Ed Sherer
@hartreefocker.bsky.social
Digital (& formerly NMR) Sciences at Merck; comp chemist; firefighter; MN alum; Midwest born. It turns out, if you dress as Cameron Frye at Mickey's Not-So-Scary Halloween Party, people love it
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How many Girl Scout cookies should you eat in one day?
January 31, 2026 at 5:38 PM
How many Girl Scout cookies should you eat in one day?
What’s up lower wacker
January 11, 2026 at 4:40 AM
What’s up lower wacker
Introduce yourself with what almost killed you.
Me. Learned to rock climb in Minnesota and learned to rappel at Palisade Head. Given the height of the cliffs there, repel lessons were on a single line rope. Fast forward to climbing at Taylor’s Falls and I went to rap down a double line…
Me. Learned to rock climb in Minnesota and learned to rappel at Palisade Head. Given the height of the cliffs there, repel lessons were on a single line rope. Fast forward to climbing at Taylor’s Falls and I went to rap down a double line…
Introduce yourself with what almost killed you.
(sigh) me.
(sigh) me.
Introduce yourself with what almost killed you.
Hydrogen fluoride
Hydrogen fluoride
January 5, 2026 at 9:44 PM
Introduce yourself with what almost killed you.
Me. Learned to rock climb in Minnesota and learned to rappel at Palisade Head. Given the height of the cliffs there, repel lessons were on a single line rope. Fast forward to climbing at Taylor’s Falls and I went to rap down a double line…
Me. Learned to rock climb in Minnesota and learned to rappel at Palisade Head. Given the height of the cliffs there, repel lessons were on a single line rope. Fast forward to climbing at Taylor’s Falls and I went to rap down a double line…
Watching Bill and Ted’s with kids
Me: look at that, yellow pages, that’s. the internet we had
Kid: you got it every week?
Me: um no, once a year
Kid: 😳
Me: look at that, yellow pages, that’s. the internet we had
Kid: you got it every week?
Me: um no, once a year
Kid: 😳
December 6, 2025 at 3:24 AM
Watching Bill and Ted’s with kids
Me: look at that, yellow pages, that’s. the internet we had
Kid: you got it every week?
Me: um no, once a year
Kid: 😳
Me: look at that, yellow pages, that’s. the internet we had
Kid: you got it every week?
Me: um no, once a year
Kid: 😳
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American freight trains are constant disaster-in-waiting as it is, even before this fuckup. @lastweektonight.com did a segment on this www.youtube.com/watch?v=AJ2k...
Freight Trains: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)
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December 5, 2025 at 9:51 PM
American freight trains are constant disaster-in-waiting as it is, even before this fuckup. @lastweektonight.com did a segment on this www.youtube.com/watch?v=AJ2k...
Post your favorite "Lord of the Rings" character.
Wrong answers only.
Wrong answers only.
November 30, 2025 at 4:55 AM
Post your favorite "Lord of the Rings" character.
Wrong answers only.
Wrong answers only.
This is a fantastic read, very entertaining and educational, should be a hit with the #chemsky crowd too
This Wednesday I'll be in LA, talking cocktail history & comics with the wonderful @bitbyafox.bsky.social at Now Serving books. 7:00. Hope to see yinz there!
And, of course, I'll be at Vinnie's Wine Shop, Seattle tonight at 6:30, now with the Aquavitosaurus, @andrewbohrer.bsky.social
And, of course, I'll be at Vinnie's Wine Shop, Seattle tonight at 6:30, now with the Aquavitosaurus, @andrewbohrer.bsky.social
November 17, 2025 at 10:37 PM
This is a fantastic read, very entertaining and educational, should be a hit with the #chemsky crowd too
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I would like to move chemistry-related conversations to chemchat, seeing as how chem/sky is basically a promotion place now.
I would have liked that to have moderated, but it's bluntly clear that the publishing houses can't change their spots
I would have liked that to have moderated, but it's bluntly clear that the publishing houses can't change their spots
November 6, 2025 at 6:04 PM
I would like to move chemistry-related conversations to chemchat, seeing as how chem/sky is basically a promotion place now.
I would have liked that to have moderated, but it's bluntly clear that the publishing houses can't change their spots
I would have liked that to have moderated, but it's bluntly clear that the publishing houses can't change their spots
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I supported Taylor Swift until I found out she lied about the lyrics being "starbucks lovers."
October 28, 2025 at 10:11 PM
I supported Taylor Swift until I found out she lied about the lyrics being "starbucks lovers."
Our R&D IT Business Technology Partner team is hiring! We are looking for strategic thinkers who can effectively communicate and collaborate with scientists, technologists, and business leaders to identify and deliver the most impactful digital solutions msd.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/SearchJobs/j...
IT Business Technology Partner, AR&D
Job Description Job Description: This role is part of our Business Technology Partner team in our Company's Research Laboratories IT, proposing ideas and innovative solutions that enable new organizat...
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September 17, 2025 at 5:13 PM
Our R&D IT Business Technology Partner team is hiring! We are looking for strategic thinkers who can effectively communicate and collaborate with scientists, technologists, and business leaders to identify and deliver the most impactful digital solutions msd.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/SearchJobs/j...
