Solidarity with @leicesterucu.bsky.social colleagues - on strike to protect their institution, their colleagues, and their students

I've reached the stage of fatherhood where my work from home lunch is the leftovers from the wee man's dinners ...

“Climate change is real - the burning of fossil fuels and other human activities is resulting in fundamental changes to our planet. It is increasing the risk of extreme weather, warming the ocean and causing ice caps to melt resulting in sea level rise,” 1/3

First it's removing 'illegal' small boats migrants.
Then it's removing legal migrants with indefinite leave to remain.
Then it'll be removing freedoms of minorities - religious, LGBT+, disabled.
Then it'll be persecuting anyone who thinks differently (labelled 'leftists') for opposing 'patriotism'.

Our collaboration w/ @markstradiotto.bsky.social and team is now out in Chem. Eur. J. (@chemistryeurope.bsky.social)!

Mark's team used DalPhos ligands for Ni-cat. C-P couplings, which we supported with DFT calculations of reductive elimination.

doi.org/10.1002/chem...

@cathweetman.bsky.social

@ukri.org I note that here (www.ukri.org/who-we-are/w...) you use the term 'biological sex' and not gender when balancing SATs.

Why does what is (or was) in people's underpants matter here?
Surely this is about lived experiences and perspectives?

Congratulations!

Keir Starmer welcomed Israeli president Herzog to Downing Street as 200,000 Palestinians were forced to flee Gaza and Israel prepared for a further offensive.

The multimillionaire class pretending to be on the side of the working class.

Powerful new Banksy mural on the Royal Courts of Justice building shows a judge hitting a protester lying on the ground with his gavel, with blood splattering the placard.

Solidarity with colleagues at Edinburgh, fighting threatened job cuts proposed by their ineffective 'leadership'.

(And I STILL don't understand how senior heads didn't roll over the whole People and Money shit show)

Shocking that our UCU 'leadership' deploy these horrific tactics to suppress industrial action

Ending the week on a high! Check out our comparison of manganate and magnesiate now published in ChemComm! Great team effort @bathchem.bsky.social with @tobiaskramer.bsky.social in understanding these elusive bimetallics!

Don't ever be fooled into thinking Farage is a 'man of the people' - he is a grifter and a pound shop Trump.

A man on the streets of the UK is asked about the “problem of immigration” and dismantles talking points with ease.

every damn day

A VPN may be cheaper!

Working the tills at a DIY store circa 2002. £3.26 per hour for doing the same job that someone over 18 got over £4 for ...

Yvette, I'm confused.

Anyone got any good suggestions for brunch in York on a Wednesday morning...? (There will be a toddler too, in case that makes a difference)

PhD opportunity in my group at the University of Strathclyde in Glasgow!

🧬 Develop imaging & computer vision methods to monitor oligonucleotide synthesis. 📸

ℹ️ UK applicants
🕰️ Deadline 7 Sept 2025.

✍🏼 Email CV + cover letter to [email protected]
(Subject: PhD 2025).

100% behind you. Dalhousie need to pay their staff properly. A below-inflation pay rise is a pay cut.