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Chemistring @chemistring.bsky.social · 2h

"I wanna hit things. But, you know. Productively, and with an artistic flair."

Chemistring @chemistring.bsky.social · 4h

It's weirdly stressful to have to play "politics or sports?" with everyone losing their collective minds on my timeline this week.

Screaming and suggestions to sack the people in charge can go either way, really.

At least the chem Nobel chatter was surprisingly calm...

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Chemistring @chemistring.bsky.social · 1d

I only read the first few Potter books way back when so had no clue what that was supposed to mean, except the context made me go "Oh! Bag of Holding?"

So yeah. Also, Bag of Holding is both an item name AND a description of what it does, even if you don't get the D&D reference.

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Chemistring @chemistring.bsky.social · 2d

Did *all* the Justins McElroy in existence win some form of talent lottery, or what?

(That sky is just *mwah*!)

Justin McElroy @thoughtographic.bsky.social · 2d

Mothman

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Chemistring @chemistring.bsky.social · 2d

Aw, that sounds like the complaint of someone who hasn't eaten their recommended 1 to 2 small rocks today. 🪨

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Chemistring @chemistring.bsky.social · 2d

I figured as much.

Chemistring @chemistring.bsky.social · 2d

I know it's a typo, but this is the Pokéface I imagined.

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Chemistring @chemistring.bsky.social · 4d

Right? There's gotta be a lich in there somewhere.

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Chemistring @chemistring.bsky.social · 4d

Windows: This is a cemetary in the Czech Republic!
Me: Nice try, this is *absolutely* a video game level.

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Chemistring @chemistring.bsky.social · 4d

I'd suggest an old school shitposting venue, personal letters, but that requires both parties to have functioning postal systems and...well.

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Chemistring @chemistring.bsky.social · 4d

This month's calendar page/future postcard is a both a scoundrel and just a lil' guy.

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Chemistring @chemistring.bsky.social · 5d

One down, and it's off to the yarn scales to see if I'm in the clear for sock 2.

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Chemistring @chemistring.bsky.social · 6d

Challenge mode: Yttrium, Ytterbium, Terbium, or Erbium?

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Chemistring @chemistring.bsky.social · 7d

May I offer you all a partially knit sock in these trying times?

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Chemistring @chemistring.bsky.social · 8d

Like chemists don't...

Although at some point it becomes less bragging and more safety moment. 🤔

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Chemistring @chemistring.bsky.social · 8d

It's in patents, so you know it went through at least one layer of lawyers, too.

I went with ANS when I needed to use an abbreviation for a similar set of words.

Notably, I did NOT use that abbreviation in my verbal presentation. Nobody wants to hear about my ANS.

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Chemistring @chemistring.bsky.social · 8d

I keep forgetting and then rediscovering these patents/papers that refer to anionic surfactant solutions as ASS, and it amuses me every time. 😂

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Chemistring @chemistring.bsky.social · 8d

The good news is I don't care about GRRM since I haven't read GoT.

I just desperately need Glen Cook to live long enough to finish this Black Company sub-series now that he's started a new one.

Chemistring @chemistring.bsky.social · 8d

Hey, at least the authors I named are still actively working on their series... (cough*GRRM*cough)

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Chemistring @chemistring.bsky.social · 9d

3) I also found out earlier today that there's a new Murderbot novel releasing next spring.

It's a joyous day for unfinished book series, is what I'm saying.

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Chemistring @chemistring.bsky.social · 9d

1) As someone who has been reading the Vlad Taltos series since the mid-80s...you'd think I would have learned patience by now. (You'd be wrong)

2) Looking up this information is how I find out there's a new Black Company book releasing in November. Another series that is a cautionary tale (for me)

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Chemistring @chemistring.bsky.social · 9d

I am so over corporate video messages (that should have been an email) that at one point I downloaded the French transcript of a leadership update video and Google-translated it back to English to read.

It was still faster than watching the 7 min video.

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Chemistring @chemistring.bsky.social · 10d

Keep on being you for another year (and hopefully several more beyond that)! Happiest of birthday wishes, name-friend! May your day be filled with love and laughter, or at least a decent slice of cake. 🥳🎂

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Chemistring @chemistring.bsky.social · 11d

Meanwhile, here's the scrappy Socktober yarn selections, patterns TBD.

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Chemistring @chemistring.bsky.social · 11d

Fourth pair of September socks is a wrap, and it's not even Socktober!

The orange yarn will be moved over as a contrast color for my next pair of scrap socks, and the rest will go back in the sock remnants bin until my next selection round.

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