Alex Albaugh
@alexalbaugh.com
Chemical engineer, sort of. Assistant professor @ Wayne State albaugh.eng.wayne.edu
“Did Lalas enjoy an elite playing career? No. But does he do the background reading that could compensate for his relative lack of standing in a conversation with titans like Henry and Zlatan? Also no. But is he charming or funny or charismatic or otherwise magnetic on screen? Eh, no.”
I've built a socioeconomic system that depends on everyone to do useful work and act ethically except the people at the top, who get unimaginable rewards for being antisocial frauds and criminals. And I think it will stand the test of time
I don’t want to hear anything from an elected official unless it’s a plan to defund the DHS and impeach Noem, Bovino, etc. No texts. No emails. No talk about the economy. Step up or step off.
Not only does ICE need to be abolished, but there should be publically aired tribunals for as long as it takes to hold every last one of these thugs accountable. No one, not even the people who file paperwork or handle payroll, should be immune from prosecution.
if you are talking today about how bad maduro was and were alive, at all, during the run-up to the iraq war you are potentially the dumbest person to ever live
I've had a healthy fear of studying glass. It's kinetically trapped and hard to sample. But my intrepid colleague @glassic-cam.bsky.social convinced me to be brave and we're now simulating organic glass vapor deposition. I think it looks like snow, so enjoy this glassy holiday scene!
Honored and excited to be part of this scientific community!
NSF-Simons NITMB@nitmb.bsky.social · 10mo ago🎉 We're excited to welcome 45 new Affiliate Members joining NITMB! Our new members come from institutions across the nation and world, bringing expertise spanning a wide array of mathematical and biological disciplines to our community Meet our new Affiliate Members at tinyurl.com/5dxdtjy9
Professor Alex Albaugh @alexalbaugh.com has a new paper on Catalytic Resonance Theory that I recommend checking out chemrxiv.org/engage/chemr...
We're sharing our latest work at AIChE 2025 and with pre-prints! Hear Ali on mechanically interlocked polymers on Mon. or read it (arxiv.org/abs/2506.13968), read our foray into catalysis (chemrxiv.org/engage/chemr...), or hear me on WSU's ML for ChE class on Tues. and molecular motors on Wed.
We're sharing our latest work at AIChE 2025 and with pre-prints! Hear Ali on mechanically interlocked polymers on Mon. or read it (arxiv.org/abs/2506.13968), read our foray into catalysis (chemrxiv.org/engage/chemr...), or hear me on WSU's ML for ChE class on Tues. and molecular motors on Wed.
we simply do not have a union anymore if the president is using troops from one state to invade others entirely on the basis of political disagreements
Kyle Cheney@kyledcheney.bsky.social · 11mo agoUPDATE: Hegseth today called up 400 members of the Texas National Guard, with Gov. Abbott's apparent permission, to be deployed "where needed, including in the cities of Portland and Chicago." www.politico.com/news/2025/10...
one of the stranger phenomena in American life is that hate is supposed to flow in one direction (rural people get to hate urban people, Republicans get to hate Democrats) and if the hate goes the other way people pretend as if this is very upsetting.
Mike Masnick@masnick.com · last yr.The media made a HUGE deal out of "basket of deplorables" and "cling to their guns or religion." But, of course, it will totally ignore Trump saying he hates Democrats: "I hate them. I believe they hate their country."
Jason Stanley, philosopher and expert on fascism said “You know you're living in a fascist society when you're constantly going over in your head the reasons why YOU are safe.”
YOU WANNA SEE A DEAD BODY??? *This* is the NOW INFAMOUS "Footnote 12" that Jackson wrote. It basically tells Neil Gorsuch: "Fuck you as a staff, label, and motherfucking crew."
Mark Joseph Stern@mjsdc.bsky.social · last yr.Justice Jackson taking on Gorsuch's "pure textualism" and arguing for a more holistic reading of Congress' handiwork—worth reading in full. www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24p...