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The idea of getting textual advice that's complete bullshit premised on a misunderstanding written by something that sounds like a human and you can chat with forever and doesn't get smarter is not new to me. That's called a tech support forum. I grew up on those.
Maybe that is my vaccine.
Maybe that is my vaccine.
August 29, 2025 at 3:36 AM
The idea of getting textual advice that's complete bullshit premised on a misunderstanding written by something that sounds like a human and you can chat with forever and doesn't get smarter is not new to me. That's called a tech support forum. I grew up on those.
Maybe that is my vaccine.
Maybe that is my vaccine.
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Scientific leadership role in computational chemistry for peptides! Be the expert for peptide modeling, support peptide drug discovery programs and lead computational tool development in a dedicated and interdisciplinary team. location is BOS,MA or RY,NJ #compchem #chemjobs #peptides
The Modeling and Informatics team at Merck is looking for a computational chemist with strong experience in peptide design
jobs.merck.com/us/en/job/R3...
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Principal Scientist, Peptide Computational Chemistry job in Rahway, New Jersey, United States of America | jobs at Merck migration
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July 17, 2025 at 12:42 PM
The Modeling and Informatics team at Merck is looking for a computational chemist with strong experience in peptide design
jobs.merck.com/us/en/job/R3...
jobs.merck.com/us/en/job/R3...
Principal Scientist, Peptide Computational Chemistry job in Rahway, New Jersey, United States of America | jobs at Merck migration
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July 16, 2025 at 3:56 PM
The Modeling and Informatics team at Merck is looking for a computational chemist with strong experience in peptide design
jobs.merck.com/us/en/job/R3...
jobs.merck.com/us/en/job/R3...
Principal Scientist, Peptide Computational Chemistry job in Rahway, New Jersey, United States of America | jobs at Merck migration
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July 16, 2025 at 3:55 PM
The Modeling and Informatics team at Merck is looking for a computational chemist with strong experience in peptide design
jobs.merck.com/us/en/job/R3...
jobs.merck.com/us/en/job/R3...
Very excited to be recruiting for an Associate Principal Scientist: Molecular Modeling, Analytical Research & Develop. Our Digital Sciences team is seeing many requests related to influencing formulation design, especially for biologics. #chemjobs #compchem #chemsky jobs.merck.com/us/en/job/R3...
Associate Principal Scientist: Molecular Modeling, Analytical Research & Development job in Rahway, New Jersey, United States of America | jobs at Merck migration
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June 7, 2025 at 10:46 AM
Very excited to be recruiting for an Associate Principal Scientist: Molecular Modeling, Analytical Research & Develop. Our Digital Sciences team is seeing many requests related to influencing formulation design, especially for biologics. #chemjobs #compchem #chemsky jobs.merck.com/us/en/job/R3...
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Today we learned the Diels-Alder Reaction
April 25, 2025 at 9:40 PM
Today we learned the Diels-Alder Reaction
Director of Mass Spectrometry, AR&D #MerckChemistry #chemjobs The Analytical Enabling Capabilities Department in AR&D has an exciting opportunity in Mass Spectrometry: msd.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/SearchJobs/j...
Director of Mass Spectrometry, AR&D
Job Description The Analytical Enabling Capabilities Department has an exciting opportunity for a Director of Mass Spectrometry (MS). The MS Lead provides strategic and technical leadership for MS cap...
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April 6, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Director of Mass Spectrometry, AR&D #MerckChemistry #chemjobs The Analytical Enabling Capabilities Department in AR&D has an exciting opportunity in Mass Spectrometry: msd.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/SearchJobs/j...
My role at Merck has recently shifted fully into the digital space opening up an amazing opportunity to come and work with the NMR team as we are looking for a new Director of NMR, Structural Elucidation and Characterization, Analytical R&D #nmrchat #chemjobs #chemsky jobs.merck.com/us/en/job/R3...
Director of NMR, Structural Elucidation and Characterization, Analytical R&D job in Rahway, New Jersey, United States of America | jobs at Merck migration
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March 11, 2025 at 1:15 PM
My role at Merck has recently shifted fully into the digital space opening up an amazing opportunity to come and work with the NMR team as we are looking for a new Director of NMR, Structural Elucidation and Characterization, Analytical R&D #nmrchat #chemjobs #chemsky jobs.merck.com/us/en/job/R3...
PSA: even if you know that 🏃♂️🏃🏼♀️➡️ on the street, please don’t HONK at them, it’s low key not cool. Thank you for coming to my TED talk 😉
March 1, 2025 at 3:18 PM
PSA: even if you know that 🏃♂️🏃🏼♀️➡️ on the street, please don’t HONK at them, it’s low key not cool. Thank you for coming to my TED talk 😉
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Happy Black History Month! I’m trying to compile a list of contemporary black chemists and I could only think of 20 off the top of my head. Drop some names please. Thank you!
February 2, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Happy Black History Month! I’m trying to compile a list of contemporary black chemists and I could only think of 20 off the top of my head. Drop some names please. Thank you!