My undergrad alma mater had the option to include one with the (paper) application, then distributed a face-book to all incoming students. Opt-in rate was actually very high.

i love kinetics did you know that.xlsx

going out on a limb and assuming this file name is sarcastic

Steamed Hams is old enough that he feels conflicted because everyone younger than he is has no emotional attachment to the simpsons golden age and everyone slightly older than him can talk exclusively in simpsons quotes for hours

We owe Warren DeLano so much.

How terrible is the academic job market?

Well friends, I gave up on academia for the stability and comfort of...

[checks notes]

...being a freelance artist and mapmaker.

Truth

T shirt with fish resembling the adidas Logo, labelled azides

Seems like azides have their own T shirt 😀 #ChemSky

New pH scale dropped.

Stay away from it at all costs.

www.reddit.com/r/cursedchem...

Stryer

Hey #chemchat, recognise this?

I have a Reviewer 2 joke but apparently it represents only an incremental advance on previous jokes, and so has been rejected.

Headed to #ACSSPring2026 in Atlanta? Interested in undergraduate research? Join us for this amazing SURF Symposium Sunday March 22
Hosted by @organicdivision.org we're presenting talks by SURF recipients discussing their research and the role the SURF program played in their careers #ChemSky

I used to waste years preparing gourmet meals. It was creative, an expression of my humanity, and fostered zen.

Thanks to McDonalds, I don't have to do that!

#Satire

sugar produces a reaction resulting in more ants, therefore sugar is an ant agonist

What was #ChemTwitter like?

Hi All.

Here is Alex Pinto, chemistry professor at Manhattan University, in NYC. I use to have a twitter with a couple of followers. Now, I am finally at BlueSKy. If you used to follow my group on Twitter, please, follow us here on BlueSky. I hope to keep the same vibe we used to have on Twitter.

Optical illusion of a woman bent over some papers. Her sunglasses are pushed up and she is wearing a hair band so the top of her head looks exactly like a Muppet face

Sorry I know the world is in a terrible fix but I've been laughing at this for ten minutes now

Even after spending time in a lab with a working stock labeled "EtBr in TBS," I'd still have to go with:

All that time and... not a peep?

Martin's is worth it, at least

This brought to mind the best error message I've ever seen, on a very old IR spectrometer

Macro photo of a brown stink bug in face view on a leaf, guarding a tightly-clustered bunch of eggs that are shaped and colored exactly like a full tray of dark beer with foam on top.

Finally, the bug is back with a round of the Guinness.

sometimes when i'm sad about chromatography, i go to the storage room to see the 3.0 kg pre-packed silica columns and remind myself that i will hopefully never have to use one

Notice for #chemsky: Haldor Lanxess is a novelist, Haldor Topsoe and Lanxess are chemical engineering and chemical firms. If you buy the novel Independent People by Haldor Lanxess as prof dev reading because you're only half paying attention, it is a grim saga about WWI-era Iceland shepherds.