remember some of these papers pretty well and was the handling editor for a couple of them as well. #ChemSky #RealTimeChem
materialshorizons.rsc.org
Discover our Reflection articles written by some of our first Materials Horizons authors looking back at their work a decade ago - how has their research impacted the field and what would they change with hindsight? 🔗 #ChemSky #MatSky pubs.rsc.org/en/journals/...
doctorgalactic.bsky.social
Interesting statistics from eLife about their Publish, Review, Curate model. Notably it does come at the expense of quite a high "reject without review" rate.
elife.bsky.social
🎉 It’s been over two years since we launched the eLife Model for publishing that places the focus on nuanced public assessments instead of publishing outcomes.

1/ Here’s how it’s going: buff.ly/wnJrXie
headline figures for E life's model
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laura85.bsky.social
The @roysocchem.bsky.social annual poster competition is taking place on LinkedIn again in 2025. Join us there in March!
#RSCPoster 2025
Join our 24-hour online conference on LinkedIn
4 March 2025
12:00 (UK time)
Save the date.
doctorgalactic.bsky.social
#ChemSky #RealTimeChem
doctorgalactic.bsky.social
Update: autistic child has since been suspended from school for 2 days before half term and now banned from the attending holiday camp due to her behaviour. Not sure how we’ll manage Easter or god forbid the summer holidays unless we can find some kind of SEN provision. Not liking 2025 tbh.
doctorgalactic.bsky.social
If I’m not particularly active here at the moment it’s really a bandwidth issue with my brain. Between general busy nature of my job & parenting I really don’t have much time for anything. Also your autistic child being excluded from after school club really is not conducive to productivity at all…
doctorgalactic.bsky.social
If I could afford to do that I would but not the case I’m afraid. Just for fun I also caught COVID this week. Yay 2025!
doctorgalactic.bsky.social
If I’m not particularly active here at the moment it’s really a bandwidth issue with my brain. Between general busy nature of my job & parenting I really don’t have much time for anything. Also your autistic child being excluded from after school club really is not conducive to productivity at all…
doctorgalactic.bsky.social
All these years of running #RealTimeChem did I miss a trick by not becoming a crazy right wing nut job promoting conspiracies and lies about chemistry? I could have been rich, rich I tell you.