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Teddy Zartler

@quantumtessera.bsky.social

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Doctor Preeminent Pedant and slightly OCD whackadoodle on Bsky.

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Teddy Zartler @quantumtessera.bsky.social · Apr 9

So, are you getting excited for #YoungScientistNetworking? I am! Who do we have?
@chemscrapes.bsky.social @manhattanscientist.bsky.social @pwk2024.bsky.social @marycanady.bsky.social @pauldauenhauer.bsky.social @punkrockscience.bsky.social @jenlove.bsky.social and @merz.bsky.social
Tune in!

a man in an apron is smiling and says i am pumped

ALT: a man in an apron is smiling and says i am pumped

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Teddy Zartler @quantumtessera.bsky.social · 3h

Do we know he's not currently?

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Mary Canady @marycanady.bsky.social · 4h

#Lifescience professionals, can you be a #mentor at @biotechnetworks.bsky.social Oct 21 event? It's easy, answer questions about your #CareerPath & be supportive to #jobseekers & those looking to transition. Also hear an inspiring 🦈 talk by @whysharksmatter.bsky.social !

biotechnetworks.org/bnoct21

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Teddy Zartler @quantumtessera.bsky.social · 5h

Junyah...um...grew this summer.

Teddy Zartler @quantumtessera.bsky.social · 7h

You're the expert, but aren't most metals non-FERROmagnetic. Para- and di-magnetic is a different issue. ;-]

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Teddy Zartler @quantumtessera.bsky.social · 9h

I just blew into my hands to warm them up...in my house...in October. But, I will make it to November to turn on the heat.
#NewEnglandDad

Teddy Zartler @quantumtessera.bsky.social · 9h

We call this testing into compliance...

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Teddy Zartler @quantumtessera.bsky.social · 9h

Funny, I don't recall mine at all. ;-)

Teddy Zartler @quantumtessera.bsky.social · 14h

What is schadenfreude in Spanish?
#DaJankeesLose
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Big Papi sends the Yankees on their way to Cancun with one final “DAAAA Yankees lose!” 😅 #BigPapi #DavidOrtiz #Yankees #RedSox #Cancun

TikTok video by MLBonFOX

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Teddy Zartler @quantumtessera.bsky.social · 15h

I am proudly anti-fascist, or antifa.
Fascism is bad. Very bad. So bad we literally have fought several wars to combat it.
P.S. I pronounce it an-tee-FAH, not an-TEE-fah like the MAGAts

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Ryan Marino, MD @ryanmarino.bsky.social · 16h

The efficacy after 2 doses is 99% for measles, 95% for mumps, and 90% for rubella after just 1 dose. There has never been a single documented death attributable to the MMR vaccine. The risk of life-threatening side effects is ~1 in 1 million doses. It can even be given as post-exposure prophylaxis!

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Ryan Marino, MD @ryanmarino.bsky.social · 16h

The MMR vaccine is one of the most stunningly effective medical therapeutics in existence. It’s also safer than most of your everyday activities. This is simply an attempt to stop people from vaccinating.

HELLody SchreiBOO @melodyschreiber.com · 16h

The acting director of the CDC called for new, separate MMR shots. That would be "remarkably complicated, time-consuming, costly, but more importantly unnecessary," @jasonlschwartz.bsky.social told me:
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Alarm as CDC calls for separate MMR vaccines despite measles outbreak

Concerns that three separate shots would be more costly and time-consuming, and keep kids from being vaccinated

www.theguardian.com

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Compound Interest | Chemistry infographics @compoundchem.com · 1d

The 2025 #NobelPrize in Chemistry was awarded today for the development of metal-organic frameworks, molecular sponges with applications in gas storage, water purification and more: www.compoundchem.com/2025/10/08/2...

#ChemSky 🧪

Infographic on the 2025 Nobel Prize in Chemistry, awarded to Susumu Kitagawa, Richard Robson, and Omar M. Yaghi for the development of metal-organic frameworks. The infographic explains that metal-organic frameworks are molecular sponges built up from metal ions and organic compounds that act as linkers. Small molecules such as gases can move into and out of cavities in these frameworks. The graphic highlights some of the MOFs the laureates have developed and concludes by looking at possible future uses of MOFs, including gas storage and extracting water from air.

