Was a pleasure to speak at UoManchester today for the chemistry department #IWD event - thanks to the lovely organisers
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Was a pleasure to speak at UoManchester today for the chemistry department #IWD event - thanks to the lovely organisers
As more GiveToGain posts appear a reminder that it is a made-up theme by a for-profit company which makes money from theme based goods but has no charitable donations on its accounts for the past 10yrs
The UN #IWD2026 theme this is: Rights. Justice. Action.
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Today’s reason (#873053) we were late to school: the kids were arguing over who got to have my copy of @chemistryworld.com …
Ah, the molecules I’ve cursed at…
WHAT A TIME.
text messages: Shake it - sh shake it - sh-shake it (you gotta) SHAKE IT LIKE A JOELAROID WICKSTURE
not sure my brothers appreciated it but at least it got our kids distracted for 5 minutes via virtual morning PE
text messages that read: Torches blazed and sacred chants were praised as they start to cry, hands held to the sky; In the night the fires are burning bright, the ritual has begun, Satan's work is done! WICKS, WICKS WICKS! The number of the beast! Sacrifice is Joe-ing on tonight (i.e., the lyrics of 'the number of the beast')
Text screenshot. In all caps, the following messages: Wicks My LIFE, its now or never I aint gonna live forever I Joe Wanna Wicks While I'm Alive
e.g.
Oh geez am going through my photo library from 2020 for a talk this Fri where I reference 'things that helped during trying times'
I totally forgot my increasingly unhinged attempts to make Joe Wicks/song lyric pun mash-ups
I keep hoping I will learn this sensible strategy - my impulsive lizard brain is currently winning out, but I have faith 😄
Ooh, thank you! I’ll check this out!
Should have gone for sangria in the park instead
I’d just started to think it might have gone to reviewers, but quick enough & no hard feelings :)
Ahh thanks Claire! Can’t win em all 😅
On my run home, Lou Reed’s Perfect Day and the starry sky were really helping me feel more one with the universe. Yeah, I thought. That was a long day, but I’m going to reap just what I sow 🎶
Then I made the mistake of opening my emails and what I sow is apparently DESK REJECTION 😂
I am definitely not a plasma physicist, but got into this via a chance discussion with James Walsh, who (luckily) is. thanks to the efforts of Patrycja & Matt plus @timeasun.bsky.social, we have batch & flow plasma reactors - let me know if anyone’s got a fun reaction they’d like to try :)
We’ve had lots of fun messing about with non-thermal plasma for chemistry…like anything, it’s not magic, but high energy/low temp combo opens very interesting possibilities. Needs to be understood & controlled better via interdisciplinary collaboration! It’s got huge potential (pun intended 😅)
Thanks for highlighting this, have just shared with our group - it’s nice to see Bluesky fulfilling the function of bringing me papers I want to read!
ooh hope they enjoy school! We’re at secondary school stage in sept and I’ve no idea how that happened 😱
The small, flat, grey face of a one-eyed shorthair cat can be seen poking out of a curled up white duvet which has not got a duvet cover on it and is going to become very furry as a result. She has made a purring burrito, a purrito if you will
As long as that somewhere is not “in the new duvet that I’d left airing out” I’m happy
Half term scene: there’s nothing like watching our 11 year old lovingly lump our tubby fluffbag cat about, back paws stuck out under her arm, both busily going somewhere ❤️
Point teaken
That’s a step too fir!
I’ll admit, it wasn’t a great oak
That couldn’t have been acornier
Leaf it out, the pair of you
Hope your day got better :)
Thankfully it is now 8pm here, but that was distressingly relatable 😅
This is the joy we all need at the moment