![The majority’s contention that I reject “ ‘pure textualism’ [a]s insufficiently pliable to secure the result [I] seek,” ante, at 10, stems from an
unfortunate misunderstanding of the judicial role. Our interpretative
task is not to seek our own desired results (whatever they may be). And,
indeed, it is precisely because of this solemn duty that, in my view, it is
imperative that we interpret statutes consistent with all relevant indicia
of what Congress wanted, as best we can ascertain its intent. A methodology that includes consideration of Congress’s aims does exactly that—
and no more. By contrast, pure textualism’s refusal to try to understand
the text of a statute in the larger context of what Congress sought to
achieve turns the interpretive task into a potent weapon for advancing
judicial policy preferences. By “finding” answers in ambiguous text, and
not bothering to consider whether those answers align with other sources
of statutory meaning, pure textualists can easily disguise their own preferences as “textual” inevitabilities. So, really, far from being “insufficiently pliable,” I think pure textualism is incessantly malleable—that’s
its primary problem—and, indeed, it is certainly somehow always flexible enough to secure the majority’s desired outcome.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:6h7b2i6ttw3l4t7pvbvxdith/bafkreih3qdtlloz3yhggypbtwiveqdgzzfgapsnetvq7qsni7wfmyuovoi)
My electric car measures efficiency in miles per kilowatt-hour, which is a gross mix of imperial and metric. But there are some interesting comparisons and dimensional analysis with that.
We are looking forward day 1 of the 55th Midwest Theoretical Chemistry Conference at #wsuchemistry with Keynote speaker Paul Zimmerman! #MWTCC55 #compchem #ChemSky
In news from my hometown, a GOP mayor candidate was just arrested for DUI. He crashed into a house "to avoid a cat." Told the arresting officer he was drinking vodka 20 minutes prior and mentioned several times he is "going to be the mayor." Election is Tuesday. lebtown.com/2025/05/16/p...
Palmyra Borough mayoral candidate Kevin Yiengst charged with DUI
Palmyra Borough mayoral candidate Kevin Yiengst was charged with DUI following a Thursday night incident in Palmyra.
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There is a developing aviation crisis in the United States. Newark Airport is in shambles, forcing the cancellations of hundreds of flights. Ground-traffic accidents are multiplying. A major disaster is only a matter of time. A functioning government would take emergency action to staff our
I’m not confident Europe can pick up the torch that the US is dropping. This €500 million over two years sounds good until you realize the NIH budget alone is $50,000 million per year.
Ursula von der Leyen@vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu · last yr.We will put forward a 500 million package for 2025-2027 to make Europe a magnet for researchers. As well as ambitious proposals for R&I in the next EU budget. We will also offer the best and brightest the right incentives to come to Europe ↓
Radical opinion of the day: on-street parking is a bad use of public land. Especially in extremely walkable places like @downtownroyaloak.bsky.social the space should be reserved for 15-minute parking, ride-share pickups, and handicap accessible spots.
“And I’m like, what do you mean, you ‘do your own research’? You running a double-blind study in your living room, dawg?” - A guy walking ahead of me with his friends on a NYC sidewalk in 2021, also my favorite overheard dialogue of the entire pandemic
Me at the beginning of the semester vs. me at the end of this semester.
![Travis Kalanick, the founder of Uber who no longer works at the company, appeared on All-In to talk with hosts Jason Calacanis and Chamath Palihapitiya about the future of technology. When the topic turned to AI, Kalanick discussed how he uses xAI’s Grok, which went haywire last week, praising Adolf Hitler and advocating for a second Holocaust against Jews.
“I’ll go down this thread with [Chat]GPT or Grok and I’ll start to get to the edge of what’s known in quantum physics and then I’m doing the equivalent of vibe coding, except it’s vibe physics,” Kalanick explained. “And we’re approaching what’s known. And I’m trying to poke and see if there’s breakthroughs to be had. And I’ve gotten pretty damn close to some interesting breakthroughs just doing that.”](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:qlnirjwff4ibiw3wchmleszo/bafkreiac2szurc5dnw6klquhpjmo7iafg4n6fwmrqyred7jrrph6h6mptq)