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Teddy Zartler @quantumtessera.bsky.social · 1d

#YoungScientistNetworking

Nessa Carson @supersciencegrl.co.uk · 1d

My entire professional life happened due to social media. I only applied to my first job due to a Twitter recommendation from the person who became my mentor there. All my talks, magazine articles, some journal articles came about through socials.

Teddy Zartler @quantumtessera.bsky.social · 1d

spongebob is smiling and holding a shovel and says me too

ALT: spongebob is smiling and holding a shovel and says me too

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Laura Helmuth @laurahelmuth.bsky.social · 1d

This is how it's done: put the truth right there in the headline and sub headline.

Scientific American @sciam.bsky.social · 1d

The U.S. Supreme Court will determine whether Colorado’s ban on conversion therapy, an ineffective and often harmful practice targeting LGBTQ+ youth, violates a therapist’s right to free speech

Supreme Court Weighs Ban on Scientifically Discredited ‘Conversion Therapy’

The U.S. Supreme Court will determine whether Colorado’s ban on conversion therapy, an ineffective and often harmful practice targeting LGBTQ+ youth, violates a therapist’s right to free speech

www.scientificamerican.com

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Laura Helmuth @laurahelmuth.bsky.social · 1d

Six of the nine Nobel Prize winners this year work in the U.S.
Three of the six were born outside the U.S., which is the pattern most years. No country has benefited more from welcoming immigrants from around the world.
www.nobelprize.org

The official website of the Nobel Prize - NobelPrize.org

The Nobel Prize rewards science, humanism and peace efforts. This is one of the central concepts in the will of Alfred Nobel, and it also permeates the outreach activities that have been developed for...

www.nobelprize.org

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Teddy Zartler @quantumtessera.bsky.social · 1d

I kept the streak alive. I did NOT win the Nobel Prize again this year.

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Compound Interest | Chemistry infographics @compoundchem.com · 1d

This morning, the 2025 #NobelPrize in Chemistry will be announced!

Here are my brief infographic explainers of the past ten years of chemistry Nobel Prizes: www.compoundchem.com/category/nob...

#ChemSky 🧪

Image showing all of the Compound Interest Nobel Prize in Chemistry infographics from 2015 to 2024.

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Teddy Zartler @quantumtessera.bsky.social · 2d

Beat me to it...

Teddy Zartler @quantumtessera.bsky.social · 2d

Recognized in 2021! WTF.

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Teddy Zartler @quantumtessera.bsky.social · 2d

Always been a thing, no?

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🎃 public HELLth guy 🎃 @publichealthguy1.bsky.social · 2d

they just slapped a surgeons general warning on RFK like he’s a pack of cigarettes

Dan Diamond @ddiamond.bsky.social · 2d

“Secretary Kennedy is entitled to his views. But he is not entitled to put people’s health at risk.”

Six former surgeons general condemn RFK Jr.

Opinion | Six surgeons general: RFK Jr. is a threat to the health of Americans

It was our duty in office to warn of dangers when we found them. We’re doing that again today.

www.washingtonpost.com

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Teddy Zartler @quantumtessera.bsky.social · 2d

I just watched my Beagle mix and Yorkie tag-team hunt and kill a field mouse in our yard. Good news no blood was involved.

Teddy Zartler @quantumtessera.bsky.social · 2d

Here is @angierasmussen.bsky.social again doing the Goddess' work trying to fight the ijits running US Health Policy...

Angie Rasmussen @angierasmussen.bsky.social · 2d

I wrote a thing about how this split the MMR up into monovalents is bullshit that Andrew Wakefield cooked up. It will be used to strip access to the MMR.

The MAHA movement continues to destroy public health.

open.substack.com/pub/rasmusse...

The Monovalent Mirage

A pretend alternative to the MMR exists, just ask Andrew Wakefield

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Teddy Zartler @quantumtessera.bsky.social · 3d

Does anybody anywhere actually want any of the #AI features being pushed on us?