Okay genuinely asking— what does accountability look like for Holden Thorp and Hank Green? What I’d like to see: I’d love if @holdenthorp.bsky.social set a clear journalistic standard at SCIENCE and prohibited the use of LLMs for researching, writing, and editing publications at SCIENCE.

Debbie Gale Mitchell@heydebigale.bsky.social · 4d ago

So in the last two weeks EIC of Science and a famous science communicator have lost massive amounts of credibility because of their reliance on LLMs... Some examples of how to lose trust with your audience to share with my students I guess.

The way the new ACS logo is uniting us

But can we all agree the new ACS logo is very ugly?

Omg are there any apps that actually just do what they're supposed to do and nothing extra? I keep discovering my kid has found games on apps not meant for gaming

"Today is August 4, 2026" There Will Come Soft Rains By: Ray Bradbury

Me watching a kids science show and annoying my 8yo by shouting at their PPE choices and spoiling every science 'mystery'

Me meal prepping overnight oats, remembering that I could never have been a synthetic chemist because I will be eyeballing every single measurement

Every now and again I remember that Hanson's "This time around" is an absolutely fantastic album and listed to it on repeat for a week before forgetting it's existence again

Anyway, your problem isn‘t finding the time to take notes. The problem is that taking notes is thinking and thinking has to be done by someone. women have been doing a lot of metacognition that looks like a task when it’s really thinking.

I just gathered all my notes and made a to do list of 17 items from BCCE, several of which will create more items

Coming back from BCCE to find this in my inbox, so grateful. One thing I took away from the conference is that I am not willing to exist in professional spaces where we pretend things are normal, and that there are so many people who agree.

Liz Neeley@lizneeley.bsky.social · 4d ago

I'm back! Each Friday night, I write a briefing on what happened in US science & higher ed. 🧪  July 31 (Year 2, Week 31) - student visas, asylum cases & ICE surge at airports - "Golden Age" & Vanderbilt reports - kangaroo courts, grant terminations & so much more buttondown.com/liminalcreat...

You have to care about kids who aren't "yours." You live in a society, and that society extends to children. You have to fight for trans kids, even if your child isn't trans. You have to care about vaccinations and disability even if you're childless. They aren't property.

What a week! 🦩 Thank you for the ideas, laughter, questions, and conversations that made #BCCE2026 so special. Carry a little Madison (and flamingo spirit!) with you. Safe travels, and see you at UC San Diego, August 6–10, 2028, for #BCCE2028! #chemistryeducation #chemed

Spending my last day in the symposium about the political climate and it's so grounding to be in a room where we admit the effects politics are having on our professional life

I don't want a "Smart Fridge" that orders milk for me. I want a fridge that lasts 25 years and doesn't have a privacy policy that allows it to share my late-night snacking habits with my health insurance provider.

Thought of the morning: learning requires work. Teaching requires work. We all need to work on accepting that it takes time and effort #BCCE2026

I'm feeling like maybe I should write something on: how to start a community. You start with you and one friend trying to live near enough to each other that you can walk to each other's houses. You host a regular meal for other friends who live nearby, at home or somewhere local and cheap.

Naomi Alderman@naomialderman.bsky.social · last wk.

Communities also obviously have the effect of making us happier. Whereas so much climate praxis seems to be about things you can give up and ways you can make yourself more miserable.

I'm spending half of #BCCE2026 in PHYS/COMP spaces and the other half in a range of more teaching focused spaces and the culture difference is intense.

Someone recognized me yesterday because I was wearing "the loudest shirt in the room" and honestly okay with that #bcce2026

ACS fellows are ACS members who have made outstanding achievements in and contributions to science, the chemistry profession, and the society. These fellows will be celebrated at a ceremony held during the #ACSFall2026 meeting in Chicago. #chemsky 🧪

ACS names 2026 fellows

59 new fellows are honored for their contributions to science and the society

cen.acs.org

I can't decide if #bcce2026 feels like drinking from a fire hose or rain after a drought, but it's definitely a water metaphor

I'm in a session data-driven chemistry. Marie van Staveren is presenting on approaches to using and teaching programming in chemistry courses. They say we should focus on *how* we teach rather than *what* we teach (specific content) They're highlighting the importance of belonging in this […]

I'm so tired I need someone to yell at me to sleep

Tfw you find the gay coffee shop across the street from the undergrad bar that was giving you the heebie jeebies and you start to relax

Hey #bcce there was a big Black Lives Matter protest tonight about a police shooting. I'm from out of town and not plugged in to local alt sources - anyone got useful links?

Out here putting possibly too many QR codes on my slides, feeling fancy

Wait y'all, the race/ethnicity and gender/sexuality sections are back in the ACS inclusivity style guide! www.acs.org/about/inclus...

My 8yo just asked me what "brb" means and I don't know how to handle that

As you work on slides for #BCCE, remember to add alt-text to all of your images!

I'm spending an hour at my inbox today after some pretty heavy summer-ing and omg I should just quit my job