Ted Weiland

The top of the 5th inning

Share when you get it #chemsky #chemchat

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Having all sorts of classrooms is important. Having physical libraries is important even if not for books. Having individual and group study areas is important I'd argue these are vital in the success of any educational institution but antithetical to the business ethos that is permeating higher ed

If you're around baseball long enough you can tell when a team smells blood. The Brewers smell blood.

they call me Amazon drone because I just made a strange delivery to the pool www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...

Keep your powder dry.

Core memory unlocked from my first job after grad school.

This has been my experience as well the last 3 semesters. Information is not always readily available and the program that indicates "good accessibility" is often arbitrary so I find myself removing items that are problematic to improve the "scores" that the college uses.

never the wrong time for this classic

So many of my students end up in spaces in health care or pet care where a dose calculation may be made and someone should be thinking "Do the numbers make sense?" Same for my Ag students who are looking at nutrient distribution per acre. Or just someone who is converting from metric to standard.

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My two brains.

As someone who is an officer in my local union, this is what I have signed up for. ✊

@mogwai.scot when I was in the second row at First Ave. Soundgarden was a close second.

Yep. Faculty working conditions are student learning conditions.

Started running with a group of friends which turned into running a marathon and other long distance style events.

[Exit Queen.]

I imagine this is what it looked like when I tore my hip flexor at my first 800m track event in high school.

It’s almost 3:00 PM EST. You’ve done enough. You can stop now.

Hottest new holiday item: Benchtop Autoclave.

this is some bad bad news

Breaking chemical bonds does not release energy (the exact opposite in fact)

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This immediately came to my mind. youtu.be/PidAAOdwa0M?...

There Will Come Soft Rains Ray Bradbury wrote a story set on August 4th 2026 (today’s date). It was the first Bradbury I ever read and it’s one of his finest. Here it is read very nicely. youtu.be/bEjZxh_rYXk?...

Excuse me, but have you heard the good news about the Second Law of Thermodynamics?

Whatever could be said about that claim when he made it in 1962, it soon became undeniable that government vaccine research, distribution, and mandates are objectively among the greatest achievements of civilization. Claiming otherwise is embarrassing, it's like saying you don't wash your hands.

Every time #SchismWatch2026 appears on my feed it's time to grab the popcorn.

There is still time to submit your comment and tell the government that you don't want US research to be completely destroyed by politicians meddling in individual grants. You can submit your comments here: www.regulations.gov/commenton/OM...

BREAKING: mitch mcconnell currently sealed inside a steel box alongside a radioactive substance, a geiger counter, a relay, and a flask of poison

one of those coincidences that seems too good to be true but it is!

Strange women lying in ponds distributing swords starting to look like a viable basis for system of government

Yikes on bikes. I missed this when it was first released. The chemistry is clear on the removal of NOx (a potent smog & acid rain generator). If I’m reading this correctly, the amount of DEF would be able to be decreased, but I’ll bet the number of miles driven hasn’t. www.epa.gov/newsreleases...