Tim Easun

The Drawn World. This is what the world map looks like as drawn from memory by 100,000 people. Source: buff.ly/5Mdhsjh

This is fantastic. Don't start if you have something to do, you'll be late.

When #chemsky goes to a playground and can’t unsee reaction coordinate diagrams

Come and work with us at Nottingham Trent University as a technical specialist in Chemistry vacancies.ntu.ac.uk/Job/JobDetai...

We are about 6 months away from my book, RESONANCE & RADIANCE, being released into the world. (April 13th, 2027!) RESONANCE & RADIANCE is a narrative nonfiction book about spectroscopy—the field of science that studies how light interacts with molecules. I want to share this book’s origin story 🧵:

On the market day, the witch stopped by all the stalls. "Have a care," he told the tinsmith. "You're getting fuzzy." "What?" "Do you ponder other paths you could have taken?" "All the time." "Shadows of other yous hang on you, making you indistinct. Don't lose the you you are. You're real."

The craziest compound-impurity story I’ve ever heard:

Moving to rather something positive, because except food supplements "professionals", I am dealing people who care about their work and doing exiting things. Thank to EU office of @rigakuoxfordxrd.bsky.social, on (very long) Monday I had opportunity to try their electron diffractometer, Synergy ED.

🧵 As front-page headlines go, this has to be one of the most misleading I've seen in a long time It's an out-and-out lie But notice the trick they use to get away with it...👀 *They're* not lying - they're just quoting someone else who is👍🏻 In this case, the leader of the opposition🙄 1/33

This new paper is... a lot to read 🤔 #chemsky doi.org/10.1002/chem...

Just emailed 26,000 people about snail facts advent calendars. This better result in 500 snail sales. Snales. Wait that just sounds like snails. Is that a good omen?? Get a calendar here: SquidFacts.net

Did you know the wasabi in most sushi restaurants isn't wasabi? Or that a chemical synergy between dried seaweed and raw fish enhances sushi's savoury flavours? Learn more about sushi science with this infographic, as requested by my sushi-mad seven-year-old 🍣 wp.me/s4aPLT-sushi #ChemSky 🧪

Molecule doesn't know what's going on. #chemsky #chemchat

Chris McDonald at UUK conference just announced UKRI will - increase grant decisions by internal UKRI expert teams (less to peer review) - fewer, larger awards - increase distributed peer review - more face to face decision making for high priority risky grants (to reduce AI peer review)

I see you are attempting to join #ChemSky Please mark all images containing a sandwich

✨Spotlight✨ The MASC Group Supramolecular Chemistry Award 2026 🏆 Most senior award, for exceptional research contributions to MASC field in the broadest sense, and exceptional service to MASC community. Deadline 📆 18-Sep More on mascgroup.co.uk/2026-masc-pr... (1/4)

Oh sure, when teens and young adults prefer to take in important information via clips and reels, they've all got 'brain rot' and society is doomed. But someone renders major historical events via the medium of a big scarf, and people can't get enough of it? PICK A LANE, GUYS! #BayeuxTapestry

In the United Kingdom, mincemeat is not meat, unlike mince, which is meat

The Hoff Crab is neither a crab nor is it David Hasselhoff. It is a Yeti Crab, which is neither a Yeti nor a Crab but a sub-group of Squat Lobsters, which are not lobsters, they're Anomurans, like Mole Crabs, which are neither moles, nor crabs.

We've used more 3D electron diffraction here while studying Zn-based MOPs, just published in @chemcomm.rsc.org. Big thanks again to @leverhulme.ac.uk for funding our work, and congratulations to the team on a really nice collaborative effort. pubs.rsc.org/cc/article/d...

ChemSky: Here’s my paper ChemChat: Sandwiches

🚨The 2026 MASC Group Awards are all open for nominations 📣 with the following deadlines: 🏆 MASC Group Supramolecular Chemistry Award 📆 18-Sep 🏆 Bob Hay Award Lectureship 📆 18-Sep 🏆 MASC Group PhD Thesis Award 📆 6-Nov 🏆 MASC/WISC EDIA Award 📆 18-Sep More on mascgroup.co.uk/2026-masc-prize-calls

An important and rare long-term view on Research Council grant processes, by @kirstygrainger.bsky.social (the irony of needing a long-term view on this particular topic is not lost on me)

Inorganic = Organic (Backs away slowly) #ChemSky

Working on an A.I. policy for my calculus classes. Decided to be upfront about the current situation with LLMs and to give a heartfelt explanation for why the course still matters.

Finding the patterns on my journey to #IUCr2026 starting off leaving the Austron and it's beautiful pattern tiles in the user lounge 🤩💎 #BraggYourPattern

In case you missed it: @chemicalscience.rsc.org now charges an APC of £2,850 per paper. It was previously free (diamond OA), and in my view it contributed greatly to the appeal and success of Chem Sci. Sad to see the RSC go that way…

I have a position to fill as soon as possible for a DFG funded PhD project on optical modulation of MOF-glasses. If you are interested please send me your (non-AI generated) documents and describe your experience. An official job opening is coming later this months.

Just seen that the Elemental Analysis service at London Met is closing! This is devastating for us UK inorganic synthesists. They have been such a great, reliable service. @londonmetuni.bsky.social #chemsky

me: where’s your proof for that?? JJ: [points at pudding]

🚩 My 2010 PhD thesis is ‘70% AI’ I ran my 2010 PhD thesis through an AI detector. It flagged 70% as AI, then tried to sell me a ‘humanise’ fix. Either I am a time traveller, or these tools do not work. Link to my thesis in the comments to try yourself. #AIDetection #HigherEd 🧪 #AI

We are hiring! tinyurl.com/4nstwsr3 2 year PDRA on flow synthesis & crystallisation of organic materials. Alongside the specific project focus, we are excited to work with you on your ideas to use flow in supramolecular chemistry. Closing date 21st August.

I *really appreciate how Derek says the main part up front and so emphatically. We would benefit from all communication and media facing folks being so clear-headed and straightforward.

A game of Hiden seek.

You don't hear much about meanders in the main stream media.

Mephisto, by Joaquín Espalter y Rull, 1872, 📸 by Dan Mullan

Reading a patent prep recently and noticed a series of SnAr reactions that should have gone well were all reported at ~20% yield Digging deeper… They all used “catalytic base” at… You guessed it… 20 mol % #ChemChat

In a weird way, this Clacton by-election is the most relatable Nigel Farage has ever been, because every person in the UK has, at some point, experienced confusion and panic about taking out the bins

I did confirm it is not chiral! Pictured below is the same creation arranged to show it is its own mirror image. It is flipped and rotated but otherwise untouched. I'm also pretty sure it has a four-fold improper rotation axis so I'm 90% confident its point group is S4

It was inevitable, wasn't it🙄 Of course the Telegraph would run with something like this👇 So let's remove some of the rose-tinted spectacles and also look at some of that data comparing 1976 with modern heat waves Because the 1976 nostalgia porn is wearing a bit thin at this stage 🧵1/23

Applications are still open for 2 PhD positions in our group (Deadline: June 30). See links below for details and how to apply jobs.uni-siegen.de/job/Research... jobs.uni-siegen.de/job/Research...

I'm really pleased this is now out. Here's a SharedIt link, for anyone who does not have full access to @natrevcleantech.nature.com: rdcu.be/fpVUE

I kind of sincerely hope this is all made up

This is interesting. Ignoring the "rank your papers!" framing, it's something to think about.

Yes it could be argued that keeping up with world events is important but alternatively can I interest you in hugging an ancient mossy boulder that looks like a face and quietly listening while it tells you stories from centuries cloaked in mist.